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Polls: Coronavirus Pulls Down Trump and GOP Senators Suffer
Alexander Burns and Matt Stevens, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 39 minutes ago
A New York Times/Siena College survey showed Joe Biden leading President
Trump by wide margins in Maine and Arizona, and effectively tied in North
Carolina. Susan Collins trailed her Democratic rival in Maine’s Senate race.
Trump is crashing and burning.
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Early Voting Begins in Four States, With Long Lines but Few Disruptions
Reid J. Epstein and Sydney Ember, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 52 minutes ago
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden traveled to Minnesota, a battleground
state, as its residents began to head to the polls.
People are voting for Biden.
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Emails Detail Effort to Silence C.D.C. and Question Its Science
Noah Weiland, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 56 minutes ago
Emails from a former top Trump health official and his science adviser show
how the two refused to accept Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
science and sought to silence the agency.
Left alone the C.D.C. speaks the known truth.
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A Deal on Drug Prices Undone by White House Insistence on ‘Trump Cards’
Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 58 minutes ago
The White House and the pharmaceutical industry were nearing a major deal
to lower drug prices. Then the administration demanded that $100 cash cards
be sent to millions of seniors before the election — and the industry
balked.
Trump has nothing to offer the drug companies.
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C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms
Apoorva Mandavilli, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The agency now says anyone exposed to an infected person for more than 15
minutes needs a test. An earlier guideline saying it might not be necessary
had shocked public health experts.
Symptoms follow exposure in about two weeks.
Contagion follows exposure almost immediately.
Trump was lying again.
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Facebook Tried to Limit QAnon. It Failed.
Sheera Frenkel and Tiffany Hsu, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The social network tried cracking down on the spread of the conspiracy
theory and other extremist material. But QAnon groups are still flourishing
on the site.
Censorship is a bad idea.
Transparency is a better approach.
People like to think they know secrets.
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Apparently Biden WANTS To Lose The Election
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 5 hours ago
Contrary to the mantra of the “Resistance.” “Russia, Russia, Russia,” the
primary reason for Clinton losing in 2016 was most likely that she didn’t
campaign properly in many battleground states. This is something Clinton
had control over, and she just refused to do it. Biden apparently feels or
thinks or some perverse combination of the […]
Biden is doing just fine in the campaign.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/
Things look much like the Clinton numbers in 2016 without the State department server.
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Biden, Facing Voters in a 2020 Rarity, Attacks Trump From a Battleground State
Katie Glueck, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
At a town hall event near Scranton, Pa., the Democratic nominee played up
his local roots as he sought to connect with voters after many months off
the campaign trail during the pandemic.
Biden is gaining In the polls.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/
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Trump Calls for ‘Patriotic Education’ to Defend American History From the Left
Michael Crowley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
At the National Archives Museum, the president warned against a “radical
movement” that has emerged from “decades of left-wing indoctrination in our
schools.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
Propagandizing the schools has been tried and rejected.
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Republicans Killed the Obamacare Mandate. New Data Shows It Didn’t Really Matter.
Sarah Kliff, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
Many experts now view the individual mandate as a policy that did little to
increase health coverage — but did a lot to invite political backlash.
People need protection from the rapacious hospital and drug industries.
The bad results of being unprotected are motivation enough.
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Michigan as a Microcosm: Will Polling Avoid Another Miss?
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
Key demographics are tilting Democratic. Frustration with President Trump’s
virus response is high. And there are two big differences from 2016:
Pollsters have made adjustments, and voter enthusiasm is high.
I suspect honest reporting.
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Women in Suburbia Don’t Seem Too Worried About Its Destruction
Emily Badger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
President Trump has sought to fan fears about lower property values and
crime, but polls suggest his general statements are not resonating locally.
The women in the suburbs understand that their walls are economic
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F.B.I. Director Warns of Russian Interference and White Supremacist Violence
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
Testimony by Christopher A. Wray contradicted efforts by President Trump
and other officials to downplay the threats.
The world is not loyal to Trump.
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For Trump, It’s Not the United States, It’s Red and Blue States
Peter Baker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
A statement by President Trump this week was an insight into how he views
the country as composed of parts that either are for him or against him.
"President Trump argued this week that the death toll from the
coronavirus was actually not so bad. All you had to do was not count
states that voted for Democrats."
Donald Trump never reads the fine print.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
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Virus Pulls Down Trump, Poll Shows, and G.O.P. Senators Suffer With Him
Alexander Burns and Matt Stevens, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
A New York Times/Siena College survey showed Joe Biden leading President
Trump by wide margins in Maine and Arizona, and effectively tied in North
Carolina. Susan Collins trailed her Democratic rival in Maine’s Senate race.
The Political game continues. It should not be that changed by the death of R.B.G.
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US Pushes Large Arms Sale to Taiwan, Including Jet Missiles
Edward Wong, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
The administration is proposing the packages as President Trump’s
strategists try to paint him as being tough on China despite soft actions
earlier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism#Criticisms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)
Trump would be king.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_relations
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As Courts Back Broad Mail-In Voting, DeJoy Apologizes for Missteps
Nick Corasaniti, Kenneth P. Vogel, Luke Broadwater and Hailey Fuchs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy privately apologized to election officials
for failing to consult about a postcard that was sent to educate voters on
mail-in ballots.
The legal system has stopped this attempt to disenfranchise voters.
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Col. Stephen Keane Is Named as Judge for Guantánamo Bay 9/11 Trial
Carol Rosenberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
The selection of Col. Stephen Keane eliminates one crucial roadblock to
restarting pretrial hearings in the long-running case of the five men
accused of helping plot the attack.
The prison at Guantánamo Bay is a crime and a war crime.
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Top Justice Dept. Official Embraces Use of Sedition Charges for Protest Violence
Katie Benner, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
The deputy attorney general, Jeffrey A. Rosen, emphasized that the sedition
statute covered a variety of crimes and the push to consider it was proper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition#United_States
Sedition has been a weak charge historically.
Black Lives Matter does not appear guilty of threatening the federal government.
Playing Politics With a Vaccine
Lisa Lerer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
Growing numbers of Americans say they wouldn’t take a coronavirus vaccine
if it were available today. If you’ve been watching the presidential
campaign, that’s not surprising.
I would have no difficulty getting an internationally tested and approved vaccine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullius_in_verba
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