💬 Quoted…​​ “Between July and September 2023.”

• The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office warned yesterday that the federal government is on track to default on its debt this summer for the first time in history. Which could be averted if Congress reaches an agreement that raises the federal debt ceiling before then.

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🎰🃏 Stat of the Day: The US gambling industry earned a record $100 billion in revenue last year when accounting for tribal casinos; that’s roughly equal to the revenue generated from all US beer sales over the same period.

🤯 Did You Know?... The largest legal US tender in history was the $100,000 bill – though it’s illegal for any private individual to own one. The bill was briefly printed in the 1930s and used as an accounting device between branches of the Federal Reserve.

📖 Worth a Read: Inside JFK’s secret doomsday bunker → (Smithsonian Magazine)