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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 minutes ago
Pfizer to Ask FDA to Authorize Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Under 5Pfizer and BioNTech in mid-December announced that two doses of the
vaccine, given at a tenth of the amount of an adult dosing, did not produce
a strong enough immune response in children ages 2 to 4.
A necessary step.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics40 minutes ago
Fatal Gang Fight Spurs Nationwide Lockdown of Federal Prison SystemThe Bureau of Prisons’ unusual step indicated that it was concerned that
the violence could have a ripple effect on other facilities. read more
The administrators are affraid of the prisoners.
The prisoners are seen as political and organized.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics43 minutes ago
Rachel Maddow Is Taking a Hiatus at MSNBCThe anchor is expected to be off until April, leaving MSNBC with a hole in
the coveted 9 p.m. weeknight time slot. read more
MSNBC upper management has suffered a major failure.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics55 minuraidtes ago
Biden Designates Qatar as a Major Non-NATO AllyThe move clears the way for greater security cooperation and investment at
a time when President Biden is seeking help boosting natural gas supplies
in Europe. read more
Qatar has a best government money can buy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics59 minutes ago
U.S. and Allies Close to Reviving Nuclear Deal With Iran, Officials SayA return to a 2015 accord is on the table, but the next decisions are up to
the new government in Tehran, the Biden administration says. read more
The Times is taking a hopeful view.
Israel will not be happy.
The Trump partisans are never happy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Trump Announces He Is Entering 2022 With $122 Million in the BankThe former president said his overall war chest so far was more than double
the cash on hand of the Republican National Committee. read more
Trump and his supporters seem to be guilty of treason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Trump’s Grip on G.O.P. Faces New StrainsShifts in polls of Republicans, disagreements on endorsements and jeers
over vaccines hint at daylight between the former president and the
right-wing movement he spawned. read more
Reading tealeaves.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Angry US-Russia Exchange at UN Punctuates Deepening Ukraine RiftWith vitriolic accusations that echoed the Cold War era, the United States
and Russia sparred in a bitter debate over the Ukraine crisis in a Security
Council meeting watched by the world on Monday. read more
This is what the Security Council of the U.N. is for.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
DeSantis and the Media: (Not) a Love StoryThe Florida governor and the mainstream press have had a rocky relationship
that he has often worked to his advantage. read more
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida lives in a fantasy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Fed Officials Make It Clear on Inflation: This Time Is DifferentCentral bankers on Monday emphasized that conditions are better than they
were the last time they backed off their efforts to prop up the U.S.
economy. read more
The Federal Reserve Bank will try to follow its charter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Fed Officials Make It Clear: This Time Is DifferentCentral bankers on Monday emphasized that conditions are better than t hey
were the last time they backed off their efforts to prop up the U.S.
economy. read more
The Federal Reserve Bank will try to follow its charter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
What a Disconnect From Swift Would Mean for RussiaA Belgian financial messaging service is once again at the center of an
international sanctions fight. read more
Alan Rappeport is guessing from disinformation.
The diplomats are talking and the troops are not moving,
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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago
Georgia Prosecutor Investigating Trump Seeks Safety Assistance From the F.B.I.The Fulton County district attorney expressed concern about the former
president’s comments at a rally in Texas. read more
Trump committed treason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Inflation and Deficits Don’t Dim the Appeal of U.S. BondsTreasury rates remain strikingly low, partly because of the safety
government debt offers corporations and retirees. Whether that endures is
crucial to federal spending. read more
The U.S. financial system remains sound.
The powers of the Republican party are trying to destroy it.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
With Breyer’s Exit, a Farewell to Marshmallow Guns and Tomato ChildrenJustice Stephen G. Breyer, who said last week that he planned to retire,
enlivened Supreme Court arguments with questions that could confuse and
amuse. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Trump Says He Would Consider Pardons for Jan. 6 Defendants if ElectedIn a speech in Texas, the former president also urged supporters to stage
protests if prosecutors in Atlanta and New York took action against him. read more
Trump has committed treason.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the CountryBrazenly partisan candidates who insist that Donald Trump won the 2020
election are transforming races for the once-obscure office of secretary of
state. read more
These are Trump's willing aids.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 30, 2022[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 30, 2022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – January 30, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
*Yuan overtakes yen in global transaction volume *
[Asia Times, via Naked Capitalism 1-26-2022]
*China in the Middle East*
Chas W. Freeman, Jr. [Naked Capitalism 1-27-2022]
*How Supply-Side Reaganomics is linked to the slave holding Confederacy*
Heather Cox Richardson, January 27, 2022 [Letters from an American]
On January 21, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen explained to the World
Economic Forum that the Biden administrat... read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g
Merz is suspected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merz_(art_style)
There may be information in this word salad. I stopped paying attention.
The bottom line: It does not compute.
Minsky moment?
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
For Ketanji Brown Jackson, View of Criminal Justice Was Shaped by FamilyThe story of an uncle’s cocaine conviction formed only part of Judge
Jackson’s understanding of the system’s complexities. She is now seen as a
contender to be President Biden’s Supreme Court pick. read more
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been a respected judge.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Inflation and Deficits Don’t Dim the Appeal of U.S. BondsTreasury rates remain strikingly low, partly because of the safety
government debt offers corporations and retirees. Whether that endures is
crucial to federal spending. read more
"The full faith and credit" of the federal government retains value in uncertain times.
Inflation protected means what it says.
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