Wednesday, May 10, 2017

@23:59, 5/9/17

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1
Food

The Extras Are the Stars on the Korean Menu at Atoboy

At his restaurant in NoMad, the chef builds excitement out of banchan, the little plates that usually come free.

Sounds good to me. .

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Food

Eat Your Vegetables

Light spring soups, an asparagus-scallion salad and Mark Bittman’s eggplant Parmesan are just a few ways to observe a meatless Monday.

Gardens are not yet producing here.
The asparagus is in.

3
U.S.

Flashback to F.B.I. Chief’s ’93 Firing, and to Saturday Night Massacre

It doesn’t happen often, but for the second time in the F.B.I.’s 109-year-history, its director has been fired.

A quick review.


U.S.

White House Says It Ignored Yates’s Warnings Because She Was a Partisan

Officials said President Trump had dismissed Sally Q. Yates’s warnings about his national security adviser because she was “a political opponent” of his.

Trump does not listen.

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U.S.

Senate Custom Could Trip Up G.O.P.’s March to Reshape Courts

The practice of allowing senators to veto judicial nominees for their home state, through what is known as a blue slip, lives on. For now.

“They are not going to get any cooperation unless they bring us into the process,” said Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and another veteran of the Judiciary Committee. “The Republicans taught us a lesson. You can delay things with impunity.”

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The Learning Network

Should Confederate Statues Be Removed or Remain in Place?

What issues arise when today’s leaders consider removing statues of historical leaders whose values and beliefs have not stood the test of time?

Local statues are a local matter.

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U.S.

With ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Ban, Texas Pushes Further Right

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law that has angered Democrats and represents a harsher climate for Latino residents in a state with the nation’s second-largest Hispanic population.

The Republican control of government must not be permanent.

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U.S.

13 Men, and No Women, Are Writing New G.O.P. Health Bill in Senate

The Republicans working on a bill to replace much of the Affordable Care Act do not include a woman or the moderates who could determine the bill’s fate.

It may not matter.
It does not help the Republican cause of tax cuts for the rich.

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Opinion

Michael Flynn’s Firing: Why It Took 18 Days

Readers react to the congressional testimony of Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general.

The inner workings of the Trump administration are not yet known.

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U.S.

Women Hold G.O.P. Senate Seats, but Little Influence

Republican women in the Senate have struggled to gain as much influence as their Democratic counterparts.

Yes.

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