1/8 News Roundup & OT
Sen. Bernie Sanders late Thursday implored President-elect Joe Biden and the incoming Democrat-controlled Congress to make a robust coronavirus relief bill containing $2,000 direct payments the “first order of business” upon taking power, warning that failure to quickly deliver real material aid in the midst of devastating crises could lead to electoral backlash on the scale of the 2010 midterms.
“Remember what happened in 2010? Democrats got wiped out,” Sanders (I-Vt.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said in an appearance on CNN Thursday evening. “They had the power, but they did not deliver for the American people.”
To avoid a repeat of 2010—when Republicans won control of the House and gained seats in the Senate, ending a brief period of unified Democratic control during the Obama presidency—Sanders said the new Congress must urgently pursue “an aggressive agenda that says we understand that millions of people… are lining up in their cars in order to get emergency food, people can’t pay their medical bills, people are going deeper and deeper into debt, people are facing eviction.”
“We have to act and act now,” Sanders said, arguing that Democrats must be “bold in a way that we have not seen since FDR in the 1930s.”
“The first order of business, by the way,” the Vermont senator continued, “is to pass an emergency Covid-19 bill which, among many other things, says to working-class Americans, ‘We know you’re in pain, and we’re gonna get you a $2,000 check… We are on your side.'”
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"Let me just be very clear as the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee: Remember what happened in 2010. Democrats got wiped out. They had the power, but they did not deliver for the American people. We must have an aggressive agenda." @BernieSanders #ChairmanSanders pic.twitter.com/QOB7rWwPrS
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) January 8, 2021
Sanders’ remarks came days after Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their runoff races in Georgia, positioning Democrats to take control of the U.S. Senate by the narrowest possible margin.
The Democratic victories in Georgia were credited in part to a last-minute push for $2,000 direct payments in the days leading up to the pivotal runoffs, an effort led by Sanders and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
While Senate Republicans ultimately blocked Sanders’ attempt to force a vote on a House-passed bill that would have provided one-time $2,000 payments to most Americans, Warnock and Ossoff both embraced the checks on the campaign trail and slammed their GOP opponents for standing in the way of desperately needed relief. President-elect Joe Biden also backed the demand, promising that the election of Warnock and Ossoff would “put an end to the block in Washington on that $2,000 stimulus check.”
Following the Democrats’ victories, soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday that “one of the first things that I want to do when our new senators are seated is deliver the $2,000 checks to the American families.”
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that “it’s unclear how quickly Congress could actually vote on the checks. That depends on when the elections in Georgia are certified, which could be delayed by GOP challenges, making the timing uncertain.”
The certification deadline for Georgia counties is January 15, and the state deadline is January 22—two days after Biden’s inauguration.
“Additionally, it’s not clear whether the House and Senate would vote on the checks as stand-alone legislation, or as part of a larger package that could also include items like state and local aid and an extension of unemployment benefits,” the Post noted. “Congressional aides cautioned that discussions with the Biden team over how to proceed were in early stages.”
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‘Cannot Afford to Wait’: Tlaib Leads Letter Demanding Congress Immediately Reconvene to Impeach, Remove Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533301-assistant-house-speaker-impeachment-vote-could-happen-by-next-week?amp&__twitter_impression=true
What’s Pelousy furious about? That she might have to leave her CA mansion for a few days to do her job?
probably humiliated.
John Nichols
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/impeach-25th-trump-insurrection/
“Definitely consider” is very weasel.
If it’s a GOPuke, it’s full of bullsh1t.
Donald Trump’s Final Days:
The best outcome would be for him to resign to spare the U.S. another impeachment fight.
Memo to Paul Gigot and Kimberly Strassel: he won’t.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/report-trump-agreed-to-condemn-insurrection-only-after-being-warned-of-potential-criminal-probe
Huh, some actual journalism. Go figure.
Screw Murdoch’s WSJ. tRump won’t go away “quietly.” Who do they think they are kidding?! He will milk this deal for all the publicity, attention, and $$$ he knows he will get out of it. This bullshit has been building for decades and now it’s come to this sad ending, if that is the right phrase for it. tRump needs to be indicted and tried for money laundering, income tax evasion, and god knows what other white collar crimes on the list. He has plenty of company such as the Wall Street mob, and trash like Sick Rott. Will we see any justice? I doubt it!💩
A couple of videos that really capture how scary things were on the front lines of the insurrectionist mob
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/ny-trump-capitol-riot-poopers-20210108-prlsqytyabgdhnexushotl4nam-story.html
Michigan man also carried weapons.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/07/six-michigan-residents-arrested-u-s-capitol-riots/6581644002/
a few city cops, no riot gear, puhleeeeeze. would love it if they did blm protests this way. the top one.
this is after they already let them through the low barricade gates and ushered them in. i’m sad for those that died and place the blame entirely on the trump regime and the cops. and the departments that planned to let them in. ok. and on the protestors, esp. the ones that incited and planned.
So they had half a dozen capitol cops at the barricade. Snort. If it were a BLM protest, they would have had tanks and SWAT teams. Idiots. Think the white mobs are “peaceful”.
Blue MAGA. The head of one of the two largest police unions in NYC is a Q supporter also.
Tommy Tuberville appears to be Trump’s man on the inside
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/01/08/investigate-tommy-tubervilles-pre-speech-and-debate-actions/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/time-to-deliver/
Some good news on the environment front
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012021/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-leases/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=105782603&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9G0ozk-L1s9RaIxwA6daMtQn7WNOrH9XDlQDcc2K-UnzVNcE9tXM34_1rTxozpy8Ev783Vy8tWRk8ZsaXDx4sWH-tTzQ&utm_content=105782603&utm_source=hs_email
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/economy-lost-140-000-jobs-last-month-final-report-trump-n1253439
Hmm, I got a text..
tempting.
Let us know what you decide.
I ask you a few years back about running for office. Go for it!
You got my $27 per month.
I am on board, for sure LD! What does JD think?
as much as i can put on credit, and who knows maybe my circumstances will change and i can be all in! Definitely text and write postcards.
i hope that if it looks good to you, you do it! you’d be so dam good.
Go for it! You got my $27/mo too!
Go for it LD, Help turn Tx blue!!!! Just be prepared for the nut jobs you’ll encounter. You know you would get some snacks from us here to help
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-2022-senate-race-20210108.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Toomey needs to go.
He said he’s not running for another term so that’s good for Dem chances. Almost always easier to win an open seat unless the incumbent is really unpopular.
It’s been hinted that Biden will send him to Ireland as our US Ambassador.
PA Governor Wolf (D) can appoint his (D) replacement in the Senate.
Toomey won’t accept that position then.
Fetterman and that young Demo Socialist in VA are playing their cards right. They are going after statewide recognition. Lee Carter probably needs it more than Fetterman, but it is still a super smart move. 😊👍
yes! this must be the other one, besides Nina, that i will text for. and donate what i can.
I got email from him and signed onto his campaign.
First I have seen of European allies saying that this was a coup attempt
The man who posted this says that these people don’t have any special info, they are going on what they saw
But as we find out about the chemicals used to overpower capital guards, the plans from casing the joint to know which windows to break, the photo of the man with pull ties, the ones used for handcuffs, ready to tie up hostages, the military type of assault,
and on the other side
the well known reports on how unprepared the security forces were — or, they were perfectly prepared by the coup plotters in the white house
the bold is in the original, this is at the top of the article
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-attempted-coup-federal-law-enforcement-capitol-police-2021-1
So they knew just where the offices were – and congressional staffers themselves say sometimes they get lost. This was planned from the top.
It is actually fairly shocking it is not higher. Crowded hallways, locked doors, etc tends to go badly. 11 young healthy people died in the late 70s rushing the doors to see The Who.
At least one family is blaming Trump.. bring on the lawsuits.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9123981/PICTURED-Two-MAGA-fanatics-died-medical-reasons-mob-attack-Capitol.html