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There are people in my life that would literally be homeless if not for parts of the American Rescue Plan. That doesn't exist without Biden (and Georgia).What has improved since Biden took office?
There are people in my life that would literally be homeless if not for parts of the American Rescue Plan. That doesn't exist without Biden (and Georgia).What has improved since Biden took office?
I wouldn’t have said anything has improved.I would have liked the original version of the bill, for starters. I would like less funding to the military, I would like reversal of Trump sanctions, foreign military interventions, and immigration policies. I would like housing aid that isn't primarily going towards the people who are driving housing costs in the first place, and for people to be able to afford to go to school and get sick without getting helplessly and debt. And I would like all the people in charge of rising airline prices to go to jail.
What has improved since Biden took office?
This is still coming. It has been inevitable since Bill Clinton got rid of all the stuff we did to end the last Great Depression, and there is currently nothing planned to bring these programs back. I honestly don't see any improvements, just the same that is now worse because people who previously spoke out are now defending it.However, certainly disaster was completely avoided, in the form of another Great Depression. The American Rescue plan literally saved our floundering economy, it helped curb child poverty, and it really helped everything.
Huh. If you call yourself a liberal, and you're eligible to vote in Virginia, but you didn't like McAuliffe, so you didn't vote or voted for Blanding instead, and McAuliffe loses by a slim margin (most obviously if McAuliffe + Blanding > Youngkin), then yeah, you'll have had a part to play in the reason that Youngkin will be Governor.Centris Democrats are already blaming progressives for their defeat in Virginia like we had anything to do with it
What's the point of voting Democratic if they can't pass shit anyway.Huh. If you call yourself a liberal, and you're eligible to vote in Virginia, but you didn't like McAuliffe, so you didn't vote or voted for Blanding instead, and McAuliffe loses by a slim margin (most obviously if McAuliffe + Blanding > Youngkin), then yeah, you'll have had a part to play in the reason that Youngkin will be Governor.
Elections are a zero sum game, and this is not any different on the right, except the right leans heavier to the far right than the left leans to the far left.
To try not to be overrun with Nazis in leadership positions.What's the point of voting Democratic if they can't pass shit anyway.
Well, very clearly that strategy of 'well at least we aren't Trumpists' isn't working, and that's 100% on the Dems. People don't owe them a vote just because they 'oppose' Republicans.To try not to be overrun with Nazis in leadership positions.
Apparently a lot of voters would rather nazis than someone they mostly agree with.Well, very clearly that strategy of 'well at least we aren't Trumpists' isn't working, and that's 100% on the Dems. People don't owe them a vote just because they 'oppose' Republicans.
why wouldn't a liberal vote for McAuliffe?Huh. If you call yourself a liberal, and you're eligible to vote in Virginia, but you didn't like McAuliffe, so you didn't vote or voted for Blanding instead, and McAuliffe loses by a slim margin (most obviously if McAuliffe + Blanding > Youngkin), then yeah, you'll have had a part to play in the reason that Youngkin will be Governor.
Elections are a zero sum game, and this is not any different on the right, except the right leans heavier to the far right than the left leans to the far left.
Ask the 20k of them voted for Blanding.why wouldn't a liberal vote for McAuliffe?
You can't overcome far-right politics by being self-righteous. People do not have the will to go out to vote for no reason other than shoring up defenses. Democrats need to make people vote for them, not against others.Apparently a lot of voters would rather nazis than someone they mostly agree with.
Apparently a lot of voters would rather nazis than someone they mostly agree with.
why are you assuming that '17 Northam voters who didn't support '21 McAuliffe are all liberals?Ask the 20k of them voted for Blanding.
What's a Northam?why are you assuming that '17 Northam voters who didn't support '21 McAuliffe are all liberals?
I don't think many of them would identify as liberals, unless there's like a poll I've seen saying otherwise. If you're super liberal you would vote for the Clinton guy yeah?Ask the 20k of them voted for Blanding.
The action that needs to be taken to maintain democrat control (supply chain and gas prices) is going to be hard to get done in a year to the point of it being acceptable. Our only other real hope is Republicans being SO BAD that they tank themselves. Something like overturning Roe and watching all the states that have trigger laws against abortion when it does, but that's not something we should WANT to happen.I really hope this is a wakeup call for democratic leadership, because this is just a small taste of what's to come in 2022. If they continue to be this ineffective, Republicans could end up winning in a landslide next year unless action is hastily taken.
Yeah going by exit polls, McAulffie got 94% of the vote from liberals. What hurt him were moderates/independent votersI don't think many of them would identify as liberals, unless there's like a poll I've seen saying otherwise. If you're super liberal you would vote for the Clinton guy yeah?
more indepth exit polls will be needed but seemingly it was a strong appeal to white non college educated suburban women that won Youngkin the election.Yeah going by exit polls, McAulffie got 94% of the vote from liberals. What hurt him were moderates/independent voters
I really don't think that the solution is to assume that people who didn't vote for the Clinton guy just aren't smart enough.I think that the demographic shift for uneducated white women is primarily a damning indictment of the degradation of the country's education system than of any other factor.
A person should not need to go to college in order to develop critical thinking skills, but if they must then college needs to be far more accessible/affordable to prevent further national mental decline.
I think they watch a bunch of fox news. It's like the facebook of television. They go for maximum engagement by way of fear and outrage.I really don't think that the solution is to assume that people who didn't vote for the Clinton guy just aren't smart enough.
Yep, easier to engage them on culture war issues, they dont seem to have a working insight into why shortages are there/why gas prices are high, etcI think they watch a bunch of fox news. It's like the facebook of television. They go for maximum engagement by way of fear and outrage.
I'm not talking about their intelligence, but rather their ability to think critically regarding the information they consume.I really don't think that the solution is to assume that people who didn't vote for the Clinton guy just aren't smart enough.
It's not even a question of intelligence of education, but a question of indoctrination. A lot of midwest relatives (from when I used to use facebook - I assume they're the same now) were very much "Team Republican" or "Team Trump". I am in no way "Team Democrat" or "Team Biden" except that I'm going to vote for whoever is most likely to win that most closely adheres to the values that I want to see presented, and at the end of the day in our system of voting it comes down to two candidates and any vote that's for someone outside of those two is basically wasted.Yep, easier to engage them on culture war issues, they dont seem to have a working insight into why shortages are there/why gas prices are high, etc
Not looking good
Some White House advisers support further extending the relief to give the Education Department, which is charged with managing the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio, more time to come up with a plan to ease borrowers back into repayment, according to people familiar with the discussions. But other advisers worry that continuing an emergency pandemic relief program into 2022 could undercut the administration’s messaging about the strength of the economic recovery.
This is a distinction without a difference. Presumably the white house advisors are the reason why the white house is restarting loan repayments in February, something Biden insisted will happen.The full paragraph from Politico reads:
The Twitter account snips the quote to make it appear like the situation is White House VS loan relief, when in reality the situation is reported as Education Department + White House advisors VS other White House advisors.
This kind of misrepresentation isn't a way to run a dialogue.
This is a distinction without a difference. Presumably the white house advisors are the reason why the white house is restarting loan repayments in February, something Biden insisted will happen.
Surely the fact that there are other advisors rightfully pointing out that this is a bad idea makes the fact that they're doing it anyway worse, yeah?
Tom Carper said:I’m an optimist by nature, so I want to hold out hope that a compromise can be reached. But I cannot look the other way if total obstruction continues. I do not come to this decision lightly, but it has become clear to me that if the filibuster is standing in the way of protecting our democracy then the filibuster isn’t working for our democracy.
Earlier this year, my friend Sen. Angus King, an Independent from Maine, wrote that “if forced to choose between a Senate rule and democracy itself, I know where I will come down.” And so do I.
No barrier — not even the filibuster — should stand in the way of our sacred obligation to protect our democracy.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is on the way to the White House. Meanwhile, the rule in relation to the passage of Build Back Better also passed the House.
Well i don't think it was going to be improved. Just trying to get Machin to agree to vote for it as is. They've taken so many things out of it as is, i would assume that was a requirement for getting Manchin to sign onto it so nothing is going back into it.looks like leverage for improving the other bill is gone now
This is the most likely scenario. The only leverage the House actually had left was holding the BIB, until Manchin and Sinema agreed to BBB in the Senate. However, that rapidly change after that Manchin presser on Monday.Well i don't think it was going to be improved. Just trying to get Machin to agree to vote for it as is. They've taken so many things out of it as is, i would assume that was a requirement for getting Manchin to sign onto it so nothing is going back into it.
I mean, it’s probably easier to just point to my state of West Virginia. We had 50+ years of full democratic control run the state into the ground and the last 20 of republican control have carried on that time-honored tradition.And people wonder why folks don't vote Democratic anymore.
Clown country.
Its like they sabotage these bills on purpose. And now republicans are just gonna run the left of Democrats just like with Obamacare. Such a joke manMedicaid expansion was so terribly implemented that it basically allowed Republicans to run on how bad it was, and Democrats willingly write the same critical flaw into the one thing this new bill ostensibly does. I can't tell if they're really stupid and think annoying people posting "well Biden passed it, your state government is to blame!" on Facebook is enough for 2022/2024, or if they just don't care at all.