John Boehner's PowerPoint
From the Times comes John Boehner’s PowerPoint presentation on the “debt ceiling deal,” which deserves so many scare quotes than that. Despite it being a complex arrangement described in bulletpoints — which, plenty of room to obscure things there! — it’s also a useful and frightening document. It’s also really the only thing to read today. The newspapers are otherwise only carrying process and “perception” stories about politics — apart from this smart move by the Times, there’s very few ways to actually figure out what the alleged “deal” is. But spoiler: the “debt ceiling crisis” is actually just the first of a series of crises. We can now look forward to the “balanced budget amendment crisis” and the “committee to reduce the deficit crises,” circa Thanksgiving.