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NYT > U.S. > Politics58 minutes ago
Yellen Steers the Economy With Brooklyn on Her MindThe Treasury secretary’s economic philosophy was shaped by her youth in Bay
Ridge. read more
That is not a bad model of urban civilization.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Tom Perez, Former DNC Chair, Runs for Governor of MarylandTom Perez, a former Democratic National Committee chairman, began his
campaign on a platform largely tied to his experience working in the Obama
administration. read more
There will be a primary.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Amid Continued Calls for Police Reform, Biden is Set to Address Rising Gun ViolenceThe president is expected on Wednesday to detail efforts to use federal
resources to assist the police as well as community-based groups. read more
Mitch McConnell has frozen the senate.
There will be no legislative actions until further notice.
Changes will be by executive order.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent
climate strategy and form a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. read more
This is branding.
There will be real progress when there is just one climate caucus.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
The inquiry into Emergent and its troubled Maryland vaccine plant is expanded.Congressional investigators are expanding their inquiry of Emergent
BioSolutions to encompass the firm’s relationship with the two companies
that hired it to produce their Covid shots. read more
Proving fraud is much harder than discovering deficencies.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Biden Set to Deliver Speech Addressing Gun ViolenceThe president is expected on Wednesday to detail efforts to use federal
resources to assist the police as well as community-based groups. read more
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/23/us/joe-biden-news#biden-guns
Broadening police responsibilities to include social work and mental health seems a good idea.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Democrats Vow to Redouble Voting Push: ‘Today Is the Starter Pistol’Even as the party’s sweeping elections bill was blocked in the Senate,
Democrats and civil rights groups reaffirmed their resolve to fight for
voting protections in Congress. read more
Conservatism is a search for certainty.
There is no certainty in democracy.
There is resolution, a reduction of uncertanty.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and DemocratsAll 50 G.O.P. senators opposed the sweeping elections overhaul, leaving a
long-shot bid to eliminate the filibuster as Democrats’ best remaining hope
to enact legal changes. read more
Republicans have acted to increase certainty.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
A Bill Destined to Fail May Now Spawn More Plausible OptionsThe For the People Act had little chance of testing the limits of what if
anything is still possible in Washington. Oddly, it was so far from passage
that it may provide some hope, because so many avenues remain to be pursued. read more
McConnell has a victory.
The errors are more strongly displayed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
U.S. Seizes Iran-Linked Websites at Key Point in Nuclear TalksOfficials seized the domains of about three dozen websites just days after
Iran elected a new, hard-line president, and at a critical moment in
nuclear negotiations. read moret
Even nations should have free speach.
Iran should be allowed to speak.
There is no requirement that individuals listen
Diplomats have a duty to hear.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Biden’s Economic Agenda Faces Familiar Hurdle With Fight Over FinancingAs Democrats pursue both bipartisan infrastructure negotiations and a
catch-all economic package, old divisions persist on how to fund the
spending. read more
Finance has jammed administrations in the past.
Alexander Hamilton taught the use of credit and debt.
The Federal Reserve Bank is charged with managing federal debt.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
U.S. to Allow Some Asylum Seekers Rejected Under Trump to Reopen CasesThe move could provide tens of thousands of people enrolled in a program
that sent applicants to wait in Mexico a way to return to the United States
to pursue their claims again. read more
Pain masks later pain.
The Trump immigration and asylum policies have failed.
They are being changed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
Garland Says Watchdog Is Best Positioned to Review Trump-Era Justice Dept., Not HimThe attorney general said that various inspector general inquiries would
help uncover any wrongdoing and that he wanted to avoid politicizing the
work of career officials. read more
The watchdog was present and concerned as Trump corrupted the justice department.
He is a professional witness to his department's misdeeds.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
Sanders signals openness to adjusting SALT capThe cap primarily increases the tax bills of higher-income residents of
high-tax states like New York and California. read more
They have a deal on infrastructure..
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NYT > U.S. > Politics14 hours ago
Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S.The training, approved by the State Department, underscores the perils of
military partnerships with repressive governments. read more
The U.S. has spent centuries studying cruelty.
learning to avoid pain implies learning about pain.
Learning to avoid killing leads to studying death
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
With Mass Vaccination Sites Winding Down, It’s All About the ‘Ground Game’The shift away from high-volume centers is an acknowledgment of the harder
road ahead: a highly targeted push, akin to get-out-the-vote efforts, to
persuade the reluctant to get shots. read more
The fight for racial purity continues.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With LobbyingExecutives, lobbyists, and more than a dozen groups paid by Big Tech have
tried to head off bipartisan support for six bills meant to undo the
dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. read more
Tim Cook makes a lousy Steve Jobs.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Texas G.O.P. to Renew Voting Push as Abbott Calls Special SessionGov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, was forced to call for the special session
after Democratic lawmakers staged a walkout last month to temporarily foil
a major G.O.P. voting restrictions bill. read more
Greg Abbott is not immune to politics and law.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
White House Says It Will Narrowly Miss July 4 Vaccination GoalPeople ages 18 to 26 have been slow to get their shots, aides to President
Biden said, ruling out the possibility of getting 70 percent of adults at
least partly vaccinated by Independence Day. read more
Covid-19 does not read minds.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
What if American Democracy Fails the Climate Crisis?Ezra Klein and four environmental thinkers discuss the limits of politics
in facing down the threat to the planet. read more
There is about a forty year lag between global conditions and temperature.
If carbon emmissons stoped now temperatures would continue to rise for forty years.
The crisis was in the past.
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