The victor in the Civil War wasn’t the ‘North’. It was the United States. We beat a violent, traitorous faction.
But that faction lived on through Jim Crow, the ‘Southern Strategy’, now MAGA…
The GOP, Fox & more are infected by the faction. The insurrection is ongoing.
The key tool being used by the faction now is the Big Lie.
They seek to limit access to the ballot box and institutionalize the ability of the faction’s current party - the GOP - to overturn election results.
They seek to defeat the US from the inside, but it’s the same war.
The goal is to rule from the minority. Their coalition is strong & disciplined and includes:
Fox, OAN, Sinclair, Daily Wire, Breitbart, White Evangelical churches, paramilitary groups, Federalist Society, Judicial Watch, Council for National Policy & the Republican Party & more.
After the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the $15 minimum wage was ineligible to be included in the reconciliation bill, the general consensus was that only @VP Harris could step in to overrule the judgement and keep $15 in the bill.
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Based on what I'm hearing from people familiar with the discussion within the Senate since the ruling came down, the consensus changed.
There is very little precedent for this type of situation.
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