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NYT > U.S. > Politics59 minutes ago
Stripped of Election Oversight, She’s Running for Colorado Secretary of StateTina Peters, the Mesa County clerk, joins the ranks of 2020 election
deniers who are seeking to oversee their states’ elections. read more
Mistaken faith is a terrible thing,
Better to do without faith.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty in Submarine Espionage CaseJonathan Toebbe, who was arrested in October along with his wife, is set to
face 12 years or more in prison under a plea deal with federal prosecutors. read more
It must have seemed a good idea.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
How Cindy Axne, One of the Most At-Risk Democrats in Congress, Hangs OnMeet Representative Cindy Axne of Iowa, who has some advice for the White
House about how to talk to voters. read more
Election is possible in the face of opposition.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good
will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role:
softening China’s authoritarian image. read more
Talking makes other things possible.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Migrants Left in Limbo After Policy Change to Help Busy Border OfficialsRepublicans say the new policy helps undocumented immigrants disappear;
many immigrants say it has prevented them from following the government’s
instructions. read more
The Republican party is most interested in frustrating Democrats.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
Peter Thiel, the Right’s Would-Be KingmakerPeter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has
re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. read more
There are idiot-savants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome
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Ian Welsh7 hours ago
The Pro-Death Lobby & Pro-Death Protesters[image: The Pro-Death Lobby & Pro-Death Protesters]
No big post today, though I’ve got some things to say about inflation and
policing soonish.
Just noting that the people who don’t want zero-Covid are, objectively,
pro-death and pro-disabling. They’re the pro-death lobby and the pro-death
protesters. This includes most Western politicians, who if it were up to
me, would be removed from power, tried for crimes against humanity, and in
countries with a death penalty, hung from the neck till dead. Zero-Covid
works when done properly, anyone in power who doesn’t do it is a mass
murde... read more
These are believers in an afterlife with a heaven for the believers.
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Life%27s_Handicap_-_Kipling_(1891).djvu/204
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
The ‘Zen Mayor’: How Eric Adams Mixes Tough Talk With Spinach SmoothiesMr. Adams has tied his interest in nutrition, meditation and fitness to his
views on how to lead New York at a challenging time. read more
https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dodgson/quotations/
9"Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
Inside McConnell’s Campaign to Take Back the Senate and Thwart TrumpSenator Mitch McConnell is working furiously to bring allies to Washington
who will buck Donald J. Trump. It’s not going according to plan. read more
Trump seems to believe he is the king.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics21 hours ago
U.S. Battles Putin by Disclosing His Next Possible MovesDeclassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials
say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. read more
Exposing Putin's next moves is probably Putin's plan.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
In Hawaii, Blinken Aims for a United Front With Allies on North KoreaSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his counterparts from South Korea
and Japan denounced the North’s recent missile tests and called for a
resumption of talks. read more
North Korea is a pawn of China.
In itself it is trivial.
China is the problem Blinken must reduce.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 13, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
*Thoughts on the Canadian Trucker “Freedom Convoys”*
Lambert Strether, February 10, 2022 [Naked Capitalism]
Let me confess at the outset that, sadly, I have come to regard “freedom”
as a tell for the expression of today’s brand of sociopathic and therefore
highly adaptive libertarianism[1]. So, when I see “the Canadian truckers”
(as I will call them) branded as a (highly replicable) “Freedom Convoy,” my
back teeth start ... read more
If nothing else:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights.html
https://religionnews.com/2022/01/26/for-right-wing-extremists-a-renewed-embrace-of-christian-nationalism/
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Afghan Diplomats Seek Permission to Remain in U.S.American banks have suspended government accounts to prevent the Taliban
from gaining access to funds, suspending the salaries of many workers. read more
These former diplomats are refugees.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’In 1972, China sent two pandas to the United States as a gesture of good
will. In recent years, experts say the animals have taken on a new role:
softening China’s authoritarian image. read more
Some are silly enough to "favor a land war in Asia."
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No OtherMuch 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 appears broke.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Giuliani in Talks to Testify to House Jan. 6 PanelIt is not clear how much assistance he might provide in the investigation
into former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to hold onto power. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_of_the_court
Giuliani does not now know his duty.
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Open Thread[image: Open Thread]
Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. (No trucker protest
comments.)
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There are things that must be decided.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Blinken Says U.S. Has a ‘Long-Term Future’ in the Pacific IslandsThe 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
The western ocean should continue to be an ANZUS lake.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Harris Says Replacing Lead Pipes Is a Priority, Despite Limited FundingSome civil rights leaders have grown frustrated with the lack of action
behind administration proposals that would help Black and Latino
communities. read more
Lead poisoning must end.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
F.D.A. Delays Review of Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine for Children Under 5The 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 data set is not complete.
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