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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 19, 2020

Tony Wikrent at Ian Welsh - 1 hour ago

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – July 19, 2020 by Tony Wikrent Neoliberalism requires a police state “Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets” [Oregon Public Broadcasting, via Naked Capitalism 7-18-20] “Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at […]

Homeland security is not a police force.

Oregon has sued for their removal.

The less priveleged live under crowded conditions.

Covid-19 is contageous.  It is more contageous at short range.

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How Joe Biden's Strategy Could Help Him Win Wisconsin

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago

Mr. Biden is running a risk-averse campaign in states like Wisconsin, where a broad coalition of supporters is emerging. Even Republicans are noticing.

Biden is not promising triumph for any side.

Peace without dishonor.

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‘Demagogue’ Remembers a Vintage American Bully

John Williams at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago

Larry Tye talks about his new biography of Joseph McCarthy, the senator whose name is synonymous with reckless accusation and fear-mongering.

I remember some of the price that was paid for senator Joseph McCarthy's power.  

That price is still prohibative.

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Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio Show

Aimee Ortiz and Marie Fazio at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago

Mr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black.

"Roger Stone remains a felon."

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

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Death of John Lewis Fuels Movement to Rename Edmund Pettus Bridge

Allyson Waller at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

The bridge became a flash point on March 7, 1965, as protesters, led by Mr. Lewis and other civil rights leaders, were stopped and beaten by state troopers as they marched to Alabama’s capital.

Leave the name "Edmund Pettus Bridge"

Add "Now open to all" John Lewis

Endow replacements.

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Trump Administration Balks at Funding for Testing and C.D.C. in Virus Relief Bill

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

Senate Republicans were infuriated after the Trump administration objected to provisions in a draft proposal, including allocating $25 billion to testing and contact tracing.

The Trump administration holds a Gnostic faith in miracles.

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Who Were the Freedom Riders?

Derrick Bryson Taylor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

Representative John Lewis was among the 13 original Freedom Riders, who encountered violence and resistance as they rode buses across the South, challenging the nation’s segregation laws.

Moral warriors.   Attempted martyrs.

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

There is a list of names of that group.

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2 Republican Senators Post Photos of Elijah Cummings in John Lewis Tributes

Christina Morales at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

Marco Rubio and Dan Sullivan were each trying to honor Mr. Lewis on social media when they mistakenly posted photos of Mr. Cummings, a Black congressman who died in October.

To modern Republicans; all old black men look alike.  

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The Portland Seizures Are the Next Step To Latin American Style Fascism

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 21 hours ago

As you my have heard, masked men without badges are jumping out of unmarked vans and grabbing people in Portland. This is a clear violation of due process. They appear to choose their victims primarily by looking at videos of protests, identifying people and grabbing them when they see them. This is essentially a lesser […]

I want better words for this action.

I am not ready to try to go armed.

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Trump Weighs In on the Death of John Lewis, One of His Most Vocal Critics

Katie Rogers at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The president, who once described Mr. Lewis’s district as “crime infested,” expressed his condolences on Twitter a day after the congressman’s death.

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

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Inside the Failure: 5 Takeaways on Trump’s Effort to Shift Responsibility

Michael D. Shear at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

President Trump and his top aides sharply shifted their pandemic strategy in mid-April after seizing on optimistic data suggesting the virus would disappear, a Times investigation found.

Only the names are news.

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Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus

Michael D. Shear, Noah Weiland, Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and David E. Sanger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The roots of the nation’s current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.

This group should be barred from public life.

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For Families of 9/11 Victims, Virus Further Slows the Pace of Justice

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

With proceedings at Guantánamo Bay upended, chances are growing that the 20th anniversary will pass without the trial of the men accused of plotting the attack getting underway.

There is no justice in religious war. 

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For Families of 9/11 Victims, Virus Further Slows the Pace of Justice

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

With proceedings at Guantánamo Bay upended, chances are growing that the 20th anniversary will pass without the trial of the men accused of plotting the attack getting underway.

There is no justice in religious war.  

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Mistrust of a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Imperil Widespread Immunity

Jan Hoffman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Billions are being poured into developing a shot, but the rapid timetable and President Trump’s cheerleading are creating a whole new group of vaccine-hesitant patients.

Poetic justice is neither.

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

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Trump Promotes Caricature of What Conservatives Want

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

A series of events during his White House tenure has made clear that Mr. Trump views the voters he calls “my people” through the lens of what he imagines they like.

Conservatives generally display a failure of imagination.

They tend to be pleased to be told how to make things as they have been told they were.

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

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Why Trump’s Attacks on John Roberts Aren’t Working With Some Conservatives

Elaina Plott at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The Supreme Court has faded somewhat in importance as frustration with the president grows, according to Republicans in the Indiana county where the chief justice grew up.

John Roberts may know that he does not know.

Trump knows only what he has been told.

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Praise for John Lewis Pours in From Nation’s Political Elite

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Mike Ives at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Mr. Lewis, who died on Friday at 80, was instrumental in the historic struggle for racial equality in the United States. “He risked his life and his blood” for his country, former President Barack Obama said.

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

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John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80

Katharine Q. Seelye at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He was later called the conscience of the Congress.

Heroism does not communicate with physiology.

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Open Thread

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 1 day ago

Feel free to use comments to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

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Listed, price reduced.

More than I really want.
My income would cover the taxes as they would be this year.

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