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by pfhayes 1432 days ago
But this isn't a big change? This is a bill with bipartisan support in congress, and it's my understanding that it has majority (but not 60%) support.

If this is difficult, then everything is difficult. How can a governing body being impeded on its most fundamental duties be considered a feature?

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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy, 1962

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/89101-those-who-make-peacef...

One interpretation of Kennedy's quote is that it's essentially a threat to violence by those who want some kind of radical change.

When made by the US president (to Latin America [1]), that probably needs to be taken seriously.

[1]: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-first-...