• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Well, yeah. Without the filibuster, Republicans would be able to completely rewrite election laws, giving them total control over the outcomes.

    The only way they can win, is to cheat.

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
    66·
    6 hours ago

    Filibuster ends. Trump adds 7 new justices to the Supreme Court. The next democratic president adds 14 justices to offset Republican picks. The next Republican president adds 28 new justices and on and on…

    Within 40 years the entire population of the United States is on the Supreme Court.

    • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 hours ago

      So then we’ll become a true democracy? Right now, land is getting more equal representation than people are getting.

      Soon: “In a 200M to 130M decision, the SCOTUS has ruled that abortions, sex work, and weed are legal, student loans are predatory and hereby forgiven and future interest rates capped, and income over $1M in a year is taxed at 100% while corporate tax rates have been raised to 70%. The increased revenue will fund healthcare, social safety net programs, and boost infrastructure programs. In other news, the execution of the traitor in chief will be at the Capitol at noon and be televised live to deter future attempts at fascist takeover. Thankfully he was stupid enough to accidentally give power to the people.”

    • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      It will take 26 cycles to meet the current population of the United States. That is 104 to 208 years from now. Supposedly our population has peaked and is slowly declining.

      • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 hours ago

        I think we got 5-10 more years of growth, then the decline comes. Can’t come soon enough honestly. Planet needs a break and most humans around the planet are moving to right wing extremism.

        I don’t believe in god, but if that mf does exist. I hope he comes soon and takes all these religious Christian nationalist with him. That would solve a bunch of problems on the planet.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    6 hours ago

    “The Democrats are far more likely to win the Midterms, and the next Presidential Election, if we don’t do the Termination of the Filibuster (The Nuclear Option!),” Trump wrote.

    trump doesn’t understand it’s called “the nuclear option” because it blows up the sham system the oligarchs put in place.

    As long as there’s a threat of a filibuster, both sides have an excuse not to do anything productive.

    Right now all it it takes is someone saying “I heard someone might filibuster” and that prevents a vote. That’s why it feels like nothing has been done for over a decade.

    Without a filibuster, votes are going to have to happen. Politicians stop being able to claim they would vote for something, and actually have to cast a vote.

    trump just assumed “the nuclear option” has to mean it’s the biggest possible move, and no one is going to be able to convince him to drop it because of that nickname.