Thursday, July 2, 2020

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White House Dismisses Reports of Bounties, but Is Silent on Russia

Michael Crowley and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 25 minutes ago
Robert C. O’Brien, the national security adviser, told Fox News that President Trump knew nothing about the reports because the briefer “decided not to” share unverified intelligence with him.
 
Donald Trump should be in prison.
He should not be allowed to deal with international relations. 
 

Netanyahu’s Annexation Day Arrives, but All That Emerges Is Delay

David M. Halbfinger at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 25 minutes ago
Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, added his voice to the chorus of foreign leaders opposing any unilateral annexation of the occupied West Bank.
 
Israel will not commit simple genocide.
It must remain deniable. 
 

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Asylum Rule

Zolan Kanno-Youngs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
A federal judge has ruled that a regulation that effectively barred many asylum seekers from obtaining protection in the United States violated federal law. It is the latest in a string of defeats.
 
All Trump appointees to the federal bench are not corrupt.
 

College Democrats, Citing Racism, Force Change in Leadership

Maggie Astor at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
After a Black executive board member described racism and classism in the College Democrats of America’s leadership, the president of the organization resigned.
 
People are doing what is necessary.
 

Republican Leaders Want to End Obamacare. Their Voters Are Expanding It.

Sarah Kliff at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Oklahoma is the latest state where voters, in choosing to expand Medicaid, have delivered a rebuke to their elected officials.
 
Voters like "Romney care".
 

How Mount Rushmore Became Mount Rushmore

Bryan Pietsch and Jacey Fortin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The South Dakota landmark has drawn criticism over the land it occupies, the main sculptor behind it and the legacies of the men it memorializes.
 
Some people need to shape mountains.
Others want to leave monuments.
 
Congress found the money to advertise realestate.
 

Happy Canada Day

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 8 hours ago
Shitty country to indigenous people. Plenty of spreading disease in the early years, and the deliberate destruction of their way of life and culture thru residential schools. Back in high school I learned about the Metis rebellion, but it was never clear WHY it happened. Didn’t learn that till I was in my 40s—up till […]
 
Much more can be known about Canada.
Start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War#In_North_America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute
 
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.
 

Biden Says Trump ‘Waved the White Flag’

Giovanni Russonello at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
The Democratic challenger goes on offense over the coronavirus: This is your morning tip sheet.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/biden-speech-trump-coronavirus.html
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/business/economy/jobs-unemployment-coronavirus.html

Trump thinks he is saved.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/coronavirus-updates.html

"If June was the month when the coronavirus pandemic spiraled from America’s grasp, July seemed destined to be month when the country will learn just how bad it will get.
The United States reported nearly 50,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the fifth single-day case record in eight days, as the nation staggers toward a holiday weekend burdened by a pandemic that is only growing worse."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/opinion/supreme-court-abortion-roberts.html
 

Trump’s New Russia Problem: Unread Intelligence and Missing Strategy

David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
High-level clearance is not required to see that the list of Russian aggressions in recent weeks rivals some of the worst days of the Cold War.
 
Trump is not a competent president.
 
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Meet the Supporters Trump Has Lost

Claire Cain Miller, Kevin Quealy and Nate Cohn at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
A significant majority of people who voted for him in 2016 are planning to do so again. What is different about those who’ve had a change of heart?
 
Trump is not a competent president.
 
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Jared Kushner Makes Trump Campaign Change After Rally Fiasco

Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
After thousands of empty seats at the president’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., his son-in-law moved Michael Glassner, an original Trump campaign hire in 2015, from his role of chief operating officer.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/coronavirus-updates.html
 
https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1278479854715809797 
 
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Senate Approves Extending Paycheck Protection Program

Emily Cochrane at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the program to be spent.
 
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1278709420298506240
 
These are Trump voters.
 
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Can’t Request an Absentee Ballot Online? This Group Wants to Help

Nick Corasaniti at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
The voting rights group VoteAmerica will do the faxing for you.
 
Ballots are not available before they are fixed.
 
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Fauci Says US Could Reach 100,000 Coronavirus Cases a Day

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
The government’s top infectious disease expert told a Senate panel that bars needed to be closed, and the Fed chairman cautioned that “a full recovery is unlikely” until safety is restored.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/coronavirus-updates.html
 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
 
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Pence Raised Nearly $500,000 From Donors to Pay Mueller Legal Defense

Kenneth P. Vogel and Ben Protess at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago
A financial filing released on Tuesday indicated that a handful of prominent Republicans footed the bill.
 
It is a conspiracy.
 
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Trump Campaign Has Spent $325,000 on Facebook Ads Featuring Brad Parscale’s Page

Shane Goldmacher at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
Until this week, Mr. Parscale, the president’s campaign manager, was one of only three people whose Facebook and Instagram pages had been used by the campaign to display ads. The others were Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
 
My guess is the Republican party has no real future. 
 
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Facebook Bans Network With ‘Boogaloo’ Ties

Davey Alba at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The social network said it was designating the antigovernment movement as a dangerous organization.
 
Union won the civil war by emancipating Confederate labor.
 
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Judge Blocks Publication of Mary Trump Book Until a July Hearing

Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,” is scheduled to be published late next month.
 
“The trial court’s temporary restraining order is only temporary, but it still is a prior restraint on core political speech that flatly violates the First Amendment,” Mr. Boutrous said. “We will immediately appeal. This book, which addresses matters of great public concern and importance about a sitting president in an election year, should not be suppressed even for one day.”
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Russian Bounty Suspicions Were Supported by Financial Data

Charlie Savage, Mujib Mashal, Rukmini Callimachi, Eric Schmitt and Adam Goldman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Analysts have used other evidence to conclude that the transfers were most likely part of an effort to offer payments to Taliban-linked militants to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
 
"The great game"
Rudyard Kipling "Kim"
 
Putin does not forgive.
 
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Federal Executions to Resume Amid a Pandemic and Protests

Hailey Fuchs at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The administration is pressing ahead with the first federal execution in 17 years as demonstrators seek changes to the criminal justice system and lawyers have trouble visiting death-row clients.
 
The courts should not permit this failure of due process.
 
 
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