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25 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Every time a Republican grumbles about reconciliation, reporters should ask them what has changed since they used the process to try and take our healthcare away, which 61% of Americans disapproved of
It's not a "gotcha" question! It's about fundamentally understanding what I'm sure are sincerely held principles about bipartisanship and reconciliation. What has changed for people like @JerryMoran since he tried to take our healthcare away?
Per my recollection, the GOP did not consult with Democrats on ACA repeal. Voters were thus forced to spend Summer, 2017 weeping on the voicemails of a select group of 4-5 republican senators who might deign to listen to public opinion. Jerry Moran was not among these Senators
So I'm very curious: is there something less justifiable about using reconciliation when we're looking to build bridges and invest in jobs than there is about using the same process to ensure Americans w/ pre-existing conditions can't get healthcare?

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24 Jun
Here is my new piece for @johnastoehr. In it, I respond to George Packer's article "The 4 Americas." There are a lot of issues with the article, but, in my view, the most serious one is that Black Americans seem to have no place in any of the 4 Americas stoehr.substack.com/p/black-americ…
It's possible that progressive Black activists have a place in Packer's "Just America," but, even this category seems centered around whiteness. Importantly, "Just America" itself is a strawman of modern social justice, which Packers seems to believe has descended into tyranny
So Black activists and academics might be placed in "Just America," but the actions that they've taken to change language & behavior are derided & distorted. There is no space in *any* of the Americas for other Black citizens
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23 Jun
Do people actually think McConnell didn't abolish the legislative filibuster in 2017 because he was especially devoted to that norm while willing to smash a dozen others? No. He kept the filibuster b/c it benefits the GOP to have it, while harming Dems. alternet.org/2021/06/mitch-…
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-The GOP benefits from congressional gridlock more than Dems
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The filibuster asymmetrically helps the GOP
Do we have a lot to fear if the GOP gets back into power? Sure. But we'd have a lot to fear w/ or w/out the filibuster. Even if the filibuster provides Dems minimal protection (it doesn't), that would still be outweighed by the benefits of reforming it
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I don't get the rationale behind boycotting immigrants' businesses in the U.S. b/c their country of origin is oppressive towards others. I don't see people making this argument about immigrants who come from countries that oppress Kurdish people or Roma people.
This is especially problematic given that there is no reason to believe boycotting individual immigrants' businesses in the U.S. would have any impact on their country-of-origin's behavior. Travel boycotts *to* the country would at least be justifiable on these grounds.
I'm not arguing for any specific travel boycott here. I'm saying that if you want to influence a country's behavior, those kinds of boycotts could *arguably* make sense. Going after individual immigrants' businesses does not.
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21 Jun
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21 Jun
I got into a debate the other day with a Christian about the term "Judeo-Christian." I said it offended some Jewish people & that it fairly objectively obscured a lot of history. He believed it was a term of respect for Judaism, which is common among some well-meaning Christians
Other, less well-meaning Christians, use the term for propagandistic purposes &/or for intentional erasure. But there are also some Christians out there who feel they fight anti-semitism by respecting the original shared history & "Judeo-Christian" is a part of this.
In any case, I argued pretty firmly against this interpretation. He felt pretty steadfast in what he had been taught. But, at the end of the conversation, he said he would no longer use the term b/c Jewish people had said he shouldn't so that would be the polite thing to do.
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21 Jun
There is no U.S. politician who can perfectly map their religious beliefs onto political beliefs. This doesn't happen on the left & it doesn't happen on the right, which, I will remind you, literally tortured children. Such a project would also be antithetical to democracy itself
U.S. Catholics who are personally anti-abortion, but politically pro-choice are not hypocrites. They have made commitments to democracy. They have also made *moral* decisions to not force faith on others. Additionally, they have chosen the path that empirically reduces harm.
And, again, even if the GOP were a normal party and not an authoritarian death-cult bent on slashing children's social security, they would still have a hard time perfectly translating Christianity into all policy. Nor should they want to do this b/c, well, we live in a democracy
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