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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 minutes ago
Rep. Cori Bush Shares Her Abortion Story With House PanelWith the right to abortion under threat after a Supreme Court setback,
three Democratic members of Congress shared stories of terminating a
pregnancy while a Republican spoke of her mother’s decision not to. read more
Congress men should know.
Congress women do know.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics35 minutes ago
Senate Passes Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert Government ShutdownThe Senate-passed legislation was approved 254 to 175 in the House,
clearing it for President Biden’s signature. read more
Time congress got to work.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Trump Server's Connections to Alfa Bank Produces Fresh ConflictA recent indictment suggested that researchers who found strange internet
links between a Russian bank and the Trump Organization did not really
believe their own work. They are pushing back. read more
Just more noise
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Congress Races to Avert Government Shutdown, With Biden’s Agenda in the BalanceThe House and Senate were both expected to pass short-term spending bills
to fund the government, but a planned vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure
bill was in limbo amid deep party divisions. read more
The debt limit has been lifted.
The partisan pressure has been relieved.
Pelosi and Shumer must find the votes.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Manchin and Sinema: Two key Democrats whose votes could decide the fate of Biden’s agenda.NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Senate to Vote on Amendment to Curtail Aid to Afghans Who Fled Taliban RuleThe amendment by Senator Tom Cotton would have cut off aid by the end of
March 2023. read more
Another poison pill fails of adoption.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Biden and Pelosi Work the Congressional Baseball GameThe game was a respite from partisan division and high drama on Capitol
Hill, but talks continued from the stands and dugouts. read more
Political discussion does not stop.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Janet Yellen says she supports eliminating the debt limit.“I believe it is very destructive to put the president and myself, as
Treasury secretary, in a situation where we might be unable to pay the
bills that result from those past decisions,” Ms. Yellen said Thursday. read more
Let the Federal Reserve Bank do its job.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Democrats Move to Avert Shutdown, but Divisions Imperil Biden’s AgendaDemocrats prepared a spending bill to keep the government funded past a
Thursday deadline, but moderates dug in harder against their ambitious
social safety net bill. read more
The Biden agenda will be instituted.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
Activists Take Vaccine Demands to the Home of Biden's Chief of StaffA small group of longtime AIDS activists sought to represent lives lost to
what they see as the president’s failure to scale up vaccine manufacturing
for global use. read more
"Littering and creating a nuisance."
Biden cannot speed vaccination.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Trump Super PAC Removes Corey Lewandowski After Sexual Harassment ClaimThe move came after a donor to former President Donald J. Trump said that
Mr. Lewandowski had made unwanted sexual advances and touched her
inappropriately. read more
The gender warriors have not made alliances.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy ClubsOnstage, the ex-senator and “S.N.L.” star doesn’t exactly address his fall
from grace. But he doesn’t not address it either. Asked if he’ll run again,
he is noncommittal. read more
Al Franken had grown old and slow.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
Panel Subpoenas 11 in Capitol Riot Inquiry, Eyeing Jan. 6 Rally PlannersThe second round of subpoenas issued by the House select committee
investigating the attack signaled that it was moving aggressively to go
after crucial witnesses. read more
Eventually the Republicans will understand their failure.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
Klete Keller, a 3-Time Olympian, Pleads Guilty in Capitol Riot CaseKeller, 39, faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years, but the first
Capitol rioter to plead guilty to the same charge was sentenced to eight
months. read more
Judges have judgment as a title.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago
Kyrsten Sinema Faces a Growing Revolt From Her Former SupportersThe centrist senator is key to President Biden’s agenda in Washington. Her
positions have angered some Democrats back home. read more
Senators are elected from a small set.
The voters do the best they can.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
The world’s top central bankers see supply chain problems prolonging inflation.The heads of the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England
and Bank of Japan spoke on a joint panel Wednesday. read more
Bankers always worry about inflation.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Biden Presses Democrats to Embrace His Economic AgendaThe president canceled a trip to Chicago in an attempt to salvage a pair of
bills containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure,
education, climate change and more. read more
"An honest politician stays bought"
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
What App Stores Have Cost All Of US[image: Story 485094221]
There’s a very old Canadian joke. A farmer is angry at the weather, so he
raises his fist to the sky, and yells, “Goddamn you, CP Rail!”
Back in the age of rail if you were a farmer the only way to get your
product to market unless you lived very close to a city, was by rail. There
were few railroad companies, probably only one near you, and whatever they
charged, you had to pay.
Rail company freight prices were based on maximizing profit for them, and
that price drove a lot of farmers out of businesses, and left many others
working for poverty wages.
App... read more
Walled gardens are costly.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Pfizer and BioNTech Submit Data on Vaccine for Kids 5 to 11The companies said that their vaccine was safe and effective in that age
group, and that they would submit a formal request in the coming weeks to
U.S. regulators to allow a pediatric dose. read more
Progress is made.
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