Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Biden Details $2 Trillion Plan to Rebuild Infrastructure and Reshape the Economy
Jim Tankersley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 54 minutes ago
The president will begin selling his proposal on Wednesday, saying it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and 10,000 bridges, while also addressing climate change and racial inequities and raising corporate taxes.
 
Some of the spending is misdirected.  The spending will happen.
The taxes will happen.

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Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Payments to Student-Athletes
Adam Liptak, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
But the justices voiced concern that challenges to N.C.A.A. limits on pay beyond the modest education-related sums at issue in the case could threaten the distinction between amateur and pro sports.
 
College football players are professionals.  
Pay them.
 
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Trump Is Sued by Two Police Officers Over Capitol Riot
Mike Ives, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Former President Donald J. Trump “inflamed, encouraged, incited, directed, and aided and abetted” the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, the officers’ lawsuit said.
 
I wish the officers success.
 
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G. Gordon Liddy, Mastermind Behind Watergate Burglary, Dies at 90
Robert D. McFadden, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Unlike other defendants in the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, Mr. Liddy refused to testify and drew the longest prison term.
 
People die.   
 
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Prabal Gurung on Anti-Asian Violence, Discrimination and the Duties of Success
Vanessa Friedman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The Nepalese-American designer on mistreatment by investors, how he’s kept his business alive and his fears for his mom.
 
He should not have this problem.
Fixing it is beyond my competence.
 
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Why Mothers Are Skeptical of Covid-19 Aid Promises
Lisa Lerer and Jennifer Medina, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
For many mothers newly burdened by Covid-19, resentment lingers that the government hasn’t helped more, and sooner. Both political parties are now trying to court them.
 
Some help is on the way.
 
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The Ludicrous Trans Wars
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 7 hours ago
I once read that about one third of North American Tribes appear to have had roles for those born one sex who felt they were actually the other gender. Many other cultures have also had such roles. Gender dysphoria is not new. What is new are technologies allowing us to change the body much more […]
 
The Trans wars are ludicrous.
 
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Democrats Splinter Over Strategy for Pushing Through Voting Rights Bill
Nicholas Fandos and Michael Wines, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
President Biden and leading congressional Democrats have made the far-reaching bill a top priority, but some proponents believe it needs major changes.
 
I will be unhappy if the Republicans succeed in limiting voting rights.
 
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Hunter Biden’s Memoir: 7 Takeaways From ‘Beautiful Things’
Elisabeth Egan, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
President Biden’s son opens up about crack addiction, his romantic relationship with his sister-in-law and the new love that halted his cycle of despair.
 
Hunter Biden had more than his share of bad luck.
 
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Biden to Pay for Infrastructure Plan With Corporate Taxes
Jim Tankersley and Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
The president will propose using the revenue from increasing corporate taxes to pay for eight years of ambitious spending on roads, bridges, utilities and other needs.
 
The project will be supported by bonded debt in the short term.
Taxes will pay down the debt.
 
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Matt Gaetz Under Investigation Over Possible Sex Trafficking
Michael S. Schmidt, Katie Benner and Nicholas Fandos, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
An inquiry into the Florida congressman was opened in the final months of the Trump administration, people briefed on it said.
 
It is probably unnessary to plot against Matt Gaetz.
 
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Biden Announces Actions to Combat Anti-Asian Attacks
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
“We can’t be silent in the face of rising violence against Asian Americans,” President Biden said after an assault on a woman in New York.
 
There is enough law to prevent racial attacks.
Enforcing the existing law is a different problem.
 
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State Dept. Reverses Trump Policies on Reproductive and Religious Freedoms
Lara Jakes, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
Even as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken similarly condemned abuses and oppression from China to Syria to Venezuela, he overturned aspects of the Trump administration’s human rights agenda.
 
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is doing his job.
 
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Biden’s Judicial Counterpunch to Trump Begins
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
With a diverse initial slate of nominees, the president is starting to try to neutralize his predecessor’s profound influence on the courts.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics
 
Definitions are important.
 
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Here's How Democrats' Voting Rights Law Would Work
Michael Wines, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
The expansive measure would set a nationwide floor on ballot access, nullify many voting restrictions, change the way political districts are drawn and rein in campaign donations.
 
This will not pass congress before the filibuster is modified. 

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Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds
Carl Hulse and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
The president’s first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges who don’t have traditional backgrounds.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics
 
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Biden Pushes Mask Mandate as C.D.C. Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’
Sharon LaFraniere and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The administration is stepping up the pace of vaccinations and expanding access to shots, but it remains in a race against a virus on the upswing.
 
The move to open the economy and send the children back to class rooms is early.
 
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Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds
Carl Hulse and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The president’s first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics
 
Biden has chosen people who do not fit the right wing mold.
 
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With an Eye on 2024, a Rarely Bashful Pompeo Grows More Combative
Lara Jakes and Michael Crowley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Criticized for partisan activity even when he was the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo is taking aim at the Biden administration and talking like a candidate.
 
Mike Pompeo is punching straw men.
 
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Biden Administration Announces a Major Offshore Wind Plan
Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The White House said the program could create tens of thousands of new jobs while moving the country toward clean energy
 
The Atlantic coastal fishery is most stressed by overfishing.
 
 
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