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NationofChange â$2 trillion was already the compromiseâ: Progressive revolt brews over Bidenâs infrastructure offer to GOP âThe president canât expect us to vote for an infrastructure deal dictated by the Republican Party,â said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. A potential progressive revolt is brewing over President Joe Biden’s compromise offer to Senate Republicans on infrastructure, a proposal that would leave in place the corporate tax rate established under the Trump administration and cut the original $2.2 trillion American Jobs Plan in half. In a statement issued late Thursday after details of Biden’s new $1 trillion proposal began to emerge, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said that “if what we’ve read is true, I would have a very difficult time voting yes on this bill.” ....
Save this story for later. Last June, when most Americans could agree that their country was in crisis but few could agree on what to do about it, staffers from a small organization called Justice Democrats part of a burgeoning faction of young activists whose goal is to push the Democratic Party, and thus the entire political spectrum, to the left joined a gathering on the patio of a restaurant in Yonkers, overlooking the Hudson. It was a breezy Tuesday night, and polls in the congressional primary had just closed. Most of the staffers hadn’t seen one another in person since ....
NPR May 23, 2021 10:05 AM ET Young activists see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a power struggle, akin to the movement for Black lives. Our generation doesn t view issues through a single-issue lens, said Evan Weber, political director of the Sunrise Movement. We have grown up participating in social movements that have been sweeping the country. And, like racial justice movements in the United States, activists said social media have helped shift the narrative around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One of the major things that s different about this moment is access to information, said Rahna Epting, executive director of the progressive group MoveOn, which also signed that joint statement by progressive groups. We are seeing videos of fathers holding their dead daughters. And we re seeing reports directly from Palestinians for probably the first time. ....
Originally published on May 21, 2021 10:21 am For decades, Democrats and Republicans alike have stood by Israel, almost unconditionally, insisting the country has a right to defend itself. President Biden did that throughout the recent conflict, as Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets into Israel. Now, Biden has pledged to help replenish Israel s air defense system, while promising humanitarian aid to Gaza, which was pounded by fierce Israeli air strikes before a cease-fire took effect early on Friday. But this latest violence marked a shift in the American political debate over Israel. The criticism from the left was louder than in the past with progressives pressuring Biden to speak up forcefully in support of Palestinians, who saw a far greater civilian death toll in recent days. ....