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NYT > U.S. > Politics44 minutes ago
North Korea Threatens ‘Stronger’ Reaction as U.S. Seeks Sanctions Over Missile TestsThe 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 SetbackSenator 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Anti-Trump Republicans Diverge on 2022 MidtermsDisaffected 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
New Sanctions for Russian Gas Pipeline Fall Short in SenateThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and RedditThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Virus Mandate for Large EmployersBut 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Oath Keepers Leader Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 InvestigationThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Biden Announces 500 Million More Tests Will be Purchased for AmericansPresident 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
R.N.C. Signals a Pullout From Presidential DebatesThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
New Rule Makes Thousands of Federal Inmates Eligible for ReleaseThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Jan. 6 Inquiry Weighs a Major Escalation: Subpoenaing ColleaguesA 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
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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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
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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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
Senate Panel OKs Califf Nomination for F.D.A. ChiefA 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Spike in Inflation Reignites Debate on Price ControlsA 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Sinema Says She Will Not Support Changing FilibusterSenator 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
US Refines Tool to Evaluate 'Havana Syndrome' CasesThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Arrested in Jan. 6 InvestigationThe 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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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
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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