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They already killed it for Supreme Court nominees when it suited them. If they really wanted something they'd kill it for that

By 2017, roles had reversed — Republicans held the majority in the Senate, and President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office.

After Senate Democrats, now in the minority, filibustered the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch — Trump's first nominee to the Supreme Court — McConnell engineered his own "nuclear option."

The Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-48 to reduce the vote threshold for confirming nominees to the Supreme Court from 60 to 51, per The New York Times.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/01/fact-check-gop-ended-senate-filibuster-supreme-court-nominees/3573369001/

Note that Harris has called for eliminating the Filibuster should dems get a trifecta

Harris says she would support ending the filibuster to bring back Roe v. Wade

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/23/nx-s1-5123955/kamala-harris-abortion-roe-v-wade-filibuster

We can do a bit better than just hope, there is still time to volunteer to help get out the vote today and tomorrow on election day!

https://go.kamalaharris.com/

Easily pushed around by dictators and billionaires, not so easily pushed by average citizens

Harris is more able to be influenced by public pressure which is what John Oliver is trying to get at

Huh, turns out the Republican earlier BS claims of stolen valor for Tim Walz were just talking about the wrong Tim all along

There are also still opportunities to volunteer in person and online - including on election day!

https://go.kamalaharris.com/

Unfortunately they put tougher requirements on the types of accepted IDs, yes. This especially impact Native American voters in North Dakota

Native Americans continue to fight discriminatory voter ID laws in North Dakota

I mean Biden has already started the process for rescheduling weed to schedule 3 for medical legalization. Process is long but it's at the tail end with the final hearing in December. It's not too hard to see Harris just using the same process but asking for full descheduling rather than asking them for schedule 3. Or if Dems get a trifecta, she could also try to get congress to legalize directly in law (faster than the executive branch only action)

It is really funny how they're both named Tim and look a lot like each other

Many of states on that map have started adopting it only more recently, so there's been a push to increase it! If it's not in your state, consider writing to your local state legislature representative to push them to pass laws for it next election!

It managed to get through in red Utah in 2018, so don't think it's necessarily a lost cause even if you are in a red state (though yes they are more resistant to it)

https://lemmy.ml/post/22122469

Made a simple post with the initiative's page