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On Politics: Trump Returns to N.R.A.’s Side

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 minutes ago

Gun rights advocates have waged an aggressive campaign to dissuade the president from enacting gun control measures.

expected.

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N.R.A. Gets Results in One Phone Call With the President

Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni and Danny Hakim at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

After talking with Wayne LaPierre, the group’s chief executive, President Trump repeats many of its longtime positions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture

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Trump Scraps Trip to Denmark, as Greenland Is Not for Sale

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The president said on Twitter that he was reacting to the Danish prime minister’s rejection of his interest in buying Greenland from Denmark.

Trump made a bad joke.

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Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’

Julie Hirschfeld Davis at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The president’s echo of a longstanding anti-Semitic smear drew condemnation from diplomats and analysts across the political spectrum.

Israel has conquered Palestine.
The U.N. is intended to prevent conquest.
The traditional action after conquest is genocide.
Israel chooses not to be guilty of genocide.

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Trump Says Russia Should Be Readmitted to G7

Michael Crowley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

President Trump issued his latest call for ending Moscow’s international pariah status, but the idea is likely to earn a cool reception at the annual G
roup of 7 summit starting this weekend.

Trump is wrong on all points.

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Why the 2020 Criminal Justice Debate Is Completely Different

Timothy Williams and Thomas Kaplan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago

Democratic candidates are pushing ideas that were considered radical just a few years ago. But the American public has changed its views, too.

Don't make their minds up for the potential candidates.
As presented, this aeticle is slander.
Let the party debate criminal justice.

Some acts are criminal.and deserve correction.
Correction with pain is torture.
Some pain is mental.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(novel)

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Man Who Claimed Trump Will Start a ‘Racial War and Crusade’ Is Arrested

Adam Goldman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago

The arrest was the latest example in a spate of what the authorities say are violent threats of domestic extremism, which have received renewed attention after mass shootings.

Probably he should be placed  in a locked ward as "a danger to himself and to others".

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Trump Says He’s Exploring ‘Various Tax Reductions,’ and the Economic Data He Loves Shows Why

Jim Tankersley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

Some of the administration’s favorite data points are now flashing warning signs about investment, jobs and growth.

Trump seems to have stiffened his resolve.
He will not change his policy.

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As Wildfires Get Worse, Insurers Pull Back From Riskiest Areas

Christopher Flavelle at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

A growing number of Western homeowners are being dropped by their insurance companies, prompting warnings from officials and worries about what comes next.

"There is no such thing as a bad risk.  There are only bad premiums."
             Lloyds of London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69AaPrJe0b8&list=

As loss becomes more certain the premium must rise to pay the cost of replacement and
a fat profit for the underwriters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwriting
Goverment subsidy is necessary to bring insurence for forest fire losses within reach of any but the obscenely wealthy.

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Trump Expected to Nominate Pompeo Deputy to Be Ambassador to Russia

Maggie Haberman and Michael Crowley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

John Sullivan, the deputy secretary of state, has been confirmed once by the Senate. Should President Trump send him to Moscow, he would face a new hearing.

Another bad idea.
Trump does not do diplomacy.

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Our Leaders Kill For Their Own Benefit

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 12 hours ago

Most people are terribly confused when it comes to understanding our leaders, whether corporate or political. They think that the sort of ethical or moral constraints which hold them back, hold back leaders. But being a leader in our society is about “extracting value” from ordinary people. Raising the price of insulin to $300, for […]

Think tax cuts, tariffs, and  Planned Parenthood.

 Medicare part D could be added.

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Julián Castro Is the 10th Candidate to Qualify for the Next Democratic Debate

Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S.Medicare > Politics - 14 hours ago

Mr. Castro, the former housing secretary, met the polling and donor benchmarks needed to earn a spot onstage in Houston in September.

More noise.
Housing the homeless is a cost.
It is what the Trump voters fear most.

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Trump’s Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules Shows Signs of Disarray

Coral Davenport and Hiroko Tabuchi at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

The White House, blindsided by a pact between California and four automakers, appears to be losing ground in its effort to prevent any more for joining the agreement.

Paying Koch industries is prohibitively expensive.
Tesla was down today.
The plunge protection team was busy.

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On Politics: Trump Prepares for Economic Trouble

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

President Trump’s advisers are looking at ways to lift the economy if it continues to weaken.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/business/trump-economy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/opinion/trumps-trade-quagmire-wonkish.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/upshot/trumps-economic-message-conflicted.html

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Trump Has Right to End DACA, Justice Dept. Tells Supreme Court

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The government’s brief in the case, about the fate of the program that shields the young immigrants known as Dreamers, is the first salvo in a legal test of the president’s immigration agenda.

Probably wrong.

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After Lobbying by Gun Rights Advocates, Trump Sounds a Familiar Retreat

Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The president’s resolve to take significant action appears to have softened, and he has reverted to reiterating conservative positions on guns.

No surprise.

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Jill Biden, Stressing Trump Matchup, Makes a Blunt Case for Her Husband

Katie Glueck at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

“You may like another candidate better, but you have to look at who is going to win,” she said, while campaigning for Joe Biden in New Hampshire.

Tell them no.

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The Democratic convention will decide on the candidate and the platform.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Google ‘Manipulated’ Millions of Votes for Clinton

Linda Qiu at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

After making baseless claims of voter fraud, the president has turned to a new way of explaining his loss of the popular vote in 2016.

"The facts have a liberal bias."

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A Flash Point for Women in Politics

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Women have never been more engaged. Now, at a critical moment, a poll looks at where their priorities lie.

Good.

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Apologies and Scorn Greet News of a Book by Mark Halperin

Marc Tracy at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The publisher Judith Regan plans to put out a new book by the best-selling political author, who was accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment.

Positions must get explained.
Living in ignorance is a formula for disaster.



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