Hartmann: Is it too late for democracy?

In his daily rant today he notes that Senate leader Schumer failed to call for a rule change to end the filibuster after the Repugs voted against a Jan. 6 commission. Thom emphasizes that the Repug Party is "doing everything they can to destroy democracy in the USA and replace it with a full-blown fascist oligarchy." He lists several ways their behavior proves it. And to stop them the filibuster has to go.

"Meanwhile, Republicans are pretending to negotiate things to run out the clock, and a small handful of Democrats are playing along. They are playing with a fire that could burn down our nation, and Democrats must get control of the Senate now and nuke the filibuster so they can pass the laws that will protect our democracy, like the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, that have already passed the House. [...] If the Democrats — and Chuck Schumer — fail in this, democracy in this country won’t survive past 2025."