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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Jun 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Jeff Stein

    One way to do bipartisanship is by larding out pork. Maybe not the worst thing either, if you need to jump-start post-covid economy.https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1402463793880485888 …

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    Jeff SteinVerified account @JStein_WaPo
    In case you missed it - The Senate tonight approved a bill w/ overwhelming bipartisan support that included $10 billion in lunar lander contracts likely to go to Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin @TonyRomm https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/08/senate-china-science-technology/ …
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      1. Peter Moskos‏Verified account @PeterMoskos 8 Jun 2021
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        Pork is underrated. Especially given some of the other waste fraud and abuses that can take place with our tax dollars. The underrated thing about pork is it actually demands accountability. It gets shit done. Is the shit always needed? No. But at least it's done.

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      1. Jakvar Austin‏ @JakvarAustin 8 Jun 2021
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        What the Dems need to be doing is introducing bills aimed at building huge military or govt facilities in West Virginia. Wild that the Dems are not at least trying to see how Manchin reacts to filibuster in the face of such jobs bills aimed at his own constituents

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      1. Autarkh‏ @Autarkh 8 Jun 2021
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        I'm all for buying compromise with pork. It's better than these intractable ideological and partisan feuds.

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      1. E.J. Kalafarski‏ @ejkalafarski 8 Jun 2021
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        Can see this as potentially a great way to get Collins or Murkowski votes at the next fiscal cliff.

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      1. The Troys Season 3‏ @pdlmma 8 Jun 2021
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        isn't this mostly money to safe WA senate seats that mostly vote on party line?

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      1. Brendan van Niejenhuis  🇺🇦 🌻‏ @brendanvn 8 Jun 2021
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        pork is small denomination currency and without it the economy can't function

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      1. KingOfPies‏ @RegalPastry 8 Jun 2021
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        Doesn't it seem like doling out billions of pork barrel projects to key states (coff! WV AZ ME AK coff!) could be more persuasive than thousands of campaign dollars from the last Koch to incentivize Senators to say Yea! Hell yea! ???? Biden needs to twist arms somehow or we get:pic.twitter.com/ITaTzi1Uv9

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      1. Richard L Naff‏ @Emrys56 9 Jun 2021
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        Is Blue Origin a Texas company?

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      1. radarskiy‏ @radarskiy 9 Jun 2021
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        There should be $1 billion of pork for WVa in every bill the R’s block, and then live video of Manchin being asked how he feels about the filibuster now.

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