The Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee Demands the Abolition of the Senate Filibuster

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Letter to the EditorThe Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee is proud to support the work of the California Democratic Party (CADEM) in their recent resolution calling for the abolishment of the filibuster.  CADEM noted that the constitution requires a simple majority, not a supermajority, for passage of legislation. The filibuster was invented by Senator John C. Calhoun, who used it to preserve slavery prior to the Civil War and then to block voting rights for Black citizens during Reconstruction.  CADEM noted that unless the filibuster is abolished, the following urgently-needed and majority-supported legislation will not even be considered:
•       reestablishment of voting rights for all citizens
•       a living wage for all American workers
•       sensible gun legislation
•       affordable quality healthcare for all
•       effective greenhouse gas reductions

The CADEM resolution “urges all Democratic Senators to vote to end the filibuster, a parliamentary procedure which makes the Senate less productive and less democratic during one of our nation’s greatest times of need”.

The HCDCC urges all who support the resolution to contact your elected officials.

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I like stars
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I like stars
2 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

Interesting. John Calhoun was, wait for it… a Democrat. If you are a student of history, that doesn’t surprise you. Republicans suck too, but the Democrats have always been the party of racism.

Alf
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Alf
2 years ago

First, abolition was not Democrats, it was Republicans.

Why are Democrats whining about the filibuster? Oh yeah, because currently it isn’t allowing them to do whatever the hell they want to abolish MY freedom.

I don’t support a single issue brought up in the letter.

W
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W
2 years ago

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Jeffersonian
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Jeffersonian
2 years ago

Democrats have become the antithesis of American values.

Richard
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Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  Jeffersonian

Communists one and all.

Alf
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Alf
2 years ago
Reply to  Richard

Their goal is to rename and restructure to the Socialist States of America and remove all freedoms from everyone except the government.

Farce
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Farce
2 years ago

What a lame and weak letter! I guess it was written by the Humboldt County Dems but maybe by the state Dems? In either case they misrepresent the use of the filibuster by immediately linking it to slavery and repression of colored people and leaving it there. This is the new DEM party that has no problem with identity politics and using such tactics to misinform, miseducate and manipulate the public into doing their bidding. Did you know that the DEM party used the filibuster to block many pieces of Newt Gingrich’s “Contract On America” legislation? And that the DEMs used the filibuster again continuously fighting against the Trump administration’s legislation? Those cases happened much closer in the past than Calhoun before the Civil War! And they are more relevant. Why do the DEMs insist on shooting themselves in the foot every chance they get? “It’s about slavery”!! How stupid do they think we are? Now that they have the slightest of majorities they want to get rid of it. That’s what this is about. Their reason? We have very big issues we need to get moving on and the filibuster is messing with that progress. I agree with that. But why didn’t they just say that in this letter? Because their game is social manipulation through emotion and that’s what this letter is. I’ll put a link to a pretty good article about the filibuster fight. But first I ask again of you DEMs who say how much you want “progress”- Where is Bernie?! And why did you bury him?!!…….https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/democrats-filibuster-biden-mcconnell-manchin-1168837/

Farce
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Farce
2 years ago
Reply to  Farce

In case my point was too hazy let me say- I actually agree with the reasons stated in the article for getting rid of the filibuster. We have immediate crisis to meet! What I don’t like is how the DEMs -especially the local DEMs- need to present it in terms of racial identity politics. It’s weak and another example of how they themselves continue to polarize our political situation (while crying out victim). It would be great if just one of the parties became grown-ups!

stuber
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stuber
2 years ago

You democrats are such failures. WE republican conservatives teach our students to challenge their teachers. We legal citizens can all vote. We require an ID. Just like you need an ID to fly, rent a car, rent or buy a house, banking, and so many other things. Yes, we legal people produce a legal ID. No ID, No citizenship, no vote. Go back where you belong and vote there. You want a living wage, lower property and other taxes that burden the small business owner. You want a living wage? Earn it. The reason you cannot take our guns, is because we have guns. You want to stop gun violence? Stop the drugs coming into this country. In your democrat cities, you do nothing to stop drugs, gun violence is truly your fault, by you decriminalizing drug activity. We have the best health care in the world, anyone has access to it, even illegals. Container ships produce 270,000,000 tons of pollution a year. The auto, 68,000 a year. You globalists are the cause of so much pollution, and low wages. Do you encourage people to make their own stuff? No, you cow tow to the evil CCP. You buy Nike, you support slavery in China. We teach all our children these things, they consider you democrats evil. They say Trump is still their president, they ridicule Biden and Harris. The children say, if you want the fillibuster abolished, they want it to stay.

Country Joe
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Country Joe
2 years ago

Democrats are attempting to secure the vote permanently and continue to destroy California… The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business.

Jim’s Guest Is Someone Else’s Wife
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Jim’s Guest Is Someone Else’s Wife
2 years ago

Is the Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee proud of the following?:

Highest homeless tally in the nation
Housing most can’t afford
Unreliable power grid
Releasing more carbon into the atmosphere during wildfires than even the grossest polluting countries
Highest gas prices in the nation
Municipalities running out of water
Rising violent crime rates
A train bound to nowhere
Spiking Covid rages when dear leader gnewsom said all was fine on 6/15, beacause, “recall”
Barbara Boxer getting roughed up in Oakland
Forests burning almost year round, because “environmentalism”
Highest electricity rates in the nation, even though you may lose that power for a month or more a year

Need I go on?

Those that aren’t proud of the Democrats track record in California are welcome to vote yes to recall gnewsom and vote for Larry Elder! White boys just ain’t been getting it done in California. Time to let a brother show this state some common sense!

ILoveplants
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ILoveplants
2 years ago

Illegals voting
Take away your guns
Obamacare
The green new deal

They’re telling us why they want to end the filibuster, and I don’t agree with any of it.

Grow a brain
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Grow a brain
2 years ago

I’ll be there to vote in the recall !!!
California’s a shit show circus act.
I can see the little monkey on the unicycle with his symbols now and now Let’s ad no bacon to double the gas prices and 5 times the national tax and fee scheme. You people need to wake up or smarten up.

humboldturtle
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humboldturtle
2 years ago

Well, whoo-hoo for the a.m. fascisti at Kym’s place. You guys get up early.

I marked election day on the calendar and will vote to retain Gov. Newsom and move forward on

• reestablishment of voting rights for all citizens
• a living wage for all American workers
• sensible gun legislation
• affordable quality healthcare for all
• effective greenhouse gas reductions

At least, for now, we can still vote.

Anonymous for fear of community reprisal
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Anonymous for fear of community reprisal
2 years ago
Reply to  humboldturtle

Do you know what fascism is? Its characterized by dictatorial power and forcible suppression of opposition… Kind of like doing away with checks and balances that prevent the majority from passing sweeping legislation over the minority . Interestingly enough, the Democrats used the filibuster a Record amount of times against the Trump Administration. But by all means do away with the filibuster, when the Republicans are back in power and use it against the Democrats I bet they’ll be singing a different tune.

Jim’s Guest Is Someone Wife
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Jim’s Guest Is Someone Wife
2 years ago
Reply to  humboldturtle

We already have a sensible gun RIGHT that doesn’t need amendment nor changes “…the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.”

And greenhouse gas emissions? Rake your forests and put out the damned fires. California is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than any other nation, year over year.

Voting rights are not in the constitution. That is up to the individual states.

I’ve never had any problem making a living wage. Service sector jobs are not meant to sustain a family. One has to strive a little harder.

stuber
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stuber
2 years ago

China out carbos the world by far, more than all industrial countries combined. A tree being burned for firewood produces the same amount of carbon as the same tree would if it fell on the ground and rotted slowly away.

glen
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glen
2 years ago

Things are already too extreme why would we want to throw gas on the Fire? I’m a Democrat but I don’t trust the Democrat Party enough to empower them like that. And God help us once it gets flipped the other way.

Richard
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Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  glen

Smart man.

Carol C.
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Carol C.
2 years ago
Reply to  glen

It is called the Democratic Party. If you were a real Democrat, then you would have known that.

Gene Silvers
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Gene Silvers
2 years ago

Manchin and Sinema are just lazy. The filibuster is their excuse to get out of doing their job.