Tony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023

At first glance, if it holds, it does appear to capture how a mature, shrewd President who's been to the rodeo more than once mostly held his own against a screaming drooling mob fumbling around with open cans of gasoline and cigarette lighters.

Debt ceiling deal reached in principle by Biden and McCarthy to avoid default:
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/27/1177688226/debt-ceiling-deal-biden-mccarthy-latest

Show threadStoney TakesMay 28, 2023
@TonyStark Tony, two questions: could the dems have raised the debt ceiling back in January without this showdown? Can the debt ceiling be raised by executive order and thus avoided the cuts that were insisted upon? Thanks!
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023
@Stoneycase No and no.
Show threadStoney TakesMay 28, 2023

@TonyStark Think this was the source that planted the seed. “Untested legal theory”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/could-biden-avert-debt-default-by-using-14th-amendment-2023-05-02/

Could Biden use the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling?

President Joe Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the legal right to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling but does not have the time to do so.

Reuters
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023
@Stoneycase Yeah- unfortunately SCOTUS. No point sending it there which is where it would end up and enduring the interim world instability.
Show threadStoney TakesMay 28, 2023
@TonyStark Thanks for that. Seems like we will be adding “unfortunately SCOTUS” as a label going forward to all things progress, logic and / or equality that don’t happen.
Show threadTony, Pretty MuchMay 28, 2023
@Stoneycase Accurate and yet another reason that elections matter and while we on the progressive end can certainly afford discussion, we cannot afford unnecessary division.
Show threadMike J👹🐀 🤘🏻May 29, 2023
@TonyStark @Stoneycase At least people got to feel good about themselves for not voting for Hillary.
Show threadStoney Takes
@mikej @TonyStark If we could just abolish the electoral college and go to popular vote….
May 29, 2023 at 12:15amWeb