ChonkyOwlbear

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

IIRC, the Democrats used the filibuster more during Trump's first term than the Republicans did during Obama's second term. It is a highly flawed tool, but it does have its uses. Yeah, we are going to be able to pass more things we want, but so will the opposition.

I think we should get rid of the filibuster because it has allowed the Executive to take more power. That doesn't mean it will be entirely positive. It might even be a net negative. Remember that we got rid of the filibuster for supreme court appointments and that is what allowed the Republicans to take a supermajority there.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago

Little sea raviolis.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The last time the Dems had a filibuster proof trifecta, it was for about 2 months and they passed Obamacare. The Repubs spent the next decade trying to break it. The Democrats have a lot of issues, but they are NOT the major problem here.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yes, but that would have affected virtually nothing Trump has done since gaining office again.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

That's Lincoln Square. The lot was behind a block long strip of popular restaurants and businesses and served as the collective parking for all of them. Removing it pretty much guarantees the street parking along that block will never be removed, when otherwise that block would be a prime candidate to be made a pedestrian-only block.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Can't filibuster executive orders.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Maybe he's mad there are no Star Wars movies on the list. I hear he is a big Jar Jar fan.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The average studio apartment in my area is 600 square feet. That is way too small of a space for a 2 bedroom.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Mormons know what would happen to them if a true Christian theocracy arose at the federal level.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

And yet they are still regularly wrong. Because statistics are probability, not certainty.

 
 

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