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Homeland Security Dept. Affirms Threat of White Supremacy After Years of Prodding

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

While President Trump has expressed skepticism about violent white nationalism in the past, his Department of Homeland Security is now highlighting the issue.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682580/

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The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained

Charlie Savage, Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Goldman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

A whistle-blower said advisers improperly restricted access to a record of President Trump’s Ukraine call. Here is how that storage system works.

I don't want to know most of the time.

"Two can know a secret if one of them is dead."

                 K.G.B. proverb

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Bernie Sanders’ Fund-Raising Haul: $25.3 Million in Third Quarter

Sydney Ember at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The large total for his 2020 presidential bid reflected the senator’s continued strength with small-dollar donors.

I need to trust the president.

I do not trust Sanders.

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Pete Buttigieg’s Third Quarter Fund-Raising Total Is $19.1 Million

Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The amount is less than what he raised during the previous quarter, when he topped the field in fund-raising with almost $25 million in donations.

A small mind.

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Me and My Whistle-Blower

David Enrich at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Deutsche Bank. North Korea. The Intelligence Committee’s investigation of the president. Again and again, one man has taken his trove of secret documents — and uncanny nose for scandal — to the center of the news.

Val Broeksmit is attemptimg to be a professiomal witness.

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Democrats’ Plans to Tax Wealth Would Reshape U.S. Economy

Alan Rappeport and Thomas Kaplan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Proposals from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have raised concerns from economists and business leaders who fear the plans would sap economic growth.

That seems to be the idea.

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How the Average Joe (and Jane) Could Wind Up Stopping Warren

Nate Cohn at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Democrats have moved left, but the party’s rank and file typically side with establishment favorites.

It is the consensus of the Democratic party that has drifted to the left,

The old leadership has few followers.

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This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For

Amanda Hess at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

How the MSNBC host staked her show on Trump — and won the largest and most obsessive audience of her career.

The first question to ask of any story: Is it a Lie?
Lies do not enlighten.
Lies can be entertaining and distracting but  they do not solve immediate problems.
Immediate problems kill.

I pay no attention to Rachel Maddow.

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Hunter Biden’s Corruption

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 5 hours ago

So, this has been covered, but is worth emphasizing: Let’s start with Hunter Biden. In April 2014, he became a director of Burisma, the largest natural-gas producer in Ukraine. He had no prior experience in the gas industry, nor with Ukrainian regulatory affairs, his ostensible purview at Burisma. He did have one priceless qualification: his […]

Yes.

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California Man Charged With Smuggling Fabricated U.S. Secrets to China

David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

The indictment revealed that the United States ran a double-agent spy operation, passing along phony “national security information” on digital memory cards to Beijing.

Give him a medal.

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Send Us Your Money or the Kitten Gets It

Reid J. Epstein at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

Why so many emails? Monday is the end of third quarter fund-raising and despite their ubiquity, the most urgent emails are overwhelmingly effective.

Begging should be done early.

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Examining Trump’s Claims About Democrats and Ukraine

Linda Qiu at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

Over the past week, the president has accused Democratic lawmakers of lying and hypocrisy on dealings with Ukraine. Here are the facts behind his claims.

Lies, once detected, should be ignored.
"Preaching does no good."

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House Subpoenas Giuliani, Trump’s Lawyer, for Ukraine Records

Nicholas Fandos at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

Rudolph W. Giuliani is at the center of an alleged pressure campaign to enlist Ukraine’s help in investigating the president’s political rivals.

Good.

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Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins

Mark Mazzetti and Katie Benner at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain.

Lies should not be supported.

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With Sanctions on Russians, U.S. Warns Against Foreign Election Meddling

Lara Jakes at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

The penalties were announced as Congress investigates whether President Trump tried to enlist Ukraine’s leader in a smear campaign against one of his top Democratic challengers in 2020.

Noise.

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Tax Law’s Cap on State and Local Deductions Is Upheld by Court

Ben Casselman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

A federal judge rejected a suit by four states, including New York, over a part of the 2017 tax overhaul that they said penalized Democratic states.

Rember in November.

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As Democrats Move Toward Impeachment, a Small Group Holds Back

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

A dwindling group of Democrats does not back an impeachment inquiry against President Trump though they are concerned about allegations against him.

Primaries are coming.

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Bolton Criticizes Trump’s Courtship of North Korea

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, did not use President Trump’s name but was nonetheless critical of his former boss’s strategy.

Bolton should be writing his memoirs.

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Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower’s Identity

Annie Karni and Eileen Sullivan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The president said he “deserved” to meet his accuser who filed a formal whistle-blower complaint after a call with Ukraine’s leader.

Impeach Trump.

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Sanders Proposes Corporate Tax to Address Pay Gap at Big Companies

Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

Mr. Sanders’s plan would penalize some of the country’s largest companies if they did not narrow the gap between what they pay their top executives and what they pay their workers.

No.
Use the antiteust tools.

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

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