<p>There's one big news story this week and it's Reddit's troll war against Wall Street. Jeb and Tim chew over the finer points of a politically utopian vision of what this may mean (Occupy 2.0, anyone?) before moving onto discussing the Democrats' potentially reforming the filibuster rules in the Senate.</p><p><strong>~LINKS~</strong></p><p>Adam Jentleson's Kill Switch <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631497773" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indiebound</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Switch-Crippling-American-Democracy/dp/1631497774" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon</a></p><p>Alex Pareene's New Republic piece <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161067/fine-keep-filibuster-kill-60-vote-requirement-instead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fine, Keep the Filibuster. Kill the 60-Vote Requirement Instead.</em></a></p> <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Little Empire Podcasts

Filibuster Gamestop

JAN 29, 202146 MIN
Polidicks

Filibuster Gamestop

JAN 29, 202146 MIN

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<p>There's one big news story this week and it's Reddit's troll war against Wall Street. Jeb and Tim chew over the finer points of a politically utopian vision of what this may mean (Occupy 2.0, anyone?) before moving onto discussing the Democrats' potentially reforming the filibuster rules in the Senate.</p><p><strong>~LINKS~</strong></p><p>Adam Jentleson's Kill Switch <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631497773" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indiebound</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Switch-Crippling-American-Democracy/dp/1631497774" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon</a></p><p>Alex Pareene's New Republic piece <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161067/fine-keep-filibuster-kill-60-vote-requirement-instead" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Fine, Keep the Filibuster. Kill the 60-Vote Requirement Instead.</em></a></p> <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>