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Black Lives Matter Meets QAnon as Newest Members of Congress Arrive
Luke Broadwater and Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 24 minutes ago
The freshman class of the 117th Congress, featuring a new crop of
conservative women and an ascendant left, is attending an unusual
pandemic-era orientation.
Trumpism is Hansen's disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy
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How President-Elect Biden Has Managed Trump's Refusal to Concede
Thomas Kaplan and Katie Glueck, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 53 minutes ago
Joe Biden’s first week as president-elect included conversations with world
leaders, a little time at his beach house and paying minimal attention to
the president who refuses to concede.
paying no attention.
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Biden’s Transition Teams Suggest Tougher Wall Street Oversight
Alan Rappeport and Jeanna Smialek, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago
The president-elect has chosen proponents of stronger regulation to begin
reviewing financial agencies.
Legislation will be required.
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Biden’s Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos’s Policies
Erica L. Green, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that
is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious
approach to school reopenings.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/13/us/joe-biden-trump
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Could State Legislatures Pick Electors to Vote for Trump? Not Likely
Trip Gabriel and Stephanie Saul, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Some Trump allies have suggested that Republican lawmakers should override
the will of voters who elected Joe Biden the next president.
The rules are set.
They will not change for this election.
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As the Pandemic Surges, C.D.C. Issues Increasingly Assertive Advice
Apoorva Mandavilli, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
Agency scientists often contradict the Trump administration now, but
critics urge a more public stance.
The deep state is emerging in the C.D.C.
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Trump Pentagon Purge Could Accelerate His Goal to Pull Troops From Afghanistan
Jennifer Steinhauer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
President Trump’s supporters hope he is the president to end America’s
longest war.
Trump has two problems
Trump does not believe he has lost. That is not a problem he can fight.
Trump would draw the U.S. troops out of South Asia.
The puppet governments he has installed there will collapse without U.S. military support.
The collapse will result in a wave of Islamic refugees, unacceptable to racist Trump supporters.
I made the problem excessively simple.
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Liberal New Yorkers Threw Money at Doomed Candidates All Over the U.S.
Ginia Bellafante, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago
Donations went to glamorous but unwinnable Senate races. Meanwhile, a
representative in Brooklyn may lose to a first-time candidate and QAnon
supporter.
The "Archy Bunkers" are still in the outer boroughs.
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Why This Contentious Transition Is So Perilous for the Economy
Austan Goolsbee, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The coronavirus crisis and the transition of 2020 have the clear potential
to spiral out of control, an economist says.
I expect that no legislation will pass out of congress for the next two years.
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Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future
Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
There is no grand strategy. President Trump is simply trying to survive
from one news cycle to the next.
Trump will not rise again.
His disciples Should be martyred.
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The Red Maga Hat and the Trump Campaign
John Herrman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
Millions of Americans put them on during President Trump’s first campaign.
Will they ever take them off?
A lost cause.
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America Can Have A Boom Economy Six Months From Whenever It Gets Serious
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 7 hours ago
One of the great problems in America and most of the Western world is that
we have been unable to accomplish anything important for over 50 years. The
last significant US project was the moon landing. Failure or muddled
success is the norm, now. The US even loses or even muddles all its wars,
and […]
Legislation would be required.
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Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud
David E. Sanger, Matt Stevens and Nicole Perlroth, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago
A group of federal, state and local officials working with a Department of
Homeland Security agency declared flatly that the election was the most
secure in the nation’s history.
Trump has been drinking the Kool Aid.
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China Congratulates Biden on Presidential Victory
Raymond Zhong, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
“We respect the choice of the American people,” a spokesman for the
country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, ending days of conspicuous
silence about the election result.
China is reading the news.
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Georgia Will Begin Recounting Votes, With Biden Still Favored
Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
While the review of ballots in Georgia is technically an audit, not a
recount, elections officials said it was unlikely to change the outcome in
the state, where Joe Biden leads by over 14,000 votes.
January twenty first will come and Biden will be president.
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Small Cracks Emerge in G.O.P. Support for Trump’s Baseless Fraud Claims
Shane Goldmacher and Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
President Trump retains a powerful hold on his party. But a growing number
of Republican elected officials and party leaders have signaled they will
indulge his conspiracy theories for only so long.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html
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A Surging Virus and a Muddled Transition
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 11 hours ago
Shut out by current Trump aides, Biden’s team turns to former ones: This is
your morning tip sheet.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/14/us/joe-biden-trump
See that the Republicans own the the surge.
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Justice Dept. Finds ‘Poor Judgment’ but No Misconduct in 2006 Jeffrey Epstein Inquiry
Matthew Goldstein and Katie Benner, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago
The results of an internal investigation into Miami prosecutors’ handling
of child trafficking allegations against the disgraced financier prompted
criticism that the department evaded responsibility.
There is plenty of tar and feathers.
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Trump Rebuffs Biden Transition Team, Setting Off Virus and National Security Risks
David E. Sanger and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago
Some Senate Republicans said the president-elect should be given
intelligence briefings, and transition team members found workarounds for
the president’s stonewalling.
The Trump presidency is collapsing.
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A Time to Reflect, and Look Forward
Lisa Lerer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
We asked for your thoughts after this chaotic election. You saw hope,
sadness, determination, hopelessness … and reasons to carry on.
History has not ended.
Some were not thinking.
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