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Vulnerable Senate Republicans Shrink From Defending Trump
Senate Republicans up for re-election in 2020, fearful of straying too far from Mr. Trump yet at pains to defend him, have adopted a strategy of saying as little as possible.Yes.
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Business
Rachel Maddow Confronts Her NBC News Bosses Live, on the Air
Her remarks came during an episode of her MSNBC show with her former colleague Ronan Farrow as a guest. Mr. Farrow praised her for “speaking truth to power.”Rachel Maddow probably needs a new position.
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U.S.
Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying
The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump’s closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry.Congress controls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States
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U.S.
Elijah Cummings’s Funeral Draws Presidents and Thousands of Mourners
Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton spoke Friday at the service for the longtime Maryland congressman.The work remains.
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U.S.
Impeachment Inquiry Is Legal, Judge Rules, Giving Democrats a Victory
The finding came in an order directing the Justice Department to hand over secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller investigation to House impeachment investigators.Yes.
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U.S.
Giuliani, Overheard Talking About Need for Cash, Mistakenly Calls NBC Reporter
“The problem is we need some money,’’ Mr. Giuliani says on the call. Then he adds: “We need a few hundred thousand.’’Guiliani has a big mouth.
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World
Boris Johnson Calls for December Election in Push to Break Brexit Deadlock
Britain’s prime minister challenged lawmakers to approve a general election, but the opposition Labour Party reacted coolly to the idea.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/27/brexit-eu-prepares-grant-uk-three-month-extension
A united Ireland would solve the Brexit problem.
Improbable.
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World
The Cost of Trump’s Aid Freeze in the Trenches of Ukraine’s War
As President Trump froze military aid to Ukraine and urged it to investigate his rivals, the country was struggling in a bare-bones fight against Russian-backed separatists.Victory conditions are not apparent.
Diplomacy is required.
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U.S.
Trumps Put Their Washington Hotel on the Market
President Trump has drawn frequent criticism for ownership of the hotel because it hosts foreign diplomats and corporate executives with business before his administration.The emoluments clause exists.
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New York
Wegmans Has Come to Brooklyn. Why Are New Yorkers Losing Their Minds?
The wholesome and enormous grocery store has achieved a cultlike status in the city.New York city does not drive.
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Opinion
The S.E.C.’s Clayton Turns Oversight Partisan
What is happening at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board should alarm everyone. The Trump administration is eroding its independence.Investment depends on truthful auditing.
This threatens public ownership.
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U.S.
Muslim Student Athlete Disqualified From Race for Wearing Hijab
Noor Alexandria Abukaram, 16, was disqualified from a high school cross-country race in Ohio because she did not have permission to run in her hijab. Officials said the rule might change.The Ohio rule is unlawful.
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Business
One Family Built Forever 21, and Fueled Its Collapse
The retailer’s bankruptcy filing, and interviews with former employees, give a rare glimpse into a family controlled, intensely secretive operation.A fashon company failed to follow fashon.
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U.S.
Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren? New Polls Differ on Who’s Leading 2020 Race
Surveys released this week show varying, and sometimes conflicting, races unfolding nationally and in early primary states.Elizabeth Warren has my favor
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Opinion
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Lose Your Vote
Those with plans for everything prove only that they can’t be trusted to plan for anything.Few plans survive contact with reality.
Warren believes government is possible and necessary.
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Opinion
Why Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Trade in Conspiracy Theories About Tulsi Gabbard
The problem is not just paranoia. It’s also that she questioned a candidate’s motives rather than the soundness of her views.Tulsi Gabbard has views.
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Opinion
No, We Won’t Just ‘Get Over It’
We dare not fail this test of our constitutional government.good
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Opinion
Is God Skipping the Democratic Primary?
The candidates’ reticence about religion is excessive and unwise.Lets leave gods out of it.
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Health
$260 Million Opioid Settlement Reached at Last Minute With Big Drug Companies
The deal involves large pharmaceutical distributors and Teva, resolving cases that sought redress from the devastation caused by two decades of opioid abuse.A cheap exit if it holds.
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World
As Putin Era Begins to Wane, Russia Unleashes a Sweeping Crackdown
A wave of arrests against journalists, opposition activists, doctors and religious believers raises a question: Is this a police state in the making or just a highly dysfunctional one?I can't know.
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