Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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U.S.

Steve King Removed From Committee Assignments Over White Supremacy Remark

Republicans voted Monday night to remove Mr. King from the House Judiciary and Agriculture committees after he made remarks questioning why white supremacy is considered offensive.

Impolitic.

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U.S.

At Trump’s Inauguration, $10,000 for Makeup and Lots of Room Service

New details of spending on President Trump’s inaugural two years ago show that it roughly doubled that of his immediate predecessors.

Trump considered it a coronation.

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U.S.

Republicans Rebuke Steve King but Face Vexing Question: Why Not Sooner?

In the wake of House Republicans stripping Mr. King of his committee assignments, many are asking how he survived unpunished for so long.

The Republican party thought they would hold the House.

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U.S.

Doug Jones Risks His Alabama Senate Seat Over the Shutdown and the Wall

For Mr. Jones, the fight over the shutdown, in a state where President Trump is popular and many federal workers live, is a reminder that his party’s views are out of step back home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama
"From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many states in the southern U.S., suffered economic hardship, in part because of its continued dependence on agriculture. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and otherwise discriminate against African Americans from the end of the Reconstruction Era up until at least the 1970s. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature from 1901 to the 1960s. During this time, urban interests and African Americans were markedly under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama grew as the state's economy changed from one primarily based on agriculture to one with diversified interests. The state's economy in the 21st century is based on management, automotive, finance, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.[11]"

Racism is the story of Alabama.
Lyndon Johnson is not forgiven.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

5Business

No Coincidence Here: Trump’s Bezos Attack Was a Valentine to The Enquirer

It wasn’t a new thing, for the president to go after the Amazon founder. But it was odd to see him making nice with his onetime friend David J. Pecker.
U.S.

Karen Pence Is Teaching at Christian School That Bars L.G.B.T. Students and Teachers

Mrs. Pence is teaching art at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Va., which requires employees to uphold conservative beliefs on sexual identity.
U.S.

Shutdown’s Economic Damage Starts to Pile Up, Threatening an End to Growth

The White House doubled its estimate of the shutdown’s drag on growth, and other economists warned a long stalemate could push the economy into a contraction.
New York

With New Voting Laws, Democrats Flex Newfound Power in New York

After years of lagging behind other states. New York is poised to pass a barrage of bills which will place the state among the nation’s most liberal.
U.S.

Trump’s Efforts to Hide Details of Putin Talks May Set Up Fight With Congress

Disclosures about the F.B.I. investigation into the president and his efforts to keep meetings with Russia’s leader secret could intensify scrutiny of the president.
Opinion

Trump and Pelosi: A Game of Spite and Malice

She gets under his skin. He punches back. Game on.
U.S.

Washington State Wants to Stop Theft of Mile 420 Signs. Its Solution? Mile 419.9.

The state’s Transportation Department has found that highway signs advertising Mile 420 and Mile 69 are particularly vulnerable to stealing.
U.S.

Government Shutdown Across America

In many parts of the United States, the shutdown has underscored how deeply the federal government is connected to everyday life.
Opinion

Consider Firing Your Male Broker

Years of research show female investors outperform men. But only about 1 in 5 brokers are women.
Opinion

I Put My Baby Daughter in Dinosaur Overalls. Am I an Anarchist?

Tales of gender blasphemy from deep within the land of princes and princesses.
Business

5 Pieces of Advice from John Bogle

The founder of Vanguard, who died on Wednesday, changed how ordinary people invested. Here are some of his tips.
World

Prince Philip, 97, Unhurt and Two Women Injured in Traffic Accident

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was driving himself near the royal family’s Sandringham Estate. A baby in a car with the injured women was unhurt.
Technology

Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area

The move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-income residents.
U.S.

Federal Courts, Running Out of Money, Brace for Shutdown’s Pain

The judicial branch has been able to continue paying its workers so far, but that may soon change if the partial government shutdown continues.
U.S.

John Engler Will Resign as Michigan State Interim President After Nassar Remarks

Pressure mounted on Mr. Engler to step down after he was quoted saying that some of Lawrence Nassar’s victims were enjoying “the spotlight.”
World

Commuter Knits a ‘Rail Delay Scarf.’ It Fetches $8,650 on eBay.

Claudia Weber, 55, takes the train into Munich, Germany, each day, and turned her frustrations with a year of spotty service into a four-foot striped scarf.

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