"Steven Ratner, economic analyst for Morning Joe, today noted that new manufacturing construction is growing fast and is on pace to be close to $190 billion this year. In the entire decade of the 2010s, it was less than $100 billion. This growth comes from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), and the CHIPS and Science Act.
Today, the government announced a $9.2 billion loan to Ford Motor Company to support the construction of three battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee. The factories are already under construction through a collaboration between Ford and a leading South Korean battery company.
More than 100 battery and electric-vehicle plants, representing about $200 billion in investments, are planned or already under construction thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act that funds such projects in order to attract private investment. That government investment and growth in manufacturing are strongest in Republican-dominated states, notwithstanding that not a single Republican voted for the Inflation Reduction Act that funds such investment, and that Republicans continue to try to gut that law. Republican-dominated states stand to get about $337 billion in investment, while Democratic-dominated states look to get about $183 billion.
And yet, a study out today by Media Matters shows that cable news networks are “obsessed over Biden’s age while overwhelmingly ignoring Trump’s.” Biden is only three years older than Trump—80 and 77, respectively—and apparently in significantly better health, but in the week after Biden announced his reelection campaign, CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC mentioned his age 588 times, suggesting it is a negative attribute rather than a positive reflection on his experience, while mentioning Trump’s only 72 times."
Heather Cox Richardson
@phranny saidThis is how the political game is played today. The GOP knows they can't win on substantive issues such as economics, national security, or education, so they start culture wars such as attacking woke, transgenders, gays and lesbians as well as there never-ending campaign against Hunter Biden (now in its 5th year) Despite all their mudslinging, I've yet to hear one GOP candidate spell out a detailed program on how they plan to pay down the national debt, climate change, education, or what our foreign policy should be regarding China, Russia, or any other country.
"Steven Ratner, economic analyst for Morning Joe, today noted that new manufacturing construction is growing fast and is on pace to be close to $190 billion this year. In the entire decade of the 2010s, it was less than $100 billion. This growth comes from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), and the C ...[text shortened]... itive reflection on his experience, while mentioning Trump’s only 72 times."
Heather Cox Richardson
-Just a few reasons the GOP keeps losing.
@mchill saidTo win elections, the GOP has to gerrymander, eliminate polling places in black and brown neighborhoods, make it difficult for college students and those living on native American reservations to vote. Limiting voting rights is the only way they can win.
This is how the political game is played today. The GOP knows they can't win on substantive issues such as economics, national security, or education, so they start culture wars such as attacking woke, transgenders, gays and lesbians as well as there never-ending campaign against Hunter Biden (now in its 5th year) Despite all their mudslinging, I've yet to hear one GOP candida ...[text shortened]... ould be regarding China, Russia, or any other country.
-Just a few reasons the GOP keeps losing.
@phranny saidExactly.
To win elections, the GOP has to gerrymander, eliminate polling places in black and brown neighborhoods, make it difficult for college students and those living on native American reservations to vote. Limiting voting rights is the only way they can win.
Voting by mail might even become extinct in some places by 2024.