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This unconstitutional dangling of the nation's full-faith-and-credit as low-hanging fruit within the reach of fascist, traitorous hostage-takers to hold for ransom has got to stop. There may be negative consequences of refusing to negotiate with the fascists, but...
02:30 PM - May 14, 2023
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O Aguabonita
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...the consequences of ANY concessions (i.e., ransom paid to terrorists)...any at all...are worse. So may as well invoke the 14th and get whatever lesser negative consequences that brings over with, so we can get back to sane, rational, constitutional governance and regular order.
02:35 PM - May 14, 2023
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O Aguabonita
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"“The 14th Amendment is not anyone’s first choice. The first choice is that the Republicans raise the debt ceiling because the United States government never, ever, ever, ever defaults on its legal obligations. But if Kevin McCarthy is going to push the United States over a cliff,...
02:37 PM - May 14, 2023
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O Aguabonita
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"...then it becomes the president’s responsibility to find an alternative path,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
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Asked whether Biden should deploy the 14th Amendment as soon as next month, Warren said “it depends what the alternative is.”

“If the alternative is that the Republicans...
02:41 PM - May 14, 2023
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O Aguabonita
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"...are going to hurdle[*] us over a cliff in which the American economy crashes, we’re thrown into a recession and millions of people are put out of work and our good name around the world is destroyed, then not-great alternatives look like a better option than chaos,” she said.

[*hurtle, probly]
02:44 PM - May 14, 2023
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“The language seems pretty straightforward and it’s hard to reconcile the language in the 14th Amendment with a law passed by Congress that creates a debt ceiling,” she added.

Warren taught law at Harvard University before winning election to the Senate.' [Just in case reminder's needed!]
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02:46 PM - May 14, 2023
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Kathleen Rupnow
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Professor Tribe says it's the President's duty to pay the debt according to the 14th.
09:41 PM - May 15, 2023
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O Aguabonita
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In response to Kathleen Rupnow.
Yup. Warren cites that Tribe op-ed in the article I linked and excerpted from.
09:57 PM - May 15, 2023
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Royce Hansen
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The debt ceiling law is stupid and nothing more than a political cudgel used by treasonous, unpatriotic Republicans!
09:27 PM - May 15, 2023
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