@Karashgould@truthout Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said only the reconciliation package is a “climate bill” — the bipartisan bill contains subsidies for the fossil fuel industry[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
— and measures for confronting the climate crisis must not be dropped in negotiations with conservative Democrats that continue to frustrate progressives.[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) said] [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
“Here’s the deal: Climate cannot and will not be cut. No climate, no deal,” Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] said to applause from activists with the Sunshine Movement and other groups.[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
“Climate solutions must remain up front and center in this reconciliation package.”[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)said][Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
Markey[Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)] was joined by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland),[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
three Green New Deal Democrats [Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland)]who remain focused on climate as debate over the reconciliation package splinters their caucus.[bit.ly/307yadT by @ludwig_mike]
The press conference was one of the latest swipes by liberals against conservative Democrats Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
[Sinema and Manchin]who threaten to derail the spending package or significantly reduce the scope and price tag. [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
Votes from both Sinema and Manchin are needed to pass the legislation along party lines.[Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
Manchin, a top recipient of fossil fuel contributions, told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as early as July that he would support only $1.5 trillion in new spending [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
The White House now says it would accept a $2.2 trillion deal, though Manchin has so far outraged progressives by refusing to budge on his spending cap, [Read more at bit.ly/307yadT by Mike Ludwig @ludwig_mike via @truthout]
@LottieJoiner Moses[Bob Moses] was the mastermind behind the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in which more than 700 Black and white college students traveled to Mississippi to register Black voters.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
They[the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project] set up Freedom Schools and taught literacy and civic education.The goal was to put a spotlight on the way people lived and were treated in Mississippi.[Read more at bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner via @capitalandmain]
Bob Moses died on July 25 at his home in Hollywood,Florida.He was 86.In a 2002 interview,Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch [@taylorbranch]described Moses as the“father of grass-roots organizing.”[bit.ly/3AH7GwF by @LottieJoiner]
It is necessary because even though voting discrimination is now widespread, it is much more prevalent in some places than others.[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
According to our count, there were over 120 voting rights violations over the past 25 years in the 7 states likely to be covered under this bill,[Read more at bit.ly/2YwVGAO by Wendy R. Weiser @WendyRWeiser via @BrennanCenter]
and fewer than 50 in the 39 states that are not close to coverage. Without preclearance, discrimination has been impossible to root out in those places.
"Take a hard look at those people who are opposed to strong legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs and take a look at their campaign finance reports," Sanders said during a briefing with reporters.[Read more bit.ly/3DlnSVS by Ayelet Sheffey @arsheffey via…
"See where they get their money, how many of them get their money from the pharmaceutical industry and the executives there. And I think there will be a direct correlation."[Sanders said][Read more bit.ly/3DlnSVS by Ayelet Sheffey @arsheffey via @businessinsider]
They[Republicans] want to force the Democrats to raise the ceiling under the process of reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered. [Read more at bit.ly/2Ysm5PS by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
This[usingReconciliation]would prevent the Democrats from using the reconciliation process for their infrastructure package that would support human infrastructure like child care and elder care, and address climate change.[Read more at bit.ly/2Ysm5PS by @HC_Richardson]
1/ “A government that answered to a majority rather than an extremist minority would crack down on the growing global elite uncovered by the journalists who pored over the Pandora Papers,...[Read more at bit.ly/3FjbSGk by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]
2/ ...an elite that has managed to hide its wealth in offshore accounts (meaning any accounts away from their country of citizenship) thanks to deregulation and lack of oversight.[bit.ly/3FjbSGk by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson via @SubstackInc]
3/ The internet and a global economy have permitted the rise of a global elite that, as the Pandora Papers reveal, often overlaps with criminality....[Read more at bit.ly/3FjbSGk by Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]
@TessFraad 1/ “To break the logjam, I[Michael Moore @MMFlint] am offering a number of suggestions to my fellow progressives and to the president...[Read more at bit.ly/3iyn5cl by Michael Moore @MMFlint via @SubstackInc]
2/ ...— reasonable ideas that I believe Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema will love and thus give us their votes to pass this important piece of legislation. [Read more at bit.ly/3iyn5cl by Michael Moore @MMFlint via @SubstackInc]
3/ ...“Here they are:“1. In his “human infrastructure“ bill, President Biden wants to expand Medicare in order to provide free hearing aids for the elderly....[Read more at bit.ly/3iyn5cl by Michael Moore @MMFlint via @SubstackInc]