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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Employer Practices Limit Workers’ Choices and Wages, U.S. Study ArguesA Biden administration report says collusion and other constraints on
competition hold down pay and prospects in the labor market. read more
The Treasury department is correct.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Armed Intruder Prompts Lockdown at Joint Base Andrews as Vice President LandsA 17-year-old was arrested and a second intruder got away after they drove
through a checkpoint, the authorities said. Vice President Kamala Harris
had just landed at the base. read more
Joint Base Andrews acted properly.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws ScrutinyThe Infowars host tormented Sandy Hook families and helped elect President
Donald J. Trump. His role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is now of growing
interest to congressional investigators. read more
Worth prosecuting.
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Ian Welsh4 hours ago
Thinking Out Ukraine Sanctions[image: Thinking Out Ukraine Sanctions]
Question:
If you could not buy anything you wanted using Western currency, why would
you sell anything to the West?
Western sanctions on Russia are fairly close to: “you can sell us oil,
wheat and gas, but we’ve frozen all your foreign currency reserves we can
touch (almost all of them) and we won’t sell you anything that’s useful to
you. Anyone who tries to do so using our system is committing a crime, even
if not in of our countries and we will punish them.”
It’s hard to imagine that Russia is going to keep selling us what they
have. Nake... read more
Ian Welsh is not thinking.
Internal combustion and the rankine cycle are passing quickly in "the west".
PV+Battery
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
Rubio, U.S. Lawmakers Are Largely Opposed to No-Fly Zone Over UkraineMembers of both parties said such a move would risk drawing the United
States into a conflict with Russia, another nuclear power. read more
Nuclear war has no winners.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Arming Ukraine: 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons in 6 Days and a Clandestine CybercorpsThe United States has walked to the edge of direct conflict with Russia in
an operation that is reminiscent of the Berlin airlift of 1948-49, but far
more complex. read more
Cold War looks like victory.
Captured Russian troops can be traded.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 6, 2022[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 6, 2022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 6, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
[Twitter, via Naked Capitalism Water Cooler 3-1-2022]
never seen weaponization of money on this scale before…you only get to play
the card once. china will make it a priority to need no USD before going
for Taiwan. it’s a turning point in monetary history: the end of USD
hegemony & the acceleration towards a bipolar monetary order
— Dylan Grice (@dylangrice) February 27, 2022
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[Twitter, via Avedon’s Sideshow 4-6-2022]
Forget ...
Nothing passes congress without Republican assent.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
U.S. Is Exploring How to Send Soviet-Era Fighter Jets to UkraineThe discussions follow President Volodymyr Zelensky’s impassioned plea to
American legislators for assistance in obtaining more lethal military aid. read more
Poland has sold its MIGs to the U.S.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
WNBA Center Brittney Griner Is Detained in RussiaRussian customs officials said a U.S. basketball player had vape cartridges
containing hashish oil in her luggage. A Russian news agency identified the
player as Griner. read more
She is tradegoods.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Indicted. Under F.B.I. Investigation. And Still Popular With Texas Republicans.Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, earned the most votes in Tuesday’s
G.O.P. primary. His embrace of Trumpism has helped him weather a series of
allegations. read more
Locking him up is the only way to pause a Texan.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
High Demand for Drug to Prevent Covid in the Vulnerable, Yet Doses Go UnusedThe treatment could be lifesaving for many who cannot get protection from
the vaccine, but confusion about the drug has made some doctors slow to
prescribe it. read more
Words can stop a treatment.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Allies Focus on Security of Zelensky and Other Ukraine LeadersConcerns about the line of succession were prompted in part because
President Volodymyr Zelensky insists he will not be evacuated. read more
Zelenski will catch the last truck out.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Blinken Arrives in Poland to Gauge Additional US Aid for UkraineThe Russian invasion has pushed more than one million refugees to flee
Ukraine for neighboring nations. read more
Ukraine will run out of holes after they run out of aid.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Blinken Arrives in Poland to Gauge Additional U.S. Aid for UkraineThe Russian invasion has pushed more than one million refugees to flee
Ukraine for neighboring nations. read more
Ukraine will run out of holes after they run out of aid.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Zelensky Asks for More Weapons and a No-Fly Zone in Meeting With CongressThe meeting, conducted via Zoom, was the first time President Volodymyr
Zelensky of Ukraine had addressed both houses of Congress since Russia’s
invasion began. read more
He can have surface to air missals.
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
Open Thread[image: Open Thread]
Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent threads (aka. no Ukraine.)
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I am relatively happy here.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Finland, Non-NATO and Nervous, Discusses Defense With Biden“We usually don’t start wars,” President Sauli Niinisto of Finland said as
the leaders spoke amid the war in Ukraine. read more
A quiet border is useful.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Republicans Sharpen Their Message on UkraineParty leaders think that tying President Biden’s handling of the war to his
domestic woes could be a potent argument with voters in the fall. read more
Lock up Trump and his storm troopers.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Florida Senate Passes Voting Bill to Create Election Crimes AgencyThe bill would make Florida one of the first states to have a force
dedicated to election crimes and voter fraud, despite such offenses being
exceedingly rare. read more
This agency is or should be unconstitutional.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
Pistols, Assault Rifles, Zip Ties: Witness Describes Preparation for Jan. 6A witness in the trial of Guy Reffitt, the first person to face a jury on
charges stemming from the Capitol assault, said they wanted to be prepared
in case “something bad happened.” read more
1/6/21 was planned by Trump lieutenants with Trump cheering them on.
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