The question in Ohio and Wisconsin is whether their state courts can be trusted. If not, things are worse than they always have been - but with a more authoritarian flavor.
If there are no cameras watching the lobby, there will be soon. I hope there are prints available. The image is as valuable as the original.
Dr. Oz thinks he is Hershel Walker. The question is whether local voters are still captivated by the cult of celebrity. If they are, it is time to fight fire with fire. Trump voters need to be faced with the fact that their hero is a Putinist, and continuing the cult makes them "soft on KGB Vlad." The prosecution of the Insurrection is accelerating. Remember the 1974 midterms.
The biggest gap in Obamacare was the middle class donut hole between the FICA cap and the ACA taxes. It needs to be filled in or replaced by a better way to tax both social insurance and asset capital gains and returns. For now, BBB is a nice backstop.
BBB will pass in some form. Someone needs to remind Manchin that his state may benefit the most from its provisions.
The real meat would be a higher minimum wage. Back when $15 was suggested, the GOP counter-offer was $10. Schumer should have jumped at it. Red states cannot keep talent because, overall, their wage structures are too low - and kept low by the low minimum wage. While the eventual wage should be $18, reaching for $12 or $11 with a 32 hour week should be the interim goal (with built in COLAs).
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