Today, America's democratic system almost failed. Texas Senate was terrifyingly close to passing a bill that essentially bans abortion - or at least limits access to it as much as Republicans can manage.
ONE of the bigger issues here lies in the way it was done. The beautiful monster that allows for a system like American democracy is honestly the bureaucracy of it all. It is awful, but it's there. It is also how people in the system fight for what they want to get out of it. I made my husband sit through the last five hours of live filibustering and debate aimed at stopping the vote that would no doubt pass because of the predominantly Republican senate.
It worked...until the Republicans decided it didn't, and they extended the opportunity to vote past the allowed time to compensate.
