Thursday, April 2, 2020

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Trump Warns Iran of Heightened Retaliation for Any Attacks on U.S. Troops

Julian E. Barnes at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Democratic leaders cautioned the president privately that he must consult lawmakers before taking military action.
Trump has a limited vocabulary.

The Many Times It’s Been ‘Infrastructure Week’ in Washington

Emily Cochrane and Eileen Sullivan at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Since President Trump vowed to tackle infrastructure during the 2016 campaign, it has been an elusive, bipartisan goal.
This would require large crews of workers.
Probably not this year.

Alarm, Denial, Blame: The Pro-Trump Media’s Coronavirus Distortion

Jeremy W. Peters at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and other right-wing commentators turned a pandemic into a battle of us vs. them — the kind of battle President Trump has waged for much of his life.
Protecting the Trump image is a constant right wing project.
He could cooperate.
He does not.

Trump’s Friend He Says Has Coronavirus Is a New York Developer

Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Stanley Chera, 78, is hospitalized and believed to be in a coma.
Many have Covid-19.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html

Devin Nunes Says Decision to Cancel School in California Was ‘Overkill’

Neil Vigdor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Mr. Nunes, a Republican representative from California, urged the country to start getting people back to work in one to two weeks despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Devin Nunes is being incredibly stupid.

Loeffler’s Wealth Becomes a Risk as Rivals Charge She Profited on the Coronavirus

Nicholas Fandos at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Millions of dollars in stock trades by the freshman senator have drawn intense scrutiny for potential insider training, and it could reshape a contested Senate race in Georgia.
She would do well to support her position of a blind trust.
"When did you stop beating your wife?"

A Ventilator Stockpile, With One Hitch: Thousands Do Not Work

David E. Sanger, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Nicholas Kulish at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.

False economy is expected from Republican administrations.

Juggling Lessons From Katie Porter

Lisa Lerer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The congresswoman is pushing for oversight of the bailout as she self-quarantines with three kids.

Good luck.
I am not quarantined.
I am without social contact.
The library and eateries are closed.
The library does e-books on line and the telephone and internet work.

2020 Conventions: Democrats Are in Fear and`The Show Must Go On' for Republicans

Reid J. Epstein and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
As the virus disrupts the campaign, G.O.P. officials are taking their cue from President Trump, while Joe Biden said “it’s hard to envision” the Democrats holding an in-person convention in July.

Things are changing.  Joe Biden is waking up.

‘Infrastructure Week’ Returns as Trump and Democrats Eye Post-Virus Jobs Plan

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
Leaders in Congress as well as President Trump are discussing a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan that could create thousands of jobs to salve an economy battered by the coronavirus.

Do it when an end is in view.
There is no end to Covid-19 as yet.

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Trump Rebuffs Demands to Lift Tariffs as Economy Falters

Ana Swanson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The calls by corporate leaders have intensified as the coronavirus inflicts financial pain, but President Trump has argued that the levies do not hurt American companies.

Trump is throwing financial Bandaids.

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Pro-Trump Super PAC to Spend $10 Million on Attack Ads Against Biden

Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The ads bought by the group, America First, will air in three Rust Belt states that were pivotal to President Trump’s victory in 2016.

A squirtgun.

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Prepare for War or Fight Coronavirus? U.S. Military Battles Competing Instincts

Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The Navy has so far refused to completely evacuate the Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier where 93 service members have been confirmed to be infected.

The Navy removed the Captain.
The admiral should personally inspect the ship and crew.

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Iran, Devastated by Coronavirus, Says U.S. Sanctions Are Taking Lives

Farnaz Fassihi at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
Iran, devastated by the coronavirus, is asking the U.S. to lift sanctions on humanitarian grounds. U.S. officials say sanctions aren’t to blame; Iran is.

Iran has made Trump unhappy.
Trump is not forgiving.

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Democrats Fear for Their Convention. For Republicans, ‘The Show Must Go On.’

Reid J. Epstein and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
As the virus disrupts the campaign, G.O.P. officials are taking their cue from President Trump, while Joe Biden said “it’s hard to envision” the Democrats holding an in-person convention in July.

Things will move some for the Democrats.
Encourage the Republicans to meet early.

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Obamacare Markets Will Not Reopen, Trump Decides

Margot Sanger-Katz and Reed Abelson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
The move would have made it easier for people who have recently lost jobs to obtain health insurance.

The poor will die sooner.

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April 1st US Covid-19 Data

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 14 hours ago
Courtesy of our benefactor. Death rate continues to climb. The best practice death rate seems to be about 1%, this is 2.1%, but much of that may be due to under-counting cases given the lack of testing. Deaths will also be under-counts, but not as much as infections. The results of the work I do, […]

A nice smooth curve.  Data is rarely so neat.

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On Politics: The Country Keeps Reeling

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
The death toll mounts as House Democrats consider their next move: This is your morning tip sheet.

We are months from any end.

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How ‘Never Bernie’ Voters Threw In With Biden and Changed the Primary

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
After Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire and Nevada, his campaign hit a roadblock: a wide range of Democrats who would do anything to stop him. Joe Biden became their vehicle.

Victory at a cost.

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Trump Confronts a New Reality Before an Expected Wave of Coronavirus Disease and Death

Peter Baker at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Under the best-case scenario presented on Tuesday, more Americans will die from the coronavirus in the weeks and months to come than died in the Korean and Vietnam Wars combined.

Think about a million civilian deaths.  I can't.

 
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