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kpete

(72,897 posts) Wed Nov 3, 2021, 11:08 AM Nov 2021

We are the goddam majority in America and it's time we started governing like it. [View all]

The lesson from Virginia is this:

We are the goddam majority in America and it’s time we started governing like it.

The fatigue of seeing meaningful progress get stymied by a weaponized filibuster, while toxic disinformation and white supremacy grow unchecked…is real.

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We are the goddam majority in America and it's time we started governing like it. [View all] kpete Nov 2021 OP

Unfortunately, our system is designed to allow organized minorities to obstruct everything...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #1

...or just a couple of Senators leftstreet Nov 2021 #3

That too. Our Senate is set up like the Roman Senate... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #4

The failures of Washington were an extra layer; Virginia was decided on local issues. brooklynite Nov 2021 #2

Are you saying, the left has a lose handle or grip on understanding the American electorate?? Omnipresent Nov 2021 #5

Only if all the people in the tent agree. BannonsLiver Nov 2021 #6

I agree, but Mary in S. Carolina Nov 2021 #7

Great post! We did have wins last night. PortTack Nov 2021 #9

It might be time to fight like the republicans. slater71 Nov 2021 #8