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hashtag long form. hashtag, good to see you. have a good show. okay. hashtag, thank you. always good talking, nicole. i m ari melber and we re reporting live from somewhere, as the saying goes, specifically washington. congress under new management after the bruising fight to elect speaker mccarthy and for all the talk, among gop hard liners about how that clash, remember, they said that would really change things. it would upend the d.c. games, that s what they said. well, tonight for top republicans, i can tell you, it s business as usual. the same playbook the republican party used during the last time that the republicans were in the white house and they had the congress. it s the brinksmanship that can rattle the economy and some conservatives argue actually hurts them too. it drags down the gop in the long run miami talking about another threat to exploit the financial rules and govern by ransom. this story involves some beltway jargon that you ve probably h ....
On fire, just let that mother burn. this is something of the republican party s moment for that classic song, but in a, well, more concerning manner. the goal is then to use that so-called leverage to do things that apparently they would not otherwise be able to do in our democracy. which is a sign that these things are unpopular, like slashing social security and medicare. mccarthy s holdouts demanded some of that as they tried to mess with his speaker bid and he agreed not to raise the debt limit without major cuts, like those. so this is what is being offered as the reason they need to take the country down this road again, through this ransom process. here s what we heard from these folks making threats. we suspend the filibuster in the senate, so we could raise the debt ceiling. you know, that s not how regular finances work. the debt ceiling is going to be a point of contention. i, for one, will not sign a ....