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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
With new attempts to deliver Covid pills, the White House says virus deaths should be ‘largely preventable.’“Fundamentally what we’re trying to do is get to a point where Covid deaths
are largely preventable, and I think we’re pretty close to there,” Dr.
Ashish K. Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said. read more
Paxlovid will help the unvaccinated.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
White House Aims to Increase Regulation and Competition in Poultry IndustryMore than 90 percent of chickens eaten by Americans are raised by farmers
under contracts with poultry processing companies. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza
Chicken is cheaper to grow than beef, mutton, or goat.
I am bird tolerant.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Biden administration aims to increase regulation and competition in the poultry industry.More than 90 percent of chickens eaten by Americans are raised by farmers
under contracts with poultry processing companies. read more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza
Chicken is cheaper to grow than beef, mutton, or goat.
I am bird tolerant.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago
Supreme Court Allows Greenhouse Gas Cost EstimatesLouisiana and other Republican-led states challenged a federal working
group’s efforts to develop standards for agencies to use in quantifying the
harms caused by emissions. read more
The use of fossil carbon must end.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago
Democrats Hit Pause on Gun Control Vote, Hoping for a CompromiseAfter the deadliest school shooting in a decade, the top Senate Democrat
said he would wait to force a vote on gun safety measures the G.O.P. has
opposed. read more
Republicans allow no compromises on guns.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago
U.S. Aims to Constrain China by Shaping Environment Around It, Blinken SaysThe U.S. secretary of state gave a glimpse of President Biden’s classified
strategy on China, in which officials have concluded they cannot change
Beijing’s aggressive behavior. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics6 hours ago
A newly recognized set of problems.
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Democrats Confront 2 Obstacles on Guns: Time, and an Implacable G.O.P.After the slaughter of Texas schoolchildren, the parties are already
reprising their familiar roles: Democrats are pushing for action on gun
control, while Republicans wait for the furor to fade away.
The central problem is replacement theory.
Guns are peripheral.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/republicans-campaign-guns.html
conservatism. Democrats see little gain in highlighting an issue on which
their party hasn’t been able to get much done. read moreThe central problem is replacement theory.
Guns are peripheral.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago
John Fetterman and the Remaking of Political ImageThe Pennsylvania Democratic candidate for Senate has upended the
electability dress code. How will he influence the general election? read more
His influence is unknown.
Veterans are not the best government.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics16 hours ago
Defense Team for Democratic-Linked Lawyer Won’t Call Ex-Times Reporter to TestifyLawyers had argued that the reporter, Eric Lichtblau, should testify about
his communications with their client, Michael Sussmann, who is accused of
lying to the F.B.I. read more
Trump won that round.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics17 hours ago
Democrats Hit Pause on Gun Control Vote, Hoping for a CompromiseAfter the deadliest school shooting in a decade, the top Senate Democrat
said he would wait to force a vote on gun safety measures the G.O.P. has
opposed. read more
The Republican party does not compromise on guns.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago
In the U.S., Backlash to Civil Rights Era Made Guns a Political Third RailOther countries changed course after massacres. But American political
protection for guns is unique, and has become inseparable from conservative
credentials. read more
The former slave states fear the slave revolt.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
A Timeline of Failed Attempts to Address U.S. Gun ViolenceTime after time for more than a decade, Democrats in Congress have proposed
gun restrictions and faced unyielding Republican opposition. read more
A slave rebellion is feared.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics19 hours ago
Biden Calls for Action After Texas Shooting, but Faces Limits of His PowerWhite House officials said the president was under no illusions that the
Senate would pass gun safety legislation given continued opposition by
Republicans. read more
Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 hours ago
Ted Cruz Digs In Against Gun Control After Texas ShootingAfter the mass shooting at an elementary school in his home state, the
senator called for armed law enforcement on campuses and faulted Democrats
for politicizing the issue. read more
The South lost the civil war.
Ted Cruz needs to know.
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
Pennsylvania’s G.O.P. Senate primary is officially headed to a recount.Dr. Mehmet Oz, backed by former President Donald J. Trump, was leading
David McCormick by fewer than 1,000 votes in one of this year’s most
closely watched contests. read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRU1AJsXN1g
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NYT > U.S. > Politics22 hours ago
Stacey Abrams Fights Headwinds From Washington in Georgia RematchThe Democrat is facing off for a second time against Brian Kemp, a
Republican — but in a far-more-difficult political climate. read more
The popular wisdom is probably wrong.
Stacey Abrams will probably be reelected,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Fed Minutes Show Officials Expecting to Raise Rates Three Times to Address InflationMinutes of the Federal Reserve’s May meeting underscored the deep concern
within the central bank about rapidly rising prices that have far exceeded
the Fed’s target. read more
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/inflation-prices-stagflation.html
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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago
Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump LawyersIn recent subpoenas, federal prosecutors investigating alternate slates of
pro-Trump electors sought information about Rudolph W. Giuliani, John
Eastman and others. read more
Trump is the face of treason.
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
We Are Going To Go Thru Hell, So What Now?[image: We Are Going To Go Thru Hell, So What Now?]
I was born in 1968, the year Wallerstein calls one of “world revolution”.
It was a revolution that both failed and succeeded: women and minorities
got more rights, often a lot more, but the end result was an oligarchy,
where most people were equal in their lack of power, and where every year
saw ordinary people becoming poorer, no matter what the official statistics
claimed.
The 70s were the heyday of environmental possibility: everyone understood
the stakes, and it seemed for a time that we would act.
President Carter famously p... read more
Disasters are unplanned in sane cultures.
I will support libraries.
Civil engineering is a survival skill
Electrical engineering is luxury.
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