Saturday, June 29, 2019

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Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s

Matthew Rosenberg at NYT > Politics - 2 hours ago
Armed with bogus websites that mock leading candidates, a Trump campaign worker is exploiting tensions on the left with Russian-style disinformation.
 
Biden, the Republicans favorite Democrat.
 

Glaad’s Bold New Mission: an L.G.B.T. Constitutional Amendment

Brooks Barnes at NYT > Politics - 2 hours ago
Led by its chief executive, Sarah Kate Ellis, the gay rights group is moving beyond Hollywood and toward national politics, raising eyebrows among some of its allies.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions
 
They will take their time dying. 
 

Democrats Veer Left on Immigration at Debates, Pleasing Base — and Trump

Jennifer Medina at NYT > Politics - 2 hours ago
Democrats are eager to stand far apart from President Trump on immigration. But the debates this week raised questions about how far is too far.
 
The Republicans "must in their very bowels believe they may be mistaken"
             Paraphrase of Oliver Cromwell.
Welcoming refugees is basic to America.
Isolationism has been an exestential disaster.
 

End of Fundraiser and Open Thread

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 2 hours ago
The fundraiser is over. All goals were met. Feel free to use this as an open thread.
 
I will wait for you until one of us is dead.
I am reasonably healthy.
I must leave salt water for now.

https://www.ianwelsh.net/polling-this-time-in-2015/
Ian Welsh has a grip on reality.  It is not a good grip.

Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s

Matthew Rosenberg at NYT > Politics - 4 hours ago
Armed with bogus websites that mock leading candidates, a Trump campaign worker is exploiting tensions on the left with Russian-style disinformation.
 
I expect nothing else.
 

Liberal Democrats Ruled the Debates. Will Moderates Regain Their Voices?

Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin at NYT > Politics - 6 hours ago
Vowing to eliminate private health insurance and decriminalize illegal immigration, the dominant candidates in the first 2020 presidential debates made few overtures to centrist Democrats.
 
There should be no moderates.
The Republicans accept only unconditional surrender.
 

Kamala Harris Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours After Debate

Reid J. Epstein at NYT > Politics - 6 hours ago
Ms. Harris collected donations from 63,277 people, according to a campaign aide. The aide said 58 percent of those donors had not contributed to her campaign before.
 
Kamala Harris has support.
 

Trump and Xi Agree to Restart Trade Talks, Avoiding Escalation in Tariff War

Peter Baker and Keith Bradsher at NYT > Politics - 6 hours ago
The agreement, reached at the Group of 20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, represented a temporary cease-fire to give negotiators another chance to forge a permanent accord.
 
"Jaw jaw is better than war war." 
 
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Jaw+jaw+is+better+than+war+war. 
 
Neither side can afford a crash.
 

Liberals Ruled the Debates. Will Moderates Regain Their Voices?

Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin at NYT > Politics - 8 hours ago
Vowing to eliminate private health insurance and decriminalize illegal immigration, the dominant candidates in the first 2020 presidential debates made few overtures to centrist Democrats.
 
The dead do not speak in words.
 
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Trump and Xi Agree to Restart Trade Talks, Avoiding Escalation in Tariff War

Peter Baker and Keith Bradsher at NYT > Politics - 9 hours ago
The agreement, reached at the Group of 20 meeting in Osaka, Japan, represented a temporary cease-fire to give negotiators another chance to forge a permanent accord.
 
Neither party can yield.
There will be a crash.
 
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Schedule for Week of June 30, 2019

Calculated Risk at Calculated Risk - 10 hours ago
The key report scheduled for this week is the June employment report. Other key reports include the June ISM Manufacturing and non-manufacturing surveys, June Vehicle Sales and the Trade Deficit for May. *----- Monday, July 1sth -----* [image: ISM PMI]10:00 AM: *ISM Manufacturing Index* for June. The consensus is for the ISM to be at 51.2, down from 52.1 in May. Here is a long term graph of the ISM manufacturing index. The employment index was at 53.7% in May, and the new orders index was at 52.7%. 10:00 AM: *Construction Spending* for May. The consensus is for a 0.1% increase in ... more » 
 
Sooner is better.
As soon as you can is best.
 
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Debates, Voting Rights, Yet Another Candidate: This Week in the 2020 Race

Maggie Astor and Matt Stevens at NYT > Politics - 12 hours ago
The first 2020 debates yield some surprises, the Supreme Court rules on gerrymandering, and the field of Democratic candidates grows to 24.
 
Selection has not been done.
 
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Trump Invites Kim Jong-un to Meet Him at the DMZ on Sunday

Peter Baker at NYT > Politics - 14 hours ago
President Trump said in a Twitter post that he would be happy to greet Mr. Kim across the line that has divided Korea for nearly 75 years.
 
There can be no peace in Korea's DMZ.
 
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American Missiles Found in Libyan Rebel Compound

Declan Walsh, Eric Schmitt and John Ismay at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
The powerful American missiles had fallen into the hands of rebels fighting a U.S.-backed government. The U.S. appears to have sold the missiles to the U.A.E.
 
American missils work.
 
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DeVos Repeals Obama-Era Rule Cracking Down on For-Profit Colleges

Erica L. Green at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally repealed an Obama-era regulation that would have forced for-profit colleges to prove their debt-laden graduates could find gainful employment.
 
She is doing her job.
 
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Kamala Harris Has Been Gearing Up for a Biden Showdown

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
Even before their heated exchange in the Democratic debate over school busing, Ms. Harris had been aiming to win over Mr. Biden’s core constituencies.
 
Preperation helps.
 
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McAleenan Says Arrests of Migrants on Border Expected to Decline by 25 Percent in June

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
He attributed the drop to Mexico cracking down on undocumented immigrants crossing the border and the expansion of a policy that forces migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases are processed.
 
It is his job.
 
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A Breakfast Invitation Helps Rebuild a Crown Prince’s Standing

Peter Baker at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
Pushed to the side the last time the leaders of the Group of 20 met, the de facto Saudi leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is back in the mainstream.
 
Trump is a "cheap date".
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cheap%20date
 
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Donald Trump Jr. Shares, Then Deletes, a Tweet Questioning Kamala Harris’s Race

Katie Rogers and Maggie Haberman at NYT > Politics - 21 hours ago
But the original tweet that questioned the racial background of a presidential candidate of Indian and Jamaican descent had already gone far and wide.
 
Send him to jail in 2020. 
 
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European Talks With Iran End, Leaving Nuclear Issue Unsettled

David E. Sanger at NYT > Politics - 23 hours ago
Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Tehran will now decide whether to follow through on a plan to breach limits on how much nuclear fuel the country can hold.
 
Trump cannot stand down.
 
 
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