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NYT > U.S. > Politics43 minutes ago
Biden Hosts Virtual Covid Summit Aimed at Bolstering Global ResponsePresident Biden has been under intense pressure from global health experts
to do more to address the vaccine shortage. read more
Biden could seize the vaccine patents and make them free.
Biden could nationalize the pharmaceuticle businesses.
Biden could allow medicaid to bargain for drugs.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics58 minutes ago
Harris announces $250 million in global funding to fight future pandemics.The new fund was established to address a range of issues like disease
surveillance, vaccine development and health care worker support in order
to counter future biological threats. read more
World Population Clock: 7.9 Billion People (2021) - Worldometer
7.9 billion X .7=5.53 billion 25/553=.0452 dollars per person for pandemic preparedness. Lots of dead people.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
House Democrats Demand Answers About Treatment of Haitian MigrantsA letter from lawmakers on the Oversight Committee asks for Customs and
Border Protection officials to brief the committee by the end of the week
about the conduct of border agents. read more
The border patrole cannot answer.
The Haitians have been released to seek asylum in the U.S.
Texas will not be happy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Trump Sues New York Times and Mary Trump Over Leaked Tax DocumentsFormer President Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Mary
Trump and three Times reporters of conspiring to publish information about
his tax records. read more
Trump does not have standing to sue.
This is a "slap"suit.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Bipartisan Police Reform Talks Collapse on Capitol HillThe collapse of negotiations all but closed off the possibility that
Congress would act on an issue that President Biden has promised to tackle. read more
Black lives do not matter.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine TechnologyModerna accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19
vaccine. But officials in the U.S. and overseas are having trouble
persuading the company to license its technology. read more
Publish the research. It should be public domain.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Thousands of Haitian Migrants Are Being Let Into U.S., Official SaysThousands of migrants who arrived in Del Rio, Texas, are being allowed into
the country and must report to immigration officials at a future date,
according to an official familiar with the matter. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Colossus#Text_of_the_poem
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Biden Speaks With Macron, First Time Since Diplomatic FeudThe call came days after President Emmanuel Macron of France recalled his
country’s ambassador to the United States. read more
France is not a great power.
France will sulk for a time.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Podesta Urges Democrats to Scale Back $3.5 Trillion BillHis message included a blunt call to progressives to accept a scaled-back
price tag, in a bow to the party’s centrists. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
House Passes Spending Bill and Debt Limit Increase Over G.O.P. OppositionThe measure now heads to the Senate, setting up a clash with Republicans,
who have warned they will block any debt ceiling increase. read more
The senate has been and is the problem.
Coal is their past. It will not be again.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Biden to Meet With Democrats on Pushing His Economic AgendaThe president will sit down separately with Democratic leaders and
lawmakers from both chambers as he seeks to advance trillions of dollars in
spending. read more
Keynes knew these problems and solved them.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
At U.N., Biden Calls for Diplomacy, Not Conflict, but Some Are SkepticalThe president said he wants global cooperation to meet challenges, but some
allies and adversaries say his actions point to confrontation with China
and unilateral action, belying his words. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
There is no cheap way to slow Global heating.
There is just one planet and there is no place left for a dump.
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What’s at Stake in the 2022 Races for GovernorThe attention may be on House and Senate campaigns, but these races — some
of which will be true tossups — may be just as important. read more
Judgeships and house seats.
Command of the National Guard.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Images of Border Patrol’s Treatment of Haitian Migrants Prompt OutrageThe footage offered a glimpse of the chaos that has been unfolding in Texas
and called into question President Biden’s decision to swiftly deport
thousands. read more
Texas does not remember Tousant L'overture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
Infrastructure Bill In Limbo as Biden Meets With DemocratsLiberal and moderate wings of the House Democratic caucus remain at odds
over whether that measure should pass without work finished on the
sweeping, $3.5 trillion economic package. read more
Pass the 4.5 trillion dollar plan.
It is cheap.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
House Passes Bill to Help Officials With 'Havana Syndrome'The bill, which was approved by the Senate in June, now heads to President
Biden’s desk. read more
These people are casualties while on active duty.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
American Airlines and JetBlue Face Antitrust Suit Over AllianceThe Justice Department said their partnership amounted to a merger in the
New York and Boston markets and reduced competition more widely. read more
The airlines knew better.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFARDr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the
U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent. read more
Opposition is racist.
He has the knowledge he is thought to need.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago
A Botched Drone Strike in Kabul Started With the Wrong CarAn errant strike that killed 10 civilians has called into question the
reliability of the intelligence that will be used to conduct future U.S.
operations in Afghanistan. read more
Intelligence failure always looks ugly.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Ricardo’s Caveat[image: Story 481335012]
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Ricardo
In 1817, David Ricardo formalized the Law of Comparative Advantage. Since
then, it has stood the test of time as one of the very few laws that an
economist can point to and say: “This is indisputably true.” It’s because
of this law that you only rarely find an economist who doesn’t believe in
unrestricted free trade. But Ricardo added an important caveat when he
discussed free trade and comparative advantage and it’s one that most
modern economists seem to have forgotten…
Let’s quote straight from Ricardo:
In one and the same coun... read more
The analysis looks good to me.
The article is well worth your attention.
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