A watered down American Rescue Plan. The likely demise of the For The People Act. All of this could have been avoided had Senate Democrats nuked the filibuster rule. Now that they are in power, the Democrats refusal to wield it shines a bright light on their true colors. Bobby speculates that seeing the two parties as polarized along an ideological spectrum no longer makes sense, and that a better frame for understanding is that of branded cartels. Depressing stuff, but there's always the weekly quiz to cleanse our palates.

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