Biden’s Child Tax Credit May Not Be As Popular As Democrats Hoped
Rich Thau wonders: What if giving tax relief to parents is actually an electoral liability for Democrats?
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🏒 FACEOFF 🏒
A blast from the past.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu had a feisty meeting with his executive council about COVID. This is worth two minutes of your time. Now, I’m OK with Biden’s vaccine mandates. What Sununu argues here is much closer to what the GOP I grew up with believed, not what what the members of council are arguing, which is basically what the GOP is now.
Though I don’t entirely agree with Sununu, it’s refreshing at least to see pushback on the conspiratorial MAGA right from somebody in public office who are catering to the crazies.
Leading The Bulwark…
Biden’s Child Tax Credit May Not Be As Popular As Democrats Hoped
RICH THAU: What if giving tax relief to parents is actually an electoral liability for Democrats?
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Where is the Democratic Party going?
David Shor, Data Scientist at Blue Rose Research, joins Sarah to take a deeper dive into what is happening within the Democratic Party. Sarah and David discuss how voters have shifted in recent presidential elections, the Biden presidency, 2022 midterms, and more.
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From The Bulwark Aggregator…
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The secret Supreme Court: Late nights, courtesy votes and the unwritten 6-vote rule - Joan Biskupic, CNN
How Democrats Gave Away Their Power - Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Right-Wing Nonprofit Lavishes Millions on Top Brass - William Bredderman, The Daily Beast
Virginia Governor’s Race Tests Whether Trump’s Toxicity Can Overcome a Biden Decline - Eli Yokely, Morning Consult
‘His Street Cred Went Up’: The Unintended Consequences of Outing the GOP Lawmakers at Jan. 6 - Ruby Cramer, Politico
In Today’s Bulwark...
Colin Powell, 1937-2021
WILLIAM KRISTOL: He was a man to be looked up to.
Piety, Patriotism, and Paranoia
THOMAS LECAQUE AND J.L. TOMLIN: What today’s far right looks for in the legacy of the American Revolution.
The Claremont Institute’s Bogus Censorship Charge
LAURA K. FIELD: Its senior fellow John Eastman helped engineer Donald Trump’s plans for electoral chaos on Jan. 6. Now the think tank claims it’s being canceled.
Remembering General Odierno
ANN FOX AND SETH MOULTON: He had our backs.
🚨OVERTIME 🚨
Ted Cruz gets a wallaby kick. Oh, this is brilliant.
You can guess what will happen to Cassidy next…
Good for him at least.
Food fight! Rod Dreher goes after Eric Metaxas and some guy named John Zmiark who likes talking about “beta males.”
Joe Rogan, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and the least productive conversation. Charlie Warzel on why this discussion was a bad idea.
RIP Gen. Powell.
Dennis Prager wanted to get infected with COVID. Wish granted, I guess?
That’s it for me for today. We’ll see you back here tomorrow. Tech support questions? Email support@substack.com. Questions for me? Drop me a line: swift@thebulwark.com
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