Thursday, March 23, 2017

@16:27, 3/23/17

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1
U.S.

Fact Check: Trump Misleads About The Times’s Reporting on Surveillance

President Trump doubled down on his claim that Barack Obama ordered his phones wiretapped, and mischaracterized Times reporting as proof.

Donald J. Trump does not read.

2
U.S.

Trump Makes Pitch for Health Bill: ‘It’s Going to be Terrific’

As House leaders and White House aides scrambled for votes, President Trump released a video exhorting his supporters to call their congressmen to vote ‘yes’ on the Republican health bill.

"■ The vote scheduled Thursday on the House plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act was postponed, possibly until Friday."

This turkey will not fly.

3
U.S.

Gorsuch Completes His 20-Hour Test. So How Did He Do?

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, the Supreme Court nominee, went through three days of hearings that left the Senate Judiciary Committee about where it began.

Gorsuch will suffer a filibusterer

4.
Business Day

Pages From Trump’s Tax Returns Raise a Decade’s Worth of Questions

Filings from 1995 and 2005, incomplete as they are, offer tantalizing clues about how the Trumps might have minimized their liability over several years.

Trump is not going to jail over his taxes.
I have not followed the logic.

5
N.Y. / Region

New York State Senator Robert Ortt Is Charged With Violating Election Law

Though the Republican senator denies wrongdoing, the indictment adds to a list of public officials who have faced charges of corruption.

Guilty.

6
Times Insider

She Was Asked to Leave, but One More Knock Got Her the Front Page Story

Who’s there? Investigative reporter Susanne Craig, getting her first big break years ago

I go out from time to time.   Give me a few days warning.

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Opinion

Why Medicaid Work Requirements Won’t Work

Paul Ryan’s bid to win conservative votes for his health care plan would make it harder for some people to hold jobs.

For some it is too harsh.  For others it is not harsh enough.
There is no condition with a majority of the whole.

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N.Y. / Region

Acquitted in Lufthansa Heist, 82-Year-Old Is Charged in Car Fire

Vincent Asaro, a reputed mob figure, was charged with arson and arson conspiracy after setting fire to a car after a recent road rage incident in Queens.

Petty . . .

9
Opinion

Don’t Discriminate Against Mutants Like Me

Republicans are proposing a law to let companies ask workers about any genetic conditions.

Obamacare is a good program.

10
Opinion

Health Care’s Big Day

House Republicans are planning to bring up their health care bill for a vote, and it’s not clear whether the bill will pass.

The bill did not pass today.


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1
U.S.

Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter

After failing to find widespread voter fraud, Republican state lawmakers are calling for tighter restrictions on voting based on perception of tainted ballots.

Fiction has power.

2
Opinion

Health Care’s Big Day


3
U.S.

Gorsuch Completes His 20-Hour Test. So How Did He Do?


Filibustered.

4
U.S.

Democrats Willing to Filibuster to Thwart Gorsuch Nomination

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch appears to be short, at least for now, of the eight Senate votes he must earn from the Democratic caucus to reach the 60-vote threshold.

yes

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N.Y. / Region

New York State Senator Robert Ortt Is Charged With Violating Election Law


guilty

6
U.S.

Trump Makes Pitch for Health Bill: ‘It’s Going to be Terrific’


Terrifying

7.
Food

Adam Leonti Will Become Chef at Sessanta Instead of Harvey

Tired of waiting for Harvey to open in the Williamsburg Hotel, the former Vetri chef will join John McDonald’s restaurant in SoHo.

I will be happy to be on the sidelines.

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Times Insider

She Was Asked to Leave, but One More Knock Got Her the Front Page Story


9
Opinion

Judge Neil Gorsuch, in the Senate Spotlight

A reader says hearings should not be held for the nominee of a president under a cloud of suspicion. Another suggests not fighting the nomination.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/the-problems-with-originalism.html

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U.S.

U.S. Jewish Center Bomb Threat Suspect Is Arrested in Israel

The authorities said the suspect, a citizen of the United States and Israel, masked the origin of his communications to American synagogues.

Trump is enough.


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