We need to acknowledge the hard truth that we are officially in a new era where shots are being called by a small cabal of radicals or even a single obstructionist senator. And, to be frank, that is a dangerous and fundamentally undemocratic thing.

How is it that our democracy can be held hostage by such a small group of extremists? And what, if anything, can be done to limit the damage and prevent such hostage taking in the future? https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/mccarthy-tuberville-gaetz-gop-minority

Tuberville And Gaetz Take GOP Minority Rule To New Level

Never before have so few members of Congress wielded such enormous power.

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@georgetakei: As much as I detest their methods, this was actually what the founders envisioned. They wanted to the minority to have some sort of power so that the government could not ride roughshod over them and force compromise. I hate the process, but respect the intention.