i am special no one else has got my style no one else has got my heart no one else has got my smile you are all amazing a big week ahead for sesame street with a new kid on the block. joining the cast of characters, the first asian-american puppet in the 52-year history of the show. jung is seven years old, korean-american and likes to rock out on her guitar. it has been a challenging two years for the aaip community in the united states. the pup tier says she hopes she teaches kids to recognize racism and bullying and speak out against it. and she s excited about the representation she ll bring to kids. getting mad at muppets is a new
politics shows they are far more likely to have spoken directly to an elected official than the general public has, and almost half have of of respondents acknowledge their politics focus on a narrow economic self-interest. they speak to official about regulations that hurt their business, thus their political operations are business operations. the wealthy are far more conservative than the general publics on issues of regulation, taxation, entitlements, deficits and public school spending. all that is why since the early 1970s when corporations and the wealthy began organizing politically like never before, the result has been taxes on the rich falling, regulation falling, labor union protection falling, the ability to donate large sums rising, and a massive shift of capital from the middle class to the up tier. since 1971, the upper tier s share of national household income has soared from 29% to 46% while the middle class s share has fallen from 62% to
for medical issues. do republicans have the votes they need to get this bill through? it is a very narrow thing. and mike pence better not wander too far from the senate because the clock is running and the number of folks that are wavering on this thing is growing seemingly by the minute. and i think one thing you ve seen about the tax bill is the sense of its fragility with members, you know, are harking back to the fact that the republican party used to be about fiscal discipline is not blowing up our deficit by a trillion dollars or so and not stacking the tax plan s debt. so i think there are some concerns. and obviously senator rubio s concern is he wants to do something to move some very percentages to try to help some middle class families in this bill with the same proportionality the folks in the up tier are being helped. and he s getting some push back on that. i think the illnesses of two key