Thursday, July 23, 2020

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2 Cafeterias Used by White House Staff Close After Employee Contracts the Virus

Neil Vigdor and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 25 minutes ago
The cafeterias are in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the New Executive Office Building, which are part of the White House complex.
 
The public gates do not stop Covid-19.
The postern  and sally ports open.
 

House Democrats Considered 10 Impeachment Articles Before Narrowing Their Case Against Trump

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 25 minutes ago
The question of what to include in the case against President Trump is at the heart of a new book by Norm Eisen, a lawyer working with House Democrats in the impeachment effort.
 
Trump has been impeachable almost from his oath of office.
The problem is getting a super-majority of the senate to agree. 
 

How Limbaugh, Hannity and Other Right-Wing Media Stars Are Amplifying Trump's "Law and Order" Message

Michael M. Grynbaum at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and other conservative pundits have seized on the Portland protests as a pro-Trump rallying cry.
 
This is a standard autocratic tactic.
The demonstrations are tot aimed at the legitimacy of government
but rather at specific people in immune positions.
 

Republicans, Deeply Divided on Coronavirus Stimulus, Near Agreement on Opening Offer

Emily Cochrane, Nicholas Fandos and Jim Tankersley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Republicans said they had reached an agreement in principle on their opening bid for coronavirus relief, but they remain divided. They have yet to even begin negotiating with Democrats.
 
The Republican proposal is not acceptable.
Trump's lips are moving.
 

AOC Upbraids Republican Ted Yoho After He Denies Vulgarly Insulting Her

Luke Broadwater at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Representative Ted Yoho apologized for the tone of a run-in with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but denied calling her a misogynistic pair of expletives. “Not an apology,” she responded.
 
Ted Yoho deserves any rejection short of a bullet.
 

Right-Wing Media Stars Amplify Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Campaign Message

Michael M. Grynbaum at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and other conservative pundits have seized on the Portland protests as a pro-Trump rallying cry.
 
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There is order.  It frightens the right wing.
There is less law than should exist.
 
"When in the course of human events . . ." 
 

Accuse, Evict, Repeat: Why Punishing China and Russia for Cyberattacks Fails

David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
So far, there is scant evidence that these punishments have limited the cyberattacks and other bad behavior from America’s two greatest rivals for influence and power around the world.
 
There has been no illegitimate force in these actions.
Trump must learn diplomacy.
 

Trump Denies Talking to Ambassador About Moving British Open to His Resort

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson IV did not deny the episode, but in a Twitter post he wrote that he did not violate any regulations.
 
Trump lies when his lips or equivalently fingers move.
 

Miami Mayor Wants Florida to Mask Up, Too

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami, a Republican, wants President Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis to enforce a masks-in-public rule.
 
Mayor Francis Suarez of Miami is not as crazy as Trump.
 
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House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From U.S. Capitol

Catie Edmondson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The bipartisan vote to banish the statues from display was the latest step in a nationwide push to remove historical symbols of racism and oppression from public places.
 
There can be no peace with Confederate residuals.
 
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Ocasio-Cortez Upbraids Republican After He Denies Vulgarly Insulting Her

Luke Broadwater at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Representative Ted Yoho apologized for the tone of a run-in with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but denied calling her a misogynistic pair of expletives. “Not an apology,” she responded.
 
Ted Yoho is a Trump loyalist.
He lies when his lips move. 
 
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Calls for Trump to Invoke Defense Production Act as Coronavirus Surges

Aishvarya Kavi at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Experts say the law could be more actively used to secure medical supplies, but the Trump administration’s reluctance has left states and medical providers in “chaos.”
 
Trump denies the existence of Covid-19.
 
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Congress Sends Landmark Conservation Bill to Trump

Carl Hulse at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The legislation for the first time guarantees money for land acquisition and preservation, but conservatives denounced it as a federal land grab.
 
It may be Republicans finest hour.  It is not their choice.
 
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U.S. Deports Terrorism Convict It Had Sought to Hold Indefinitely

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The Trump administration sent the stateless man who had served his sentence to an undisclosed country rather than defend never-before-used executive authority to keep holding him.
 
The courts have refused to continue a war crime.
 
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Painting Bleak Portrait of Urban Crime, Trump Sends More Agents to Chicago and Other Cities

Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The announcement came as the president painted a dark vision of crime in cities and attacked local officials who have expressed concerns about intervention by the administration.
 
Trump and his friends are seeing things.
 
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Biden Could Quickly Reverse Trump’s Military Transgender Ban, Group Says

Helene Cooper at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
An advocacy group says the Pentagon would not need months to study how to allow transgender people to serve, because it had already done so to prepare the Obama policy that was reversed.
 
We are lucky the transgender are willing to serve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko
 
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Pfizer Gets $1.95 Billion to Produce Coronavirus Vaccine by Year’s End

Noah Weiland, Denise Grady and David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
Two pharmaceutical companies announced a nearly $2 billion contract for 600 million doses of a vaccine, with the first 100 million promised before the end of the year.
 
Pfizer will not get the prize.
 
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Pfizer Gets $1.95 Billion to Produce Coronavirus Vaccine by Year’s End

Noah Weiland at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
Two pharmaceutical companies announced a nearly $2 billion contract for 600 million doses of a vaccine, with the first 100 million promised before the end of the year.
 
The science does not yet exist.  There are whispers out of Oxford.
 
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A New Reason for Coronavirus Anxiety

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
The C.D.C. says the actual count is far higher than reported cases: This is your morning tip sheet.
 
Only the diagnosed can be counted.
The dead are those diagnosed discharged as deceased. 
 
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Trump Keeps Reminding People Polls Can Be Wrong

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
And if surveys of likely voters don’t look promising, turn to other measures. Like boat parades.
 
Indeed polls can be wrong.
Elections can be made wrong.
 
 
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