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White House Memo: To Defend Against a Mercurial Boss, Trump Aides Wield the Pen as Shield
PETER BAKER and ANNIE KARNI at NYT > Politics - 9 minutes ago
Note-taking in the White House, a practice previous administrations shied
away from to protect the president, has become a way for Trump aides to
protect themselis found in theves from the president.
Paranoia is found in the demented.
Notes could be from the whole cloth.
Use a recorder.
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‘I Don’t Want to Die’: Asylum Seekers, Once in Limbo, Face Deportation Under Trump
CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM at NYT > Politics - 9 minutes ago
Thousands of immigrants who were granted reprieves under the Obama
administration have been told to return to countries where they face
persecution threats.
The imperialists would end asylum.
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Hospitals Stand to Lose Billions Under ‘Medicare for All’
REED ABELSON at NYT > Politics - 2 hours ago
Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does
for patient care. If Medicare for all means Medicare rates, expect an
industry backlash.
There is no right to profit.
The Medicare rates were negotiated and can change.
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Giuliani Says There Is ‘Nothing Wrong With Taking Information From Russians’
EMILY COCHRANE and CATIE EDMONDSON at NYT > Politics - 4 hours ago
Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, defended the Trump
campaign’s behavior as fallout from the Mueller report played out on
national television.
The Russians supply propaganda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 20, 2019
Tony Wikrent at Ian Welsh - 9 hours ago
This post is by Tony Wikrent I have been looking at the work of Cornell
University law professor Robert Hockett, who is serving as an economics
adviser to Representative Alexandria Occasio-Cortez. I have been delighted
to find that Hockett has been working the same angle I have: applying
the classical republicanism that informed the creation of […]
Ian Welsh publishes editorial content.
Read with caution.
Modern Monetary Theory is more than suspect.
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Increased Year-over-year
Calculated Risk at Calculated Risk - 11 hours ago
From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 13 April
The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the
three key performance metrics during the week of 7-13 April 2019, according
to data from STR.
In comparison with the week of 8-14 April 2018, the industry recorded the
following:
• *Occupancy: +2.4% to 69.9%*
• Average daily rate (ADR): +4.4% to US$136.25
• Revenue per available room (RevPAR): +6.9% to US$95.22
emphasis added
The following graph shows the seasonal pattern for the hotel occupancy rate
using the four week average.
[image: Hote... more »
Some people are traveling.
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How Michael Cohen Turned Against President Trump
BEN PROTESS, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and MAGGIE HABERMAN at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
The president’s longtime fixer had, for months, sought “a little loving and
respect.” Confidential emails and texts chronicle their momentous falling
out.
Michael Cohen is an unpaid mercinary.
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Why It Matters That Trump and Michael Cohen Had a Falling Out
WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
As Mr. Trump’s longtime fixer, Mr. Cohen had an intimate view of his boss’s
personal and professional lives. The collapse of their relationship has
cast a shadow on the presidency.
Michael Cohen was a Trump fixer. He knows what was done.
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How 2020 Democrats Are Gaming Out Trump Impeachment Quandary
MATT FLEGENHEIMER and JONATHAN MARTIN at NYT > Politics - 13 hours ago
Most candidates feel no pressure to demand President Trump’s impeachment
because they do not hear a clamoring for it on the campaign trail.
Think before acting.
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Catching Up on the Mueller Report: What’s Next?
SANDRA E. GARCIA at NYT > Politics - 23 hours ago
A redacted version of the Mueller report was published. Here is what you
need to know about it, President Trump’s response and what Congress might
do next.
Thinking and planing.
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Mueller Witnesses Who Once Served in White House Now Fear Trump’s Ire
MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
Witnesses whose accounts contributed to the Mueller report’s damaging
portrait of the president are said to be concerned about his potential
retaliation.
The demented are dangerous.
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Prodded by Putin, Russians Sought Back Channels to Trump Through the Business World
SHARON LaFRANIERE at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
The Mueller report shows how Russia’s efforts to connect with the Trump
team spun into high gear after the election as the Kremlin dispatched
oligarchs and bankers to find inroads.
Usefull.
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Times Insider: A Reader’s Guide to the Journalism Behind the Mueller Report
ANNA DUBENKO at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
If some of the revelations in Robert S. Mueller III’s redacted report sound
familiar, it’s because many of them were previously published by The New
York Times and other news outlets.
Ask those who know.
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Schedule for Week of April 21, 2019
Calculated Risk at Calculated Risk - 1 day ago
The key reports this week are the advance estimate of Q1 GDP, and March New
and Existing Home Sales.
For manufacturing, the April Richmond and Kansas City manufacturing surveys
will be released.
*----- Monday, Apr 22nd -----*
8:30 AM ET: *Chicago Fed National Activity Index* for March. This is a
composite index of other data.
[image: Existing Home Sales]10:00 AM: *Existing Home Sales* for March from
the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 5.30
million SAAR, down from 5.51 million.
The graph shows existing home sales from 1994 through the report last month.
... more »
Whisteling in the dark.
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White House Memo: ‘I Do Not Remember’: Trump Gave a Familiar Reply to the Special Counsel’s Queries
PETER BAKER at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
President Trump has claimed that he has “one of the world’s greatest
memories,” but that failed him repeatedly when answering questions from
Robert Mueller.
Dementia.
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Republicans Offer Health Care Bills to Protect Patients (and Themselves)
ROBERT PEAR at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
Congressional Republicans say they fully support protections for people
with pre-existing conditions, but their bills would provide less protection
than the Affordable Care Act.
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Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020?
ASTEAD W. HERNDON and MATT FLEGENHEIMER at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
Interviews with several dozen Democrats show how the party, which enjoyed
2018 victories powered by female and nonwhite candidates, is grappling with
questions about race and gender in the Trump era.
A winner will be president.
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On Politics: The Biggest Stories of the Week
ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
It’s been a busy week in American politics. Here are some of the stories
you might have missed.
None of these.
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Judge Delivers Major Setback to Trump Policy to Increase Coal Mining on Federal Land
CORAL DAVENPORT at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
The Interior Department acted illegally when it sought to lift an Obama-era
moratorium on coal mining on public lands, a court found.
Reversable.
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Giuliani Attacks McGahn’s Account to Mueller
MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN at NYT > Politics - 1 day ago
President Trump’s personal lawyer said statements about Mr. Trump from the
president’s former White House counsel were inaccurate.
How would he know?
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