From the "Stupid Headlines" Dept

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3. The media will do their best to legitimize the actions of the Republican clown car.

Let’s hope they at least have the sense to call out moderate Republicans (if there are any left) to support raising the debt limit.

The media should also be asking Republicans why they want to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits when Social Security is not part of the general fund and is paid for by individuals and employers—and could be funded for decades by simply removing the earnings cap.

And also ask them why they refuse to cut the billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry paid to them annually—both in direct subsidies and in enormous tax advantages for an industry that exacerbated inflation through predatory pricing of gasoline last year to make unprecedented profits.

Of course the media will do no such thing because they don’t want to put Republicans on the spot.