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NYT > U.S. > Politics24 minutes ago
F.D.A. to Allow ‘Mix and Match’ Approach for Covid Booster Shots
The agency may act this week, when it is expected to authorize booster shots for recipients of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. read more
 
The corona viruses are constantly changing under evolutionary pressure.
They change in detail.
More points of immunity are better.

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NYT > U.S. > Politics31 minutes ago
Video Shows Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Slamming Black Woman to the Ground
The A.C.L.U. said that the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office had opened an investigation into the violent encounter. The woman was treated at a hospital, and no charges were filed against her. read more
 
The deputy has more than a little explaining to do.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics34 minutes ago
Treasury Warns That Digital Currencies Could Weaken U.S. Sanctions
A review found that the sanctions program must be modernized to maintain its effectiveness. read more
 
It is probably time to rethink sanctions as international pressure.
Let the diplomats work.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics38 minutes ago
Trump Sues to Block Release of White House Papers to Jan. 6 Inquiry
The case raises novel constitutional questions about the scope of an ex-president’s executive privilege powers if the current president disagrees. read more
 
Trump should lose again.
He needs better advice.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics40 minutes ago
Zalmay Khalilzad, Biden’s Envoy for Afghanistan, Steps Down
An Afghan American and a rare Trump appointee who survived into the Biden administration, Mr. Khalilzad played a central role in the U.S. exit from the country. read more
 
Probably Mr. Khalilzad has taken a proper action.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics49 minutes ago
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law
Saying the law is “plainly unconstitutional,” the department also asked the court to add the case to its docket in its current term. read more
 
It will be discovered how much of a disaster the Republicans have created at the Supreme Court.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics53 minutes ago
What Scientists Know About the Risk of Breakthrough Covid Deaths
Deaths among people who have been fully vaccinated remain rare, but older adults and those with compromised immune systems are at much higher risk. read more
 
The breakthroughs tell about immunity.
 
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Supreme Court Bolsters Legal Shield for Police in 2 Rulings
The unsigned decisions, without noted dissents, indicated that the court continued to support the widely criticized doctrine of qualified immunity. read more
 
Republicans favor the use of force.
Thus the  support of the modified second amendment. 

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Colin Powell, Who Shaped U.S. National Security, Dies at 84
A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretary of state and national security adviser, Mr. Powell died of complications of Covid-19, his family said. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell#Vietnam_War
 
Colin Powell was a soldier.  As a soldier he was a Republican.
He was a good soldier and a poor statesman.
 
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Biden's Stimulus Is Stoking Inflation, Fed Analysis Suggests
The American Rescue Plan could be pushing inflation up slightly and temporarily, a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco analysis said. read more
 
Inflation is more easily corrected than deflation in times of low interest rates.
 
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Powell Said That Backing Iraq War Was a 'Blot' on His Record
As secretary of state, he reluctantly supported President George W. Bush’s push to invade Iraq after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. read more
 
Colin Powell was a poor statesman.
 
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A regional Fed analysis suggests Biden’s stimulus is temporarily stoking inflation.
The American Rescue Plan could be pushing inflation up slightly and temporarily, a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco analysis said. read more
 
Almost certainly noise.
 
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Lawmakers question whether Amazon executives, including Jeff Bezos, misled Congress.
A bipartisan group told the company that they were considering referring their concerns to the Justice Department for a potential criminal inquiry. read more
 
Salesmen claim they are not responsible.
 
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Colin Powell's Blood Cancer Made Him Vulnerable to Covid-19
He had been treated for multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in the bone marrow, which made vaccines less likely to protect him from severe Covid. read more
 
This is not news.
 
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Decoding Kyrsten Sinema’s Style
Sometimes a dress is just a dress. Sometimes it’s a strategy. read more
 
Reading tea leaves can be fun.
 
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Supreme Court Typo From 1928 Has Been Cited in 14 Decisions
A sweeping statement in a 1928 opinion about property rights was revised soon after it was issued. But the error lived on. read more
 
This is why there are judges.
 
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Explaining the Impact of Redistricting in Texas, Visually
When Texas Republicans revealed their new congressional map last month, our reporters and graphics editors used maps and data to examine the effects. read more
 wrong
Some maps would help.
 
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As Manchin Blocks Climate Plan, His State Can’t Hold Back Floods
As the senator thwarts Democrats’ major push to reduce warming, new data shows West Virginia is more exposed to worsening floods than anywhere else in the country. read more
 
Coal is uneconomic.
The Trump party is wrong in its assumptions.

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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 17, 2021
[image: Story 493379740] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – October 17, 2021 *Strategic Political Economy* “You lost. Stop acting like you won” [White Hot Harlots (lyman alpha blob), via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler 10-14-21] “The abortion issue has been lost. I cannot fathom any plausible near or medium-term scenario in which the actually existing American left mounts a successful counteroffensive to the Texas bill. Poor women in red states and rural areas effectively do not have access to reproductive healthcare any longer. If they ever regain this right, it will be decad... read more
 
The Socialists are never happy with progress and half measures.
 
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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
 
Charity is not an American monopoly. 
Republicans would leave it to the churches.
 
 
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