The GOP’s debt ceiling game of chicken House Republicans led(?) by Speaker Kevin McCarthy refuse to raise the debt ceiling without conditions. Given their lax attitudes toward punishing insurrection and attacks on their own legislative chambers, it hardly seems beyond the pale that asking “Would they or wouldn’t they?” regarding defaulting on the national debt seems as quaint as asking if the Bush administration would torture prisoners. It would throw markets and the economy into chaos. But then, their party is now defined by that condition. “His caucus is willing to allow the United States to default on its debt to force budget cuts,” the Washington Post Editorial Board notes: It is foolish to gamble with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government at any time. It’s madness to do so now, at a fragile moment for the financial system. Have lawmakers learned nothing from the 2011 standoff that resulted in higher borrowing costs and a lower U.S. credit rating? Back then, the two sides got close to the edge and there were hefty costs.
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Prolonged inaction on climate change has left those at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder exposed to the fluctuations of an unpredictable global market, writes Thomas Perrett
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I’m in the baking ingredients aisle looking for unbleached quinoa flour when I see it: a box of Funfetti cake mix. Ugh, what a sugar bomb. I’m already moving on when I swear the Pillsbury Doughboy makes eye contact with me as if it’s the Mona Lisa, saying, Leave without me: I fucking dare you.
So you know what? I’m throwing the box in the cart. Screw the sugar-free quinoa flour energy bars I was going to make, because fuck it, I’m making a Funfetti cake.
I’m also throwing in a tub of Funfetti frosting, the one with the sprinkles in the lid. And fuck it one more time, because I’m getting another frosting tub to eat with my index finger while scrolling through my high school bully’s before-and-after-Herbalife belly photos.
Is it my birthday? No.
Is it anyone’s birthday? Also no.
Is it any special occasion at all? Hell no.
BlackRock said it attended a meeting at the request of the Government to form a relationship with Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi spent part of his last week as Chancellor seeking advice and “continued support” from the world’s largest asset manager on the Financial Services and Markets Bill and a number of other UK issues, Byline […]
Now that precisely the same individuals who organised the conspiracy to frame Alex Salmond are under heavy police investigation for financial fraud, many people are now prepared to listen who refused to do so before. I am going forward with a case to the UN Human Rights Committee over my substantial imprisonment for journalism. This […]
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When Karl Marx looked at the revolutionary self-governance of the 1871 Paris Commune, he saw an embodiment of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Decades later, James Connolly, the leading Irish Marxist, seized on that same ethos of worker democracy. Writing in Workers’ Republic in May 1899, Connolly argued, ‘[T]he Commune, if it had been successful, would have inaugurated the reign […]
The former Prime Minister feared his discussions with the US President about privatising the NHS would cause "mischief" if they became public, according to a new book
At least when it comes to “great” powers and war these days, one lesson seems clear enough: there simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well.
If EARN IT passes, we’re likely to see state lawmakers step in and mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year.
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A class-action lawsuit against a California-based grocery retailer could set a new precedent against union-busters.
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The school pumped billions into a Blackstone real estate fund eager to evict tenants and jack up student rents in the midst of a major housing crisis.
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The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law.
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The American experience of war since 1945 should have offered an all-too-obvious lesson for us, as well as for the planet’s other great powers, when it comes to the value of giant military establishments and the conflicts that go with them.
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Rambling emerged as a mass recreational activity in the last few decades of the nineteenth century in northern English areas increasingly swallowed by early capitalism’s apocalyptic landscape. It was a time when visitors to the premier industrial city of Manchester were welcomed by belching plumes of black smoke. In a short essay, Charles Dickens would describe its […]
Finally a smoking gun on Covid vaccine injuries? Alex Berenson may have found one in Moderna's own data.
On this day in 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, killing at least 1,134 garment workers and injuring over 2,500 more. The building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, housed five garment factories, and the incident remains the deadliest factory accident in history. The day before, workers had reported cracks in the walls to the building managers, but […]
A couple of years ago, Paul Krugman had a piece up on his blog arguing that the ‘discipline of modelling’ is a sine qua non for tackling politically and emotionally charged economic issues: In my experience, modeling is a helpful tool (among others) in avoiding that trap, in being self-aware when you’re starting to let your […]
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Clearing up misinformation about the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage fees, coming into effect May 1.
The long road to "Orange."
Change is HARD.