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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 minutes ago
Sotomayor and Gorsuch Address Reports of Conflicts Over MasksJustice 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 StrikeThe 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 DemandThe 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 AfghanistanThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Biden Administration to Give Away Masks at Pharmacies and Health CentersThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Democrats Blame Sinema, Manchin for Voting Rights ImpasseProminent 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
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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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Emily’s List Threatens to Pull Support From Sinema Over Filibuster StanceThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Senate Opens Voting Rights Debate, With Legislative Defeat LoomingDemocrats’ 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Giuliani, Digging Into False Vote Fraud ClaimsThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
New Government Website for Ordering Covid Tests Is Up and RunningVisitors 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Why Trump and DeSantis Are Talking About AustraliaFor conservatives, the country has become a symbol of coronavirus “tyranny.” read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
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 RiotA 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
Blinken to Meet With Russia as U.S. Pushes For More Diplomacy on UkraineSecretary 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago
Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian FlagThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Russia Thins Out Its Embassy in Ukraine, a Possible Clue to Putin’s Nexrt MoveThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Senate Democrats Press Ahead With Debate on Voting Rights BillThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Who Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and Ron DeSantisA 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Marchers Honor King and Call on Senate to Pass Voting Rights LegislationThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
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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