Posted on 11/08/2025 6:58:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
“Can they end the filibuster and then bring it back?”
Majority vote in both cases.
What appointments are you talking about?
Amen
Sad to say but truth
Make no mistake: the democrats will nuke it the first chance they get. They tried before but Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema prevented it. They’re both gone now and the republicans won’t get it passed because of real “Americans” like Murkowski, Collins, Mcconnell and probably Rand Paul. We’re that close to having two more states, wide open borders and a Supreme Court packed with the kind of judges that have impeded every step the president has taken.
Like a lot of people, I have been wary of removing the filibuster. My worst fear is what the Dems will do. I guess that has been answered by a Senator (I think Schmidt) who says the Democrats made it perfectly clear they are dumping the filibuster the minute they get in power.
I find more justification yet in the current scenario: amid uncertainty about Republican prospects in the Mid-terms we have to think that there is barely a year left for President Trump to accomplish his agenda and everything possible must be done before time runs out.
On top of that uncertainty comes the Supreme Courts cold reception for Trumps executive tariff orders. If they are found unlawful, it could be a massive blow to his comprehensive economic strategy. A bad decision could be mitigated by legislative authorization for the presidential tariffs. But that can’t happen if the house is lost.
President Trump is alluding to this and the loss of many more opportunities to enshrine President Trump’s policies with legislative authority.
"As of November 9, 2025, several of President Trump's appointees remain unconfirmed by the Senate. Confirmation delays have been attributed to late-starting ethics and background checks, as Trump's transition team delayed initiating the vetting process until December 2024, falling behind the typical schedule.
This has led to postponed hearings and incomplete reviews by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and the FBI. Notable unconfirmed appointees include:
Michael Selig, nominated for Chair and Member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Laura DiBella and Robert Harvey, both nominated for the Federal Maritime Commission.
Ho Nieh and Douglas Weaver, nominated as Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brittany Panuccio, nominated to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, though confirmed en bloc on October 7, 2025, her official assumption of office remains listed as "TBD".
David LaCerte and Laura Swett, confirmed en bloc on October 7, 2025, for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with assumption dates in late October 2025."
It’s called the nuclear option for a reason! Once done, can’t get that Genie back into a bottle. When the Dems get back in office, and they will, they will pass all of their liberal retard issues, and the conservatives won’t be able to stop them. I would rather have partial disfunction, than total mayhem. Divided government ensures that only the issues most politicians (our representatives) agree on pass. It is a necessary check on extremism that I would not want to give up for political expediency today. The long term and permeant harm far outweighs the temporary good.
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