This article is full of funny details that undermine its central argument (Manchin is cynically killing the climate to get rich). The guy comes from coal miners, founded a coal company in the 80s, lost an uncle in the mines, introduced legislation to make black lung claims easierhttps://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1449439003980206086 …
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Future historians will be astonished that we couldn't find a workable compromise on such an important issue while we still held power.https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1449385953563381767 …
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There are 49 senators to the right of Joe Manchin and maybe demonizing the guy and burning the Democratic agenda on his doorstop is not the smartest strategy.
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Little to do with money? If coal mining didn’t generate income, would they pursue it as a hobby?
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And why is coal so politically important to West Virginians? It doesn’t benefit many of them. They mostly don’t like the mountain topping. They don’t like that they can’t fish the New River because of toxic runoff from coal mines.
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