Monday, April 18, 2022

@15:30, , 4/16/22

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Biden’s Tax Forms Show He and the First Lady Earned $610,702 in 2021
The president and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, also reported donations of $17,394 to 10 charities. read more
 reconstructed
The income looks legitimate at first glance. 

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Trump’s Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans
The former president is trying to reshape the battleground state in his image. But his false claims about the 2020 election are driving a wedge between loyalists and those who are eager to move on. read more
 
Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
https://www.amazon.com/Grant-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143110632/ref=pd_lpo_3?pd_rd_i=0143110632&psc=1
Splits in the reconstructed Republican party please me.
 
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Ian Welsh8 hours ago
Open Thread
[image: Open Thread] Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn read more
 
There are long lifetimes of incident. 
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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As G.O.P. Candidates Face Accusations, Rivals Tread Carefully
In several states, Republican candidates are contending with allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault. Few of their primary rivals want to talk about it. read more
 
People are not convinced by what they read.
Incarceration is definitive. 

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C.I.A. Director Says Putin Might Consider Nuclear Weapons
William J. Burns, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, cautioned that he had seen no “practical evidence” that would suggest such a move was imminent. read more
 
William J. Burns is paid to worry.
The diplomats must keep talking.

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Moskva, Russia’s Prized Ship, Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
The sinking of the Moskva was a major blow to the Russian fleet and the most significant combat loss for any navy in decades. read more
 
A large gunboat has been sunk.
 
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Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say
The sinking of the Moskva was a major blow to the Russian fleet and the most significant combat loss for any navy in decades. read more
 
A large gunboat has been sunk.
 

Trump Endorses J.D. Vance in Republican Primary for Senate in Ohio
The move amounts to a major bet on Mr. Vance’s ability to prevail over a crowded field, and on the former president’s power to alter the course of key congressional races. read more
 
There will be an election.
Trump belongs in prison.
 
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Oh, Brother: The Not-Quite-Tell-All Books by Presidential Sisters
Valerie Biden Owens is one of a handful of presidential sisters who have taken the opportunity to dish on their brothers. read more
 
Campaigns tell us what the campaigners want known.
The gossip is in the sister's books and their equivalents.

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The War in Ukraine Is Upending Biden’s Agenda at Home
President Biden’s domestic ambitions have gotten smaller as the war diverts the attention of the White House and contributes to rising prices. read more
 
The Republican party is upsetting the Biden and Democratic agenda.
The war in Ukraine is upsetting the Republican agenda
 
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/us/politics/mike-lee-chip-roy-jan-6-texts.html
 
The Republicans knew they are in trouble.
 
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U.S. Offers Protection to People Who Fled War in Cameroon
Temporary protected status will allow an estimated 40,000 Cameroonians to legally live and work in the United States. read more
 
English seems to be important to I.N.S.

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Biden to Nominate Michael Barr as Fed Vice Chair for Supervision
Mr. Barr faced pushback from progressives when his name was floated for a different position. read more
 
A probable waste of time and attention.

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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Official Inflation vs. Real Inflation (Rent Edition)
[image: Official Inflation vs. Real Inflation (Rent Edition)] So, rent increases: n the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, median rent rose an astounding 19.3 percent from December 2020 to December 2021, according to a Realtor.com analysis of properties with two or fewer bedrooms. And nowhere was the jump bigger than in the Miami metro area, where the median rent exploded to $2,850, 49.8 percent higher than the previous year. Other cities across Florida — Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville — and the Sun Belt destinations of San Diego, Las Vegas, Austin, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, all s... read more
 
The underpaid are often discouraged voters.
 
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Military Memo Adds to Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery
The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had entered Earth’s atmosphere, but other scientists and NASA are still not convinced. read more
 
U.S. Space Command knows where the Russian guns and rocket launchers are in real-time.
 
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Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd
In about eight hours of questioning, investigators pressed the former White House aide on former President Donald J. Trump’s use of “we” in his speech to supporters before the riot. read more
 
Trump treason is less doubtful.
 
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Nebraska State Senator Says Candidate for Governor Groped Her
The state senator, Julie Slama, confirmed a news report saying that Charles Herbster, a leading candidate for governor, had touched her inappropriately in 2019. He denied the allegations. read more
 
Such reports please me.
 
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Democrats Face Tough Questions as a Border Saga Enters a New Chapter
We spoke with two White House correspondents for The New York Times, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael D. Shear, about a Trump-era immigration policy that the Biden administration is ending. read more
 
The flow of Latin-American refugees will restart. 
Most Republicans will not like that.
 
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Pfizer Says Booster Strengthens Immune Response for Children 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of Covid booster doses for that age group, the companies said. read more
 
The F.D.A. must check the numbers.
 
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Ohio Man Who Blamed Trump for Storming the Capitol Is Found Guilty
Dustin Thompson was the first defendant tried for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to use a Trump-made-me-do-it defense in front of a jury. He was convicted on all six charges against him. read more
 
Ignorance of the law is still not an excuse.
 
 
 
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