Wednesday, August 11, 2021

@10:40, , 8/10/21

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Everytown for Gun Safety to Train Volunteers to Run for Office
The program is the latest step in a yearslong effort by groups that support stricter gun laws to become politically competitive with the National Rifle Association. read more
 
This may work.
 
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Cheri Bustos Has Some Advice for Swing-District Democrats
Representative Cheri Bustos of Illinois, a former leader of the House Democrats’ campaign arm, has released a report intended to help members of her party win in conservative areas. read more
 
It is a place to start.
 
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Senate Poised to Pass Infrastructure Bill
The bipartisan bill, which is expected to pass the Senate on Tuesday morning and then head to the House, would touch nearly every facet of the American economy. read more
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/politics/infrastructure-bill-passes.html

Done.

4
Inside the White House-Facebook Rift Over Vaccine Misinformation
Frustrations grew behind the scenes among top leaders on both sides, potentially hurting the government’s efforts to overcome the pandemic. read more
 
Facebook is required to change.
 
5
Senate Democrats Begin $3.5 Trillion Push for ‘Big, Bold’ Social Change
A Senate budget blueprint, which Democrats hope to pass this week, would ease passage of legislation that would mark the biggest expansion of the social safety net in nearly 60 years. read more
 
The Democrats are keeping a promise.
 
6
Biden Administration Violating Decree on Migrant Children, Court Filing Says
The filing described “shockingly deplorable” conditions at two emergency shelters set up in Texas to handle the surge of children crossing the southern border. read more
 
Biden has not fixed the failed Trump policies.
 
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Democrats Call for Cuomo's Resignation, but Who Will Replace Him?
Potential successors are in the wings. But the longer it takes for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s fate to be resolved, the greater the headache for Democrats. read more
 
Andrew Cuomo will leave office 8/24.  
Kathy Hochul will become Governor.

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U.S. Military Will Require Covid-19 Vaccine
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he will issue the order once the F.D.A. has fully approved the vaccine. If that hasn’t occurred by mid-September, he may seek to do it anyway. read more
 
A better resolution.
 
8
Democrats Unveil $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint
The policy package could prove to be the most significant change to the nation’s social safety net since Medicare and the Great Society. read more
 
As Schumer promised. 

9
Warren Plans to Propose Minimum Tax on Corporate Profits
Ms. Warren’s proposal would be a part of the $3.5 trillion economic and social-policy package. read more
 
"“During the presidential campaign, Joe Biden and I disagreed on some tax policies, but there was one thing we strongly agreed on: corporations shouldn’t be able to tell shareholders they were making huge profits, then tell the I.R.S. they made nothing in profits,” Ms. Warren said in an interview."
 
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Senate Sets Up Final Passage of Infrastructure Bill
Absent unanimous agreement to expedite the process, the bill may not pass until Tuesday morning because Senate rules require 30 hours of debate. read more
 
Done.
 
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U.S. Signals It Will Release Some Still-Secret Files on Saudi Arabia and 9/11
The F.B.I. said it would review some long-classified documents for possible disclosure, a decision that followed a push by families of the attacks’ victims. read more
 
Saudi Arabia probably was not behind 9/11/2001.

12
Electric Cars for Everyone? Not Unless They Get Cheaper.
President Biden has made conversion to E.V.s a pillar of climate policy. But government incentives mostly help affluent buyers, not average families. read more
 
Tesla motors is selling all the cars it can make.
 
13
Biden Imposes Another Round of Sanctions on Belarus
The move marked the anniversary of an election that the country’s president claimed he won with 80 percent of the vote. read more
 
Keep the diplomats working.
 
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Ian Welsh18 hours ago
The New Age Of Vertical Integration
[image: Story 464003208] When I was very young, conglomerates which controlled the entire chain of production were still somewhat popular. Companies didn’t like outsourcing or offshoring; if a widget went into their product, they wanted to own the factory, or eat least effectively control the supplier. Toyota had lots of suppliers, sure, but they were close the factories and they were under Toyota’s thumb: subsidiaries in all but name. But business fashion changes, and the mantra of the day became “concentrate only on core business, get an expert to do everything else.” It often di... read more
 
Ian Welsh should drink less.
 
15
States Can Sue Federal Student Loan Servicers, Education Department Says
The move reverses a Trump administration policy aimed at sheltering the department’s contractors from state oversight. read more
 
The student loan business should end.
 
16
Scientist Settled Federal Whistle-Blowing Complaint Over Covid Treatments
The scientist, Dr. Rick Bright, resigned last year after being demoted by the Trump administration, a step he called retaliation for his warnings about Mr. Trump’s promotion of a drug unproven against Covid-19. read more
 
Trump should never have been president.
 
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-minimum-tax-corporations.html
ial-policy package. read more
 
Elizabeth Warren thinks.
 
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Warren Plans to Propose Minimum Tax on Corporate Profits
 
Tax where the money is.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 8, 2021
[image: Story 463617238] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 8, 2021 by Tony Wikrent This is the best time all year to see the ringed magnificence of Saturn [Syfy Wire, via The Big Picture 8-5-2021] Saturn takes 29 years to orbit the Sun once. Earth is closer to the Sun and moves much more rapidly, completing an orbit in one year. If Saturn didn’t move then opposition would occur once every Earth year. But Saturn does orbit around the Sun, in the same direction as Earth does, so we have to spend a little bit of extra time catching up to it. *The pandemic* Vaccine Mandates... read more
 
I am glad to have the news.
The news comes with noise.
Some of the noise is failures to think or to think things through.
Other parts of the noise are prejudice of several kinds.
There is no excuse for inattention.
Everything is information. 
 
 
 
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