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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 prices for energy bills in their homes because of the state’s reliance on the skyrocketing price of coal. Roughly 24 hours after the death of Colin Powell, Donald Trump proved, again, that he is utterly incapable of empathy, grace or even common decency.

Texas Republicans looking to pass legislation to outlaw vaccine mandates get a dose of reality from their bosses, as the business community opposes it. Radio talk show host Dennis Prager informed his audience on Monday that not only does he have Covid-19, but he was trying to get infected in order to achieve “natural immunity.” A museum started an OnlyFans account after its TikTok got banned for posting nudes.

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