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Trump issues ominous warning to the Senate: This could be the end
Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Loud: Break the Rules, Rig the Map, Crush the VoteThe source, in one lineTrump is pressuring Senate Republicans to kill the filibuster so he can pass the SAVE America Act and make it harder for Democrats to vote, then using Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate candidacy as a fresh excuse to escalate the demand.Power Is Not the MysteryThe power center here is not “the Senate” in some abstract institutional fog. It is Trump, using the presidency and his grip on the Republican base to force the party’s senators to choose between procedural norms and loyalty to his…
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