Theater. Complete theater
by the scumbags in DC,
So they (both sides) can try to emphasize just how necessary and important they are.
We sure are lucky they saved the day again, pulling us back from the horrific destruction, created by them.
Yes, there will be a day of reckoning, some day, but it won't occur like this dog and pony act.
And also, don't try to short it.
Not here and now, any drop is a Bear trap.