The Senate has confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general. Her confirmation puts a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican president.

The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining with all Republicans to pass her confirmation 54-46.

With no due respect, fuck Fetterman.

Democrats need to do better.

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    5 hours ago

    The rules were changed in 2017 for nominations. You can’t block them with filibustering anymore.

    The trick to stopping this was either electing a different person to President or eliminating the Senate majority for the President’s party.