Shows how terrible Fascbook is yet again.
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Shows how terrible Fascbook is yet again.
Poor Manchin being harassed by antifa.
They aren't just losing, they are getting absolutely savaged. Biden is the opposite of Obama as far as public speaking goes, while Trump sounds lucid and fired up in his recent interview with that Jeannie person on Fox. His message might be utter shite, but Trump understands how to sell and propagandize. The Democrats unfortunately are still run by the Clinton third way clowns that never learned how to properly message and the millennial progressives don't have the knowledge and experience to message powerfully either. It's a shame that Obama can't be more involved as he's been the only competent Democratic messager of the last 40 years at a national level or that we don't have some Gen X version of Bernie to take over the reins because the millennials aren't ready for the big time yet.
McAuliffe was absolutely incompetent from what I saw and its not better across the board - and forget how inept the White House sounds at the moment.
Can't disagree with anything you said from a communications standpoint. Obama is still involved but when you are a former president, your message isn't gonna carry the same weight no matter who you are. Dan Pfeiffer has been one of the best voices from the Obama era speaking to these issues, how the Dems are way too far behind on messaging, and what they need to do to catch up, regular contributor on PSA. Hope the Dems reform on this front otherwise we all are in big trouble sadly.
Ya the hate against progressives is going too far, everyone is to blame for the recent losses. Progressives have to take responsibility for "defund the police", which was a total disaster, and general issues with regards to messaging. The progressive policies themselves are great and very popular though (when messaged correctly) and progressives are right to hold the line and get the best deal possible. The moderates have to take responsibility for being cowardly and not standing for good policies that benefit a lot of people and instead wanting to be reactionary and allowing the GOP to drive the narrative. Luckily I would say the vast majority in the Senate and Congress who would be considered moderate have largely tried to be for moving things in a positive direction (the exceptions being Manchin (who I can understand representing a Trump-heavy state), Sinema (who I can't understand as an AZ voter myself and plan to vote out in a primary), and a few clowns in the House like Gottheimer).
Jayapal sinks latest Pelosi plan on votes
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...or-infrastructure-vote-without-larger-package
Glad that they are not falling for Pelosi's trap.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/...or-infrastructure-vote-without-larger-package
Glad that they are not falling for Pelosi's trap.
Well things change quickly @Drifter, they are voting as we speak on the infrastructure plan, if it passes it goes to the WH for final signature.
Holy feck it's happening.
So will the squad vote no? Are there enough R votes to offset this?
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Infrastructure passed, 6 no votes from the progressive caucus but 13 yes votes from republicans
So they finally passed the damn thing. Did not see 13 R votes coming at all.
Is BBB in trouble now though?
Is BBB in trouble now though?
Passing BIF is good, but now there's no real leverage for BBB isn't it? Manchin/Sinema could gut it or kill it altogether.
Lets see.
Looks like there was in the end. Sinema and Manchin have the leverage and can kill the BBB bill or strip it out further.
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A corporate giveaway that, will see public infrastructure privatized.
So is this good ?
Or would it be just a corrupt ways to siphon tax payers money? I can see big corp winning tenders gleef
Or would it be just a corrupt ways to siphon tax payers money? I can see big corp winning tenders gleef
Its a massive government spending bill on infrastructure, so of course its good. Otherwise Republicans wouldn't have spent so much time attempting to thwart it.
Cheers, haven't kept up with this issue lately
It's not quite that simple though. There are a lot of weasely provisions in there that should not be in there. We have to hope it's good but there are troubling aspects.
"As it stands, the bill would allow for more use of private activity bond financing. Private activity bonds, or PABs, are a key financing tool for so-called “public-private partnerships,” or P3s. P3s are essentially expensive loans that hand some level of control over roads, water systems, school buildings, and other public infrastructure to corporations and private investors. Meaning, despite the warm and fuzzy name, they’re definitely a form of privatization. Particularly worrying, the bill would also require the use of a problematic procurement tool—called a “value for money” analysis—that’s been causing issues for state and local governments for years.
Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) slipped the requirement for value for money analyses on federally supported transportation loans into the bill in August. Maybe the fact that Manchin has received more campaign contributions from financial firms than any other industry—including from CBRE, a real estate firm actively pushing P3s—has something to do with it."
https://www.inthepublicinterest.org...vision-in-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill/
"Another item in the bill text is $53 billion that stems in part from states opting to terminate the pandemic unemployment benefits early in hopes of pushing the jobless to return to work."
"Biden's original proposal called for raising the corporate income tax rate to 28%, up from the 21% rate set by Republicans' 2017 tax cut act, as well as increasing the minimum tax on US corporations to 21% and calculating it on a country-by-country basis to deter companies from sheltering profits in international tax havens.
It also would have levied a 15% minimum tax on the income the largest corporations report to investors, known as book income, as opposed to the income reported to the Internal Revenue Service, and would have made it harder for US companies to acquire or merge with a foreign business to avoid paying US taxes by claiming to be a foreign company."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/infrastructure-bill-explained/index.html
That said, Biden needs to pass something so it probably couldn't be avoided because of Sinema and Manchin.
Manchin already said he will not back the BBB as it is, effectively killing it as it is or it will be a very watered down version of it.
GOP taking back the house next year is all but certainty based on Biden's approval rating, how the VA/NJ gov race went, and historically how midterms favor opposition party. Very good chance they take back the senate as well, at which point Manchin may as well switch parties if he wants to continue as a senator.
After BIF, I don't see anything else significant done for the remainder of Biden/democrat presidency
Driving through Trump country today outside of Milwaukee I saw a billboard for the upcoming Shen Yu event in Milwaukee. I have seen dozens of billboards and flyers for Shen Yu over the years, but this one made me laugh my ass off. The billboard message was 5 words:
Shen Yu
China Before Communism
Talk about knowing your audience!
Shen Yu
China Before Communism
Talk about knowing your audience!
The hell is ‘Shen Yu?’
Whoops, Shen Yun.
It's a dance group.
Shen Yun Performing Arts | Official Company Site
Actually, looking at their website I can see that the Communism thing is a national campaign.
Never heard of that either. Interesting.
It's linked with Falun Gong. They have flyers all over my university, including my dept, which has a lot of Chinese students.
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As others have pointed out, that says more about the performers than the audience. Falun Gong is... problematic.
Not that I go anywhere that I would notice it on campus, but I'm curious how many Chinese students at American universities are being monitored and harassed by the Chinese government. There have been a number of articles over the past several years about the increasingly brazen attempts to punish Chinese students abroad who speak out. I remember reading about incidents in the US and Australia where pro-Hong Kong flyers were vandalized during the Umbrella protests.
Harrased and punished... they could just have rejected their passport... but hey... sending them PLA agent is the way to go.
A good chunk of the chinese students that went abroad actually becomes repugnant by the media potrayal about their country and become even more pro China. Some of the news perpetrated by NY times and the MSM made me sick reading it.
I can't say i have the data, but if you think china cares about a few students chatting on social media that they actively harras and pay them a visit just because you read some article in western language.
Politics aside, if a teacher was teaching students that 2+2=10, they should be removed.
Well, they’re clearly having a psychotic break.
Absolutely should be removed.