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god, i have written so many pieces on the filibuster in the last year — at least 8 of them since Jan. 21, 2021. some of my favorites: https://t.co/p0gfMV7yKW https://t.co/HUB2mlxy0H https://t.co/UE0BQx623K https://t.co/ajsr9i7jAt — PolitiTweet.org

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2013: oh no, the GOP is using filibusters to cut off our nominees and legislation. better make an exception for executive nominees only. 2017: oh no, a SCOTUS justice is being filibustered. better carve that out too, but leave the legislative filibuster in place for reasons — PolitiTweet.org

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1918: oh no progressives are filibustering war money. let’s create “cloture” to cut them off with 2/3rds of voting senators 1972: oh no filibusters are eating up floor time, let’s make a two-track system to dodge them 1975: oh no, 2/3rds is a lot, let’s make it a flat 60 votes — PolitiTweet.org

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@HumphreyBohun Saving the filibuster during the Bush years was a mistake. And the GOP didn’t have to get around filibusters in the Trump years — they didn’t have a legislative agenda to pass so just went all in on judges and taxes, which were already filibuster-proof https://t.co/p0gfMV7yKW — PolitiTweet.org

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If Aaron Burr hadn’t screwed up the rules and John Calhoun hadn’t taken advantage of it, we’d have no filibuster as we know it. Any attempts to fix it have just made things worse/easier to use, so I have a hard time supporting even reforms over abolition of it at this point. — PolitiTweet.org

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The idea that the Senate rules were built around — where the esteemed gentlemen of the Senate will just cordially decide to have a majority vote once debate is naturally exhausted — is not anywhere close to reality — PolitiTweet.org

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The filibuster is a mistake of the rewritten rules, which deleted the rule for “previous question,” a loophole exploited by the Southern slaveholding class and later the Dixiecrats. That is the history of the filibuster. — PolitiTweet.org

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It. Has. Not. Been. Tradition. The. Whole. Time. You. Dink. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jftaveira1993: .@HayesBrown: "#MitchMcConnell’s modus operandi throughout his years in the Senate has been to block, stymie and otherwi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AliVelshi: McCarthy says if he becomes House speaker, he would strip some Democrats of committee assignments https://t.co/M2OHpl1fTZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AKurmanaev: New evidence suggests the man who took over from Haiti’s murdered president had close links to a prime suspect in the assas… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lisatozzi: 🚨JOB ALERT:🚨 Here's a fun one: We’re looking for a top-notch breaking news editor to join our team at Rolling Stone! Detail… — PolitiTweet.org

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And when I say McConnell is saying the “exact same thing” now, I mean EXACT SAME THING. 1992: https://t.co/YBFaSzUy3U 2021: https://t.co/gvEJBL9ZSo https://t.co/pV22LQVJ8O — PolitiTweet.org

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And so it goes: McConnell has always seen any shift from the status quo on voting — either through campaign finance reform or making it easier to vote — as a threat to GOP victories. Anything he says on elections should be seen through that lens. https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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But once the Roberts court gave him cover? McConnell has never once looked back. Instead of defending a law on the books, SCOTUS let him pretend that reauthorizing the VRA would be a -new- federal overreach https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell DID say a lot of good things about the Voting Rights Act — before the Supreme Court gutted it. This was him in 2004, arguing for making DOJ preclearance permanent instead of needing reauthorization https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 https://t.co/DkAFaw2cLJ — PolitiTweet.org

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From 1992, again on the National Voter Registration Act: "Republicans, who twice in the last year used the threat of a filibuster to block the measure from coming to the floor, say the bill will encourage vote fraud.” https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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You know how you can register to vote at the DMV? Mitch McConnell fought against that bill in 1992, calling it a “solution in search of a problem.” He’s saying the exact same thing now about Dem bills making it easier to vote https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lindzmcleod: THE ELMO STORY HAS DROPPED! Feast thy eyes upon it here. https://t.co/HtEPwhye2e — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RichardGowan1: I think a further clarification is required here: Why were @UN helmets part of the "official gear" of local peacekeepers… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ConnieSchultz: “For the first seven decades of its existence, Congress returned again and again to one acrimonious topic: slavery. Many… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daveweigel: If you described 1/6/21 in 2020 - "Trump will try to block Biden's certification and his supporters will break into the Cap… — PolitiTweet.org

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“In [McConnell’s] view, anything beyond the status quo — whether it’s more transparent elections or easier voter participation — must be treated as a partisan attack and defeated.” https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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In the process of writing this, I learned that McConnell has been making the literal -exact- same argument against new federal voting rights legislation for 30 years. Compare what he said in 1992 with today: https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 https://t.co/qNOufpUDnk — PolitiTweet.org

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New from me: Democrats shouldn’t take Mitch McConnell’s Electoral Count Act offer if it means ditching their broader voting rights package. But McConnell just needs to convince one or two that his eighth of a loaf is worth it https://t.co/DIEYPFOTq1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DPAQreport: After 2 coups in 18 months, Mali announced it will hold another election — in 2026. West African leaders struck back, seali… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AoDespair: I would agree with you but then I would be a racist asshole utterly oblivious to the entirety of the last couple centuries o… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is absolute the level of chaos that we should expect throughout 2022 https://t.co/FLVdkQ77GI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MichaelCBender: While banning Trump’s account, Facebook sold $11.5 million in ads in 2021 to politicians and committees that mentioned… — PolitiTweet.org

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In honor of whatever the Golden Globes is doing rn, please enjoy one of the weirdest stories I ever tried to report out, featuring Drew Barrymore, an Egyptian airline magazine, and the president of the HFPA https://t.co/239HmiGfl0 — PolitiTweet.org