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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

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.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

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.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago

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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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago

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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