Charlie Bodden

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

67% of Americans support raising minimum wage to $15 hour but it can be filibustered by 41 GOP senators representing just 21% of country. This is why the Senate is deeply broken

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

Senate Dems were sworn in 13 days ago to retake majority & still do not control committees because Mitch McConnell continues to filibuster to keep filibuster, so that 41 GOP senators representing 21% of country can block Biden agenda supported by 70% of Americans

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The real reason Senate Republicans oppose Biden's life-saving COVID relief proposal is they worry that it, plus his plan for jobs and infrastructure, may actually work -- thereby destroying their anti-government mythology and rewarding Democrats in 2022 and beyond.

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

Truly maddening to hear Mitch McConnell warn of “nightmare” if Dems abolish filibuster when he already killed it to put 3 Trump justices on Supreme Court & confirmed Amy Coney Barrett 8 days before election when 65 million had voted after blocking Merrick Garland for 237 days

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Plutocracy is when it takes only 50 votes to give 600 billionaires a $1.7T tax cut but 60 votes to give 140M Americans a pay raise to $15/hour.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Alternative headline: The overwhelming majority of people in the United States support President Biden’s decision to recommit to the Paris Climate Accord & rejoin the World Health Organization. What is this garbage @ABC?

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

Funny how people can separate Tom Brady’s politics from his game, but struggle to do the same when it comes to Kaepernick.

[Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX]

Please RT if you are following President Biden's 100 day mask requirement. I'm trying to gauge support for a column.

Thanks.

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Flipping through the major newspapers this morning and not finding any profiles of Biden voters in diners who felt left behind these past few years and are excited for the new governing majority. Why is that?

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Democrats need to treat this relief package (and their legislative agenda) the way McConnell treats Supreme Court nominations: you do what needs to be done to get it done.

[Go to Bluesky to save your brain -- L O L G O P @LOLGOP]

Everybody gets what's going on right? Mitch McConnell lost two seats in GEORGIA and the Senate and demanding concessions from the party that represents 41 million more voters.
https://t.co/Xm9t8YD8ot

[David Nir on Bluesky: @davidnir.com @DavidNir]

At this point, Schumer would be well within his rights to tell McConnell that the 2001 deal is now off the table and say that Democrats will instead, by limiting the filibuster, pass an organizing resolution that gives them the majority on committees

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Senate to-do list:
1. Abolish the filibuster and pass COVID-19 relief for our communities.
2. Convict Trump.
3. Legislate like Democrats control the White House, Senate, and the House of Representatives. Because we do.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Riley Williams, 22, white: Broke into US Capitol in armed insurrection, stole a computer, tried to sell to Russia. Released in 72 hrs.

Kalief Browder, 17, Black: Allegedly stole a backpack. Held at Rikers Island for 3 yrs, no trial, 2 yrs solitary confinement. Committed suicide.

[LeBeau @beaukpad]

Instacart is union busting. If you use them, please stop, and tell them why.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

This is a lie.

Jan 4

BAIER: Are you trying to say that, as of January 20, that President Trump will be president?

HAWLEY: That depends on what happens on Wednesday. I mean, this is why we have the debate.

[Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins]

Capitol riot suspect Eric Munchel, dubbed "zip tie guy," to be released from jail pending trial.

As a public defender, I represented a client charged with stealing detergent. Held in on $3000 bail he could not afford.

Two. Systems. Of. Justice.

[roman @Papa_Roman]

"Joe Biden won the election. Republicans lost. Joe Biden doing the things Americans elected him to do is not divisive...The opposition is trying to set up a false choice between unity and progress, we can���t let them do that."

-@danpfeiffer spitting

https://t.co/Keyh5SpIN9

[Greg Olear @gregolear]

The impeachment trial is not political spectacle, or an act of revenge. It is a means of showing the American people what really took place on January 6, and, more importantly, how many prominent people were involved—including, of course, Donald John Trump.