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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Cryptocurrency Industry Wins Concessions in Infrastructure BillCryptocurrency lobbyists had expressed alarm at the prospect of
far-reaching scrutiny from the I.R.S. read more
The I.R.S. funding was not increased.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Infrastructure Bill Gives Amtrak $66 BillionThe new funding would be the largest investment in passenger rail since
Amtrak was created in 1971, according to the administration. read more
Passenger rail is better than air travel for shorter distances.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
State Dept. Offers Potential Refugee Status to More Afghans Who Worked With U.S.As the Taliban make territorial gains, more Afghans, including those who
helped U.S. news outlets, will become eligible for visas. read more
The U.S. must take them in.
There is a death penalty in the Coran for conversion away from Islam.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
2 House Races in Ohio Will Test Democratic Divisions and Trump’s SwayIn the Cleveland area, a bitter primary election is pitting the left
against the Democratic establishment. Near Columbus, a Trump-endorsed
candidate faces a crowded Republican field. read more
These are reasons primary elections exist.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Infrastructure Deal Puts Cryptocurrencies in Washington’s Cross HairsA provision in the Senate legislation would give the I.R.S. more power to
scrutinize a largely unregulated corner of finance. read more
Just ship cash.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
To Fight Vaccine Lies, Authorities Recruit an ‘Influencer Army’The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are
paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns. read more
Vaccine suspicions are unfounded and deadly.
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Ian Welsh23 hours ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 1, 2021[image: Story 460731405]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – August 1, 2021
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
U.S. Population Growth, an Economic Driver, Grinds to a Halt
[Wall Street Journal, via Naked Capitalism 7-26-2021]
America’s weak population growth, already held back by a decadelong
fertility slump, is dropping closer to zero because of the Covid-19
pandemic.
In half of all states last year, more people died than were born, up from
five states in 2019. Early estimates show the total U.S. population grew
0.35% for the year ended July 1, 2020, the lowest ever ... read more
A rather dark view of politics as usual.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Trump Has Built War Chest of More Than $100 MillionIn the first half of 2021, the former president raised far more money
online than any other Republican, federal records show. But his team
claimed he had raised more than he actually did. read more
Scary.
Money does not vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Eviction Moratorium Set to Lapse as Biden Aid Effort FaltersThe administration made a last-ditch, failed appeal to extend the
moratorium to buy more time for states to distribute rental aid. read more
The Republicans are merciless.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Biden, Republicans and the Pandemic Blame GameG.O.P. resistance to public health measures has helped fuel Covid’s
resurgence. But the president will be left to clean up the mess. read more
The Republicans are fighting democratic government.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Biden Promised to Restore the Iran Nuclear Deal. Now It Risks Derailment.Both sides have much to lose if a delicate negotiation over limiting Iran’s
activities in return for a lifting of sanctions falls short. read more
The Iranians are bargaining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargaining
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire CounternarrativeIn the Republicans’ disinformation campaign, the arrested Capitol rioters
are political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the attack. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Short of the Mandate They Crave, Military Leaders Race to Vaccinate TroopsThe military is trying to navigate how to get more service members to take
the shot without issuing an order. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie.
One can't force people to think.
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
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Negotiation first.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
An Unlikely Pair, Portman and Sinema Steer Infrastructure DealAn Ohio Republican who is retiring after decades in Washington has teamed
with an Arizona Democrat in her first term to try to secure an agreement on
one of President Biden’s top priorities. read more
The infrastructure deal will be reconstructed in Reconciliation.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Trump Tax Returns Must Be Given to Congress, Justice Dept. SaysThe Trump administration had stymied the request, and the committee sued to
obtain the documents. The former president could still seek an injunction
to stop their release to Congress. read more
Donald Trump can go to prison just as Al Capone went to prison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone#Tax_evasion
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Bezos' Blue Origin Loses Challenge to NASA SpaceX Lunar Lander ContractThe Government Accountability Office said a $2.9 billion award to SpaceX to
build the next lunar lander for astronauts would stand. read more
Space X has a better project and plan.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Justice Dept. sues Texas governor over an executive order on migrants.Gov. Greg Abbott’s order bars private transportation suppliers from
providing ground transit to many migrants, and the federal government says
it is unconstitutional. read more
Texas is crazy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
U.S. Authorities Seek Documents From Troubled Vaccine ManufacturerEmergent BioSolutions, which ruined 75 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine
doses at its Baltimore plant, disclosed record requests from Congress and
federal and state law enforcement agencies. read more
Emergent BioSolutions seems unusually incompetent.
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Ian Welsh3 days ago
A Brief Note On Afghanistan And The Taliban[image: Story 460107129]
I can’t find it now, but in the brief period between 9/11 and the American
invasion of Afghanistan, I read an interview with the Afghan (Taliban)
ambassador to Pakistan. He said, paraphrasing:
The Americans will invade. They will capture the cities. We will retreat to
the country and fight a guerilla war, and in the end they will leave, and
we will reconquer the cities.
At the time I knew he was right, and the last phases of his prediction are
now bearing fruit.
I don’t like the Taliban, ideologically they’re my enemies, as are all
fundamentalists, but th... read more
The general staff in the Pentagon may be incredibly stupid or Trump was listening to the wrong
people. Both is most probable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War
The dates don't make sense.
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