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Five Ways the Democrats Can Replace Biden
In December 2021, politicos were abuzz over what the Democrats should do with Joe Biden, given his flagging approval numbers and intention to run for re-election. I wrote about why it was far too early to offer any meaningful analysis of the 2024 election, much less make any predictions. I rattled off 25 things that might happen between then and November 2024 which could individually change the dynamics of the election. Six months later, the landscape is already changing...
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Did Joe Manchin block climate action to benefit his financial interests?
Nancy Hilsbos, a former coalminer living in the West Virginia county that Senator Joe Manchin calls home, barely noticed the nondescript office block she passed almost daily.
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A national park site can lose NPS status: Here’s how that happens
The National Park Service currently oversees 423 sites and is studying another 21 for possible consideration to join the system. But even if these sites do receive national park status, they could …
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House Dems shun primary fight against anti-abortion incumbent
The party is rallying behind abortion rights as a key 2022 issue, but few House Democrats are backing anti-abortion Rep. Henry Cuellar’s challenger.
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The UFO briefings on Capitol Hill have begun. Lawmakers aren’t impressed.
Lawmakers receiving the latest secret briefings on UFOs say national security agencies still aren’t taking seriously the reports of highly advanced aircraft of unknown origin violating protected airspace.
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House passes bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus
The measure, which would allow the U.S. to impose steep tariffs on Russian imports, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and now heads to the Senate.
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US, allies to revoke 'most favored nation' status for Russia
President Joe Biden will announce Friday that, along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Republicans Are Moving Rapidly to Cement Minority Rule. Blame the Constitution.
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the violent assault on the Capitol, the prevailing argument on the left and much of the center is that the Republican Party poses a novel threat to American democracy. This is a flawed assessment, which oversells and understates the danger we face.
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White House announces $1B plan to address increases in meat prices
The White House on Monday announced plans aimed at addressing rising prices for meat and poultry, including setting aside $1 billion for smaller producers. The Biden administration unveiled its action plan to diversify and strengthen the meat-producing supply chain ahead of a scheduled virtual meeting between President Biden and independent farmers and ranchers.
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U.S. lawmakers call for privacy legislation after Reuters report on Amazon lobbying
Five members of Congress called for federal consumer-privacy legislation after a Reuters report published Friday revealed how Amazon.com Inc has led an under-the-radar campaign to gut privacy protections in 25 states while amassing a valuable trove of personal data on American consumers.
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Manchin meets with Sanders, Jayapal amid spending stalemate
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met separately Monday with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) as liberals and centrists in the party struggle to cut a deal on President Biden's sweeping spending plan.
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‘This is our last chance’: Biden urged to act as climate agenda hangs by a thread
With furious environmental activists at the gates of the White House, and congressional Democrats fretting that a priceless opportunity to tackle catastrophic global heating may be slipping away, Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure over a climate agenda that appears to be hanging by a thread.
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Trump Tells Republicans Not to Vote in 2022 or 2024
In a new statement that he would have posted on Twitter himself if his account was not permanently suspended for inciting violence, former President Donald Trump urged his supporters not to vote in the two upcoming elections if the Republican Party does not “solve” the supposed voter fraud that he has falsely claimed precipitated his loss to President Joe Biden.
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Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal
Top Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort the reasons for needing to raise the nation’s borrowing cap, after they dropped their blockade on averting a US debt default in a bipartisan manner.
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How The United States Ended Up With Two Right-Wing Parties
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This Powerful Democrat Linked to Fossil Fuels Will Craft the U.S. Climate Plan
Senator Joe Manchin is already a crucial swing vote in the Democrats’ sweeping budget bill. But he will also write the details of its climate change program.
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The Biden administration could sidestep McConnell's refusal to pay America's bills by minting a $1 trillion platinum coin
A new fight over the debt ceiling is brewing on Capitol Hill. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has firmly dug in on refusing GOP help to renew the US's ability to pay off its bills, known as the debt ceiling. Instead, the Kentucky Republican said it's up to Democrats to raise it in order to finance their social spending plans on healthcare, education, and childcare. He insists he's not "bluffing."
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Janet Yellen warns of a possible October default on U.S. debt, swollen by the pandemic.
The United States could default on its debt sometime in October if Congress does not take action to raise or suspend the debt limit, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned on Wednesday. The “extraordinary measures” that the Treasury Department has been employing to finance the government on a temporary basis since Aug. 1 will be exhausted next month, Ms. Yellen said in a letter to lawmakers. She added that the exact timing remained unclear but that time to avert an economic catastrophe was running out.
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Democrats running out of time to tackle climate change
Democrats' Beltway drama over their $3.5 trillion spending package could influence the outcomes at a critical United Nations climate summit this fall.
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Treating Principles as Mere Means
With the Republican about-face concerning Supreme Court Senate votes, hypocrisy is once again back in the headlines. Many accusations of hypocrisy have been directed at Senator Lindsey Graham, whose support for a Senate vote for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee so clearly clashes with earlier statements — he said in 2018 that “if an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term and the primary process has started, we’ll wait till the next election” — that his behavior seems like the Platonic form of a certain kind of hypocrisy.
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