Saturday, July 4, 2020

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Immigration Officers Face Furloughs as Visa Applications Plunge

Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Nearly 70 percent of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees will be furloughed because the immigration processing fees that fund the agency have plummeted.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html 
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/coronavirus-updates.html
 
A self inflicted problem for Trump.
 

Mary Trump Fights Effort to Bar Publication of Her Book

Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Mary Trump and her lawyer filed documents questioning the validity of the nondisclosure agreement she signed, saying it was based on fraud and was too broad to be enforced.
 
She should win.
 

Protesting U.S. Immigration Policies, Artists Aim for the Sky

Zachary Small at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
This Independence Day, 70 artists are having messages of solidarity and defiance typed in the sky to highlight the plight of immigrants held in detention centers.
 
Where is the big stick?
 

How the Coronavirus Is Transforming July 4 in Los Angeles

Evan Nicole Brown at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
While the camaraderie that comes from attending fireworks and tailgates will be absent, technology may help new traditions take hold.
 
I will read the declaration of independence tomorrow.

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Pence Postponed Arizona Trip After Secret Service Agents Showed Signs of Covid

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The agents’ conditions were among several virus-related factors that led the vice president to change his plans for a visit on Tuesday.
 
Pence must "show the flag" or be forgotten.
 

Have Americans Warmed to Calls to ‘Defund the Police’?

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
As they learn more about it, voters have shown some receptiveness to the phrase, polling suggests. But they largely want to reinvest resources, not eliminate departments.
 
Dramatic language gets little traction.
Police must be part of the communities.
 

Joe Biden Supporters Are Worried About the Health Risks of Voting

Nate Cohn at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
Could this tilt turnout in Trump’s direction and affect the election result?
 
Biden supporters will vote.
 

Biden Supporters Are More Worried About the Health Risks of Voting

Nate Cohn at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Could this tilt turnout in Trump’s direction and affect the election result?
 
Biden supporters will vote.
 
 

Symone Sanders Bet on Biden, and Herself

Mark Leibovich at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
No one is telling her to wait her turn now.
 
Winning is required by the situation.
 
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Latinos Back Black Lives Matter Protests. They Want Change for Themselves, Too.

Jennifer Medina at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
Many Latinos are pushing for an acknowledgment of the systemic racism they face, and a conversation about over-policing in their own communities.
 
Racism must be removed from the law.
I have less hope it can be removed from culture.
The attempt must continue.
 
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Pence Postponed Arizona Trip After Secret Service Agents Showed Signs of Virus

Annie Karni at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
The agents’ conditions were among several virus-related factors that led the vice president to change his plans for a visit on Tuesday.
 
Pence knows Trump does not work miracles.
 
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Splitting 5-4, Supreme Court Grants Alabama’s Request to Restore Voting Restrictions

Adam Liptak at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
State officials had asked the court to block a lower court’s order that eased photo ID and witness requirements for absentee voting during the pandemic.
 
All courts are political because law is political.
I had hoped the U.S. Supreme Court could be free of party politics.
 
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Bounties Uproar Casts a Shadow Over a Rare Trump Foreign Policy Achievement

Michael Crowley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
The president was already impatient to end a troop deployment in Afghanistan he has called “ridiculous.” Now a new issue is causing him fresh political damage.
 
This report may be fake news planted by the Trump administration
to hide the failure of withdrawal efforts.
 
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The View From Waukesha

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
The 29-year-old Democratic Party chairman in this key Wisconsin county has a plan for Joe Biden.
 
Biden is a "safe" candidate. 
 
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U.S. Attorney Ousted by Barr Will Testify Privately Before Congress

Katie Benner and Nicole Hong at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
The interview with Geoffrey S. Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is part of Democrats’ inquiry into potential Justice Department politicization.
 
Congress needs more luck.
 
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Why June Was Such a Terrible Month for Trump

Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
Last month represented the political nadir of President Trump’s three and a half years in office, thanks to self-inflicted wounds as he played to his base and missteps by a fractured campaign.
 
Trump opines that he has won. 
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
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Dizzying Amounts of Money Pour Into the Biden and Trump Campaigns

Shane Goldmacher at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
The candidates together raised over a quarter of a billion dollars in June, pointing to Joe Biden’s financial turnaround, President Trump’s resiliency and the 2020 campaign’s staggering cost.
 
Advertising may not win this election.
It will win if Biden lays off.
 
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Government Seeks to Halt Release of Noncitizen Who Served Terrorism Sentence

Carol Rosenberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
In a test of its power to impose indefinite detention, the administration asked two appeals courts to stop a lower court from freeing a stateless man who has completed his prison term.
 
 
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Herman Cain Hospitalized With Coronavirus

Michael Cooper and Marie Fazio at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The former presidential candidate attended the president’s indoor rally in Oklahoma last month. He was hospitalized on Wednesday.
 
Donald Trump cannot perform miracles.
 
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Mysterious Explosion and Fire Damage Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Facility

David E. Sanger, William J. Broad, Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Iran released a photograph showing evidence of what appeared to be a major explosion at the site. Early evidence suggests it was most likely an act of sabotage.
 
Iran will need to prove sabotage.
 
   Accidents are far too common.
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