Thursday, August 5, 2021

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F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month
The Food and Drug Administration’s move is expected to kick off more vaccination mandates for hospital workers, college students and federal troops. read more
 
Moving right along.
 
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Democratic Insider and a Republican Backed by Trump Win Ohio House Races
The victories by Shontel Brown, a Democrat supported by the national establishment, and Mike Carey, a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump, provided a lift to the leadership of both parties. read more
 
As expected
 
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Shontel Brown Is Set to Be Ohio’s Newest Congresswoman
Ms. Brown, who defeated the progressive activist Nina Turner in a bitter Democratic primary for an Ohio House seat, is all but assured of heading to Congress in the fall. read more
 
The Democratic party machine works.
 
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Cuomo Sexual Harassment Part of Broader Toxic Workplace, Report Says
The new account of a state trooper bolsters a meticulous new report on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s misdeeds — and how his inner circle allowed such conduct to fester. read more
 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/03/nyregion/cuomo-sexual-harassment-report.html
 
Now the voters know.
 
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey, Who Aimed Guns at Protesters, Are Pardoned
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who gained prominence for confronting demonstrators, had each pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge. read more
 
Gov. Mike Parson has acted wrongly. 
A conviction for assault with a deadly weapon would be proper.
 
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Congress Awards Medals to Police Who Responded to Jan. 6 Riot
The move came during a week when District of Columbia police officials announced that two more officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 had taken their own lives. read more
 
"A hearty handshake"
Fix the command structure and the staffing.
 
7
Cuomo, Trump and Other Politicians Accused of Mistreating Women
Nearly all have faced calls to resign, and only some have heeded them. But few have faced an inquiry as expansive and public as the one into the New York governor’s actions. read more
 
The method of changing culture needs attention.
The present technique does not work well.
 
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Biden Officials Open to Tightening Law Authorizing War on Terrorist Groups
At a Senate hearing, officials also urged repeal of the 1991 Gulf War and 2002 Iraq war laws, portraying them as obsolete and unnecessary. read more
 
The Autherization to use military force needs to be updated.
It needs to be rethought.
Let the diplomats work.
 
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Congress Honors Officers Who Responded to Jan. 6 Riot
The Senate voted unanimously to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers, during a week when officials confirmed two suicides of officers who were at the Capitol the day of the rampage. read more
 
Fix the command structure so help is timely.
 
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Biden Has Blunt Words for Republican Governors on Vaccines: ‘Get Out of the Way’
President Biden signaled a new level of frustration with Renot publican leaders in states where the highly contagious Delta variant is surging. read more
 
Pandemics are not a local problem.
 
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Kyrsten Sinema vs. the Left: An Old Rivalry’s New Turn
The Arizona senator has made bipartisan inroads with an infrastructure deal, but progressives are less than impressed. read more
 
The Left is not a political enemy of the center.

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Biden to Some Governors: Get Out of Way for People 'Doing the Right Thing'
President Biden is under pressure to redirect the American public’s focus after days of policy whiplash, shifting directives on mask usage, and roiling debates about requiring workers to receive the vaccine. read more
 
The Republican party is a walled garden of poison plants.
 
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U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan Could Be a Sign of What Comes Next
American forces have stepped up a bombing campaign, but the White House and the Pentagon insist these are the final days of combat support. read more
 
American forces are inflexable.
 
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Whistle-blower Advocates Want Aide on Jan. 6 Panel Removed
Critics cite a report by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general that found that David B. Buckley had retaliated against a whistle-blower years ago. read more
 
The record does not forget.
 
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Biden Administration Orders New Review of Drilling in Arctic
 
The rules are changing in the proper direction.
 
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Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, a report from the N.Y. attorney general finds.
 
The case does not look solid.
It would take a big conspiracy.
 
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Changing public health guidance leaves Americans with pandemic whiplash.
 
Covid-19 behaved as the experts expected.  
The public is catching up. 

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The Fed and the Biden administration face big economic challenges this fall.
 
Employment is not following the Republican game plan.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
And The Mass Evictions are ON
[image: Story 461110850] So, the evictions moratorium expired Saturday at midnight. Over a quarter of renters are behind in some states, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities think-tank. Southern states are some of the worst affected, though some 16 percent of US households owed rent — about double the amount before the pandemic. This wasn’t necessary, but the choice was made to not pay people to stay in place, and the money given for relief has mostly not been administered, presumably because the bureaucratic hoops are ridiculous. only $3 billion in aid has reac... read more
 
The eviction crisis has been delayed a few months.
The back rent is not paid.
The states are in no hurry to pay banks and landlords.
 
Torture works better if it is not rushed.
 
 
 
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