I’ll fix your headline:

“Republicans take United States AAA credit rating hostage, scheme up demands list so they can cut social security.”

First paragraph should read… washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023…
Fortunately, as Koch-backed group Heritage have themselves written, the government is already precluded from allowing itself to default.

The article should continue:
“Noted constitutional law professor @tribelaw said…
Paragraph 3 should remark:

“Truly, the Republicans are setting themselves up for the biggest self-pwn in beltway history. They’ve spent decades pretending the government is going broke. Instead, they’ll soon instead here the ‘clink’ of a platinum coin deposit and…”
“‘When that $1T coin is deposited and NOTHING BAD HAPPENS, the farcical “scarcity myth” will be exposed. They won’t be able to invoke it again and I CAN’T WAIT.’”
(oh yeah, quote a source)
“said… 👇
For more on the #scarcitymyth check out my interview with @gregolear on PREVAIL.

gregolear.substack.com/p/the-scarcity…
Aargh typo “hear”

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More from @scafaria

Jan 14
“If you ever wondered what you’d be doing in 1930s Germany, you’re doing it now.” 👇1 of 6

@tomiahonen
@MySharonaBrown @scotlandishson
per @TimothyDSnyder
"systematic seizure of Ukrainian women and children and their deportation into the vastness of Russia...some three million people have been deported, disproportionately young women and children. At least two hundred thousand and as many as 700,000 children."
I’ve quoted this in the past and told it was hyperbole. Scroll up. Still think so? The party that holds the US House gives (and receives!) aid and comfort to/from that regime. 3/6
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Oct 15, 2022
Watching the UK🇬🇧 self-immolate❤️‍🔥, first with Brexit and now the disastrous libertarian economic policies of Liz Truss, it’s time to debunk the Scarcity Myth. 1/🧵
#ScarcityMyth
If you’re catching up on the UK, read this @jaredbrock post.

“Churches and pubs are applying for grants to become ‘warm spaces’ just to keep the nation alive this winter. No one else can afford to turn their heat on.” #ScarcityMyth 2/
survivingtomorrow.org/britain-is-try…
Of all the economic myths (my pinned tweet video debunks 8 of them), the #ScarcityMyth is the most pernicious because it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe in it and act upon it, we are *guaranteed* scarcity. 3/
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