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
I share your frustration and basically agree, but… on a recent episode of the Make Me Smart podcast, host Kimberly Adams (@kimberlyadams) made the point that as a black woman, the changes that give her a place in this country came from radicals using minority levers of power. It was a new perspective for me

The discussion is about 12 minutes into this episode:
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/whats-happening-in-congress-is-not-normal/

What's happening in Congress is not normal - Marketplace

And a fighter jet disappeared. How?

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