Thursday, January 20, 2022

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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 minutes ago
Sotomayor and Gorsuch Address Reports of Conflicts Over Masks
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, has been participating in Supreme Court arguments remotely. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, her seatmate, is the only member of the court who does not wear a mask. read more
 
A non-event has been reported.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 minutes ago
Raw Footage of Lethal Aug. 29 Kabul Drone Strike
The New York Times is publishing the full, unedited 25 minutes of drone footage released as three video clips by the Defense Department in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. read more
 
The intelligence was faulty.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics29 minutes ago
As U.S. and Russia Prepare to Talk, Blinken Pushes Back on Kremlin Demand
The U.S. secretary of state met with Ukraine’s president and said he had no plans to meet Russia’s insistence on a written diplomatic proposal on its demands for European security. read more
 
Putin feels insecure.
He is insecure.
Ukraine is not the source of his insecurity.
 
Diplomacy must continue.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics34 minutes ago
Drone Strike Video Shows Killing of Civilians in Afghanistan
The New York Times obtained footage of the botched strike in Kabul, whose victims included seven children, through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. read more
 
There was no botch.
The strike went as planned.
The intelligence was corrupt.
 
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Biden Administration to Give Away Masks at Pharmacies and Health Centers
The White House said the government would begin shipping N95 masks at the end of this week. read more
 
Masks will help.
 
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Democrats Blame Sinema, Manchin for Voting Rights Impasse
Prominent Democrats are expressing rage at their party’s two filibuster holdouts, rather than at Republicans who are blocking their voting rights bill. read more
 
Complete unity among Democrats would be miraculous.
Complete Republican objection is equally unusual.
 
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Cuomo Has $16 Million in Campaign Cash and No Campaign. What Now?
The former governor still has a big war chest even as he faces large legal bills. read more
 
Andrew Cuomo will tell us.
 
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Emily’s List Threatens to Pull Support From Sinema Over Filibuster Stance
The powerful political action committee said the Arizona senator could find herself “standing alone” in 2024 if she refuses to change Senate rules to force through voting rights legislation. read more
 
Sinema did not change. 
Her support should be reduced.
 
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Senate Opens Voting Rights Debate, With Legislative Defeat Looming
Democrats’ bid to force through a new bill intended to offset state voting restrictions appeared doomed to fall to a Republican filibuster. read more

The voting rights bill has failed on  Republican filibuster.

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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Giuliani, Digging Into False Vote Fraud Claims
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot called for documents and testimony from Rudolph W. Giuliani and other members of President Donald J. Trump’s legal team. read more
 
Pull them in.
Indictments can come later. 

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New Government Website for Ordering Covid Tests Is Up and Running
Visitors can go to covidtests.gov and click through to a Postal Service web page where they can order four tests per household, free of charge. read more
 
Something is better than nothing.
 
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Why Trump and DeSantis Are Talking About Australia
For conservatives, the country has become a symbol of coronavirus “tyranny.” read more
 
Australia has been trying to control Covid-19.
They have been successful.
 
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Prosecutors Reportedly Asked About Trump’s Role in Jan. 6 Riot
A court filing by a defendant in a Capitol riot case said the Justice Department was looking for information about a possible “organized conspiracy” involving the former president. read more
 
Trump belongs in prison for his part of 1/6/21 

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Blinken to Meet With Russia as U.S. Pushes For More Diplomacy on Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will meet with Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia in Geneva on Friday as the United States warns that Russia could soon attack Ukraine. read more
 
Talking is not war.
"The horse may learn to sing hymns"
 
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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag
The court seemed poised to rule that the city, which has approved many other requests to raise flags at its City Hall, violated a Christian group’s free speech rights. read more
 
The city of Boston has been careless about the use of its flagpole.
It wishes to stop its carelessness.
 
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Russia Thins Out Its Embassy in Ukraine, a Possible Clue to Putin’s Nexrt Move
The slow evacuation may be part propaganda, part preparation for a conflict or part feint, Ukrainian and U.S. officials say. It could be all three. read more
 
Tea leaves are not a dependable forecast.

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Senate Democrats Press Ahead With Debate on Voting Rights Bill
The Senate on Tuesday will begin to debate new voting rights protections, even though the measure appears all but dead in the face of two key Democratic defections. read more
 
A Republican filibuster stopped the effort.
 
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Who Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and Ron DeSantis
A spat over Covid has exposed friction between the former president and a rising G.O.P. governor unwilling to curb his ambitions. read more
 
Trump considers himself "the once and future king"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King
 
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Marchers Honor King and Call on Senate to Pass Voting Rights Legislation
The holiday came a day before the Senate returns to debate what is expected to be a doomed effort to pass the legislation. But advocates say they aren’t giving up. read more
 
The project will  continue until it passes and is signed into law.
Not in this congress.
 
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Tells Senate to Legislate, ‘Not Celebrate’
Relatives of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched on Washington and urged the Senate to pass voting rights legislation. read more
 
 Do it as soon as possible.

 

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