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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago
Biden Administration Lifting Some Trump-Era Restrictions on CubaThe changes include an expansion of flights to the country and the
restarting of a family reunification program. read more
The Castro revolution will not be reversed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Biden Administration Lifting Some Trump-Era Restrictions on CubaThe changes include an expansion of flights to the country and the
restarting of a family reunification program. read more
The Castro revolution will not be reversed.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Racist Attack Spotlights Stefanik’s Echo of Replacement TheoryThe No. 3 House Republican, who has shifted to the hard right along with
her party, has touched on the ideas animating white replacement theory. She
is not sorry. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Republicans Play on Fears of ‘Great Replacement’ in Bid for Base VotersIssues are recast as reasons for white voters to fear for their culture and
values. Representative Liz Cheney said her party’s leaders had ‘enabled’
extremism. read more
People vulnerable to the "Great Replacement" are racists.
All racists are not vulnerable.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
McConnell Takes On Isolationist Wing of G.O.P. in Fight for Ukraine AidThe top Senate Republican has been working to tamp down on the
anti-interventionist strain in his party, his latest proxy battle against
President Donald J. Trump’s America First policy. read more
McConnell fears Russia.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
What Do Most Mass Shooters Have in Common? They Bought Their Guns Legally.From 1966 to 2019, 77 percent of mass shooters obtained the weapons they
used in their crimes through legal purchases. read more
Mass shooters are educational failures.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
Republican ‘Chaos’ in Pennsylvania Threatens to Upend the MidtermsThe G.O.P. thought it had 2022 all figured out. Then along came Kathy
Barnette and Doug Mastriano. read more
The Republican bubble is not political reality.
Political Reality is not bounded.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics7 hours ago
Ted Budd Thrives in G.O.P. Senate Race in North CarolinaRepresentative Ted Budd is proving the political potency of pairing
endorsements from Donald Trump and the Club for Growth, the on-again,
off-again allies. read more
Some places are more racist than others.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
F.D.A. Expected to Soon Clear Pfizer Booster for Children Ages 5 to 11Given that the age group has the lowest coronavirus vaccination rate of all
eligible Americans, public health experts are not expecting a rush for the
booster. read more
More vaccinations mean less contagion.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago
Biden Approves Plan to Redeploy Several Hundred Ground Forces Into SomaliaThe president also signed off on targeting about a dozen Shabab leaders in
the war-torn country, from which Donald J. Trump largely withdrew in his
final weeks in office. read more
Biden would have the U.S. rejoin the world.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics10 hours ago
Supreme Court Rules for Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance CaseThe Texas senator challenged a federal law that put a $250,000 cap on
repayments of candidates’ loans to their campaigns using postelection
contributions. read more
The Supreme Court is conservative and Republican.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics12 hours ago
Supreme Court Rules for Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance CaseThe Texas senator challenged a federal law that put a $250,000 cap on
repayments of candidates’ loans to their campaigns using postelection
contributions. read more
The Supreme Court is conservative and Republican.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics14 hours ago
Replacement Theory, a Fringe Belief Fueled Online, Is Refashioned by G.O.P.Replacement theory, espoused by the suspect in the Buffalo massacre, has
been embraced by some right-wing politicians and commentators. read more
Invasion and captivity is a right wing fantasy.
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Ian Welsh16 hours ago
Who Wins and Loses Because of the Ukraine War?[image: Who Wins and Loses Because of the Ukraine War?]
I’m basing this on current trends and what I see as the most likely outcome.
Russia will take about 30% to 40% of Ukraine: the West and the coast along
the Black Sea. While they were pushed back from Kharkiv, I think they’ll
take the Oblast by the end of the war. Basically, see where Russians are
the majority and that’s the land that Russia will feel it can keep and not
fight an endless guerilla war.
They make have to take more land than that to force a peace on terms they
can stand, but they won’t want to keep it because ever... read more
Ian Welsh is wrong on economics. It throws his analysis off. War is never won.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Treasury Secretary Yellen Looks to Get Global Tax Deal Back on Track
The Treasury secretary is traveling to Warsaw, Brussels and Bonn, Germany,
this week at an uncertain time for the global economy. read more
The wealthy must pay their share.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
The Little Red Boxes Making a Mockery of Campaign Finance LawsDemocratic candidates are all-but scripting ads for super PACs and
dark-money groups to do their bidding — in plain sight. read more
Most loopholes are intentional.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senator, Suffers ‘Minor Stroke’Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said in a statement that there were “no
long-term effects or damage,” but that he would be under observation for a
few days. read more
Strokes are accidents.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
John Fetterman Recovering After Stroke Before His Senate PrimaryJohn Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor who is running for the
state’s Democratic Senate nomination, canceled events on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. read more
Another accident.
Fetterman won his primary.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Kathy Barnette Says She ‘Can’t Provide a Lot of Context’ for Her Anti-Islamic TweetsHer sudden rise in the Pennsylvania Senate primary has some Republicans
worried about her prospects in November. read more
Religious war is easy.
Winning is not easy.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 15, 2022[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 15, 2022]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 15, 2022
by Tony Wikrent
*Strategic Political Economy*
*Your health is in your hands? US CDC COVID-19 mask guidance reveals the
moral foundations of public health *
[The Lancet, via Naked Capitalism 5-8-2022]
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) May 28, 2021
guidance, which lifted masking recommendations for vaccinated people in
most situations, exemplifies a troubling shift—away from public health
objectives that center equity and toward a model of individua... read more
There must be an even balance of power between the private interest and the public interest.
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