Joe Manchin

Republicans don’t serve their states. They immiserate them

By Noah Berlatsky / December 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Republicans don’t serve their states. They immiserate them

Why are people from states with the worst child poverty problems determined to kill the Child Tax Credit expansion program?

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Kyrsten Sinema doesn’t get the credit she deserves

By John Stoehr / December 14, 2022 /

Yeah, she’s annoying. That’s democratic politics for you

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The Inflation Reduction Act is what a democracy can achieve when fascists are prevented from stabbing it in the back

By John Stoehr / August 17, 2022 /

Thank Mitch McConnell for proof of concept.

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Go ahead, celebrate. You need to

By Jason Sattler / August 17, 2022 / Comments Off on Go ahead, celebrate. You need to

To win, the broad left has to do more than criticize.

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The Editorial Board explains the Inflation Reduction Act

By Noah Berlatsky / August 3, 2022 / Comments Off on The Editorial Board explains the Inflation Reduction Act

“I struggle to find enough superlatives to describe this deal.”

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The Schumer-Manchin bill is a ‘conservative’ BFD

By John Stoehr / July 29, 2022 / Comments Off on The Schumer-Manchin bill is a ‘conservative’ BFD

Minimizing suffering, maximizing opportunity.

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Biden wants to fight inflation by soaking the rich, but centrists and the GOP are in the way

By Noah Berlatsky / July 28, 2022 / Comments Off on Biden wants to fight inflation by soaking the rich, but centrists and the GOP are in the way

Catering to bloated oligarchs who want to hoover up wealth and power.

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The Democrats’ progressives need a new story

By John Stoehr / July 20, 2022 /

The one they’re telling is hurting Biden, the party and themselves.

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For Biden, a brighter future, perhaps

By Noah Berlatsky / July 14, 2022 / Comments Off on For Biden, a brighter future, perhaps

There’s a reasonable chance that Biden’s approval rating has bottomed out and can start crawling toward something better. 

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When Democratic leaders and white liberals scapegoat the NRA

By John Stoehr / June 2, 2022 / Comments Off on When Democratic leaders and white liberals scapegoat the NRA

The convenient fictions constituting our political reality.

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