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No, no, no. The filibuster is a tactic to delay a vote. (This gets way into the weeds, I’ll grant you.) Even the specific Wikipedia source cite that you previously used includes this important nugget tucked away. “Even bills supported by 60 or more senators (as well as nominations) may therefore be delayed by a filibuster.” If the Republicans want to change the rules about the filibuster they can. They just have to make a rule change which only requires a simple majority. That’s exactly what McConnell did after the Gorsuch nomination was filibustered. The Republicans voted to pass a change to the rules about filibusters to add that filibusters couldn’t be used to delay a vote to confirm a new Supreme Court nominee. To do this they just needed to 51 votes to pass that rule revision. At any time, the Senate could completely eliminate all filibusters by passing a rule change with 51 votes. I’m not sure I can fault your logic here. Except that you assume that this issue outweighs all others in the next election. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. However, in the mean time, most of the 24 million people who will face exorbitant increase in premiums will largely lose their health insurance which would cost countless lives. And as @laguyinhou noted, this would almost certainly result in premium increases to millions of voters who get health insurance through their employers. Also, if these massive numbers lose their health insurance, many hospitals (mostly rural) will close down due to loss of revenue from most of their visitors. An impact that can’t be undone in the future. I know you previously made that argument in response to me. Though I haven’t gone back to read them, I expect that’s exactly what many Dems said. However, I think the Democrats calculus this time is that the harms of allowing the ACA subsidies to lapse would be so catastrophic that it outweighs the horrific option of these federal workers having to wait to get their paychecks. I don’t think any Democrats like that choice, and I agree with them. The problem is, that we live in unique times. At some point, a “regular” president would negotiate a solution. Trump may not. Trump may not care that there are enormous numbers of people (those who lose insurance and federal workers awaiting delayed salaries) will face horrific outcomes no matter the choices they make. Yes, and this is not uncommon. Frequently Congress will opt to only pass a rule based on a short period into the future. This is especially true when it will have major economic impacts. This was how the incredible tax cuts for billionaires worked. When Trump got his tax package through in first administration, it only changed the tax rules for a limited number of years, so that the CBO calculations showed a smaller (though still enormous) impact on the federal deficit. Republicans are in control again when those cuts were due to expire, so they passed legislation extending those cuts. This is the reason the ACA subsidies were time-limited too. But Dems aren’t in charge, so the only way they can hope to extend subsidies is by negotiating to end shutdown. It’s a helluva mess. I know it’s more complicated than I can explain, but I think those answers sort of get the ideas across. Another reason Dems may feel this shutdown is especially important is that trying to fix things after the next presidential election may not occur as we expect. Many worry that 2028 may not be a free and fair election. Trump is readying us to not be surprised if (or when) he declares an insurrection. If he does declare an insurrection he can say that it’s impossible to conduct an election until after the insurrection is resolved. Am I being too dramatic? Maybe. But Trump is definitely making changes that create a path for such actions. Sometimes I think I’m lucky to be so old.

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HOT that this is back!!!!!

Great chapter. The build up has me rock hard.

Can't wait for Jacob to get stung.

(3) I woke up on his belly, his stiff dick staring at me. I licked it. He moaned. I sucked him, savored him. He told me to get between his legs. He lifted his legs and spread his ass telling me to eat his manhole while he stroked his cock. He moaned and called my name as i dove into his hot hole. He moaned that he loved my scruff on his lips. I was so horny swirling my tongue around. He then fed me his nuts, begging me to suck on them and finger his manhole. I watched him jerk his big dick and then our eyes met. He said take my load honey. And pointed his dick st my face. He painted his load on my lips, forehead, neck, ears and eyes. I sucked him in as his hips bucked and teased the last few drops from his slit. He said let me suck you, so i stood at the edge of the bed and he slowly blew me, played with my balls, slipped a finger in my manhole, added another finger and then sucked me for all he was worth while pulling on my balls with his free hand. I came so hard over and over that i blacked out on my feet for a moment. When Randy looked up he swallowed and said, “Let’s take a nap Bobby”. So i curled up with him again naked under my sheets which smelled amazing now. Made out with Randy a little and drifted off to sleep..

I think his name is Leo? Been around for a while. I would love to go deep into his foreskin and eat/swallow everything in there.

Guy in the black tank top…so handsome!

I started sucking my uncle when I was 9.

I rarely use lube during sex so I'm constantly sucking and adding my saliva to the dick that's fucking me. I love the taste of his dick and my ass. The best is when we kiss so he can taste what I'm tasting