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This is a point I've been making forever but people refuse to believe it. The filibuster *diminishes* the incentive to compromise because it lets the minority kill bills and nominations
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Did Schumer win the fight with McConnell? I'm less certain on this than others. He certainly didn't lose it. Sinema and Manchin simply said what they've said before on the
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I’ve been doing a bunch of reporting on vaccine distribution, and there are a few things that experts inside and outside the administration seem to agree on: Welp, something failed
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I think there’s good evidence that visible, tangible policies create feedback loops - Clinton failing to pass HC isn’t contrary evidence on this score.But even if I’m wrong, then at
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Democrats have a lot of good ideas to help people fast, and visibly. They have good ideas for deepening democracy, like the "For The People Act." But if they let
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One very under-discussed problem of the filibuster is that it orients Congress towards taxing and spending issues, and away from all other questions, like democracy reform. The former can go
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Over the years, I’ve had a lot of discussions with Facebook officials about how engagement-based, algorithmic social media changes people. They tend to argue it doesn’t: It just reveals what’s
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Michelle hits this exactly right. There isn't a happy answer here. If you feel conflicted, you're right.But that reflects a deeper fact of Trump, and those like him: They leave
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You should read this whole piece by @TimAlberta. One thing it makes clear: It's not just that "the fringe" no longer exists. It's that what was recently seen as the
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I've been thinking about this great @sarahkliff @sangerkatz piece on what Senate Democrats can and can't do on health care, which dives into what budget reconciliation allows. I want to
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They were told this by the President. By the House minority leader. By more than a dozen senators. By more than a hundred US representative. By anchors on Fox News.
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I want to be careful in how I say this because obviously you can't just break into the Capitol and desecrate offices and hit police officers with pipes. People should
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