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      Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

      Corporate Media Continues to Blow It on Coverage of Debt Ceiling Hostage Situation

      It's simple: "Republicans drove up the national debt by giving huge tax breaks to the rich and major corporations—now they're trying to make the rest of us pay for it."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 26, 2023

      As negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans continue their will-they-or-won't-they game with the global economy at risk, critics are calling out corporate media coverage of efforts to prevent a devastating U.S. default by raising the debt ceiling.

      "There are three aspects to the substance and coverage of this debate that have been infuriating," saidRevolving Door Project executive director Jeff Hauser in a statement Friday. "First, the notion that 'modest cuts' to spending are inconsequential."

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      U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks before introducing President Joe Biden during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2023.

      US Judge Sets Hearing for 14th Amendment Case on Eve of Debt Limit X-Date

      While a DOJ attorney declined to disclose the government's position, one observer said it seems to be: "Stop trying to make us... get rid of the debt ceiling. That sort of thing is for high-level insiders only, not pesky labor unions that are going about it all wrong."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 23, 2023

      With a "significant gap" remaining between what House Republicans and White House negotiators want to resolve the debt limit fight, a federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing next week for a related lawsuit brought by a union for government workers.

      Attorneys for the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE)—which represents about 75,000 workers across federal agencies—sued President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts earlier this month. The union's legal team requested emergency action by the court in a filing on Friday.

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      House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to members of the press

      The Very Specific Ways the GOP Budget Will Deeply Harm Hundreds of Millions of Americans

      The Republican Party's proposed economic plan—over which they threaten global economic calamity if not accepted by Biden and the Democrats—is senselessly cruel, wildly irresponsible, and embarrassingly uninformed. But let's talk about the details.

      Hannah Story Brown
      May 10, 2023

      There are a lot of things you could say about the GOP’s proposed plan to reduce the deficit. But if we want to be more expansive than just calling it “batshit crazy” and washing our hands of the whole clown show, as we think Biden can and should,then we could point out that the GOP plan is an expression of profound hostility to the idea of a federal government that serves anyone besides war profiteers.

      Their proposal illustrates the party’s commitment to a government that fails Americans in many important ways, because the party’s only strategy to preserve power is to harness people’s anger and fear. How better to make people fear that things will be taken away from them than by actually taking things away, and then diverting the blame?

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