@Gladfly1 And it all comes down to putting money in the pocket of one man[Manchin].[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner@Devilstower via Daily Kos]
The outdated industry is coal-powered electrical plants. The growing craze is cryptocurrency.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Stitch that all together, and you get a Politico report on how the Grant Town power plant near Morgantown, West Virginia has put forward a proposal to turn itself into a giant, coal-powered, cryptocurrency “mine.”[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by @Devilstowervia]
Joe Manchin is almost singularly responsible for removing $1.8 trillion in funding from the Build Back Better legislation.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner v@Devilstoweria Daily Kos]
Thanks to Sen. Manchin’s refusal to support the bill as it was originally proposed, dozens of major programs have already been reduced in scope or eliminated completely.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Some of the things that were removed—including two years of free community college[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
The funds for climate change included in the legislation that just passed the House are much smaller than those included in the original proposal that came from the White House.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
However, they do include over $500 billion in funds dedicated to expanding the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
Funds for the creation of the Civilian Climate Corps are also still in there, which would create jobs dedicated to restoring and maintaining lost areas of forest and wetland.[Read more at bit.ly/3FC0Ivz by Mark Sumner @Devilstower via Daily Kos]
@skalvord Democratic leaders are pushing a regressive proposal to allow wealthy property owners to deduct more of their state and local taxes (SALT) from their federal taxes. [Read more at bit.ly/3HJv1T7 by David Sirota @davidsirota via @GuardianUS]
This initiative, which would provide almost no benefit to the working class, isn’t some small tweak.[Read more at bit.ly/3HJv1T7 by David Sirota @davidsirota via @GuardianUS]
After Democrats gutted their wildly popular initiatives to expand Medicare and lower drug prices, the tax initiative has now become one of the most expensive provisions in President Joe Biden’s entire Build Back Better legislation.[Read more at bit.ly/3HJv1T7]
@cadwego That privileged loophole extends past the borders of Wisconsin. It is on display in the trial of the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @GuardianUS]
an1863 lawThat allows citizens2arrest anyone based on “reasonable and probable grounds of suspicion”, referred to by Cornell professor Joseph Margulies as a “catching-fleeing-slave law”.[Read more at bit.ly/3cDq7bH by Michael Harriot @michaelharriot via @GuardianUS]
@TMK11746851 I[Ryan Johnson] Am A Twenty Year Truck Driver, Part 2: How Truckers Are Paid[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
If you don’t already know how trucker pay works, you’re likely going to be surprised, maybe even shocked, but you’ll understand why there’s a driver shortage.[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
If you think $2.13 an hour is far too low of a wage for servers, as I do, it’s worse for truck drivers.[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
@wa8dzp I[Ryan Johnson] Am A Twenty Year Truck Driver, Part 2: How Truckers Are Paid[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
If you don’t already know how trucker pay works, you’re likely going to be surprised, maybe even shocked, but you’ll understand why there’s a driver shortage.[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
If you think $2.13 an hour is far too low of a wage for servers, as I do, it’s worse for truck drivers.[Read more at bit.ly/30S61Io by Ryan Johnson via @Medium]
The verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse should not have been a surprise to most.[Written by Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE@canilor]
So, what’s the message[The verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse]You can cross state line with an AR-15 or be provided with one when you arrive at your destination and then parade with your high-powered weapon,[Written by Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE@canilor]
[the message of the verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is]look for trouble, and when trouble arrives, you can claim to have been forced to shoot[Written by Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE@canilor]
Manchin announced that he's opposed to it[the $4,500 boost to the tax incentives for electric vehicles] as well at an event at a Toyota plant in West Virginia Thursday.[Read more at bit.ly/3xdhmP5 by @joanmccarter via @dailykos]