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Encore: original air-date 2/1/2023. On today's 'BradCast':\xa0\xa0 House Republicans are capable of causing real economic harm as they work out how best to hold the nation's (and world's) economy hostage in order to extort deep cuts to the social safety net in exchange for raising the statutory debt limit, which they attempt only when a Democrat is in the White House. Republicans have refused to explicitly state their demands. The Biden White House has refused to negotiate on whether the US will pay its debts. Finance and politics journalist KEVIN DRUM offers deep insights into the GOP's dangerous mess, the history and context of the debt ceiling, and the costly impacts that the GOP's gambit would unleash on everyday Americans. Drum explains various solutions that have been floated to stop the recurring threat, like a $1 trillion platinum coin and a 'constitutional option' that would undercut Congressional Republicans' scheme. Also today: Get ready for the circus of insanity now barreling toward us with the GOP's takeover of the U.S. House, from their so-called 'investigations' seeking to smear Joe Biden while ignoring the mountain of evidence of influence-peddling by Donald Trump and family, to hilarious, cringe-worthy statements from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and more.