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The C.I.A.’s Business Is Secrets, but It Is Recruiting Spies in the Open

Julian E. Barnes at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

The C.I.A. made its first television recruiting ad, now airing on streaming services like Hulu, as it tries to build a better, more diverse spy corps.

The C.I.A. is properly a foreign intelligence agency.
So called "black opps" usually are not official.
Homeland Security is Trump's attempt at Brown Shirts.

Governments inevitably have secrets.
Keeping them should not be easy.

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Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism

Joe Coscarelli at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

After claiming some credit for the fizzling of President Trump’s rally in Oklahoma, the online armies of Korean pop music listeners are feeling prepared and empowered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5vjfOLTaA

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Mixed Signals on Israeli Annexation Reflect Split Among Officials

David M. Halbfinger and Michael Crowley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

U.S. and Israeli officials are divided on whether annexation is a means to get Palestinians to the table, or whether the peace plan is a means to get annexation.

Annexation ends all hope of a negotiated peace.

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Booker and McGrath Intensify Advertising Blitz in Kentucky

Nick Corasaniti at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

As the Democratic primary between Amy McGrath and Charles Booker gets tighter, Mr. Booker has closed the gap in ad spending as both make a final push before Tuesday’s voting.

This is a Democratic primary.
I don't care as long as McConnell is removed.

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Two More Trump Staff Members Test Positive for Coronavirus After Tulsa Rally

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

The workers, who attended the rally, joined six other members of the campaign’s advance team who tested positive before the event.

Trump should have listened.

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Biden Campaign Dismisses Trump Request for 4th Debate as ‘Distraction’

Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

In a letter to the nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates, Joe Biden’s campaign manager criticized efforts by the Trump campaign to expand the debate schedule and negotiate other details.

Trump looks silly with his foot in his mouth.

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Jean Raspail, Whose Immigration Novel Drew the Far Right, Dies at 94

Elian Peltier at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

White supremacists saw his 1973 novel, “The Camp of the Saints,” about a dark-skinned “invasion,” as portending the end of Western civilization.

Jews are out of fashion.

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Booker and McGrath Intensify Advertising Blitz in Kentucky

Nick Corasaniti at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

As the Democratic primary between Amy McGrath and Charles Booker gets tighter, Mr. Booker has closed the gap in ad spending as both make a final push before Tuesday’s voting.

Remember to remove McConnell.

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U.S. Designates Four More Chinese News Organizations as Foreign Missions

Edward Wong at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The move brings to nine the total number of Chinese state-run news organizations that the State Department has designated with that label. China will most likely retaliate.

Trump does not comprehend diplomacy.

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White House Eases Virus Restrictions Except for Those Around Trump

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

Every staff member and guest in contact with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will still have their temperatures taken, be asked their symptom histories and be tested for the coronavirus.

Trump has sold the indispensable man myth.

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Onscreen, the Trump 2020 Campaign Ramp Up, and Down

James Poniewozik at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

In an anemic rally and a video interview with his son, the president created awkward images and relived a battle with an incline.

Joe Biden is not an easy chant.

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Danielle Allen Wins Re-envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize

Jennifer Schuessler at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago

Dr. Allen, a Harvard political theorist whose work has spanned the Declaration of Independence and the governmental response to Covid-19, will lead an effort to cultivate “civic strength.”

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

It is not a legal document.
Read it through. This is its season.

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Donald Trump's Undone Tie: What Does It Mean?

Vanessa Friedman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago

After the campaign rally in Tulsa, an accessory becomes a symbol.

Possibly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Hurrah

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Trump’s Tulsa Rally Attendance: 6,200, Fire Dept. Says

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago

Trump plays to the rafters, but most seats were empty up there: This is your morning tip sheet.

Few came.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGQ8iDMJaBI

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Joe Biden's V.P. Pick: Who's in the Running

Alexander Burns at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 15 hours ago

Here are 12 women who have been under consideration by Mr. Biden, and why each might be chosen — and might not be.

Joe Biden gets his choice.

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As The Next Wave Of Covid Hits

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 17 hours ago

And so, what has happened is that the (mostly) blue states which got hid hard at the start got Covid-19 numbers down (in a fumbling, incompetent and delayed fashion which cost tens of thousands of lives.) Meanwhile other states reopened early or never properly closed and a new wave is hitting. On April 21st I […]

The Republicans are unwilling to subsidise the states for the covid-19 losses.
Taxes will go up after the election.
We can do without the super rich.

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Trump Says He Avoided Punishing China Over Uighur Camps to Protect Trade Talks

Michael Crowley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

“Well, we were in the middle of a major trade deal,” the president said, supporting an account by his former national security adviser John R. Bolton.

I have not noticed this "trade deal".

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For Barr, Standoff With Prosecutor Adds to String of Miscues

Katie Benner and Sharon LaFraniere at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The attorney general has found himself at odds with the White House on high-profile issues in recent weeks.

Barr has no wish to be disbarred.

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The President’s Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa

Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Inside the campaign, advisers believe disappointing attendance at the rally shows genuine fear of the coronavirus and the reality of President Trump’s sliding poll numbers.

Trump does not listen.

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Gaps in Vetting Visas Allowed Saudi Gunman Into U.S. Pilot Training

Michael LaForgia and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The gunman who killed three in Florida was not directed by Al Qaeda, nor inspired solely by online ideology. He was a new kind of terrorist, harder to spot: an extremely enterprising freelancer.

It is a religious campaign.

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

These are puritans.

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