Saturday, January 25, 2020

@7:15, 1/25/20, REC

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U.S.

Emotional Schiff Speech Goes Viral, Delighting the Left and Enraging the Right

Representative Adam B. Schiff took a risk in telling senators they must convict and remove President Trump because “you know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country.”

I happen to agree with Schiff.
Impeachment must be for past actions.
Trump did the actions he stands accused of.
Those actions are impeachable.
Trump's predictable future actions are not yet impeachable.

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Magazine

The Saudi Connection: Inside the 9/11 Case That Divided the F.B.I.

A small team of agents spent years investigating whether one of Washington’s closest allies was involved in the worst terror attack in U.S. history. This is their story.

The Saudi involvement makes good sense.

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New York

She’s 91 and Is Being Kicked Out of Her Apartment

Dozens of residents of an independent living community in Manhattan — some as old as 99 — are being forced out of the homes they thought they’d die in.

This was a real estate scam from the start.

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U.S.

Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis.

Pope Francis was installed to modernize The Roman Catholic Church.

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Business

Chinese City Uses Facial Recognition to Shame Pajama Wearers

Local officials apologized, but the crackdown on a common — and comfortable — practice has raised a rare outcry over privacy in a country accustomed to surveillance.

The Chinese love bright colors.
They are not government issue.

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Technology

Analysis Ties Hacking of Bezos’ Phone to Saudi Leader’s Account

Investigators said the phone of Jeff Bezos, the Amazon chief, began behaving strangely after he received a video from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s WhatsApp account.

Trump is not running things well.

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Opinion

Joe Biden Is Stronger Than You Think

Here’s why he is still winning.

David Brooks is not a Democrat.

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New York

Annabella Sciorra Testifies in Harvey Weinstein Trial: ‘He Raped Me’

“The Sopranos” actress fought back tears as she told a hushed courtroom, in excruciating detail, about the night she said she was attacked.

"True Confessions"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Confessions_(magazine)

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Health

First Patient With Wuhan Coronavirus Is Identified in the U.S.

A man in Washington State is infected with a new respiratory virus. Federal officials plan to expand screenings for the infection at major airports.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html
Technology

How Jeff Bezos’ iPhone X Was Hacked

It most likely began with a tiny bit of code that implanted malware, which gave attackers access to Mr. Bezos’ photos and texts.

probably true

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/24/jeff-bezos-mohammed-bin-salman-whatsapp-hack-phone



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All blogs

Sanders Seizes Lead in Volatile Iowa Race, Times Poll Finds

Jonathan Martin and Sydney Ember at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 minutes ago

Sanders, Biden, Clinton? This Week in the 2020 Race

Matt Stevens and Maggie Astor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 minutes ago

Republican senators are visibly upset by Schiff’s reference to CBS report.

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
A CBS report said Republican senators had been warned to “vote against the president and your head will be on a pike.”

Schiff warns that not removing Trump would be ‘an unending injury’ to U.S.

Catie Edmondson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
The lawmaker implored senators not to set a precedent that would cede Congress’s investigative authority to the executive branch for generations to come.

Emotional Schiff Speech Goes Viral, Delighting the Left and Enraging the Right

Sheryl Gay Stolberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Representative Adam B. Schiff took a risk in telling senators they must convict and remove President Trump because “you know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country.”

In Limelight Again, Key Impeachment Witnesses Still Experience a Divided Response

Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Some have been cheered again by admirers while others are drawing a new round of insults and invective from supporters of Mr. Trump — and even from the president himself.

Managers seek to prove Trump is a future threat.

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Representative Jason Crow of Colorado told senators that the goal of impeachment was to “protect against future presidential misconduct that would endanger democracy and the rule of law.”

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