Saturday, October 3, 2020

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Biden Campaign Scrambles to Adjust to New Uncertainty in Race
Katie Glueck, Thomas Kaplan and Sydney Ember, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Joe Biden tested negative for the coronavirus and planned to go ahead with campaign events. But President Trump’s positive test injects a volatile new element into the race just a month before Election Day.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/us/trump-vs-biden
 
Biden continues to campaign.
 
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Trump's Election Campaign Upended by Positive Coronavirus Test
Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
With his health and the country’s stability at risk, strategists and even senior aides to the president said he would face a harsh judgment from voters.
 
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are known to lie.
 
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In Photos: Some of Trump’s Meetings Before Virus Test
The New York Times, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
President Trump revealed early Friday that he had tested positive for coronavirus. Over the past week, he interacted with scores of staff members, donors and supporters.
 
Biological Warfare.
Which side is he on?
 
4
Chris Wallace, Awaiting Virus Test, Tells Fox News Viewers: ‘Wear the Damn Mask’
Michael M. Grynbaum, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The anchor, who sat about 12 feet from the president at Tuesday’s debate, also criticized one of Trump’s pandemic advisers.
 
Trump is hospitalized.
 
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New 9/11 Trial Judge Steps Down, Citing Conflicts
Carol Rosenberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
The recusal of Col. Stephen Keane from hearing the case at Guantánamo Bay adds another roadblock to restarting pretrial hearings in the long-running case.
 
Send these prisoners home.
They have not had a prompt trial under U.S. law.
 
7
Meet Theater’s Most Famous Superfan: Hillary Clinton
Michael Paulson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
She’s been to 39 shows since the 2016 election, and believes Broadway will return. But she doesn’t have the “gumption” to see herself depicted just yet.
 
It was political theater on a grand scale.
She had the staring role as the villain. 
The producers could not have her dragged down to hell finally. 

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Stock Markets Fall After Trump's Positive Virus Test
Matt Phillips and Eshe Nelson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Mr. Trump’s disclosure injected a huge amount of uncertainty into financial markets, and uncertainty is what investors like least.
 
The Republican party has not yet lost all hope.
 
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Biotech Industry Pushes Trump Administration to Release New Vaccine Guidelines
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The BIO trade group, whose members include most of the vaccine makers, asked the health secretary to make the new vaccine guidelines public.
 
Trump and McConnell are known to lie.
 
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Will President Trump Get Antibody Treatments for Covid-19?
Katie Thomas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Regeneron and Eli Lilly wouldn’t say whether Mr. Trump would receive their experimental antibody drugs. Regeneron’s C.E.O. has known the president for years.
 
 "President Trump received an experimental drug for what the White House described as mild symptoms of the virus. Vice President Mike Pence, Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have tested negative.RIGHT NOW
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Strong Job Growth, a Terrible Job Market: The Bizarre 2020 Economy
Neil Irwin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
At this rate, it will take 17 months for employment to return to full health.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/opinion/trump-biden-economic-policy.html
 
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A President’s Positive Test and the Year That Won’t Let Up
Matt Flegenheimer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
President Trump’s health news brought on, for many, the kind of psychic doom-spiraling that has felt endemic to the era.
 
Trump is sick.
 
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Trump Coronavirus Timeline: From Monday's Update to Friday's Positive Test
Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
President Trump interacted with scores of staff members, donors and supporters this week. Early Friday morning, it was still unclear how many other aides who had come into close contact with him had tested positive.
 
Denial makes contact tracing very difficult.
 
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What Trump Has Said About Wearing Masks and Covid-19
Daniel Victor, Lew Serviss and Azi Paybarah, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
During the pandemic, the president has expressed confidence that the virus would quickly go away and skepticism over the effectiveness of face coverings.
 
Trump has been playing a role. Bob Woodward had him off script. (Rage)
 
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Trump Has the Coronavirus. What Risks Does He Face?
Sui-Lee Wee, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
Older men have a greater chance of becoming severely ill from Covid-19, though many recover quickly. Experts say the next week will be crucial.
 
President Pence.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/world/covid-19-coronavirus
 
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‘If He Doesn’t Win Ohio, It’s Over’: Trump Slips in the Heartland
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Four years ago, the president easily won Ohio by building a balanced coalition among white voters across educational lines. But his support has waned since then, particularly in the suburbs.
 
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ohio/
 
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A Quick Note on Trump Having Covid
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 11 hours ago
I’m not going to be pious hypocrite about this. And if anyone who has been saying that Trump’s a fascist dictator planning a coup if the election doesn’t go his way claims to not want him to die, well, that’s beyond pathetic. (The only argument is if you think Pence would be worse, but why […]
 
Ian Welsh is not a bully or a sadist.  
He is also not a politician. 

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Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
A 24-year-old volunteer died of undiagnosed malaria on the island nation of Comoros. It was one of at least three deaths since 2009 that have been linked to mistakes by Peace Corps doctors.
 
It matters who and what administers charitable activities.
 
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Democrats Mount an All-Out Effort to Get Detroit to Vote
Kathleen Gray, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
Urgently trying to avoid a repeat of 2016, when Donald Trump won Michigan by a razor-thin margin, Democrats have been focusing on driving up turnout in a city where tens of thousands didn’t vote the last time.
 
Detroit needs industry to pay the bills.
It does not build automobiles willingly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Pendergast
 
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Democrats Mount an All-Out Effort to Get Detroit to Vote
Kathleen Gray, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
Urgently trying to avoid a repeat of 2016, when Donald Trump won Michigan by a razor-thin margin, Democrats have been focusing on driving up turnout in a city where tens of thousands didn’t vote the last time.
 
Machine politics helps itself. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Pendergast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)#History

 

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