Well, we've got some updates on the reaction to the inflation reduction act.
In the side deals.
Climate activists are planning to fight back against a pipeline.
Side deal that chuck schumer and joe Manchin made in order to get
joe Manchin to sign on to the so called inflation reduction act.
Now, this side deal comes in the form of a separate piece of legislation,
but again, in order to get Mansion to sign on the actual bill,
the inflation reduction act had to include all sorts of fossil fuel handouts.
But there was also an agreement that there would be a side deal.
Another piece of legislation that would be voted on that would approve a pipeline
known as the Mountain Valley pipeline that would of course run through west Virginia.
So that's why joe Manchin loves it so much.
Now, Mansion back the ira only after Senate majority leader chuck schumer
agreed to this side deal, in which democratic leaders would support a follow
up bill, expected to come next month, that would ease the permitting process for
natural gas pipelines, and the Mountain Valley pipeline in particular.
But guess what?
Climate activists ain't having it.
And they have already begun lobbying in private, but
they're also taking some action publicly.
So environmental activists say they're working to line up enough progressive
support to kill the Mansion side deal, which by the way, if you've been paying
close attention to what happened to the build back better agenda.
All of a sudden tables are turned as political reported yesterday.
Some groups are privately lobbying members of Congress now, they've told T Y.
T.
That they're going to take the fight to the public and candace cole from T.
Y. T. Investigates is the new reporter who is breaking the story and
one of the public events they're going to have is on september 8th.
They are going to meet in Washington, D.
C. It is meant to of course protest this
pipeline, the Mountain Valley pipeline.
So if you're in the area on thursday september 8th,
you should definitely be there and make your voice heard.
Now, the one of the people who spoke to T.
Y. T. Investigates about this, along with other media is juan Zhang chung,
who is with the michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.
And he says exactly what any climate activists should say in response to both
the side deal and also certain provisions within the inflation reduction act.
What we saw in the leaked documents basically was this so called permitting
reform that was trying to expedite and fast track fossil fuel projects.
It was also fast tracking pipelines for carbon capture.
So carbon dioxide pipelines as well as hydrogen pipelines.
And let me just note before we continue lobbying progressive members of
Congress to block the side deal is really important because that side deal
to approve the Mountain Valley pipeline can't go through reconciliation,
meaning a simple majority in the Senate,
it would need at least 10 republicans in order to pass.
And so if you can convince some of the more left leaning democrats
in the senate to vote no on the deal, that would be fantastic.
There's a little less power in the House when it comes to this issue.
But luckily we do have some progressives who are,
who have already come out to say, I don't owe joe Manchin a damn thing and
hell no, I'm not going to vote in favor of this side legislation.
And rashida Talib happens to be one of the progressive lawmakers who said that
on the record while speaking to the american prospect.
Yeah, So we'll get to her quote in a second.
So I love it.
But guys, first of all, as anna said, tables are turned and
second of all payback I hear it's a bit that is what the kids are saying.
So let's now recollect the gentle mansion killed 95% of Joe Biden's agenda.
So I know if you watch mainstream media,
you'll think what they just passed was historic.
It was historically weak is what it was.
So there's some good provisions in regards to climate.
There's also awful provisions in regards to climate.
The drug reduction.
Price reduction is a joke.
It's a total trick.
It's terrible.
So don't believe the hype on that and we can go on and on.
So we didn't get paid family leave child tax credit,
$15 minimum wage voting rights.
We can get any of that stuff.
And then it goes the list goes on and on and on of all the things we
didn't get that, they said we were to get because of joe Manchin and why?
Because they decouple the bill and the server democrats like joe Manchin said,
we'll give you all of that as long as you give us the corporate pork and
the infrastructure,
Did you already passed the infrastructure after we put monumental pressure on you?
Well, I guess you're suckers and idiots well, and
now we're gonna kill build back better.
Okay, well I guess you're a sucker joe Manchin, we want to kill the side deal.
So there's no, here's my prediction as to what's going to happen and you'll see it
with your own eyes because you're almost never wrong about these things.
And then I'll tell you what the reaction should be.
Now, the press will, if the progressives make a real effort to kill the side deal,
the press will act shocked to chagrin and
they will be like this is a violation of bipartisanship and
a deal that was already made, these progressives are scoundrels scoundrels.
I tell you, I will say though it's gonna be a little more difficult for
the press to make that argument with this trade face.
You're probably right, but just hear me out for a second, right?
Because I mean progressives and like overall democrats,
even if they're not being 100% genuine about it are on the record
saying that they want to curb, you know, carbon emissions and
they wanna roll back drilling for oil and natural gas.
And so if this is truly a stand alone bill that only has this issue involved,
meaning the, you know, Mountain Valley pipeline, well then, like, what case can
you make as a reporter that progressives absolutely need to vote in favor of it?
It's just a big approval to something that progressives and democrats overall
have been on the record on over and over again saying that they're against, right?
So I do don't know if they're gonna try to put something else in there.
No, no, no, no, they don't need that.
So look, the reporters are gonna say, well, we would never say the progressives
are scoundrels and we would never defend this bill were objective.
So instead,
what they're gonna do is they're gonna say there was a deal that was already made.
Now, progressives are going back on it and everybody's wondering if it's going to
cause the democrats in the midterms because they look too radical and
too left.
Look, we have a poster saying that, he works for all the democratic
establishment, but we didn't mention that we have a consultant saying it,
we have a lobbyist saying it, they're all saying the progressives are really,
really hurting democrats in the midterms, because why americans love the idea of
a random pipeline in west Virginia that's going to destroy the planet and etcetera.
No, they're just gonna make it up and
they're gonna fill it with fake quotes from Washington insiders.
That's what they always do now.
So what should be our reaction?
It should be what Rasheeda said times 10.
You think that we owe joe Manchin?
Well why don't you go ahead and kiss my progressive ass?
Okay, who cares if they yell at you, get it through your head,
They're not your friends, they're literally your opponents,
your political opponents, including almost all of the media.
So here let me give you the tulip court because it was great.
So this last one here, she said to the american prospect,
handshake deals made by others in closed rooms do not dictate how I vote and
we sure as hell don't know joe Manchin anything.
Now.
There you go, congresswoman Talib, that's how you roll now we all cross
our fingers and hope that enough progressives in congress follow her and
they don't go scurrying for the hills when Pramila,
jayapal convinces them that they should kiss more establishment.
Now Pamela says she hasn't made up her mind yet.
So nancy, Pelosi will pretend that she's gonna help her again to run for
speaker of the house, then Jayapal will try to hurt all of them in the wrong
direction is my guess as to how it's gonna go.
But by the way, yes, they need votes in the senate.
Yes. And
as 100% right if you just peel away Bernice and Elizabeth Warren or
Ed Markey man that got there, made their job way harder now.
They gotta get 12 or 13 Republican senators.
But don't forget in the House, there's plenty of progressives,
plenty enough progressives that they could easily block this on their own.
Okay, So are they going to now?
That's up to them?
Yeah, I mean, and keep in mind, there are plenty of progressives in name only.
I think it's important to note that the Progressive caucus, which has dozens and
dozens of Democratic lawmakers in it, doesn't actually have dozens and
dozens of Progressive Democratic lawmakers with look here, also,
let's just be clear about that.
Yeah, I'll do a call out right now.
So, and it's of a person we really like.
But there's the real progressives and they often get scared.
But look, Talib isn't in this case, the real progressives will adjust democrats,
etcetera, right?
The squad, Right?
And then there are the fake progressives in the Progressive caucus, Hakeem,
jeffries said they're useless.
They're counterproductive.
I know it's such a joke.
He's like the most corporate guy in the whole planet.
He's like, I shall also enjoy the Progressive Caucus.
Okay, What a fraud anyway, But there are the folks in the middle that could be
the votes we need to block this, but almost never oppose House leadership here.
I'll throw out a name, Katie Porter.
What, Katie Porter.
Never ever opposes nancy Pelosi.
so she does a great white board.
Have you ever seen her vote against nancy Pelosi?
God, I'm already a cynical bitch.
And you're just making it worse.
Yeah, So you're right, You're right.
I mean if that's true and
I'm sure it is, It's remember the six that voted against the coupling?
They were all justice democrats.
Katie Porter wasn't on that list.
Name any other democrat you like, they were not on that list because
they said no, we have to trust biden and mansion absurd.
So does Katie Porter and the other good congress people, actual progressives
in Congress object to this or are they going to go along to get along?
That's not on me.
They'll get mad for me pointing out the news.
That's a fact.
So it's on them to figure out, hey, do you ever want to fight back or
you're gonna let Mansion have this freebie for no reason.
In fact, one last thing on it, I think that they put it in as part of the deal.
So that schumer Mansion did so that he can be killed and
they can say now we're all even, I mean mansion killed,
95% of the agenda, but you guys killed this tiny little pipeline,
we didn't really actually expect you to pass anyway and we'll call it even and
they probably thought, but maybe the suckers will even give it to us, but
it's a win either way and that would be smart.
Either they gets killed and it's not that big a deal to them, or
they're like, we got this too, man, they're never gonna fight.
So it's it's smart on schumer and Mansions side.
Let's see if progressives have any fight in them.