| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| FILIBUSTER RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED 161 TIMES IN HISTORY |___________| (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / っ
@mcpli Aw, man. This tweet appeared in my notifications as "FILIBUSTER RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED", and I was SUPER excited. Then I open Twitter, and saw the rest: "161 times in history". The rules were not changed not today. Womp, womp. 😢 Sad trombone for me tonight. #EndTheFilibuster
@mcpli @AJentleson The filibuster was * accidentally * created, then deliberately abused. "Filibuster" comes from a Dutch word for "freebooter," someone who took booty or loot. It came to mean a legislator who was "pirating" the proceedings. #EndTheFilibuster x.com/ewarren/status…
@mcpli @AJentleson The filibuster was * accidentally * created, then deliberately abused. "Filibuster" comes from a Dutch word for "freebooter," someone who took booty or loot. It came to mean a legislator who was "pirating" the proceedings. #EndTheFilibuster x.com/ewarren/status…
@mcpli Filibuster doesn’t need to be reformed–it needs to be cancelled, deleted, booted from existence.
@mcpli @DJ22416182 At the very minimum, why hasn't the talking filibuster been implemented? I'm baffled.
@mcpli @MuellerSheWrote There was a time when there were 5 Justices on the Supreme Court… the number is not in the Constitution; and just like the filibuster it can (must) be changed.
@mcpli A stated, limited purpose solves the problem of future abuse.