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They’re still counting the last votes, but it looks clear this morning that Democrats Warnock and Ossoff have won a historic double upset victory in the Georgia Senate runoffs - giving Biden’s party a wafer-thin margin of control in the Senate. Huge for #GreenNewDeal & much else https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/1346681326934650880
Warnock’s election as the first black senator in the state is a huge deal - report from the Georgia-born @maryftz of @openDemocracy on the ground: https://twitter.com/maryftz/status/1346710553281114113
Saikat is @aoc’s former chief of staff. He was organising tech lead on @BernieSanders 2016 and co-founder of Brand New Congress / Justice Dems. This is him talking about the unprecedented opportunity to pass a #GreenNewDeal (Manchins notwithstanding): https://twitter.com/saikatc/status/1346701430141325312
Agree with Nate - this is brutal for Trump. The best that can be said for his tendency is that it can drive up turnout from the radicalised anti-system right in a presidential year. But the undertow is huge: https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/1346725313758298112
The route to bold action is still obstructed. It will happen piecemeal, and may require statehood for Washington DC and Puerto Rico (both fully justified - and doable), and an end to the filibuster in the Senate. But the route can now be seen... Thank you, Georgia.
$2000 income support checks will be the first win - they should pass the Senate easily now. Don’t underestimate the importance of this as something which will make ordinary Americans’ lives better, and could give them new hope that politics can help: https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1346212750620585986
Populist state-led investment to improve people’s lives and communities, combined with mending a US constitutional settlement which is badly out of balance and bold anti-trust action, could be transformational for the USA. This is the last chance saloon. 2021-2024 really matters.
