The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 47 - Politics

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 47
AOC calls out the 'enormous' amount of executive power Biden could have on student debt, climate change, and immigration while she's watching him 'hand the pen to Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema'
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fears midterms could see authoritarian takeover by GOP
Liberals Really Need to Look at the Fact that They’re Going to Need to Defend Themselves
US added to list of ‘backsliding’ democracies for first time
Democrats are sleepwalking towards electoral disaster in 2022
The People Dream of a President Who Will Take on Corporations - Broad, bipartisan swathes of the American people want a leader who will fight on their team against the entrenched power of corporate interests.
Recreational marijuana nearing enough signatures to force lawmakers’ hands, organizer says
Jan. 6 Committee tells court it urgently needs Trump records
Ted Cruz gets shut down live on air over bogus election fraud claims | ‘OK Senator, there is no evidence of fraud that would really have drawn the outcome of the election into doubt. You know that’
The line between right-wing trolling and violence is collapsing
Congressional gerrymandering by Texas Republicans cut out the heart of Houston’s Asian community
Republicans are rigging elections for the next decade
Republican donors are pouring money into Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
Joe Biden Sets $15 Minimum Wage For Federal Contractors | The higher wage floor will apply to new federal contracts across the country after Jan. 30.
N.Y. prosecutors set sights on new Trump target: Widely different valuations on the same properties
Trump-endorsed GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell loses custody battle after estranged wife accused him of abuse
Majorities back maintaining Roe v. Wade, oppose states' abortion clinic restrictions
Leaked Texts: Jan. 6 Organizers Say They Were ‘Following POTUS’ Lead’
Arizona and West Virginia stand to gain big from BBB – but Sinema and Manchin might still sink it | Do the two senators who control fate of BBB value “corporations and billionaires" over their own constituents?
"Midnight is approaching” to pass voting rights protections
North Carolina Lt. Governor compares LGBTQ people to cow dung & says straights are “superior”. The GOP politician claims to be a Christian pastor, but all he teaches is hate. Locals describe him as "a weak and small man" with "nothing constructive to offer."
U.S. listed as a ‘backsliding’ democracy for first time in report by European think tank
White House to announce 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
Trump allies are pushing him away from running again in 2024 to avoid a disastrous defeat, report says
Democracy slipping away at record rate, study warns

The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 47

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:26 AM PST

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

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AOC calls out the 'enormous' amount of executive power Biden could have on student debt, climate change, and immigration while she's watching him 'hand the pen to Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema'

Posted: 22 Nov 2021 09:22 AM PST