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    10 Aug 2018

    I'm really excited to announce that my new book is coming on October 16! An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy In An Age Of Trumpian Disinformation And Thunderdome Politics You can get more info and preorder here:

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Right. And this is exactly why the coal miners' union wants BBB -- because it provides at least the possibility of recapturing some of the jobs in the renewables supply chain.

    Particularly maddening is Manchin's notion that BBB would make US dependent on foreign supply chains. Right now, our dependence on those supply chains is already growing. BBB would invest billions in standing up *domestic* supply chains. The literal opposite of what he says!
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    10 hours ago

    .: "[If] the Virginia loss was motivated by much broader concerns about education, then we should admit liberals were caught off guard by the backlash to covid-19 lockdowns and other education issues."

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  4. 3 hours ago

    Above all, Biden must restore "his image as a low-drama chief executive who can conquer the pandemic and allow Americans to enjoy life free of fears driven by a mysterious disease." As says, beating covid is key to everything. Via :

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    8 hours ago

    White college educated voters and Latinos. Where have I heard that before? Great read

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    8 hours ago

    Big picture take on this is that Dems have no good answer to the racial politics being played by the GOP. They will continue to run from this issue, alienate a key constituency, and lose on this issue. The first step is to stop running, turn, and face it head on.

    Key finding: The leading issue for Biden-Youngkin voters is education. But the analysis offers a more nuanced understanding of the problem than we get from all the fingerpointing at "wokeness." There is another approach. w/links to and
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    8 hours ago

    Important point on education from missed by pundits looking at Biden-Youngkin voters. Education was the number one issue for this group and dismissing it as purely CRT-driven is a fatal error.

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    10 hours ago

    🚨 Dem strategy memo: "We need to address the long-term problems that exist for Democrats with Latinos and black men."

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    10 hours ago

    Important read for Dems:

    NEWS: A new analysis of the VA loss circulating among Dem officials warns that the "Biden-Youngkin voter" could be a real problem for Dems in other 2022 races. It finds a nontrivial subset of Biden backers are *not* reliable Dem voters. Details here:
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  10. 9 hours ago

    Key finding: The leading issue for Biden-Youngkin voters is education. But the analysis offers a more nuanced understanding of the problem than we get from all the fingerpointing at "wokeness." There is another approach. w/links to and

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  11. 10 hours ago

    Who are these "Biden-Youngkin voters"? Mostly male, white, independent, and college educated. But some erosion among nonwhites as well. The analysis suggests that these voters aren't part of any Trump-driven realignment:

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  12. 10 hours ago

    NEWS: A new analysis of the VA loss circulating among Dem officials warns that the "Biden-Youngkin voter" could be a real problem for Dems in other 2022 races. It finds a nontrivial subset of Biden backers are *not* reliable Dem voters. Details here:

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    Dec 21

    Jayapal gets where this has to go, even if she's not ready to skip to the very end without a fight.

    NEW: Rep Jayapal reached out to Manchin today, and offered a way forward: She asked him to return to Biden's BBB framework and specify what he *did not* commit to and what he *cannot* support, Jayapal tells me. She opened the door a crack. Details here:
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  14. 13 hours ago

    You'd think this is a minimal and reasonable ask from from Rep. Jayapal. Yet numerous press accounts are presenting the progressive response to Manchin as nothing but bitter fury and intransigence, while ignoring what progressives are actually saying right now:

    . to about Manchin: “Tell me what is not consistent with what you committed to before & let’s take those pieces out & then vote on a bill that has the rest of it…We all understand that we need 50 votes, & he’s our 50th vote.”
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  15. 13 hours ago

    The big story of the moment on BBB is that Democrats are not giving up -- they're actively looking for a way forward. reports that there are new "notes of optimism" among many Dems, including Sens. Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Pramila Jayapal:

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  16. 15 hours ago

    The Joe Manchin effect, in one chart:

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    Dec 21

    Nearly dead folks mostly recover. Unless someone decides to womp them in the head to kill 'em off. Of course, sometimes, like with the nearly dead prince at Swamp Castle, you don't want them to recover, so it's all a question of perspective.

    NEW: Rep Jayapal reached out to Manchin today, and offered a way forward: She asked him to return to Biden's BBB framework and specify what he *did not* commit to and what he *cannot* support, Jayapal tells me. She opened the door a crack. Details here:
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    Dec 21

    reading this interview the idea that Manchin has consistent preferences on anything seems totally ridiculous. the man is a doofy flake

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    Dec 21

    I keep telling people this is where the deal is going to come from.

    NEW: Rep Jayapal reached out to Manchin today, and offered a way forward: She asked him to return to Biden's BBB framework and specify what he *did not* commit to and what he *cannot* support, Jayapal tells me. She opened the door a crack. Details here:
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  20. Dec 21

    Fox's formula "is so durable that the network will surely continue thriving long after the democracy that it’s undermining has collapsed. There’ll still be TV ratings, after all, in an autocracy." on the damage Fox is doing. Via :

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  21. Dec 21

    What Rep Jayapal suggested to Manchin today: “Tell me what is not consistent with what you committed to before, and let’s take those pieces out and vote on a bill that has the rest of it.” Asked if Ds should back a stripped down BBB at 10 years: "I'm not quite there yet."

    NEW: Rep Jayapal reached out to Manchin today, and offered a way forward: She asked him to return to Biden's BBB framework and specify what he *did not* commit to and what he *cannot* support, Jayapal tells me. She opened the door a crack. Details here:
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