The fight over the debt limit: round two
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 539

The fight over the debt limit: round two

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And is it time to go back to a brick phone?

We’re barely getting out of one fight over the debt ceiling and we’re already looking down the road to the next one. Will the GOP come around before the December deadline? We’ll discuss why this game of chicken might not end well. Plus, China says RIP to LinkedIn, and Nokia is dropping a new brick phone!

Here’s everything we talked about today: 

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