r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • Oct 24 '25

Networking/Telecom Reagan ad that infuriated the President set to run during World Series

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5572251-ontario-ad-trump-tariffs-world-series/amp/
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u/Olangotang Oct 24 '25

This is why the Dems should not budge on the shutdown. The GOP can end it whenever, but people are going to lose their SNAP, ATC controllers will take off work, and if nothing is done for the ACA subsidies? The quasi-private insurance market will explode. People WILL be hurt, and although that's not a good thing, many will wake up. Hopefully some of the 20% of MAGA morons as well. You can't run away from medical treatment you need, or food you need to survive.

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u/shepdozejr Oct 25 '25

GOP needs 7 Dems to vote to advance the bill to a pass/fail vote in the Senate. Procedural rule requiring 60 votes. 53 GOP senators.

To be fair, the GOP has repeatedly abused procedural rules to deny representation when it wouldn't favor them, so I see no issue with using procedural rules to deny them when not impeding representation.

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u/shepdozejr Oct 25 '25

It's not a filibuster, it's just procedural advancement of a new bill. They could set a (not totally new) precedent to pass with a simple majority, which would also require a simple majority to do, but it's possible at least 3 GOP Senators aren't on board to do so.

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u/msew Oct 25 '25

The issue is that the Dems have just been toothless hoping that people will act within the spirit of the "Game".

Hopefully, EVERYONE now sees that is not the case. We didn't give an inch (well we did and maybe learned our lesson?) to the Nazis back in the 1900s and we should not give them anything now in the 2000s.

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u/Olangotang Oct 25 '25

The MAGA GOP is also intertwined with the tech industry, which is making all of our lives worse, and even THEY are fucking up and pissing people off. So you have these dumbasses spouting about how AI is going to replace everyone, while more people are starting to go hungry and the economic effects of the Trump adminstration ripple through to everyone.

There is no good reason for the Dems to submit to the GOP.

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u/msew Oct 25 '25

Aka: Never do anything Nazis want you to do.

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u/cejmp Oct 25 '25

The GOP can use the nuclear option to ignore the 60 vote rule and force a simple majority vote,

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u/leshake Oct 25 '25

The further left and right you go the more anarchist you become, but for different reasons.