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Guest host Kristi Leigh breaks down the latest political developments, including the epic defeat of Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill and ...

Manchin may have doomed American climate policy

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On Sunday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) may have delivered a final blow to the United States’s best chance to take action on the climate crisis this decade.
After months of <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/12/16/22838189/manchin-build-back-better-vote-delay">negotiations</a> with the White House and Democratic leaders, <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/12/19/22844969/manchin-build-back-better-setback-biden-social-spending-bill">Manchin announced on Fox News</a> that he will be a “no” vote on the centerpiece of the president’s domestic agenda in its current form. That agenda — known as the Build Back Better Act — would have invested <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/10/28/22748554/biden-budget-build-back-better-democrats-child-care-taxes">$555 billion</a> in clean electricity, electric vehicles, and reducing methane emissions. Although the $1.75 trillion bill has already passed the House of Representatives, a no vote from Manchin would ensure the bill does not have a path forward in the Senate. That’s because Democrats were relying on a budget process that requires 50 Senate votes to get it to President Joe Biden’s desk.
As Vox’s Andrew Prokop <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/12/19/22845122/manchin-build-back-better-psaki">wrote</a>, it’s possible that Manchin’s Sunday comments were just another negotiating tactic, and he could be convinced to support a revised version of the Build Back Better plan that delivers on what he wants.
But if the bill truly is a goner, it will be much more than a political setback for the Biden agenda. It will be a colossal tragedy for the planet and future generations, which are depending on the US government to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels this decade with major legislation like this bill, to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The bill also contains funding for adapting to climate change and helping the most vulnerable communities; without it, the US will be far less prepared to face escalating climate disasters here at home.
It’s unlikely Democrats will have exactly the same set of political circumstances — in control of both the presidency and Congress — to pass a similarly ambitious climate agenda in the next decade. “We won’t be acting on the climate crisis if we don’t pass this bill, and there’s not a decade left to waste,” said Leah Stokes, a climate political scientist at UC-Santa Barbara who has been advising Democrats. “Senator Manchin talks a lot about that and what he owes to his grandchildren, and the number one thing he owes to his grandchildren is a livable planet.”
Democrats probably won’t get a second chance after next year’s midterms to act. And the next time they do have a chance, it may be too late to limit some of the worst effects of warming.
If passed, the Build Back Better Act would deliver the largest injection of federal funds into clean energy and emissions reductions that the country has ever seen. It would tackle the two biggest sources of US pollution that come from the transportation and electricity sectors, by boosting clean energy, electric vehicles, and charging stations.
The US is responsible for the <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/4/24/18512804/climate-change-united-states-china-emissions">largest share</a> of global warming, so serious federal action is essential to closing the gap. Climate scientists have <a href="https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/">warned</a> that once the atmosphere warms more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, we will live in a <a href="https://www.vox.com/22613027/un-ipcc-climate-change-report-ar6-disaster">drastically changed world</a>. If countries, corporations, and individuals don’t take immediate action to reduce pollution, the world may hit that grim milestone <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html">in just 10 years</a>.
The bill would also literally save lives. For example, its clean energy funding would help close the nation’s last coal plants, eliminating an energy source that releases particulate matter that contributes to asthma, heart attacks, and other diseases. One Harvard <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/news/80x30ces/">estimate</a> found that reaching 80 percent clean electricity by 2030 would save 9,200 lives in 2030 alone, and another 317,500 through 2050.
Finally, the bill would dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to helping communities prepare for worsening floods, heat, and fires in the name of climate justice. One program would <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/climate-change-efforts-set-big-boost-build-back-better-bill-passes-rcna6471">help tribes relocate</a> away from areas threatened by climate change, and other <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2021/12/02/delivering-on-justice40/">investments</a> would help disadvantaged communities improve their water and physical infrastructure.
By the time the bill passed the House of Representatives, progressive Democrats had already made some concessions that weakened some of the key provisions. They scaled down the overall cost of the bill and cut some proposals, including setting a national standard to reach 80 percent clean energy by 2030. All of that was to appease Manchin. It just didn’t work.
Manchin released <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-statement-on-build-back-better-act">a statement</a> after his Fox appearance elaborating on why he said “I just can’t” vote for the legislation. Several of his complaints targeted the climate provisions in the bill. He said the Build Back Better Act would harm the electric grid and increase dependence on foreign supply chains. He worried a faster energy transition “will have catastrophic consequences for the American people like we have seen in both Texas and California in the last two years”— likely a reference to power outages and volatile energy rates from extreme weather the past few years. (In fact, a major reason his West Virginia constituents have faced higher utility rates in recent years is coal is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/politics/west-virginia-coal-rates-manchin-climate/index.html">getting more</a> expensive.)
Climate advocates who helped Democrats design the Build Back Better plan were grieving Sunday over what the loss would mean for both the planet and public health. Jesse Jenkins, a Princeton expert on the electricity sector and adviser to the White House on the Build Back Better plan, <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseJenkins/status/1472599326341926915">called</a> Manchin’s news “devastating” and his excuses “utter nonsense.”
Sam Ricketts, co-director of the advocacy group Evergreen Action, who has advised Democrats on the bill, called Manchin “duplicitous” for leaving “the important needs of the country unfulfilled.” He countered Manchin’s claims, saying, “The Build Back Better act would reduce Americans’ energy costs, not increase [them]. It would enhance American economic competitiveness, not decrease it. It would increase the reliability and resiliency of the electric grid, not the opposite.”
Ricketts suspected Manchin had it backward because, he said, the senator was more informed “by corporate donors or by ignorance.” Manchin’s son is a leader in the coal industry, and Manchin himself has made $4.5 million from his investments in coal over the course of <a href="https://theintercept.com/2021/09/03/joe-manchin-coal-fossil-fuels-pollution/">his Senate career</a>. Over the past year, Manchin has reaped more campaign donations from the oil, gas, and coal industries than <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01%20%20&cycle=2022&recipdetail=S&Mem=Y&sortorder=U">any other senator</a>.
Climate activists are also dismayed because Congress has promised action for years, but failed to deliver. And they point to a larger pattern of how obstructionists — both in the Republican and Democratic parties — have sunk the US’s best chances of action again and again. Longtime climate activist and writer Bill McKibben noted that Manchin’s obstruction fits the long legacy of a Congress that can’t pass climate legislation to meet the scale of the crisis.
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Joe Manchin preserves Congress's perfect record: no real climate legislation in the 33 years they've been debating the issue.
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) <a href="https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1472593885385957382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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There are still plenty of unanswered questions after Manchin’s announcement.
Will Congress be able to salvage a smaller deal that still delivers on climate cuts? In a <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-statement-on-build-back-better-pass-climate-and-clean-energy-provisions-now">statement</a> Sunday, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) advocated for that path. “Major climate and clean energy provisions of the Build Back Better Act have largely been negotiated, scored for ten years, and financed,” he said. “Let’s pass these provisions now. We cannot let this moment pass.”
Another question: Could Democrats find another legislative vehicle that will finally win Manchin’s support? Progressive lawmakers have already pointed fingers at the White House and Democratic leadership for their political failure, but some have hinted there may still be a path forward.
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We are facing unprecedented challenges and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BuildBackBetter</a> is about tackling them head on: addressing the climate crisis, fighting inflation and giving hard working Americans a shot at prosperity. To walk away from those challenges is the height of irresponsibility and betrayal.
— Rep. Veronica Escobar (@RepEscobar) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEscobar/status/1472614183590113286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Grieving climate activists also echoed that this isn’t a moment to give up. “This is the last best shot we’re really going to have to enact national policy that deals with the climate crisis in the scope and scale that’s necessary,” said Ricketts. “We still have a Democratic president in the White House who has claimed that climate is a top priority for his administration. Now let’s see them deliver.”
 
 
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Sunday Live: White House Vows To Strike Back After Biden’s Great Reset Bill Derailed

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Alex Jones breaks down how Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar Build Back Better spending bill has been derailed, at least for now, by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.). Also, he’ll discuss the growing worldwide resistance movement against the New World Order’s coordinated Omicron lockdown agenda as Christmas approaches.
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Smash And Grab Hits Austin Texas Hellhole

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The smash and grab epidemic popularized by Black Lives Matter and marginalized by the Democrat party has come to the backyard of Austin, Texas.
According to witnesses, shortly before the Barton Creek Square Mall closed during the biggest shopping weekend before Christmas, smash and grab looters broke into the display cases at the Helzberg Diamond store, as patrons fled for the exits.
Gunshots were heard by many. An eyewitnesses claims that a voice came over the loudspeaker announcing that the doors had been locked, trapping innocent patrons with desperate armed lunatics in order to protect the profits of the blood diamond industry.
Meanwhile, Austin is in steep decline after the depletion of its police force under the policies of Soros suck-up Mayor Steve Adler and Marxist DA Garza.
And as Austin real estate prices skyrocket by over 40 percent, real estate companies are removing crime statistics from their postings as it affects their bottom line.
A question for all of you on the fence about self defense: does the second Amendment make sense now?
 
 
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UK Health Minister Awkwardly Admits ‘One’ Omicron Death As Gov’t Prepares More Lockdowns

The UK is preparing to impose another harsh nationwide lockdown in response to the emergence of the mild Omicron variant.
But Sky News put UK Health Minister Gillian Keegan on the spot when she was asked how many Omicron cases and deaths were recorded in the country of 68 million people.
After initially claiming that “774” people had been hospitalized with Omicron, Keegan walked that back to only “10”, noting the first number was total hospitalizations in the entire country over the last week.
“Maybe going up to 11 now, actually,” Keegan, the Minister of State for Care at the Department of Health and Social Care, said on Thursday.
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“How many people are in hospital..with Omicron?”
Health Minister 
“There’s 774..sorry that’s total hospitalisations in the last 7 days. With Omicron..10 cases”
“How many deaths?”
“The deaths were 100..er I don’t..sorry Kay, no..er..1 death with Omicron”<a href="https://t.co/lFmP15ky4t">pic.twitter.com/lFmP15ky4t</a>
— Maajid أبو عمّار (@MaajidNawaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaajidNawaz/status/1472623144385011721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
“How many deaths?” Sky News reporter Kay Burley asked.
Keegan responded, “The deaths were 100 and…I don’t have the actual number…”
Burley asked: “From Omicron?”
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“Oh, Omicron! Sorry, sorry, Kay. We don’t have…er, we have one death with Omicron, so far,” Keegan admitted, adding that nobody in the nation has been put on a ventilator from the variant.
“You’re getting at the severity of the disease, which is one of the unknowns…” Keegan added.
Riiight.
This comes as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a nationwide lockdown just days before Christmas in the name of stopping Omicron.
This isn’t about public health.
Watch the full interview:
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Biden Team, Democrats Freak Out After Manchin Shoots Down Biden’s $5 Trillion Spending Bill

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The White House and congressional Democrats are reeling from Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V.) Sunday announcement that he would not vote for Joe Biden’s $5 trillion Build Back Better bill.
The Biden administration was reportedly “blindsided” by Manchin’s announcement, and WH press secretary Jen Psaki released a statement slamming the West Virginia senator for reneging on a deal with Biden.
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NEWS: White House feels blindsided by <a href="https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sen_JoeManchin</a>’s decision that he’s a “no” on Build Back Better.
Just days ago, Manchin personally handed <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> a $1.8 trillion plan he would support, I’m told.
In interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/BretBaier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BretBaier</a> today, Manchin said “I can’t get there.”
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1472583387810574336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
“If his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate,” Psaki said.
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A lengthy, sharp statement from the White House <a href="https://t.co/jlycvNRuBr">pic.twitter.com/jlycvNRuBr</a>
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1472613895680544776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
“Just as Senator Manchin reversed his position on Build Back Better this morning, we will continue to press him to see if he will reverse his position yet again, to honor his prior commitments and be true to his word.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), charged with quarterbacking the bill’s massive multi-trillion dollar budget, accused Manchin of lacking the “guts” to stand up to “powerful special interests.”
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If Joe Manchin does not have the guts to stand up to the powerful special interests, he’s going to have to explain that to the people of West Virginia who are hurting and hurting badly. <a href="https://t.co/U5OeNlk6ea">pic.twitter.com/U5OeNlk6ea</a>
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1472602478118158338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
Far-left “Squad” leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) criticized the Democrat leadership for not listening to her about passing Build Back Better and the infrastructure bill together.
“When a handful of us in the House warned this would happen if Dem leaders gave Manchin everything he wanted 1st by moving BIF before BBB instead of passing together, many ridiculed our position. Maybe they’ll believe us next time. Or maybe people will just keep calling us naïve,” she tweeted Sunday.
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When a handful of us in the House warned this would happen if Dem leaders gave Manchin everything he wanted 1st by moving BIF before BBB instead of passing together, many ridiculed our position.
Maybe they’ll believe us next time. Or maybe people will just keep calling us naïve. <a href="https://t.co/TtKW6VOOCF">https://t.co/TtKW6VOOCF</a>
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1472624829362757634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the most vocal of the Squad, called Manchin’s decision “bullshit.”
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“We all knew that Senator Manchin couldn’t be trusted. The excuses that he just made, I think, are complete bullshit.” <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/AliVelshi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AliVelshi</a> <a href="https://t.co/qFQmqr1Wui">pic.twitter.com/qFQmqr1Wui</a>
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) <a href="https://twitter.com/People4Bernie/status/1472597435104956417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) likewise excoriated Manchin on Twitter.
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Joe Manchin pretends to have a problem with the cost of a $1.75T investment over 10 years in the American people, but has no problem with giving $9T to weapons makers and the military. <a href="https://t.co/RHyOem75M6">https://t.co/RHyOem75M6</a>
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1472603875517546496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Progressive Dem <a href="https://twitter.com/AyannaPressley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AyannaPressley</a>: “To be clear, my lack & deficit of trust was about Sen Manchin. He has continued to move the goalposts… he is obstructing the president’s agenda.”
“All I want for Christmas is a Senator that has compassion for the American people, not contempt”
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1472582113857871872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have notably not responded to Manchin’s decision as of this writing.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Manchin’s ‘no’ vote is “not a huge shock” but claimed the fight over Build Back Better “is not over yet.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenAlexPadilla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenAlexPadilla</a> on Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t vote for Build Back Better: “Honestly, not a huge shock but I will caveat that with, it’s not over yet.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SundayShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SundayShow</a> <a href="https://t.co/FHISbWADDd">pic.twitter.com/FHISbWADDd</a>
— The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@TheSundayShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSundayShow/status/1472599049618481153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) called Manchin’s decision “an outrage.”
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The Grinch just stole Christmas for many and don’t expect any last minute Dr. Seuss happy ending. After 6 months of talking and talking, Joe Manchin finally made it unequivocal, on Fox News, of course, he’s with the Republicans. He is “NO” on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BuildBackBetter</a>. What an outrage!
— Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLloydDoggett/status/1472588093781913607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2021</a></blockquote>
The death of his signature legislation marks a fitting end to Biden’s first disastrous year as puppet president.
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The White House and congressional Democrats are reeling from Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V.) Sunday announcement that he would not vote for Joe...