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NYT > U.S. > Politics32 minutes ago
Top Jan. 6 Investigator Fired From Post at the University of Virginia
Democrats in Virginia denounced the action as a partisan move aimed at helping former President Donald J. Trump undercut the investigation of the Capitol riot. read more
 
He will need to find a new position while moving house and continuing the investigation.
 
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U.S. Orders Family Members of Embassy Staff to Leave Ukraine
The State Department warned that the United States would “not be in a position” to evacuate U.S. citizens should Russia invade. read more
 
The state department is taking precautions.
 
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Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
The president is also considering deploying warships and aircraft to NATO allies, in what would be a major shift from its restrained stance on Ukraine. read more
 
Measures short of war. 
They will play well with the Trump faction.

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What Mattered This Week
President Biden rebooted. Democrats feuded. And Republicans watched it all with glee. read more
 
Executive action remains possible.
 
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Biden’s Pandemic Fight: Inside the Setbacks of the First Year
The administration has gotten much right, but its response has been hampered by confusing messaging, a lack of focus on testing, fear of political blowback and the coronavirus’s unpredictability. read more
 
Biden has been doing what he can.
Trump and his Republican party have fought him at every step.
 
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Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law
The trial comes at a time when those who argue that news outlets should pay a steeper price for  something wrong are more emboldened than they’ve been in decades. read more
 
Sarah Palin offers a Broad target.
The Times has been gentle with her.
 
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Litter Boxes for Students Who Identify as Furries? Not So, Says School Official
A Michigan school superintendent debunked the rumor after a video from a December school board meeting resurfaced in which a speaker airs concerns about students who “identify as cats.” read more
 
Click bait should not get attention. 

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Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
In a highly unusual public statement, backed by U.S. officials, London named the putative head of a potential puppet government but few other details. read more
 
Saber ratteling seems to be the preliminary to diplomacy.
A nuclear exchange will not happen.
 
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Arizona Democrats Censure Sinema After Filibuster Vote
Kyrsten Sinema, a first-term Arizona senator, was rebuked by fellow Democrats in her state after her vote on the filibuster helped sink the party’s voting-rights legislation. read more
 
Republicans do not feel gratitude.
 
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Rapid Inflation Fuels Debate Over What’s to Blame: Pandemic or Policy
The White House is emphasizing that inflation is worldwide. Economists say that’s true — but stimulus-spurred consumer buying is also to blame. read more
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/inflation-us-economy-biden.html
 
Causality seems to be absent.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Open Thread
[image: Open Thread] Use the comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
Anything begins with communication.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
 
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Voices From the March for Life
Protesters at this year’s anti-abortion rally expressed excitement about a coming Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade. read more
 
Cheer leading is popular with cheerleaders. 

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Biden Looks to Intel’s U.S. Investment to Buoy His China Agenda
The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.” read more
 
Biden needs support.
 
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Arizona Sues to Stop Treasury From Recouping Relief Funds
Gov. Doug Ducey has been using federal pandemic aid to undermine school mask requirements, which Treasury said violated the law. read more
 
 Gov. Doug Ducey wants to keep the money he is stealing.

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Texas Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Georgia Election Officials
A man accused of using Craigslist to call for the assassination of election officials is the first to be charged by the Justice Department’s task force on election threats. read more
 
It may be hard to get a conviction.
 
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Jan. 6 Panel and State Officials Seek Answers on Fake Trump Electors
Pressure is mounting on the Justice Department to investigate bogus electors who claimed that Donald J. Trump defeated Joseph R. Biden Jr. in their states. read more
 
The actions look like election fraud. 

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Ian Welsh2 days ago
What Closing Borders Does During A Plague
[image: What Closing Borders Does During A Plague] Western Australia: Per Capita Cases, Western Australia: .11%. Per Capita Deaths, Western Australia: practically none. Per Capita Cases, Australia: 8.1% Per Capita Deaths, Australia: .12% Per Capita Cases, USA: 21% Per Capita Deaths, USA: .26% *Australia *is famous, or perhaps infamous, for its lockdowns, but Western Australia has essentially closed its borders since Covid. Australia has thus done far better than the US, with fewer cases and even fewer deaths per capita. Western Australia, on the other hand, essentially 
hasn’t ha... read more
 
Quarantine works when rigorously applied.
 
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Supreme Court to Consider Limits of Ruling on Oklahoma Tribes
But the justices rejected a request from state officials to revisit a 2020 ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation. read more
 
A happy resolution is not anticipated.
 
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Racial Turmoil Mars Signs of Progress at the U.S. Mint
A new internal report found that Black employees felt marginalized at the Treasury agency that produces the nation’s coins. read more
 
Equality is all that is asked.
 
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Why Biden's Agenda Brings Him Closer to L.B.J. Than F.D.R.
The president’s agenda — big progressive change — has placed Democratic priorities over the voters’ desire for practical help on the pandemic and inflation. read more
 
L.B.J. had better control of congress.
 
 
 
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