How the progressives caved yet again

This story gives details how it happened, the manipulation they fell for yet again. Biden gave a 'pinky promise' that he can't fulfill. The corporate Dems gave another one that they won't keep. And even if they do the House BBB will never pass the Senate as is, if at all. So they gave up the only real leverage they had to get a decent BBB done based on obvious lies. AOC was right: "This is bullshit." And we're sick and tired of it.

"In a separate call, Biden spoke to the progressive caucus on speakerphone. He asked them not to delay the infrastructure vote any longer, and promised to act as a guarantor for any promises made by the moderates to vote for the reconciliation bill. [...] In exchange, Gottheimer, Murphy, and three other moderates agreed to vote for the B.B.B.A. rule that night, and to vote for the bill itself by November 15th, so long as 'fiscal information' from the C.B.O. matched the numbers in the White House framework. [...] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, announcing her vote on Friday, said, 'I’m a no. This is bullshit.'"