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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 13, 2020
Tony Wikrent, Ian Welsh - 2 hours ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – September 13, 2020 by Tony Wikrent
Strategic Political Economy Some graphs and comments for LABOR DAY Tony
Wikrent September 7, 2020 [Real Economics] Industrial Revolutionaries: To
understand how to revitalize our economy, you only have to look back to the
founders. Ganesh Sitaraman, September 10, 2020 [The American Prospect] As
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A retrospective view.
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Minnesota Seemed Ripe for a Trump Breakout. It Has Not Arrived.
Astead W. Herndon, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Minnesota was a near miss for Donald Trump in 2016. But new polling shows
him well behind where he finished four years ago in a state he views as a
prime pickup opportunity.
Trump is not winning in Minnesota.
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At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response
Lara Jakes and Pranshu Verma, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Aggressive oversight of the aid agency by political appointees at the White
House and the State Department has delayed humanitarian aid when the world
needs it
most.
The branding is a remainder of the Russian cold war.
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Big Voting Decisions in Florida, Wisconsin, Texas: What They Mean for November
Nick Corasaniti, Stephanie Saul and Patricia Mazzei, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Less than two months before the election, both parties are waging legal
battles around the country over who gets to vote and how.
The Republican party is winning more in court than they should.
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A New Look at the Often Barely United States
John Williams, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Richard Kreitner talks about “Break It Up,” his new book about deep
divisions and secessionist movements throughout American history.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/full-text
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of
Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America."
The United States has fought a civil war over this bit of text.
The secessionists lost.
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Trump to Visit California After Criticism Over Silence on Wildfires
Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
The announcement came after the president acknowledged a wildfire season
that so far has claimed at least 20 lives and destroyed millions of acres
of land in California, Oregon and Washington.
Trump does not understand the constitution.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/full-text
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of
Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America."
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Colorado Official Sues Postal Service Over Election Mailer She Says Misleads Voters
Luke Broadwater and Kenneth P. Vogel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
The suit comes as the Postal Service has drawn scrutiny for a mail delivery
slowdown that Democrats have charged are part of an effort by President
Trump to hobble mail-in voting to bolster his re-election.
The suit should be successful.
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Political Appointees Meddled in C.D.C.’s ‘Holiest of the Holy’ Health Reports
Noah Weiland, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Abby Goodnough, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
Trump loyalists at the Health and Human Services Department have been
exerting influence on the Centers for Disease Control’s weekly reports on
all disease outbreaks, the coronavirus and beyond.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
The citizens of the U.S. are responsible for the actions of their government.
That responsibility cannot be delegated.
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‘Cuties’ Sparks a Firestorm, Again, After Its Netflix Release
Christina Morales, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
Several members of Congress have weighed in on the award-winning film,
including to call for its removal from Netflix or a Justice Department
investigation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolshoi_Ballet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_the_United_States
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Trump Pressed for Plasma Therapy. Officials Worry, Is an Unvetted Vaccine Next?
Sharon LaFraniere, Noah Weiland and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
New details of how the president has demanded faster action from health
agencies help explain the intensifying concern that he could demand
pre-Election Day approval of a vaccine.
The citizens of the U.S. are responsible for the actions of their government.
That responsibility cannot be delegated.
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Confederate Statue Near Site of White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Is Removed
Derrick Bryson Taylor, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
The 111-year-old monument, “At Ready,” includes two cannons and
cannonballs. It was near the site of a violent white supremacist rally in
2017 that killed one and injured dozens more.
The Confederacy will not rise again.
There is one Union.
Emancipation is the law of the land.
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Sanders Urging Biden to Do More to Excite Progressives
Sydney Ember, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
Bernie Sanders has been sounding more direct notes of caution to the Biden
campaign, saying the centrist former vice president should work harder to
appeal to young voters and Latinos.
If Biden does not win the Progressive movement will be criminalized.
Let Trump and his followers be removed before the next cold war starts.
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Trump Onslaught Against Biden Falls Short of a Breakthrough
Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
President Trump has leveled scathing law-and-order attacks on Joseph Biden
for weeks. But a new poll shows Mr. Biden ahead in three states Mr. Trump
hopes to pick up, and maintaining a lead in Wisconsin.
Trump is known to lie.
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In Wisconsin Poll, Unrest Concerns Don’t Translate Into Surge for Trump
Reid J. Epstein and Sabrina Tavernise, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Worries about law and order have become so prevalent that likely voters say
it’s just as important as solving the coronavirus pandemic. But voters
aren’t favoring Mr. Trump on the issue.
"Black Lives Matter" is a statement of fact.
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Bahrain Recognized Israel. Here's Why It Matters.
Mark Landler, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The announcement that Bahrain would establish full diplomatic relations
with Israel leaves open the possibility that more Arab states will follow.
Few that disagree with puritans would be rulled by them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
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Open Thread
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 day ago
Use the comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Targeting Conservative Terrain, Democrats Look to Independent Challengers in Alaska
Carl Hulse, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The bids of two congressional candidates are shaping up as crucial tests of
whether a centrist label can overcome resistance to Democrats in a
conservative-leaning state.
Alaska is a special case.
Conservative as defined by Trump does not fit.
Progressive as defined by Sanders does not fit.
Alaska is a frontier.
They must find their way.
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Targeting Conservative Terrain, Democrats Look to Independent Challengers in Alaska
Carl Hulse, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The bids of two congressional candidates are shaping up as crucial tests of
whether a centrist label can overcome resistance to Democrats in a
conservative-leaning state.
Alaska is a special case.
Conservative as defined by Trump does not fit.
Progressive as defined by Sanders does not fit.
Alaska is a frontier.
They must find their way.
Tourism is not a good way to live.
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Mandela, Gorbachev, Trump? A Disruptive President Plays Peacemaker
Michael Crowley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
President Trump seems exceedingly unlikely to receive a call from the Nobel
Committee next month, but all the talk of peace prizes spotlights what has
become a core foreign policy message in recent weeks.
Trump has no foreign policy.
The state department is neglected.
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Trump Has Changed the Face America Presents to the World
Helene Cooper, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The people who now represent the United States, interacting with visiting
foreign leaders in Washington and at the highest levels abroad, are
overwhelmingly white and male.
Foreign Policy is Trump's domestic policy.
He would send them all back where they came from.
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