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Boo1

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10. They don't?

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #4)

Mon May 18, 2026, 04:43 PM

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So when have they expanded the court or killed the filibuster?

The assumption that democrats could keep Republicans out of power for decades ignores all of the past 50 years of US political history.

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