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Pfizer Applies for Emergency F.D.A. Approval for Covid-19 Vaccine
Noah Weiland and Katie Thomas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 minutes ago
A large team of regulators at the agency will take about three weeks to
review an application spanning thousands of pages.
Still no Federal plan.
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What We Know About Trump's Election Meeting with Michigan Officials
Kathleen Gray and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 38 minutes ago
Two of the state’s leading Republicans are headed to the White House on
Friday, as the president continues his efforts to subvert the election
results in their state.
These Republicans do not have the power to override the result of an election.
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Why Trump's Attempts to Overturn 2020 Election Are Unparalleled in US History
David E. Sanger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The president’s push to prevent states from certifying electors and get
legislators to override voters’ choice eclipses even the bitter 1876
election as an audacious use of brute political force.
Black Operations should not be part of the C.I.A.
Intelligence is news gathering.
The assassins need their own flag.
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Economic Policy Has Become a Partisan Game. That Could Do Long-Term Harm.
Neil Irwin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Mnuchin’s move and Shelton’s near-confirmation suggest a future of greater
risks each time party control changes.
The Trump economic policy has been extremely abusive.
It demonstrates a failure to learn from two hundred forty years of experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_North_America
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The Certification of the 2020 US Election Results is on Schedule. Here's a Timeline.
Maggie Astor, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Despite Republican efforts to undermine the process, state officials say
they fully expect to meet their upcoming deadlines.
The process is quite mechanical.
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After Trump’s Embrace, Saudis Brace for a Chillier Tone From Biden
Ben Hubbard, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Saudi Arabia’s leaders counted on President Trump’s unwavering support, but
President-elect Biden has vowed to take away the kingdom’s “dangerous blank
check.”
The U.S. economy must cease to run on oil.
The Republicans cannot comprehend the thought.
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Whatever It Is, It’s Probably Not Hair Dye
Jonah Engel Bromwich, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Hairdressers weigh in on Rudy Giuliani’s drip problem.
"Thursday’s event was the latest in an unusual series of public
appearances for Mr. Giuliani. On Nov. 7, he delivered remarks from the
parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping, a Philadelphia landscaping company close to a crematory and a pornography shop."
Rudy Giuliani has chosen the wrong client.
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Could limiting corporate candidates complicate Biden’s diversity push?
Ephrat Livni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Foolishness is not a Republican monopoly.
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Mitt Romney lashes Trump for trying to ‘subvert the will of the people.’
Neil Vigdor and Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
Mitt Romney would like to survive 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney
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Trump’s Latest Gambit
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
The president appears to meddle in Michigan’s electoral process: This is
your morning tip sheet.
Gambit refused.
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Will Lara Trump Be the Next Trump on a Ballot?
Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
The president’s daughter-in-law is said to be considering a Senate run in
her native state of North Carolina.
Only if her constituency votes for her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Swamp_(North_Carolina)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp
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Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election
Maggie Haberman, Jim Rutenberg, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
In a brazen step, the president invited Republican state leaders in
Michigan to the White House as he and his allies try to prevent the state
from certifying Joe Biden’s clear victory there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/us/politics/georgia-trump-michigan-election.html
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Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations
Danny Hakim, Mike McIntire, William K. Rashbaum and Ben Protess, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one
civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees. Some of
the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump.
The charges have been piling up.
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Biden Calls Trump’s Attack on Electoral Process ‘Totally Irresponsible’
Michael Crowley and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Choosing his words carefully, the president-elect stepped up his criticism
of President Trump and warned that the delayed transition sent “a horrible
message about who we are as a country.”
Trump did not win.
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A Third Member of the Cincinnati City Council Is Charged With Corruption
Michael Levenson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The charges against Alexander Sittenfeld, a mayoral hopeful, stunned local
political leaders and reinforced what federal prosecutors have called a
“culture of corruption” that has undermined trust in City Hall.
The Republican party went hunting.
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A Washington Tragedy
Lisa Lerer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died. Coronavirus cases are surging
again. There’s still no federal plan.
Trump is in denial.
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And Here I Had Some Faint Hope for Biden
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 21 hours ago
After the election, Senate minority leader Schumer noted that Biden, using
an administrative order, could wipe $50K worth of student debt off every
student loan debtor. Coming from someone so senior, this seemed like a
serious proposal. It was hard to believe Biden would do something like that
(after all, the bankruptcy bill that made […]
With Biden there is change.
Trump promised no change.
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Seeking Restart With Biden, Palestinians Eye End to Prisoner Payments
Adam Rasgon and David M. Halbfinger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
The Palestinian Authority pays stipends to prisoners held by Israel in a
system critics call “pay to slay.” The worse the crime, the higher the
payment.
Still no peace or any solution in the Levant.
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With Senate Control Hanging in Balance, ‘Crazytown’ Cash Floods Georgia
Shane Goldmacher, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
After the state went blue in the presidential race, more than $135 million
in TV ads have been booked in two Senate runoff elections.
Two years is a long time to wait for congressional action.
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No, judges don’t overturn elections because of isolated irregularities.
Jeremy W. Peters, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Courts have set the bar extremely high for throwing out election results,
and the discrepancies cited by the Trump campaign don’t come anywhere close.
Trump lost the election.
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And Here I Had Some Faint Hope for Biden
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 21 hours ago
After the election, Senate minority leader Schumer noted that Biden, using
an administrative order, could wipe $50K worth of student debt off every
student loan debtor. Coming from someone so senior, this seemed like a
serious proposal. It was hard to believe Biden would do something like that
(after all, the bankruptcy bill that made […]
Ian Welsh is jumping to conclusions.
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Our Society Is Built on Lying and Breaking Faith
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 days ago
Came across a long story about a man’s military career. Basically, he was a
West Point graduate and refused to lie: He wouldn’t sign forms that he knew
were wrong. He lasted four years in the military, because almost everything
he had to sign was a lie, and he wouldn’t do it. This is worth […]
A sad tale of the peace time army.
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I Suffered, Therefore So Must Others
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 3 days ago
I want to expand on this idea, ably put my Amal El-Mohtar here: So much of
folks' stances on issues boil down to one of the following: "A bad thing
happened to me & I got through it so I want to make sure it doesn't happen
to other people" vs "A bad thing happened […]
Fixing bankruptcy would be a good thing.
If the states paid the colleges the subsidies they promised there would be fewer bankrupt students.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 15, 2020
Tony Wikrent, Ian Welsh - 5 days ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 15, 2020 by Tony Wikrent
America is an undeveloping state Trump Is Staging A Coup — Why Are Dems Not
Sounding The Alarm? David Sirota, November 10, 2020 Most ominously of all,
Republican lawmakers
in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona are already
insinuating the results may be fraudulent, even though they haven’t
produced any […]
The electorate will not vote for a program named Socialism.
They do vote for programs that are socialist.
Communes rarely outlive their creators.
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Full Interview on the Current Situation and the Future
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 6 days ago
I put up a couple excerpts from this interview before, but this is the full
shot. Some of it is around the election, but I redirected those questions,
generally speaking, to either discussion of the the logic of the current
situation with Covid, oligarchy, and neoliberalism (which has not changed
significantly), or to what you […]
Ian Welsh has no confidence that the U.S. government can heal.
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The US Can Have a Boom Economy Six Months from Whenever It Gets Serious
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
One of the great problems in the US — and most of the Western world — is
that we have been unable to accomplish anything important for over 50
years. The last significant US project was the moon landing. Failure or
muddled success is the norm, now. The US even loses or muddles all its […]
The Republican ability to block legislation would have to be ended.
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The West Proves Its Incapacity With Covid
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
With rare exceptions like New Zealand, the Western response to Covid-19 has
been beyond pathetic. This isn’t a complicated problem. You do a lockdown
at the start, then ease when cases are essentially extinguished. You build
up track and trace, you put in support for businesses and for people who
have to isolate. You test […]
The Republican senators are unbowed.
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2020 Fundraiser
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
I am raising funds for 2020. The more funds I raise, the more I write.
DONATE OR SUBSCRIBE The specific goals for this year are: A Political and
Economic Concept Web Series This will be a collection of articles, all
online, linked and available from top menu bar. The goal is to explain
various concepts […]
It is not worth getting excited ahead of publication.
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The Good Scenario For America’s Future
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
So, the default scenario is that Biden rules for 4 to 8 years, maybe Harris
for another 4, then we get a more disciplined right wing “populist.” In the
meantime, nothing that will actually change the trend-lines has been done
about climate change or the continued concentration of wealth and power.
America continues to be […]
I am reluctant to bell the cat.
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What Will A Biden Presidency Be Like?
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
Trump is done and Biden is on the way in. Let us first acknowledge that
Biden is senile. The man is not what he was 8 years ago. He is well known
to both be lazy and unwilling to delegate, and this may become a problem.
Hopefully his increasing incapacity will force him to delegate, […]
Unproven slander does not help.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 8, 2020
Tony Wikrent, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 8, 2020 by Tony Wikrent x x
The 277 Policies for Which Biden Need Not Ask Permission [The American
Prospect, via Naked Capitalism 11-5-20] FAST FACTS: We found 277 policies
that can be enacted through executive branch powers in the Biden-Sanders
unity task force document. 48 of the […]
Trump and Mitch McConnell have been busy doing nothing and saying no.
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Open Thread
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 week ago
Feel free to use the comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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The Deep Green and the Shore
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
I’m not a big fan of the wilderness. My father was a forester, and as a
child I was hauled along on enough unpleasant and uncomfortable trips to
develop a distaste for jolting pickup truck rides and boring conversations
about varieties of trees. The Boy Scouts didn’t improve things—I mainly
remember the long nights of […]
I am not Ian Welsh. I like the forest though I don't want to live in the pacific north west rain forest.
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It’s Essentially Over
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
Trump’s losing Georgia and he’s going to lose Pennsylvania. His law suits
are being tossed. He’s done.
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We Do All Understand The Trump Play To Win The Election Even If He Loses?
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
Trump’s election plan (in addition to standard voter suppression, like
having almost no machines in poor ridings.): Tell Republicans not to vote
by mail, and claim there is a lot of fraud. Have DeJoy, his man in the Post
Office slow down and damage mail delivery, slowing down ballot delivery and
losing ballots. Have Republican […]
Trump tried. It was not enough.
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Why Is The Election So Close?
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
It’s a little after 2 am, and the election still isn’t called. It could go
either way. It looks fairly sure that Dems won’t retake the Senate (and if
they do it’ll be by one Senator.) Let’s put this in perspective, Donald
Trump is clearly mentally defective, and he fumbled Covid-19, the result of
which […]
There is a price to be paid.
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Election Day in the US
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
Well, we’re here. Feel free to use comments for discussion of the election.
People voted without flaw.
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The Day Before The US Election
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
So, the big day is nigh. Another 4 years of Trump, or four to eight years
of Biden and whoever actually runs his administration? Trump’s domestic
record has been pretty bad. The economy was doing well before Covid-19, but
his complete bungling of the response has thrown millions into poverty and
enriched oligarchs. It was […]
Puritanism in politics is ugly.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 1, 2020
Tony Wikrent, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 1, 2020 by Tony Wikrent See
something? Report voter suppression and obstacles to voting. [Twitter, via
Naked Capitalism Water Cooler 10-8-20] “State Fact Sheets” [Georgetown
University, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler 10-30-20] “[F]act sheets for
all 50 states explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia
groups and what to do […]
Things have mostly worked out.
Covid-19 is spreading exponentially.
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“Will The System Work” & Open Thread
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 2 weeks ago
In this excerpt I answer a question about what happens if Trump disputes a
marginal Biden victory. This may seem ludicrous, but remember that
something like this happened in 2000, just not with an incumbent. Again, I
redirect to what you personally can do. Feel free to use comments as an
open thread as well. […]
The system is working.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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