One Small Step For Manchin, One Giant Leap For Mankind
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🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Senate Democrats reached a deal on a historic climate spending package – thanks to a surprise reversal from West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who previously rejected the measure.
Judges in North Dakota and Wyoming both put temporary holds on abortion bans that would have taken effect in those states this week.
And in headlines: the U.S. economy shrank again, torrential rains triggered devastating floods in eastern Kentucky, and Pope Francis ends his week-long tour of Canada today.
Show Notes:
- The Guardian: “‘Hunted’: one in three people killed by US police were fleeing, data reveals” – https://bit.ly/3BnpUan
- Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, July 29th, on Travelle, Anderson. |
| 0:07.9 | And I'm Priyanka Eribindi and this is what a day where we were sadly unable to get our |
| 0:12.6 | hands on the dinosaur skeleton that was auctioned off yesterday for $6 million. |
| 0:18.0 | Reptar and Barney are somewhere trying to figure out how their ancestors' bones got |
| 0:22.7 | taken away from them. |
| 0:24.4 | Yeah, give the money to who it belongs to. |
| 0:27.2 | On today's show, we've got some small wins to share on abortion access from North Dakota |
| 0:35.8 | and Wyoming. |
| 0:36.8 | Plus, we bring our hive minds together to talk about Beyoncé's new album out today. |
| 0:41.7 | You're definitely going to want to stick around for that. |
| 0:44.5 | But first, Senate Democrats reached a surprise deal on climate legislation and a domestic |
| 0:49.3 | spending package earlier this week. |
| 0:51.8 | Thanks to everyone's absolute last guess in this scenario, Senator Joe Manchin. |
| 0:57.0 | All of you, I know, might be surprised, but there should be no surprise because I've |
| 1:01.4 | never walked away from anything in my life. |
| 1:03.5 | Oh, girl. |
| 1:04.5 | Excuse me, what? |
| 1:06.5 | Yeah, we're all surprised, suffice to say. |
| 1:10.1 | Yes, well, honestly, though, this is a little bit shocking, right? |
| 1:13.3 | Definitely. |
| 1:14.3 | I mean, even to people who were involved in negotiating this legislation, this comes after |
| 1:18.5 | a year of negotiations and is a major reversal for Manchin, who just earlier this month was |
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