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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 minutes ago

Leaked Supreme Court Draft Would Overturn Roe v. Wade

A majority of the court privately voted to strike down the landmark abortion rights decision, according to the document, obtained by Politico. read more

 

The decision to bear a child must rest with the carrier of the womb.

That decision cannot be delegated.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 hour ago

Partisan Fight Breaks Out Over New Disinformation Board

The board, an advisory group with the Department of Homeland Security, has become embroiled in the debate over the government’s role in policing online content. read more

 

The Department of Homeland Security is inherently autocratic.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 hours ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Nina Turner for Ohio House Seat

Ms. Turner is challenging Representative Shontel Brown for a second time in Tuesday’s primary election, after Ms. Brown won a special election last year. read more

 

Interesting.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics3 hours ago

House Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interviews With Three More G.O.P. Lawmakers

All three quickly declined. The panel also said it had evidence that some House Republicans sought pardons from President Donald J. Trump in connection with the effort to overturn the election. read more

 

Some Republicans know Trump committed treason.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics4 hours ago

How Ohio’s Map Will Test J.D. Vance’s Political Allure

Behind the wild language, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author’s bid for a Senate seat follows a traditional Republican playbook. read more

 

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2022/05/04/how-strong-is-trump-a-look-at-the-indiana-and-ohio-primaries/

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics5 hours ago

As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Manage an Open Secret

Democrats have quietly accepted the California senator’s memory issues as the status quo, even as her inner circle frets that the spectacle of her difficulties on the job could tarnish her legacy. read more

 

People continue to learn that none are immortal. 

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Ian Welsh6 hours ago

Civilization Ending Long Covid Levels?

[image: Civilization Ending Long Covid Levels?] So, via everyone’s favorite omnicidal Dalek, a study which finds that 51% to 80% of people who get Covid(pdf) get long Covid. Often it’s asymptomatic, but asymptomatic cases still do damage to the body, just like you can have high blood pressure for a long time without knowing it or feeling anything. As the Dalek notes, this is potentially civilization ending now that we’ve decided to let everyone get Covid eventually. The extra sauce on this idiot doomburger, is that each time you get Covid, you can get Long Covid and there is NO las... read more

 

Ian Welsh takes a negative view of the viral facts.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics8 hours ago

Spirit Airlines Rejects JetBlue’s Offer

The airline said regulators would be skeptical of letting the companies merge as long as JetBlue was in a partnership with American Airlines. read more

 

Airlines are monopolists.

Antitrust authorities are beginning to try to work.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics9 hours ago

Ex-NYPD Officer Thomas Webster Convicted of Assault in Jan. 6 Case

Thomas Webster was found guilty in federal court after assaulting a Washington, D.C., police officer with a metal flagpole during the riot at the Capitol last year. read more

 

He is guilty along with several hundred others.

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NYT > U.S. > Politics15 hours ago

In Trump’s Shadow, Republicans Campaign Ahead of Ohio Primary

Donald Trump’s endorsement of the author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance has shaken up the Republican race for the first major Senate midterm election. read more

 

J.D. Vance took the day with Repoblicans.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago

Democrats’ Mystery: How to Brighten a Presidency and a National Mood

Crucial left-leaning voters have soured on President Biden, and Americans of all stripes are angry. Democratic leaders can’t agree on what to tell them. read more

 

The times are dark.  

Republicans provide no real hope. 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics18 hours ago

Gorsuch Calls for Overruling ‘Shameful’ Cases on U.S. Territories

The justice urged his colleagues to revisit the Insular Cases, which denied full constitutional protection to unincorporated territories. A petition filed last week gives them a chance. read more

 

A sexist though possibly not a racist.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Biden Extols Mondale as ‘One of the Great Giants of American History’

President Biden paid tribute to Walter F. Mondale, his former colleague in the Senate who went on to transform the office of vice president and died in 2021. read more

 

"Mr. Biden flew to Minneapolis for a memorial service that had been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic to honor Mr. Mondale, a friend of five decades and colleague from their days in the Senate who died in his sleep in April 2021 at age 93." 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Biden Received Early Warnings That Immigration and Inflation Could Erode His Support

Confidential polling data obtained by The New York Times underscores the biggest challenges for President Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill. read more

 

The Republican party bought Joe Mansion.

 

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Ian Welsh1 day ago

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 1, 2022

[image: Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 1, 2022] Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 1, 2022 by Tony Wikrent *Strategic Political Economy* *What is propelling the U.S. into increasing international military aggression?* John Ross [MR Online, via The Big Picture 4-24-2022] Reduced to the most essential facts, the key forces that have driven this escalating U.S. policy of military aggression, which has now lasted over more than two decades, are clear. It is that the U.S. economy has permanently lost its overwhelming weight in world production, but that at the same time t... read more

 

https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/john-adams-fear-has-come-to-pass

 

Tony Wikrent is looking  under the wrong rock.

He is finding lots of dirt.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

An interesting event to choose to make an entrance. read more

 

The Bidens were not supposed to make a splash.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

War Crimes Hearing Revisits U.S. Soldiers’ Abuse of Detainees

An Army judge is hearing pretrial testimony to determine what evidence can be used at the eventual destroyer Cole death penalty trial. read more

 

Most of the war crimes are by U.S. troops.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/opinion/abortion-alito-discrimination.html

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Biden Jokes About G.O.P. and Covid at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Amid concerns about Covid, President Biden offered some humor and received his own ribbing at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a ritual that had gone on hiatus during the pandemic. read more

 

Biden feels secure.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics1 day ago

Loss of Pandemic Aid Stresses Hospitals That Treat the Uninsured

Hospitalizations from Covid-19 are receding, but safety-net providers are facing tremendous unmet needs from poor and uninsured patients who delayed seeking care during the pandemic. read more

 

The uninsured are always stressed.

The loss of aid stresses them further.

 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics2 days ago

Nebraska Candidate for Governor Accused of Second Groping Incident at 2019 Dinner

Charles W. Herbster, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump for Nebraska governor, was accused of groping a second woman at a 2019 Republican fund-raising event. He denies both allegations. read more

 

Republicans can believe impossible things.

 

 

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