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Will Republicans blow up the global economy? They seem eager to try
Heather Digby Parton
Yes, the debt-ceiling fight is a boring, pointless political ritual — but the risk this time is off the charts
Put the popcorn away, folks: Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House, and that’s no joke
Chauncey DeVega
As usual, the mockery was a way to avoid the real emotions we should feel: How the hell did America get here?
House Republican sounds the alarm on Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA giveaway: “What backroom deals were cut?”
Igor Derysh
"We don't have any idea what promises were made or what gentleman's handshakes were made," said Rep. Nancy Mace
The shutdown caucus really wins: The House power grab was always bigger than Kevin McCarthy
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Kevin McCarthy's GOP opponents shut down the House all week, preventing Congress from governing. What's next?
Speaker battle may set up MAGA plot to hold debt ceiling hostage to cut Medicare, Social Security
Jessica Corbett
Some Republicans say threat of government shutdown is "non-negotiable"
McCarthy debacle comes with a lesson: There’s a downside to being a party of fascist trolls
Amanda Marcotte
Calling Republican renegades "ultraconservative" doesn't cut it: This clown show is a symptom of the big F
Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023
FoodPrint
There’s a great need for change, change that large institutions will likely fight
Elon Musk fired Twitter’s janitorial staff and employees are left to supply their own toilet paper
Matthew Chapman
Musk has been making drastic cuts at Twitter and the financial health of the company is causing a buzz
California passed a milestone law to stop neighborhood drilling. Big Oil launched a counterattack
Blanca Begert
A new fossil fuel-sponsored ballot initiative could reverse a major environmental justice victory
Gaetz and Boebert “blow through” Capitol security and refuse screenings — then diss Zelenskyy speech
Igor Derysh
Gaetz and Boebert sat through standing ovations and checked their phones as the Ukrainian leader pleaded for help
Congress just passed $858B military budget — but GOP is blocking $12B to fight child poverty
Jake Johnson
GOPer says "the country frankly doesn't have the time or the money" to help impoverished kids
Coach Prime is not the HBCU savior: On Deion Sanders and the money-making machine of college sports
D. Watkins
The outrage over Deion Sanders leaving his Jackson State football coaching job for Colorado is misplaced
Biden’s Holiday Express delivers for 21st-century robber barons at rail workers’ expense
Bob Hennelly
Praising himself as pro-union, Biden used heavy-handed tactic to head off strike he just told us he had prevented
Biden pushed to seal the deal on paid sick leave for rail workers
Brett Wilkins
"Put up or shut up about how you really want them to have sick leave!"
Loco-Motive: Pact forced on US railroad workers — sick days still in doubt
Bob Hennelly
“We firmly believe in the workers’ right to fight for their own best interests," one union says
House passes paid sick leave for railway workers
Kenny Stancil
"Now let's get it through the Senate," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Ro Khanna counters Joe Manchin’s pipeline bill by trying to force vote on $15 minimum wage
Candice Cole
Khanna takes page out of Manchin playbook, pushes to attach a $15 minimum wage to the annual military spending bill
It would be amazingly dumb for GOP to impeach Biden — so sure, go for it
Amanda Marcotte
Kevin McCarthy could learn something from Newt Gingrich: His impeachment of Bill Clinton ended his career
A big win for democracy? Not so fast: This was a welcome reprieve — but that’s all
Chauncey DeVega
Yes, the Republican fascists have suffered a major setback — but don't let anyone tell you the struggle is over
Is the GOP still a legitimate political party? The answer should be self-evident
Thom Hartmann
Republicans' only unifying agenda is hate, fear and groveling to billionaires. They want to rule, but not govern
The West’s biggest source of renewable energy depends on water. Will it survive the drought?
Emily Pontecorvo
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story"
What will a GOP majority actually do? Almost nothing — but in the worst possible way
Heather Digby Parton
Expect a government shutdown, new attacks on Social Security and Medicare and an end to Ukraine aid, for starters
Perfecting the “art of polarization”: How these ’90s conservatives created today’s radicalized right
Amanda Marcotte
Historian Nicole Hemmer talks to Salon about how Rush, Newt, Buchanan and an obsession with Clinton remade the GOP
Newt throwback! GOP’s death wish is back — they want another government shutdown
Heather Digby Parton
Republicans love chaos — and apparently they love losing too. One of these days their antics will mean catastrophe
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