I don’t think the filibuster applies to cabinet position any more. Anything they do filibuster, Republicans will take away that as an option.
FTR, I’m in favor of abandoning the filibuster on everything. It’s supposed to act as a brake, but instead it has been used like a ratchet; allowing the GOP to lock down progress when in the minority and move forward incrementally when in the majority (because Democrats don’t have the balls to weaponize the filibuster like the GOP).
What in the blue fuck?!
I think Limey is incorrect here.
I don’t think that is correct. NYT has all 45 Dems, 2 independents, plus Collins, Murkowski, and McConnell voting no. 50 of 53 Republicans voted yes, plus Vance.
Fetterman did not vote to confirm. All Democrats, two Independents, and three Republicans (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins) voted “no”. That made it 50-50.
Apologies: Fetterman voted to advance Hesgeth’s nomination out of committee. Which is not as bad but still conforming to so-called “norms” when one party threw those out the window decades ago.
If you don’t think he should be SecDef, he should not get a yes vote to have his nomination advanced. It’s complete idiocracy.
Fetterman is a cat of a breed that’s different than every other politician. I imagine he’ll go maverick on occasion just to be a contrarian.
I know he is.
Trump tried to fire 13 Inspectors General by telling an underling to tell them they’re fired. Ignoring the terrifying prospect of Trump sweeping away yet another layer of protection against his lawlessness, the IGs collective response is pretty funny.
Short version: Nuts!
Kinda called due process, Donny.
That’s a nice thought, but the Supreme Court has already ruled that the President cannot be held to any law. And even if he could, who’s going to hold him to it? Congress? They abdicated their Constitutional role decades ago.
Oh these guys are fired for sure, taking with them an important lines of defense. But at least they’re not obeying in advance like the rest of government seems to be doing.
Lindsay Graham was on TV today and said yes, Trump violated the law here, but what did people expect? They knew he would, and that’s why they voted for him. You can’t expect him to just follow the law, Congress just has to live with it.
In the words of Clayton Williams, the Republic should just lay back and enjoy it.
Trump is coming for you coffee.
The White House is running damage limitation on the Columbia (sic) tariffs.
Isn’t that a River?
And a district. And a clothing brand.
It’s a lot of things; but a country that exports coffee it is not.
I won’t pollute the NFL thread with this but…
Remember when the NFL was fixing the SB for the Chiefs to win because Travis and TayTay and something something Biden?
You can bet there’s an entire army of incels pulling for Buffalo.
(Yes, “bet” and “pulling” are intentional.)
So the majority of roses sold in the US come from Colombia. Trump has just imposed a 25% tariff on them, rising to 50% in a week.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
