shadow banning. who knows how you specifically define shadow banning, you know? we re old enough to remember what s the definition of is. [laughter] there was a president that questioned that. i find it fascinating the mainstream media reaction to this. and this was so clear cut, this was censorship pure and simple based on political bias. dan bongino is not the daily stormer as much as the left would like to say he is. the libs of tiktok is not some right-wing, qanon outfit. these are people that are conservative, and tiktok the, that s a parody site just mocking progressive excess. howard: right. and it s just so fascinating how the media s reacted to this. when you and i were making our bones back in the day, you know, it was all about let the fur fly. let s have a debate. let s not censor everything, the first amendment howard: yeah. that s really changed. now if you see reporters today, they believe in censorship. just read the stuff howard: all right, let me jump
donald trump, the national debt grew from $20 trillion to nearly $28 trillion. no wonder then, that the wall street journal said, democrats may be angry but as the days go by they may recognize that mr. manchin is doing them a favor. with president biden abdicating to the left, the west virginian is providing a reality check on progressive excess. bernie didn t win the election. biden did. and a large part of his appeal was that he was the most moderate voice on the democratic stage. the power held by manchin and sinema reminds me of something called the fulcrum project. board member neil simon himself a former senate candidate has often said the power in the senate could be wielded by a handful of independent thinkers. imagine, for example, if manchin and sinema were to join forces with, say, senator lisa murkowski and another republican or two. if such a group were to deny both parties a majority and
one of these things where you ve got to get everybody together at the same time. you have to get the progressives to buy what the moderates are willing to accept and the moderates saying we can go a little higher than we want to. basically you have to get everybody to hold their nose and vote for something they don t like which is the way legislative sausage making often goes. bill: manchin and sinema are the people of the hour. manchin said you have to start with tax policy, which means based on his argument get rid of the tax cuts of 2017. i don t know if that s a baseline for a establishment of further debate. we ll see on that. wall wall street journal frames it this way. democrats may recognize manchin is providing a reality check on progressive excess. have you ever considered that in the future in the long term or where it might go? absolutely. i think a lot of democrats are scratching their heads.
it reads in part, quote, democrats may be angry, but as the days go by, they may recognize mr. manchin is doing them a favor. with biden advocating for the left, the virginian is providing a reality check on progressive excess. passing the reconciliation bill could cost democrats congress next year. what do you think? well, look, i think that democrats are trying to pass a bill that the voters did not deliver them a mandate to pass. and you look at the majorities that voters gave the democratic party, they have a five-seat majority in the house which is why speaker pelosi who is really a masterful legislative technician is having a devil of a time bringing her caucus together. the centrists and the liberals can brick everything to a halt. that s how slim her majority is. and in the u.s. senate, democrats don t really have a majority. they have the tie breaker.