Citations needed is a news brief in between our regularly scheduled episodes. This week we talk about the reconciliation bill, which started off at seven and a half trillion but will soon be like 15 billion dollars. We do patron news briefs, but some, like this one, are public and for everyone.
In this News Brief, we recapped how, in the face of a once in a generation opportunity to relieve poverty and address curb climate change, US media largely gave us personality, Horse Race coverage, and defensive snark–– aiding conservatives efforts to winnow down the bill to a fraction of its original size.