Forest Encell

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

The genius of this capital strike is that the media and the public will blame Biden for the price hikes even as the increased prices are just going straight to profits.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Not good. On a related note, Biden sticking to his pledge to forgive even 10k (!) of student debt would go some way towards helping Dems hold onto seats in the midterms. But no movement on that at all. Yet.

[David Doel @daviddoel]

@PramilaJayapal Considering you were warned that this would happen ahead of time, including six members of your caucus who voted against your failed strategy, it’s probably best to just never bring this topic up again.

[A Left-Wing Account ™️ @PushDemsLeft]

How it started / How it's going

[Jeff Stein @jstein_notus]

This story really has not broken through but, again, ****23 million of 39 million**** Afghans already do not have enough food to eat, per aid groups

The US has choked off much international aid while effectively seizing the country's government assets

https://t.co/qoo7eeVoGS

[Jeff Stein @jstein_notus]

(America still has no paid sick leave)

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

Stunning video shows @Chevron's oil killing a lizard in the Amazon. Thousands of Indigenous people and farmers have met the same fate for the same reason.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

If a CEO offers a member of Congress $5 to vote for a bill, it's considered a bribe – subject to severe punishment. If a CEO starts a Super-PAC, and raises millions for that member, it is perfectly legal. We must overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.

[Emma Vigeland @EmmaVigeland]

But Manchin's word isn't worth the paper it's written on or the breath he takes when he says it. I empathize with Jayapal's position, and who knows how many CPC members would have caved anyway, but giving away leverage based on the words of a known liar was a massive mistake.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

It is actually delusional to believe Dems can get re-elected without acting on filibuster or student debt, Biden breaking his BBB promise, letting CTC lapse, 0 path to citizenship, etc

Esp when they run from convos abt race+culture (which is what 1/6 was abt)

We need to act now

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

"Biden NEVER promised to cancel any student debt"

Biden in 2020:

[Bharat Ramamurti @BharatRamamurti]

We took a look at the most recent earnings statements and earnings calls of the big meat processing companies, and here's what we found: they are raising prices far more than any cost increases they're facing, resulting in skyrocketing profit margins.

https://t.co/NVboVeAvWT

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Translation: Build Back Better act is not gonna happen next week and everyone should have seen that coming when we decoupled the bills.

[Luke Savage @LukewSavage]

Stuff like this would be a lot more convincing if Obama hadn't quite literally spiked oil and gas production during his presidency and then bragged about it

[Sherrod Brown @SenSherrodBrown]

Members of Congress and Federal Reserve officials should be BANNED from trading stocks.

Retweet if you agree.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Dude, you paid ZERO in federal income taxes in 2018 while you became $260,000,000,000 richer during the pandemic. You would be worth ZERO without billions in corporate welfare - paid for by middle class taxpayers - and workers you have exploited. It's time to pay up.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Hum, turns out big pharma’s most popular and transparently racist talking points was 100% untrue

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Even if you’re a person that fully believes in means testing, the US doesn’t even measure poverty accurately to use for a means test.

The US measures poverty at 3x the cost of min food diet, assumes worker has stay at home spouse for childcare, and doesn’t factor cost of living.

[Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetz]

@joroulette NASA: "All of this once-in-a-generation momentum, can easily be undone by one party—in this case, Blue Origin—who seeks to prioritize its own fortunes over that of NASA, the United States, and every person alive today" https://t.co/Pq1kk5xeg1

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Let’s be crystal clear. If the bipartisan infrastructure bill is passed on its own on Thursday, this will be in violation of an agreement that was reached within the Democratic Caucus in Congress.