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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 minutes ago
The White House will publicly acknowledge the U.S. is likely to miss Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal.President Biden had set a goal of having 70 percent of adults at least
partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July. read more
Doubt of the vaccines effectiveness has been cultivated by the Trump faction.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 minutes ago
When It Comes to Big City Elections, Republicans Are in the WildernessThe party’s growing irrelevance in urban and suburban areas comes at a
considerable cost, sidelining conservatives in centers of innovation and
economic might. read more
The Republicans are following a Heffalump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heffalump
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NYT > U.S. > Politics51 minutes ago
Priorities USA Will Pour $20 Million Into Voting Rights EffortsPriorities USA, one of the largest liberal super PACs, is hoping to
counteract Republican-driven voting restrictions through both digital ad
campaigns and legal efforts. read more
The Republicans in office are not listening.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Adams Clashes With Rivals on Last Weekend of Mayoral CampaignEric Adams and Andrew Yang tussled on questions of race in a frenetic day
of campaigning, two days before the June 22 primary. read more
A fight always draws a crowd.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours 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
The heat disaster is already baked in.
Billions will die.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Judge Narrows Suits Over Clearing of Protesters Before Trump Photo OpThe judge said that federal officials had immunity, and that claims of a
conspiracy to clear Lafayette Square for President Donald J. Trump’s walk
across it were “simply too speculative.” read more
Trump was always about appearances.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
Should I Hang Out With Someone Whose Political Views I Hate?The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether it’s hypocritical for a
liberal to socialize with an increasingly extreme conservative. read more
"They who dare to teach must never cease to learn."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
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Ian Welsh14 hours ago
How Techies Can Help Us Avoid The Rise Of The Warbots[image: Story 444821257]
The sad truth of technological progress is that it often leads to worse
outcomes, often for long times. The classic example is agriculture, which
lead to most people living shorter, more unhealthy lives with more dental
problems (pain!) and harder births for women. Most of these people also
were oppressed by harsh kings, nobles or big men.
Communications technologies are often heralded, and they have their good
sides, but every significant advance in communications from oral memory
techniques and writing to the modern internet has been used to increase
cen... read more
The social group is necessary for survival.
No human can live in isolation.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics14 hours ago
U.S. Outlines Plan to Send 55 Million Covid Vaccine Doses OverseasThis tranche represents the bulk of 80 million doses that President Biden
has pledged to send to countries by the end of June. read more
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
Democrats Unite Behind Voting Rights Bill as It Faces a Senate RoadblockWith Republicans set to filibuster, Democrats are focusing on staying
unified in the face of defeat. But the path ahead for the legislation is
murky at best. read more
McConnell fears for his power.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
How Big Tech Allows the Racial Wealth Gap to PersistTech companies talk a big game about racial equity. But inside their
offices it’s a different story. read more
Do something. Standing there is just furniture.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
Supreme Court Says Over 200 Patent Judges Were Improperly AppointedA fractured coalition of justices limited the effect of the decision,
saying a larger role for an executive branch official would address the
matter. read more
Patents are supposed to expire in finite time.
The concept was encouraging more new knowledge.
More monopolies was an unfortunate sitdeffect.
The new system is better.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
Supreme Court Gives Goldman Sachs a Do-Over in Securities Fraud SuitThe justices said the bank may renew its arguments that its statements
about honesty and integrity were too generic to support a class action for
billions of dollars. read more
Fraud has always closed banks and imprisoned bankers.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
Medicaid Enrollment Jumped During the Pandemic, New Report SaysNearly 10 million Americans joined the public health coverage program for
the poor through January, demonstrating the program’s increasingly
important role not just as a safety net. read more
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/21/us/joe-biden-news/medicaid-covid-pandemic
A year without work was more than many families could sustain.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Liz Cheney, once Republican royalty, is now a lone warrior.Liz Cheney doubted Trump the profit.
It would be sacrilege to call him a prophet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
Supreme Court Rules Patent Judges Improperly AppointedA fractured coalition of justices limited the impact of the decision,
saying a larger role for an executive branch official would address the
matter. read more
The patent office needs overhaul.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
U.S. is preparing more sanctions against Russia, the national security adviser says.NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
V.A. Plans to Offer Gender Confirmation Surgeries for Transgender VeteransThe secretary of veterans affairs announced the shift in care at a Pride
event over the weekend, but the process for changing benefits could take
years. read more
Medical care is larger than was thought.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Infrastructure talks collide with Democrats’ goal to tax the rich.Many Democrats see the push for an infrastructure package as an opportunity
to raise taxes on rich individuals and corporations. But resistance is
coming from multiple directions. read more
This is a slanderous assumption of the Republican party.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 20, 2021[image: Story 444262311]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – June 20, 2021
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
The Lords Of Hell (And Their Slaves)
Ian Welsh
Homelessness, despair and so on are required: without them people will not
work at bad jobs. Indeed, without them many people would not work any more
than required to feed and house themselves.
Now, understand clearly, rip a hole in your skull, and put this in: there
is more food than needed and way more homes than homeless people in all
developed countries and more food than needed to feed everyone in the
world.... read more
Socialism approves.
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