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G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’

The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol. read more

Treason.

NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago

‘Trump Is Wrong,’ Pence Says of False Claim About Overturning Election

Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech on Friday that he had no right to overturn the 2020 election, as the former president has falsely claimed. read more

Republicans are contesting among themselves.

NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago

Panel Recommends Transfer of Guantánamo Detainee Suspected of 9/11 Role

The Biden administration is expected to send the mentally ill detainee, whom the military tortured and so could not be put on trial, to Saudi Arabia as early as March. read more

The Guantánamo prisoners should all be sent homeward.

NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago

Biden Notes Economic Success as Employment and Wages Rise

President Biden is celebrating a historic year of job gains and trying to shift the narrative amid high inflation and a lingering virus that have many consumers glum. read more

Biden has followed good advice in so far as he was able.

NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago

Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Came After Months of Planning

President Biden said the attack on Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was designed to minimize civilian casualties, but then the terrorist leader set off a bomb. read more

The U.S. military has been careful in planning assassinations aiding Crusading.

The target resisted.

NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

Why ‘Trust Us’ Is Often Reason Enough Not to Trust the Government

In the most sensitive government operations, the public can be beholden to the official narrative — which sometimes turns out to be wrong. Yet officials can be defensive about skepticism from the news media. read more

Trust of government actions should never be necessary.

Government agents should be transparent to those involved.

NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

Delta C.E.O. Asks U.S. to Put Unruly Passengers on the No-Fly List

The request came in a letter to the attorney general after an increase in complaints about violent and disruptive passengers during the pandemic. read more

I have no objection.

Delta is not a monopoly.

NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

Arizona Republicans Sought to Overturn Votes. Rusty Said No.

The speaker of the Republican-controlled Arizona House — who supported Donald J. Trump in 2020 — just torpedoed a bill that would have let lawmakers reject the results of an election. read more

Some Republicans are less insane than others.

NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago

Jan. 6 Defendant Seeks to Subpoena Trump as Witness at Trial

The request to have the former president testify faces an uphill fight, but it illustrates efforts by defendants to place him at the center of their cases. read more

The 1/6/21 defendants are accused of insurrection.

The presence of Donald Trump does not mittagate their offence.

NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago

President Biden extends solar tariffs, with major caveats.

The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers. read more

An acceptable action.

NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago

Lone ISIS Bomber Carried Out Attack at Kabul Airport, Pentagon Says

The suicide bombing killed as many as 170 civilians and 13 U.S. troops in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. read more

Interesting click bait.

NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago

House Passes Bill Adding Billions to Research to Compete With China

The vote sets up a fight with the Senate, which has different recommendations for how the United States should bolster its technology industry to take on China. read more

No progress has been made.

NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago

Yale Kamisar, Known as the ‘Father’ of the Miranda Rule, Dies at 92

His legal scholarship, cited in more than 30 Supreme Court cases, shaped modern criminal procedure, including protections for the rights of the accused. read more

I have little to add beyond his voice will be missed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_mortuis_nil_nisi_bonum

The task is not a burden.

NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago

President Biden extends solar tariffs, with major caveats.

The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers. read more

An acceptable action.

NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago

Covid’s effect on the jobs numbers may leave Washington in the dark.

Without clarity on how quickly the labor market can shake off Omicron, the Fed will have difficulty applying the data to its interest rate strategy. read more

https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/03/opinion/inflation-consumer-confidence.html

https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/DisplayMessage

FUD

NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago

Lawmakers Press Amazon on Sales of Chemical Used in Suicides

Even as grieving families tried to warn Amazon and other e-commerce sites of the danger, there were more purchases and more deaths. read more

Suicide is an unfortunate choice.

It is rarely an accident.

NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago

Michael Flynn Is Still at War

The general tried to persuade Donald Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election. A year later, he and his followers are fighting the same battle by other means. read more

Treason by some other name would be as vile.

Call it insurrection.

NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago

Covid-19 Commission Modeled on 9/11 Inquiry Draws Bipartisan Backing

A broad, bipartisan group of senators is coalescing around a plan for an independent panel to investigate the origins of the coronavirus and the U.S. response. read more

Corona virus is not sentient in itself or in its origin.

It is in my opinion a mindless accident.

NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

The Politics of Gloom: Suburban Women Voice Concerns

Some voters aren’t sold on the idea that an election will save them from their anguish. read more

Elections never change the facts of the past.

NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

G.M. workers in Mexico pick an independent union, a trade deal test case.

The vote came after the United States, Mexico and Canada revised a trade agreement that sought to strengthen the hand of workers. read more

It is necessary that the attempt be made.