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McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy began laying out House Republicans’ plan to lift the debt limit and curb spending in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange Monday where he tried to amp up the pressure on Democrats to negotiate.

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McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy discussed House Republicans’ plan to lift the debt limit and curb spending in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange.

Roll Call

Mac Engel: Spurs coach Gregg Popovich isn’t wrong about guns, but we only see red and blue

One week has passed since Gregg Popovich popped, and ... if you can look beyond his I-Hate-Republicans bias, where is he wrong?

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How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War

The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.

Foreign Policy

Myth of US individualism and inequality

“Often we think that if we are not happy, it’s our problem, and we just have to show more grit"

Salon

All the Presidents' dogs in words and pictures

There have been hundreds of dog through the White House from George Washington to Joe Biden, including just one rescue dog and a mixed breed called Satan

Belfast Live

Biden issues second veto of his presidency

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 12, Brew.

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Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

Capital & Main

Israel's judicial reform efforts could complicate its relationship with US – but the countries have faced other bumps along the road

President Joe Biden startled many Americans and Israelis when he recently asked the Jewish state’s new far-right government to make its controversial attempts to reform the judicial system disappear like leavened products before Passover.

The Conversation

FACTBOX-Visits to Ireland by U.S. presidents

Joe Biden will become the eighth sitting U.S. president to visit Ireland this week. Many of his predecessors have also sought out their Irish roots, sometimes to be greeted by cheering crowds, and occasionally by protests.

Reuters

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for April 1

Welcome to the April 10 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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Looking back: Werner Herzog on Putin and Russia - Roll Call

Werner Herzog had some interesting things to say about Russia and Vladimir Putin in this May 2019 Political Theater podcast.

Roll Call

Here’s Why Michael Burry Could Be Wrong About Being Right

Although famed hedge-fund manager Michael Burry recently announced that he was wrong to recommend investors sell, the apparent pivot begs the question: why is gold up?

Barchart

Thank you, white man down in Florida

"They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching god"

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The Conversation

Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness

When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math.

The Independent UK

Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

While he’s far from the only U.S. president to be dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first ever indicted on criminal charges

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Serra still represents California in DC. Here’s a lesson from Florida on replacing statues

WASHINGTON — A California sculpture almost 3,000 miles away from home stood for nearly a century without much public controversy — until now.

Salon

The GOP wants you helpless and afraid

Gun paralysis isn't just about the NRA — Republicans are convinced they win when voters feel helpless and afraid

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Nicholas Goldberg: Democrats flip red, Republicans flip blue on one major issue. Is it permanent?

Once upon a time, the roles were reversed.

The Conversation

Presidential hopefuls are considering these 5 practical factors before launching their 2024 campaigns

The 2024 race for the White House is in motion. Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden said in October 2022 that he intends to seek a second term, even if he stopped short of making an official announcement. But – in what is expected to be a crowded Republican field –…

Salon

Why Donald Trump is going to Waco

The Waco siege of 1993 was a grotesque tragedy — but for elements of the far right, it's now a sacred symbol

The Week

Are US Republicans going soft on Ukraine?

How far the Republican Party has fallen, said David French in The New York Times. Forty years ago this month, Ronald Reagan stood up for Western values in the face of “an expansionist, aggressive Soviet Union” by giving what became known as his “evil empire speech”.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How DeSantis' attack on education draws from Ronald Reagan's war on UC Berkeley

The candidate strides to the podium and launches into his attack on his state's educational system. Students are being "indoctrinated" with leftist propaganda by radical professors, he declares.

Tribune News Service

Michigan GOP attempts to tie gun reforms to Holocaust, faces backlash

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party's official social media accounts made misleading posts Wednesday to try to connect Democrat-backed gun proposals to the Holocaust, spurring criticism from both sides of the political aisle.

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Iran hostages bitter that former Texas Gov. Connally may have stalled their release to help Reagan win

WASHINGTON – For 444 days, Iranian militants held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran, leaving emotional scars for them and their loved ones — and dooming Jimmy Carter’s presidency.

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