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On Politics: Watch Where Sanders Goes
Bernie Sanders has been campaigning in Texas, a Super Tuesday state. This
is your morning tip sheet.
Ask voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/elections/democratic-polls.html
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‘America Loves India,’ Trump Declares at Rally With Modi
President Trump was feted with music, dancers and more than 100,000
cheering attendees — if not the 10 million he says he was promised.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria#Empress_of_India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_India
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Julian Assange Faces Hearing on Extradition to the U.S.
The WikiLeaks founder appeared in a London court to fight attempts by the
American authorities to make him answer charges of conspiring to hack into
a classified Pentagon network.
It is the beginning of what should be an unsuccessful effort.
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As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Beginning to Plunge
President Trump’s border wall is beginning to rise, but a thick curtain of
policy changes is more responsible for suppressing the flow of immigrants
into the country.
Commodity cropping should cost more.
Bulk vegetables will be grown south of the border.
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On the Trail of America’s First Women Voters
From 1776 to 1807, women in New Jersey had equal voting rights. Newly
surfaced documents illuminate how that happened — and the origins of the
messy, imperfect democracy we have today.
The gender fight continues to this day.
It is world wide and based in property.
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Tom Steyer Stirs More Debate Over Payments in South Carolina
Mr. Steyer, a billionaire running for president, rents his campaign
headquarters in South Carolina from a daughter of the state’s most powerful
Democrat, Representative James Clyburn.
Purchasing votes is not considered proper or legal.
The practice continues.
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The Greatest Danger To Bernie’s Revolution
Will Sanders be the Democratic nominee for President? Probably. Barring
something very unexpected, he’ll have the most delegates. His polling in
the big super Tuesday states is ahead of all the other candidates. Right
now all Bloomberg is doing is harming the other “centrist” candidates, he’s
actually helping Sanders. The risk is that Sanders doesn’t […]
Ian Welsh is cynical.
His proposed scenario is possible but not probable.
Politics is in bad shape. I hope it is structurally sound.
If Welsh is right more billions will die a bit sooner.
I may not survive into the full darkness.
The dark ages were less stygion than popularly thought.
Two do better than one.
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Dueling Narratives Emerge From Muddied Account of Russia’s 2020 Interference
President Trump’s national security adviser intimated that the Russians
were backing Bernie Sanders, as Joe Biden blamed Mr. Trump and other
Republicans for the continued interference.
Putin's project is confusion.
Winner!
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For a President Who Loves Crowd Size, India Aims to Deliver
When President Trump comes to visit, world leaders face the challenge of
finding ways to entertain and impress a leader who relishes spectacle.
India can always provide a mob.
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Sanders Looks to Knock Out Biden as Pressure Builds on Democrats
The primary race is entering a critical nine-day stretch that could
effectively determine the nomination as candidates face a debate, the South
Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests.
How can these pundits possibly know?
I know that I cannot read minds.
I expect they are no more skilled than I.
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Harry Reid Says Nevada Should Have a Primary: ‘All Caucuses Should Be a Thing of the Past’
“They don’t work for a multitude of reasons,” the former Senate majority
leader said, adding to the push for Democrats to switch to primaries in all
states.
Confusion is ordinary.
Caucuses are less confusing than butterfly ballots.
Count all the votes.
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National Security Wiretap System Was Long Plagued by Risk of Errors and Omissions
The F.B.I.’s intelligence wiretap powers are at a crossroads after a
damning report about the surveillance of a former Trump adviser. And the
flaws may be systemic.
Nations are not secure.
Body guards are the best that can be done.
"Two can know a secret if one of them is dead."
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One Side of a Nuclear Waste Fight: Trump. The Other: His Administration.
The president, eyeing the battleground state of Nevada, has made clear he
opposes a nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain, reversing a policy that was
made in his name.
Trump does not think.
He is never silent.
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D.C. Prosecutors’ Tensions With Justice Dept. Began Long Before Stone Sentencing
Months of strain date back to the investigation into the former F.B.I.
official Andrew McCabe and growing fears of political interference.
Prosecutors are politically appointed.
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Finance Ministers Grapple Over Economic Threat of Climate Change
The question is when.
It seems to be now.
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 23, 2020
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 23, 2020 by Tony Wikrent
Economics Action Group, North Carolina Democratic Party Progressive Caucus
Strategic Political Economy The Oligarch Stage of the American Disease:
Bloomberg Edition [Ian Welsh, February 18, 2020] The thing about Trump was
always that he was a symptom of a disease. It’s hard to […]
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/24/paul_krugman_richard_wolff_socialism_debate
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5 Takeaways From the Nevada Caucuses (The Big One: Sanders Takes Control)
Mr. Sanders has now won the most votes in each of the first three states
and has more momentum than all his rivals and more money than everyone
besides two self-funding billionaires.
Nothing is decided.
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24 Tense Hours in Abraham Lincoln’s Life
In “Every Drop of Blood,” Edward Achorn addresses sweeping issues about the
Civil War and the precarious state of America through the president’s 1865
inaugural speech.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_Second_Inaugural_Address
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The Three Types of People You Meet at a Caucus
There’s the democracy-in-action proselytizer, the resigned skeptic and the
thoroughly bewildered. All made their way to Coronado High School in Nevada
to help pick a presidential nominee.
They are everywhere.
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Why Are Nevada Caucus Results Coming in So Slowly?
Hours after the caucuses closed we still don’t know the final results.Attempted security.
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