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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 minutes ago
Biden Administration Negotiating Buying 500 Million Pfizer Doses for OverseasThe talks come just in time for a global Covid-19 summit that President
Biden will host on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly
meeting next week. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics21 minutes ago
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Over 65 or at High Risk of Severe CovidThe same advisers overwhelmingly recommended against authorizing boosters
for people under 65, complicating the Biden administration’s hopes to offer
them more broadly. read more
How many billions should die?
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NYT > U.S. > Politics32 minutes ago
Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic MistakeThe findings of the inquiry mirrored a New York Times investigation of
video evidence, along with interviews with more than a dozen of the
driver’s co-workers and family members in Kabul. read more
There were more than two intelligence failures.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics33 minutes ago
U.S. Officials Warn of Potential Violence at the Sept. 18 Rally in WashingtonAn internal report by the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence
office cited concerning internet chatter ahead of the rally supporting the
suspects in the Jan. 6 riot. read more
There were more than two intelligence failures.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics45 minutes ago
Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Won't Run in 2022Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted
to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than
face a stiff primary challenge. read more
The Trump coalition may be failing.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics50 minutes ago
The Road Ahead for Pro-Impeachment House RepublicansThe 10 G.O.P. lawmakers who voted to impeach Donald Trump face angry
primary voters and challengers inspired or endorsed by the former
president. So far, only one has given up on re-election. read more
Trump should have been impeached.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
North Carolina Court Strikes Down Voter ID LawThe court cited “persuasive evidence” that the state legislature had rushed
the law to passage at least in part to make it harder for Black voters to
cast ballots. read more
One of many.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Memorial Along National Mall Honors Pandemic VictimsHundreds of thousands of white flags honor the more than 670,000 people in
the United States who have died from the coronavirus. read more
America first.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Pandemic-Related Sickness at Guantánamo Forces Cancellation of Sept. 11 HearingThe judge scrapped the hearing “in an abundance of caution” on the last
The war crime continues.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
The Bureau of Land Management Is Moving Back to WashingtonThe Trump administration had moved the agency’s headquarters to Colorado.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said that office would become the agency’s
‘Western headquarters.’ read more
The Bureau of Land Management is a national agency.
It should not be subject to any state pressure.
It is modeled after Crown lands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_land
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
France Recalls Ambassadors to the United States and Australia in Protest of Submarine DealThe French foreign minister said the decision was made by President
Emmanuel Macron. read more
France misses Napoleon.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
France Recalls Ambassadors to the United States and Australia in Protest of Submarine DealThe French foreign minister said the decision was made by President
Emmanuel Macron. read more
Captain Nemo did not stay in France.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Biden Set to Host World Leaders for Climate ForumThe president urged nations to take on more ambitious climate targets. read more
Three men in a room can get things done.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Michael Sussmann, Lawyer Accused of Lying in F.B.I. Meeting, Pleads Not GuiltyMichael A. Sussmann is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a 2016 meeting
with bureau’s top lawyer about possible links between Donald J. Trump and
Russia. read more
Michael A. Sussmann had no need to lie.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the LecternPresident Biden’s press secretary has tamped down the vitriol that colored
news briefings during the Trump administration. She still may not answer
your question, though. read more
A good person to know.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
Possible Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Boosters in U.S. Timing Is MurkyThe question of whether booster shots are necessary has become the subject
of intense debate and multiple studies. read more
The booster bash is mostly partisan noise.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics14 hours ago
Debunking the Pro-Trump Right’s Claims About the Jan. 6 RiotA rally scheduled for Saturday in Washington is intended to continue a
Republican effort to rewrite the narrative of the assault on the Capitol.
The facts undercut their assertions. read more
"The facts undercut their assertions."
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Ian Welsh17 hours ago
The Art of Measurement[image: Story 479610630]
I want to talk a bit about management measurement. I recently spent a
number of years in a good sized multinational, and I watched management
trying to gain control through measurement. And mostly I watched as they
gained the wrong sort of control; as they crystallized behaviour in ways
that lose more from employees than they gained.
*(This is an old, old piece, one of the few I saved from BOPnews.
Originally written in 2004 back when I was still corporate. Since almost no
one will have read it, and those who do won’t remember it, here it is
again. I’m put... read more
Management is a skill I never developed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
U.S. Seeks to Block Bankruptcy Plan That Would Free Sacklers From Opioid ClaimsThe Justice Department has been appealing the deal, approved earlier this
month. read more
The Sacklers must never be allowed to use that hole in the regulations.
It would be better to close that hole permanently.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Afghanistan Outcome Affirms a Warning: Beware the BlobThe chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan exposed the shortcomings of views
within the foreign policy establishment, also known as ‘The Blob.’ read more
The blob has another name: Tar Baby.
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