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kozufox.bsky.social • 17 days ago

Is your head full of pudding?

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/headlines/sen_brian_schatz_warns_against_creeping_fascism_as_he_leads_filibuster_against_omb_nominee_vought

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bastaya.bsky.social•17 days ago

You see, this is the rude and belligerent ignorance I'm discussing. Once senators could really block nominees with a filibuster. But Harry Reid changed the rules in 2013, and it's no longer possible. This is just a stunt that won't stop Vought.

kozufox.bsky.social•17 days ago

Someone should've told the Biden admin that it's impossible for a minority party to block nominees in 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/us/politics/tommy-tuberville-military-promotions.html

bastaya.bsky.social•17 days ago

1. Tuberville got nothing for this stunt.
2. He WASN'T blocking cabinet nominees. The only reason senators let him do it for a while was that it wasn't key nominees. And again, he eventually annoyed them, got nothing and backed down humiliated

kozufox.bsky.social•17 days ago

Thinking he was the one getting humiliated and not the Biden admin is massive cope. He did exactly what he set out to do: get a bunch of publicity while hamstringing part of the Biden admin by blocking hundreds of nominees for months.

bastaya.bsky.social•17 days ago

No. He blocked military personnel promotions. He was trying to affect the Biden abortion policy and didn't hinder it at all, got zero concessions and backed down. And again they only even let him do this for a while because it was second tier stuff.

kozufox.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yeah bro, blocking hundreds of military appointments totally doesn't matter at all. Who needs a well oiled military, am I right? And who cares about hindering stuff like that when Trump wants to invade foreign countries?

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2023/09/18/as-both-the-no-1-and-no-2-marine-his-schedule-is-not-sustainable/

kozufox.bsky.social•17 days ago

You can whine about it all you want, but shit like that does actually matter. Delaying parts of the incoming administration matters. The publicity it generates matters. Making Trump look weak and dems look committed matters. If you can't understand that, you have the political instincts of a dog.

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