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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Russia and Far-Right Americans Find Common Ground With Ukraine WarSome conservatives have echoed the Kremlin’s misleading claims about the
war and vice versa, giving each other’s assertions a sheen of credibility. read more
Sheera Frenkel and
NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Pledging to ‘Stay in My Lane,’ Jackson Defends Her RecordAs Republicans suggested she was soft on crime, particularly when it came
to child sexual abuse, and an extremist on matters of race, the Supreme
Court nominee pushed back. read more
"Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday pushed back on Republican attacks
on her record, defending her work representing terrorism detainees and
sentencing child sex abusers as she presented herself as a firm believer
in judicial restraint fit to be confirmed to a seat on the Supreme
Court."
She is holding her own.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
What to Watch For on Day 3 of Jackson’s Confirmation HearingSenators will get their final shot at questioning the Supreme Court
nominee, but it is unclear whether any new ground will be broken. read more
Republicans rarely break new ground.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Project Veritas Says Justice Dept. Secretly Seized Its EmailsIn a court filing, the conservative group assailed prosecutors for
concealing the action in a proceeding from the investigation of how it
acquired Ashley Biden’s diary. read more
There should be a warrant if the emails are to be presented in court.
If so they are not secret. If not Project Veritas has hacked into places they shouldn't or is lying.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Disney Employees Walk Out Amid Furor Over Florida Anti-LGBTQ BillHoping to avoid controversy, the company initially shied away from taking a
public stance on the anti-L.G.B.T.Q. bill. Now, an internal outcry has
stretched into its third week. read more
Sex is what people do.
Disney tries to ignore sexuality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis
The government of Florida wants only two sexes and one sexual relationship.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Biden Plans Sanctions on Russian Lawmakers as He Heads to EuropeA chief goal of the meetings this week is to show that Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine will not lead to sniping and disagreement among the United States
and its allies. read more
Complete Russian withdrawal from Ukraine without nuclear war is the goal.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
U.S. and Britain Reach Trade Deal on Metals, Whiskey, Jeans and MoreThe step, announced as U.S. and British officials met in Baltimore, removed
trade barriers erected under former President Donald J. Trump. read more
International trade is recovering from Trump.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Victor Fazio, Longtime Democratic Leader in the House, Dies at 79Known for his ability to work across the aisle, he represented the
Sacramento area from 1979 to 1999 and rose to become chairman of the House
Democratic caucus. read more
He was twenty one years out of office.
Organizations have become stronger.
The aisle is wider than it was.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
Ukraine War and Pandemic Force Nations to Retreat From GlobalizationConflicts among the U.S., Russia and China — and endless Covid-19 outbreaks
— strain the interdependent economy and Western ideas of post-Cold War
stability. read more
National security concerns are the actual drivers of reduced globalization.
Macroeconomic ignorance amplifies those concerns.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
Rival Sept. 11 Victims Near Potential Deal to Divide Afghan Central Bank AssetsBut another group opposes it. A court has not yet decided wheyther $3.5
billion in Afghan central bank funds can be used to pay Taliban debts. read more
George W. Bush made a mistake.
Afghanistan should not be made to pay more for it.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics11 hours ago
Judging a Judge on Race and Crime, G.O.P. Plays to Base and FringeGrilling Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the
Supreme Court, conservative senators painted her as a jurist who had
coddled criminals and embraced “woke” education. read more
Misogynistic racists need no other excuse.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, Tests Positive for CoronavirusMs. Psaki said that she had two meetings with President Biden on Monday but
that they had been socially distanced. read more
There is a pandemic still active.
Desire does not change facts.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
Ted Cruz and Ketanji Brown Jackson Spar Over Antiracism CurriculumA question about whether or not infants were racist drew an audible sigh
from the nominee for the Supreme Court. read more
Ted Cruz is a racist.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
Adam Laxalt, Senate Candidate, Says He’s Already Gearing Up to Fight Election FraudIn an audio recording obtained by The New York Times, Adam Laxalt, a
Republican running for Senate in Nevada, said he’s already gearing up to
fight election fraud. read more
Adam Laxalt is chasing a phantasm.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics14 hours ago
Jackson Rejects Accusations of Leniency in Child Sexual Abuse Cases“Nothing could be further from the truth,” she told the Senate Judiciary
Committee. read more
Republicans are seeing things.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Exchanges on War CrimesTwo Republicans asserted during the second day of confirmation hearings on
Tuesday that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had called former Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former President George W. Bush “war
criminals.” But she never used that phrase. read more
Ketanji Brown Jackson "was one of several lawyers who in 2005 signed four essentially
boilerplate habeas corpus petitions on behalf of detainees at Guantánamo
Bay that claimed the United States government had tortured the men and
that such acts “constitute war crimes.”"
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Two Religious Conservatives and a Marxist Walk Into a JournalCompact, a new online magazine edited by two religious conservatives and a
Marxist proponent of “labor populism,” aims to challenge both “a libertine
left and a libertarian right.” read more
"Lets you and him fight"
There is little hope for editorial stability at this journal.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
G.O.P. Questions to Judge Jackson Give Preview of November Attack LinesG.O.P. senators are pressing Judge Jackson on critical race theory and
transgender rights, teeing up their attacks on Democrats as extremists. read more
The polls indicate that racism is not a winning strategy.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 hours ago
What to Watch For on Day 2 of Jackson’s Confirmation HearingJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson will answer her first questions from senators
on Tuesday. read more
Conservatives do not change their opinions.
Learning is prohibitively painful.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
The Rise of the Tucker Carlson PoliticianTwo Republican Senate candidates field-test a new message honed in the
cable-news studio. read more
Tucker Carlson confirms the unthinking.
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