Manchin Gave Biden COAL for Christmas & Is the US in Fascism’s Legal Stage?

In this “stocking stuffer” episode, Alex delivers only coal to the listeners. In the first part, Alex discusses how in about 10 seconds on Fox News Sunday, Senator Joe Manchin was able to kill the current iteration of Biden’s Build Back Better Bill (BBB). The bill needed every Democrat to vote in favor of it so that Kamala Harris could break the 50-50 tie. Alex goes into the specifics of the bill in which there are a myriad of parts that include health care reform, climate change reform, child tax credits, cheaper elderly care, and the creation of new jobs. Alex goes into why Manchin opposed climate reform as well as the child tax credit. Then he looks into how the Biden Administration may be able to salvage parts of it. With the election year, the administration needs to focus on getting parts of it passed after the holidays.

To wrap up the episode, Alex looks into a news article from the Guardian called “America is now in fascism’s legal phase.” The main point of the article is that “the history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote, and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy.” Alex also discusses how Critical Race Theory has been a rallying cry for fear-mongering on the right and it has created a perceived threat. “The Nazis used Judeo-Bolshevism as their constructed enemy. The fascist movement in the Republican party has turned to critical race theory instead. Fascism feeds off a narrative of supposed national humiliation by internal enemies.” Ultimately, the Democrats need to be effective in 2022 to hold off this democratic backslide.