Thursday, September 19, 2019

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Why Bernie Sanders Wants Redemption in South Carolina

Sydney Ember and Shane Goldmacher at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 28 minutes ago
The state, where black voters dominate the Democratic electorate, delivered a huge setback to Mr. Sanders in early 2016. He knows things need to be different this time.
 
Bernie Sanders is white and leftish.   
He must gain credibility with the black.
 

Pentagon Says It Spent $184,000 in 2 Years at Trump’s Scotland Resort

Eric Lipton at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 28 minutes ago
The House Oversight and Reform Committee released the figure amid criticism from Democrats about spending taxpayer money at properties owned by the president.
 
Self reporting of graft is unusual.
 

Biden Thinks Working With McConnell Is a Plus. Is It?

Glenn Thrush at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
As he runs for president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. has trumpeted his ability to work with Republicans, including Mitch McConnell. Others in his party view that as naïve.
 
McConnell is representitive of the Tea party delegation.
 

Trump Defends Plan to Kill California’s Auto-Emissions Authority

Coral Davenport at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
The administration's plan has been assailed by California officials and environmental advocates as an attack on states’ rights and on a major policy to fight climate change.
 
Trump does not have the power.
My maternal grandmother is reported to have said:
"Don't come then.  I will be obeyed." 
 

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned to Play by Washington’s Rules

Catie Edmondson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
After nearly nine months in office, the progressive firebrand has swapped the combative brand of politics that swept her into Washington for a more careful political calculus.
 
Bernie Sanders demonstrates true grit and its results.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has learned by negative example.
 

The Cruelty and Stupidity Of Trumpian Homelessness Rhetoric

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 3 hours ago
From a study by his officials: In the report, “The State of Homelessness in America,” even shelters get some of the blame for increasing the number of people who are homeless.The argument: Some people would be able to find their own housing if they were turned away from shelters. “While shelters play an extremely important role […]
 
Ian Welsh gets emotional with reason.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracoon
Sometimes shortened to barracks and Coons.
 

Trump Names Robert O’Brien, a Hostage Negotiator, as National Security Adviser

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The president announced on Twitter that Mr. O’Brien, the State Department’s chief hostage negotiator, will replace John R. Bolton, who left the White House last week.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._O%27Brien_(attorney)
 
Squeeky clean?
 

Pompeo Calls Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘Act of War’ as Trump Tightens Iran Sanctions

Richard Pérez-Peña and Edward Wong at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The secretary of state’s words were the strongest so far from any American official regarding the attack on Saudi oil facilities last weekend.
 
A deome  can steer.  Direction means little.
 

Trump Hits Back After Ally Denounces ‘Weakness’ With Iran

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago
The president was responding on Tuesday night to a series of tweets by Senator Lindsey Graham, who has long been one of the more hawkish members of the Republican conference.
 
There is a big difference between threatened and destroyed.
 
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White House Fires Homeland Security Dept.’s General Counsel

Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
The firing of John Mitnick is the latest in a year of turnover at the Department of Homeland Security.
 
A councel will not defend a known criminal.
 
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Trump’s Challenge: Can His Word on Iran Be Trusted?

David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The president’s tweets, tirades and untruths could undercut the credibility of whatever case he makes about responding to the attacks on Saudi oil fields.
 
Trump's word can never be trusted. 
 
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Prosecutors Disclose Taped Confession in 9/11 Case

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
In a hearing at Guantánamo Bay, an F.B.I. agent read out transcripts of jailhouse conversations between one defendant and another prisoner.
 
People are skilled with audio tape.
 
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Lewandowski Tells Congress ‘I Wasn’t Asked to Do Anything Illegal’

Nicholas Fandos at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The former Trump campaign manager confirmed that the president had once asked him to help gut the Mueller investigation.
 
Skill growswith time.
 
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U.S. Outlines Plans to Scrutinize Chinese and Other Foreign Investment

Alan Rappeport at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
International deals involving technology and real estate could be blocked under proposed new rules that would add teeth to a law passed last year.
 
Bad teeth.  words can be copyrightten.  Ideas cannot.
 
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Acting Intelligence Chief Refuses to Testify, Prompting Standoff With Congress

Julian E. Barnes and Nicholas Fandos at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
Congress wants details of a whistle-blower complaint lodged with the intelligence agencies’ inspector general, but the director of national intelligence balked.
 
Congress can change the law.
 
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Park Service Says Archaeological Sites Are Imperiled by Border Wall

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
The National Park Service has warned that President Trump’s border wall will significantly damage or destroy more than 20 archaeological sites in the Arizona desert.
 
The Park rangers know.
 
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Trump Races for Trade Deals With Japan and India as China Fight Persists

Ana Swanson, Ben Dooley and Vindu Goel at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
President Trump wants to secure “minideals” with Japan and India to notch victories on a signature issue as he heads into his re-election campaign.
 
Trump must look good.
 
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For Sean Spicer, the Revolving Door Led to a Dance Routine in a Lime Green Shirt

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago
Mr. Spicer has become an avatar for the reputational sacrifice and ritual humiliation that come with trying to remain in President Trump’s good graces while also seeking mainstream acceptance.
 
Sean Spicer can be torn appart.
 
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Trump and California See Same Homeless Problem, but Not the Same Solutions

Conor Dougherty at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
President Trump’s awful descriptions of California’s housing woes can’t be worse than those of the state’s most liberal politicians. But that’s where the agreement ends.
 
Yes.
 
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Sander Vanocur, TV Newsman Who Covered Kennedy, Dies at 91

Douglas Martin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
A veteran correspondent, he was the last surviving journalist who questioned Nixon and Kennedy in the first televised presidential debate.
 
"All men must die." 
 
 
 

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