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Thursday on FNC’s “Special Report,” outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) addressed speculation he would seek the White House as a third-party candidate in 2024. The West Virginia Democrat gave low marks to the two parties’ frontrunners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. He told FNC host Bret Baier he had little confidence in […]
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The Memo: Manchin adds new uncertainty to Biden’s 2024 chances
November 10th, 2023 
Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) gave a new jolt to a volatile national political landscape Thursday when he announced that he would not run for reelection to the Senate— and seemed to suggest that he could be on the brink of a presidential run. Both parties are grappling with the ramifications of his decision, in terms… […]
Manchin’s retirement a buzzkill for Senate Democrats’ 2024 hopes
November 10th, 2023 Awake Goy West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) on Thursday made official what his colleagues had privately suspected for months, that he won’t be returning to Washington as a senator in 2025, putting Democrats on an uphill path to keeping their Senate majority in next year’s election. The news that Manchin will walk away from the… […]
Tester, Manchin call on Biden to freeze $6 billion in Iranian assets
October 11th, 2023 Awake Goy Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who are both facing tough re-elections next year, on Tuesday said the Biden administration should immediately “freeze” the $6 billion in funds that are set to be released to Iran as part of a prisoner exchange. The leading Democratic centrists voiced their opposition to releasing Iranian… […]
Manchin, daughter pitching donors on $100M centrist policy project: report
August 31st, 2023 Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and his daughter, former Fortune 500 CEO Heather Manchin, have pitched major donors on a $100 million project aimed at boosting centrist policies and politicians, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. Heather Manchin told WSJ she registered the politically active nonprofit, called Americans Together, in late July… […]
Poll: Joe Manchin Has Second-Lowest Approval Rating of Any Senator
August 1st, 2023 Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who has not yet decided if he is running for reelection in 2024, has the second-worst approval rating of any senator, according to a Morning Consult poll. Source
Murkowski: If 2024 Is Trump or Biden ‘I’d Go With Joe Manchin’
July 21st, 2023 Awake Goy Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said Thursday on PBS’s “Firing Line” that she would vote for her colleague, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), if the 2024 election were between him, President Joe Biden, and former President Donald Trump. Source
Manchin: Biden Is Breaking Law on Inflation Reduction Act, Falsely Framing it as a Green Bill
March 10th, 2023 Awake Goy On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) accused the Biden administration of trying to “reconfigure” the Inflation Reduction Act “to something that…wasn’t in that legislation” and said the administration is “not adhering to the piece of Source
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No Comments »Advocates say ‘hell no’ as Manchin pitches Social Security deal with GOP
January 21st, 2023 Awake Goy “Manchin is providing cover for Republican attacks on Social Security and Medicare.” Source
Joe Manchin Projected To Retain Control Of The Senate
November 15th, 2022 Awake Goy WASHINGTON, D.C. — After several days of vote counting, media outlets are now projecting that Joe Manchin will retain control of the Senate. Source
Manchin unveils full text of ‘shameless handout to the fossil fuel industry’
September 23rd, 2022 Awake Goy Frontline communities and climate campaigners on Wednesday reiterated their opposition to U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s “dirty deal” after the West Virginia Democrat unveiled the full text of his proposal to overhaul federal permitting for energy projects. “It should come as no surprise that a corporate coal baron like Joe Manchin would push a fossil fuel […]
Manchin Side Deal Would Fast-Track Controversial Pipeline
September 4th, 2022 Awake Goy The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, is the biggest investment the U.S. government has made to date in fighting the climate crisis. Yet in order to persuade West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to support the landmark legislation, party leaders made a side deal with the pro-fossil-fuel Senator to pass additional legislation […]
Joe Manchin Revives ‘Build Back Better’ Talks Before Midterms, Hopes GOP Will Support Massive Spending Package
May 28th, 2022 Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Friday revived Build Back Better negotiations with establishment Republican senators ahead of the November midterm elections.
Sanders: Manchin, Sinema ‘Sabotaged’ What Biden Has Been Fighting For
May 16th, 2022 Awake Goy Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-VW) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) “sabotaged” President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Joe Manchin Would Vote to Codify ‘Right’ to Abortion — but Objects to Portions of Schumer’s Bill
May 12th, 2022 Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that although he would vote to codify abortion, he is opposed to portions of the Senate bill to expand abortion rights with the “Women’s Health Protection Act” and will not vote to pass it.
Posted in Jewish News Tags: abortion, codify, manchin, objects, portions, right, would No Comments »West Virginians lead blockade of coal plant that made Manchin rich
April 12th, 2022 Awake Goy Organizers of the “Coal Baron Blockade” protest which targeted right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s coal empire Saturday afternoon reported that state police almost immediately began arresting campaigners who assembled in Grant Town, West Virginia. “Sen. Joe Manchin’s policies hurt poor people and hurt our environment so deeply that activists are ready to put themselves on […]
Khanna’s BBB advice to Biden: ‘Just get Sanders and Manchin in the room and hammer this out’
April 8th, 2022 Awake Goy Today, Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza asks Khanna what went wrong trying to pass President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan and what he thinks progressives’ influence on Biden has been. Khanna also suggests how Democrats can improve their prospects going into the midterms. Transcribed excerpts from that conversation are below, edited for length and readability. […]
Manchin on inflation: ‘It’s the number one enemy we have’
March 11th, 2022 Awake Goy Manchin on inflation: ‘It’s the number one enemy we have’ lead image Source
Joe Manchin’s America
March 1st, 2022 Awake Goy As if killing the Child Tax Credit, blocking voting rights, gutting key climate legislation, and refusing living wages wasn’t enough, West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is now promoting legislation that further punishes the poor and marginalized. Along with Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio, he’s introduced the PIPES Act, which undercuts key harm-reduction funding from […]
Report: Joe Manchin Resumes Negotiations on Build Back Better
January 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has reportedly resumed negotiations with the White House on President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda after essentially torpedoing it before the Christmas break. According to Axios, sources confirmed that the senator has reportedly engaged with the White House “on the climate and child care provisions” in the president’s signature piece […]
GOP Sen. Cramer: Joe Manchin Saved the Democratic Party
December 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) credited his colleague Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) for saving the Democratic Party with his pledge to vote “no” on the so-called Build Back Better legislation. Cramer explained Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was under pressure from different sides of the Democratic Party, including a possible primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria […]
‘Not true’: Sanders counters Manchin’s bogus inflation argument against Build Back Better
December 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday countered fellow Sen. Joe Manchin’s recent Fox News appearance with an op-ed on the right-wing outlet’s website aimed at rebutting the West Virginia Democrat’s falsehood-laden talking points against the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: against, argument, bogus, counters, Inflation, manchin, sanders No Comments »Peter Schweizer: Joe Manchin ‘Resisted’ Many Offers for ‘Cronyism,’ ‘Corruption,’ ‘Self-Enrichment’ to Be Bought or Rented
December 21st, 2021 Awake Goy Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), praised Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) as a “profile in courage” who rejected offers for self-enrichment while guest-hosting for Monday’s edition of Sean Hannity’s eponymous radio show alongside GAI colleague Eric Eggers. Schweizer and Eggers reflected on their research of political corruption in Washington, DC, while examining […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: corruption, cronyism, manchin, offers, peter, resisted, schweizer No Comments »MSNBC’s Glaude: Manchin Engaged in Negotiations ‘in Bad Faith’
December 21st, 2021 Awake Goy Princeton University professor and network contributor Eddie Glaude, Jr. said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) did not negotiate in good faith with President Joe Biden and Progressive Democrats before announcing he was a no vote on the Build Back Better Act. Glaude said, “It is clear to me that Senator Manchin has engaged in […]
Manchin: ‘We’re Getting Into’ a ‘Financial Crisis’ with Inflation, ‘Making More of a Crisis on the Individual’
December 21st, 2021 Awake Goy During an interview with West Virginia MetroNews’ “Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval” on Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that while we avoided a financial crisis, “we’re getting into it because they’re making more of a crisis on the individual person today because of the high cost of inflation.” While explaining his opposition to the Build […]
Biden and Manchin speak
December 21st, 2021 Awake Goy President Joe Biden meets with members of the White House Covid-19 Response Team in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16. 2021. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo By JONATHAN LEMIRE 12/20/2021 04:36 PM EST Updated: 12/20/2021 04:39 PM EST Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and President Joe Biden spoke Sunday night after […]
‘Going very poorly’: Biden can’t nail Manchin down on Dems’ bill
December 16th, 2021 Awake Goy “The talks between [Biden] and Manchin have been going very poorly. They are far apart,” the source said. Though Manchin and Biden developed a warm rapport this year and collaborated on several prominent pieces of legislation, the plodding pace of the talks between the two Joes threatens is straining their friendly relationship. Frustration among White […]
Tester to Join Manchin in Striking Down OSHA Vaccine Mandate
December 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has announced that he will join Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and all 50 Senate Republicans to strike down President Joe Biden’s private sector vaccine mandate. “I’m not crazy about mandates,” Tester said on Tuesday, though he added that he supports mandates aimed specifically at health care workers and military servicemen. Tester, […]
Biden uses town hall to name-check Manchin and Sinema on agenda hold-ups
October 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy “Joe’s not a bad guy. He’s a friend,” he said of Manchin, while talking about the difficulty in coming to an agreement with him on expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing benefits. “I think it’s a good idea. But here’s the thing. Mr. Manchin is opposed to that.” “And I think Senator Sinema […]
Manchin fires back after Sanders pens op-ed in West Virginia paper
October 16th, 2021 Awake Goy Sanders has taken his campaign to pass Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending proposal to media venues across the spectrum, including Fox News. Manchin has occasionally responded, albeit not in the fashion he did on Friday night. Sanders’ move to land an op-ed in Manchin’s backyard seems to have crossed the line for the West Virginia senator. […]
