Working across the aisle

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