Republicans in a Democrat costume, eternal quagmire at the highest level, and everybody’s least polarizing president ensure this week is a special flavor of the same old, same old.
This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Links to this weeks stories :
00:10 For the People Act
- Under fire from West Virginian Senator Manchin
- Noted centrist, Manchin has been called “Democratic Mitch McConnell
- Severe African American backlash, as the bill specifically defends their voter rights, and he opposes it for this reason
04:23 Filibuster
- McConnell’s staunch support of the system, allows for a monitory to block senate bills
- Back in 2017, when Trump called for the filibuster to be removed as democrats stopped the Republican agenda, McConnell refused to budge
- He continues this strategy as a way to ensure monotony in the house
- Manchin supports the filibuster, ensuring a bipartisan and total support of the system which keeps politics from actualizing new policy
07:26 Trump
- Spook recently at the NC Republican convention as he reignites his political career
- Continues to propagate the lie, that the election was stolen from him
- Continues to claim he will soon be reinstated as president
- Believes a lawsuit in Georgia and a recount in Arizona will likely put him back into office
- Remains the head of the Republican Party, while being largely ignored by the media
