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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Trump Calls to End the Filibuster As Another Government Shutdown Looms

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Trump Calls to End the Filibuster As Another Government Shutdown Looms

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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Trump’s calls to eliminate the filibuster and also to do away with blue slips, which allow Senators to hold judicial appointments in their own states, have so far not found much support
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  • azimir@lemmy.ml
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    ANOTHER shutdown? The GOP can’t govern, only graft. At least the Dems keep the lights on while grafting.

    • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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      Do you mean grift?

      • azimir@lemmy.ml
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        No, graft is intended. As in:

        graft

        : the acquisition of gain (such as money) in dishonest or questionable ways also : illegal or unfair gain

        From: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graft

        Grift is also a valid word as you implied and I considered it’s use here, but I felt that graft was more directly appropriate. Grift is more of a confidence trickster implication (see: Conman in Chief), but graft is a more common word for general leveraging of office or position to steal, so more of a classic politician move.

      • CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world
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        Skin is involved

        • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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          It puts the lotion in the bucket.

          • Zachariah@lemmy.world
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            basket

            • RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              Gasket.

  • aeiou@piefed.social
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    We’re moving into a second shutdown, they’re out tilting at windmills, what even is this government

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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      We’ve had one shutdown, yes…

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    Do it, weenies.

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