(#4507) End the filibuster!

      I know all the arguments for keeping the filibuster. Yet those arguments only hold sway if you have two parties that are fighting to legislate for the American people. Well we don't have that and instead we have one party, democrats, who are fighting for all the American people and the other party, republicans, who are only fighting for the wealthy and themselves. So what the existence of the filibuster accomplishes is to let the minority party, republicans, block any and all legislation that is aimed at helping the US American populace. With gerrymandering in place, the republican party is mostly assured of never being punished at the ballot box for denying the American electorate fairness and equality.
     Such is the nature of our politics where the other major party, republicans, are not in sync with working middle poor class values at all. Instead their agenda is to stop any good legislation and then blame democrats for getting nothing done. That will be the republican battle cry come the midterms in November of next year. The republican playbook for decades has been to cause the damage and then do every thing possible to not get it fixed. That way they can always blame democrats for failing to fix the mess republicans made. However republicans don't frame it that way, they say that the mess was a by product of liberal and progressive handout policies.
     How republicans do this is to lie about what is the truth. They have already created a false narrative in many ways within our society about not trusting the media or democrats. They have about a third of the nation who stand by their false claims. Just enough people to put pressure on more moderate republican politicians so that they toe the trump line that is now being forwarded. Regardless of how insane the trumpian line is. The republican minority leader in the Senate is all about stalling and obstructing in any way possible the Biden plans for our shared future. So thinking that the republicans in the House and Senate are going to negotiate in good faith is a failure of some crucial members of our own political party to recognize the obvious.