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US House approves bill to end longest government shutdown in history

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15 points elinear | 1 comments | 13 Nov 25 01:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.339s | source
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jalapenos ◴[13 Nov 25 02:00 UTC] No.45909552[source]▶
Correct me if wrong, but this looks like a severe own-goal for the democrats? A long shutdown to try and force something - as a minority party, using the senate 60 vote threshold quirk, that they didn't get?
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infamouscow ◴[13 Nov 25 02:49 UTC] No.45909912[source]▶
This is correct.

The Democrats are in a new world. They've lost a cultural and information hegemony they had for 40 years, and thus, the playbook of the past doesn't work (for a variety of reasons).

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bediger4000 ◴[13 Nov 25 02:55 UTC] No.45909956[source]▶
The 48 years from 1932 to 1980, maybe. The US has been decidedly conservative since Reagan. SCOTUS hasn't been liberal since Nixon got Rehnquist as chief justice.
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1. gdulli ◴[13 Nov 25 03:54 UTC] No.45910423[source]▶
Economically "conservative", socially liberal. The richest among the right get what they want in gaining wealth from the rest, but they lose at preventing acceptance of interracial marriage, homosexuality, etc. because that social progress can't be stopped. But losing those causes is also a win for them in that they wield the fear of it to win votes to stay in power to stay rich.