Oh yeah TV, Streaming, and Youtube see at least a couple a day between the platforms. Mainly talking about jobs and climate changeOssoff commercials 5 years from re-election day? That is some serious work.
I ain't mad to hear about this at all.Oh yeah TV, Streaming, and Youtube see at least a couple a day between the platforms. Mainly talking about jobs and climate change
This is my new favorite phrase, lol. Thanks.I think it's balance and evidence that "too soon to doom" is the correct way to look at it.
A hospital system in Arkansas is making it a bit more difficult for staff to receive a religious exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The hospital is now requiring staff to also swear off extremely common medicines, such as Tylenol, Tums, and even Preparation H, to get the exemption.
"Thus," Troup went on, "we provided a religious attestation form for those individuals requesting a religious exemption," he said. The form includes a list of 30 commonly used medicines that "fall into the same category as the COVID-19 vaccine in their use of fetal cell lines," Conway Regional said.
The list includes Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, aspirin, Tums, Lipitor, Senokot, Motrin, ibuprofen, Maalox, Ex-Lax, Benadryl, Sudafed, albuterol, Preparation H, MMR vaccine, Claritin, Zoloft, Prilosec OTC, and azithromycin.
Conway Regional notes that the list includes commonly used and available drugs but that it is not an all-inclusive list of such medicines.
The intent of the form is twofold, Troup says. First, the hospital wants to ensure that staff members are sincere in their stated beliefs, he said, and second, it wants to "educate staff who might have requested an exemption without understanding the full scope of how fetal cells are used in testing and development in common medicines."
In an interview with an NBC-affiliated outlet in Arkansas, Troup noted that only about 5 percent of the hospital system's staff had filed for a religious or medical exemption and that the rest of the workforce is partially or fully vaccinated.
My understanding is that a lot of states (or at least, a lot of hospital systems) are allowing a simple attestation from a pastor as sufficient evidence. I agree that it's motivated by conservative identity, not religion, but I think most people will be able to get around it. That said, they'll still have to get weekly tests, possibly at their own personal expense."the hospital wants to ensure that staff members are sincere in their stated beliefs"? They can't even point to a religious tenet they are following. Outside of being a Jehovah's Witness, citing religious grounds for not taking the vaccine is about most transparently insincere excuse out there.
...I really feel like the GOP would be a permanent minority party if they didn't have those unfair institutional advantages. That party is just...so fucking incompetent.
Something that I don't think gets attention in the gerrymandering mess is what is happening in Wi, MI, and PA. They have Dem governors now, unlike 10 years ago. If better maps do prevail in these states, that could result in Dems being able to get some more seats. It's not a guarantee, but it can happen.
Thought for she'd be one of the "get the shot let others die" people but I guess it makes sense she was a true believer.
Problem is I'm not convinced Manchin actually cares THAT much about the infrastructure bill passed. I think he wants it to happen but not if it means passing a 3.5 trillion dollar reconciliation bill too. PSA touched on this recently but if the House progressives kill infrastructure because Manchin is killing this bill, he might be fine to just go home and say, hey, I tried to get something done and have that be it.Lucky progressives have leverage. What matters if they are willing to use it. It would seem that progressives have to be willing to stall or vote down the bipartisan infrastructure bill if they are willing to keep it close to 3.5 trillion. I think the moderates want to the bipartisan infrastructure bill more than the progressives it might be possible to pressure the moderates if they stall or willing to vote the bipartisan bill down.
I mean centrists were the ones who fucked up the ACA so it's not particularly surprising.This is fucking ridiculous.
He was fine with this just a few months ago. He was fine with the bipartisan bill passing if it meant that a reconciliation bill passed too. The progressives had no problem with that, and this was agreed upon. All of a sudden, he's against the former, and Dems have had to deal with centrists and moderates regarding the latter.
I honestly thought it would be the progressives in Congress that would be a thorn in Biden's side for getting things passed due to the feeling that "this bill isn't enough", but they've been relatively okay with things, even when it hasn't gone perfectly. it ended up being the centrists and moderates being an absolute pain in the ass.
Problem is I'm not convinced Manchin actually cares THAT much about the infrastructure bill passed.
Well right now the bill in alot of ways is in the Senates hands when they come back Monday, Manchin and Biden and the rest are still actively talking and the meeting seemingly was friendly and everything just like the bill in MarchI've been one of the loudest proponents of the manchin cycle here but i'm losing confidence. I really hope the progressives in the House dont budge and tank the whole thing if need be. Fuck it all.
This is exactly it. He hates the climate change provisions because the oil industry lobby hates it to. Everything else he said about inflation or the deficit is just a cover for that as was evident when he couldn't make an argument when asked about it.He's trying to kill the climate change provisions. Ultimately I think this is what it's all about.
Expand our majorities...with more moderates lolI really don't think he cares at all. And I highly doubt he cares about any leverage the progressives have either.
I'm really fucking sick of them. I really hope the midterms can make them irrelevant by expanding the Dem congressional majorities...but I guess we'll see.
I'd rather we keep Manchin and also flip PA and WI to make his vote irrelevant. Always better to have at least one extra Dem in our pocket vs. an extra Republican, even if it is Manchin (and also provide a small buffer for when he inevitably loses).This is exactly it. He hates the climate change provisions because the oil industry lobby hates it to. Everything else he said about inflation or the deficit is just a cover for that as was evident when he couldn't make an argument when asked about it.
If Manchin wants the climate change provisions gone then I Really hope he loses his senate seat for being such a piece of shit. I know we like to point out how democrats wouldn't have a majority in the senate without him or Sinema who should also lose her senate seat. But I believe if those two lose their job as senators it would send a clear message that their type are no longer welcome in the party.
Just a decade ago democrats had to contend with a dozen manchin types but now it's just a handful so it is better for them to go altogether.
Go for it. It's not worth checking in every moment of the day. We'll be here when you come back.
No. We need more doom.How about we wait until a vote before we all start panicking? We've seen this before numerous times with Manchin.
Take a look at this abomination of a redistricting map the Michigan independent commission just released:
8-5 Republican in a Biden state. This is supposed to be fair and equal, no? These people have no idea what they're doing.
Look at that one district that stretches from the western Upper Peninsula down to just above Lansing 😂
I honestly thought it would be the progressives in Congress that would be a thorn in Biden's side for getting things passed due to the feeling that "this bill isn't enough", but they've been relatively okay with things, even when it hasn't gone perfectly. it ended up being the centrists and moderates being an absolute pain in the ass.