Michael Smerconish was on CNN with Chris Cuomo in an 'epic' fail where he was astounded that more Senators refused to join with Senator Joe Manchin in trimming Covid unemployment relief in today's Covid Bill. There's a lot to unpack in this but let's refute the claims Smerconsih made of:
1)They have money on the shelf from the last Covid Bill that is 'unspent..
2)We just got a good Feb unemployment number, that should have inspired a more conservative stance with regard to unemployment..
3)The waiver on tot taxing the first $10,200 of unemployment compensation puts people who return to work at a disadvantage..
Let's keep in mind that 85% of Americans have not received their Covid shots yet and in Brazil, their is a variant that really should be considered that is causing more sickness in 20-30 year olds than in the last Covid wave. There are a lot of concerns and I am afraid Smerconish and Joe Manchin have not given this much thought..
Power To The People: Immigration to Upcoming Budget Cuts
61 Trumps Immigration Policy Is A Disaster
60; Mueller Wraps Up: What’s Next?.. The ZTE Deal Stinks and Who Benefits?..
59: Swamp things and Mueller’s wrecking ball swings on..
58 Pardon Power and Trump Picks A Fight With The NRA?
57 The Russian Investigation and Trumps lack of strategy on Russian hacking is a national crisis
56: Russian Election Hacks, Kelly Retirement Over Rob Porter Fiasco?
Episode 55 Russian Investigation- What Will Trump Do?
Episode 54 Is Our Democracy Slipping Away?
Episode 53 Chain Migration Lies, SNAP Program-Truth and Fiction
Episode 52 Russian Investigation, DACA debacle, Work Requirements For Medicaid
Episode 51 Did Russian Money Help Trump Win?
Episode 50 Stormy Weather for Trump and Republicans
Episode 49 Fusion GPS Transcripts and the “Bannon Hedge”
Episode 48 Russian Investigation: Strzok Texts Misconstrued; Still Hacking.. ; US Influence Fading
Episode 47 Mueller Investigation Takeaway: Trump Should Thank The FBI
Episode 46 Mueller Investigation- Kremlin Link ; The Koch’s Are Coming..
Episode 45 Sovereign Debt Is Worse; Mueller Investigation Takeaways; The Jerusalem Christmas Fiasco
Episode 44 Last Minute Tax Cut Bill Money Grab (and More!)
Episode 43 The System IS Rigged; Reject This Tax Cut; Weekly Challenge Is..
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