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November 5, 2021
plus possibly Carolyn Bourdeaux
All of these were anti-Pelosi for speaker too, most are the usual Problem Solvers suspects
Edit to add breaking news
these 6 or 7 obstructionists have now maybe, maybe blown up the whole deal, as many others will not vote for the BIF now that these Problem Solvers types are trying to decouple the bills AGAIN
I am going to call these 6 or 7 the Manchinettes
game playing erstwhile wreckers of Biden's core agenda
As many as 7 moderate Democrats were not ready Friday morning to pledge their support for the BBB
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-eye-friday-vote-biden-s-spending-bills-still-wrangling-n1283353WASHINGTON — After weeks of trying to build support among House Democrats for two massive spending bills, the party's leadership appeared set on Friday to finally take a vote — but ran into another roadblock and spent the morning trying to convince the final holdouts.
The House is aiming to pass the $1.75 trillion social safety net bill and $555 billion infrastructure bill, which was already approved by the Senate and would head to the president's desk for his signature.
But Friday's process slowed down moments after starting. Shortly after 8 a.m., House Republicans made a motion to adjourn — a common move by the minority used to stall the process. But four hours later, House Democrats still hadn't ended the vote, an abnormally long time to hold a vote.
Democrats stalled in order to give them more time to convince lawmakers to vote "yes" on the bills and secure more support for the massive funding legislation. As many as seven moderate Democrats were holdouts on the social safety net bill focused on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, two sources told NBC News.
The House is aiming to pass the $1.75 trillion social safety net bill and $555 billion infrastructure bill, which was already approved by the Senate and would head to the president's desk for his signature.
But Friday's process slowed down moments after starting. Shortly after 8 a.m., House Republicans made a motion to adjourn — a common move by the minority used to stall the process. But four hours later, House Democrats still hadn't ended the vote, an abnormally long time to hold a vote.
Democrats stalled in order to give them more time to convince lawmakers to vote "yes" on the bills and secure more support for the massive funding legislation. As many as seven moderate Democrats were holdouts on the social safety net bill focused on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, two sources told NBC News.
plus possibly Carolyn Bourdeaux
All of these were anti-Pelosi for speaker too, most are the usual Problem Solvers suspects
Edit to add breaking news
these 6 or 7 obstructionists have now maybe, maybe blown up the whole deal, as many others will not vote for the BIF now that these Problem Solvers types are trying to decouple the bills AGAIN
I am going to call these 6 or 7 the Manchinettes
game playing erstwhile wreckers of Biden's core agenda
November 5, 2021
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/kyrsten-sinema-multi-level-marketing-labor-519661
They've been derided as spruced up pyramid schemes: Companies that incentivize their own customers to become salespeople for products. Now, these so-called multilevel marketing businesses are flexing their political muscle. And they're turning to one lawmaker in particular to protect their agenda: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
The political action committee associated with Alticor, the parent entity of the health, home and beauty company Amway, gave $2,500 to the Arizona Democrat in late June, as did the PAC for Isagenix, an Arizona-based business that sells nutrition, wellness and personal care products. Nu Skin Enterprises, another personal care and beauty company, gave $2,500 that month, as did USANA Health Sciences, which sells similar products. In April, Richard Raymond Rogers, the executive chair of Mary Kay, a Texas-based cosmetics company, gave $2,500 to Sinema. Herbalife, which also sells nutritional supplements, gave $2,500 in July. All are affiliated with the Direct Selling Association, a trade group that promotes multilevel marketing.
The donations don’t track usual political alliances. Alticor is owned by the DeVos family, one of the biggest funders of Republicans and conservative causes. And, on some occasions, they appear to be rare forays into national politics for the donor entities. Sinema is the only federal lawmaker that the Isagenix and Nu Skin PACs have given to this year. Utah-based USANA Health Sciences has only given to home state Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), home state Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah), a Republican PAC and Sinema. When asked about the industry’s support nearly exclusively for Sinema, a spokesperson for the Direct Selling Association offered little explanation: “Contributions to candidates from DSA’s political action committee are based on a variety of factors.”
Sinema does have a personal connection to the industry: Her own mother was a direct seller. But the bigger incentive for multilevel marketers to give to Sinema appears to be her position on labor organizing. The companies face an existential threat from the pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors. According to one industry source, the bill has become the driving issue since Democrats took control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. And Sinema is one of — if not the only — Democratic allies in the Senate.
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Sinema's raking in cash from MLMs. They want to kill her party's labor bill.
The Arizona senator is one of just a few lawmakers that multilevel marketing businesses —often derided as pyramid schemes — are giving to.https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/kyrsten-sinema-multi-level-marketing-labor-519661
They've been derided as spruced up pyramid schemes: Companies that incentivize their own customers to become salespeople for products. Now, these so-called multilevel marketing businesses are flexing their political muscle. And they're turning to one lawmaker in particular to protect their agenda: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
The political action committee associated with Alticor, the parent entity of the health, home and beauty company Amway, gave $2,500 to the Arizona Democrat in late June, as did the PAC for Isagenix, an Arizona-based business that sells nutrition, wellness and personal care products. Nu Skin Enterprises, another personal care and beauty company, gave $2,500 that month, as did USANA Health Sciences, which sells similar products. In April, Richard Raymond Rogers, the executive chair of Mary Kay, a Texas-based cosmetics company, gave $2,500 to Sinema. Herbalife, which also sells nutritional supplements, gave $2,500 in July. All are affiliated with the Direct Selling Association, a trade group that promotes multilevel marketing.
The donations don’t track usual political alliances. Alticor is owned by the DeVos family, one of the biggest funders of Republicans and conservative causes. And, on some occasions, they appear to be rare forays into national politics for the donor entities. Sinema is the only federal lawmaker that the Isagenix and Nu Skin PACs have given to this year. Utah-based USANA Health Sciences has only given to home state Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), home state Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah), a Republican PAC and Sinema. When asked about the industry’s support nearly exclusively for Sinema, a spokesperson for the Direct Selling Association offered little explanation: “Contributions to candidates from DSA’s political action committee are based on a variety of factors.”
Sinema does have a personal connection to the industry: Her own mother was a direct seller. But the bigger incentive for multilevel marketers to give to Sinema appears to be her position on labor organizing. The companies face an existential threat from the pro-union Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors. According to one industry source, the bill has become the driving issue since Democrats took control of the White House and both chambers of Congress. And Sinema is one of — if not the only — Democratic allies in the Senate.
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November 5, 2021
Elie Mystal tweet: 'Whitest fucking headline possible.'
https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1456296886839689218
November 5, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/democrats-turnout-virginia.html
Ever since Barack Obama swept into the White House on the strength of record turnout, it has been an article of faith among Democrats that the more people who vote, the better the party will fare.
When turnout sagged, during the 2010 and the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans won wave elections. In 2016, fewer people voted than in 2012 and Donald J. Trump won the presidency, shocking Democrats and turbocharging a more explicit Republican argument that making voting harder would make it easier for the G.O.P. to win elections.
Then turnout jumped again in the Trump years — in Virginia four years ago, in special elections and in the 2018 midterms. Joseph R. Biden Jr. ousted Mr. Trump in a national election with record-high turnout. Republicans spent the next year, in states they control, fighting to make it harder to vote and promoting lies that the 2020 turnout had been stocked with fraudulent Democratic votes.
How then to explain the election on Tuesday in Virginia, where Glenn Youngkin, now the Republican governor-elect, beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a contest in which at least 25 percent more votes were cast than in any governor’s race in the state’s history? (The number will go up; mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day will be counted as long as they are received by this Friday.)
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The Democratic Turnout Myth Unravels
It was long thought that surges in voting would help Democrats. So how does the party explain Glenn Youngkin’s victory?https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/politics/democrats-turnout-virginia.html
Ever since Barack Obama swept into the White House on the strength of record turnout, it has been an article of faith among Democrats that the more people who vote, the better the party will fare.
When turnout sagged, during the 2010 and the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans won wave elections. In 2016, fewer people voted than in 2012 and Donald J. Trump won the presidency, shocking Democrats and turbocharging a more explicit Republican argument that making voting harder would make it easier for the G.O.P. to win elections.
Then turnout jumped again in the Trump years — in Virginia four years ago, in special elections and in the 2018 midterms. Joseph R. Biden Jr. ousted Mr. Trump in a national election with record-high turnout. Republicans spent the next year, in states they control, fighting to make it harder to vote and promoting lies that the 2020 turnout had been stocked with fraudulent Democratic votes.
How then to explain the election on Tuesday in Virginia, where Glenn Youngkin, now the Republican governor-elect, beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in a contest in which at least 25 percent more votes were cast than in any governor’s race in the state’s history? (The number will go up; mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day will be counted as long as they are received by this Friday.)
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November 5, 2021
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/02/orsted-gardens-tegnestuen-lokal-new-facade/
Built in the 1960s, the six-storey slab block in Frederiksberg featured a typically rationalist façade fronted by linear balcony walkways. Tegnestuen Lokal's revamp brings more three-dimensionality to the façade, by replacing the long lengths of concrete with a series of glazed blocks.
As well as making the building more attractive, these blocks give residents an outdoor space where they can sit and observe the street below, or converse with their neighbours. They also create space for growing plants, which is why the architects gave the project the name Ørsted Gardens.
"Ørsted Gardens transformed a dilapidated building that was often referred to as the ugliest in its neighbourhood," said Christopher Ketil Dehn Carlsen, co-founder of Tegnestuen Lokal. "The building was sleek and unwelcoming, and didn't age with a modicum of grace," he explained. "Our aim was to create a new social space to bolster the social coherence in the building."
Ørsted Gardens is shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2021, in the residential rebirth project category. The design maintains the building's original access walkways; the glass blocks simply extend the space outwards. These blocks make it clear which space belongs to which residence. At the same time, the spaces are open to encourage more neighbourly interactions.
Danish studio Tegnestuen Lokal has transformed an apartment block in Copenhagen, by replacing its
austere concrete exterior with angular, plant-filled blocks.https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/02/orsted-gardens-tegnestuen-lokal-new-facade/
Built in the 1960s, the six-storey slab block in Frederiksberg featured a typically rationalist façade fronted by linear balcony walkways. Tegnestuen Lokal's revamp brings more three-dimensionality to the façade, by replacing the long lengths of concrete with a series of glazed blocks.
As well as making the building more attractive, these blocks give residents an outdoor space where they can sit and observe the street below, or converse with their neighbours. They also create space for growing plants, which is why the architects gave the project the name Ørsted Gardens.
"Ørsted Gardens transformed a dilapidated building that was often referred to as the ugliest in its neighbourhood," said Christopher Ketil Dehn Carlsen, co-founder of Tegnestuen Lokal. "The building was sleek and unwelcoming, and didn't age with a modicum of grace," he explained. "Our aim was to create a new social space to bolster the social coherence in the building."
Ørsted Gardens is shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2021, in the residential rebirth project category. The design maintains the building's original access walkways; the glass blocks simply extend the space outwards. These blocks make it clear which space belongs to which residence. At the same time, the spaces are open to encourage more neighbourly interactions.
November 4, 2021
Game player, obstructionist, Biden agenda wrecker.
Mika (of all people & after 5 others had a go) finally got Manchin to let the cat out of the bag
He says that shortening the timeframes on the programmes is a scam, because he wants the total extended timeframe (well beyond 1, or 5, or 3 years for some) cost for them to be factored out (he mentioned ten years before), and THAT total amortised cost (regardless of the fact that the programmes are not even authorised for that long) needs to be covered.
It is impossible to cover them for that long IF, as he also, at the same time, demands that the topline number ends up at only $1.75 trillion (and he snuck in 1.5 to 1.75 trillion, not just a straight 1.75, so he is already setting this up for the next chop).
It is impossible to cover them for that long IF, as he also, at the same time, demands that the topline number ends up at only $1.75 trillion (and he snuck in 1.5 to 1.75 trillion, not just a straight 1.75, so he is already setting this up for the next chop).
Before that, he was spewing RW talking points to a level that would make Moscow McTurtle purr (if turtles could purr).
He wants a BBB pause again, but at least did not say until 2022 (although 2022 is almost here anyway).
He says that Medicare expansion will crash an (his words) already almost (in 4 years) insolvent programme.
Says he supports Paid Family and Medical Leave, but that is HAS to be a bipartisan standalone bill.
He was whingeing on that coal is 'getting the hell beat out of it' in America.
He got angry and was doubling down that he will not bend.
He wants a BBB pause again, but at least did not say until 2022 (although 2022 is almost here anyway).
He says that Medicare expansion will crash an (his words) already almost (in 4 years) insolvent programme.
Says he supports Paid Family and Medical Leave, but that is HAS to be a bipartisan standalone bill.
He was whingeing on that coal is 'getting the hell beat out of it' in America.
He got angry and was doubling down that he will not bend.
Game player, obstructionist, Biden agenda wrecker.
November 4, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/climate-change-chief-dana-tizya-tramm/
From an emergency declaration to a path toward net-zero, Dana Tizya-Tramm rose from personal depths to help the Vuntut Gwitchin become climate trailblazers.
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He's the youngest Chief in his First Nation's history. Now he's leading their fight against climate
change.https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/climate-change-chief-dana-tizya-tramm/
From an emergency declaration to a path toward net-zero, Dana Tizya-Tramm rose from personal depths to help the Vuntut Gwitchin become climate trailblazers.
OLD CROW, Yukon — Perched on the edge of the Porcupine river, Dana Tizya-Tramm pointed upstream to a stand of black spruce trees that jutted into the partially-frozen water. They were like lemmings marching off a cliff. Those at the tip were falling into the river, while those in back awaited the inevitable.
“Drunken forests,” said Tizya-Tramm, a cigarette between his fingers. He says neither he nor the elders remember there being such a pronounced lean in the past. It comes at least in part, he explained, because the earth no longer stays frozen year-round, even so far north.
This stretch of the Porcupine runs past the approximately 250-person community of Old Crow. The most northwest habitation in Canada — roughly 80 miles above the Arctic Circle — the town sits at the heart of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. September temperatures had already dropped below freezing, and Tizya-Tramm buttressed himself with tan moose hide mittens and a black puffy jacket. Embroidered on the right sleeve was “Chief.”
At just 34 years old, Tizya-Tramm has risen not only through elected ranks, but from the depths of addiction and trauma to become the youngest known leader in the First Nation’s history. And he’s used that mandate to aggressively combat what he says is among the most pressing threats to his people: climate change.
“Drunken forests,” said Tizya-Tramm, a cigarette between his fingers. He says neither he nor the elders remember there being such a pronounced lean in the past. It comes at least in part, he explained, because the earth no longer stays frozen year-round, even so far north.
This stretch of the Porcupine runs past the approximately 250-person community of Old Crow. The most northwest habitation in Canada — roughly 80 miles above the Arctic Circle — the town sits at the heart of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. September temperatures had already dropped below freezing, and Tizya-Tramm buttressed himself with tan moose hide mittens and a black puffy jacket. Embroidered on the right sleeve was “Chief.”
At just 34 years old, Tizya-Tramm has risen not only through elected ranks, but from the depths of addiction and trauma to become the youngest known leader in the First Nation’s history. And he’s used that mandate to aggressively combat what he says is among the most pressing threats to his people: climate change.
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November 4, 2021
Aaron Rodgers should be banned from the NFL for at least 1 full season, the POS was unvaxxed
and lied to all and acted like he was, breaking all the protocols, now he has COVID and probably gave it to teammates (more than likely) and other people.
The piece of dogshit was taking homœopathic (ffs) nasal spray. 
November 4, 2021
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Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood
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Punk: Attitude is a documentary on the history of punk rock in the U.S.A. and U.K. The film traces the different styles of punk from their roots in '60s garage and psychedelic bands (Count Five, The Stooges) through glam-punk (New York Dolls) to the '70s New York and London scenes and into the hardcore present. Interviews with many of the musicians are edited with live clips and historical footage.
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November 4, 2021
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/chicago/evanston/the-ultimate-evanston-eating-guide-thrillist-chicago
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The Ultimate Evanston Dining Guide
From swanky chophouses to heavenly pies, the North Shore has you covered.https://www.thrillist.com/eat/chicago/evanston/the-ultimate-evanston-eating-guide-thrillist-chicago
Home to Northwestern University, miles of pristine lakefront, and tree-lined blocks of historic mansions, Evanston is a serious cut above the average college town. And then, of course, there are the restaurants—myriad options that span far beyond the late-night fixes that generally cater to the university set. From a high-caliber steakhouse to a locally praised pie haven, here are 13 of the best Evanston eateries to visit right now.
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