President Donald Trump called for the end of the filibuster so the GOP can pass “everything” it “ever dreamed of.”

In a Wednesday morning post to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump stumped for the SAVE America Act over a housing bill drafted by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tim Scott (R-SC). That bill, the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,” passed the Senate Monday in a vote of 85-5 and heads to the House, where it is expected to pass.

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“The Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren centric housing bill, which is of minor importance compared to lower interest rates, and even FISA, pales in comparison to passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. That is what Americans, both Dumocrats, Republicans, and everyone else, care about. Get the bad Republicans to approve it or, better yet, Terminate the Filibuster and approve it, AND EVERYTHING ELSE REPUBLICANS HAVE EVER DREAMED OF. The Dumocrats will do it in hour one, 100%. Republicans will feel very stupid if they don’t do it first. I’ll be watching with tears in my eyes!!!” Trump wrote.

The SAVE America Act—or Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act—would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and show photo ID when voting in federal elections. Trump claims the bill is necessary to prevent widespread election fraud, despite there being no evidence of voter fraud on a large scale. Though passed in the House, with Henry Cuellar (D-TX), joining Republicans, the bill has languished in the Senate.

The Republicans have a Senate majority, with 53 versus 45 Democrats (and two independent senators who caucus with the Dems), but the bill is unlikely to pass. An earlier attempt to pass it as an amendment to the DHS appropriations bill failed with four Republicans (Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina) voting against it.

While if a vote were held, it is likely based on previous attempts that a simple majority could be reached, the bill would be filibustered. A filibuster is a way to require a bill be passed with a supermajority—60 votes, a threshold the SAVE America Act probably can’t reach. Even if all Republicans voted for it, which is itself unlikely, it would require seven Democrats to cross the aisle to vote for it.

Though Trump has repeatedly called to end the filibuster, Democrats have as well. In 2022, many donors pulled their funding from conservative-leaning Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ). At the time, Democrats called for the end of the filibuster to pass federal abortion rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade, but their attempts were stymied by Manchin and Sinema.

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In 2025, four House Republicans broke ranks to vote in favor of releasing the files relating to disgraced financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Three of them will not be returning in 2027.

While running for a second term, many of President Donald Trump’s surrogates on the campaign trail said that if elected, he would release the complete files on Epstein. Even though Trump himself was more cool on the idea—he’d called the files a “Democrat hoax that never ends“—his supporters were so outspoken about it that it became a de facto plank of his platform.

Throughout 2025, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) delayed the vote as long as he could. Representatives organized a discharge petition to force the vote, and Johnson even delayed swearing in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) for two months, as she promised to be the final signature needed. But in November, the House finally voted. All Democrats voted to release the Epstein files, but four Republicans—just enough to get it to pass—crossed party lines to vote in favor.

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Those congresspeople, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, had previously been staunch allies of Trump, and among the most conservative members of the House. However, after their vote, Trump and the MAGA movement turned on them.

Greene was the first to leave. She announced she’d be resigning a week after the Epstein vote, saying she didn’t want to put her family and constituents through “a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for.” She resigned on January 5, the five-year anniversary of her first swearing in.

Massie was the next to fall. His primary was May 19, and he came in second to the Trump-backed Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL. The election was hard-fought, with the candidates and their supporters spending the most money on advertising in a House race ever, according to NBC News. Massie lost by nearly 10 percentage points and a little more than 10,000 votes. After his loss, Trump said, “He was a bad guy. He deserves to lose.”

Though a Trump loyalist like Massie, Mace also positioned herself as the face of anti-LGBTQ activism. She railed against Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first openly trans member of Congress. Mace introduced a bill barring trans women from using the women’s restrooms, telling reporters the legislation was directed at McBride specifically. Mace ended up coming in fifth in her primary on June 9, earning just 12.1% of the vote. The top two vote-getters faced off June 23 in a primary, with the state Attorney General Alan Wilson triumphing over the Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.

Massie and Mace are lame ducks—and the question remains, will Boebert join them? Boebert’s primary is June 30—and given that her district is the reddest in Colorado, it is nearly a foregone conclusion that the primary winner will ultimately land in Washington. That said, despite Trump calling for someone to run against her, he did so too late for anyone to file, and Boebert is running for her party’s nomination unopposed. So barring an unprecedented upset—she’s currently polling at 80% over her Democratic rival Eileen Laubacher—Boebert will be the last one standing.

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Former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Monday that she is “done supporting” her former party—but don’t expect her to join the Democratic party anytime soon.

Greene announced her disillusionment with the GOP on Monday afternoon in a tweet.

“Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party. There is A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country. That does not mean we are turning into Democrats either. But we are DONE with the America LAST Republican Party,” Greene wrote.

Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party.

There is A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country.

That does not mean we are turning into Democrats either.

But we are DONE with the America…

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) June 22, 2026

She referred to comments made last week by pundit Tucker Carlson. Carlson appeared on the Can’t Be Censored podcast Thursday, saying he would refrain from supporting either major party, and admitted “I’m not sure what I’m going to do.”

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“How could I or any American voter support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens. It’s not possible to vote for people like that, and I’m not going to,” Carlson said, according to Mediaite, referring to America’s long-time ally Israel.

Greene famously broke with President Donald Trump earlier this year when she called for the release of the FBI files relating to disgraced financier and sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. A former staunch ally of Trump, the two started trading barbs. Greene resigned from the House this January. Greene has long called for an isolationist foreign policy, criticizing America’s involvement in Ukraine as well as the current conflict with Iran.

Given that Greene said she has no plans on moving leftward in her politics, it’s unclear if she will refrain from voting or if she’ll throw her lot in with a third party. While American politics are primarily driven by the two major parties, a number of smaller parties also exist.

Greene may find a home in the Libertarian party, the third-largest party by voter registration. The Libertarian party has drifted rightward since its founding in 1971. While initially economically conservative but politically liberal, after 2022, the paleolibertarian Mises Caucus gained control of the party. Paleolibertarianism was developed by anarcho-capitalists, and embraces cultural conservatism. Some of the most widely known paleolibertarians include former Representative Ron Paul and the current president of Argentina, Javier Milei.

Third parties struggle to gain traction in the United States. The closest a third party has come to widespread support was the Reform Party, founded by H. Ross Perot during the 1996 presidential election after he won 18.9% of the popular vote in the 1992 presidential election as an independent candidate. Reform won 8.4% of the popular vote in the 1996 election, but no third-party or independent candidate has been as successful as Perot since.

However, the electoral college makes it difficult for a third-party presidential candidate to be elected at all. Third-party presidential candidates are often seen as spoilers for the major candidates. Perot is often believed to have won votes away from President George H.W. Bush in 1992, giving the election to President Bill Clinton. In 2000, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader was similarly accused of acting as a spoiler for Vice President Al Gore, leading to the election of President George W. Bush.

Third parties, however, have a better track record in down-ballot races. For example, Kshama Sawant won election to the Seattle City Council in 2014 as a member of the Socialist Alternative party. She held office until 2024, when she declined to seek reelection. She is currently running for a seat in the House of Representatives as an independent.

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