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Finance Ministers Grapple Over Economic Threat of Climate Change
The United States, under pressure from Europe, agreed to include a climate
reference in an official G20 statement.
The Republican party has abandoned Africa.
It would like to abandon China and India.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 23, 2020
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 23, 2020 by Tony Wikrent
Economics Action Group, North Carolina Democratic Party Progressive Caucus
Strategic Political Economy The Oligarch Stage of the American Disease:
Bloomberg Edition [Ian Welsh, February 18, 2020] The thing about Trump was
always that he was a symptom of a disease. It’s hard to […]
China is expecting monetary disaster.
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5 Takeaways From the Nevada Caucuses (The Big One: Sanders Takes Control)
Mr. Sanders has now won the most votes in each of the first three states
and has more momentum than all his rivals and more money than everyone
besides two self-funding billionaires.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/22/us/elections/results-nevada-caucus.html
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24 Tense Hours in Abraham Lincoln’s Life
In “Every Drop of Blood,” Edward Achorn addresses sweeping issues about the
Civil War and the precarious state of America through the president’s 1865
inaugural speech.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Second_Inaugural_Address
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address
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The Three Types of People You Meet at a Caucus
There’s the democracy-in-action proselytizer, the resigned skeptic and the
thoroughly bewildered. All made their way to Coronado High School in Nevada
to help pick a presidential nominee.
It is easier to meet them when they gather together.
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Why Are Nevada Caucus Results Coming in So Slowly?
Hours after the caucuses closed we still don’t know the final results.
Error free communication is demanding.
The plungers can wait a few hours.
The bookies are in no hurry to pay the winners.
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Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Strengthening His Primary Lead
His triumph will provide a burst of momentum that may make it difficult for
the still-fractured moderate wing of the Democratic Party to slow his march
to the nomination.
Count every vote.
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How Bernie Sanders Dominated in Nevada
A multiracial coalition brought the senator’s long-promised political
revolution to vivid life, for perhaps the first time in the 2020 race.
Bernie Sanders must survive election.
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Nevada Caucuses
Early numbers coming in indicate that Bernie is crushing the field. This is
what he needs to keep doing, so the DNC et al can’t steal the nomination at
the convention.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
Purto Rico votes in presidential elections.
Sanders is their best bet.
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Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders
Vladimir Putin is eager both to take the sheen off U.S. democracy and for a
counterpart who is less likely to challenge his territorial and nuclear
ambitions.
Putin wants the sanctions lifted.
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Trump Was Furious That Passengers With Coronavirus Were Brought Back to U.S.
Among the passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were flown
back were 14 American citizens who tested positive for the virus. The move
took Mr. Trump by surprise.
Donald Trump must give the CDC its budget.
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Digital Tax Fight Emerges as Global Economic Threat
European finance ministers, meeting at the G20 in Riyadh, are pushing the
United States for a global tax deal as a year-end deadline looms.
Many budgets depend on VATs.
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Trump’s Efforts to Remove the Disloyal Heightens Unease Across His Administration
As senior officials are shown the door, a new personnel chief orders a
search for political appointees as well as career officials deemed
insufficiently supportive of the president.
Civil service laws have teeth.
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‘He Turned Purple’: U.S. Overlooks Ill Asylum Seekers
When the Trump administration rolled out its policy to force asylum seekers
to wait in Mexico, officials said medical exemptions would help the sick.
They haven’t.
Trump is a sadist.
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Loathing in Las Vegas: This Week in the 2020 Race
The Democratic candidates ripped into one another — and especially Michael
Bloomberg — as the Nevada caucuses approached.
Beat Bernie was not chanted.
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Bernie Sanders, the Teflon Candidate, Faces Sudden New Tests
The Vermont senator has long brushed off political vulnerabilities and
evaded attacks from rivals. But the spotlight on his front-runner status
and possible Russian interference could pose challenges.
Bernie is not a Marxist Leninist.
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One Guaranteed Winner in the Democratic Primary: Plans to Tax the Rich
Every leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination is proposing
trillions of dollars of new taxes on wealthy Americans and businesses. The
divide in the field is how high to go.
Willie Sutton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton%27s_law
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How to Win the Democratic Nomination, and Why It Could Get Complicated
Bernie Sanders says winning a plurality of delegates is good enough for the
nomination. His rivals say a majority is needed. What does that mean? And
why are superdelegates coming up again?
The Democratic establishment is afraid of the left.
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TK
The Democratic candidates ripped into one another — and especially Michael
Bloomberg — as the Nevada caucuses approached.
Bernie took the prize.
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What ‘Medicare for All’ Means After a Six-Year Strike for Health Benefits
To understand how union members in Las Vegas are thinking about Bernie Sanders, it helps to remember a picket line in the 1990s.The strikers are correct.
Healthy people are happier.
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