...First up, the national debt ceiling, something used by MAGA types and other ideological terrorists to threaten America.
From Politico -
Biden beware: Manchin and Sinema align with Republicans in debt negotiations
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema saved the filibuster and cut down President Joe Biden’s agenda, delighting Republicans. Now they’re breaking with Democrats on the debt limit, and Republicans hope they keep it coming.
The two centrists, who spent Biden’s first two years in office at odds with the left, are glaring outliers on the debt drama in the party’s 51-member Senate caucus. While their Democratic colleagues insist on no negotiations until the debt ceiling is lifted, Manchin and Sinema are not only pushing for a bipartisan deal but positioning themselves as potential players in any future Senate talks on a way out of the crisis.
Referring to Manchin and Sinema as "centrists" is mislabeling them. Better to refer to them by what they are - "Republicans in everything but name."
...Why do we keep electing Paul Gosar?
From the Southern Poverty Law Center -
CONGRESSMEN TO MIX WITH LEADER OF FPÖ, A PARTY
FOUNDED BY NAZIS
At CPAC Hungary this week, Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Rep.
Barry Moore of Alabama will speak alongside a global collection of
radical-right figures, including the leader of an Austrian political party
founded by Nazi SS officers.
CPAC Hungary, an offshoot of the U.S.-based Conservative Political Action
Conference, puts that country’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a
global spotlight for a second consecutive year, surrounding him with
like-minded figures from across the world. Orbán is an authoritarian leader
whom Tucker Carlson regularly lauded on his show before Fox News
canceled it last month. In addition to Orbán’s history of corruption and
hostility to press freedom, he has given voice to the great replacement
conspiracy theory espoused by radical-right extremists.
...Arizona, back to being punch line material for the rest of the country.
From the NBC series Night Court, broadcast on May 2, via TVFanatic, emphasis added by me -
Olivia: Where do you feel most safe?
Gurgs: Uh, the basement level of Bed, Bath, and Beyond; the world of aquatic birds at the Bronx Zoo; and this court.
Olivia: Yes! You love this court! It’s the thing I understand least about you, and you love Daylight Savings Time.
Gurgs: Well, I love anything that Arizona is not involved in.
Olivia is played by India de Beaufort and Gurgs is plated by Lacretta
...There's one good thing; at least, the geek in me thinks it's good. :)
From KPNX, written by Kevin Reagan -
Fontes officially declares Thursday as 'Star Wars Day' in Arizona
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has officially declared Thursday as "Star Wars Day" in the Grand Canyon State.
The proclamation coincides with May 4, a day often associated with the beloved 1977 film due to a classic line spoken by Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan Kenobi character.
The line was "may the Force be with yo."
