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Nancy Pelosi’s Statement on Impeachment: ‘The President Must Be Held Accountable’
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Ms. Pelosi addressed the nation to lay out the rationale for an impeachment
inquiry.
The president is called to account.
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Trump’s Calls with World Leaders Are Freewheeling but Few Have Access
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.
The presidency resides in a glass house.
It has little privacy.
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Trump’s Misleading Defense for Withholding Assistance to Ukraine
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.
Extortion is never respectable.
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Army Soldier Charged in Traffic Accident Death of West Point Cadet
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.
There is no reliief from responsibility.
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The Impeachment Process, Explained
The inquiry into President Trump has the potential to reshape his
presidency. Here’s how impeachment works.
It is a political act held in a political venue.
The result is political.
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Joe Biden Says He Backs Impeachment if Trump Defies Congress
Mr. Biden argued in a speech that if the president did not turn over a
whistle-blower complaint, he would “leave Congress, in my view, no choice
but to initiate impeachment.”
Trump's head is on the block.
Mitch McConnell may be required to go first.
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UK Supreme Court Rules Prorogue Illegal
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 […]
Britain does not control its exit.
It is leaving.
The vote is in the past.
The vote is in the past.
There is some control of timing.
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Trump Says He Will Release Transcript of Call With Ukraine’s President
The president said the call was “totally appropriate” as he sought to tamp
down a tidal wave of scrutiny over his dealings with Ukraine.
Pleading guilty speeds the process.
Pence will not replace him.
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Joe Biden Will Back Impeachment if Trump Does Not Comply With Congress
Mr. Biden will argue in a speech that if the president does not provide
information, “Congress has no choice but to impeach,” an aide said.
Joe Biden is the Republicans favorite Democrat.
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Trump Celebrates Nationalism in U.N. Speech and Plays Down Iran Crisis
Before an audience primed for him to focus on recent attacks on Saudi oil
facilities, Mr. Trump said relatively little about the strikes that rattled
global energy markets.
The Right can't change.
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Tulsi Gabbard Qualifies for Next Debate, Bringing Lineup to 12
Ms. Gabbard earned 2 percent support in a new poll in New Hampshire, enough
to secure a spot on the stage in Ohio next month.
"The naked woman always wins the masquerade"
Television is the wrong medium.
Ectoplasm is easy there.
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Trump and Johnson, Together on World Stage, Eye Troubles Back Home
President Trump and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, leaders who
share an affinity and style of politics, are attending the United Nations
General Assembly with domestic troubles at home.
Noise.
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Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump
Faced with new allegations against President Trump and administration
stonewalling, Democrats have ended months of caution.
I feel rushed.
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Overtime Pay Eligibility Is Widened in New Federal Rule
The Labor Department set the income threshold at $35,500, the first
increase since 2004 but a weaker standard than the Obama administration
proposed.
The labor / management line moves less than it should.
Management is winning.
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As Trump Takes the U.N. Stage, an Eye on Troubles Back Home
The split-screen day highlighted a moment of renewed jeopardy for a
p..resident who has survived one scandal after another only to find himself
back in trouble over his dealings with a foreign power.
"There is no such thing as bad publicity."
P. T. Barnum ?
https://writingcooperative.com/bad-press-is-better-than-no-press-64bbbd51e538
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1176832778081640448
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U.S. Labor Dept. Makes More Workers Eligible for Overtime
The new rule will set the income threshold at $35,500, the first increase
since 2004 but a weaker standard than the Obama administration proposed.
Wage inflation.
Calling the rich to the Republican cause.
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Bernie Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax: ‘I Don’t Think That Billionaires Should Exist’
Mr. Sanders is embracing an idea at the center of Elizabeth Warren’s
presidential campaign. His proposal goes further in who would be taxed and
how much money would be raised.
A second call, louder than the first.
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The America That Isn’t Polarized
Political institutions may be more divided than they’ve been in a century
and a half, but how divided are Americans themselves?
Most Americans are trying to pay the rent.
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Facial Recognition Technology in Public Housing Prompts Backlash
The spread of facial recognition technology in housing, public and private,
is creating a backlash in cities and growing concerns in Congress.
"Big brother is watching"
George Orwell
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Trump Administration Threatens to Cut U.S. Highway Funds From California
Saying California has the worst air quality in the country, the E.P.A.
chief fires the latest salvo in an escalating battle over clean air and
states’ rights.
The South lost the Civil War.
This is a fight over oil subsidies.
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