American Politics: Straight, No Chaser

Our political absurdity, on repeat

John F Kennedy, Democrat & Richard Nixon, Republican, (standing, right) participate in the second 1960 presidential debate, held in the NBC studios in Washington D.C. and moderated by Frank McGee.

The Democrats don’t have enough votes to change the filibuster (cloture) rule. Senator Joe Manchin is fine with things as they are anyway.

The Democrats can’t expand the U.S. Supreme Court because they can’t change the Senate rules and pass laws with a simple majority. All those terrible Biblical decrees they just…