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NYT > U.S. > Politics23 minutes ago
Former C.I.A.-Run Prison Emerges as a New Front in Guantánamo’s Legal Saga
Defense lawyers have been visiting Camp 7, which was emptied a year ago. Its remnants are still classified, but they say what they saw was disturbing. read more
 
 The prison at


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‘I’ve Had It With This Guy’: G.O.P. Leaders Privately Blasted Trump After Jan. 6
In the days after the attack, Representative Kevin McCarthy planned to tell Mr. Trump to resign. Senator Mitch McConnell told allies impeachment was warranted. But their fury faded fast. read more
 
Trump has Brown Shirts. 

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Obama Calls for More Oversight of Social Media in Speech at Stanford
Tech companies’ power has “turbocharged” political division and requires government scrutiny, former President Barack Obama said at Stanford. read more
 
Social Media can be publication without editorial responsibility.

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Next Phase of War Will Be Pivotal for Russia and Ukraine, U.S. Says
Reflecting a renewed sense of urgency, President Biden announced that the United States would send the Ukrainians $800 million more in military aid. read more
 
Putin has lost his war.
Putin has no survivable exit from his war.
He speaks of tactical nuclear weapons as an acceptable risk.
 
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Sarah Morgenthau’s Tricky House Race in Rhode Island
Running for office in a state where you haven’t lived is a delicate art. read more
 
Unfortunately She has the wrong biography. 

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Donald Trump Jr. Plans to Meet With Jan. 6 Committee
The former president’s eldest son, who encouraged White House officials to pursue “multiple paths” to overturn his father’s election loss, is said to have agreed to appear voluntarily. read more
 
The committee want's their scalps.
 
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US Braces for Potential French Election Shockwave
An upset victory by the right-wing nationalist Marine Le Pen in the presidential election on Sunday could scramble President Biden’s foreign policy. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonapartism
 
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Review: ‘Silent Invasion’ Is Deborah Birx’s Story of Trump’s Covid Response
“Silent Invasion,” an insider’s look at the Trump administration’s pandemic policies, is earnest and exhaustive, our reviewer says. read more
 
Trump can never admit the possibility of error.
 
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Janet Yellen Calls for Reshaping Supply Chains That Are ‘Not Secure’
Policymakers are discussing how to be less reliant on adversarial countries at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank. read more
 
Janet Yellen favors an end to free trade and unregulated capitalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Yellen
 
Probably Republican disinformation.

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Fed Chair Powell Calls a Faster Pace of Rate Increases ‘Appropriate’
Jerome Powell spoke at a moment of high inflation and economic uncertainty amid the war in Ukraine. read more
 
Jerome Powell is a Republican, a believer in Mercantilism. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Powell 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism

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Fed Chair Powell Calls a Faster Pace of Rate Increases ‘Appropriate’
Jerome Powell spoke at a moment of high inflation and economic uncertainty amid the war in Ukraine. read more
 
Paul Krugman (nytdirect@nytimes.com)
 Wonking Out: How a recession might — and might not — happen
 
The Republican party wants a depression.
 
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US Is Extending Vaccine Rule for International Travelers at Land Borders
Unlike air travelers entering the United States, land and ferry travelers will still not have to show a recent negative coronavirus test to cross the border. read more
 
Tangled syntax.  
Air travelers entering the U.S. must have been tested for Covid-19.  Surface travelers must be vaccinated for Covid-19. 
These are remnants of confused Trump policies.

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How a Crime-Fighting Institution Took a Partisan Turn
Crime Stoppers of Houston built its reputation on a successful tip line. Then it decided to take on Democratic judges. read more
 
There is no right to profit.
 
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Ian Welsh12 hours ago
How Big Is The Chinese Economy Compared to The West?
[image: How Big Is The Chinese Economy Compared to The West?] I recently came across these charts, of the biggest trade partner of each country, from 1990 and 2020. To simplify: China is now more dominant in trade than the US at the height of its recent power. (Also of interest is the change in the UK and Japan’s position, though the collapse of Japan is overstated: it’s not #1, but it’s still a big trade power. Let’s put the 2020 chart in numbers, bearing in mind that doing it in US dollars will overstate the relative size of the US. For imports (from Wikipedia): So, China is th... read more
 
The necessary end of fossil carbon means industry must  reorganize.
Trump's mercantilism has not aided this reconstruction.
Republican protectionism and racism also blocks the reconstruction.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Mementos Up for Auction
More than 150 items that belonged to the Supreme Court justice, who died in 2020, will be sold. Proceeds will benefit the Washington National Opera, which she frequently attended. read more
 
Let her causes benefit from her death.
 
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Why Democracy Isn’t a Key 2022 Issue for Democrats
Republicans are far more energized about the issues of elections and voting, powered by a former president and many base voters who believe the 2020 contest was illegitimate. read more
 
Vote for Democrats.
 
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If Biden’s Plan Is Like a ‘New Deal,’ Why Don’t Voters Care?
The $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief law unleashed a massive wave of spending on local construction projects and programs. Democratic candidates aren’t getting much credit. read more
 
Biden's frustrated programs are invisible to most voters.

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Russia’s Missile Test Fuels U.S. Fears of an Isolated Putin
American and foreign leaders have been weighing whether their success in making Russia a diplomatic pariah could push President Vladimir V. Putin to strike in new ways. read more
 
Putin has not found an exit from his ill-conceived war.
 
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Justice Dept. Inquiry Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ at Mississippi Prison
A report singled out solitary confinement and enforced segregation as particularly harmful practices that contributed to the poor mental and physical health of prisoners. read more
 
Authoritarians believe in sadism.
 
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Alex Jones Reaches Out to Justice Dept. About Jan. 6 Interview
The effort by the Trump ally to get an immunity deal is the latest sign of progress in the investigation, which recently brought on a well-regarded prosecutor. read more
 
Alex Jones has "turned his coat"
 
 
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