the senate s desire to hang on to a relic of the past, jim crow relic of the filibuster, that why the house will move expeditiously and protect women from states like texas and a supreme court that s activist court, my fear is some members of the senate will use the filibuster as excuse to not take action. in face of inaction we ll see more death in texas. texas is dangerous place now for women and children. going to see more states import this law and do everything possible to create most host ill conditions for women in our country. claire, are her concerns well founded? well, listen, you and i have circled this wagon a number of times and clearly we need filibuster reform. but we have members of senate
because of the senate s desire, to hang on to a relic of the past, a jim crow relic, the filibuster, that while the house will move expeditiously to protect women from states like texas, and from a supreme court that is an activist court. my fear is that some members of the senate, will use the filibuster, as an excuse to not take action. in the face of inaction, we will see more, death texas is now very dangerous place for women and children. we are going to see more states, basically import this law, and do everything they can to create the most hostile conditions for women in our country. clare? are her concerns well founded? well, listen, you and i have circled this wagon, a number of times. and clearly, we need filibuster reform. but we also have members of the senate, that are not from districts like hers. we have members of the senate
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The Atlantic
Remember Trump’s Accomplices
Americans must not forget the 147 members of Congress who advanced the former president’s lies, then ignored his culpability in inciting a coup.
February 18, 2021
The Atlantic
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First they hid behind obscure interpretations of the Constitution and false claims of voter fraud. Then, even after a violent mob came for them, they chose a pathological liar and would-be authoritarian over the rule of law.
Now that Donald Trump’s second impeachment has ended in acquittal, we can look to the objections lodged by 147 Republicans against certifying the presidential-election results on January 6 as an omen. This group was willing to delay democracy and obstruct the transfer of power to a duly elected president and after their party’s leader incited a riot, they refused