The headline on the New York Times story on Sunday proclaimed: “Biden Throws In With Left, Leaving His Agenda in Doubt.”
This might win a prize for most misleading headline of 2021.
Bernie Sanders and the Progressive Caucus actually originally wanted a $6 trillion plan, so in reality they “threw in” with Biden’s much more modest $3.5 trillion proposal, which the Times is now calling the “left” plan.
By so doing, the Times lets Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), along with a handful of corporate Democrats in the House, define the terms of the debate, which plays into the hands of the Republicans and their corporate and right-wing allies.
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