Thank you Manchin for undermining your country!

[Sean Gorham]

Today's American "centrist" is just a conservative who's pretending to be a liberal anything but conservative.

 

[Ryanna Enfield]

Hey Manchin! Look at all these parents using their child tax credit for drugs.
The child tax credit payments are ending. Some families say they will struggle without them.

Seriously, fuck you, Manchin.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Why the collapse of Biden’s Build Back Better would be a major blow to the climate fight

It would be almost impossible for the US to comply with its greenhouse gas reduction pledges without the $1.75tn package that Manchin refuses to support

www.theguardian.com

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[Romana]

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Just for the sake of discussion, let's say 20% of welfare parents will spend all t he money on recreational drugs and not help their kids at all. That is a high figure based on the stats I could find. Does that mean we just tell the other 80% to go fuck themselves??? Manchin's stated reason is such obvious dogshit.

 

[Romana]

Just for the sake of discussion, let's say 20% of welfare parents will spend all t he money on recreational drugs and not help their kids at all. That is a high figure based on the stats I could find. Does that mean we just tell the other 80% to go fuck themselves??? Manchin's stated reason is such obvious dogshit.

It shows what he thinks of his constituents, too.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

West Virginians Ask Joe Manchin: Which Side Are You On?

The senator’s blockade against programs that have helped his constituents escape poverty makes some question “who matters to Joe.”

www.newyorker.com

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[WolfEyes]

Who matters to Joe Manchin? Only Joe Manchin.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

A day after giving birth, I was asked back to work. America needs paid family leave | Bobbi Dempsey

The US has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world among developed countries. Yet Senator Joe Manchin struggles to understand why paid family leave is important

www.theguardian.com

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[Myradyl Muse]

There's cruelty, and then there's sadistic cruelty. Narcissistic, self-serving, judgmental, stigmatizing, disingenuous, hedonistic rich guys without a drop of humanity and compassion make my blood boil.

 

[Grandma Bates]

Yeah, even if Manchin were to be voted out over this (is he even running next time?), it's not like his successor will cross party lines to vote for a Democratic bill. And no matter how angry West Virginians may be over his opposition to BBB programs that would bring them some much needed aid, they won't vote for a true Democrat when election rolls around. Because abortion. Because fill-in-the-blank that carries more weight with them than all the funding that Dems are trying to provide.

And no real Democrat is going to make it through the primaries anyway. Because corruption.

Speaking of corruption, Senator Manchin has helped kill off voting reform, and dark money played a role. In West Virginia some groups were acting to influence Senator Manchin himself but also with direct political action within the state of West Virginia. Republican legislatures across the country are acting to make it easier for such groups to hide their funding, and only a minority of Democrats are working to bring more transparency to the process.

 

[Romana]

Robert Reich: You Really Want To Know Why Manchin And Sinema Came Out Against Voting Rights? – opEd

What can possibly explain Manchin’s and Sinema’s votes against voting rights this week? Why did they create a false narrative that the legislation had to be “bipartisan” when everyone -- themselves included -- knew bipartisanship was impossible? Why did they say they couldn’t support changing...

www.eurasiareview.com

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Robert Reich: You Really Want To Know Why Manchin And Sinema Came Out Against Voting Rights? – opEd

What can possibly explain Manchin’s and Sinema’s votes against voting rights this week? Why did they create a false narrative that the legislation had to be “bipartisan” when everyone -- themselves included -- knew bipartisanship was impossible? Why did they say they couldn’t support changing...

www.eurasiareview.com

So, more or less agree - the comments though - Everyone has some ego, but to say Bernie is an egotist is.... well, think its maybe a little... harsh.

 

[Romana]

So, more or less agree - the comments though - Everyone has some ego, but to say Bernie is an egotist is.... well, think its maybe a little... harsh.

Overconfident might be a better word for Bernie.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

‘He’s a villain’: Joe Manchin attracts global anger over climate crisis

The West Virginia senator’s name is reviled on the streets of Bangladesh and other countries facing climate disaster as he blocks Biden’s effort to curb planet-heating gases

www.theguardian.com

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[danielravennest]

The latest "Electric Power Monthly" report from the Dept. of Energy came out today. With 11 months of 2021 reported, coal is running 5% below the 2019 level (pre-pandemic), so it is still on the way out. Renewables as a group are up to 93.7% of coal, and are expected to pass it in a year or so. So Manchin's money train is going to stop running at some point.