@LindaM32109623 Nate Cohn[@Nate_Cohn] noted in the New York Times that the policies President Joe Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped into the low 40s.[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT@HC_Richardson]
It’s a weird disconnect[Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped] that Cohn[@Nate_Cohn]explains bySuggesting that,above all,voters want“normalcy.”[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
In her own piece, journalist Magdi Semrau [@magi_jay]suggests that the media bears at least some of theResponsibility forThis disconnect,[Biden&Democrats Rputting inPlace Rhugely popular&yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped][bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
...since[media bears at least some of the responsibility for this disconnect-Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped][Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson]
...[Biden&Democrats Rputting inPlace Rhugely popular&yet Biden’sOwn popularity numbersHaveDropped][bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson][media] has given people a sense of the cost of Biden’s signature measures without specifying what’s in them,
...[media bears at least some of the responsibility for this disconnect-Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped][media] focused on negative information[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
[media focused on negative information like]... (negotiations are portrayed as“disarray,”for example), &ignored that Republicans have refused to participate in any lawmaking, choosing instead simply to be obstructionist.[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
As Semrau[journalist Magdi Semrau @magi_jay] puts it:"Democrats want to fix bridges, provide childcare and lower drug costs.Republicans don’t.These are political facts and voters should be aware of them."[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
To this I[@HC_Richardson]would add that Republican attacks on Democrats, which are simple&emotional,get far more traction and thus far more coverage in the mainstreamPress than the slow&successful navigation of our complicated world.[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
Over the course of the summer, Biden negotiated an extraordinarily complicated infrastructure package, winning a $1.2 trillion bipartisan bill that will repair roads and bridges and provide broadband across the country,[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
…[Biden]getting the larger $2.2 trillion Build Back Better bill through the House. Now before the Senate, the bill calls for universal pre-kindergarten, Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson]
…[Biden]getting the larger $2.2 trillion Build Back Better bill through the House.NowB$ the Senate, the bill calls for ]funding for child care&elder care, a shift from fossil fuels2renewable energy,&protection against climateChange.[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
Has the Biden administration accomplished anything? It[Biden administration] has created a sea change in our country,[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson
[The Biden administration is] rebuilding its strength by orienting the government away from the supply-side economics that led lawmakers to protect the interests of the wealthy,[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by Heather Cox Richardson @HC_Richardson
[The Biden administration is rebuilding its strength by orienting the government away from the supply-side economics]...and toward the far more traditional focus on building the economy by supporting regular Americans.[bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
@WaggyRichard Jordan Libowitz, communications director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew)[@CREWcrew], said: “It’s not unusual for megadonors to occasionally cross party lines with their donations.[Read more at bit.ly/3HYY3hr by David Smith @SmithInAmerica
For some, this is hedging their bets, for others, rewarding a politician who came through on an issue they care about.[said Jordan Libowitz, communications director of Citizens for Responsibility&Ethics(Crew)[@CREWcrew][Read more at bit.ly/3HYY3hr by @smithinamerica]
@PeteLRodriguez Following the acquittal[of Kyle Rittenhouse], right-wing social media platform Gab sent out an email encouraging its users to “buy firearms and form Christian militias.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
”As NPR reports, celebratory online comments by members of the Proud Boys included a call for dead leftists to be “stacked up like cord wood,”.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
further indicating that the Rittenhouse acquittal will be seen as license to carry out similar acts of violence disguised as “self-defense”.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
“Nearly one-third of the benefit of the $80,000 cap would go to the top 1 percent of households (those making nearly $870,000 or more).[Read More at bit.ly/3HYFVnQ by @davidsirota via @DailyPoster]
But the top 1 percent would get only 0.1% of the benefit if the $10,000 SALT cap is gradually restored starting at $400,000.” [Read More at bit.ly/3HYFVnQ by @davidsirota via @DailyPoster]
I[Jackie Speier] heard one of the Republicans on a show this morning say she thought it was reprehensible, but she voted against the censure because it also stripped him of his committee assignments.[Read at bit.ly/3nWxMIC by Joan E Greve @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
So they[Republicans] always will come up with a rationale to allow them to continue to follow the lead of former President Trump or Kevin McCarthy.[Read more at bit.ly/3nWxMIC by Joan E Greve @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
@sahein1 Dr Joanne Freeman[@jbf1755],Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War,warned thatMcCarthy’s response toGosar’s behaviorMay encourage similar incidents in the future.[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
After all, there are other historical examples of lawmakers being rewarded for violent behavior, Freeman[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755, a Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood] noted.[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Yale history professor, said] After Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane over his anti-slavery views in 1856,...[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
@thefishgod Dr Joanne Freeman[@jbf1755],Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War,warned thatMcCarthy’s response toGosar’s behaviorMay encourage similar incidents in the future.[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
After all, there are other historical examples of lawmakers being rewarded for violent behavior, Freeman[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755, a Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood] noted.[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Yale history professor, said] After Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane over his anti-slavery views in 1856,...[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]