Tuesday, August 24, 2021

14:44, , 8/22/21

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Broad band troubles.

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Lucille Times, Who Inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dies at 100
Six months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, Mrs. Times had an altercation with a bus driver and stopped riding the city’s segregated buses. read more
 
No one lives forever.
The children must do the next thing.
 

House Democrats Return to D.C. Deeply Divided
The House returns to Washington on Monday to try to win passage of a measure needed to protect a $3.5 trillion social policy bill from a filibuster, but fractures in the party are starting to show. read more
 
Democrats are always divided. 
The bill will pass.
 
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As Biden Faces a Political Crisis, His Party Looks On in Alarm
Democrats fear that if the pandemic or the situation in Afghanistan continues to worsen, their party may lose the confidence of the moderate swing voters who lifted it to victory in 2020. read more
 
I smell gas.
 
4
This Is How the U.S.'s Afghanistan Exit Plan Unraveled
President Biden promised an orderly withdrawal. That pledge, compounded by missed signals and miscalculations, proved impossible. read more
 
Trump's plan was unworkable.
 
5
Gary B. Nash, 88, Dies; Drew Ire for Trying to Update History Education
A respected scholar of early America, he became a central figure in the culture wars that enveloped the country in the 1990s. read more
 
I would have liked another book from him.
 
6
Afghanistan Faces Economic Shock as Sanctions Replace Foreign Aid
The Taliban will be under pressure to keep a fragile economy afloat. read more
 
The Taliban are above such things.
 
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Biden Ran on Competence and Empathy. Afghanistan Is Testing That.
The chaotic endgame of the American withdrawal has undercut some of the most fundamental premises of President Biden’s presidency. read more
 
Biden is doing well.
 
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Supreme Court Grants Temporary Reprieve to Biden Immigration Policy
Justice Samuel Alito briefly stayed a ruling from a federal judge that would have forced some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while U.S. officials considered their cases. read more
 
I simply don't know.  
Alito has not been a friend to refugees.
 
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F.D.A. Aims for Full Approval of Pfizer Covid Vaccine on Monday
Federal regulators are winding down the process of licensing Pfizer’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine, setting up an approval possibly by Monday and potentially kicking off a wave of new mandates. read more
 
Done
 
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Biden’s Inaccurate Claims in Defending Afghanistan Withdrawal
The president made misleading or false claims about the reaction of allies to the withdrawal, the presence of Al Qaeda and conditions for Americans traveling to the Kabul airport. read more
 
Dig down to the intelligence failure.
 
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The Congressional Black Caucus: Powerful, Diverse and Newly Complicated
The group, which includes most Black members of Congress, remains publicly united. But in private, an influx of new members who think differently about its purpose are making a play for the future. read more
 
"Agitate, always agitate"
                Fredrick Douglass
 
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As Democrats Renew Voting Rights Push, Offsetting Roberts Court Is Top of Mind
The House’s voting rights legislation named for the civil rights leader John Lewis seeks to counter the Supreme Court’s longstanding bid to undermine the Voting Rights Act. read more
 
Pass the act, then pass the amendment.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Open Thread
[image: Story 468719620] Use the comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. No comments about Covid. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
Live negotiations come first 
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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In Iowa, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Take Trump's Baton
At a rally in Des Moines, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz showed that many Republicans do not plan to move on from the Trump era. read more
 
Iowa does not learn.
 
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Biden’s Immigration Policies Face Fresh Judicial Setbacks
The Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a ruling that reinstated a policy forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while U.S. officials consider their cases. read more
 
"Justice Samuel Alito briefly stayed a ruling from a federal judge that would have forced some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while U.S. officials considered their cases." 

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Biden Taps Burns and Emanuel as Ambassadors to China and Japan
The president has rolled out dozens of ambassador nominees, but so far only one has been confirmed by the Senate. read more
 
There has been no consent from the senate. 

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End of Walkout Splits Texas Democrats on Voting Rights
The return of three absent Democrats injected a new wave of uncertainty into the national battle over voting rights. read more
 
Texas has a quorum but no bill.
 
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North Carolina Man Is Charged in Capitol Bombing Threat
The man, Floyd Ray Roseberry, faces a charge of threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction after he drove to the Capitol and claimed on Facebook that he had a bomb. read more
 
Off to an asylum with Floyd Ray Roseberry.
 
19 
The Hill Is Sold to a TV Giant
The political news publication, which started as an insider’s guide to Washington and greatly expanded its audience after it went digital, fetched a price of $130 million. read more
 
The Washington Post comes well recommended. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post

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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Once More About Sending Your Kids Back To School
[image: Story 468220691] Last year I suggested not sending your kids to physical school when and if Covid was out of control. This year, I’m saying the same. Delta is much easier to catch than original Covid was. If Covid is out of control, I suggest you do send your kid back to school unless you really have no choice (criminal penalties and/or they absolutely need the babysitting.) If Covid is still around (not near zero), then I’d still be way if the school doesn’t have a mask mandate and if they won’t let external windows be opened to create a draft. Covid is airborne and how ... read more
 
Happily I don't need to decide.
 
Education is very expensive in lives.
 
 
 
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