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It was difficult to hear Manchin lecture Liberals about having an “entitlement mentality”, while he had a fundraiser with the monopoly man (Koch). Did Koch get a lecture about his “entitlement mentality”? I think not. To top it off his hypocrisy on the subject, Manchin’s daughter, Heather Bresch, the former president and CEO of the drugmaker Mylan, used her “entitlement mentality” to inflate her resume with an unearned MBA. She also used that same “entitlement mentality” to work directly with the CEO of Pfizer to keep prices of the company's EpiPen product artificially high. Did Heather ever get a lecture about her “entitlement mentality”? I think not. By accusing Liberals of having an “entitlement mentality”, Manchin is victim blaming and projecting. While not illegal, it’s a disgusting display of hypocrisy.

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I loved it when WVU exposed Bresch's MBA to be a lie. And don't forget Heather B's mother, Gayle Manchin, another piece of work.

"After Gayle Manchin took over the National Association of State Boards of Education in 2012, she spearheaded an unprecedented effort that encouraged states to require schools to purchase medical devices that fight life-threatening allergic reactions.

The association’s move helped pave the way for Mylan Specialty, maker of EpiPens, to develop a near monopoly in school nurses’ offices. Eleven states drafted laws requiring epinephrine auto-injectors. Nearly every other state recommended schools stock them after what the White House called the "EpiPen Law" in 2013 gave funding preference to those that did.

The CEO of Mylan then, and now, was Heather Bresch. Gayle Manchin is Heather Bresch’s mother."

The entire Manchin family is dishonest and corrupt to the core.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/09/20/family-matters-epipens-had-help-getting-schools-manchin-bresch/90435218/

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Daria, you are one helluva investigative journalist...thanks and Morning!!

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Morning, Lynell! Thanks for your very kind words.🌷

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WOW! Thus needs to be front page news, again, and again.

This is why we distrust our government, SO many get rich quick schemes that stink to high heaven.

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Lynn, you're right, it should be. But it's not. Sad.

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I don’t know why Manchin calls himself a Democrat, unless he has in mind old southern white planter-style Democrat.

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Bingo! I wonder what the pay rates are for the people who work in the coal mines in which he has partial ownership.

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No matter what their pay rate, there's a death sentence attached - black lung for the miners and environmental ruin for all of us.

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Mystery solved, Jenn...thanks!

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Family history for Manchin was helping others who needed it. Times have changed??

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Manchin and sinema are CLEARLY covering their own ugly asses now. Yes! We elected democrats to vote for democratic bills. DUH!

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Toss a few shekels to the Primary Sinema PAC.

https://primarysinema.com

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I thought I saw Marjorie TG ranting about primarying Sinema with a more far rightist. The Primary Sinema PAC is progressives.

https://theweek.com/politics/1005526/kyrsten-sinema-is-already-facing-primary-pressure-in-arizona

Speaking of MTG, there’s more trouble brewing in Georgia:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/09/new-georgia-pols-further-right-than-marjorie-taylor-greene.html

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Me too

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I just did. Thanks for the link.

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Sinema’s previous progressives are fighting with her now. She’s not the candidate they rallied for. She has spat in their faces.

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DINO?

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Worse. For herself only. That's why she aggressively progressed "upward", turning herself from a Nader Green Party fighter to the egotistic brat we see today.

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Buzz words and phrases used as pejorative shorthand is nothing new. It's preaching to the choir.

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