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U.S.

After Impeachment, an Angry Trump Looks to Voters for Vindication

By Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, Jeremy W. Peters and Elaina Plott | Dec 20th 2019

President Trump, barring the unforeseen, will be the first American president to face voters after being charged with high crimes and misdemeanors.

Donald Trump is known to lie.

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U.S.

Durham Is Scrutinizing Ex-C.I.A. Director’s Role in Russian Interference Findings

By Katie Benner and Julian E. Barnes | Dec 20th 2019

The federal prosecutor investigating the origins of the Russia inquiry is examining testimony by the former C.I.A. director John Brennan and seeking his communications records.

They must look.
There is nothing new to find.

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World

U.S. Braces for Major North Korean Weapons Test as Trump’s Diplomacy Fizzles

By David E. Sanger, Edward Wong and Michael Crowley | Dec 21st 2019

President Trump’s summits with Kim Jong-un have failed to bring concrete results, and the diplomatic vacuum has given North Korea more time to build its nuclear arsenal.

Trump does not negotiate.

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U.S.

Woman Ran Over Girl Because She Was ‘a Mexican,’ Police Say

By Johnny Diaz | Dec 21st 2019

The police charged a Des Moines woman with attempted murder after she told investigators she intentionally ran over a 14-year-old girl with her vehicle.

Some people are guilty without mitigation.

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Opinion

Is Nancy Pelosi Caught in a Trap or Setting One?

By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens | Dec 24th 2019

Even if the outcome of a Senate trial is predictable, the political consequences of impeachment are not.

Yes.   It is known what must be done.
Doing it is demanding.

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Opinion

Why I Voted Against the Trump Impeachment

By Jim Sensenbrenner | Dec 20th 2019

The investigation against President Clinton was thorough and nonpartisan. The Trump proceedings have been the opposite in every way.

The fact that the Republican party suffers from fixed false ideas is no reason
to do the wrong thing.
Trump has commited high crimes and misdemeanors.

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U.S.

The 2020 Democrats Were Told to Give a Gift or Ask Forgiveness. Guess What the Women Chose.

By Maggie Astor | Dec 20th 2019

It was the last question of the last debate of the year and Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, who differ on many policy issues, were united in their answer.

The women are correct.

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Opinion

Democrats May Save Us Yet

By Paul Krugman | Dec 20th 2019

America’s defenders of democracy take a stand.

Sooner is better.

Paul Krugman says some good things.

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World

Speaking Out on Gay Rights and Corruption Costs Ambassador His Job

By Ruth Maclean | Dec 24th 2019

Zambia’s president wanted U.S. Ambassador Daniel Foote gone after he criticized the government for corruption and for sending a gay couple to prison.

Daniel Foote was insufficiently diplomatic.

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New York

The Hidden Perk That New York’s Mega-Rich Now Demand

By James Barron | Dec 24th 2019

The porte cochère, a covered entry, all but disappeared decades ago. High-end buildings catering to car owners are bringing it back.

The private automobile is becoming a fashion accessory.



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The ‘But I Would Vote for Joe Biden’ Republicans

Katie Glueck at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago

For some Democrats, a key part of the former vice president’s pitch is that their moderate friends and relatives like him, too.

That is not enough.

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For Trump Organization, Office Skyscrapers Make Up for Lagging Hotels

Eric Lipton and Steve Eder at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

Office towers in New York and San Francisco — centers of political resistance — are offsetting revenue downturns in the president’s glitzier Trump-branded hotels.

The emoluments clause applies.

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G.O.P. Senator ‘Disturbed’ by McConnell’s ‘Total Coordination’ with White House

Zach Montague at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska revealed the first public qualms with Mitch McConnell’s vow to coordinate with the White House on a quick impeachment trial for President Trump.

One is not enough.

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Christian Post Editor Resigns Over Editorial Defending Trump

Karen Zraick at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago

The evangelical site criticized a pro-impeachment editorial in Christianity Today.

The simple protest does not suffice.

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Merry Christmas

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 1 day ago

I hope everyone has a good day. Feel free to comment below, and try to keep it kind.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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Bloomberg Drops Vendor Connected to Prison Labor

Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Michael R. Bloomberg said that he had not been aware of the practice until he was contacted by a reporter, but that his campaign ended its relationship with the company immediately.

Cheap labor can be found.

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How Bernie Sanders Learned to Love Campaigning in California

Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

California is the linchpin of Mr. Sanders’s 2020 strategy, a state he hopes will turbocharge his campaign on Super Tuesday — or revive his candidacy if he underperforms in the early states.

Loseing can be educational.

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Trump Complains About Impeachment After Christmas Eve Message to Troops

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The president lashed out at Democrats for treating him unfairly and said the Republicans who control the Senate would conduct an impeachment trial however they saw fit.

Donald Trump is known to lie.

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Democrats Who Flipped Seats in 2018 Have a 2020 Playbook: Focus on Drug Costs

Jennifer Steinhauer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

House Democrats in key swing districts hope the debate over rising costs will give them a decisive advantage next year, especially in suburbs where President Trump remains unpopular.

This is probably not the best idea.

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Pentagon Eyes Africa Drawdown as First Step in Global Troop Shift

Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The deliberations stem from a push to reduce missions battling distant terrorist groups, and to instead refocus on confronting so-called Great Powers like Russia and China.

We have been promised this repeatedly.

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Rudy Giuliani Says He’s ‘More of a Jew’ Than George Soros

Daniel Victor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Mr. Soros, a liberal billionaire, is a Holocaust survivor from Hungary.

Ask an orthodox Rabi.

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G.O.P. Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Government

Mike Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

A Washington State legislator was accused of participating in the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge. Behind the scenes, he and right-wing activists were preparing for civil strife.

There is a place in the mental ward for him.

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House Democrats Demand Answers as Migrant Deaths Continue to Rise

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

The House oversight panel on Monday asked immigration officials to explain how migrants continue to die in homeland security’s custody.

It is the administration plan.

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Klobuchar Is Banking on Iowa Moderates. Her Problem: So Is Buttigieg.

Sydney Ember at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

Amy Klobuchar remains in a distant fifth place in Iowa, where her biggest challenge is translating rising curiosity around her candidacy into support on caucus night.

Iowa will caucus.

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Bannon’s Work With Wanted Chinese Billionaire Began Shortly After He Left White House

Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

Stephen K. Bannon, once President Trump’s top political adviser, struck up a business relationship with a mysterious and wanted Chinese billionaire just after his White House job ended.

Steve Bannon is following his ambition
making trouble for the enemies of the navy.

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Fresh Evidence in Hand, Schumer Demands More Emails and Documents

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Catie Edmondson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, laid out a long list of records Democrats would like to see as the House pressed for testimony from a former White House counsel.

The Impeachment managers have supoena power.

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Making the Front Page: How All the News Fits in Print

Suzanne Daley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

Today’s A1 is the result of a far more democratic and organic process than the one in place when I arrived at The Times in 1978.

Things change at the Times.

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The Coming Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide In India

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 2 days ago
  

India is currently experiencing protests and riots over a pair of two laws. The state of Assam, in Northeast India, has a national register of citizens. It was recently updated, and 1.9 million residents weren’t on it. Most of those are Bengali Muslims, many likely from Muslim majority Bangladesh. India is building camps in Assam […]

Billions will die.

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Montana Battle Over Aid for Religious Schools Reaches Supreme Court

Adam Liptak at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

The justices will hear arguments next month over whether states may erect walls between church and state high enough to exclude religious groups from some government benefits.

Separation of church and state is required.

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Elizabeth Warren Returns to Oklahoma, Stressing Working-Class Roots

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago

It was a personal and political homecoming at a key moment in Ms. Warren’s candidacy. Her monthslong rise in national polling has stalled in recent weeks.

Elizabeth Warren is doing the proper things..

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