Friday, January 28, 2022

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Botched Airstrikes Prompt U.S. Military Orders to Protect Civilians
A new directive outlines steps intended to change how commanders think about their jobs, after New York Times investigations into botched airstrikes. read more
 
Biden is commander in chief.  
Congress controls the budget.  
 
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Read Justice Breyer’s Letter Resigning From the Supreme Court
The associate justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton. read more
 
Justice Breyer has kept his temper.
 
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Biden Is Not the First President to Promise a Court Nominee From a Demographic Group
President Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court has drawn conservatives’ criticism. But they may just have a short memory. read more
 
The Trump party has no memory and no logic.
 
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Biden Not First President to Promise a Court Nominee From a Demographic Group
President Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court has drawn conservatives’ criticism. But they may just have a short memory. read more
 
The Trump party has no memory and no logic.
 

Biden Expected to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
The president’s promise highlights a group that has struggled to become part of the very small pool of elite judges in the nation’s higher federal courts. read more
 
The Trump party has no memory and no logic.
 

Why Republicans Can't Filibuster Biden's Supreme Court Nominee
Though Democrats do not need to worry about Republicans using a filibuster against the forthcoming nominee, winning confirmation is no slam dunk. read more
 
Deals have been done.
 
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Transportation Dept. Outlines Plan to Address Rising Traffic Deaths
The department said it would use new funding in the infrastructure law to carry out the strategy, which touches on issues ranging from speed limits to emergency medical care. read more
 
Government continues.
 
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Can Biden Avert a Crisis With North Korea?
Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has done six missile tests this month — equal to all of 2021 — and called on the nation to prepare for “long-term confrontation.” read more
 
North Korea wants respect.
 
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Can Biden Avert a Crisis With North Korea?
Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has done six missile tests this month — equal to all of 2021 — and called on the nation to prepare for “long-term confrontation.” read more
 
North Korea wants respect.
 
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Ian Welsh17 hours ago
The Joy of Reading & The Discovery Of New Author (Nero Wolfe Edition)
[image: The Joy of Reading & The Discovery Of New Author (Nero Wolfe Edition)] I’ve been a big reader since I was perhaps 7 years old. In grade one I actually had remedial English: I’d been taught both whole word and phonics and it had screwed me up. Once I learned to actually read, I fell in love with it, trudging to the library, taking out the maximum and luxuriating in other worlds and other lives. I always find the strivers, attempting to read a book a week or a month funny, no real reader considers those numbers anything but pathetic, but it’s not a matter of willpower or dis... read more
 
I am still a slow reader.
 
I have to think as I read.
 
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Judge Says States Can Investigate WinRed’s Fund-Raising Tactics
The Republican digital donation platform is facing inquiries from four state attorneys general into its use of prechecked boxes to withdraw donations automatically. read more
 
Winred is committing possible fraud.
Investigation is a minimal action.
 
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Breyer’s Retirement Gives Democrats a Dose of (Cautious) Optimism
After a series of legislative losses, the chance for President Biden to fulfill a promise by nominating a Black woman was seen by progressives as a chance to show he could still bring about change. read more
 
Getting anything through the senate is dubious.
 
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U.S. and NATO Respond to Putin’s Demands as Ukraine Tensions Mount
The formal responses offered President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a choice: negotiate or risk facing punishing economic sanctions. read more
 
https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-ukraine-crisis-is-just-a-chance-to-acknowledge-choices-already-made/
Ian Welsh may be wrong.  He often is wrong.
 
Nuclear war is not an option.
The Diplomatic  Corps is supposed to be professional.

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Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies
G.O.P. leaders are attacking President Biden for what they call a weak response to Russian aggression, but their far-right flank is questioning U.S. involvement, and even its alliance with Kyiv. read more
 
The Republican party is known to be insane.
It is good that it is internally conflicted.
 
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Democrats Plan to Move Quickly on Justice Breyer's Successor
Given their tenuous majority, Democrats intend to act fast, anticipating roadblocks from Senator Mitch McConnell and Republicans. read more
 
There are two dissenting Democrats.
Rapid progress may not be possible.
 
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Breyer’s Retirement Gives Democrats a Dose of (Cautious) Optimism
After a series of legislative losses, the chance for President Biden to fulfill a promise by nominating a Black woman was seen by progressives as a chance to show he could still bring about change. read more
 
There are two dissenting Democrats.
Rapid progress may not be possible.
 
No new money is spent.
Quiet support for West Virginia coal may be necessary.

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Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers Leader, Is Denied Bail on Sedition Charge
A federal judge said Mr. Rhodes, who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, was a flight risk partly because of “elaborate escape tunnels” in his backyard. read more
 
A plea bargain has been proposed.
 
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Biden Gets to Name a New Supreme Court Justice
Plus, Tucker Carlson assures us that he’s “not an agent of Russia.” read more
 
Tucker Carlson is known to distort the facts.
 
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How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China
A war game and study by a think tank illustrate how dependent the world is on Taiwan’s semiconductor foundries. read more
 
I intend to buy shares in Global Foundries.
 
Diplomacy will put off unfortunate events in the far east.
 
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Democrats Renew Push for Industrial Policy Bill Aimed at China
A major competitiveness bill passed the Senate last year with bipartisan support, only to stall. Democrats hope to revive it in the House, but first they will have to bridge big differences. read more
 
Republican idiocy will block the effort. 
 
 
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