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NYT > U.S. > Politics44 minutes ago
North Korea Threatens ‘Stronger’ Reaction as U.S. Seeks Sanctions Over Missile Tests
The country’s warning came as tensions have crept up over its six missile tests in recent months. read more
 
The world is stuck with North Korea for the foreseeable future.
It will starve and freeze rather than change.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics50 minutes ago
Sinema Rejects Changing Filibuster, Dealing Biden a Setback
Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s comments came after the House approved a set of voting rights measures on a party-line vote of 220 to 203. read more
 
A simple majority is all that is required to change the filibuster.
 
No business will be done while congress is jammed.

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Anti-Trump Republicans Diverge on 2022 Midterms
Disaffected conservatives broke with their party to oust a sitting president. Some still hope to have a say in the G.O.P.’s future. read more
 
The Democrats need two or three Republican senators to change their party label.
 
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New Sanctions for Russian Gas Pipeline Fall Short in Senate
The measure pitted Ukraine’s president, who was pushing for the penalties, against the Biden administration, which successfully lobbied Democrats to oppose them. read more
 
Let the diplomats work.
 
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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and Reddit
The panel investigating the attack on the Capitol is demanding information from Alphabet, Meta, Reddit and Twitter. read more
 
Get the evidence then send Trump to prison.
 
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Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Virus Mandate for Large Employers
But the justices allowed a vaccination requirement for health care workers at facilities that receive federal money. read more
 
O.S.H.A. mandated vaccination and the Republican court said no.
The ruling is irrational.
 
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Oath Keepers Leader Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Investigation
The F.B.I. arrested Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia, in a major step forward in the investigation into the attack on the Capitol by supporters of Donald J. Trump. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seditious_conspiracy.
Good Luck.
 
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Biden Announces 500 Million More Tests Will be Purchased for Americans
President Biden also announced the allocation of 1,000 medical personnel to six states would carry out a pledge the president made last month on quashing Omicron. read more
 
Covid-19 has an infectious period of several days before there are symptoms.
Testing always is late.
 
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R.N.C. Signals a Pullout From Presidential Debates
The Republican National Committee says it will require candidates to pledge to not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates. What would replace them, if anything, was unclear. read more 
 
The Confederacy lost the civil war.

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New Rule Makes Thousands of Federal Inmates Eligible for Release
The Justice Department issued guidelines that allow more prisoners to participate in a program to earn shorter terms under the 2018 bipartisan criminal justice law. read more
 
Good idea.
 
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Jan. 6 Inquiry Weighs a Major Escalation: Subpoenaing Colleagues
A standoff between the committee investigating the attack and Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, as well as other Republicans, raises tricky legal and political issues. read more
 
Any comity congress once shared is gone.
The committee  should get answers.

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Lael Brainard predicts that the Fed will engineer a soft economic landing.
Ms. Brainard, nominated to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair, expects workers will come back as the economy chugs along, she told a Senate committee. read more
 
People will like to hear that.
 
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NATO Won’t Let Ukraine Join Soon. Here’s Why.
Ukraine, with Russian troops on its borders, is pressing for membership. But President Biden and European leaders are not ready for that step. read more
 
If Ukraine joined N.A.T.O., N.A.T.O.would be in armed confrontation with Russia.
That will not happen.
Let the diplomats work.
Computer hacking will build locally.
Economic fighting will develop.
There will be a drug trade. 
Food is a vulnerability.
 
A long and ugly war.
 
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Senate Panel OKs Califf Nomination for F.D.A. Chief
A split committee vote revealed concerns about the opioid epidemic and abortion policies, foreshadowing a likely close vote on confirmation by the full Senate. read more
 
The result will be interesting.
The vote will be informative.
 
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Spike in Inflation Reignites Debate on Price Controls
A discussion over whether price controls would work to stem inflation is sweeping progressives. So far, it has little political acceptance. read more
 
Price controls have proven to be a bad idea.
 
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Sinema Says She Will Not Support Changing Filibuster
Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s comments came after the House approved a set of voting rights measures on a party-line vote of 220 to 203. read more
 
Explain the facts of politics to Kyristan Sinema.
The filibuster is too powerful in the present situation.
Make the opposition try to talk a bill to death.
 
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US Refines Tool to Evaluate 'Havana Syndrome' Cases
The tool, essentially a standardized battery of questions and medical tests, can help determine the kind of care needed by people affected by the “anomalous health incidents.” read more
 
Give a contract to Draper Laboratory.
 
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Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Arrested in Jan. 6 Investigation
The F.B.I. arrested Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia, in a major step forward in the investigation into the attack on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. read more
 
Do a plea bargain.
Get Trump.
 
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Ian Welsh11 hours ago
Calling My Shot On Letting Omicron Rip
[image: Calling My Shot On Letting Omicron Rip] In a few years, we’re going to read a lot of op-eds and articles about how it was a mistake and “no one could have known.” Like with the Iraq War, or the housing bubble, Afghanistan, Climate Change and everything else of importance, there are always people who got it right and those people are generally the people who got other things right that those in the bubble don’t. When you’re in the bubble, which includes the media, the most important thing is to not leave the pack. If you get something wrong, but almost everyone inside is wr... read more
 
Utterly damning if correct.
 
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NATO Won’t Let Ukraine Join Soon. Here’s Why.
Ukraine, with Russian troops on its borders, is pressing for membership. But President Biden and European leaders are not ready for that step. read more
 
Full NATO membership for Ukraine would mean armed confrontation with Russia.
That will not happen.
 
The conflict will be long, difficult, and less than war.
The Republican Democrat split in the U.S. is an example of how it will go.
 
 
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