A big deal: The coal miners' union just ratcheted up pressure on Manchin to support BBB. This is a seminal moment: The divergence in interests between workers and mine owners who oppose BBB has been exposed. Manchin must choose one or the other. My latest: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Really telling:
Mine owners are now attacking the mine workers for supporting BBB. The owners explicitly argue that BBB would transition to clean energy too quickly!
This perfectly shows that BBB is in workers' interests and against owners' interests:
“The debate reveals the lack of alignment between the coal industry and unions that represent its workers. Unions want a viable future for their workers. The industry wants to squeeze every dollar out of coal before it goes away.”
The 1/6 committee may well recommend reform making it even clearer that obstructing the congressional count of electors is a federal crime with stiff penalties.
We should get behind this right now. Here's some new reporting on it:
Dark and unsettling: The 1/6 committee is homing in on whether Trump and his co-conspirators fully understood the attack as an instrumental weapon to help carry out his procedural coup. Seeking Jim Jordan's testimony is key to this. I laid this out here: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Jim Jordan may be able to shed light on:
*Trump's conduct while the mob attack unfolded -- did Trump indicate he wanted it to continue?
*How Trump and his co-conspirators sought to use fake fraud claims as a deliberate pretext for the procedural coup:
@RonWyden Manchin cannot be moved by the immiseration of his own constituents. But he does want to be seen as standing for a good economy in a general sense.
Goldman's finding provides a weapon here.
“Instead of a Biden boom, we could have a Manchin slowdown."
The 1/6 committee's report on Mark Meadows is extraordinary -- it's a detailed blueprint of a coup. Notably, it shows Meadows can testify to Trump's reaction to the violence as it unfolded. This is a huge element of what he's covering up. My latest: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Key: The 1/6 committee discloses that it has "many messages" Meadows received urging him to get Trump to call off the rioters.
So Meadows is a witness to Trump's reaction to the violence in real time.
Here's what Meadows *does not* want to testify to: