Today on X-Date: Axios, CNBC, and Punchbowl News work to normalize Republican legislative terrorism.
Republicans
Posted inEconomic Policy
Twelve Years of Being the Most Responsible Guy in the Room
On today’s X-Date, the seeds for what is now a negotiation over how much of the budget to cut were sown during Obama’s ‘grand bargain’ phase.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Everyone Thinks the Debt Ceiling Is Someone Else’s Problem
On today’s X-Date, the epidemic of buck-passing breaking out in the nation’s capital
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taking Debt Ceiling Negotiations Seriously
On today’s X-Date, looking at what could actually be accomplished in bipartisan talks yields few answers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Fed, the Supreme Court, and Their Legitimacy
The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Solve the Debt Ceiling Standoff? Sue Janet Yellen.
A bondholder could simply allege that America failing to pay off its debts is unconstitutional. There’s a good argument for that.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Introducing X-Date: A Debt Ceiling Newsletter
Democrats could have tried to abolish this pointless and dangerous economic time bomb, but failed to do it.
Posted inPolitics
North Carolina Judges Give GOP Upper Hand in 2024 Election
The ruling enabling partisan gerrymandering in the state could deliver as many as four seats to Republicans in next year’s U.S. House elections.
Posted inTAP
Biden Versus “Biden”
Today on TAP: He’s been a terrific president. Why are his ratings so consistently low?
Posted inTAP
What Should Biden Do About the Debt Limit?
Today on TAP: Negotiating with the GOP would be a disaster, but not negotiating has political perils, too. Which leaves—what?
