Friday, July 23, 2021

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NYT > U.S. > Politics30 minutes ago
Why Jim Banks and Jim Jordan Were Blocked From the Capitol Riot Panel
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was barring them from a committee scrutinizing the attack based on Democrats’ concerns about their “statements made and actions taken” around the assault. read more
 
Let us not have "the inmates in charge of the asylum".
 
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Biden Says Nixing Filibuster Would Throw Congress ‘Into Chaos’
“I don’t want the debate to only be about whether or not we have a filibuster,” the president said at a CNN town hall. read more
 
Biden is correct.
 
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Biden predicts the F.D.A. will give final approval to a Covid vaccine by the fall.
The president also said he expected children under the age of 12, who are not currently eligible to receive the vaccine, would be approved to get it on an emergency basis “soon, I believe.” read more
 
The FDA is careful and cautious.
 
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U.S. Reaffirms Land Border Restrictions with Canada and Mexico
 
Homeland security is run by the Republican party.
 
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F.T.C. Votes to Back Right-to-Repair Rules
An advocacy group for technology companies criticized the move by the commission, saying it would jeopardize the safety of consumers. read more
 
Preventing third party repair tends toward fraud.
 
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Pelosi Bars Trump Loyalists From Jan. 6 Inquiry, Prompting a G.O.P. Boycott
Democrats said Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan, who amplified Donald J. Trump’s lies of a stolen election and opposed investigating the assault, could not be trusted to scrutinize it. read more
 
Partisans of the accused do not belong on investigating commissions.
 
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G.O.P. Blocks Infrastructure Debate in Senate, Raising Doubts About a Deal
The failed test vote reflected mistrust between Democrats and Republicans, raising questions about whether they could agree on a key piece of President Biden’s agenda. read more
 
There never was a bipartisan deal on infrastructure.
 
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Battle for Power in Haiti Extends to Lobbying in Washington
Rival political figures and interests are doling out big sums to the influence industry to win support from the United States even as problems in Haiti remain unsolved. read more
 
Haiti expects the U.S. Marines.
 
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Biden to Appear on CNN and Speak in Ohio
Mr. Biden toured a union training center and then headed to Cincinnati, where he will participate in a town hall airing at 8 p.m. Eastern. read more
 
 Biden did that.

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U.S. Rushes to Evacuate Afghan Translators But Leaves Many in Limbo
This month, 2,500 Afghans will be sent in stages to an Army base in Fort Lee, Va. read more
 
The high command has little interest in rescuing Afghans from the Taliban.
 
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‘Complete Taliban Takeover’ Possible Outcome for Afghanistan, General Milley Says
The comments by Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, echoed mounting reports from the ground in Afghanistan. read more
 
The Taliban will rule Afghanistan.
The Western colaborators mustbe rescued.
There will be no other mercy for them.
 
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Ban on Health Treatments for Transgender Youth
The decision came in response to an American Civil Liberties Union challenge to a first-in-the-nation law enacted by Republican state legislators in April. read more
 
The Republicans of Arkansas have not learned.
Sex is what people do.
It is not learned or unlearned.
 
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In Deal With tGermany, U.S. Drops Threat to Block Russian Gas Pipelines
The agreement infuriated both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, who accused the Biden administration of being soft on Russia. read more
 
The Russians won a round while Trump was distracted with China.
Let the diplomats work.
 
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Senate G.O.P. Set to Sink Test Vote on Infrastructure Bill, Pleading for More Negotiation Time
Democrats fell short of the 60 votes that would have been needed to start a debate on an infrastructure measure, as Republicans balked at doing so before a bipartisan deal was done. read more
 
The six trillion deal will happen under reconcilliation.
 
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‘Complete Taliban Takeover’ Possible Outcome for Afghanistan, Milley Says
The comments by Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, echoed mounting reports from the ground in Afghanistan. read more
 
Milley is correct.
 
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Pelosi Rejects Jordan and Banks From Jan. 6 Inquiry Panel
Ms. Pelosi, who had never before rejected a Republican nominee to a committee, called her rejection of Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan “unprecedented” but necessary. read more
 
Pelosi has acted correctly.
 
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Former Democratic Aides Call for Changes to Senate Filibuster
Ex-chiefs of staff say the Senate rules need to be changed to end what they called abuse of the tactic. read more
 
My  understanding of politics is less than that of Senator Schumer.

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Ian Welsh15 hours ago
Quarantine Matters
[image: Story 456641399] So, compared to a lot of other countries, Australia has done a pretty good job on Covid. But they just had a Covid breakout in two major cities: Sydney and Melbourne. Those breakouts required them to then go back to shutdowns: closing and restricting businesses and movement. Both outbreaks come from failures in the quarantine system: from hotel quarantine not working because hotels are not set up properly for quarantine due to not separately ventilating. On July 7th I wrote that quarantine should be mandatory, with criminal penalties for violation, and… ... read more
 
Billions of people will die.
 
 
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