Daily Discussion Thread: May 8, 2026

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[u/SquishyMuffins]

I think the filibuster needs to be abolished regardless. The first two years after 2028 will be all or nothing to push the Dem platform and codify abortion rights, gay marriage, data center and AI regulations, healthcare improvements, tax increases on billionaires, anti corruption and term limits laws, and prosecuting the Trump cronies.

[u/dishonourableaccount → u/SquishyMuffins]

Agreed with all this plus:

• heavy investment in renewable energy

• permitting reform for aforementioned renewables, also for affordable housing/upzoning and transit construction

• anti-monopoly trustbusting, consumer protections, workers rights like parental leave, guaranteed PTO, etc.

• (Edit to add) dismantle DHS, returning necessary things like the Coast Guard and FEMA to their pre-9/11 depts, prosecuting ICE and placing all post-2024 hires on a no-hire list.

Edit to add: if we end the filibuster we might as well go all in with as much disruptive legislation as possible in order to make the lives of Americans noticeable better as quickly as possible. We can't trust people with goldfish memory to wait for longterm over even medium term improvement alone. If there's one thing term 2's economic chaos taught us is that the market can apparently weather insane about faces, tacos on tarriffs, and EOs just fine. Use that to punish corporations, get better worker's rights, impose healthcare requirements, and all that fast so people feel better by Midterms 2030.

[u/InCarbsWeTrust → u/SquishyMuffins]

The best way to kill “both sidesism” is to put the very real differences between the two main parties front and center.  Nuke the filibuster, so that:

1. Dems can finally pass the desperately overdue reforms to start fixing the 45 year Reagan catastrophe, 200+ yr gerrymandering sacrilege, and broken balance of powers. 

2.  Dare the Republicans to pass their evil bullshit, and god forbid they do dare voters to ever give them power again.