December 22, 2024
[image: image.png] –Robert Mann LSU prof a political historian tweet thread: A friend who, because of his job, can’t say these things, just made an excellent point to me about the extreme, toxic radicalism of the House Republicans. He said: There can be no, “Can you imagine how the GOP would react if the Democrats nominated XYZ for Speaker?” currently in the House who could possibly come anywhere close to Jordan’s level of irresponsible, dangerous extremism. The leftmost Democrats in the House want a $25 minimum wage, bodily autonomy, equal pay for equal work, voting rights, a climate plan, and fully funded public schools. There are no deniers. There are no conspiracy theorists. There are no violence supporters. There are no anti-Americans. There are no kooks, no nut jobs, no wackos. There can be no, “Can you imagine how the GOP would react if the Democrats nominated XYZ for Speaker?” currently in the House who could possibly come anywhere close to Jordan’s level of irresponsible, dangerous extremism. Part One: Scott Braddock, the editor of the Quorum Report -the Congressional Speaker’s Race compared to how the Texas House operates, Governor Abbott keeps the push up for education vouchers and the war between the Lt Gov and the Texas Speaker Part Two: Robert Hennelly, labor writer for salon.com, insiderNJ, RawStory, work-bites.com Ryan Cooper, managing editor of the American Prospect the housing crisis makes the immigration crisis that much worse…time for social housing Biden and the Israeli-Hamas war listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Robert Mann, the Speakers race, Scott Braddock, the Quorum Report, Governor Abbott, vouchers, Dade Phelan, Dan Patrick, Robert Hennelly, Ryan Cooper, immigration, housing, Israeli-Hamas war