Friday, October 18, 2019

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Cummings’s Death Leaves Void at Helm of Crucial Committee

Catie Edmondson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 minutes ago
Democrats named Carolyn B. Maloney of New York to helm the Oversight and Reform Committee, but the chairman’s death set off a contest for a permanent successor.
 
OK
 

What’s Eating Joe Biden?

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
He was the above-the-fray front-runner a few months ago. Now he’s taking a different tone.
 
Joe Biden is not leading effectively. 
 

Boeing C.E.O., Already Set for House Hearing, Is Likely to Face Senate, Too

David Gelles at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Dennis A. Muilenburg is preparing to face Congress for the first time since the crashes of two 737 Max jets killed 346 people.
 
Boeing is suffering a management failure.
 

Mulvaney: Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid Pending Inquiry of Democrats

Michael D. Shear and Katie Rogers at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
The acting White House chief of staff undercut President Trump’s denial of a quid pro quo.
 
The phone call should not have been made. 
 

Mulvaney: Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid Pending Investigation of Democrats

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Undercutting President Trump’s denial of a quid pro quo, the acting White House chief of staff told reporters that military aid was held back in part to prod Ukraine to investigate Democrats.
 
The phone call should not have been made.  
 

Perry Tells Trump He Will Resign as Energy Secretary

Maggie Haberman and Lisa Friedman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas who has become enmeshed in the Ukraine scandal, said he would resign as secretary of energy.
 
"The best goverment money can buy"
 

‘It’s the Only Way to Get Paid’: A Struggle for Citgo, Venezuela’s U.S. Oil Company

Clifford Krauss at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Citgo could become a casualty of the turmoil in Venezuela if the country’s national oil company fails to make a bond payment due at the end of the month.
 
The campaign for regime change continues.
 

Senate Fails to Override Trump’s Veto, Keeping Border Emergency in Place

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to override President Trump’s veto, allowing him to continue circumventing Congress to fund the border wall.
 
No surprise.
 

Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political Speech

Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less — as his company has been assailed for allowing lies and falsehoods to appear.
 
The Facebook business model is intolerable.
 
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Trump Will Host Next G7 Summit at His Doral Resort

Katie Rogers and Eric Lipton at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
“It’s almost like they built this facility to host this type of event,” the acting White House chief of staff said, dismissing questions over the propriety of the president’s picking his own hotel.
 
No
 
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Elijah Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David Stout at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown, Baltimore, and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump.
 
He is missed.
 
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Turkey Agrees to Pause Fighting, but Not to Withdraw Forces From Northern Syria

Annie Karni, Lara Jakes and Patrick Kingsley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
After talks in Ankara, Vice President Mike Pence said the agreement would ‘‘save lives,’’ while Turkey said ‘‘we got what we wanted.’’
 
Erdogan fears Putin.
 
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Impeachment Inquiry: Mulvaney Undercuts Trump’s Denials of Quid Pro Quo

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
The acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters that the U.S. withheld military aid to force Ukraine to investigate corruption, which he said would include scrutinizing Democrats.
 
Trump made the call.
 
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Gordon Sondland, E.U. Envoy, Testifies That Trump Delegated Ukraine Policy to Giuliani

Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Mr. Sondland told House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev.
 
Trump made the call.
 
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Ambassador to E.U. to Testify That Trump Delegated Ukraine Policy to Giuliani

Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Gordon D. Sondland said in his prepared statement to House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev.
 
Trump made the call.
 
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Elijah E. Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and David Stout at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown, Baltimore, and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump.
 
Septosemia is still real.
 
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Inside the Derailed White House Meeting

Katie Rogers at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
“I hate ISIS more than you do,” President Trump said. “You don’t know that,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi replied. Here’s the rest of their exchange.
 
Spining.
 
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AOC, Ilhan Omar and Tlaib Endorse Sanders

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 16 hours ago
I find it interesting that many centrists are angered and surprised. They though these, arguably the most progressive members of the House caucus, would endorse Warren. Certainly by recent standards Warren is progressive and left leaning, but she’s weak sauce compared to Sanders. But centrists thought because she was a woman, AOC, Tlaib and Omar […]
 
"Lets you and him fight." 
 
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Settlement Talks for Bank Followed Pressure on Trump by Turkey’s Leader

Eric Lipton at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
Before indicting a state-owned Turkish bank, the Justice Department sought to negotiate a deal following calls by Turkey’s president to the White House.
 
More mud.
 
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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Happened Today

Noah Weiland at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
Another official spoke with investigators, and Congress settled in before a big day of testimony.
 
The testimony continues.
 
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