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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Sep 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted John Nichols

    People like Matt Yglesias who have spent the last year left-bashing might want to consider how their advocacy has contributed to this unforced error which will hamper Biden's agenda and prevent Dems from passing a wildly popular reform.https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising/status/1439297974333550596 …

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    John NicholsVerified account @NicholsUprising
    Had @AOC joined the Energy and Commerce Committee, the vote for permitting negotiations to lower drug prices would almost certainly have been 30-28. But House Democratic power brokers blocked her request for a place on the committee and the vote was 29-29. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/aoc-kathleen-rice-drugs/ …
    11:46 AM - 18 Sep 2021
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      1. Brian McGee‏ @ImJoseee 18 Sep 2021
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        matt might think that if he had any genuine beliefs at all

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      1. don't touch the belly it's a pointy trap‏ @aeolist 18 Sep 2021
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        they're more anti-left than they are pro-good policies so i would think they view this as an overall win

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      1. Matt M.‏ @mosconml 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Counterpoint: Political Thought Bubble Twitter should have zero influence in politics

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      2. David Dayen‏Verified account @ddayen 18 Sep 2021
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        Look, agreed, but whether the drug price thing got out of Energy & Commerce is immaterial, it got out of Ways & Means and can go in the bill. If Rice is against it and would vote against the whole bill is what matters, and that's irrespective of committee assignments.

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      3. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @ddayen @HeerJeet

        Yeah. I keep hearing this committee assignment thing, but it doesn’t matter unless one committee, E and C, could have killed the drug price mechanism or the entire bill. But it could t. So it’s just holding onto the slim margins. Biden pulling two reps out of caucus matters more

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      1. Knut N. Figenschou 🇵🇸 🇺🇦‏ @knutepus 18 Sep 2021
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        Unforced? Or am I being too cynical?

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      1. what kind of hell is this‏ @george09620890 18 Sep 2021
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        Once I understood that most Senators function as lobbyists all became clear. If the GOP, as it likely will, hews the path of fascism we should demand a third actual progressive party. But we all know better. Any new party will be a nostalgic party of “Reagan”. We’re doomed

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      2. Ross Barkan‏Verified account @RossBarkan 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        how did a guy on Substack (albeit a popular one) contribute to this happening? did he celebrate Kathy Rice beating AOC out for that slot?

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      3. Joe‏ @JoePostingg 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @RossBarkan @HeerJeet

        Also isn't the yglesias take that Dems should be progressive economically, but downplay it rhetoric wise? You can agree or disagree but I don't think he's pro this kind of move

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      2. Case‏ @lotsa_texas 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Couldn’t you make a better case that if AOC hadn’t been supporting the primarying of Dems she would have been on the committee and could have cast the winning vote?

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 18 Sep 2021
        Replying to @lotsa_texas

        Pelosi also supports primarying of Dems (see 2020 Senate race in Mass.)

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