Out d’Coup | Build Back Better?; COP26; Big Oil Testifies; Cuomo Charged; FB Metaverse; Shapiro and Climate; Corman Runs; Black Flags; Paul Prescord; More Yass; DnD and Race; Dune

<p>Build Back Better? One thing is clear, there would have been next to nothing had it not been for the progressive caucus’s willingness to hold their ground and not cave to pressure from Nancy Pelosi and corporate Democrats. </p> <ul><li>Half-full? From <a href='https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/worlds-biggest-half-full-half-empty-glass/'>Harold Meyerson</a>, the American Prospect. </li> <li>David Dayen from The American Prospect, says the bill has some real positives, but does not meet standards of “<a href='https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/whats-in-the-build-back-better-framework/'>permanent, hassle-free, and meaningful</a>.” </li> <li>Give with one hand, take with another. <a href='https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-10-28/whats-in-bidens-build-back-better-framework'>Los Angeles Times</a></li> <li>Mixed Bag, <a href='https://www.vox.com/2021/10/28/22748554/biden-budget-build-back-better-democrats-child-care-taxes'>VOX</a></li> </ul> <p>Climate emergency and COP26 - We’ll be focusing on this on Monday’s Out d’Coup LIVE. </p> <p><a href='https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29102021/big-oil-executive-testimony-capitol-hill/'>Big Oil testifies</a> before Congress. Lies, lies, and more lies. </p> <p>And a <a href='https://gizmodo.com/big-oil-uses-newsletter-ads-to-spread-misinformation-ah-1847946590'>new report from Molly Taft and Emily Atkin</a> shows how Big Oil uses Newsletter ads to spread misinformation. Big Oil targeted Punchbowl, Politico, and Axios newsletters that are frequented by beltway insiders. <a href='https://gizmodo.com/big-oil-uses-newsletter-ads-to-spread-misinformation-ah-1847946590'>From the report:</a> In the month leading up to the hearing, from October 1 to October 22: 63% of Punchbowl newsletters, or 30 out of 48, were sponsored by fossil fuel interests; 100% of POLITICO’s Morning Energy newsletters, or 15 out of 15, were sponsored by fossil fuel interests; 62% of Axios Generate newsletters, or 10 out of 16, were sponsored by fossil fuel interest