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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1h

And as others have said we've seen this for over 15 years! Ted Kennedy died in office! So did Ginsburg! They were extremely old and shouldn't have been in their jobs!

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1h

I think this is a strawman of the argument. People are frustrated with the gerontocracy because they are sclerotic, bad at strategy, and not responsive to the seriousness of the time. Obviously mills is better than platner and collins.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1h

Death is not the only incapacitating event for a 79 year old!

cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 2h

They don't then run for senate, and upon learning that they have a nazi tattoo fail to apologize for it and get it removed or covered up.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think any of the remainers are the 50th vote against reforming the filibuster

cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

leahy gone

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

Casey is gone, durbin will be gone.

cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

Stabenow is gone as will be Peters, both replaced with people against it.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

carper is gone.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... the only two as of '21 are no longer in the senate.

What every Senate Democrat has said about filibuster reform

To end or change the filibuster, Democrats need 50 votes. But by our count, they don’t yet have half of that number firmly ready to roll back the procedure.

www.pbs.org

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 4h

Can you name the people who are on the record as against it outright?

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 5h

blah blah blah

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 6h

No, his big sin was getting a nazi tattoo and having the temerity to run for senate without even bothering to get it removed or covered up.

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · Aug 19

No way the Maine oysterman doesn’t milkshake duck

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 6h

@admcrlsn.bsky.social this is honestly pretty embarrassing! What contrition has he shown?

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 7h

If people affiliated with the campaign have to fall back on stuff like this in October in the year prior to the election, you're toast, pack it in.

cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 7h

Having people with high actuarial death rates during the tenancy of their term is bad, whether or not people continue to vote for it.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 7h

It's pretty clear there are 40+ votes for undoing the filibuster, imo.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately judges are appointed by the president and it has nothing to do with partisan lean of states in the circuit.

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 1d

Hans Moleman in a phone booth being attacked by birds with the text
I NEED THE BIGGEST METAPHOR YOU HAVE
NO, THAT'S TOO BIG

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

It's an admonition against timing the market because you, in fact, can't. The reason missing the 10 biggest days is oft cited is because people are more prone to panic selling than panic buying, and panic selling is when you miss the big up days.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

this is one of my favorite charts as well, though likely dated. Selling and missing the 10 biggest days cuts your returns in half.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

it me

cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint, he made a dogshit post, got repeatedly (and often patiently) told why it was wrong and then sneeringly dismissed his critics.

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

Hey look, there's one NYT guy who knows what's in the ACA!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of the consistently interesting things about ACA criticism since it was signed into law is how critics discount or ignore the medicaid expansion

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cnm.bsky.social @cnm.bsky.social · 1d

Murc's law.

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