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7 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Manchin has to know the JLVRA isn't getting through the Senate either. Among the GOP, only Murkowski backs it, and if we add gerrymandering to it, even she might back out.

What does he do when his pet voting rights project fails and the *only* option is ignoring the filibuster?
I don't think Manchin really has a long game anymore — I think he genuinely believed he could make the Senate work with no rule changes, and he's backed himself into a corner as it's become obvious he can't.
What's frustrating is it was totally unnecessary for him to do this. Other filibuster-supportive Dems like Tester & Feinstein left open the possibility they'd change their mind if the GOP operated in bad faith. It would've been so easy for Manchin to say that too, but he didn't.
I mean hell, if Manchin had adopted this line, it probably would be easier *right now* for him to get the bipartisanship he wants from the GOP! Republicans are confident he won't budge. If they weren't, maybe they'd be trying harder to give him the ten votes he wants to get.

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29 May
I really think this now broadly accepted conventional wisdom that Obama selfishly neglected party-building is wrong.

He dragged tons of senators and representatives over the finish line in 2008 and 2012. He personally campaigned to flip VA blue in 2013.

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And it's objectively false that Obama did not build a party bench. His VP is now president. His Labor Secretary went on to chair the party during a blue wave. Several of his administration officials, like Haley Stevens and Colin Allred, were elected to Congress winning red seats.
Obama took the reins of the Democratic Party at a very hard time, when rural Dem areas were in the middle of realignment but suburban GOP areas hadn't yet begun theirs. The party fundraisers were stretched thin trying to prevent losses that were basically inevitable.
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Hey @JoeManchinWV — the GOP just blocked investigating an attack of their own workplace, even after Dems agreed to everything they demanded.

If you think the filibuster will let you pass the PRO Act, the John Lewis Act, or anything else you endorsed, you're kidding yourself.
I understand your position, @JoeManchinWV. I know Robert Byrd was your friend and mentor and taught you reverence for the Senate rules. I know it's hard to be in the middle of a 50-50 Senate representing a very red state.

But democracy is at stake. You gotta get over it.
The modern filibuster has *never* been the norm. It was used sparingly until the 2010s when the GOP became radicalized.

Remember how they forced Dems to drag an ailing Robert Byrd from his hospital bed for votes? He cried "shame!" He knew the GOP was breaking his beloved Senate.
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25 May
And there it is. Republicans are straight-up admitting they won't support a deal even if Democrats agree to every change they ask for.

Enough. Democrats should stop engaging in this nonsense and just empanel a House select committee.
Here's the thing: we were never going to get a bipartisan commission on the Capitol attack.

We can't model this after the 9/11 commission. Republicans were fine with a 9/11 commission because they weren't the ones who fucking flew the planes into the towers.
Look, the 9/11 commission did great work and gave insight into our intel failures. But for the sake of political consensus, it both-sidesed Bush & Clinton's roles in security in a way that isn't 100% accurate.

That isn't possible with a 1/6 commission because IT WAS ALL THE GOP.
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25 May
This is an utterly ridiculous argument. Statues are not how we record history, they're how we pick specific people and events from history to *valorize*.
If @mtgreenee simply wants her kids to know about Hitler, there are thousands of books about him and what he did. There are museums that show clips of his rallies, the cattle cars he shipped Jews in, and recreations of the gas chambers.

A statue provides none of that context.
And if she wants her kids to know about Satan... well, he's in the single bestselling book ever written. And further, he's not even a historical figure, he's a religious and metaphorical construct, so there isn't even any history to record there, let alone valorize.
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In L.A. this weekend, I was blown away by how much development has occurred along the rail lines in the last 6 years.

I got on the E train at 7th & Flower and the moment the track went above ground, there were rows of huge skyscrapers I had never seen before lining the way.
It's already the second biggest city in the U.S. and not a particularly fast growing place so I really wasn't expecting things to be that different, but there was so much I didn't recognize from before. Century City's built up so much it looks like a whole ass other downtown.
This really enforces for me how important it is for cities to build out their public transit. Good rail and rapid bus routes encourage sustainable density, even in cities that have been sprawling and unsustainable for decades.
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21 May
Here's what I'd do if I were in charge of the U.S. response to the Israeli conflict.

I would offer Israel full support and military aid to defeat Hamas and restore Palestinian Authority control in Gaza, in return for the following:
1. A full commitment to talks with the Palestinian Authority, with U.S. included.

2. Repeal of the Nation-State Bill.

3. A total end to illegal settlements in the West Bank.

4. Full access to IDF intelligence to verify they are taking all measures to avoid civilian casualties.
Assuming that Israel agrees to these terms and enters talks, I would then offer Palestine an easing of Israeli movement restrictions and boosted foreign aid in return for holding free elections, though with extremist leaders banned from running.
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