Virtually every country on earth has figured out how to pay parents to spend some time with their newborns. Wow, Manchin, wow.

Of course the lion’s share of the blame falls as ever on the Republican Party for not having even *one* Senator willing to back paid family leave.

But still. Jesus, Manchin.

Our democracy is f**ked for having to rely on him, when Democratic Senators combined represent tens of millions more Americans than their Republican counterparts.

You might want to start using scare quotes around the word "democracy."