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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
U.S. Blocks $130 Million in Aid for Egypt Over Rights AbusesThe Middle Eastern ally continues to buy billions of dollars worth of
military equipment from the United States. read more
Payments to Egypt buy peace or at least quiet for Israel.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
As Breyer Pondered Retirement, Biden Bet on a Hands-Off StrategyThe president believed pressuring the court’s oldest justice to retire
might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach. read more
Breyer made his retirement conditional on a liberal replacement.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
What Mattered This Week Democrats’ not-so-terrible news, the limits of Trump’s power and the allure
of ’24. read more
There will be votes in the senate.
A majority of one vote is not enough,
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Pentagon Warns of Russia's Troop Deployments Near UkraineRussia has massed more than 100,000 troops at Ukraine’s borders, officials
said, publicly confirming what intelligence analysts have described for
weeks. read more
The Pentagon has cried Wolf! before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump ElectorsThe panel demanded information from 14 people who were part of bogus slates
of electors for President Donald J. Trump, digging deeper into an aspect of
his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
Treason is such an ugly concept.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385
There seems to be no better word for the act.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
As Breyer Pondered RetireTreasonment, Biden Bet on a Hands-Off StrategyThe president believed pressuring the court’s oldest justice to retire
might backfire. A chorus of liberals took a different approach. read more
Breyer made his retirement conditional on a liberal replacement.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
White House Warnings Over Russia Strain Ukraine-U.S. PartnershipWhile Ukraine’s president complained about “acute and burning” warnings
from Washington, the Pentagon issued a dire new appraisal asserting Russia
has amassed enough troops to invade his entire country. read more
The Pentagon has cried Wolf! before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf
Ukraine does not perceive an immediate threat of invasion.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Republicans Relish Biden’s Troubles, Eyeing a Takeover of CongressThe president’s woes have delighted Republicans, who have been seeking to
rehabilitate themselves in the eyes of voters after the Jan. 6 attack on
the Capitol. read more
Convict Trump of treason as quickly as possible.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is UnconstitutionalThe decision, which could deal a blow to voting access in a critical
battleground state, was immediately appealed. read more
Pennsylvania may lose this important case.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Inflation Continued to Run Hot and Consumer Spending Fell in DecemberPrices are rising rapidly, wages are growing and consumers are glum as a
fraught economic moment poses big challenges for policymakers. read more
The Republican party is terrified of inflation.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful CyberweaponA Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the
world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is
now trying to ban. read more
A ban on spyware is about as effective as a ban on Fentanyl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. PhonesIsrael used the NSO Group’s software as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I.
wanted it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are
highlights of a New York Times Magazine investigation. read more
A ban on spyware is about as effective as a ban on Fentanyl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl
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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has ArrivedShe interrupted a campaign speech. Jill Biden wanted to keep her. read more
The White House has a staff.
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Ian Welsh15 hours ago
The Ukraine Crisis Is Just A Chance To Acknowledge Choices Already Made[image: The Ukraine Crisis Is Just A Chance To Acknowledge Choices Already
Made]
I read two fairly good articles this week. One, in Foreign Affairs, makes
out the maximalist Russian case:
Putin also believes that Russia has an absolute right to a sphere of
privileged interests in the post-Soviet space. This means its former Soviet
neighbors should not join any alliances that are deemed hostile to Moscow,
particularly NATO or the European Union. Putin has made this demand clear
in the two treaties proposed by the Kremlin on December 17, which require
that Ukraine and other post-Sov... read more
Ian Welsh is often wrong.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Biden Includes European Allies As He Confronts Putin On UkraineIn what amounts to a much-needed diplomatic reset, the U.S. is
orchestrating the response to Russia’s threatening moves and making sure to
include his European allies. read more
Biden has diplomatic skills.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago
Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?Senators involved in the negotiations underway say the discussions are
serious and substantive, but some Democrats remain wary. read more
Trump and McConnell like to tease.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Biden to Name Breyer's Supreme Court Successor SoonSpeaking with Justice Stephen Breyer by his side, Mr. Biden hailed his
decades on the federal bench, including almost 28 years on the Supreme
Court. read more
Any successor must get the approval of a majority of the senate.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
The Man at the Center of Arizona’s Primary Is Donheald TrumpSpoiler alert: It’s Donald Trump. read more
The "Founding Fathers" decided there would be no King of the American republic.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court PickLawmakers from both parties and interest groups swung into gear to
influence President Biden’s choice for the first Black woman to serve on
the nation’s highest court. read more
Radical to Mitch McConnell is anyone not himself.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
New Justice Is Unlikely to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward LurchThe replacement of Justice Stephen G. Breyer with another liberal is
unlikely to alter the basic dynamic at the court or to slow its
accelerating conservative ambitions. read more
Any Justice appointed by President Biden will serve in the Liberal minority.
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