Out d’Coup | High Stakes Reconciliation Bill; Climate Crisis; Super Snail Mail; Sidewalk Socialists; Kavanaugh Gets COVID; PA House GOP Circus; Women’s March; Happy Birthday NASA

<p><a href='https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-infrastructure-vote_n_6155b857e4b0487c855b9a42?kli'>Progressives hold the line</a>, forcing Nancy Pelosi to postpone a vote on the $1 trillion Kyrsten Sinima promoted the “bi-partisan”<a href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/30/biden-nancy-pelosi-infrastructure-bill'> (aka the fossil fuel) infrastructure bill</a>. </p> <p>Meanwhile, <a href='https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/574836-manchin-throws-down-gauntlet-with-progressives'>Joe Manchin says he won’t support a reconciliation bill larger than  $1.5 trillion</a> - $2 trillion less than the compromise package and $4.5trillion less than the original package. </p> <p>Some <a href='https://twitter.com/i/status/1443919688032002076'>West Virginia kayactivists paddle up to Joe Manchin’s yacht</a>, ask him better questions than most of the beltway media, and get more from him that any cable news show. </p> <p>Writing in his newsletter The Daily Poster, David Sirota reported Thursday that: Joe Manchin backed a huge bank bailout for Wall Street execs almost 13 years ago to the day. That’s just rich as he deridedan "entitlement mentality" as a reason to kill the reconciliation bill that would help millions of people struggling to survive. The Wall St execs then bankrolled him.</p> <p><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/28/blah-greta-thunberg-leaders-climate-crisis-co2-emissions'>Greta Thunberg</a> chastises world leaders about their climate change “blah, blah, blah,” over the past several decades; she calls for immediate, decisive action. </p> <p><a href='https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1qqTkb9_GO3BBd3m3prlAqGwyAoZj38l_OUx-h4f8qd4/edit'>FEMA is removing subsidies for flood insurance</a> as claims are expected to rise significantly due to the effects of climate change. Insurance premiums are expected to rise 18% per year for at least the next 20 years, particularly in areas already prone to flood. </p> <p><a href='https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041625383/wildlif