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15. I am reminded of people here who said if we ended the filibuster

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:44 PM

Oct 2025

then the Republicans could do whatever they wanted the next time they got control.

That's always been a possibility whether we ended it or not. Never ever say that to me again, whoever you were.

Our entire system of government went to rubbish the minute rich fucks decided they were through with playing by someone else's rules. Now they just make up their own.

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