If Republicans take over the House of Representatives in 2023, they intend to force the Biden administration into making drastic cuts to domestic social programs in exchange for “agreeing” to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. Goaded by Donald Trump, their plan is to hold the country hostage, threatening to push all of us over the brink into an unprecedented fiscal calamity if their demands are not met. As explained by Mike DeBonis, writing for The Washington Post, intensive planning for this tactic is already well underway by a Republican caucus eagerly anticipating the return of one or both houses of Congress to their control, and is almost certain to “become the dominant domestic political clash ahead of the 2024 presidential election.” That is, unless Democrats take one simple, necessary step—right now—to stop them dead in their tracks. Read more