Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever.
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There are many things that should be left in the Pandemic Before Times: meetings that could have been emails, long and pointless commutes, and working without paid sick leave. Also, consider the debt ceiling. Two years ago, Congress and President Donald Trump agreed to suspend the need to raise the debt ceiling until after the 2020 elections. Having been kicked down the road, the can is back: The debt ceiling is now set to expire on July 31, 2021, unless it is once again extended or suspended further by Congress and a Politico article last week suggests that both parties are ready to resume their needless, drawn-out fights over this pointless ritual. With unified control of Washington, Democrats should take the opportunity to get rid of the debt ceiling once and for all.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Democrats introducing a bill to pack the Supreme Court.
Progressives Thursday took one more step forward in their radical march to destroy another American institution. They already demand an end to the Electoral College, they want to do away with the filibuster, and they want to add more states to disrupt the workings of the Senate. Now they have made the Supreme Court their next target.
Speaking on Thursday from the Supreme Court steps, Democratic political leaders introduced legislation to expand the Court from 9 to 13 Justices.
Giving President Biden four appointments to the Court would override President Trump’s greatest legacy – Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett – but at the price of transforming the Court into yet another plaything for radical politicians.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Amend: The Fight for America is a six-part docuseries that explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons – as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy.
Amend deploys a groundbreaking narrative format featuring a number of luminaries (
Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, Yara Shahidi, and more) breathing life into speeches and writings by the Fourteenth Amendment’s most ardent advocates and foes (including
Frederick Douglass, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and
Andrew Johnson) with insights from an inclusive array of contemporary thought leaders and experts.