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NYT > U.S. > Politics35 minutes ago

U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible Moves

Declassified information is part of a campaign, backed by Britain, to complicate what officials say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. read more

 

This may be the response desired by Putin.

 

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Ian Welsh1 hour ago

Open Thread

[image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. (No trucker protest comments.) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more

 

The first actions must be decisions.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best. 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

Puzzle in Ukraine Crisis: Where’s the U.S. Ambassador?

Diplomats say President Biden’s 13-month delay in sending an envoy to a top crisis spot is impossible to explain. read more

 

The U.S. senate refuses to consider any possible candidate.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

Blinken Says U.S. Has a ‘Long-Term Future’ in the Pacific Islands

The secretary of state promised a new embassy in the Solomon Islands and help on issues like climate change, as Washington vies with Beijing for influence in the region. read more

 

Joe Biden intends the western ocean remain an ANZUS lake.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other

Much as he did while in the White House, Donald Trump has thoroughly blurred the lines between his political ambitions and his business interests, with a wide-ranging set of moneymaking ventures. read more

 

Trump belongs in prison among the general population.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago

White House Warns Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Happen at Any Timerison

A host of countries, including the United States, has told their citizens to leave Ukraine immediately. read more

 

The CIA believes it.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago

Harris Says Replacing Lead Pipes Is a Priority, Despite Limited Funding

Some civil rights leaders have grown frustrated with the lack of action behind administration proposals that would help Black and Latino communities. read more

 

Lead poisoned children are an unmitigated disaster.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago

In Reversal, F.D.A. Delays Push for Shots for Children Under 5

The agency will wait for data on whether three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine are effective in young children after new, disappointing data. read more

 

The FDA is following the data as promised.

There is no reversal.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago

As Other Hot Spots Boil, U.S. Shows Its Foreign Policy Focus Is Asia

Antony Blinken’s Asia-Pacific trip during the crisis with Russia and Ukraine signals that the U.S. is committing to the world’s largest region — and to competition with China. read more

 

Europe can take care of itself most of the time.

Only the U.S. is big enough to resist China.

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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago

The Traveling Trump Show Comes to South Texas

Pro-Trump rallies and conferences have taken on the flavor of religious revival, a mix between protest and party. read more

 

Government is not a carnival. 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago

On Capitol Hill, a Push to Unionize House Aides Gains Traction

Democrats have signed on to a resolution that would for the first time give House aides the same organizing protections other federal government employees enjoy. read more

 

The minions are conspiring. 

Paternalism does not do the job.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago

F.D.A. Clears Monoclonal Antibody Drug From Eli Lilly

The federal government has ordered 600,000 doses of the monoclonal antibody treatment, which is meant for high-risk Covid patients early in their illness. read more

 

Another tool for the infected.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago

Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds

The president intends to use the Afghan central bank’s assets to fund needs in Afghanistan amid a humanitarian disaster, and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. read more

 

These monies belong to Afghan depositors.

The U.S. should hand them back to their owners.

Afghanistan had no part in 9/11/01.

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Ian Welsh1 day ago

Why The Left Doesn’t Copy The Truck Protests

[image: Why The Left Doesn’t Copy The Truck Protests] One of the reasons I didn’t condemn the strategy used by the truckers is simple: for a couple decades now I’ve been saying that this general sort of thing is what the left should do. Change happens only when you inflict real pain. In fact, the trucker protests aren’t that new, this sort of thing happens in France all the time. Truckers have big vehicles they can use to block roads in a way that’s harder to stop than a bunch of people just lining up or even chaining themselves up. Commenter someofparts, riffing off Lambert said i... read more

 

I am told the Canadian truckers are resisting Covid-19 based border controls.

Why do they bother?

Get  the shots and go to work.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Top job vacancies may hurt Biden’s research agenda, which extends well beyond fighting the pandemic.

 

 The top administrators are essential to researching agencies.

The senate has not consented to any candidates.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Republicans Who Railed About Clinton Emails Are Quiet on Trump’s Records

Republicans once attacked Hillary Clinton for her handling of government records. But few showed outrage over news about former President Donald J. Trump

 

Republicans rarely plead guilty.

 

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CIA is Collecting in Bulk Certain Data Affecting Americans, Senators Warn

A partly declassified letter from two senators, Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich, does not say what the data is. read more

 

There is no reason for the CIA to ever stop collecting data where it can.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Panel Approves Transfer of Saudi Engineer From Guantánamo Bay

The decision means that a majority of detainees at the wartime prison are cleared for transfer if U.S. diplomats can forge security deals with countries to receive them read more

 

The prison at Guantánamo Bay is a war crime.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Review Panel Approves Release of Saudi Prisoner from Guantánamo Bay

The decision means that a majority of detainees at the wartime prison are cleared for transfer if U.S. diplomats can forge security deals with countries to receive them read more

 

 The prison at Guantánamo Bay is a war crime.

 

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Ian Welsh2 days ago

The Decline and Fall of Post-war Liberalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism

[image: The Decline and Fall of Post-war Liberalism and the Rise of Neoliberalism] [image: strikes-involving-more-than-1k-workers]In the Anglo-US world, post-war liberalism has been on the defensive since the 1970s. This is normally shown through various wage or wealth graphs, but I’m going to show two graphs of a different nature. The first, to the right, is the number of strikes involving more than 1K workers. Fascinating, eh? The second, below and to your left, is the incarceration rate. It isn’t adjusted for population increases, but even if it was, the picture wouldn’t change... read more

 

The Liberal coalition has become ragged and torn.

It still exists and is a constant threat to would be kings.

 

 

 

 

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