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Armored Cars, Robots and Coal: North Korea Defies U.S. by Evading Sanctions

Edward Wong, Christoph Koettl, Whitney Hurst and Elisabetta Povoledo at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

The country is selling coal to Chinese companies to raise millions of dollars for its nuclear weapons program, analysts say. It is also importing luxury goods for the ruling elite.

Starving is not good.

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2 Congressmen Who Spent Time With Trump Go Into Isolation Amid Fear of Coronavirus

Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

One of them, Representative Matt Gaetz, rode back on Air Force One from Florida to Washington on Monday afternoon. He announced his self-quarantine an hour after getting off the president’s plane.

Communication is not improving at the Whitehouse.  

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Supreme Court to Consider When Juveniles May Get Life Without Parole

Adam Liptak at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The case is the court’s latest consideration of the constitutionality of harsh punishments for youthful offenders.

Harsh punishment does not help.

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On Politics: Scrambling to Michigan

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Biden locks down his former rivals, Sanders an old ally: This is your morning tip sheet.

Soon. 

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Once More On Elizabeth Warren In Her Moment Of Truth

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 5 hours ago

There are another set of primaries tomorrow. Bernie and Biden are neck and neck down stretch, with Biden barely a couple inches ahead. Warren has spent a week not doing anything but complain about Bernie and going on a comedy show. Today is the last moment Warren can endorse either Bernie or Biden and look […]

Elizabeth Warren knows what she is doing.  I do not.

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Financial System Faces Biggest Test Since 2008 as Coronavirus Spreads

Alan Rappeport and Jeanna Smialek at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

The Trump administration has chipped away at the post-crisis regulatory system, moves that could expose financial system vulnerabilities if the economic threat from the virus intensifies.

The economy is entering a deflationary spiral.

The Republicans will not like the result.

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Trump Campaign Postpones Bus Tour as He Plays Down Risks of Coronavirus

Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

While in Florida for a campaign fund-raiser, the president sought to reassure Americans that the risk remained low.

Panic is only a few words away.

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On Politics: Scrambling to Michigan

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

Biden locks down his former rivals, Sanders an old ally: This is your morning tip sheet.

Soon. 

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Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden

Nick Corasaniti at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

Mr. Booker’s endorsement of Mr. Biden comes one day after Kamala Harris’s. The two senators will appear with the former vice president at a rally in Detroit on Monday night.

The safe ones. 

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How the Trump Campaign Took Over the G.O.P.

Danny Hakim and Glenn Thrush at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago

The president’s campaign manager and his allies commandeered Republican voter data and fund-raising engines, consolidating power — and profiting — in ways never before possible.

They have applied political power from above.

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Democrats Eye a Vice-Presidential Consolation Prize for Women

Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

A female vice president would make history. But some cringe at settling for silver after spending a year competing hard for the gold.

Elizabeth Warren is reluctant to accept the vicepresidency.
The governor of Massachusetts is a Republican. 
She would be replaced in the senate by a Republican.

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Manipulated Biden Video Escalates Online Speech War With Trump

Cecilia Kang at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

For the first time, Twitter applied its policy against fake and misleading videos and labeled one.

Facebook must change its business model.

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Trump Assails Pelosi as He Opts to Skip Bipartisan St. Patrick’s Day Lunch

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago

Trump does not move past a grudge.


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State Dept. Tells Americans to Avoid Cruise Ships, Despite Trump’s Misgivings

Noah Weiland and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago

Trump does not study.  He backs his guesses.


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For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can’t Tweet Away

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country.

Viruses can't listen or easily learn.

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Judge Orders Medical Panel to Evaluate Tortured Guantánamo Prisoner

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

U.S. law forbids torture.

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Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Jesse Jackson likes instability.

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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 8, 2020

Tony Wikrent at Ian Welsh - 1 day ago

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 8, 2020 by Tony Wikrent Economics Action Group, North Carolina Democratic Party Progressive Caucus Strategic Political Economy Lessons for the Green New Deal from the Economic Mobilization for World War Two (PDF deck) [Josh Mason, via Naked Capitalism 3-2-20] (Based on forthcoming Roosevelt Institute paper coauthored with Andrew Bossie) […]

The Republican regime is in economic trouble.
The trouble looks like deflation.

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A Secret Accord With the Taliban: When and How the U.S. Would Leave Afghanistan

David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The Taliban have read the secret annexes of the recently signed peace deal. But most Americans haven’t, nor have many of their elected representatives.

The missionary effort seems to have failed.

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Kamala Harris Endorses Joe Biden for President

Thomas Kaplan and Jonathan Martin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Ms. Harris, who ended her own presidential campaign in December, is the latest in a parade of prominent Democrats to throw their support behind Mr. Biden.

A safe and stable removal of Trump Republicans is the present goal.


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