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Two recent studies on effects of Trump's trade wars

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/03/2019 - 11:53pm |

https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/1102396430591893504

Other recent research also finds the cost of the Trump tariffs is being born entirely by US consumers:https://t.co/lkXGWTye9p
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) March 4, 2019

Rand Paul: just say no to Trump Emergency Powers

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/03/2019 - 11:46pm |

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-rand-paul-i-support-president-trump-but-i-cant-support-this-national-emergency-declaration

Every single Republican I know decried President Obama’s use of executive power to legislate. We were right then. But the only way to be an honest officeholder is to stand up for the same principles no matter who is in power. https://t.co/jegHmfxDK1

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The Young Suicide Bomber Who Brought India and Pakistan to the Brink of War

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 8:40pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/opinion/sunday/kashmir-india-pakistan.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

This includes an excellent unbiased analysis of what actually happened since the suicide bombing.

Op-ed by Basharat Peer @ NYTimes.com, March 2

Both countries share responsibility for reducing Kashmir to a ruin and destroying generations of lives.

Mr. Peer is an editor in the Opinion section and the author of “Curfewed Night,” a memoir of the conflict in Kashmir.

Diary (Zimbabwe)

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 2:58am |

https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n05/diana-stone/diary

By Diana Stone @ London Review of Books, March print issue, free online now

As a child growing up in Harare, I believed there was a Whitney Houston song that went: ‘Oh! I wanna dance in Zimbabwe, wanna feel the heat in Zimbabwe.’ It seemed entirely reasonable: Zimbabwe was, and remains, more beautiful, more richly green and blue and growing, than any other country I know [....] I was back in Harare, visiting my grandmother, when the riots began.

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The Crime of the Century: the 2015 assassination of Boris Nemtsov & the flawed trial of his killers

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 2:40am |

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/03/21/boris-nemtsov-murder-crime-century/

By Amy Knight @ New York Review of Books, March 21 print issue and free online now

What the Right is Reading: A Different Way to Think About White Identity Politics

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 1:38am |

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/a-different-way-to-think-about-white-identity-politics.html

OK I guess I am going to have to read this book.https://t.co/e2h5ELp1Ic
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 2, 2019

Is DNA Left on Envelopes Fair Game for Testing?

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/02/2019 - 12:38am |

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/03/dna-tests-for-envelopes-have-a-price/583636/

I wrote about all the companies now that want to test old envelopes for DNA (from your ancestors, from celebrities, from ????) https://t.co/NMBTdqZxJk

Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Loyalist, Visits Trump, and Democrats Are Not Pleased

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 8:19pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/us/politics/mark-penn-trump-clinton.html

.⁦@anniekarni⁩ scoops that Mark Penn, who was Bill Clinton’s pollster and has been defending Trump over Mueller, was in the Oval Office the other day https://t.co/yeVwgz5IQD

Mexico’s Old-School War on Crime Gets a Surprising New Champion

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 8:06pm |

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/01/mexicos-old-school-war-on-crime-gets-a-surprising-new-champion/

López Obrador has disappointed sympathizers by proposing legislation to ramp up the militarization of Mexico’s crime-fighting forces even further. https://t.co/8SSEh3JXMV

Disclosing Subpoena for Testimony, Chelsea Manning Vows to Fight (Grand Jury on Assange?)

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 8:23am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/chelsea-manning-subpoena.html

“The subpoena to Ms. Manning, dated Jan. 22, says that she was ordered to appear on Feb. 5 before a grand jury at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va. But she said that date got pushed back, and she is now supposed to testify on March 5.” https://t.co/O37nzS45J7

Explained: the case that could bring down Canada's Justin Trudeau

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 6:20am |

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/explained-the-case-that-could-bring-down-canadas-justin-trudeau

By Leyland Cecco in Toronto @ TheGuardian.com, Feb. 28

A new conservative media company

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 11:32pm |

https://www.axios.com/jonah-goldberg-steve-hayes-conservative-media-company-f7400961-e2ce-4ef1-908f-85a96ca665a9.html

Oh this is exciting. Wow. https://t.co/H9RHxw8kR8 @JonahNRO @stephenfhayes

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Inside Schumer’s plot to win the Senate

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 8:46pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/28/senate-democrats-2020-chuck-schumer-1193998

By Burgess Everett & James Arkin @ Politico.com, 02/28/2019 04:28 AM EST

The New York Democrat laid out his plans to become majority leader in an interview.

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House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 8:24pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-explode-in-recriminations-as-liberals-lash-out-at-moderates/2019/02/28/c3d163fe-3b87-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html?utm_term=.98f34ab436d7

Inside Thursday's tense House Dems meeting: an exasperated Pelosi demanding moderates stiffen their spines, AOC threatening to put them on "a list" and mods begging for forbearance.
GOP floor mischief paying off in spades... https://t.co/uOVsdPfYkH

Trump Ordered Officials to Give Jared Kushner a Security Clearance

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 6:21pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html

By Maggie Haberman, Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Goldman and Annie Karni @ NYTimes.com, 34 min. ago

Incredible. Trump overruled his own Chief Of Staff and White House Counsel. And lied about it. https://t.co/ajZPnfQNQX

I am listening to Trump press conference live from Vietnam summit on CNN

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/28/2019 - 2:51am |

The chyron says summit cut short, no deal. But I would like to share a little of what Trump is saying.

He seems in a very friendly and polite mood. Not hyper, calm. Taking a lot of questions.

Trump says it's all been very productive. But not a good thing to be signing anything right now. He'll let Pompeo explain that later.

But everyone's been great: Chairman Kim, China, Russia, they've all been great, real helpful. Great leaders! Pres. Moon. yes, another great leader. Real helpful. President Xi, a great leader. Everyone thinks so, especially in Asia. They are all great leaders!

By the way, in case you foreign reporters didn't know this, you should know it's true: he gets along really well with all world leaders!

House passes most sweeping gun control legislation in decades

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 8:43pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/27/house-passes-bill-to-require-universal-background-checks-on-gun-sales-1193043

The House passed a bill that requires universal background checks for all gun purchases. It faces stiff opposition in the GOP-controlled Senate

By John Bresnahan @ Politico.com, 02/27/2019 05:25 PM EST

Workers Begin Removal of President Trump's Border Wall Prototypes

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 5:34pm |

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Border-Wall-Prototypes-Removed-San-Diego-Mexico-Trump-506390981.html

While Michael Cohen is testifying and President Trump is in Vietnam, those border wall prototypes in San Diego are being torn down by @CBPSanDiego. https://t.co/hpDLQz05Ib pic.twitter.com/boNaBK1Qa8

What Americans Think About Reparations And Other Race-Related Questions

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 12:53pm |

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-americans-think-about-reparations-and-other-race-related-questions/

By Perry Bacon, Jr. @ FiveThirtyEight.com, Feb. 26

Doing a broad analysis of polling, Bacon attempts to summarize race-related ideas into three categories: popular, mixed opinion and unpopular.

64-year-old plans to spend 'golden' age at Holiday Inn instead of retirement home

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/27/2019 - 12:17pm |

https://abcnews.go.com/US/64-year-plans-spend-golden-age-holiday-inn/story?id=61299655

By Julia Jacobo @ ABCnews.go.com, Feb. 25

The Texas man compared the costs, and Holiday Inn won out.