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How Trump Maneuvered His Way Out of Trouble in Chicago

David Enrich, Russ Buettner, Mike McIntire and Susanne Craig, NYT > U.S. > 

Politics - 25 minutes ago

When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it.

 

Trump hires skilled accountants.

 

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California Tax Revolt Faces a Retreat, 40 Years Later

Conor Dougherty, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 30 minutes ago

Proposition 13 in 1978 curbed property tax increases. Now voters may strip protection for commercial buildings, helping hard-hit local budgets.

 

The property tax is exactly a wealth tax.

3

Trump Appointee Rescinds Rule Shielding Government News Outlets From Federal Tampering

Pranshu Verma, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 35 minutes ago

The action comes amid concern that Michael Pack is turning outlets under his purview, including Voice of America, into a pro-Trump public relations arm.

 

The Republican party holds that knowledge is its power alone.

 

4

Supreme Court Galvanizes Push for Early Voting by Wisconsin Democrats

Stephanie Saul, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 37 minutes ago

As the Biden campaign fights to win the battleground state, a court decision has spurred an all-out effort to track down every last vote.

 

The Republican party shall not deny the franchise.

 

5

Obama’s New Gig: Gleefully Needling Trump

Glenn Thrush, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Clearly relishing the chance to strike back at his successor, the former president has been willing to throw punches on behalf of Joe Biden’s unity-focused campaign.

 

Trump has failed.

 

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

 

6

Al Qaeda Feels Losses in Syria and Afghanistan but Stays Resilient

Eric Schmitt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

American drones and U.S. allies killed several Qaeda leaders and operatives in the past week. But the organization has “ingrained itself in local communities and conflicts,” according to the U.N.

 

Religious wars do not end without slaughter. 

7

Democrats Are Poised to Expand House Majority in GOP Turf

Emily Cochrane and Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

House Democrats are training their resources on once-solid Republican footholds in affluent suburban districts where voters feel alienated by President Trump.

 

The Republican party has failed.

The suburbs know it.

 

8

As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science

Christopher Flavelle and Lisa Friedman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.

 

Orthodoxy cannot stand against a heterodoxy built from observation and reason.

 

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Pfizer CEO All but Rules Out Covid-19 Vaccine Before Election Day

Katie Thomas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Pfizer’s C.E.O. said on Tuesday that much-anticipated results from its vaccine trial would not be coming this month, after all.

 

Pfizer Co. did not make the promise and will no try to keep it.

 

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Pfizer C.E.O. All but Rules Out Vaccine Before Election Day

Katie Thomas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Pfizer’s C.E.O. said on Tuesday that much-anticipated results from its vaccine trial would not be coming this month, after all.

 

Pfizer will not bet the company.

 

11

Vote by Mail Deadline: Time to Vote is Running Out as Election Nears

Zach Montague, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Persistent delays and limited data have increased concerns that the Postal Service may be unable to reliably get ballots still outstanding delivered by Election Day.

 

I voted early in person.  25 min. wait

 

12

Trump’s Second-Term Agenda? Slogans Over Details

Lisa Lerer and Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

President Trump’s norm-shattering ways now extend to a refusal to tell voters how he will spend another four years in the White House.

 

Trump is suspected of continuing his pattern:

destroying the "deep state" and passing out the spoils.

 

13

Noah Centineo Wants You to Vote

Taylor Lorenz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

A week before Election Day, the actor opened a pop-up in Los Angeles aimed at getting influencers and their audiences to vote.

 

The conversation in the town square has been suppressed.

It is missed.

Social media has made the conversation stop.

They have done it with their business model.

That business model can end with net neutrality and editorial responsibility.

 

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Trump Wants to Pick Off Nevada. But Biden Is Holding a Lead, Our Poll Shows.

Sydney Ember and Isabella Grullón Paz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Joe Biden has a six-point advantage in the latest New York Times/Siena College poll of Nevada, where unemployment has soared amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/28/us/trump-biden-election

https://fivethirtyeight.com/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-to-make-of-that-new-wisconsin-poll-that-has-biden-way-ahead/

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/nevada/

 

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A Week Before the Election, Time Is Running Out to Vote by Mail

Zach Montague, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

Persistent delays and limited data have increased concerns that the Postal Service may be unable to reliably get ballots still outstanding delivered by Election Day.

 

Trump has adjusted the clock.

 

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A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in North Carolina

Abby Goodnough, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

The legislature in this battleground state could flip to Democratic control, a prospect that is bringing out lower-income voters who stayed home in 2016.

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/north-carolina/

https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/index.html

 

Medicaid is a state and federal means tested medical insurance program. 

 

17

Why the Best G.D.P. Report Ever Won’t Mean the Economy Has Healed

Ben Casselman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago

Government data on Thursday will show a record-setting rebound in economic output. But the numbers are misleading.

 

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

A number that does not measure standard of living.

 

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Trump Mimics Coronavirus ‘Superspreader’ Event in Barrett Swearing In

Peter Baker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election.

 

Trump holds rallies. He knows no other form.

 

19

Barrett Is Seated at a Pivotal Moment

Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago

The new justice’s colleagues limit vote-counting in Wisconsin: This is your morning tip sheet.

 

She will not participate in that decision.

The Supreme Court will be packed if Biden wins and the senate flips.

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Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute 2020 Election Ad Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio

Alexander Burns, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago

The billionaire former New York City mayor has concentrated largely on Florida in the general election. But his private polling found President Trump vulnerable in two of the country’s biggest red states.

 

Bloomberg was a better Mayor than most.

He is welcome to spend his money.

 

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Noah Centineo Wants You to Vote

Taylor Lorenz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 minutes ago

A week before Election Day, the actor opened a pop-up in Los Angeles aimed at getting influencers and their audiences to vote.

 

His group needs instruction.

 

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Trump Wants to Pick Off Nevada. But Biden Is Holding a Lead, Our Poll Shows.

Sydney Ember and Isabella Grullón Paz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 36 minutes ago

Joe Biden has a six-point advantage in the latest New York Times/Siena College poll of Nevada, where unemployment has soared amid the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Trump has no hope.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/nevada/

 

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A Week Before the Election, Time Is Running Out to Vote by Mail

Zach Montague, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Persistent delays and limited data have increased concerns that the Postal Service may be unable to reliably get ballots still outstanding delivered by Election Day.

 

Vote in person or put the ballot in the drop box.

 

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A Chance to Expand Medicaid Rallies Democrats in North Carolina

Abby Goodnough, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

The legislature in this battleground state could flip to Democratic control, a prospect that is bringing out lower-income voters who stayed home in 2016.

 

It is a North Carolina state choice. 

5

Al Qaeda Feels Losses in Syria and Afghanistan but Stays Resilient

Eric Schmitt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

American drones and U.S. allies killed several Qaeda leaders and operatives in the past week. But the organization has “ingrained itself in local communities and conflicts,” according to the U.N.

 

Al Qaeda is leading a religious campaign.

 

6

A Fired-Up Obama’s 2020 Job: Guarding Biden and Needling Trump

Glenn Thrush, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Clearly relishing the chance to strike back at his successor, the former president has been willing to throw punches on behalf of Joe Biden’s unity-focused campaign.

 

Barak Obama is happy to fight with words.  Trump cannot compete.

 

7

Trump’s Second-Term Agenda? Slogans Over Details

Lisa Lerer and Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

President Trump’s norm-shattering ways now extend to a refusal to tell voters how he will spend another four years in the White House.

 

Second verse: same as the first.

 

8

Why the Best G.D.P. Report Ever Won’t Mean the Economy Has Healed

Ben Casselman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

Government data on Thursday will show a record-setting rebound in economic output. But the numbers are misleading. 

G.D.P. does not measure individuals.

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Trump Mimics Coronavirus ‘Superspreader’ Event in Barrett Swearing In

Peter Baker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election.

 

Trump knows only one form for announcements. 

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In Swearing In Barrett, Trump Defiantly Mimics ‘Superspreader’ Rose Garden Ceremony

Peter Baker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice only eight days before a presidential election.

 

Trump is fully self-involved.

 

11

Barrett Is Seated at a Pivotal Moment

Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago

The new justice’s colleagues limit vote-counting in Wisconsin: This is your morning tip sheet.

 

The Supreme Court will be packed.

 

12

‘Fat and Happy’ With a Conservative Court, Are Republicans Losing a Winning Issue?

Jeremy W. Peters, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago

President Trump and his party pushed Justice Barrett’s confirmation through in record time. But they could find that satisfied voters, who no longer fear the specter of a liberal court, are also complacent.

 

Trump voters want Biden's head on a spike.

 

13

Fighting an Uphill Senate Re-election Battle, Doug Jones Does It His Way

Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

Mr. Jones, from deeply conservative Alabama, is the Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbent. But far from tiptoeing toward re-election, he seems almost liberated by his predicament.

 

Doug Jones is happy to play the Martyr.

 

14

Bloomberg Funds Last-Minute Advertising Blitz for Biden in Texas and Ohio

Alexander Burns, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

The billionaire former New York City mayor has concentrated largely on Florida in the general election. But his private polling found President Trump vulnerable in two of the country’s biggest red states.

 

Bloomberg has money to spend in good cause.

 

15

Win or Lose, It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party

Elaina Plott, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

The G.O.P.’s politicians, activists and voters are still figuring out what that means.

 

China shop rules.

He broke it.  He owns it. 

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Joe Biden Wishes He Had More Time to Answer Your Question

Mattathias Schwartz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

His commitment to endangered political manners goes hand in hand with one of his rarer qualities: an almost painfully keen awareness of his own inadequacies.

 

There are no magic answers.

Trump is promising magic answers.

 

17

The 6-3, 5-4 Supreme Court

Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 14 hours ago

So, Amy Coney Barret has been confirmed to the Supreme Court. We knew this would happen, since the idea of the Democrats fighting the right is ludicrous. There is now a 6-3 moderate conservative majority on the Court, and a 5-4 reactionary majority on the Court. I do not expect Roe vs. Wade to survive, […]

 

I expect a packed supreme court or a repacked court.

My intention is to keep my head down.

There is no pefect.

Be happy with better.

 

18

Biden targets older voters with an ad claiming that Trump poses a threat to Social Security.

Shane Goldmacher, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago

 

"Give them such messages as they can understand."

 

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Biden targets older voters with an ad claiming that Trump poses a threat to Social Security.

Shane Goldmacher, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago

 

"Give them such messages as they can understand."

 

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A Voting Rights Battle in a School Board ‘Coup’

Nicholas Casey, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

For Black residents of Sumter County, the fight for representation echoed the civil rights era. For white residents, it reflected the anxiety, made manifest by the Trump era, of maintaining power over institutions even without the votes to do so.

 

Georgia remains racist.

 

 

 

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