Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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For Once, Republicans Break With Trump, but Not on Impeachment

Carl Hulse at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Foreign policy is one area where congressional Republicans have felt free to criticize the president, and they have bombarded him with public complaints over his decision to pull back in Syria.
 
The American troops have been withdrawn from the Syrian border.
Turky is familiar with genocide.
 

Sanders Says He Will ‘Change the Nature’ of His Campaign After Heart Attack

Sydney Ember and Jonathan Martin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The Vermont senator vowed to slow his grueling campaign pace. He also acknowledged that voters would take his health into account when deciding whether to support him.
 
Bernie Sanders is neither young or healthy.
 

Sanders Says He Will ‘Change the Nature’ of His Campaign After Heart Attack

Sydney Ember at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The Vermont senator also acknowledged that voters would take his health into account when deciding whether to support him.
 
Doubt is cause for thought.
 

Fifth Democratic Debate Will Be in Georgia, With 8 Candidates So Far

Maggie Astor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The Democratic National Committee announced that the debate would be held in the Atlanta area on Nov. 20, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post.
 
Fewer concentrates peoples attention.
 

F.B.I. Practices for Intercepted Emails Violated 4th Amendment, Judge Ruled

Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Newly declassified files reveal a secret court fight over the F.B.I.’s procedures for searching for Americans’ messages within a warrantless surveillance program’s repository.
 
The U.S. does not need a star chamber.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Chamber
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States#Safeguards_of_justice_(Amendments_4,_5,_6,_7,_and_8)
 
"The Fourth Amendment (1791) protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures of either self or property by government officials. A search can mean everything from a frisking by a police officer or to a demand for a blood test to a search of an individual's home or car. A seizure occurs when the government takes control of an individual or something in his or her possession. Items that are seized often are used as evidence when the individual is charged with a crime. It also imposes certain limitations on police investigating a crime and prevents the use of illegally obtained evidence at trial. "
 

Trump’s Ukraine Call Was ‘Crazy’ and ‘Frightening,’ Official Told Whistle-Blower

Nicholas Fandos at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
The whistle-blower wrote a memo describing an official who heard the call as “visibly shaken” by it.
 
Trump is to be feared. 
 

In Trump, Turkey’s Erdogan Keeps Finding a Sympathetic Ear

Michael Crowley and Carlotta Gall at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
The Turkish leader has repeatedly talked the president around to his view of the world.
 
Yes. 
 

Militia Commander Says It Will Attack Turkish Forces if They Enter Syria

Ben Hubbard, Carlotta Gall and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Turkey’s president said a Syrian operation was imminent but confusion remained over President Trump’s Syria policy.
 
No surprise.
 
Balfore did a bad job.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1926
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Balfour 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_War_of_Independence
 

The Yom Kippur Prayer on Cory Booker’s Lips

Jennifer Medina at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
On the 2020 campaign trail, the senator from New Jersey relies on some help from his rabbinical friends, and his decades of Jewish learning.
 
How can justice be done in the Levant?
 
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Trump’s Trade War Could Put Swiss-Size Dent in Global Economy, I.M.F. Warns

Ana Swanson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
The International Monetary Fund is the latest global organization to warn of growing economic fallout from President Trump’s trade war.
 
Trump's trade war is silly.  
He is demanding the impossible.
 
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Elizabeth Warren Details Her Account of Losing Teaching Job Because of Pregnancy

Thomas Kaplan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
Ms. Warren said she had grown more comfortable talking about her experience over the years, explaining why her description of the 1971 episode in her stump speeches differs from how she discussed it in the past.
 
The Republican party is fighting for its life.
I judge the fight lost.
 
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By Taking Aim at Chinese Tech Firms, Trump Signals a Strategy Shift

Paul Mozur and Edward Wong at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
In blacklisting surveillance companies, the United States is the first major government to punish China for its crackdown on Muslims.
 
Internationally intelectual property does not exist.
 
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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Happened Today

Noah Weiland at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
With a dramatic letter to Democrats and the blocking of a key witness, the White House signaled how far it was willing to go to oppose investigative efforts.
 
Congress has the right to investigate.
 
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White House Declares War on Impeachment Inquiry, Claiming Effort to Undo Trump’s Election

Nicholas Fandos, Peter Baker, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
President Trump’s lawyer denounced the House investigation as an illegitimate exercise, and declared that the executive branch would not participate.
 
Trump's election is a past event.
It cannot be undone.
He has done the things he should not have done if he wishes to stay in office.
A Democratic congress and president would certainly do other things than Trump would do.
First the Democrats must win.
Impeachment and removal will not remove Trump's actions.
 
If Trump manages to stop the investigation I fear for our imperfect democracy and Constitution.
 
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The Rise and Fall of Democracy(.com)

Niraj Chokshi at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The domain name can be yours, for a minimum bid of $300,000.
 
Beware of publications called Truth or News.
 
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Julián Castro’s Mom Always Wanted Him to Be This Outspoken

Jennifer Medina at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
It took Donald Trump to help get him there.
 
Yes.
 
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He Was Trump’s First Fan in Congress. Now He’s a Felon.

Vivian Wang at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
Chris Collins’s sudden rise and fall from presidential cheerleader to admitted liar is a tale of money, family ties and murky ethics.
 
This might mean something.
 
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Supreme Court Considers Whether Civil Rights Act Protects L.G.B.T. Workers

Adam Liptak and Jeremy W. Peters at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The court seemed divided along predictable lines, with a possible exception: Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, a member of the conservative majority.
 
I am worried that it is a question.
 
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G.M. Strike’s Economic Toll Is Showing: ‘I Might Lose the Business’

Nelson D. Schwartz and David Yaffe-Bellany at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
Much of the pain from the strike, now in its fourth week, is concentrated in the northern Midwest, which was already contending with a manufacturing slowdown.
 
Breaking up G.M. would be a good thing.
 
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America’s Betrayal of the Kurds

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 23 hours ago
So, Trump’s going to let Turkey invade area of Syria held by the Kurds. Yes, this is a betrayal of one of America’s allies. But no one. No one with any sense should EVER think that America is actually their ally. America will betray anyone. America doesn’t even have interests, it has domestic politics bought […]
 
Ian Welsh makes good points.
I cannot refute him on this.
Democratic party internal politics get less of his attention.
 
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