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World

Harry and Meghan’s Big Funding Source Is Private. Sort of.

By Benjamin Mueller | Jan 26th 2020

Prince Charles’s pledge to help support the couple as they forgo public funding has put a spotlight on his own sources of wealth, including a billion-pound real estate conglomerate.

Britain is feudal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta#17th%E2%80%9318th_centuries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta#19th%E2%80%9321st_centuries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain#England_and_Wales
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_purchase_in_England_and_Wales

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U.S.

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs

By Alan Rappeport and Maggie Haberman | Jan 22nd 2020

The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting entitlement programs.

Donald Trump was and is known to lie.
Racism is the basis of the modern Republican party.

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Smarter Living

5 Cheap(ish) Things to Radically Make Over Your Closet

By Jennifer Hunter | Jan 23rd 2020

Get the upper hand against closet clutter.

First: Catch your closet.

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Opinion

The American People Are Being Scammed by Mitch McConnell

By Noah Bookbinder | Jan 22nd 2020

Senators have a duty to conduct a fair and full trial. The Republican leader is trying to make sure they can’t.

True

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord

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Opinion

John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump’s Trial. Will He?

By Neal K. Katyal, Joshua A. Geltzer and Mickey Edwards | Jan 27th 2020

Democratic House managers should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas for John Bolton and others.

I have no knowledge of Chief Justice Roberts mind.
Witnesses and documents should be presented and examined at the trial.

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Technology

Jeff Bezos, Tabloid Man

By Karen Weise | Jan 23rd 2020

Just a year ago, the world’s richest man seemed to have a pretty low-key life. Times sure have changed.

Jeff Bezos must think it worthwhile.

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U.S.

Day in Impeachment: Key Moments From the Managers’ Opening Arguments

By Peter Baker and Eileen Sullivan | Jan 22nd 2020

The House impeachment managers began laying out their case and Adam Schiff challenged the Senate to demand that the president provide the information he has blocked.

Trump has no effective defense.

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Business

When the Prince of Wales Is Your Landlord

By Amie Tsang | Jan 24th 2020

On England’s southwestern coast, a community built by the Duchy of Cornwall is attracting residents who have bought into Prince Charles’s housing philosophy.

Prince Charles as the Duke of Cornwall is the landlord. The householders own the structures but lease the land they stand on. The Duke owns the streets and sets the rules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leasehold_estate

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World

Chaos as Militants Overran Airfield, Killing 3 Americans in Kenya

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eric Schmitt, Charlie Savage and Helene Cooper | Jan 22nd 2020

The brazen Shabab assault at Manda Bay, Kenya, a sleepy seaside base near the Somali border, on Jan. 5 left three Americans dead, raising complex questions about the military’s mission in Africa.

Shabab opines it is fighting a war.
Borders have little meaning in a war.

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World

As Coronavirus Fears Intensify, Effectiveness of Quarantines Is Questioned

By Chris Buckley, Raymond Zhong, Denise Grady and Roni Caryn Rabin | Jan 26th 2020

Amid news the coronavirus is spreading at an accelerating rate, concern is growing that China’s lockdown of cities may not only have come too late but could even make the situation worse.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

Right Now

After repeated offers of assistance, China will allow in international health experts to help with research and containment.

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