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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 minutes ago
Biden and Putin, Children of the Cold War, Face Off Over UkraineNot since John F. Kennedy and Nikita S. Khrushchev confronted each other
over Berlin and Cuba have an American president and Russian leader gone
eyeball to eyeball in quite such a dramatic fashion. read more
Try Harry Trumam and Joe Stalin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Lenin
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NYT > U.S. > Politics32 minutes ago
Demetrios Papademetriou, Top Immigration Scholar, Dies at 75He designed the “Grand Bargain,” an ambitious plan for Mexican immigrants
to gain legal status in the U.S., but it collapsed after the terrorist
attacks of 9/11. read more
Everyone eventually dies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_mortuis_nil_nisi_bonum
Not enough Conservatives have died recently.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics38 minutes ago
Russia and China Cemented Economic Ties Before Ukraine InvasionFacing a wary United States and worried about depending on imports by sea,
China is buying more energy and food from its northern neighbor. read more
China needs the fuel and can pay.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Supporters Seek Clemency for Leonard Peltier, Native American ActivistLeonard Peltier, sentenced to two life terms 45 years ago in the shooting
of two F.B.I. agents, is now 77 and in poor health. read more
Lenoard Peltier has a better chance now than with a Republican president.
He has better lawyers now also.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
As a Public Defender, Supreme Court Nominee Helped Clients Others AvoidedAmbitious lawyers usually become prosecutors. Ketanji Brown Jackson worked
on behalf of criminal defendants and Guantánamo detainees. read more
Everyone deserves a defense.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
For Ukraine’s Refugees, Europe Opens Doors That Were Shut to OthersThousands of Ukrainians will end up in countries led by nationalist
governments that have been reluctant to welcome refugees in the past. read more
Getting the mothers and children out will help.
Lend Lease is the model the U.S. should follow again.
Nuclear war is all too thinkable.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
State Dept. Says Moscow’s Ukraine Diplomacy Was a ‘Pretense’Officials in the Biden administration met repeatedly with Russian
emissaries as the threat of an invasion of Ukraine grew more apparent. read more
Moscow fooled the state department.
The C.I.A. got it right.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
As Democrats Cheer Jackson Pick, Republicans Pledge Respectful ReviewThe showdown over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination could be less
toxic than other recent Supreme Court confirmations. read more
Mitch McConnell may be learning.
It is doubtful he has changed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
U.S. Eases Sanctions to Allow Routine Transactions With Afghan GovernmentThe move allows financial dealings with civil servants at government
institutions, even if those ministries are now overseen by Taliban members. read more
The Afghans have contracts and the world has promises to keep.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Force Kimberly Guilfoyle to TestifyKimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of former President Donald J. Trump’s
eldest son, cut short an interview when she learned that House members on
the panel were participating. read more
The committee has subpoena power.
She is not a wife.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
How the U.S. and Europe Are Targeting Putin With SanctionsThe new penalties are a provocative step given how rarely governments,
including the United States, take aim at foreign leaders. read more
The "West" follows money.
Putin follows political power.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Biden Targets Russia With Strategy of Containment, Updated for a New EraPresident Biden’s plan to counter Russia faces obstacles in an
interconnected world. Russia also has a new, if not very enthusiastic,
partner in standing up to the West: China. read more
China likes power and money.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Russia’s Assault in Ukraine Slows After an Aggressive StartThe invading forces have faced stiff resistance, but President Vladimir V.
Putin of Russia could quickly send in more troops, Pentagon officials said. read more
Blitz Kreig did not work for Putin.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Russia’s Assault in Ukraine Slows After an Aggressive StartThe invading forces have faced stiff resistance, but President Vladimir V.
Putin of Russia could quickly send in more troops, Pentagon officials said. read more
The Panzer Faust has been improved.
Stingers are also newish.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
As Democrats Cheer Jackson Pick, Republicans Pledge Respectful ReviewThe showdown over Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination could be less
toxic than other recent Supreme Court confirmations. read more
The Republican answer will be a respectful no.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
Biden Made a Historic Supreme Court Pick. What Now?Nominating the first Black woman is both bold and politically savvy,
Democrats told us. Republicans are divided over how much of a fight to put
up. read more
The fight in the senate.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
Ballot Rejections in Texas Spike After New Voting LawAhead of Tuesday’s primary, about 30 percent of absentee ballots were
rejected in the state’s most populous counties. In 2020, the statewide
rejection rate was less than 1 percent. read more
The South is recrudescent.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
How Biden Chose Ketanji Brown Jackson as His Supreme Court NomineeJudge Jackson’s ability to garner Republican votes made her an attractive
candidate, but President Biden’s advisers said that he wanted to choose
someone in the mold of the justice she would be replacing. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
‘I’ll Stand on the Side of Russia’: Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads OnlineAfter marinating in conspiracy theories and Donald J. Trump’s Russia
stance, some online discourse about Vladimir Putin has grown more
complimentary. read more
The racist coalition favors autocracy.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Putin Looks To Win Both The War & The Peace[image: Putin Looks To Win Both The War & The Peace]
So, saw this yesterday:
“Biden said he’s seeking to shield Americans from higher energy costs by
exempting energy payments from sanctions…The sanctions didn’t appear
targeted at Russian energy, aluminum, and wheat industries…”
… Former Bush official McNally called it: “I expect stringent sanctions,
but nothing on energy — bankers, ships and oligarchs. They don’t want to
add upward pressure on oil prices — they are absolutely terrified.”
Putin will win the war. He will leave Ukraine except in the newly
recognized republics. Whate... read more
Ian Welsh is not a liberal democrat.
Russia likes bread.
Ukraine will survive.
Fossil carbon use must end.
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