Monday, October 18, 2021

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Guantánamo Bay Cemetery Offers a View of the Base's History
The U.S. military cemetery at Guantánamo Bay offers a history of the century-old base — minus the outpost’s war-on-terror mission. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War#Making_peace
 
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Virginia Governor's Race: McAuliffe Faces Democratic Apathy
Though the state is getting bluer, voters’ exhaustion is imperiling the former governor’s comeback attempt against his Republican rival, Glenn Youngkin. read more
 
" “People got to understand, Joe, this is about turnout,” he told the show’s co-host, Joe Scarborough." 
Republican intransigence is exhausting.

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Glenn Youngkin Talks About Virginia. His Base Talks About Donald Trump.
Republicans in Virginia are saying what their nominee for governor will not: The governor’s race is a proxy for Mr. Trump’s grievances. read more
 
Donald Trump belongs in prison.
 
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Glenn Youngkin Talks About Virginia. His Base Talks About Donald Trump.
Republicans in Virginia are saying what their nominee for governor will not: The governor’s race is a proxy for Mr. Trump’s grievances. read more
 
Donald Trump belongs in prison.
Virginia and the Confederacy lost the Civil War.
 

How 3 Strangers a World Away Came to the Rescue of a Badly Burned Afghan Girl
The story of 8-year-old Asma, injured by a U.S. tear-gas canister, echoes the heartbreak and heroism of the 20-year American misadventure in Afghanistan. read more
 
Religious war is not a good idea.
 
Democrats Work to Sell an Unfinished Bill
As President Biden and his allies in Congress work to whittle down the size of their ambitious domestic plans, Democrats must sell a bill without knowing precisely what will be in it. read more
 
Teach  Keynesian economics to Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

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Money Floods the Race for Control of Congress, More Than a Year Early
The main House war chests for both Democrats and Republicans have a combined $128 million in the bank — more than double the sum at this point in 2020. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMILY%27s_List
 
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Vaccinated Travelers From Abroad Can Enter U.S. on Nov. 8.
The date helps clarify the end to restrictions that had walled off tourists and relatives seeking to visit their families in the United States. read more
 
Promising a date certain is a poor idea.
 
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Ian Welsh13 hours ago
Open Thread
[image: Story 492936755] Use the comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
Live negotiations must come first.
Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.
 
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Funding Fight Threatens Plan to Pump Billions Into Affordable Housing
A federal voucher program is at risk of being sharply scaled back as the White House seeks to slash its social policy package to appease two centrist senators. read more
 
Senators Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are holding up passage of Biden's plan.
 
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U.S. Pledges to Pay Family of Those Killed in Botched Kabul Drone Strike
The Pentagon offered unspecified amounts to relatives of the 10 civilians who died in Aug. 29 attack and agreed to help relocate those who want to move to the U.S. read more
 
Money will not make these Afghans whole.
 
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F.D.A. Panel Recommends J.&J. Boosters at Least Two Months After First Shot
Many panel members said J. & J. recipients might benefit from the option of a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna booster, which an F.D.A. official said was possible. read more
 
Vaccinated is good.  Boosted is better.
 
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Illinois Democrats Propose New Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
The districts would be among the most gerrymandered in the country. The Republican-friendly seat held by Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Trump antagonist, would be eliminated. read more
 
For some winning is the only thing.

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Pete Buttigieg Joins the Parental Leave Debate: ‘This Is Work.’
“It’s one thing to believe something as a matter of policy,” Mr. Buttigieg said about taking paid time off. “It’s another to live it and see how much of a difference it could make.” read more
 
Personal direct experience is an effective teacher.
 
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Capitol Police Officer Charged With Obstructing Justice in Jan. 6 Case
Michael A. Riley, a veteran of the force, encouraged a man in the Capitol during the riot to delete social media posts showing he was there, according to the indictment. read more
 
Michael A. Riley had conflicting loyalties.
 
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Justice Dept. to Ask Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law
The Texas law prohibits most abortions after about six weeks, before many women are even aware they are pregnant. read more
 
A request for a stay is a reasonable action.
 
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Rising Rents Stoke Inflation Data, a Concern for Washington
Economic policymakers have said inflation will prove temporary, but rising rents may challenge that view and pressure Washington to react. read more

Republicans want more profits.

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Bill Clinton Is Hospitalized for Infection, Aide Says
An aide said the former president had a urological infection that had developed into sepsis, although it was not considered to be acute. read more
 
Bill Clinton has been sent home with antibiotics.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
The Judgement of Craig Newell
[image: Story 492349129] (*This is a reprint from 2008 & 2010. Was thinking of Mr. Newell the other day.)* A few weeks ago I received the news that my old coach and math teacher, Craig Newell, had died. I haven’t written about it till now because I’ve been thinking of him since then. He was an odd man, spare and lean, with the whippet body of a greyhound, and he had a way of cocking his head when he looked at you which was inevitably parodied every year in the seniors annual play. I spent five years around him, in high school, a boarder in an all boys school. It was an excellent ... read more
 
Ian Welsh began to learn to think earlier than most.
 
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Appeals Court Lets Texas Continue to Enforce Near-Total Abortion Ban
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed its reversal of a lower judge’s ruling that blocked the law while the federal courts weigh its constitutionality. read more
 
Judges have politics.
Texas judges have Texas politics.
 
 
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