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NYT > U.S. > Politics25 minutes ago
Supreme Court Leans Toward Coach in Case on School PrayerMembers of the court’s conservative majority indicated that the coach,
Joseph A. Kennedy, had a constitutional right to kneel and pray at the
50-yard line after games. read more
The court will probably decide for prayer.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics55 minutes ago
Supreme Court Allows Elite High School’s New Admissions RulesA group including parents of Asian American students challenged the new
criteria at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in
Virginia. read more
I do not read minds.
The Court expects the program to fail.
Thus demonstrating the racist presumption.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Trump Media Adds Former Nunes Aides, Donald Jr., and ‘Apprentice’ Contestant to BoardMr. Nunes stepped down from his House seat in January to become chief
executive of Trump Media. Wes Moss, a financial adviser and a contestant on
“The Apprentice,” is also now a director. read more
Trump's was a corporate presidency.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Biden Adviser Cedric Richmond Is Leaving the White HouseThe former Louisiana congressman is expected to step down next month. He
will be one of the first White House senior advisers to leave as Democrats
brace for a difficult midterm election. read more
Some Democrats are worried about racists.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
State Court Rejects Kansas Congressional Map as a GerrymanderThe Republican-drawn map intentionally split strongholds of Democratic and
Black voters, a judge ruled. The State Supreme Court will review the
decision. read more
Congressional district maps are intensely political.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
America’s Road to the Ukraine WarFor years, the United States sent mixed signals about its interests in the
country. Then Vladimir V. Putin made his move. read more
Trump wanted to subjugate the Bidens.
His plan failed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church LeadersSome evangelical pastors are hosting events dedicated to Trump’s election
falsehoods and promoting the cause to their congregations. read more
Yes
Pragmatic governance has not overcome religious authority.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Biden Nominates Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to UkrainePresident Biden nominated Bridget Brink, the current U.S. ambassador to
Slovakia, as ambassador to Ukraine. The position has been empty for more
than a year. read more
Byzantine is the word that comes to mind.
Bridget Brink is probably the appropriate ambassador.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
‘Crisis Actors’? Where Have I Heard That Before?A journalist in The Times’s Washington bureau explains how some terms used
by the Kremlin to deny evidence of atrocities in Ukraine originated here at
home. read more
Learning from the opposition is a practice older than humanity.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics13 hours ago
‘Crisis Actors’? Where Have I Heard That Before?A journalist in The Times’s Washington bureau explains how some terms used
by the Kremlin to deny evidence of atrocities in Ukraine originated here at
home. read more
Learning from the opposition is a practice older than humanity.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago
After a Rocky First Year, a Cautious Garland Finds His FootingFor all of the attention on the Justice Department’s investigation into the
Jan. 6 attack, Mr. Garland has focused on the everyday work of being the
attorney general. read more
Getting the work done is the job.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Kemp and Perdue Debate, Looking Back at 2020 and Ahead to AbramsGov. Brian Kemp of Georgia and his Republican primary opponent, former
Senator David Perdue, bickered over the previous election — and over who
would be more likely to defeat Stacey Abrams in November. read more
"Lets you and him fight."
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Orrin Hatch, Seven-Term Senator and a Republican Force, Dies at 88Overcoming poverty and representing Utah, he became a powerful figure in
Washington, helping to build a conservative majority on the Supreme Court. read more
All humans die.
All the old die soon.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church LeadersSome evangelical pastors are hosting events dedicated to Trump’s election
falsehoods and promoting the cause to their congregations. read more
The faithful believe they should govern.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself on Fire at Supreme CourtA friend described the actions of Wynn Bruce, of Boulder, Colo., as “a
deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis.” read more
Wynn Bruce understood the problem.
He did not find a solution.
He was an idiot.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 24, 2022[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 24, 2022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 24, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
*The Godless Empire: Evil Cannot Create Anything New, Only Corrupt What
Good Created*
[The Reading Junkie, via Mike Norman Economics 4-18-2022]
Analysts in Washington study a culture and find its most primal, barbaric
roots, and create a cartoonish caricature of it. With that caricature as a
false god, that whole society is turned into a death cult, the perfect,
self-destructing weapon against Washington’s rivals. The suicidal... read more
Pragmatism does not demand perfection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfection
The perfect is dead.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Christopher Rufo Fuels the Right’s Cultural Fires in FloridaChristopher Rufo helped make critical race theory a conservative rallying
cry. Now he sees L.G.B.T.Q. issues as an even more potent line of attack. read more
The perfect is dead.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Filing Provides New Details on Trump White House Planning for Jan. 6Testimony disclosed by the House committee investigating the attack showed
that Mark Meadows and Freedom Caucus members discussed directing marchers
to the Capitol as Congress certified the election results. read more
Trump committed treason.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago
For Trump’s G.O.P., Crossing Lines Has Few ConsequencesA dizzying week featured Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader,
caught lying and another lawmaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene, grilled under
oath about her role in the Jan. 6 attack. read more
Trump's GOP considers itself noble.
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Ian Welsh2 days ago
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