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Why Stacey Abrams Is Confident Georgia Will Stay Blue
Astead W. Herndon, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
Democrats agree that Ms. Abrams’ political vision helped deliver Georgia to
Joe Biden. In an interview with The New York Times, she lays out why 2020
was the year it came together.
The Democrats in Georgia must stay united or be ruled by Republicans.
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Trump Administration Approves Start of Formal Transition to Biden
Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman, Nick Corasaniti and Jim Rutenberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
A key official designated President-elect Joe Biden as the apparent winner
after Michigan certified his victory there and President Trump lost another
court decision in Pennsylvania.
Trump is hunting snarks in Pennsylvania.
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Janet Yellen Set to Lead Treasury Department Under Biden
Jeanna Smialek, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
The former Fed chair, a labor market expert, appears poised to become one
of few people to ever have wielded economic power from the White House, the
Federal Reserve and the president’s cabinet.
She is a good choice for Treasury for the moment.
She pleases Paul Krugman.
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The Transition Formally Begins (Finally)
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The G.S.A. administrator faces reality as Trump creeps closer to it: This
is your morning tip sheet.
The administrator of the G.S.A., Emily Murphy, exercises the power of the deep state.
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Virginia Democrats, Thrilled With Biden Victory, Aren’t Looking for Carbon Copy
Reid J. Epstein, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
Suburban women who played a huge role in Joe Biden’s victory are not
convinced that they need a white man to win their governor’s race next year.
The Democratic party of Virginia will select a candidate for governor.
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Janet Yellen Has Excelled at Big Jobs. This Will Be the Hardest One Yet.
Neil Irwin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
The nominee for Treasury secretary will face the tricky politics of
generating a strong recovery out of the pandemic.
Janet Yellen will do her job.
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Divided Societies In Decline Use Scapegoats To Re-Unify
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 11 hours ago
Haydar Khan, a while back, wrote an excellent article on American economic
and technological decline, focusing on the diagnosis and differing
solutions offered by economist James Galbraith and by Peter Thiel (the
founder of Palantir, who made his initial fortune with PayPal and who is
famous for his libertarianism, despite running a surveillance company.)
America […]
I do not want another civil war.
I will continue to read Ian Welsh.
I will see what Biden manages to accomplish. The Trump party continues to oppose all Democratic party labeled acts.
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Biden Nominates Alejandro Mayorkas to Lead Homeland Security Dept.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, a former deputy homeland security secretary, would
be tasked with restoring faith in a department that carried out the Trump
immigration agenda.
Active control is the only way to end security theater.
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With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature
Lisa Friedman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a
role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era.
John Kerry has an impossible task. He will accomplish much of it.
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Biden Will Nominate First Women to Lead Treasury and Intelligence, and First Latino to Run Homeland Security
Michael Crowley and Jeanna Smialek, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago
John Kerry, the former secretary of state, will be the international
climate czar, signaling the new administration’s commitment to fighting
climate change.
Intelligence operations are about reporting and understanding the reports.
Assassination, other acts of sabotage, and clandestine war are for the military.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/25/us/joe-biden-trump
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What Donald Trump Liked About Being President
Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
He preferred the parts of the job that combined pomp, splendor and a world
amenable to his decisions. In other words, he always seemed to genuinely
enjoy pardoning turkeys.
The third foul is unpardonable.
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Biden Intelligence Lead Pick Played Key Role in Obama Drone Strike Program
Julian E. Barnes, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago
Progressives wonder whether Avril D. Haines, the president-elect’s pick for
director of national intelligence, is bold enough. But she believes a good
process effects good government.
She has done the work. Maybe she can do the job.
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Georgia Is a Purple State, but Don’t Expect Centrist Politicians
Astead W. Herndon and Nick Corasaniti, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago
Georgia flipped blue for Joe Biden, but in its all-important and costly
Senate runoff elections, the Republicans are in full attack mode while the
Democrats stick to a steady liberal message.
Sanity is this way.
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Michigan's Election Board: What We Know
Kathleen Gray, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
Its work is usually routine, but thanks to a push by President Trump and
other Republicans to overturn the election results, the Michigan Board of
State
Canvassers is now under a microscope.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-michigan.html
Biden wins Michigan.
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What We Know About Sidney Powell
Jeremy W. Peters and Alan Feuer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
A frequent guest on conservative radio and TV, she briefly became a public
face of the Trump campaign before being cut loose on Sunday.
Sidney Powell is another Texan who should not hold national office.
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Mutual Aid: How College Students Survive
Ezra Marcus, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
Student-led mutual aid networks have raised tens of thousands of dollars to
help peers cover basic costs of living.
Such cooperatives are inherently unstable.
These are doing better than most.
There is a contractual failure with these marooned students.
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Biden Has Chosen a Secretary of State
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The president-elect picks an old ally to lead the State Department: This is
your morning tip sheet.
I do not know these people.
I will be informed in excruciating detail.
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Know Your Enemies
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 day ago
An enemy is someone who means you harm and has the means to inflict it. A
friend is someone who has wants to do good for you, and has the means to
bestow it. I once wrote primarily to predict and to change the world. I now
write to help a few people, those who […]
Ian Welsh is simplistic.
There is a conspiracy to concentrate wealth and power.
It is old and the labels change. It has time and no need of a single leader.
I will get what victories I can.
Powerful people are constrained by others.
The project is to move toward the "left".
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President-Elect Biden Chooses Antony Blinken as Secretary of State
Lara Jakes, Michael Crowley and David E. Sanger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The president-elect is also expected to name Jake Sullivan, another close
aide of his, as national security adviser, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a
35-year Foreign Service veteran, as his ambassador to the U.N.
These are not familiar names.
I was neglectful and absent minded.
Depressed? Distracted? Preoccupied?
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Trump Team Disavows Lawyer Sidney Powell
Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
President Trump’s campaign issued a striking repudiation of Sidney Powell,
who had offered up widely derided conspiracy theories as she tried to aid
the president’s baseless challenges to vote counts.
Another Texan who should not serve in government or education.
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