Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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NYT > U.S. > Politics35 minutes ago
More Evidence Bolsters Durham’s Case Against Democratic-Linked Lawyer
Separately, defense lawyers asked a judge to block the Trump-era special counsel from making the Steele dossier a focus of next month’s trial. read more
 
The judge should throw this mess  out.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics55 minutes ago
C.D.C. Director Encourages Second Booster for Elderly and Many With Chronic Conditions
The remarks by the director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky — on shots to Americans 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions and all those 65 and older — were her clearest statement to date. read more
 
Get a second booster.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics59 minutes ago
Ivanka Trump Testifies to House Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Attack
The former president’s daughter and adviser was in the West Wing with him as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol. She is said to have tried to persuade him to call off the rioters. read more
 
I hope I am prepared to be disappointed by the committee.
 
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Coronavirus Response Bill Stalls Amid Dispute Over Immigration Policy
Republicans blocked a move to bring up a $10 billion Covid response package after Democrats refused to consider amendments, including one to keep in place pandemic-era immigration curbs. read more
 
The Republicans are having a tantrum.
Trump policies are being dropped without their permission.
 
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Fox Captured on Capitol Grounds After Reports of Attacks
Animal control officers descended on Capitol Hill after reports of lawmakers, staff members and reporters being attacked by a wild fox believed to have been nesting on the Capitol grounds. read more
 
Testing for rabies kills the animal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Testing+animals+for+rabies
 
"The only test for rabies in animals that may be used to guide human rabies risk analysis is the direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test.
There is no live animal test for rabies.
The animal's brain, specifically the entire section of the cerebellum, hippocampus, and brainstem are required to perform the DFA test."
 
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The visit to the White House by former President Barack Obama, one of the Democratic Party’s most popular figures, comes at a time when President Biden could use a boost. read more
 
A first improvement to Obamacare.
 

Pandemic Aid Bill Stalls Amid Dispute Over Immigration Restrictions
Republicans blocked a move to bring up a $10 billion Covid response package after Democrats refused to consider amendments, including one to keep in place pandemic-era immigration curbs. read more
 
A Republican effort to make Title 42 law delayed the Pandemic Aid bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/immigration-public-health-rule-mexico.html

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Eric Greitens Tests the Limits of the Trump Scandal-Survival Playbook
A leading Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, Greitens faces new allegations from his ex-wife that join a long list of controversies. But for now, he’s staying in the race. read more
 
Eric Greitens appears to be certifiably insane.

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Justice Dept. Investigation of Jan. 6 Confronts Sprawling Cast of Characters
The wide net being cast by prosecutors as they move beyond charging rioters could encompass scores of potential witnesses from inside and outside of government. read more
 
The charge should be treason.
The case must be complete to send Trump to prison.
 
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The Student Loan Pause Is Being Extended Again
The White House is said to be planning to announce the sixth extension of the pandemic relief program, affecting tens of millions of borrowers. read more
 
The student loan program is a terrible trap.
A pause is not enough.
 
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Hackers’ Fake Claims of Ukrainian Surrender Aren’t Fooling Anyone. So What’s Their Goal?
Experts say the hackers’ intentions might not be to actually trick anyone, but to erode confidence in Ukrainian media outlets and institutions. read more
 
The bad information keeps people checking. 
More traffic implies more chance to spread bots to further bolux  communications.

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Fred Upton, House Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Will Retire
Mr. Upton is the fourth House Republican who supported impeaching former President Donald Trump to decline to run for re-election. read more
 
Trump should be politically dead.
 
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Sarah Palin Knows How to Get Attention. Can She Actually Win?
Endorsed by Donald Trump for Alaska’s lone House seat, the former vice-presidential candidate hopes she can mount a political comeback. But she’s not the phenomenon she once was. read more
 
Bet against her.
 
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Two More Republicans Back Jackson as Senate Moves Toward Confirmation
The support of Senators Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination was a counterpoint to the bitterly partisan confirmation process so far. read more
 
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will sit on the Supreme Court.
 
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Bidens Will Host a White House Wedding Reception for Their Granddaughter
Naomi Biden, 28, the daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle, will marry Peter Neal, 24, this fall. read more
 
It is one of the perks of the office.
 
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Senators Propose Cutting Global Vaccine Funding in Covid Package
The $10 billion package does not include funds for the global vaccination effort, frustrating some Democrats. read more
 
Another way to kill.
 
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Gov. Larry Hogan Approves New Maryland Congressional Map
Drawn by Democrats and approved by a Republican governor, the new map will most likely result in a similar delegation to the state’s current one. read more
 
An unusual surrender to reason.
 
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Supreme Court Rules Against Police in Malicious Prosecution Case
Plaintiffs need show only that the charges against them were dropped, the majority said, to satisfy a requirement that they had obtained a “favorable termination” of the prosecution. read more
 
I am still nervous.
 
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Biden Calls Putin a War Criminal After Images from Bucha Surface
President Biden said reports of indiscriminate killings of civilians in the town of Bucha, Ukraine, constituted a “war crime” and that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia should face charges. read more
 
Necessary.
 
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ICE Lawyers Directed to Clear Low-Priority Immigration Cases
The effort could significantly reduce a backlog of asylum and deportation cases as the Biden administration anticipates a huge surge of migrants crossing the border. read more

Trump and his Republicans have had immigration wrong.
These are refugees.
 
 
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