There’s a chance he could get impeached as well - should investigations become the core focus, assuming he’s not rubber stamping legislation.

At least if we get rid of filibuster, Trump will have to veto everything. With the filibuster, it's the senate's fault for sucking. Without, it's Trump's fault for sucking.

Maybe Republicans had a reason to keep the filibuster, since it makes Trump's job easier, but I don't think there's any legitimate reason for Democrats to keep it.

Filibuster is just so stupid. In the future, after we hopefully abolish it, nobody will understand why we ever had it.

Just like when we get real universal healthcare, people will look back at these times and wonder what the fuck was wrong with us idiots.

Trump and his veto are not a problem. He is the most easily manipulated moron in history. You just need two things to get him to do anything, power and flattery.

That's exactly why I disagree with it. Trump will veto everything and we lose the main protection against Republicans if they reclaim the majority.

The time to drop the fillabuster is when they control all 3 branches

I expect they’ll pull from Mitch’s playbook at the minimum, so shutting down the filibuster option has to be one of the first focus points. Once the Senate rules are in place we can’t retroactively get rid of the filibuster, and they stay in place for two years.

At this point, surely many of them must have something on each other. I think you’re onto something with many congresspeople being implicated to some degree or another.

We need to ride the laurels of the win. If legislation sits in the Senate, and only a bill or two goes through after months of reconciliation only to get vetoed, which then causes a government shutdown because it’s a spending bill, then Dems make concessions that get us a nothing-burger for two years and they lose their momentum.

Meanwhile if the legislature passed bills back to back but they’re getting vetoed then they can point to Trump and Republicans as standing in the way of what the American people want. There’s a chance Trump doesn’t veto but just doesn’t sign the bills, which make them go into law anyways after 10 days. There’s no way we get 60 or more Senate seats in 2028 if we don’t push tooth and nail now.

We’ve seen what happens when a Senate doesn’t pass anything before. That’s what killed all our momentum back during the Obama era because the public sees it more as a failure of politicians to work things out between themselves.

Sen. Schumer can make it clear if he intends to drop the filibuster. But both he and Rep. Jeffries have not set a clear message that they are for Medicare For All which would be a huge for the American people yet alone some of the other things I mentioned. Dems have a shot to actually pick up seats this go-around if they have ambition. Similarly, a strong Dem candidate running for President in 2028 will help seal the deal as well, assuming Dems have shown they have done everything they can for the American people over these next two years.

Wins on implementing these policies now could create progressive changes lasting a generation and likely give Democrats a supermajority for years as well.