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Monday, January 10, 2022
How Killing BBB Could End Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin's Careers: Lessons from 2010 Holding the fate of Build Back Better (BBB) in their hands, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin should heed some lessons from 2010. When a small group of Democratic Senators so delayed and weakened Obamacare that they cratered Obama's initially massive support, they also helped end all their own political careers.
Monday, January 10, 2022How Killing BBB Could End Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin's Careers: Lessons from 2010 Holding the fate of Build Back Better (BBB) in their hands, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin should heed some lessons from 2010. When a small group of Democratic Senators so delayed and weakened Obamacare that they cratered Obama's initially massive support, they also helped end all their own political careers.
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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Trust In A Context Of Mistrust: Getting Young Voters To Vote Young people have an inherent trust in peers who share their sense of the issues and stakes, even if they don't always agree. They trust honest human responses that they don't view as paid for. The more young voters talk with each other, the more likely they are to participate, even if they dislike their choices.
Thursday, August 4, 2016Trust In A Context Of Mistrust: Getting Young Voters To Vote Young people have an inherent trust in peers who share their sense of the issues and stakes, even if they don't always agree. They trust honest human responses that they don't view as paid for. The more young voters talk with each other, the more likely they are to participate, even if they dislike their choices.
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Thursday, August 6, 2015
Youth Vote at Record Low -- Here's How to Reverse the Trend The numbers are dismaying. According to a new US Census report, only 20% of eligible 18-29-year-olds voted in 2014. It was the lowest turnout in 40 years, below even 2010's doleful 24%.
Thursday, August 6, 2015Youth Vote at Record Low -- Here's How to Reverse the Trend The numbers are dismaying. According to a new US Census report, only 20% of eligible 18-29-year-olds voted in 2014. It was the lowest turnout in 40 years, below even 2010's doleful 24%.
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Sunday, June 21, 2015
Why the TPP is Worse than Mystery Meat Do we trust that the corporations that negotiated these rules have our interests at heart? Whether or not the country-of-origin labeling on meat survives or is ended by the House bill and WTO ruling, TPP plays for far larger stakes, the ground rules that affect our very potential to take common action. The meat bill is one more warning that there are some rules and agreements where we should be careful to eagerly swallow.
Sunday, June 21, 2015Why the TPP is Worse than Mystery Meat Do we trust that the corporations that negotiated these rules have our interests at heart? Whether or not the country-of-origin labeling on meat survives or is ended by the House bill and WTO ruling, TPP plays for far larger stakes, the ground rules that affect our very potential to take common action. The meat bill is one more warning that there are some rules and agreements where we should be careful to eagerly swallow.
