Truer words were never spoken: Biden Accuses Republicans of Being ‘Reckless’ Over Debt Limit Increase: President Biden excoriated Republicans on Monday for blocking his party’s efforts to raise the debt ceiling weeks before a projected government default, calling their tactics “reckless” and “disgraceful” and warning they risked causing “a self-inflicted wound that takes our economy … Read more
President Joe Biden used a presentation on the looming debt limit crisis to place the blame for this potential financial catastrophe on the political party that is doing the bidding of America’s enemies: the former Party of Lincoln that is led by the twice impeached Donald Trump, Moscow Mitch Enemy of the People McConnell, and … Read more
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver nailed it last night. NSFW language (hey, it’s John Oliver).
Background: Greta Garbo was a Swedish-born American film star of the silent era. Louis B. Mayer, chief executive of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), brought her to Hollywood in 1925. With Garbo’s first “talkie” film, Anna Christie (1930), MGM marketers enticed the public with the tagline “Garbo talks!” Garbo’s most famous movie quote was delivered in the 1932 … Read more
Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, writes at CNN, Manchin and Sinema are hurting their party more than any Republican ever could: After a failed, all-day scramble to get the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed on Thursday, President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is in jeopardy … Read more