SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThey are resisting fascism one sternly worded letter at a timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down135
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minus-squareAkido37@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·2 months agoYou don’t understand. I don’t mean a filibuster. Daily business in the Senate operates under unanimous consent. That way, they avoid voting for things like setting schedules and super minor nonsense. It takes only a single Senator to force votes on everything to grind the Senate to a halt.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is the way, if you’re one of the morons (or outright collaborators) who still thinks civility is important. Bog eveything down with procedural bullshit. It’s what Mitch would do.
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minus-squareassaultpotato@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI generally agree with that. That’s a good step they should take. Assuming you’re American, you should contact your Senator so they know their constituents want that.
You don’t understand. I don’t mean a filibuster.
Daily business in the Senate operates under unanimous consent. That way, they avoid voting for things like setting schedules and super minor nonsense.
It takes only a single Senator to force votes on everything to grind the Senate to a halt.
This is the way, if you’re one of the morons (or outright collaborators) who still thinks civility is important.
Bog eveything down with procedural bullshit. It’s what Mitch would do.
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I generally agree with that. That’s a good step they should take. Assuming you’re American, you should contact your Senator so they know their constituents want that.