Ever wonder why TX has to do things like rolling blackouts during extreme weather? The answer is because we’re the ONLY state that has isolated our power grid from the rest of the country in order to avoid Federal regulation! https://t.co/GfqPZ9Tifp
John Cornyn has been a senator from Texas for 18 years. Deb Haaland hasn't even been confirmed yet as interior secretary. Yet Cornyn thinks his state's rolling blackouts are her problem? https://t.co/0fW8GuC54a
I encouraged Cuomo’s administration to acknowledge he was wrong about sending 9,000 COVID patients and issue a public apology.
But I’m being told by everyone that it is too late to apologize because he admitted to covering up nursing home deaths and he must resign. Agree? https://t.co/cByGbaLqOf
Some people here were asking who in the NYC Mayoral race has met the matching funds criteria?
The article tells us that Scott Stringer, Eric Adams and Maya Wiley, plus now late-starting Andrew Yang have qualified for matching funds. $2 million in Yang’s case. Two other candidates are self or other funded: Shaun Donovan by Bloomberg, Obama interests and Ray or Roy something or other from Citibank.
The other 2 dozen candidates should be dropping out one by one .
they're asking why the Senate is going on recess for a week when it's been over a month since you said covid relief would go "out the door immediately" Joe pic.twitter.com/4b6m6k7ifo
Some Utah Republicans are circulating a petition to censure Mitt Romney that includes this: "Whereas, Senator Williard Mitt Romney appears to be an agent for the Establishment Deep State." https://t.co/tauXUyWgkp
New: After fighting the election results, state Republicans in Pennsylvania are trying to increase their control of the courts by creating new regional judicial districts rather than statewide elections, raising concerns of a new kind of gerrymandering.https://t.co/XnLTs5H3iK
The biggest risk the Democratic Party faces with respect to the minimum wage is failing to raise it to $15 an hour when they control the House, the Senate and the White House. I've been pretty silent on this sight for awhile. This has been our focus and our mission. We must win. https://t.co/fL6ZKVdI6N
Anyone who reads the NYT even casually can instantly see that it's a liberal paper — not *left* in these sense of Noam Chomsky or Cornel West but liberal as in Nancy Pelosi and coastal cultural liberalism: far more than ever before, because of the economic model.
We take our holidays @theprospect seriously but here are a couple items: Joe Biden pledged to elevate public defenders & civil rights attorneys to the federal bench. Michael Bennet's 1st recommendation is a retread corporate lawyer. @alex_sammon reports: https://t.co/qCjo1ZXVL2
Update: I decided to stop being lazy and do some research and, while I haven’t found anything about the so-called defense spending, I found this from Obama’s presidential page (so not certain if this is still how it works):
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: A Description
Emergency costs are excluded. If Congress statutorily designates specified costs as emergency requirements under the Act, the costs are not entered on the PAYGO scorecard but instead are shown separately.
Wonderful🙄. So folks can choose between spending their already insufficient non-recurring direct payment on rent, food, electricity OR insurance premiums? Hint: the check isn’t sufficient to cover any of them! Is this the best we can do? Who’s serving the people? #MedicareForAllhttps://t.co/xyX3w7iBW7
Women are enduring the brunt of the pandemic’s economic fallout. The latest job numbers show that women, especially woc, are being left out. We cannot have a full recovery unless we implement policies that center their livelihoods and lived experience.https://t.co/GAZeSNVhkt
job losses and dangerous jobs. has anyone done a nationwide amount (which will be low, the way these deaths have been counted) of POC who have died of covid who are in essential services? health, groceries, pharmacies, and you could spoke outwards–salons, housekeepers, nannies, even pet grooming, etc.
I bet FL can give you a run for your $$. We are 85 today and getting set to drop 20 degrees tonight, and then into the upper 30s in a couple of days.
Some people here were asking who in the NYC Mayoral race has met the matching funds criteria?
The article tells us that Scott Stringer, Eric Adams and Maya Wiley, plus now late-starting Andrew Yang have qualified for matching funds. $2 million in Yang’s case.
Two other candidates are self or other funded: Shaun Donovan by Bloomberg, Obama interests and Ray or Roy something or other from Citibank.
The other 2 dozen candidates should be dropping out one by one .
Ron Kim was one of the first supporters of Andrew Yang.
What does Yang stand for? Besides, UBI?
Yang has been talking about a world without work. His answer is ubi.
Yang has acknowledged that technology is changing our lives and how the country responds to these changes will make a difference.
it might take a while, but with a decent ubi, i see small businesses popping up again.
If you’re not asking this you are not a Progressive.
Has Joe got a plan for bipartisanship?
So far not so good.

Who sayz that? The dimwits and the moneybags who back tRump?💩💩
aren’t pretty much all donor backed critters in thrall to the deep state?
Until the empire falls
No argument. Do nothing and enjoy your election wipeout and return to fundraising, not governing, very soon.
imho, some of them excel at fundraising, or have become comfortable in that role.
helping the citizenry? they don’t have the experience nor the interest.
Biden Picks Up Where Trump Left Off When It Comes to Julian Assange’s Extradition
so sad. Yes, I was hoping for better.
Seriously, Byedone is doing exactly what he believes in: semi-senile Reagan RW. 💩
picking up where O left off. cruelty to whistleblowers. can’t have us knowing the gd truth.
indeed. Why deny the undeniable.
Taking Greenwald with a grain of salt. I have been skeptical of the NYT and WAPO for decades sadly.
left-leaning is pretty mushy, tho.
Not gonna help getting any legislation passed.🤔🙄
Rumor has it Sick Rott will run on the tRump 2024 POTUS ticket as VP.
She now has 2 of them.😂
David Dayen: Katie Porter REMOVED From Financial Services Committee In Shady Dealings
Is the military budget exempt from ‘paygo’?
Update: I decided to stop being lazy and do some research and, while I haven’t found anything about the so-called defense spending, I found this from Obama’s presidential page (so not certain if this is still how it works):
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: A Description
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/paygo_description/
If the covid bill would end up cutting medicaid Biden declare the bill an ’emergency’.
Congress gave trump more than he asked for without a concern.
well this says “if Congress statutorily designates…costs as emergency requirements.” does that mean a full vote?
but i agree, Biden can pretty much declare anything an emergency. Trump got away with declaring the wall an emergency, right?
When are people going to see just how senile Byedone is?
job losses and dangerous jobs. has anyone done a nationwide amount (which will be low, the way these deaths have been counted) of POC who have died of covid who are in essential services? health, groceries, pharmacies, and you could spoke outwards–salons, housekeepers, nannies, even pet grooming, etc.