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Paid family leave, one of the hallmarks of President Joe Biden's social safety net agenda, is in jeopardy of being pared down once again or even cut from a major spending bill over a lack of support from Joe Manchin. Democratic leaders are telling members to embrace the spending bill, even as progressives see several major policy goals get tossed. Kyrsten Sinema was confronted by a self-described...

Lawyer, scholar, educator, and author Anita Hill joins The Young Turks to discuss her new book #Believing and more. Democrats may ditch Medicare expansion and paid leave in last-minute social spending talks. The key to President Biden’s climate agenda is likely to be cut because of Joe Manchin's opposition. Wisconsin lawmakers slowly peeling away child labor laws. January 6 protest organizers say...

Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders got into a heated argument over the reconciliation bill, with the West Virginia Senator saying he's comfortable with spending a dollar amount of "zero." President Biden says Kyrsten Sinema isn’t on board for raising “a single penny” in taxes on the wealthy. Biden is also open to eliminating the filibuster on voting rights "and maybe more." The voter-fraud hunt in Tex...

A billionaire who supported Trump in 2020 says he talks to Joe Manchin every week and urges him to ‘stay tough.’ Arizona State Police are recommending charges for the protesters that followed Sen Sinema into the bathroom. Five Veterans quit Kyrsten Sinema’s advisory council in protest. Bernie Sanders to Host “What’s in the Damn Bill” online panel discussion about Democrats’ package. AOC warns that...

Joe Manchin threatens to leave the Democratic Party. Biden discussed a $1.9 trillion top line number for the economic package and told Democrats free community college is out. John Deere workers strike as company rakes in record profits. After a tweak was made to the law that allows the Pentagon to give war machines to local police depts, many are now citing natural disasters and climate change to...

Senator Joe Manchin’s refusal to support the centerpiece of President Biden’s climate agenda puts the Democrats’ entire infrastructure and social spending agenda at risk. However, Manchin did meet with Bernie Sanders and Pramila Jayapal to try and address the spending stalemate. Nina Turner gave Bernie props for smoking Manchin with his recent op-ed. West Virginians are paying incredibly high pric...

Despite being vaccinated, Colin Powell has died due to complications from COVID. Joe Manchin has reportedly told the White House that the child tax credit must include a firm work requirement and a family income cap in the $60,000 range. Manchin also wants to keep elderly caretakers from getting the benefit. After getting ousted by AOC, Joe Crowley is now lobbying against tax hikes on giant corpor...

A record-breaking 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in August. More than 100,000 workers threaten to strike as unions flex their muscles. During the COVID-19 meltdown, corporate executives pocketed millions in bonuses while their companies went bankrupt. California will ban gas lawn mowers and leaf blowers. Do individual consumer choices matter when combating climate change? Hosts: Ana Kaspari...

Pelosi gives a stammering press conference about how she caves to Manchin and Sinema's corporate interests, then she snaps at a reporter. Billy Graham's son, Franklin Graham, is secretly bankrolling the National Prayer Breakfast. A new report says American real estate has become a “safe haven” for money laundering. Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist, and almost nothing happe...

Steve Scalise is so afraid of Donald Trump that he's promoting the 2020 election was stolen without ever fully saying it. Senator Kyrsten Sinema has reportedly proposed cutting $100 billion in climate provisions from the reconciliation package. Former Trump attorney Lin Wood called Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a “communist.” Ohio Police launched an investigation after bodycam footage showed...

Senator Joe Manchin had a very noticeable reaction to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Kyrsten Sinema TSchumer’s debt ceiling speech. The Senate Judiciary Committee released details of Trump's attempts to weaponize the DOJ to overturn the election. Gavin Newsom gets slammed for issuing 138 new oil drilling permits as the California cleanup continues. Fox's Mark Levin says Black Lives Matter protesters...

Tucker Carlson cited the Unabomber's writings to Andrew Yang. Ted Nugent made sheep sounds to mock people who are vaccinated. A man allegedly killed a pharmacist's brother to stop him from giving COVID vaccines. A group of militant anti-vaccine activists protested children walking to school in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, with one of them screaming, “they’re trying to rape our children with this po...

Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions. President Biden continues to scale back his agenda to try and get moderates onboard. After his house and offices were raided by the FBI, the head of the NYPD Sergeants Union, Ed Mullins, has resigned. DC bu...

Steve Bannon is pushing "shock troops" to be on standby to deconstruct and reconfigure the government when a Republican takes office. Rep. Madison Cawthorn posted a clip calling for holy war. Senator Kyrsten Sinema remained largely silent during a tense encounter with a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient onboard an airplane. Republicans shouted down Lindsey Graham when he push...

President Biden called out filming Krysten Sinema in the bathroom as "not appropriate," but also added, "it's a part of the process." Polls show that the policies in the $3.5 trillion budget package are very popular. According to a whistleblower, Facebook is well aware that its algorithms are pushing QAnon and white nationalist content to Trump fans. In the "biggest-ever leak of offshore data," a...

House Democrats delayed the scheduled vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Coal-baron-turned-senator Joe Manchin again threatened to kill Democrat’s climate, health care and anti-poverty legislation. A woman may lose her home because she can't afford to pay $12,000 in fines that accrued when multiple 911 calls were made from her home. A Fox News host railed against literal ‘free lunches’ fo...

The Biden White House appears to support progressives revolting against passing the bipartisan infrastructure bill without also having a deal on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. Joe Manchin threw a massive wrench into the negotiations over the budget reconciliation bill. Kyrsten Sinema mocked a question about Democrats not knowing where she stands on reconciliation. Alexandria Ocasio-Cort...

Roughly two dozen progressives in the House of Representatives have reiterated their pledge to vote down the bipartisan infrastructure deal unless a budget agreement is reached. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema claim that they’re negotiating the reconciliation bill in good faith, but they are not being clear on what they want. One hundred and thirty-one federal judges broke the law by hearing cases...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats that passage of the $550 billion infrastructure bill must not wait for President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill. Kyrsten Sinema plans to raise money from business groups that oppose the budget bill. Joe Manchin raised a red flag over his Democratic colleagues’ push to include a carbon tax in the reconciliation package. West Virginia a...

Nancy Pelosi admitted that the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will be reduced in size and scope before it is voted on. Democrats may add a carbon tax to the budget reconciliation bill. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has reportedly told her Democratic colleagues that she will not support any tax hikes on corporations or wealthy individuals. A new poll shows that a large majority of Republican voters...

The Republican recount in Arizona is finally done, and after millions of dollars were spent on it – Biden’s lead increased. Anti-choice officials that helped craft Texas’s restrictive law are crying now that their bill is being used to sue abortion providers. JD Vance is in favor of rapists and their babies being born. CNN’s Chris Cuomo is accused of sexual harassment. Marjorie Taylor Greene rattl...

Democrats have time to raise the debt ceiling without Republicans, according to Mitch McConnell. The George Floyd police reform bill appears doomed as Republicans refuse to accept any meaningful reforms. The U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions. Pfizer’s CEO rallies staff to fight the Democrats’ drug price negotiations. Kayleigh McEnany deletes a tweet after brutally mocking...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal stands her ground on the reconciliation bill. The Chamber of Commerce warns moderate Democrats against voting for the reconciliation package. TikTokers are trading stocks by copying members of Congress. Senator Joe Manchin removes ethics provisions from the Democratic reform bill. Amazon’s AI cameras are punishing drivers for mistakes they didn’t make. Hosts: Ana Kasparian Hos...

Progressives BLOCK $1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel | U.S. Caught TERRORIZING Haitian Migrants At The Border | Jim Jordan: Biden Is NOT CRUEL Enough At The Border | REPORT: Trump Lawyers KNEW Dominion Claims Were FALSE | Tulsi Gabbard Defends DRONES to Tucker Carlson | Iraq War Veteran CONFRONTS George W. Bush | Trump Lackey Larry Kudlow Yearns For His Dear Leader | Tucker Carlson EXPLOITS GOP...

Senator Kyrsten Sinema delivered a tough ultimatum to President Joe Biden at a private meeting on infrastructure. Sinema also objected to drug pricing reforms that are already struggling to make it through the House of Representatives. Sen. Joe Manchin has suggested pausing discussions on the $3.5 trillion spending package until 2022 as the House gets ready to vote on a bipartisan deal next week....