More Manchin stuff
WV’s senior senator is working on his legacy
The latest on Manchin’s “trail of destruction”:
Manchin's trail of destruction is going to get much worse:
— Greg Sargent . . .
* Failure to renew ACA subsidies will spike premiums for millions
* Inaction on climate could do incalculable long term damage
Window is closing. GOP House means no action on either for years:https://t.co/hmY6e7AeGg
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A look at Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic primary
Are there any lessons for West Virginia?
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John Fetterman wins PA primary
This article in this morning’s Salon nicely sums up last . . .
Some thoughts on the McKinley/Mooney election
Alex Mooney easily defeated David McKinley for the new West Virginia #2 Republican nomination. Mooney won 54% to 36%. McKinley carried only three counties: Ohio by 28%, Marshall by 9%, and Pleasants by only 1%. Even worse, had the election just been held in McKinley’s old WV #1, he still would have lost to Alex Mooney by 4.4%.
Some . . .
West Virginia and its senators on abortion rights
Joe Manchin
. . .Republican senators—including Collins and Murkowski—have already joined with Joe Manchin to block codification of abortion rights at the federal level. If the right to choose is to be saved, it will be an urgent state-by-state struggle that begins NOW!
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) May 4, 2022
https://t.co/ihPOxRrKAL
Joe Manchin in his endorsement of Republican David McKinley: “Alex Mooney is all about Alex Mooney”
Ever heard of "projection," Senator?
Here is Manchin’s endorsement of McKinley
lol Joe Manchin brags about sinking Build Back Better in an ad he just cut for a Republican candidate for Congress.
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) May 1, 2022
Democrats were never going to get this guy on board for any part of their agenda. pic.twitter.com/0ILc2pScCu
In his . . .
What has Senator Manchin been doing?
I see that not much has changed with West Virginia’s senior senator
Back from a few days of vacation, I’ll be trying to catch-up in the next couple of days.
I see West Virginia’s senior senator is still doing what he does best:
SCOOP: Billionaire Nelson Peltz hosted a private fundraising event for @Sen_JoeManchin at his Florida estate.
GOP megadonors in attendance: Steve Schwarzman, Ken Langone . . .
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“Earmarks . . . earmarks . . . Get your red-hot earmarks, right here!”
A look at how WV’s representatives are bringing home the bacon
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary tells us that an earmark is
a provision in Congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program, or organization.
The New York Times recently reviewed and published its findings on 2022 congressional earmarks. It found:
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