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Trump Tax Return Case Confronts Supreme Court With a Momentous Choice
Richard M. Nixon and Bill Clinton sustained unanimous losses when they sought to withhold evidence, suggesting that President Trump may face an uphill fight.The Republican party has so loaded the Court that he may win his case.
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U.S.
Pompeo Faces Political Peril and Diplomats’ Revolt in Impeachment Inquiry
The secretary of state has been drawn deeply into the Ukraine affair, with a parade of his diplomats testifying. He is sticking by the president.Mike Pompeo has served Donald Trump and has not served the United States.
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U.S.
Democrats Win Control in Virginia and Claim Narrow Victory in Kentucky Governor’s Race
Control of Virginia’s government fell to Democrats for the first time in decades, while Andy Beshear held an edge over Gov. Matt Bevin in the Kentucky election.Yes.
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New York
Trump Taxes: Appeals Court Rules President Must Turn Over 8 Years of Tax Returns
A three-judge appeals panel said Mr. Trump’s accounting firm had to comply with a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.There will be further appeals attempted.
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The Upshot
A Sliver of the Electorate Could Decide 2020. Here’s What These Voters Want.
A demographically disparate group values both moderation and great change.The end of the Republican party is desirable.
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U.S.
As Warren Gains in Race, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm
With a populist message that promises to rein in corporate excess, Ms. Warren has been facing more hostility from the finance industry than any other candidate.Capitalism is a good servant but a disasterous master.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol
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U.S.
Justice Dept. Asks for Identifying Details on Anonymous Op-Ed Author
The writer, a senior Trump administration official, plans to write a book to be published this month.There is no reason to reveal the source of this story.
"A Warning" is said to be published.
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World
‘Extremely Evil Misconduct’: Thailand’s Palace Intrigue Spills Into View
Six months after King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s coronation, aide after aide has been ousted and denounced, even as he moves to bolster his authority.Thailannd is sovereign.
They have their own mad king.
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Your Money
Wait a Minute. How Can They Afford That When I Can’t?
Those expensive vacations and costly college educations may not be as hard-earned as you thought.I live cheap as did my parents.
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New York
Lev Parnas, Giuliani Associate, Opens Talks With Impeachment Investigators
Mr. Parnas could offer Congress a vein of information about a political pressure campaign in Ukraine.Witnesses are a treasure to the prosecution.
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New York
Trump Ordered to Pay $2 Million to Charities for Misuse of Foundation
The president admitted he had used funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his campaign and pay business debts.A small fine for man in power.
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U.S.
Ex-Ukraine Ambassador Testified She Felt Threatened by Trump
House impeachment investigators released the first transcripts of their private interviews, revealing crucial details as the inquiry enters its public phase.Trump threatens the world.
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Arts
It’s Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa
Leonardo’s painting is a security hazard, an educational obstacle and not even a satisfying bucket-list item. It’s time the Louvre moved it out of the way.There is a second painting in Spain of the same subject.
Perhapse the Louvre Mona Lisa should have its own building.
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Opinion
What I Learned When I Stabbed Myself 52 Times
A person can rage pointlessly at hardship, or draw strength from it.The Years leave none of us untouched.
I will listen to your health and you can hear me groan.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Books
Her Illness Was Misdiagnosed as Madness. Now Susannah Cahalan Takes On Madness in Medicine.
“The Great Pretender,” the new book by the author of “Brain on Fire,” is another medical detective story, but this time the person at the heart of the mystery is a doctor, not a patient."Cahalan is more circumspect. “I believe that he exposed something real,” she writes toward the end of her book. “Rosenhan’s paper, as exaggerated, and even dishonest as it was, touched on truth as it danced around it.”"
I agree that psycology is a black art.
There is some content and some fraud.
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Opinion
The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success
With “nunchi,” all you need is your eyes, your ears and a quiet mind.Buddhism without India.
Call it what you will, it eases social interaction.
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World
Mormon Family Massacre Stuns Mexico, Laying Bare Government’s Helplessness
When the gunfire on a rural roadway finally stopped, six children and three women were dead.The drug trade has captured the local government.
Us and them in a state of anarchy.
Some gangs are bigger than others.
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Opinion
The Warren Way Is the Wrong Way
Government is socialist.
Capitalists do not comprehend the idea.
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World
Russia Raided a Physics Institute. Kremlin Watchers Are Mystified.
The armed operation targeting scientists in Moscow prompted outrage and questions about over-the-top actions by the country’s increasingly aggressive security forces.Paranoia is a constant risk in autocracies.
Security is a fiction.
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U.S.
‘Innocence Is Shattered:’ A Storied Mormon Family Reels After Mexico Murders
Fundamentalist groups that split from the Mormon church have for years navigated life amid the drug war in northern Mexico.Innocence is no defence against paranoia.
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