There you go, Joe Manchin. We wasted valuable time humoring you by letting you craft a watered-down version of the For The People Act, one which you asserted your self-proclaimed (mythical) powers of bipartisan persuasion would convince the Sedition Party, which is currently engaged in a slow-motion insurrection against American democracy, to go along with … Read more
Axios reports, Senate to vote on Manchin-backed voting rights proposal: The Senate will vote next week on a new voting rights bill backed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced in a letter to colleagues on Thursday. The Freedom To Vote Act is the latest attempt by Democrats to counter … Read more
Yeah, that’s a thumbs down to you, princess! Update to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Facing A Vote Of ‘No Confidence’. They elected her to office, now she treats them with contempt. Democratic activists are following up on their recent resolution at the state committee meeting. Igor Derysh reports at Salon, Activists who helped elect Kyrsten … Read more
In an op-ed at the Tucson Sentinel, former Arizona Senator Dennis DeConcini and Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, write Sinema should reconsider filibuster stance to protect seniors’ voting rights: Older Arizonans who voted safely and securely by mail in the 2020 election may find that … Read more
In the Seinfeld TV series, Jerry’s nemesis and sworn enemy is his neighbor, the mailman Newman. Jerry’s trademark greeting for Newman is to say “Hello, Newman” in a snide and condescending tone. This is how I have come to view Sen. Joe Manchin. Every time I see his name in the news I reflexively say “Manchin” … Read more