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    1. Varad Mehta‏ @varadmehta 28 Oct 2020

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      This leads to civil war.https://twitter.com/TomBrow47741163/status/1321600644399026177 …

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      Nworb Mot @TomBrow47741163
      Replying to @varadmehta @Neoavatara
      The smart ruthless play for Dems if they take House, Senate & WH at least invovles holding that possibility over the Court's head. Other moves 1. Axe filibuster 2. Admit PR as 5 states each w/pop of WY 3. Lift 435 cap 4. New voting rights act 5. Split CA, NY & IL into new states
      99 replies 6 retweets 53 likes
    2. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @varadmehta

      If the Dems win enough power to do these things (they won't), that would be a lock-solid argument that such drastic moves are completely unnecessary.

      21 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
    3. David Faris‏ @davidmfaris 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @DamonLinker @varadmehta

      Not trying to be combative. You know I respect you and I think you make the best and most persuasive cases even on things we sharply disagree about (cancel culture for ex), but I don't understand your position here.

      2 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
    4. David Faris‏ @davidmfaris 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @davidmfaris @DamonLinker @varadmehta

      A year or so ago you wrote a piece that said it is not sustainable for every single institution to have minoritarian biases against Dems. Set aside 5 Puerto Ricos. What's wrong with DC/PR statehood and a voting rights act?

      1 reply 0 retweets 93 likes
    5. David Faris‏ @davidmfaris 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @davidmfaris @DamonLinker @varadmehta

      Dems aren't going to be +10 in every national election. Why should they have to be? Why not shore up institutions and give representation in Congress to Americans who want it? How can we stand by and just let Kavanaugh's Monday night opinion become SCOTUS doctrine?

      1 reply 0 retweets 153 likes
    6. David Faris‏ @davidmfaris 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @davidmfaris @DamonLinker @varadmehta

      When you move past the title of my book, what I really want is a level playing field, and to the winner go the spoils. Voting rights, statehood, court expansion all seem necessary to those goals. If it's a D+1 election, pretty clear the courts will be used to engineer an R win.

      1 reply 1 retweet 95 likes
      Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 28 Oct 2020
      Replying to @davidmfaris

      The tweet you're responding to contains my current view: If Dems can win enough power to enact these kinds of reforms using the normal rules, that speaks against the need for changing them. Dems had a 60-vote Senate majority just a decade ago. Let's see the results next week. 1/x

      6:28 PM - 28 Oct 2020
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        2. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 28 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          That's separate from efforts at voter suppression. I'm for a new voting rights act. It shd be much easier to vote, not harder. Though it's also true that efforts at voter supp are driving vote rates higher, showing it can be counterproductive. Still, 9-hr lines are appalling. 2/x

          3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
        3. Damon Linker‏Verified account @DamonLinker 28 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          When it comes to SCOTUS, we're in for a rough patch. I might be persuadable about picking the right case for nullification. Let's see what they try. Packing I've always opposed. My column today lays out why. 3/x

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        2. Timothy B. Lee‏Verified account @binarybits 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          Shouldn't the presumption be in favor of partisan balance? I don't agree with everything on the list at the top of the thread, but if the Senate or the electoral college has a persistent partisan lean that's a reasonable thing for Democrats to want to change right?

          4 replies 0 retweets 33 likes
        3. The Omnivore‏ @OmnivoreBlog 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @binarybits @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          Damon is unaware of what McConnell did with Merrick Garland--and he's still stuck on Bork, apparently. Okay--not really--but that list up there is in context of what McConnell did, explictly, because he *could*.

          0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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        1. I see you, Diablo...‏ @SilkScreenFiend 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          2008 proved that a 60-seat majority eager for buy-in from the minority could be vanquished by a dedicated campaign of f*@kery from the other side, fueled by racial grievance. That is not how things can be done going forward. There can be no compromise til structure changes.

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        2. The Great God Pan‏ @TheGreatGodPan3 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          "If Dems can win power, that speaks against the need for them to use that power."

          1 reply 0 retweets 60 likes
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        2. Katie‏ @ktbobaytee 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          If Democrats can win in a historic landslide it proves there are no reforms needed to correct a system that allows a 1 seat republican majority, representing 10s of millions fewer voters, to do whatever they want, is real galaxy brain thinking.

          1 reply 2 retweets 112 likes
        3. Steve Carrow‏ @SACarrow 30 Oct 2020
          Replying to @ktbobaytee @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          The thoughts of someone who is addicted to tradition and process past the point where we end up in the metaphorical ER. Also the only argument against DC statehood is that the GOP will treat that as a declaration of legislative war. News flash: they’re gonna do that anyway.

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        2. My Sweet Baboo Redux‏ @babsben 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          How to categorize this logical fallacy? There are too many options. If it takes a pandemic and a fascist curious administration* and still requires the willingness to stand 8 hours in line, counter obscene amounts of dark money and overcome the vestigial EC, we have a problem.

          1 reply 1 retweet 26 likes
        3. Plak Tow @ 🏡‏ @jientho 29 Oct 2020
          Replying to @babsben @DamonLinker @davidmfaris

          False hidden premise: political power is self-wielding.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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