did you catch how they improved the revolving door strategy this time around? all of the democratic senators that caved this time weren't up for elections next year; they ended their careers by falling on their swords to protect the filibuster.

[–] Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Yuuup. Couple of them were retiring, a few of them aren't up until '28, a couple of them aren't up until 20-fucking-30! But yeah, the more I think about it the more the only thing that make sense is that Schumer was getting worried that Thune was close to caving on the filibuster.

I think that limp dick offer Schumer made the other day was probably lobbyist money stuff. But I think that the full on caving was about protecting the filibuster.