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Trump Loyalists Across Homeland Security Could Vex Biden’s Immigration Policies
Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago
President Biden and his new secretary of homeland security are already
facing resistance from immigration agents empowered by Donald J. Trump to
take their gloves off.
Insubordination is a firing offence.
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McCarthy Condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Comments, but Stands by Her
Catie Edmondson, Jonathan Martin and Nicholas Fandos, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
In a statement, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California said he
“unequivocally” condemned the Georgia freshman’s violent and
conspiracy-laden remarks, but declined to revoke her committee posts.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene receives a firm scolding.
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Democrats Press Ahead on Stimulus as Biden Signals Openness to Changes
Luke Broadwater and Jim Tankersley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
The House passed a budget blueprint to allow the president’s $1.9 trillion
plan to speed through Congress without Republican backing. But President
Biden said he was open to negotiating the details.
Biden will hear his opposition. The reliefe will go forward.
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Biden and Immigration: President to Welcome More Refugees, but Far From All Will Get In
Lara Jakes, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Gutted by the Trump administration, t.he refugee resettlement system is
unable to quickly process tens of thousands of the world’s neediest people.
The U.S. position on refugees is reversed. The laws will delay full relief.
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Officer Killed in Jan. 6 Assault Is Honored at the Capitol
Hailey Fuchs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Brian D. Sicknick, the Capitol Police officer who died from injuries
sustained while clashing with the mob that stormed the Capitol, was the
fifth person to lie in honor there.
Martyr to the cause of democracy.
The bloody shirt is not yet required.
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Justice Department Unveils Further Charges in Capitol Riot
Katie Benner and Alan Feuer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago
Two men were charged with conspiracy and another with leading a mob of 100
people who stormed the building on Jan. 6.
The January 6 disorder will not be forgotten or excused. A price will be demanded.
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Rennie Davis, ‘Chicago Seven’ Antiwar Activist, Dies at 80
Peter Applebome, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The trial arising from the “police riot” at the 1968 convention thrust him
into the spotlight. He later became an unlikely spokesman for a teenage
guru.
The popular action was successful.
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Jim Justice, a G.O.P. Governor, on Why Biden Needs to ‘Go Big’ on Covid Aid
Trip Gabriel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago
The governor of West Virginia, who supported a bigger relief bill than
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat, initially did, spoke with us about
government spending, Covid-19 vaccinations and climate policy.
Even a Republican can see the necessity of relief
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Biden Demands Russia and Myanmar Reverse Course
David E. Sanger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The president is about to discover how years of sanctions fatigue —
exacerbated in the Trump administration — and a decline in American
influence may make it difficult to deliver on his promises.
Diplomacy is required.
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Declaring Democracy Won’t Be Subverted, Biden Demands Russia and Myanmar Reverse Course
David E. Sanger, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 6 hours ago
The president is about to discover how years of sanctions fatigue —
exacerbated in the Trump administration — and a decline in American
influence may make it difficult to deliver on his promises.
A new pressure will be found.
Perhapse a new internet protocol would help.
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Biden to Welcome More Refugees, but Far From All Will Get In
Lara Jakes, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Maggie Haberman and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 8 hours ago
Gutted by the Trump administration, the refugee resettlement system is
unable to quickly process tens of thousands of the world’s neediest people.
Time and changes in laws will be required to bring the system back to health.
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U.S. Should Slow Withdrawal From Afghanistan, Bipartisan Panel Urges
Julian E. Barnes and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
A study group appointed by Congress finds that removing international
forces by the May 1 date set in the 2020 U.S.-Taliban peace agreement could
lead to a civil war in Afghanistan.
We will need to resettle our Afghani agents.
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In Rare Public Statement, Congressional Aides Call for Trump’s Conviction
Nicholas Fandos, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago
More than 370 Democratic aides issued an unusual public appeal, notable
because congressional staff members rarely publicly express their own views.
These aides know how government works and fails.
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Supreme Court Rules for Germany in Case on Nazi-Era Art
Adam Liptak, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago
In a unanimous ruling, the court said a federal law bars suits against
foreign governments accused of expropriating their own citizens’ property.
Sovereignty is real.
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Liz Cheney Chooses Her Own Path, and It’s a Perilous One
Jeremy W. Peters, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 12 hours ago
Pro-Trump forces in Washington and in her home state of Wyoming view her
opposition to Donald Trump as a betrayal. Now she faces a reckoning over
her leadership role in the Republican Party.
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Biden Travels to Capitol to Pay Respects to Brian Sicknick
Katie Rogers and Hailey Fuchs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago
Mr. Sicknick is only the fifth person to lie in honor in the Capitol
Rotunda.
Honors are important to police.
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AOC Is Right About Hawley and Cruz & America Is A Coup-able State
Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 14 hours ago
Hawley and Cruz encouraged the January 6th riot. That riot put AOC and
other Congresspeople and staff’s life at risk. They were lucky to escape.
We know that one rioter was texted that Congress had fled to the basement
and that he was to turn on the gas and kill them. It was a coup […]
Ian Welsh is still depressed.
We can only watch and write to prevent the loss of liberty.
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How Trump’s Defense Is Coming Together
Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago
The impeachment trial jousting has begun: This is your morning tip sheet.
The proposed defense should fail. The real defense will be the united Republican party denying the managers a two thirds vote.
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Judge Postpones Guantanamo Arraignments Over Covid Concerns
Carol Rosenberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
A military judge who was to travel to Guantánamo Bay this week ruled that
the health risks the base posed were reason enough to delay the
arraignments of three prisoners.
The prison at Guantánamo Bay is a warcrime.
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Impeachment Case Argues Trump Was ‘Singularly Responsible’ for Capitol Riot
Nicholas Fandos and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago
The House managers cited the Constitution’s framers in urging that Donald
J. Trump be convicted and disqualified from holding office. Mr. Trump’s
lawyers said the Senate had no jurisdiction.
Trump is guilty. His defense is jury nullification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification_in_the_United_States
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