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Joe Manchin stands as firm as Jabel-al-Tariq

How perfect!

 

Reply to: Re:For once, he might be right

    (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 11 2021, @10:24AM (#1135984)

    No, the filibuster is profoundly anti-democratic and is one of the things that makes our government absolutely dysfunctional.

    It's good for fascists and corporatists who simply want to obstruct to preserve the country's status as an oligarchy, however. Even reforming it to make it a talking filibuster would be a massive improvement.

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