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Opinion
Winners and Losers of the Democratic Debate
Our columnists and contributors give their rankings.Attending was the win.
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U.S.
6 Takeaways From the December Democratic Debate
If hour one of Thursday’s debate was a substantive if sedate affair, hour two had significant and even sizzling moments.Foot in mouth disease.
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U.S.
Evangelical Magazine Christianity Today Calls for Trump’s Removal
The magazine said the president had abused his power and violated the Constitution. Mr. Trump responded by saying he had done more for evangelicals than any other president.The Republican party has made unhappy alliances.
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Opinion
The Tyranny of the 63 Million
Impeachment didn’t undermine democracy. It vindicated it.The Republican coalition will break again.
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U.S.
December Democratic Debate: A Smaller, Whiter Stage
Tonight’s face-off among seven Democrats will be the most intimate affair of the 2020 primary. Here are the key dynamics to watch.This is not the Democratic party convention.
Equality is the only possible reparation.
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World
As Protests Rage on Citizenship Bill, Is India Becoming a Hindu Nation?
Several people have been killed as unrest spreads to new corners of the country. Many see the passage of a new law as anti-Muslim.India is a Hindu nation.
It is becoming a puritan nation.
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U.S.
Democratic Candidates Go on the Attack, and Buttigieg Is the Target
The seven candidates excoriated President Trump, then turned on one another, as tension between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, building for weeks, broke into the open.It is primary season.
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Opinion
Give Joe Biden His Due
He radiates decency and just had his best debate. Maybe he could go the distance.Biden has earned a comfortable retirement.
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U.S.
A Law Professor’s Provocative Argument: Trump Has Not Yet Been Impeached
Other legal academics took issue with his view that impeachment only happens when the House transmits its charges to the Senate.Impeachment is inevitable.
Falling is not fallen.
The process is not compleate.
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U.S.
Slotkin, Backing Impeachment, Draws Instant Protests, and Applause
Representative Elissa Slotkin, a moderate Democrat from Michigan, announced Monday that she would vote to impeach President Trump — and quickly faced the consequences.Noise.
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Michael Bloomberg’s Black Swan
Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 57 minutes ago
He was told he would lose. In any other year, he probably would have. But
2001 was not any other year.
Not this time.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 22, 2019
Tony Wikrent at Ian Welsh - 2 hours ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 22, 2019 by Tony Wikrent
Economics Action Group, North Carolina Democratic Party Progressive Caucus
Strategic Political Economy Canada’s infrastructure was once cheap and
effective to build. Now, it’s a titanic transfer from taxpayers to the
world’s biggest businesses and investors [boing boing, via Naked Capitalism
12-16-19] However, a […]
There is not much left there.
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The Week in Tech: How Is Antitrust Enforcement Changing?
Steve Lohr at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
A reporter who has covered the tech industry for more than two decades
explains how we may be entering a progressive era of antitrust.
Antitrust has been neglected.
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On the Impeachment Beat, but in Your Inbox
Noah Weiland at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
Impeachment is a big story. In the Impeachment Briefing newsletter, I pull
out each day’s most important threads so you can follow along in a
different way.
Publish as possible. I don't need to watch closely.
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Officials Discussed Hold on Ukraine Aid After Trump Spoke With Country’s Leader
Edward Wong at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Emails also suggest President Trump first began asking about $250 million
in Pentagon aid after a June 19 article in the Washington Examiner.
Details.
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Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
With a relentless attack on liberalism, the president returned to his
greatest hits: attacks on the “fake news,” environmentalists, liberals and
immigrants.
He is being impeached.
There is no action he can take.
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How Trump Made a Writer of Thrillers Stick to Facts
Sarah Lyall at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
Richard North Patterson wrote best-selling novels about presidents, until
he decided that the political moment was too strange to make anything up.
The narative should end.
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Colleges Agree to Allow Increased Competition for Applicants
Erica L. Green at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Most colleges have no difficulty getting enough applicants.
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Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party
Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The president demands complete fealty, and as the impeachment hearings
showed, he has largely attained it. To cross him is to risk a future in the
Republican party.
Get rid of the tweeter in chief.
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Open Thread
Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 1 day ago
Use the comments to this post to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Impeachment and a Wine Cave Debate: This Week in the 2020 Race
Maggie Astor and Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The final Democratic debate of the year took place against the backdrop of
a House vote to impeach President Trump. Here’s a recap.
No news.
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Russia, Backed by China, Casts 14th U.N. Veto on Syria to Block Cross-Border Aid
Reuters at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Russia, backed by China, on Friday cast its 14th U.N. Security Council veto
since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011 to block cross-border aid
deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.
No change.
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Administration Threatened Veto Over Ukraine Aid in Spending Package
Emily Co
chrane and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Had the language not been removed, administration officials threatened that
President Trump would veto must-pass spending legislation, prompting
another government shutdown.
Events that did not happen.
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Surveillance Court Orders Review of Actions by Ex-F.B.I. Lawyer
Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Amid fallout from a scathing inspector general report, the court that
oversees national security surveillance is also getting a new presiding
judge.
Privacy should not exist for people not named Trump.
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Trump Has a Habit of Quoting His Allies on Twitter Saying Things They Never Said
Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The president frequently injects his own words into statements he claims
his supporters said on Fox News or elsewhere. They rarely publicly correct
him.
Trump is known to lie.
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Trump is known to lie.
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Democratic Debate Clashes Had a Common Denominator: Iowa
Sydney Ember and Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar are trying to knock each
other out in the Iowa caucuses, where they need strong finishes to stay
viable in the 2020 race.
Iowa does not do "First one past the pole". Each caucus picks one.
They do pick first.
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Iowa does not do "First one past the pole". Each caucus picks one.
They do pick first.
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Homelessness Rises 2.7 Percent, Driven by California’s Crisis, Report Says
Lola Fadulu at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Soaring rates of homelessness in California, which is struggling with
out-of-reach housing costs and affordable housing construction, pulled that
figure upward.
California has some bearable climate and bearable politics.
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California has some bearable climate and bearable politics.
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Evangelical Leaders Close Ranks With Trump After Scathing Editorial
Elizabeth Dias and Jeremy W. Peters at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Christianity Today’s call for President Trump’s removal gave voice to his
evangelical critics. But they remain a minority in a political movement
that Mr. Trump has reshaped in his own mold.
Winning is a primary goal for evangelical politics.
Charity is a tool.
Entitlement is not a tool of Cristianity.
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Winning is a primary goal for evangelical politics.
Charity is a tool.
Entitlement is not a tool of Cristianity.
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Columbia Inquiry Found Plagiarism in Monica Crowley’s Dissertation
Alan Rappeport at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
An investigation concluded that the Treasury Department’s top spokeswoman
did not commit research misconduct, but required extensive revisions.
She was given a "Mulligan".
She keeps her hood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulligan_(games)
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She was given a "Mulligan".
She keeps her hood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulligan_(games)
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U.S. Accuses Venezuela’s President of Rigging Coming Vote
Lara Jakes and Anatoly Kurmanaev at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
At stake is control of the country’s National Assembly, which is controlled
by the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has accused President Nicolás
Maduro of corruption.
Trump does not learn.
The marines would have to fight.
Trump does not learn.
The marines would have to fight.
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