@DataGhost@mstdn.social Yes, this. The period of time he actually had 60 votes actually physically on the floor of the Senate was a matter of weeks in December '09. And in those weeks we passed the biggest expansion of public healthcare since 1965. Other things we tried to get done that session but couldn't get past the filibuster included Universal national vote by mail Carbon cap-and-trade Campaign finance reform LGBT spousal benefits for domestic partnerships LGBT workplace antidiscriminaton protections LGBT military protections, to replace don't ask don't tell Repealing the Defense Of Marriage Act (LGBT weddings) the DREAM act Universal establishment of unions by card-check Giving the FDA mandatory food recall power Fracking regulations added to the clean water act Closing the gun show loophole Legalize industrial hemp Federal recognition of native Hawaiians as an indigenous tribe Puerto Rican statehood Adding a national public option to ACA (fuck you Lieberman) And AN ACTUAL DATA PRIVACY ACT with statutory penalties for leaking personal data and establishing laws limiting trading in it @benpocalypse@mastodon.social @mcnado@mstdn.social

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In their new single “Data Ghost”, DIY hyperpop artist Meljoann provides a commentary on our broken digital landscape framed through the lens of deliciously weird pop beats.