Whelp, you knew this was coming. The Republicans won't vote for raising the debt ceiling.

It doesn't matter one bit that it's THEIR DEBT we have to raise the ceiling for.

A lot of people are confused: They think raising the debt ceiling is to spend more. NOPE.

It's to allow us to pay the debt we've already incurred. So it's PAST DEBT.

And Mitch McConnell is so craven as to think not a single GOP Senator will vote to raise it. He's probably right.

Which means the best the Democrats can do is get 50 votes. Raising the debt ceiling is not filibuster-proof. So they really need 60 votes.

We've going to default. And that will cause a Depression.

Just remember who to blame when you're standing in line at the food bank.

In other news, an Amtrak train derailed in Montana. It was on its way from Chicago to Seattle.

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More shootings in Chicago...

Chicago shootings: 59 wounded, 8 killed in weekend gun violence

CHICAGO — At least eight people were killed, and a Chicago police officer and a paramedic were among 59 wounded in citywide shootings over the weekend.

The 30-year-old officer was on patrol late Friday when she heard the gunfire and rushed to the 1900 block of East 72nd Place, where she saw someone lying in the street, police said.

The officer, who has been with the department for two years, was getting out of her squad car to provie aid when more shots were fired, striking her in the legs, police Supt. David Brown said. She got back in her squad car, and another officer took her to University of Chicago Medical Center, Brown said. She's since been treated and released.

She was the 12th Chicago police officer to be wounded by gunfire this year, according to Brown. Thirty-four other officers had been shot at during the same period.

The officer was responding to a call of shots fired that left an 18-year-old dead and 15-year-old wounded. About 11 p.m., a 25-year-old man and a woman were returning to their home in the block with a pizza when they were confronted on their back steps by the two teenagers, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said.

Just another typical weekend in the USA!

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Make it a great day!

Bill

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