and this is why we have a 50/50 split senate. you can have one person or two people just stop everything and that is why people that a 50/50 senate sucks and we can t get things done. nonetheless, the gridlock game pointless posturing, the pretend game of making progress continues on capitol hill. the president and vice president held a zoom call today with top senate democrats including majority leader chuck schumer. who is poised to sideline the build back better bill, the one we were just discussing just last night, and refocus on voting rights reform. but is it too little, too late? is that this country, and small d democratic terms, now pass the point of no return? an opinion piece in the new york times suggests it may be. thomas and so quotes, and a cornell sociology professor, michael macy, who said an attempted coup would be less dangerous than the slow rise of authoritarian populism. quote, if the water temperature