'BradCast' 5/22/2023 (Guest: David Dayen on GOP Debt Ceiling hostage taking; AZ election transparency vetoed)
On today's 'BradCast':\xa0 President Joe Biden continues to negotiate with disingenuous, bad faith Republicans who are holding the nation's economy hostage using the unconstitutional debt ceiling law to extort deep budget cuts they can't get under normal processes. Investigative financial journalist DAVID DAYEN, Executive Editor of the American Prospect, explains a lawsuit recently filed by the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) that could end Republicans' dangerous hostage-taking scheme. The lawsuit argues the President cannot pick and choose which previously-enacted laws will or won't be executed, or which debts will be paid, and that the debt ceiling law is unconstitutional. Dayen offers deep insights into the nuances of the self-inflicted crisis, the negotiations, and the long-term impact on the U.S. economy if Republicans succeed in pushing the nation into default. Also today:\xa0 A major new bipartisan election transparency law in Arizona, backed by the AZ's Democratic Sec. of State, would make public the anonymous, digital ballot images of every ballot cast, but it was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on false grounds. Columnist E. Jean Carroll announced she will sue Donald Trump again for defaming her again.