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Dear Senator Reid,

Don't jerk us around. We can smell bullshit a mile away. You don't have the same advantage that the Republicans do in that the progressive base that more often than not supports Democrats isn't stupid and isn't going to just fall in line because you go through the motions of doing what's right. You try and fake us out on this fillibuster and we'll walk.

Sincerely,

A pissed-off progressive.