It seemed to me that during the Bush administration there seemed to be agency capture of a certain type.
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Franken discusses concerns about regulatory appointments in the Bush administration.
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This is an existential threat to our democracy. If we lose our democracy, it`s - we lose everything.
This is basically what Donald Trump did. And then there`s no recourse. This is the founders worst nightmare that someone would use the power of the White House to try to steal the election and then basically just get away with it.
Everything he does is calculated and everything he does is cynical and most of it is evil.
This immediately brings to question the filibuster and I was encouraged that Joe Manchin in this audio that was released the other day by the intercept, has said that he is open to a modification of the filibuster.





