Manchin sucks! Surprise, surprise.
From the article:
“Last December, the West Virginia senator, houseboat enthusiast, and Maserati collector reportedly refused to extend the credit because—per private comments—he believed low-income parents would spend it on drugs instead of feeding their children. This was despite a survey by the Census Bureau released just months earlier that proved over 90% of families were spending the money on food, shelter, and school supplies for their kids. And it was despite acute poverty in his home state, where the tax credit helped more than 300,000 children in 2021.
“But Manchin refused to extend the expansion, and Senate Republicans did nothing to help. It lapsed at the end of 2021, leading to an immediate, massive increase in child poverty in 2022, doubling from 5.2% to 12.4%.”
The Guardian: US child poverty doubled in 2022, thanks to Joe Manchin. We must reverse course
Thank you Colorado.
From the article:
“‘We do not reach these conclusions lightly,’ wrote the court’s majority. ‘We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.’”
AP: Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in a historic ruling by the state’s Supreme Court
This one’s for my Plantf*ckers.
From the article:
“Some argue that our ability to tell right from wrong, or to perceive ourselves, sets us apart—but not all humans can do these things, and some animals seem to do them better...As a utilitarian, Singer cites the founder of that tradition, the eighteenth-century philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who argued that justice and equality have nothing to do with a creature’s ability to reason, or with any of its abilities at all, but with the fact that it can suffer. Most animals suffer. Why, then, do we not give them moral consideration?”
The New Yorker: What Would It Mean To Treat Animals Fairly?
Capitalism is always the villain.
From the article:
“Capitalism does not have a solution waiting in the wings to be implemented. The relative progress made in the previous period was the product of an era that has passed.
“Capitalist imperialism is now revealing its essential characteristics in real time. It cannot be reformed but must be overthrown by the unified struggle of the working class in the advanced capitalist countries and the multi-million masses in the impoverished nations.”
WSWS: Record high for debt repayments by low-income nations