Republicans plan to attack Social Security, Medicare, and welfare benefits for poor families, if they take control of the House of Representatives. They plan to overcome opposition by sabotage: refusing to raise the arbitrary "debt ceiling."

The article explains how Democrats could eliminate this problem now, without Republican support. This would require the support of Manchin and Sinema. I have a hunch that one of them is blocking this.

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A historical rundown of how today's Republican Party developed into a "cultish, destructive Fascist organization", one that would have dismayed and shocked President Eisenhower.