Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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‘The Daily’ Transcript: Interview With Representative Mikie Sherrill

The New York Times at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 37 minutes ago
 
Oligarchy is always wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy 
 

Why an Impeachment Inquiry Now? Democrats Cite the Clarity of the Case

Carl Hulse at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 37 minutes ago
After months of internal division over whether to begin a formal effort to oust President Trump, Democrats say his actions gave them no choice.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApkzLu80ufg 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillel_the_Elder 
 

House Opens Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Live Updates

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
As the House begins a formal impeachment inquiry, the White House prepares to release the transcript of President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s leader.
 
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1176832778081640448
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/us/politics/ukraine-transcript-trump.html
 
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The World’s Oceans Are in Danger, Major Climate Change Report Warns

Brad Plumer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Climate change is severely straining the world’s oceans, creating profound risks for coastal cities and food supplies, a U.N. report finds.
 
The oceans will remain.
The fisheries are in danger.
Get the interests right. 
 

What We Know and Don’t About the Trump-Ukraine Affair

Michael Crowley, Kenneth P. Vogel and Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The major question is whether President Trump used American foreign policy to try to damage a political rival.
 
Damning.
Nothing less than incontravertable evidence will "convict".
 

Lordstown Plant Is Idle, but It Hovers Over G.M. Strike Talks

Neal E. Boudette at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The automaker has reportedly offered to create a battery factory in the same Ohio area. But the work would pay far less than the shuttered plant.
 
The UAW must negotiate a satisfactory contract.
 
GM can go bankrupt.
Many fewer cars and trucks would be a good thing. 
 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Next Big Effort: Tackling Poverty

Lola Fadulu at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
After the Green New Deal and Medicare for all, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is turning her attention — and that of her supporters — to poverty and housing.
 
While labor is in surplus laborers will bid low.
 
Unions can help some.
 

Politics Has No Place at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts Says

Adam Liptak at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
In a frequently lighthearted conversation, the chief justice also discussed classic rock and whether he could best Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the gym.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics
The Chief Justice is required to know the language.
The conclusion is that he is intentionally lying.
 
He should be impeached and removed.
 
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Pelosi Moves To Impeach Trump

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 13 hours ago
This is a good thing. Trump’s done more than one thing that was illegal and impeachment worthy. It is interesting and amusing that what finally got her to do something was an attack on Biden, someone she knows well, rather than all the crimes against people she doesn’t care about, but if that’s what it […]
 
The evidence should be organized and proven.
 
Then  can be tried for treason.
Execution is a traditional punishment.
 
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White House Seeks Deal for Whistle-Blower to Speak to Congress

Michael S. Schmidt, Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
As House Democrats moved to begin a formal impeachment inquiry, the administration also prepared to release a redacted version of the whistle-blower’s complaint.
 
The house needs no special deal.
 
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Why an Impeachment Inquiry Now? Democrats Cite the Clarity of the Case

Carl Hulse at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
After months of internal division over whether to begin a formal effort to oust President Trump, Democrats say his actions gave them no choice.
 
Many people are ignorant.   
The Republican party likes them that way.
 
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Judge Throws Out Conviction of Michael Flynn’s Business Partner

Adam Goldman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
A jury had convicted Bijan Kian, a former business partner of the former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, of violating foreign lobbying laws.
 
A skilled prosecutor is said to be able to convict a ham sandwich.
 
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Nancy Pelosi’s Statement on Impeachment: ‘The President Must Be Held Accountable’

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
Ms. Pelosi addressed the nation to lay out the rationale for an impeachment inquiry.
 
She had no difficulty. 
 
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Trump’s Calls With World Leaders Are Freewheeling, but Few Have Access

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
The protocols surrounding the president’s conversations with foreign leaders have changed since Mr. Trump took office, prompted largely by a fear of leaks, according to those familiar with the process.
 
Trump makes "offers that cannot be refused" 
 
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Trump’s Misleading Defense for Withholding Assistance to Ukraine

Linda Qiu at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
The president, facing calls for impeachment over his pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival, inaccurately accused European countries of not providing aid to Ukraine.

Image result for the tweed ring

 

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Army Soldier Charged in Traffic Accident Death of West Point Cadet

Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
The Army trainer at the wheel of a truck that overturned and killed a West Point cadet on the way to an exercise near the academy has been charged.
 
Soldiers should not die in training.
 
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How the Impeachment Process Works

Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
The inquiry into President Trump has the potential to reshape his presidency. Here’s how impeachment works.
 
Slowly.
 
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For Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment Inquiry Brings a Long-Expected Test

Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
As the House of Representatives begins an inquiry, Mr. Biden has been drawn into a wildly unpredictable situation that may affect his standing in the 2020 race.
 
Biden is the Republican party's favorite Democrat.
 
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UK Supreme Court Rules Prorogue Illegal

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 19 hours ago
News out of England continues to be important. The Supreme court said that Johnson’s advice was “unlawful, void and of no effect.” Ouch. This is a fantastically good thing. The use of proroguing to avoid oversight by Parliament is a great evil. Some years back it was used in Canada to avoid a vote of […]
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prorogation_in_the_United_Kingdom

The power to prorogue Parliament belongs to the Monarch, on the advice of the Privy Council .
 
Boris Johnson should win his no deal Brexit.
 
 
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