"Why The Filibuster Absolutely Has to Go..."

Josh isn’t wrong. The fillibuster was always a bad idea. Even more damaging in times like these.

“In today’s moment there’s an additional factor. If you want to reenforce and reform the federal government to make it more resistant to authoritarian assaults you very literally have to get rid of the filibuster. Otherwise, you’re limiting yourself to only the anti-authoritarian measures the authoritarians will buy into. I can’t accept that. And I can’t accept the idea that we simply do nothing. Getting rid of the filibuster follows necessarily from those two conclusions. On top of that, it shouldn’t exist in the first place. It’s bad constitutionally. It’s bad for Democrats. It’s bad for confidence in civic democracy.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-the-filibuster-absolutely-has-to-go