Go big or go home.

Millions of Americans aren’t being represented.

The filibuster must die.

When we had 60 Senators for a brief 4 months, there was talk of doing this or lowering it to a number like 55. Many long term Senators argued that we need it when we are in the minority.

I remember several Senators arguing that the filibuster was well used to keep any SCJ nominee who could not get 60 votes was too far from the mainstream to be on the Supreme Court for life.

Removing the filibuster will have some risks, but it also provides on-the-record accountability for every yea or nay vote a senator takes. If Dems expanded the court and rammed through progressive legislation without hesitation or compromise, the risk would be worth it.

than 50. Back in the time I was speaking of, the strongest proposal, which still failed, was to set it at 55.

The idea was that you wanted to avoid a narrow winner taking everything.

Rammed through bill after bill protecting or restoring rights, raising minimum wage, etc. all within one year.

Only possible because of no filibuster in MI.

It’s worth the risk- we’ve already seen the damage done over decades when legislation gets repeatedly stalled by the filibuster- no progress on healthcare, minimum wage, voters rights, reproductive rights, environmental issues, court reform, etc.

With majorities getting slimmer with each cycle, the only way any progress will occur is if the filibuster dies.

It represents states.

If you understand the difference between the House and Senate

Statehood and court expansion should be bullet points on a list of policy promises, but the campaign should focus on fixing the economy, which will be in tatters by 2028, restoring rights lost over the past decade (which expanding the court would address), rebuilding all the systems - healthcare, environmental, governmental, etc and ending the republican reign of terror on working Americans.

On the topics of statehood and court expansion, it’s far more important to demand Dem senate candidates support those two policies, as well as killing the filibuster to accomplish them, and for voters to refuse to support those primary candidates who don’t support these two policies.

for every American.

Healthcare. Get universal healthcare. That improves life for everyone.

Drug prices. We pay more for drugs than any other Western country.

Unaffordability of everything. Food, rent, utilities, everything is so expensive now, and wages are not rises to match.

It's hard if not impossible for young people graduating now to afford to buy a house. Too much debt from college, for one. Lots of people are deciding not to have kids. All of these things are connected back to things being just plain unaffordable.

I think the next president needs to go after the tax cuts that have been put in place for billionaires and use the proceeds to make life better for everyday Americans.

Puerto Rico and DC statehood, stacking the supreme court... these are things you have the time to worry about when you're wealthy and aren't worrying about how you're going to feed your kids for the rest of the month on $12. It makes us seem out of touch.

And the moment we start playing games with adding senators, the next time they're in power, they'll just divide Montana into 10 parts and have 18 extra senators.

Puerto Rico isn't the only Carribean US Territory - USVI should be included. That's about 3.3 million people.

There are 3 US Pacific Territories: Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianas. The 3 should be a State, but, since they only total 250K people, maybe folded into Hawaii.

DC has 700K people. More than WY & VT. Pretty clear cut even if it's ridiculously small. In some ways, I'd prefer it just be added to Maryland and given a Congressional District.

Repukes will demonize and block any effort to give these people representation.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

The nation's capital can't be in a state, so there would have to be a workaround.

None of those are issues that will bring people over to our side.

to be determined that way. What needs to happen is a recalibration of the number of Representatives per state. That way CA will have equal representation.

I know they'd have to rebuild the House chamber to fit any more in, but if the House were 1000 members rather than 435, it'd be more reflective of the population - and a helluva lot harder to gerrymander.

Have in the platform? Yes.

That is rarely the case. Look who won the Governor’s race and other recent island-wide races in PR — MAGA Republicans.

No, most aren't going to care about this issue and those that do already voter blue.

The poor, the lower middle class, young people burdened by debt and low wages and and old people on social security. Mecicare for all would be a sure winner too.

THAT ought to be our top message in 26 and 28!

There ARE other important issues, of course,
but that was the one that really killed us in 24--
even though the US economy was better than most countries,
it was the 'perception' that did us in....

I don't think there will be much doubt about the 'perception'
of the Trump economy in 26 and 28, the polls already reflect it...


As an aside, while DC is strongly Democratic,
it is not at all a sure thing that a state of Puerto Rico
would likewise elect Democratic senators,
as I have read