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Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 30 minutes ago

During the Obama administration, Dr. Vivek Murthy became the first person of Indian descent to become the surgeon general. He will now reprise that role.

 

Not much to fight about.

 

2

How G.O.P. and Conservative Groups Are Guiding States on Voter Laws

Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

As Republican legislatures seek to usher in a raft of new voting restrictions, they are being prodded by an array of party leaders and outside groups working to coordinate the efforts.

 

The various states should take these programs to court.  The federal government has limited power

at the state level.

 

3

House Reviews Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Narrow Election Victory in Iowa

Nicholas Fandos, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

After one of the closest contests in American history, the House must now decide whether to unseat Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican.

 

The House must do its job.

 

4

Senate Panel to Debate Gun Control After Two Mass Shootings

Catie Edmondson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

The Judiciary Committee’s hearing, scheduled by Senate Democrats before the Boulder and Atlanta shootings, comes as the party had already begun advancing stricter gun control measures that face long odds.

 

The Gun Control debate must happen.

This is not the worst time to start the discussion.

 

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N.Y.C. Creates Racial Justice Commission to Address Inequality

Emma G. Fitzsimmons, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

A new racial justice commission will make policy recommendations that could include baby bonds, a jobs guarantee or reparations for Black residents.

 

This commission has an enormus job that needs doing.

 

6

Organizing Gravediggers, Cereal Makers and, Maybe, Amazon Employees

Michael Corkery, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union may be one of the most eclectic labor unions in the U.S. And it is on the cusp of pushing into the e-commerce behemoth.

 

As long as workers are fungible there is a need for labor unions.

 

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

 

7

Trump Endorses a Loyalist, Jody Hice, for Georgia Secretary of State

Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

By supporting a challenger to Georgia’s current secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, the former president signaled that he wants Republicans who opposed his election falsehoods to pay politically.

 

Trump is a failed autocrat. 

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

8

With Marijuana Departures, the White House Wages Its Own Culture War

Giovanni Russonello, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 9 hours ago

The tradition of treating past cannabis use as a terminable offense leaves the Biden administration out of step with public opinion.

 

Republican noise will grab any excuse.   Biden cannot lead the move to legalize pot.

 

9

How Small Restaurants Leveraged Their Pain to Win Stimulus Money

Brett Anderson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago

The Independent Restaurant Coalition turned tears into cheers, urging owners to share their angst and use that emotion to lobby Congress.

 

Begging is sometimes effective.

 

10

11 Years On, the Affordable Care Act Defies Opponents and Keeps Expanding

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

More than 200,000 have used a special enrollment period to sign up for health insurance under the act, while Alabama and Wyoming eye the law’s Medicaid expansion.

 

Romny care works though loyal Republicans do not admit it.

11

Eric Greitens and Mo Brooks Announce Senate Bids in Missouri and Alabama

Lisa Lerer, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago

The hard-right Republicans’ entry to the races for open Senate seats heralded fiercely contested G.O.P. primaries in the two deeply conservative states.

 

Fragmentation in the Republican coalition is a good thing.

 

12

Infrastructure Plan Seeks to Address Climate and Equality as Well as Roads

Annie Karni and Jim Tankersley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

The proposal being prepared by the White House is intended to begin grappling with a number of big issues that President Biden focused on during the campaign.

 

I am not smart or ambitious enough to fully solve this problem.

Fixes must be applied thoughtfully and serially.

They interact and will require correction.

The time to start is now.

 

13

Justice Dept. Said to Be Weighing Sedition Charges Against Oath Keepers

Katie Benner, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

Investigators have for weeks focused on the role of the militia in the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell%27s_rule

Apply it everywhere.

 

14

After Capitol Riot, Senate Taps Intelligence Official to Lead Security

Luke Broadwater, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago

Lt. Gen. Karen Gibson held top intelligence posts in the military before she joined a post-Jan. 6 security review of the Capitol. She will have an all-female leadership team.

 

A good idea.

 

15

Martin Walsh, Boston's Mayor, Confirmed as Labor Secretary

Noam Scheiber, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 22 hours ago

The nomination of Mr. Walsh, a former leader of Boston’s powerful building trades council, was embraced by a range of national union officials.

 

He is probably a good choice.

 

16

Democrats Press for D.C. Statehood as Part of Voting Rights Agenda

Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

Proponents of granting statehood pointed to the riot on Jan. 6, when a botched federal response contributed to disastrous results, as the latest proof that the District of Columbia should be a state.

 

The district of columbia is not a state because no power sharing deal could be made.

 

17

Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series

Julia Jacobs and Nicole Sperling, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The director, Charles Ferguson, said in a lawsuit that an executive was concerned about the “negative reaction it would provoke among Trump supporters and the Trump administration.”

 

A&E Networks' executives are not brave.

 

18

Harris Visits Florida to Sell Stimulus Package in a Republican-Led State

Katie Rogers, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

The vice president urged Americans to get vaccinated and promoted programs like food assistance as the administration seeks to build public support amid partisan divisions in Washington.

 

The stimulus package has the Democratic party label.

 

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The Trump Presidency Is History. They’re Writing the First Draft.

Jennifer Schuessler, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

A group of academics gathered to write a first scholarly history of the Trump administration. How do you contextualize a presidency that, as one put it, may have “jumped the shark”?

 

Having jumped the shark will do.

 

20

Supreme Court to Consider Death Sentence in Boston Marathon Bombing Case

Adam Liptak, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The justices will review a decision from a federal appeals court that overturned the death sentence imposed on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the perpetrators of the attack.

 

The Republican party never gives up.

 

 

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