The modern fillibuster is a general agreement to let other Senate business happen while a particular vote is postponed. But Republicans want to enforce some of the older rules that mean that when a filibuster is happening, no other business can take place.

Thune is smart to proceed cautiously. There are a lot of other things that Republicans want to get through the Senate, including the DHS funding bill, and the Senate’s HR role of approving appointments. Given the state of the current rules, Democrats can hold up the voting bill without stalling all that other stuff. Once they pull the trigger on this, that all changes. Schumer will start reading names out of the Park Slope phone book for weeks on end, and all that other stuff doesn’t get done.

I can see an uncharitable way it ends well, if he finally eats that last cheeseburger already.

Bad Bunny embodies the values some of us aspire to, Trump embodies what most of the country actually values.

Yes, you understand that correctly. All I can say is that it wasn’t always this way.

Partisanship is such a driving force in our politics that even someone who only bucks their party 4% of the time is considered “bipartisan”. I’ve seen reports in the media calling a vote “bipartisan” if it only gets two or three votes from the other side.

And yes, it depends on that person’s reputation. Since Collins is seen as a moderate, all it takes is her support on a bill to call it “bipartisan”. OTOH, Senator Rand Paul frequently votes against the Republican party line, but only because he is a batshit crazy libertarian. He can vote against a Republican bill, and nobody calls that “bipartisan”, I guess because both sides think he’s nuts.

No problem! But, it’s still a link to a random X post and not an article so will probably get removed soon.

I know, it stinks, just like you-know-who’s diaper…

You forgot the link

They did name about 1km worth of highway in Scranton after Biden after he was elected President

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Biden_Expressway

Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died on Sept. 14 after she doused herself with an accelerant and set herself ablaze at her home on Geraldine Avenue in Uvalde, Texas, Bexar County officials determined.

What a horrible way to go. Self-immolating isn’t really a typical suicide plan, is it? I’m sure the Uvalde PD did a thorough job investigating it, and are total professionals, and there’s no chance they are covering something up and it was really a murder.

… Wait, that town sounds familiar, where did I hear of that place before?

What a Stable Genius

Doubtful, as long as it is perfectly legal to bribe pay gratuities to justices who vote the right way

Filing that dissent meant they were eligible for their bribe gratuity for voting the right way

If I were writing the script, it would turn out that the aliens found us sometime in the late 60s, but they assessed that as long as we kept electing idiots we didn’t pose a threat.

“I’m not only the Child Rape Club for Men President, but I’m also a client!”

Is there a difference between someone who mainly hates Palestinians, vs. someone who hates all non-whites without distinction?

I bet he reinstitutes them under the BISSo doctrine (Because I Said So). Why not? He routinely ignores the courts

You joke, but I think he is about to try and tell us that Obama himself is an alien.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing

Hey, it’s TACO Friday (complete with extra Titanium Dioxide!)

Didn’t they already do this?