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OPINION: This article contains commentary which reflects the author’s opinion West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin isn’t onboard with the rest of his party’s call to eliminate the filibuster – not even as a one-time exception to the longstanding rule. Although the rule is complicated, it effectively prevents a simple majority of senators from passing legislation without the approval of their counterparts.
Efforts to eliminate the filibuster rule come following the Republicans’ refusal to play ball with the Democrats on passing their voting rights bill, and stalling on the more recent bipartisan infrastructure bill, which is key to the Biden agenda.
Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, Manchin said that he “can’t imagine” supporting making a single exception to the rule to pass the Democrats’ wide-ranging elections and campaign finance reform bill. The bill remains a top priority for both the Biden administration and the Democrats. “I can’t imagine a carve-out,” the moderate Democratic senator said on “State of the Union” when asked if he could back such an effort, Fox News reported .
As detailed by Fox News, the filibuster – a longstanding tradition – requires 60 votes in the 100-member chamber to advance a bill, and effectively allows a minority party to block legislation, or prevent simple majorities from passing bills as they see fit. The Senate currently sits at an even 50/50 split between both the Republicans and Democrats, with the Democrats having a thin majority through the tiebreaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris, who rules as president of the Senate.
The Democrats have tried, and failed to push their bills through due to their failure to obtain the 60 votes needed to quash the filibuster. As the publication notes, the Democrats do not even have a simple majority due to the fact that both Manchin and Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema are opposed to the party’s efforts to eliminate the filibuster rule.
In June, Senate Republicans successfully employed the rule to block the Democrats’ voting rights bill, which Republicans argue would impair election integrity. Democrats are demanding reforms in response to moves by 18 Republican-controlled legislatures to pass laws […]
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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JD Rucker