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Opinion
Fleeing From America
Writing about the recent increase in illegal crossings into Canada, a reader is ashamed of his country: “Is this who we have become?”Tribal warfare continues.
Casualties are light.
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World
Death Toll in Colombia Mudslide Tops 230 as Rescuers Race to Find Survivors
More than 1,500 emergency workers descended on the provincial city of Mocoa on Sunday after a sudden downpour sent deadly surge of mud and water through the area.Recovery operations are not emergencies.
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N.Y. / Region
Facebook Loses Appeal to Block Bulk Search Warrants
The case was viewed as a test of social media companies’ ability to push back on information requests from prosecutors.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
I am not certain that this was an unreasonable search and seizure.
The warrants may have been specific as to persons and records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
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U.S.
Trump Is Ready for Tax Cuts, but His Treasury Department Isn’t
With a mammoth task ahead, none of the 27 political appointees below the Treasury secretary in the department’s leadership have been confirmed.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Trump will be required to modify rather than replace the tax code. He will not be able to do that easily.
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World
Colombian City Begins Post-Mudslide Recovery
The country’s president acknowledged “bottlenecks” in the relief process for Mocoa, the capital of Putumayo, but he said more help would be arriving soon.The recovery of bodies continues.
Emergencies are of the living.
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U.S.
What You Need to Know About the Senate Filibuster
A potential showdown over the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court has brought a peculiar Senate rule to the fore once again.It is enough.
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Business Day
To Curb Global Warming, Science Fiction May Become Fact
Geoengineering, providing methods to offset climate change by applying scientific fixes rather than changing old habits, may have found its moment.Do the development work.
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The Upshot
Republican Health Proposal Would Undermine Coverage for Pre-existing Conditions
The proposal would effectively eliminate one of the Affordable Care Act’s most popular provisions.Millions would become uninsured.
Any such plan will not happen.
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Health
1 in 10 Pregnant Women With Zika in U.S. Have Babies With Birth Defects
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforced evidence that women infected in the first trimester were at greater risk of having babies with birth defects.Zika is at least as bad as was thought.
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Opinion
Pick Your Favorite Ethics Offender
Many Trump officials — friends, family members and close aides — stand to rake it in at the public’s expense.When the house wants to impeach Trump it can do so.
So far he is a useful idiot.
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