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There is one positive aspect to total Republican domination: One-party rule can be a benefit in terms of democratic accountability.

Remarkably, I discovered a Lancashire Telegraph article from 2015 headlined “Blackburn man made 15,000 ‘dirty’ calls in 91 days to total strangers”.

A major impediment to total control for either party is that Senate bills require a three-fifths majority, or 60 votes, to bypass the filibuster, which enables senators to delay legislation by keeping debate open-ended.

“This area forms a small drop in the barrel of total U.S. offshore volumes, much less compared to total U.S. output.”

Mr Saul said the bombing “obliterates the distinction between civilian objects and military objectives” and “opens the door to ‘total war’ against civilian populations”.