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The ‘14th Amendment Option’ Is a Trap for Biden

The threat of a debt default is again in the air, with the possible dreadful effect of ruining the credit of the U.S. To stave off that default and embarrassment, President Biden is toying with the idea of asserting that the debt ceiling violates the 14th Amendment. Neither the Constitution nor the law nor common sense is on his side.
Saikrishna Prakash
The dispatch headline

Biden Withholds Weapons That Could Help Ukraine Win the War

The Russian military that existed before the war has been obliterated. This is one of the biggest bargains imaginable given the relatively low cost of inflicting devastating losses on one of America’s two near peer rivals. American (and NATO) assistance, and the losses suffered by the invading Russian forces, have not, however, been sufficient to help Ukraine win the war. The fighting continues.
Eric Edelman
The Bulwark Headline

The Next Phase of War

While Eliot is still in Europe, Eric welcomes former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) Stephen Pifer to the show. Steve is affiliated with the Stanford Center on International Security and Cooperation and is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution. They discuss VE Day in Europe, the drone attack on the Kremlin, the prospects for the Ukrainian counter-offensive and the types of military equipment that would be most useful for the Ukrainians.
Eric Edelman
The Nation Headline

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100

If the White House had gone public with this information, the outrage might also have swung the election to Humphrey. But Johnson hesitated. “This is treason,” he said, as quoted in Ken Hughes’s excellent "Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate." “It would rock the world.”
Ken Hughes