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Pushing QAnon and Stolen Election Lies, Flynn Re-emerges
Matthew Rosenberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 59 minutes ago
Recast by President Trump’s most ardent supporters as a MAGA martyr, Mr.
Flynn has embraced his role as the man who spent four years unjustly
ensnared in the Russian investigation.
Michael T. Flynn accepted Trump's pardon and thus plead guilty again.
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For Buttigieg, ‘Generational’ Transportation Change May Not Be Easy, Experts Say
Pranshu Verma, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The new secretary has stirred excitement among transportation experts, but
they warn that deep institutional change is likely to remain difficult.
The U.S. is three to four years from the supply of electronic chips that will be required for the proposed
Electric vehicle fleet.
It is about the same delay for a sufficiency of batteries.
Biden has guaranteed the market.
While we wait there are railroads and bridges.
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Biden Wants Harris to Have a Major Role. What It Is Hasn’t Been Defined.
Katie Rogers and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
President Biden is rarely seen without Kamala Harris, a tangible result of
his efforts to treat her as an equal stakeholder. But for now he does not
intend to assign her a specific portfolio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nance_Garner
"The vicepresidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit."
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Biden Wants Harris to Have a Major Role. What It Is Hasn’t Been Defined.
Katie Rogers and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
President Biden is rarely seen without Kamala Harris, a tangible result of
his efforts to treat her as an equal stakeholder. But for now he does not
intend to assign her a specific portfolio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nance_Garner
"The vicepresidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit."
Kamala Harris presides over the senate and breaks ties in the evenly split body.
She is vital to Biden's majority control.
He must keep her happy.
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Immunization Expert Accuses CDC, Deloitte of Stealing Vaccine Tracker Idea
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The Trump administration awarded a no-bid contract to Deloitte to develop
software to track vaccinations, but the system has flaws. A competitor
claims the C.D.C. and the company stole her intellectual property.
Intelectual property theft is hard to prove without a deep dive into the code.
It is possible in this case but will take a couple of years.
The process of discovery will prove her case on these Trump sleases.
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How Do the Nobel Peace Prize Nominations Work?
Daniel Victor, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
Thousands of people, including university professors, can submit
nominations. Hundreds are submitted per year.
The selection process works very well. Trump could not buy the peace prise.
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How the US Lost to Hackers
Nicole Perlroth, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
America’s biggest vulnerability in cyberwarfare is hubris.
Keep it simple, stupid. Acronym KISS.
Einstine is quoted:"make it as simple as possible but no simpler."
Every automation makes the system less flexable.
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How the United States Lost to Hackers
Nicole Perlroth, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
America’s biggest vulnerability in cyberwarfare is hubris.
Microsoft writes bad code. Apple does a bit better. Linux and BSD try to be clean but are not trusted.
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Progressives Made a Splash. Can They Pass Bills, Too?
Lisa Lerer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
A new firm helping progressive groups highlights a dynamic of the Biden
era: Many of the most influential voices in Democratic politics are also
the least experienced.
At the moment the Democratic alliance can pass bills.
The midterms will be a stretch.
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Open Thread
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 12 hours ago
Please use the comments to this post to discuss topics unrelated to recent
posts.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Preparing For Bad Times Thread
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 12 hours ago
This is a thread for comments on how to prepare for bad times. All off
topic comments will be deleted. The thread will be re-upped every Saturday
so that resources can build over time.
I am doing what I can. Soneone else will need to do the gardening.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Is ‘Freed’ to Push Republicans to the Right
Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene warned that the House’s vote only
left her with more time to insist on Republicans’ allegiance to former
President Donald J. Trump.
She will lead an increasingly lonely existance.
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Biden Reverses Trump Terrorist Designation for Houthis in Yemen
Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
Critics of the Trump administration action said the penalties would punish
the millions of starving people in Yemen more than the Houthi rebels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
The trouble in Yemen is other peoples religious war.
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January 2021 Jobs Report: Outlook for Economic Recovery Dims
Sydney Ember and Ben Casselman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
With a gain of 49,000 jobs in January, and with few of those in the private
sector, the labor market offers little relief to the nearly 10 million
Americans who are unemployed.
The civillan job market stinks for the unvaccinated.
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Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’
David E. Sanger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
Mr. Biden said there was “no need” for former President Donald J. Trump to
get the briefings, traditionally given to ex-presidents as a courtesy and
to keep them informed if their advice is needed.
Trump does behave erratically. Telling him less will make little difference to Democrats.
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Judge Says Florist Charged in Capitol Riot May Travel to Mexico
Maria Cramer and Michael Levenson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Jenny Cudd, who is charged with participating in the Jan. 6 siege, said she
had planned a four-day “work-related bonding retreat” in the Riviera Maya
with employees and their spouses.
I can't even say the Judge is wrong in his assessment.
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U.S. Will Examine Giving F.B.I. More Resources to Counter Domestic Extremism
Julian E. Barnes and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
The issue of violent extremist groups in the United States has come to the
top of the agenda since a mob of far-right groups stormed the Capitol on
Jan. 6.
The tools that were intended to mannage gangsters sshould be sufficient for these political gangsters.
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The MyPillow Guy’s Fever Dream
James Poniewozik, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
In a bizarre, two-hour-plus disinfomercial on OANN, an election
conspiracist sells a myth of a victory stolen.
All of this costs his money.
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144 Constitutional Lawyers Call Trump’s First Amendment Defense ‘Legally Frivolous’
Nicholas Fandos, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
Taking aim at a key plank of the former president’s impeachment defense,
the lawyers argued that the constitutional protections did not apply to an
impeachment proceeding.
This informes the public.
It should inform Trump.
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The U.S. economy added 49,000 jobs in January, a weak showing after a virus surge.
Sydney Ember and Ben Casselman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
Unemployment is not depressing the stock markets.
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