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@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") retweeted:

@AndrewDesiderio ("Andrew Desiderio") wrote:

Oof, Bernie on Manchin:

“I also find it amusing that Sen. Manchin indicates his worry about the deficit after voting just this week for a military budget of $778 billion, four times greater than Build Back Better over ten years and $25 billion more than the president requested.”

@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:

@lawprofblawg wrote:

Secretary: Welcome to the doctor's office. Here are your HIPAA disclosures. Sign that you received them. Then turn left at the potted plant, and then right at the picture of a moose.

Me: What?

Secretary: Hipaa. Pot. A Moose.

@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:

@trulyaliem ("Allison Steele") wrote:

It can be simultaneously true that the Democratic Party is so utterly broken and tainted by corporate kleptocrats that it can't even sell the very clear mandate it won in the last nat'l election... AND that the 100% strategically correct move is what Joyce says here.

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@JoyceWhiteVance ("Joyce Alene") wrote:

Smart voters will appreciate that the response to this is not to reject the Democratic Party at the polls, it’s to elect more Democrats so that Manchin is no longer relevant. https://twitter.com/ap/status/1472579869389332492

@DreamingInCode ("selectively adjacent symbols") replied to a tweet by @DreamingInCode:

@zeynep anti-statists are those who drill holes the boat so they can harvest the water.

Its microsovereignty and despotism swaddled in the flags of freedom.

@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:

@ElianaUku ("Eliana Uku") wrote:

I *strongly* encourage @Cornell to follow up with the infected students routinely over the next year to understand how many of them develop #LongCovid and to offer those students support - they will desperately need it. Whether or not they had “severe disease” is irrelevant here.

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@bopinion ("Bloomberg Opinion") replied to a tweet by @bopinion:

At Cornell University, in-person classes were shut down after 900 students tested positive, many with omicron.

There were no cases of severe disease, but there was concern that students might infect more vulnerable relatives during the holidays http://trib.al/O49sJhb

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

But if that not the case rules-wise, then we aren’t docked a recon “slot” but what we do lose is very precious and critical time to pass one last recon bill before the midterms

Either way,midterms-wise much of that is moot if we don’t break filibuster to pass voting rights ASAP

@DreamingInCode ("selectively adjacent symbols") replied to a tweet by @DreamingInCode:

The arguments about digital property rights sound nice superficially, but it’s a self-serving narrative, and it doesn’t scale

What we need is federation. Data custody and interoperability are the biggest issues affecting the web, and web3 does nothing for this

@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:

@queer_spice ("Tory Cross🧣 🍂🎃") wrote:

In case you need a public health friend to tell you it’s okay to cancel your holiday plans, hello it’s me, I’m a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, I work in health advocacy, and I volunteer to be anyone’s Public Health Expert Friend who told you not to travel

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@tomtomorrow ("That Tom Tomorrow guy") wrote:

we're doomed, but things worked out better over there

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

the vibe is correct

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@CamCron wrote:

I can’t get over @meakoopa repeatedly describing Exodus as “gooning out at the bathhouse” on @CerebroCast

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

That’s also why passing this before the new year was/is so important - delaying could cost us a major item in the President’s agenda next yr.

Unless we break the filibuster. In that case, it could still cost us a recon slot but at least lets us move on voting rights +other items

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@NoContextTrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

If we only get 2 recon bills per year, and BBB was supposed to be the 2nd recon of 2021, does pushing “roll it over” or does the Senate clock restart in 22, BBB is erased as the 2nd 2021 bill, & Dems now only have 2 swings left instead of 3? Likely the latter but not confirmed

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@AndreaChalupa ("Andrea Chalupa 🇺🇲") wrote:

.@Sen_JoeManchin, everyone

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@AP ("The Associated Press") wrote:

BREAKING: Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he can't vote for a $2 trillion social safety net bill, dealing a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s signature legislation. http://apne.ws/2s3cusc

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

What makes the choice to push even more harmful (potentially) is that if BBB gets pushed to next year, it raises the question if that decision effectively erases 1 of Biden’s 4 chances to pass major legislation before the midterms barring action on filibuster -

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@heathergtv ("Heather Gardner") wrote:

West Virginia ranks:

50th in child care
50th in public health
45th in education
50th in infrastructure
48th in employment

And Joe Manchin can’t vote yes on the Build Back Better bill cause of inflation?

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@AimIessFriend ("Vibe Analyst") wrote:

The Democratic Party will always have the number of Manchins it needs as an excuse to avoid mildly inconviencing the wealthy

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") wrote:

Many folks bring this up,& it’s not a bad idea. The problem is that due to the filibuster, we can’t vote on items individually.

For the most part, the only major leg Senate can pass w/ 51 votes are reconciliation bills. We only get 2 per year. 1st was Rescue Plan, only 1 left

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@ncweaver ("Nicholas Weaver") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

@AOC @alexhanna Suggestion: Split BBB into pieces. Force Manchen and the Republicans to vote against individual things like the child tax credit, the insulin rules, etc etc etc. Punish them OR get the best pieces to pass piecemeal. Either way a win.

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@matthewfederman ("Matthew Federman") wrote:

"Four stars!" "A Triumph!" "A movie to risk your life and the lives of those you love for!"

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@lindazge ("Linda Ge") wrote:

I see so many "you HAVE to see this in a theater" tweets right now in the middle of a pandemic at the height of a new variant spike and it's just infuriating.

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@matthewfederman ("Matthew Federman") wrote:

If only he considered the voters of WV his constituents.

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@briantylercohen ("Brian Tyler Cohen") wrote:

But sure, Joe Manchin is just representing his constituents. Got it.

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@JamaalBowmanNY ("Jamaal Bowman") wrote:

Wow @Sen_JoeManchin, with all due respect, when you say you’re a no on Build Back Better - is it you? Or is it the special interest 💰💸 that powers you?

I’m inviting you to my district to see just how badly we need this bill. Will you tell my community “No” to our face?

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

We, as always, are here to fight for this agenda. What matters most to us is that it gets done. But we cannot just shrug our shoulders and accept this as some Charlie Brown moment.

Our entire democracy is on the line. So we need to get back in there & get this sh*t done. Period

@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

People can be mad at Manchin all they want, but we knew he would do this months ago.

Where we need answers from are the leaders who promised a path on BBB if BIF passed: Biden & Dem leaders. *They* chose to move BIF alone instead of w/ BBB, not Manchin.

So they need to fix it.

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

BONJOUR!

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@CerebroCast ("CEREBRO") wrote:

In Episode 61 of CEREBRO, @dreamoforgonon and @meakoopa hark the Acolytes' herald angel, the elusive Exodus! A striking new villain of the 90s, 12th century crusader Bennet du Paris was changed forever by an encounter with the immortal mutant Apocalypse. https://redcircle.com/shows/fcf903ec-714a-422e-8779-4f9d723a0540/episodes/582cfd5b-56ff-474d-be3d-74cf9d4f49ba

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

Manchin: “I’ve always said if I can’t explain it to folks in WV, I can’t vote for it in DC.”

Manchin is lying. 80% of West Virginians support the BBB plan & want it passed. That includes 77% of conservatives. Truth is this: Manchin serves billionaires.

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@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") replied to a tweet by @AOC:

Some of us don’t have the luxury of giving up. We serve working, middle class, & poor people. We serve everyday workers getting ripped off & immigrants & Black communities & queer kids needing shelter. We will not walk away from them. And leadership can’t walk from them either.

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@tribelaw ("Laurence Tribe") wrote:

Yep. Trump willfully increased the COVID-19 death toll to protect his political backside. The very definition of a murderous asshole.

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@svdate ("S.V. Dáte") wrote:

Good lord. He really DID tell his people to slow the testing down.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-white-house-made-deliberate-efforts-undermine-covid-response-report-n1286211

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@paulkrugman ("Paul Krugman") wrote:

Not going to do amateur Manchinology, or figure out what if anything can be salvaged. But the tragedy is that even aside from social gains BBB would have huge long-run economic payoffs and would probably more than pay for itself — much more so than BIF (which I support!) 1/

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@RWPUSA ("Richard W. Painter") wrote:

What's up @Sen_JoeManchin?
Did @POTUS not throw in enough goodies for your coal burning power plant?
Have you ever heard the phrase "conflict of interest"?

As a coal plant fights for life, it could enrich Manchin https://politi.co/3CvfCSx via @politico

@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The desecration of a corpse is a crime against humanity