The debt ceiling standoff intensifies.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The debt ceiling. Negotiations over the debt ceiling appear to be coming to a head. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated on Wednesday that they are determined to reach a deal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a potential default, with McCarthy indicating a deal could be struck as soon as this weekend. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has reiterated that a deal must be struck by June 1 or the federal government will be unable to pay its bills.
August 3rd, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event will be held at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia.
Password-protected pre-sale tickets will be available for paid subscribers starting tomorrow at 12 pm EST. We'll be sending paid subscribers the password in our Friday edition. On Monday, tickets will go on sale to the general public. If you want to get a password for pre-sale tickets tomorrow, it's not too late to become a Tangle member.
You can watch our debt ceiling explainer video or read our debt ceiling explainer piece.
You can read today's podcast here, today’s “Under the Radar” story here, and today’s “Have a nice day” story here. You can also read our previous debt ceiling coverage here., and our latest YouTube video on the border crisis here.
Today’s clickables: Major announcement (0:41) Quick hits (3:41), Today’s story (5:37), Left’s take (9:18), Right’s take (13:12), Isaac’s take (17:17), New YouTube Video announcement (20:37), Under the Radar (21:06), Numbers (22:17), Have a nice day (23:08)
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| 1:05.3 | to start with one major announcement and one reminder because it's Thursday. First, the major announcement. |
| 1:15.7 | It has been a long time coming, but today I'm thrilled to announce that we finally have a date |
| 1:22.1 | for our first ever live Tangle event, August 3rd, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event will be held |
| 1:31.6 | at Brooklyn Bowl, Philadelphia, and will be bringing the experience of the Tangle podcast live |
| 1:37.2 | to the stage, where we are going to explore one topic through a moderated discussion with guests |
| 1:42.1 | from opposing sides of an issue. |
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| 1:51.8 | This event is going to include drinks. |
| 1:54.8 | It's going to be held at a venue that has food. |
| 1:57.1 | It's in Philadelphia, which is a great city. |
| 2:00.3 | Tomorrow, we are going to be releasing password-protected pre-sale tickets for paid |
| 2:06.1 | subscribers only. |
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