Regardless of the talking point nearly every Republican legislator in Congress has been repeating, blaming Democrats for a shutdown engineered by Trump and Republican congressional leadership, the Orange Menace wants people to know the shutdown is his.

The filibuster is the only real brake on raw majority power in Congress. Without it, whichever party holds 51 votes can pass anything. Short term, it will be a gruesome power grab, allowing the Republicans to pass nationwide abortion bans, deep tax cuts for their billionaire buddies, and the rollback of voting rights in an attempt to maintain power. Long term, it would end the Senate's role as a deliberative body and further polarize and politicize the judiciary. It is clear why Trump would want to see this during his term, as he appears to

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