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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatching Lawrence re the spending bill, government shutdown this weekend, raising the debt ceiling ...
they want to blame raising the debt ceiling on Biden. It does not need to be raised until June.

Irish_Dem
(63,910 posts)cliffside
(659 posts)it is a hard choice. The Repubs always stick together and somehow come out smelling like a rose.
GoodRaisin
(9,864 posts)I hope they are paying attention to what they voted for.
RussBLib
(9,811 posts)...if all they consume is right-wing media?
cliffside
(659 posts)Emile
(32,440 posts)Don't see how that will benefit them.
cliffside
(659 posts)they are speaking of home invasions in Colorado and have headlines from friendly media from months ago.
Now a reporter started to speak of the government staying open, showing Jeffries saying the Repubs open it... they'll back pedal somehow from that reporter
Back to Homan and the gangs and then Biden's low approval rating ... enough with Fox, but that is what they watch.
It is an establishment/social media war.
Drum
(10,096 posts)
cliffside
(659 posts)cliffside
(659 posts)cliffside
(659 posts)full article link
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/business/fed-meeting-interest-rates.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik4.xmGQ.mNMOuxeJC7Vh&smid=url-share
".... The Feds forecasts make clear that central bankers are poised to slow rate cuts notably starting next year as stubborn inflation lingers and Mr. Powell made it clear that the Fed wants to see further progress toward cooler inflation to cut interest rates at all.
Markets shuddered at that assessment, with the dollar soaring and stocks plummeting. The S&P 500 index fell nearly 3 percent, its worst tumble since August. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for a 10th-straight day, its longest losing streak since October 1974.
... But Fed officials are also operating in an environment of uncertainty: President-elect Donald J. Trump has been promising to impose tariffs on American trading partners, and those could push prices up and feed into inflation if they become reality.
Some Fed policymakers did count fiscal policy into their economic projections, which could have driven some of the increase in their inflation forecasts. But exactly how much the policies would affect inflation is uncertain..."