In April of 2017, 61 senators signed a letter urging the Senate leadership to preserve the 60-vote rule for legislation. “We are writing to urge you to support our efforts to preserve existing rules, practices, and traditions as they pertain to the right of Members to engage in extended debate on legislation before the United States Senate,” the 61 senators wrote to then-Majority Leader McConnell and then-Minority Leader Schumer.
Thirty-one of the 61 signatories were Democrats, but most of those Democrats now support getting rid of the filibuster. In the Senate this week, National Review asked several filibuster flip-floppers why they changed their positions. None of the explanations made much sense.
Democratic senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, a signatory of the pro-filibuster letter, said Donald Trump changed his view. “I would say Donald Trump and a complete takeover of the Republican Party by right-wing ideology that is making it impossible for us to work on the biggest issues that are confronting our country,” Markey told National Review. Markey, of course, signed a letter in support of the filibuster three months into Donald Trump’s term as president.
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii said the “relentless, unending, determined, unbreakable Republican obstruction” changed his view on the filibuster. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said: “We never saw the kind of obstruction we’ve seen.”
But the Senate made it all the way until the May 28 vote on the January 6 commission without a filibuster, and that remains the only bill that had the support of a majority of senators that was killed by the filibuster. S. 1 failed on a 50–50 tie, and the motion to advance the Paycheck Fairness Act only got 49 Democratic votes due to the absence of one Democratic senator.
So let's start wtih the fact that Democrats used the filibuster 314 times while Donald Trump was President. But according to Democratic Senators the fact that it has been used three times (and only once where a majority of Senators supported a bill) is out of control?
Based on this trend, if Democrats were to retain the Senate, the Republicans would use the filibuser less than 30 times or about 10% of how much Democrats used it. But that really isn't the point, is it? Democrats realize that it is unlikely that they will hold both the House and the Senate for four years, and that their trivecta will probably come to a close in 2022.
So this is likely their one and only chance to push partisan legistlation that otherwise has no chance to pass. But without the ability to get to 60 votes, they will get nothing done. Or at least they will get none of the partisan one-sided divisive legislation that they really want to pass to the President for a signature.
Which, of course, has always been the point of the filibuster and why most Americans support the existance of it. They would rather see legislation that has bi-partisan support and see Republicans and Democrats working together, than to see a bunch of partisan divisive 50+VP legislation getting signed into law.
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UNHINGED Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley GOES OFF During Testimony – Blames “White Rage” for Jan. 6 Attacks – Brags About Reading Marx and Lenin
June 23, 2021, 5:15pmby Joe Hoft 2855 Comments
He completely debunked your Insurrection belifs.
I figured you would chicken out on your January 6th attempt to overthrow the Constitution of the United states of America.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced on Thursday the creation of a select committee to examine the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
SPEAKING OF HYPOCRISY
Judge Rebukes GOP for Downplaying Insurrection
June 24, 2021 at 10:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Federal judge Royce Lamberth said the January insurrection at the Capitol was a “disgrace” and forcefully rebuked the “utter nonsense” coming from some Republican lawmakers who are whitewashing what happened, CNN reports.
Said Lamberth: “I don’t know what planet they were on.”
Taegan Goddard comments:
Lamberth was appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
ANTI - Beef Bidenomics
BLM nominee Tracy Stone-Manning is against cattle grazing on public lands.
She is a simpleton.
Joint Chief of staff thinks it is very important to find out why there is "black rage".
Not only a democrats hypocrites, they're fucking idiots who can't keep their bullshit straight.
Exactly what he testified under oath.
First of all, on the issue of critical race theory, etc. I'll obviously have to get much smarter on whatever the theory is. But I do think it's important, actually, for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read. And the United States Military Academy is a university, and it is important that we train and we understand. And I want to understand 'white rage." I'm white, and I want to understand it.
So, what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find that out. I want to maintain an open mind here, and I do want to analyze it. It's important that we understand that. Because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians—they come from the American people. So it is important that the leaders, now and in the future, do understand it.
I've read Mao Tse Tung. I've read Karl Marx. I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist. So what is wrong with understanding—having some situational understanding—about the country for which we are here to defend?
I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our commissioned and non-commissioned officers, of being quote 'woke' or something else because we're studying some theories that are out there. That was started at Harvard Law School years ago, and it proposed that there are laws in the United States, antebellum laws prior to the Civil War, that led to a power differential with African-Americans that were three-quarters of a human being when this country was formed. And then we had a Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation to change it. And then we brought it up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964—it took another 100 years to change that.
So look, I do want to know. And I respect your service, and you and I are both Green Berets. But I want to know. And it matters to our military and the discipline and cohesion of this military.
And I thank you for the opportunity to make a comment on that."
A four star general has debunked your fucking stupid trolling shit on January 6th
"fucking idiots who can't keep their bullshit straight."
Like Alky
"I have never been charged with DWI"Alky
"I have been charged with DWI and tickets" Alky
Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist.
I never got arrested for dui
Or spousal abuse.
Roger , are you standing behind your economic wizardry that Bidenomics clocks in at " 12 % GDP this" year and " 10% GDP " in coming years?
A four star general has debunked your fucking stupid trolling shit on January 6th
Irrelevant since this thread is about democrat stupidity and hypocrisy on the filibuster, alky.
And 4-star, CRT-endorsing asshats are a dime a fucking dozen these days in our modern "woke" sissy military... where new recruits proudly brag about having two mommies, or birthing people.
An investigation by Michigan's Republican-led Senate Oversight Committee found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in 2020, and recommended that Michigan's attorney general investigate individuals who made false claims "for their own ends.">
Why it matters: A 35-page report released by the committee debunks election falsehoods and conspiracy theories spread by former President Trump and his supporters in the aftermath of November's election.
As recently as May, Trump was falsely claiming that votes in Michigan were "intentionally switched" from him to President Biden, calling the fraud allegation "MASSIVE and determinative."
Driving the news: The months-long investigation repudiates claims from GOP activists who alleged that some voting machines were “manipulated” in rural Antrim County, where human error by the Republican clerk led to initially skewed results, per Bridge Michigan.
"The committee finds those promoting Antrim County as the prime evidence of a nationwide conspiracy to steal the election place all other statements and actions they make in a position of zero credibility," the report says.The report acknowledges that "there are glaring issues that must be addressed in current Michigan election law, election security, and certain procedures," but says the issues should not bring into question the integrity of the 2020 election.
What they're saying: "Our clear finding is that citizens should be confident the results represent the true results of the ballots cast by the people of Michigan," the report concluded.
“The committee strongly recommends citizens use a critical eye and ear toward those who have pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain.”"The committee recommends the attorney general consider investigating those who have been utilizing misleading and false information about Antrim County to raise money or publicity for their own ends."
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That means that people like you and the truthers could be attested if you spread lies in Michigan.
Hey Rog...
You senile old man you! You have posted the same story over and over and over... but apparently forget that you already have posted it.
Going to end up in that lock down unit any day now.
Hint... we ignore it anyways. Don't post it multiple times. You look like an idiot.
That means that people like you and the truthers could be attested if you spread lies in Michigan.
So...
The First Amendment has been suspended in Michigan.
How wonderfully liberally fascistic of the Michigan AG. A true angry scumbag lesbo TWAT.
LOL.
She's such a piece of shit she tried to arrest a restaurant owner who appeared on Tucker Carlson's show.
You senile old man you! You have posted the same story over and over and over... but apparently forget that you already have posted it.
Which is exactly why the doors to his "facility" are locked AND alarmed.
LOL.
I posted it again today so I could shove it up your ass today.
Senility change is like Sleepy Joe bullshit.
I'm not senile.
Wrong again and again and again and again I can come and go anytime I want.
The filibuster was never intended as part of the original Senate design and has been changed before. McConnell engineered a 51-vote threshold to confirm President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court nominees, expanding on the change his predecessor, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, put in place to confirm executive branch and lower court nominees. Much earlier, a significant change in the 1970s lowered the 67-vote threshold to 60.
Manchin and Sinema, D-Ariz., are among those who argue that preserving the filibuster fosters bipartisanship, rather than allowing majority passage like the House. While they are the most vocal holdouts against abolishing the filibuster, they have not ruled out supporting any changes to the rules.
Sinema signaled what many viewed as a possible road map of ideas in an op-ed released the night before the vote. “It is time for the Senate to debate the legislative filibuster,” .
The filibuster was used by Democrats before the election of President Nixon.
The 13 former Confederate States have become Republican party dominated by white people.
The changing demographics and again the Jim Crow era has returned because the turnout in the last election cycle demonstrated that high turnout would cost the Republicans control of either branch of the Congress.
Some Democrats want to keep the filibuster if the Republicans get the Congress majorities. I personally think it should be repealed.
The filibuster was used by Democrats before the election of President Nixon to block civil rights legislation.
The Republicans were the liberal party in the civil war era, but it has changed into a cultist party.
Yippee yippee
Rudy Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York over false statements about Trump election loss.
PUBLISHED THU, JUN 24 2021 11:25 AM EDTUPDATED 4 MIN AGO
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A New York court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York state due to making "false and misleading statements" about the election loss of President Donald Trump.The suspension is a stunning blow to Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who previously served as a top Justice Department official, and the head prosecutor for the federal Southern District of New York.Giuliani and Trump have since last November made false claims about the legitimacy of the election of President Joe Biden.
Shove your plagiarism up your nursing home ass, alky.
The shit you steal is a lie. McConnell didn't "engineer" anything.
Reid nuked the filibuster for fed court appointees so 0linsky could pack the lower courts with marxist scumbags. Mitch simply used the tool he inherited.
And yeah, I'll bet you CAN come and go as you please...
...with a medi-van reservation and a nurse escort.
LOL. Fucking wife-beating LOSER.
"A four star general" 4F-Alky
He is referred to as General.
Not as you did, idiot.
Roger, you said you were moving.
To a single family house?
The S&P 500 climbed on Thursday, surpassing its record high set a week ago as the market fully recovered losses triggered by the Federal Reserve’s surprise policy pivot.
The broad equity benchmark rose 0.5% to hit an all-time high, retaking its previous record on June 14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 260 points, or 0.8%, sitting less than 3% from its all-time high. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 0.6% to reach another record.
A broad group of stocks gained to push the benchmarks to new highs. Communication services, consumer discretionary, health care and tech were the best-performing sectors. Tesla added more than 4%, while GM and Caterpillar each gained about 1%.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/23/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/23/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Roger, you said you were moving.
To a single family house?
To a room with foam rubber wallpaper.
LOL.
Jimmy Hitler Jr. Said
And 4-star, CRT-endorsing asshats are a dime a fucking dozen these days in our modern "woke" sissy military... where new recruits proudly brag about having two mommies, or birthing people.
Early life and education
Born in Winchester, Massachusetts, Milley attended Belmont Hill School. Milley graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics in 1980 after completing a 185-page-long senior thesis titled "A Critical Analysis of Revolutionary Guerrilla Organization in Theory and Practice". Milley also holds a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Columbia University and another Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College. He is also an attendee of the MIT Center for International Studies Seminar XXI National Security Studies Program.
Military career
Milley earned his commission as an Armor officer through Princeton's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in 1980 and spent most of his career in Infantry assignments.
Milley has served in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 5th Special Forces Group, the 7th Infantry Division, the 2nd Infantry Division, the Joint Readiness Training Center, the 25th Infantry Division, Operations Staff of the Joint Staff, and as a Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon.
General Milley has had multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout the last 39 years to include command of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division; Milley commanded the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) from December 2003 to July 2005, served as deputy commanding general for operations of the 101st Airborne Division from July 2007 to April 2008, and was commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division from November 2011 to December 2012. He then served as the Commanding General of III Corps, based at Fort Hood, Texas, from 2012 to 2014, and as the commanding general of the United States Army Forces Command, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 2014 to 2015. He was appointed chief of staff of the Army on August 14, 2015.
Chief of Staff of the U.S. ArmyGeneral Milley with the Italian Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Danilo Errico at the Pentagon
In his initial message to the U.S. Army, General Milley laid out his priorities on readiness, the future Army, and taking care of troops. "We must ensure the Army remains ready as the world's premier combat force. Readiness for ground combat is- and will remain- the U.S. Army's #1 priority. We will do what it takes to build an agile, adaptive Army of the future."
Modernization and reform
During his tenure, Milley focused heavily on modernization efforts for the Army, which included a new command designed to consolidate the methods that deliver Army capabilities, similar to the approach used by U.S. Special Operations Command. At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, Milley described the areas targeted for modernization, including tanks, aircraft and weapons. "Faster results will be obtained...as we shift to a SOCOM-like model of buy, try, decide and acquire rather than the current industrial-age linear model that takes years to establish requirements, decades to test, and it may take a long, long time to go from idea to delivery," Milley said. "If we adapt to the changing character of war, and we embrace the institutional changes that we need to implement, then we will continue to be the most lethal fighting force in the world for the next seven decades and beyond. If we do not, we will lose the next war," Milley warned.
Early life and education
Military career
Milley earned his commission as an Armor officer through Princeton's Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in 1980 and spent most of his career in Infantry assignments.
Milley has served in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 5th Special Forces Group, the 7th Infantry Division, the 2nd Infantry Division, the Joint Readiness Training Center, the 25th Infantry Division, Operations Staff of the Joint Staff, and as a Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon.
General Milley has had multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and special forces throughout the last 39 years to include command of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division; Milley commanded the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) from December 2003 to July 2005, served as deputy commanding general for operations of the 101st Airborne Division from July 2007 to April 2008, and was commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division from November 2011 to December 2012. He then served as the Commanding General of III Corps, based at Fort Hood, Texas, from 2012 to 2014, and as the commanding general of the United States Army Forces Command, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from 2014 to 2015. He was appointed chief of staff of the Army on August 14, 2015.
Chief of Staff of the U.S. ArmyGeneral Milley with the Italian Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Danilo Errico at the Pentagon
In his initial message to the U.S. Army, General Milley laid out his priorities on readiness, the future Army, and taking care of troops. "We must ensure the Army remains ready as the world's premier combat force. Readiness for ground combat is- and will remain- the U.S. Army's #1 priority. We will do what it takes to build an agile, adaptive Army of the future."
Modernization and reform
During his tenure, Milley focused heavily on modernization efforts for the Army, which included a new command designed to consolidate the methods that deliver Army capabilities, similar to the approach used by U.S. Special Operations Command. At the 2017 Association of the United States Army annual meeting, Milley described the areas targeted for modernization, including tanks, aircraft and weapons. "Faster results will be obtained...as we shift to a SOCOM-like model of buy, try, decide and acquire rather than the current industrial-age linear model that takes years to establish requirements, decades to test, and it may take a long, long time to go from idea to delivery," Milley said. "If we adapt to the changing character of war, and we embrace the institutional changes that we need to implement, then we will continue to be the most lethal fighting force in the world for the next seven decades and beyond. If we do not, we will lose the next war," Milley warned.
NEW YORK — New York state suspended Rudolph W. Giuliani from practicing law on Thursday, months after the former New York mayor battled to overturn the settled results of the presidential election on behalf of President Donald Trump.
The committee of First Department Appellate Division judges that made the determination said Giuliani is not fit to continue practicing law after he “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for [Trump] and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.” The panel issued a 33-page opinion on the matter.
Roger, do you realize cut n paste , is not, debate.
"To a room with foam rubber wallpaper." REV
WELL, he doesn't need his newly purchased $85,000 Audi A8 to do that "home" shopping.
Shove his resume up your nursing home ass, alky.
He's grooming marxist snowflakes with two birthing people (parents) to get their asses beaten.
Maybe they can put a snowflake symbol on their Arlington headstone.
What asshat Socialist said the following:
"“There is a growing recognition, really across the political spectrum, that we need to achieve more inclusive prosperity,”
1, The Pet Rock Biden
2, His Affirmative Action pick VP
3, AsshOleC
4, Federal Reserve Coward Powell
"If we adapt to the changing character of wokeness, and we embrace the institutional changes that we need to implement, then we will continue to be the most feminine, limp-wristed, lisping queefing force in the world for the next seven decades and beyond. If we do not, we will lose the war on wokeness and faggotry," Milley warned.
By the time this asshole is done the flags draping the caskets coming into Dover AFB will be rainbow flags.
The President and a bipartisan group has just announced the infrastructure bill is going to pass, without a tax increases and will probably pass by a majority vote in the Senate.
They are holding a public press conferences at the White House.
‘We have a deal,’ Biden says after meeting with Senate infrastructure group.
Highway and bridges and railroad, and sewer and water safety systems, and broadband access across the country.
PUBLISHED THU, JUN 24 20218:08 AM EDT
Experience matters more than before.
Washington — A group of bipartisan senators announced an agreement on a framework for an infrastructure proposal on Wednesday evening, even as the White House and congressional Democrats continue to pursue two tracks in passing President Biden's multi-trillion dollar plan.
The group of 21 senators, 10 Democrats and 11 Republicans, previously reached an agreement on an infrastructure proposal costing roughly $1 trillion, with $579 billion in new spending — although the proposal did not include details about funding. Republican Senator Mitt Romney, a lead negotiator, told reporters on Wednesday evening that negotiators have "agreed to a framework" that they would present to the White House.
U.S. judge blocks Blatantly Racist $4 billion debt relief program for minority farmers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-judge-blocks-4-billion-075051240.html
Playing favorites based upon skin color = racism defined.
The proposal, with bipartisan support and the backing of Biden, is likely to pass, even in a bitterly divided Congress. With the backing of 11 Republican senators and 10 moderate Democrats, the infrastructure bill would surpass the 60 votes required to overcome a filibuster if all Senate Democrats vote for it.
Biden plans to pursue separate legislation to try to pass his subsidized child care, home caregiving, climate-change, prekindergarten and free community college proposals. He will have to rely on a legislative maneuver called reconciliation, which carries special rules but would allow Democrats to approve the bill with a simple majority in the 50-50 Senate, where Vice President Kamala Harris breaks ties. Doing so would allow Biden's "human infrastructure" components – roundly opposed by Republicans – to pass without any Republican support.
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a part of the Biden administration's federal stimulus relief package that forgave agricultural debts to farmers of color.
Personally I agree that the judge.
The discrimination took place decades ago. The descendants should not have to pay for their family actions a century ago
Biden, caved .
He gave up $1.5 Trillion to get any deal .
Both Roger and James, said repeatedly The Pet Rock Biden would move boldly.
Not.
Hey alky, here's a question for you -
Fingerfuck Joe said we would need F-15's and nukes to topple the US Government, and you've been crying that the government was almost toppled by a group of rowdy tourists on January 6th.
So, which is it? Do we actually need the weapons, or can we just go stroll through the rotunda and get it done?
LOL.
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Biden, caved .
He gave up $1.5 Trillion to get any deal .
Yep. And the drooling fuck doesn't even realize what he had to give up.
The discrimination took place decades ago. The descendants should not have to pay for their family actions a century ago
That it the entire concept of CRT - that what happened decades ago drives everything in our culture today.
You seem confused by what you believe and don't believe.
If you are going to be a fan of CRT then you need to follow the rules in lock step. You cannot pick and choose what to believe.
You on the ridiculous, vengeful Right are just horrified that we now have a DECENT President who has both real principles and political know how.
We are?
He was rolled , by Putin.
He lost the S1 Federalize all voting .
He got taken to the wood shed over true infrastructure once the Republicans taught him what it is.
Questions are too hard for poor broke and broken Roger.
"So, which is it? Do we actually need the weapons, or can we just go stroll through the rotunda and get it done?"
James, we know that Pet Rock Biden has released 60 k or more Federal Felons.
We know that they will offend again.
Tell us the "decency" in a man that purposely causes the victimization of those 30 k victims.
Hands Joe Biden? Joe the pedophile? Joe the sexual abuser?
that we now have a DECENT President
Because "He was a drug addict and black " he should be put on probation for time served.
But the enemy of the people says this!
MINNEAPOLIS NBC Propaganda — Twelve jurors took about 10 hours to convict Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd. It was a swift rebuke to conclude the three-week trial of the former Minneapolis police officer.
Their decisive action, however, is no guarantee he will get a harsh punishment when he is sentenced Friday.
Chauvin is part of a small group of nonfederal law enforcement officers — such as police officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers — who have been convicted on charges related to on-duty killings in the last 15 years and an even smaller bunch to be convicted of murder. On average, those officers have received far less prison time at sentencing than their civilian counterparts.
Chauvin is among only 11 nonfederal law enforcement officers convicted of murder resulting from an on-duty incident since 2005, according to Philip Stinson, a criminal justice professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, who tracks police prosecutions.
The average punishment for the nine who have been sentenced so far is 21.7 years in prison, he said, with 81 months as the shortest sentence and life in prison as the longest.
Civilians convicted of murder, on the other hand, received an average sentence of 48.8 years in prison in 2018, according to a report released in March by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Stinson said he expects Chauvin will receive a lengthy prison term.
The "shocking nature" of the cellphone video recording of Floyd's arrest and death, as well as "the flat eye effect of Chauvin's face as he slowly killed a man" separates this case from others of people killed by police, he said.
The prosecution has asked that Chauvin be sentenced to 30 years. Eric Nelson, Chauvin's attorney, has asked that he receive probation with time served or for a downward departure from sentencing guidelines.
"His attorneys would probably argue that any period of incarceration, including his time in jail right now awaiting sentencing, is very hard time for a former law enforcement officer," said Stinson, who was a police officer for a few years in New Hampshire. "Well, that's true but that's not the primary concern of the court here."
Take to the streets and restore Donald Trump as our President Donald Trump forever.
Another invalid parallels between different events.
Hypocrisy award for life!
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