10 Minutes on Democracy with Jason Franklin

October 5: The Debt Ceiling, The Freedom To Vote Act, The Pandora Papers, and more!

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This week I’m keeping my eye on six key issues:

  1. The Friday deadline set by Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to pass an increase in the debt ceiling.
  2. The ongoing drama to pass both the infrastructure bill and the social & climate spending package.
  3. The ongoing drama about passing the Freedom to Vote Act.
  4. The new term starting for the US Supreme Court. They are hearing in-person oral arguments for the first time since the pandemic.
  5. Rudy Giuliani admitted under oath that his "evidence" of voter fraud in the 2020 election came from unvetted posts on Facebook and other social media platforms.
  6. The first articles on the Pandora Papers dropped this week focused mostly on non-US targets, future articles in the coming days may spark more domestic debates as American billionaires and celebrities who have shielded their wealth in structures like the tax havens of South Dakota and Nevada get more coverage.


    7. Also follow along at:

    Onefordemocracy.org

    @onefordemocracy

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