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NYT > U.S. > Politics50 minutes ago
Latin America Unrest Forces Biden to Confront Challenges to Democracy Close to HomeU.S. influence began waning in the region over the past decade, as
successive administrations turned toward fighting terrorism in the Middle
East. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics52 minutes ago
Texas Democrats Flee State to Highlight G.O.P. Voting RestrictionsThe move is an attempt to block Republicans from passing a new voting bill
while also applying pressure on Congress to pass legislation at the federal
level. read more
A dramatic move.
It is effective.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
F.D.A. Attaches Warning of Rare Nerve Syndrome to Johnson & Johnson Covid VaccineFederal regulators concluded that the risk of developing the syndrome was
low, and that the benefits of the vaccine still strongly outweigh it. read more
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/12/health/covid-guillain-barre-vaccines.html
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Child Tax Credit Monthly Payments to Begin SoonThe Biden administration will send up to $300 per child a month to most
American families thanks to a temporary increase in the child tax credit
that advocates hope to extend. read more
Very soon.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/your-money/child-tax-credit.html
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Biden to Promote Plan to Reduce Gun ViolencePresident Biden’s plan largely encourages jurisdictions across the country
to do what they can to bring down crime as hopes for federal legislation
grow dim. read more
The Trump party likes guns. No gun legislation will clear the senate this term.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
A top U.S. general in Afghanistan steps down as the war ends and the Taliban sweep across much of the country.NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Pfizer to Meet With U.S. on Boosters, Which Officials Say Aren’t Needed NowThe clash between the companies and the Biden administration, however
muted, prompted Biden officials to invite Pfizer representatives to present
their data to administration scientists. read more
Pfizer should be working on a booster by studying the class of coronaviruses.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
E.U. Delays Digital Levy as Tax Talks ProceedThe postponement came as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in
Brussels to continue pushing for a global minimum tax. read more
France and Ireland hold that there is national advantage in corporate tax policy.
The game continues.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Months After Riot, Capitol Police Face Multiple CrisesThe department that protects Congress is damaged and depleted following the
Jan. 6 assault, with funding, staffing and operational problems plaguing a
deeply demoralized force. read more
Defeat by means of command failure is traumatic.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
It’s Situation Normal for U.S. Diplomats in Kabul, Despite Taliban GainsThe Biden administration is determined to keep a diplomatic presence in
Afghanistan as the 20-year conflict comes to a close. read more
The diplomats will keep talking.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Senate Returns With Infrastructure on the AgendaDemocratic leaders have mapped out a monthlong sprint for senators, warning
them to prepare for late nights and even the cancellation of part of their
beloved August recess. read more
The Republicans continue to say no.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Top U.S. General Steps Down in AfghanistanGen. Austin S. Miller is leaving as the United States prepares to end its
two-decade war in Afghanistan, and as Taliban fighters sweep across much of
the country. read more
Withdrawal continues.
Afghani alies have not been rescued.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
Edwin Edwards, Flamboyant Louisiana Governor, Is Dead at 93He served four terms, charmed voters with his escapades and survived a
score of investigations before going to prison in 2002 for racketeering. read more
All politicians grow old and die.
Edwards did both.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
Rob Portman Says Republicans Should Work With Biden on InfrastructureThe Republican senator who is leading negotiations for his party on a
bipartisan infrastructure plan says Republicans have nothing to lose and
much to gain in cutting a deal with the president. read more
Biden will get his infrastructure.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
E.U. Delays Digital Levy as Tax Talks ProceedThe postponement came as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in
Brussels to continue pushing for a global minimum tax. read more
Taxes work better when the taxing authorities cooperate rather than compete.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Voters Chose Boring Over Bombast. They Got Biden’s Penchant for Pontificating.Even the president labeled a speech boring recently, an admission that
highlights a tendency toward delivering minutiae-filled discourse over
scaling oratorical heights. read more
People like progress rather than promises.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Biden called his own speech boring recently, highlighting his tendency toward ‘explainer in chief.’Biden was elected as a boring technocrat to solve the problems of democratic government.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
BioBonds Use Wall Street Tools to Fund Medical ResearchKaren Petrou invented a new funding model for curing blindness. Proposed
legislation aims to apply it to medical research more generally. read more
This is a venture capital scheme.
It might work in the proper market.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
Trump Lawsuits Against Facebook, YouTube and Twitter Face First Amendment HurdlesA unanimous 1974 Supreme Court decision said newspapers could not be forced
to publish replies from politicians they had criticized. read more
The Florida law should be struck down as conflicting with the 1974 unanimous decision.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 11, 2021[image: Story 452991022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 11, 2021
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
Inside Operation Warp Speed: A New Model for Industrial Policy
[American Affairs Journal, via The Big Picture 7-5-2021]
Operation Warp Speed was a triumph of public health policy. But it was also
a triumph and validation of industrial policy. OWS shows what the U.S.
government can still accomplish when it comes to tackling a seemingly
unsolvable technological challenge. It demonstrates the strength of the
U.S. developmental state, despite *forty years of ideolo... read more
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