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Trump’s Veto Threat Did Little to Alter Stimulus Package
Michael D. Shear and Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The president’s threat to scuttle a $900 billion relief package held
workers in limbo, but did little to change the bill’s outcome.
Trump's threat was empty.
Some Republicam senators tried to make it real.
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McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure
Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Senator Mitch McConnell instead provided vague assurances that the Senate
would “begin the process” of discussing the checks and two other issues
that the president demanded lawmakers address.
Mitch McConnell is skint with other peoples money.
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Biden Criticizes Trump on Vaccine Distribution and Pledges to Pick Up Pace
Thomas Kaplan and Rebecca Robbins, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Three weeks from taking office, Joe Biden called vaccinating Americans “the
greatest operational challenge we’ve ever faced as a nation” and offered a
bleak assessment of the months ahead.
Biden objects to Trump eugenics.
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Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List
Michael Crowley, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The move would complicate any effort by the incoming Biden administration
to resume President Barack Obama’s thaw in relations with Havana.
The Republicans are fishing for the Cubano vote in Florida.
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How Lin Wood Became a Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist
Jeremy W. Peters and Alan Feuer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The defamation lawyer L. Lin Wood has transformed into a fierce advocate
for President Trump whose error-riddled lawsuits have promoted falsehoods
about election fraud.
Some politicians would go to hell for a stage and an audience.
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Biden Admonishes Trump Administration Over ‘Obstruction’
Thomas Kaplan, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
“Right now, we just aren’t getting all the information that we need from
the outgoing administration in key national security areas,” the
president-elect said.
Trump must think he is commander in chief.
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Relief Package Grows as Campaign Issue in Georgia Senate Races
Stephanie Saul, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
The two Republicans tried to claim credit for bringing help to Georgians,
despite President Trump’s initial waffling over whether to sign the bill.
The Democrats said the $600 payments to Americans were too low.
The relief checks are skint.
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Why Larry Summers MUST Believe $2,000 Checks Are A Bad Idea
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 17 hours ago
Larry Summers, the man who is reliably wrong about everything, came out
against a $2,000 check for Covid release. It’s worth examining why, because
Larry is an economics exemplar, what makes him different is not being wrong
about almost everything, it is being willing to shoot his tweet off about
it. This figure shows that […]
I admired Sterling Newberry. He has had a stroke and does not publish often.
Ian Welsh is probably correct about Larry Summers
None of this is provable fact.
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Knocking on Two Million Doors in Georgia
Audra D. S. Burch, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Control of the Senate could hinge on Black voters — and on an ambitious
effort to get them to the polls in the largest numbers ever for the Jan. 5
runoff elections.
Do what it takes.
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Barr Leaves a Legacy Defined by Trump
Katie Benner, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Though he sometimes departed from the president, the outgoing attorney
general’s term was dominated by how he navigated the Russia investigation
and other fraught issues.
Barr has been destructive in his defense of Donald Trump and his familly and friends.
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Kentucky Hurting While Awaiting Federal Pandemic Aid
Ben Casselman and Will Wright, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Urban and rural fortunes diverge in the state, with the pandemic
compounding troubles that predated it.
Senator Mitch McConnell is the senior senator from Kentucky and an opponent of federal relief.
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House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of Military Bill
Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Republicans joined with Democrats to hand President Trump a rare
legislative rebuke in the final days of his presidency. The bill will next
be taken up by the Senate, where it is expected to pass.
A Gordian knot.
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New York Post Editorial Blasts Trump’s Fraud Claims
Marc Tracy, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
With a scathing front-page editorial, the Trump-friendly tabloid joined
another of Rupert Murdoch’s papers, The Wall Street Journal, in attacking
the president’s attempts to undo the election result.
Rupert Murdoch is throwing Trump under the bus.
Survival first says the Old Man of the Sea.
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How Did Jon Ossoff, 33, Get Within Reach of a Senate Seat?
Reid J. Epstein and Serge F. Kovaleski, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Some well-timed introductions and a knack for opportunity have helped Mr.
Ossoff’s rise in Georgia politics. Now he is pursuing his most ambitious
goal yet, a U.S. Senate seat.
Getting on the ballot was his big problem.
The seats are "Must Win" for the Democrats.
It was not supposed to be this way.
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Effects Of The New 60% More Infectious Covid Strain
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 day ago
Cases have been found outside of Britain, including in America and,
ironically, France (slammed the door too late.) The practical result of the
increased infectiousness are discussed by Tomas Pueyo. The points are that,
as you’d expect, it increases the speed of exponential growth. If it
becomes the dominant strain (and it almost certainly will, […]
A high probability call by Ian Welsh.
The several days delay between infection and symtoms insures isolation failure.
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Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses
Emily Cochrane, Nelson D. Schwartz and Gillian Friedman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
After calling the measure a “disgrace,” President Trump unexpectedly signed
the bill, extending expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction
moratorium, and keeping the government open.
The Republicans have tied relief in a Gordian knot.
Cutting the cord worked.
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Trump signs a pandemic relief bill.
Emily Cochrane, Hailey Fuchs and Lucy Tompkins, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago
Remove Trump to remove most of the problems.
Go Georgia!
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After pressure from lawmakers, Trump suggests he may take action on relief bill.
Emily Cochrane, Hailey Fuchs and Lucy Tompkins, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago
A sighning statement should be Trump's next move.
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‘This just has to get done’: Lawmakers push Trump to sign the relief bill.
Emily Cochrane, Hailey Fuchs and Lucy Tompkins, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 days ago
And yet it is not over.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 27, 2020
Tony Wikrent, Ian Welsh - 2 days ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – December 27, 2020 by Tony Wikrent
Strategic Political Economy [Twitter, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler
12-21-20] Mo @molotics · Dec 20 People always ask why poor people don’t
just revolt and burn shit down. As a poor person I can say with confidence
its because there is a startling amount […]
The Poor lack organization.
It is a military advantage.
Black Lives Matter. It is a statement of fact.
"And thank the lord for what we've got
The Maxim gun when they have not"
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