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John P. Murphy
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Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast. No idea what Iā€™m doing. johnpmurphy.net
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Pointing out cows sometimes does too :D

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Itā€™s like the evil version of needing to point out cows and horses.

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Sadly it works for a whole lot of places in the US

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Does Senate tradition demand that if one party gets a supermajority they just get to do whatever they want? Or does the goal line move?

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Is the intent to allow a single senator to slow things down on matter theyā€™re passionate about? (Or to facilitate grandstanding for re-election) To require a supermajority on legislation? Require minority party buy-in on everything?

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There is no ā€œthe filibusterā€. It has changed so much and has so many different possible implementations for different goals that talking about it like a concrete thing - let alone a tradition - is incoherent.

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They feel oddly like click wrap licenses.

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John P. Murphy
@johnpmurphy.bsky.social
Science fiction and fantasy writer, author of RED NOISE, THE LIAR, and others. Coffee enthusiast. No idea what Iā€™m doing. johnpmurphy.net
111 followers111 following428 posts