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The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
(theguardian.com)
Henry Ford
,
The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem — The Jewish Demand for "Rights" in America
(1920)
“
It is a favorite
Jewish
view that the United States is a great unshapen mass of potentiality, of no particular character which is yet to be given its definite form. It is in the light of this view that
Jewish
activity must be interpreted.That doctrine with which so large a mass of Americans are inoculated is making havoc with the whole Americanization program today. It is “broadening” America out of all semblance to its distinctive self and blurring those determining ideals and ideas on which American institutions are based.
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More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation
(theguardian.com)
William Colby Rucker
,
Measles
“
It is the duty of every parent having
measles
in the home to see to it that it is reported to the public-health authorities. It is equally the duty of parents to see to it that their children do not come in contact with well children during the time when the infection may be transmitted.
Measles
kills more people in the United States every year than smallpox. You can't kill a child any deader with smallpox than you can with
measles.
It is the duty of private citizens and municipalities to take every known measure for the prevention of the spread of this disease.
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Ukraine war live: Russia launches deadly drone attack on Kyiv ahead of ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia
(theguardian.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
,
Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the US Congress
(2022)
“
Russia has turned the
Ukrainian
sky into a source of death. For thousands of people.Russian troops have already fired nearly a thousand missiles at Ukraine. Countless bombs. They use drones to kill more precisely. This is a terror Europe has not seen for 80 years!And we ask for a response. For the response from the world. For the response to terror. Is this too much of a request?To establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine is to save people. Humanitarian no-fly zone. Conditions under which Russia will no longer be able to terrorize our peaceful cities every day and night.
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Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Find Themselves Stranded and in Limbo
(nytimes.com)
Henry T. Byford
,
To Panama and back
(1908)
“
If only our American negroes, who believe that one good tip deserves another, would all go to
Panama
and do as the
Panama
negroes do, they would learn to be tolerant of the whites, who wish only to be served and left alone.
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See the Total Lunar Eclipse from the Moon in Photos from Blue Ghost Lander
(scientificamerican.com)
George F. Chambers
,
The Story of Eclipses
“
During a total
eclipse
of the Sun, the
Moon’s
shadow travels across the
Earth
at a prodigious pace—1830 miles an hour; 301⁄2 miles a minute; or rather more than a 1⁄2 mile a second. This great velocity is at once a clue to the fact that the [37] total phase during an
eclipse
of the Sun lasts for so brief a time as a few minutes; and also to the fact that the shadow comes and goes almost without being seen unless a very sharp watch is kept for it.
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The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China
(nytimes.com)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
,
Reality Check: Falsehoods in US Perceptions of China
(2022)
“
China
is circumventing or breaking trade rules and its economic manipulations have cost American workers millions of jobs, harming workers and companies in the
United
States
but also around the world. The
United
States
will push back on market-distorting policies and practices, like subsidies and market access barriers, which
China's
government has used for years to gain competitive advantage.Reality Check:
China
has faithfully delivered on its commitments made upon accession to the WTO.
China
upholds, builds and contributes to the multilateral trading system.
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The Brooklyn Bridge Gets a Glow-Up
(newyorker.com)
Franklin Edson
,
Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883
“
That
Brooklyn
will gain in numbers and in wealth with accelerated speed is a foregone conclusion. Whether this gain shall in any wise be at the expense of New York, is a matter in regard to which the great metropolis does not concern herself. Her citizens are content with the knowl71edge that she exists and grows with the growth of the whole country, of whose progress and prosperity she is but the exponent and the index. Will the
Bridge
lead, as has been forcibly suggested, and in some quarters hopefully anticipated, to the further union of the two cities under one name and one government?
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Hong Kong Bookshops Persist Amid Change and Challenges
(nytimes.com)
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
,
Hong Kong Democratic Progress Under the Framework of One Country, Two Systems
(2021)
“
The law marks a milestone in advancing the cause of One Country, Two Systems.Whatever form of democracy runs in any country, it must first and foremost safeguard national security. There can never be workable, authentic democracy without security. To safeguard national security and to develop democracy in the HKSAR, solid measures must be taken to prevent, halt, and punish offenses that seriously undermine national security. The enforcement of the
Hong
Kong
National Security Law has created favorable conditions for restoring order to the process of building democracy in
Hong
Kong.
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New York City Can’t Allow Noncitizens to Vote, Top State Court Rules
(nytimes.com)
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
“
If the right belongs to any particular person, it is because such person is entitled to it by the laws of the
State
where he offers to exercise it, and not because of citizenship of the United
States.
If the
State
of
New
York
should provide that no person should vote until he had reached the age of thirty-one years, or after he had reached the age of fifty, or that no person having gray hair, or who had not the use of all his limbs, should be entitled to vote, I do not see how it could be held to be a violation of any right derived or held under the
Constitution
of the United
States.
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Russia’s demands on western support for Ukraine ‘unacceptable’, says Germany after Trump-Putin call – Europe live
(theguardian.com)
Joseph Robinette Biden
,
Remarks by President Biden Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal and Unprovoked Inv...
(2023)
“
The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia. The West was not plotting to attack Russia, as
Putin
said today. And millions of Russian citizens who only want to live in peace with their neighbors are not the enemy.This war was never a necessity; it’s a tragedy. President
Putin
chose this war. Every day the war continues is his choice. He could end the war with a word.It’s simple. If Russia stopped invading
Ukraine,
it would end the war. If
Ukraine
stopped defending itself against Russia, it would be the end of
Ukraine.
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Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, but Trump’s Tariffs Could Slow Inflation Progress
(nytimes.com)
Jared Bernstein and Ernie Tedeschi
,
Pandemic Prices: Assessing Inflation in the Months and Years Ahead
(2021)
“
We expect that moving from a shutdown economy to a post-pandemic economy—with demand fueled by pent-up savings, relief funds, and low interest rates—will generate not just somewhat faster actual
inflation
but higher inflationary expectations too. An increase in
inflation
expectations from an abnormally low level is a welcome development. But
inflation
expectations must be carefully monitored to distinguish between the hotter but sustainable scenario versus true overheating.
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Social Security Workers Say It Is Being Endangered by DOGE
(nytimes.com)
Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo, Rudy Giuliani, Charlie Crist, Duncan Hunter, and Brit Hume
,
2007 Republican Presidential Debate
(2007)
“
One thing, when people reach
retirement
age, if they really have enough
retirement
benefits, they don't need
Social
Security
for the long term, give them the option of one-time buyout, or the opportunity to purchase an annuity, with their funds, tax-free, that frees up the long-term obligation of the government.
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World's First Carbon Capture Plant Powered Directly by Wind Planned
(scientificamerican.com)
by the Congressional Budget Office
,
The Economics of Climate Change: a Primer — Chapter 2: The Scientific and Historical Context
(2003)
“
Historical Emissions and Climate Change With the onset of the industrial revolution more than two centuries ago, people have begun to change the
carbon
cycle significantly, increasing the amount of
carbon
dioxide
in the atmosphere by about a third, or from roughly 600 billion to 800 billion metric tons of
carbon
(mtc) —the highest amount in at least 400,000 years. [5] About 30 percent of the increase has come from cutting timber and clearing land for agriculture; the rest stems from extracting coal, oil, and natural gas from the fossil reservoir and burning them.
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White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue
(theguardian.com)
Joe Biden
,
Acting on This Moral Obligation
(2013)
“
As the president knows, I’ve worked in this field a long time in the United States Senate, having chaired a committee that had jurisdiction over these issues of
guns
and crime, and having drafted the first
gun
violence
legislation -- the last
gun
violence
legislation, I should say, and I have no illusions about we’re up against -- what we’re up against or how hard the task is in front of us. But I also have never seen a nation’s conscience so shaken by what happened at Sandy Hook. The world has changed, and it’s demanding action.
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Knitting is cool again. Here’s everything you need to get started – and what you don’t
(theguardian.com)
H. D. Buck
,
Flat Machine Knitting and Fabrics
“
Knit Fabric Construction
Knitting
is the art of constructing fabric or cloth with
knitting
needles by an interlocking of loops. The essential 10element of
knitting
is the loop, for the whole fabric is constructed from a succession of loops.A loop is a very small length of thread, or
yarn,
taken at some point at a distance from the end and drawn through, or around, some object, usually another loop.
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I was a lawyer for Ice. Mass deportations don’t make us safer | Veronica Cardenas
(theguardian.com)
9/11 Commission Report — Chapter 12
“
Today more than 9 million people are in the United States outside the legal
immigration
system.We must also be able to monitor and respond to entrances between our ports of entry,working with Canada and Mexico as much as possible. There is a growing role for state and local law
enforcement
agencies.They need more training and work with federal agencies so that they can cooperate more effectively with those federal authorities in identifying terrorist suspects.
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Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law
(theguardian.com)
prepared by the staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary
,
Materials in Support of H. Res. 24
(2021)
“
There is no merit to the startling and dangerous idea that a
president
may engage in high Crimes and Misdemeanors in their final weeks in office and escape the operation of the
Impeachment
Clause.
President
Trump incited an insurrection to try to break the Constitutional order, overturn an election, and prevent the ratification of a new
President
elected by the people in a free and fair election. In these circumstances, he has left the House of Representatives no choice.
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Medicaid Cuts Kick Down on People Caught in the Opioid Epidemic
(scientificamerican.com)
Donald John Trump
,
Proclamation 9643 — Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
(2017)
“
The number of infants born with
opioid
dependence has more than quadrupled in the past decade. Nearly 100 Americans, on average, die each day from
opioid
overdoses,
and
overdose
rates are highest among people between 25 to 54 years old, robbing so many of our young people of their potential.
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Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
(nytimes.com)
George W. Bush
,
Presidential Radio Address
(2009)
“
The United States is leading diplomatic efforts to achieve a meaningful cease-fire that is fully respected. Another one-way cease-fire that leads to rocket attacks on
Israel
is not acceptable. And promises from
Hamas
will not suffice; there must be monitoring mechanisms in place to help ensure that smuggling of weapons to terrorist groups in Gaza comes to an end. I urge all parties to pressure
Hamas
to turn away from terror and to support legitimate Palestinian leaders working for peace.
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Greenland might open a vast rare earth deposit to mining. Locals say it could destroy their way of life
(theguardian.com)
I. I. Hayes
,
The Land of Desolation: Being a Personal Narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland
“
The miners were a well-contented-looking people, and, so far as I could see, did not suffer in their isolated situation any thing worse than the torment of mosquitoes, which there, as in all other parts of South
Greenland,
where the ice does not overrun the land, are thick as the sands on the sea-shore. The kryolite is the only mineral product of
Greenland
that has proved of any commercial value. Yet, judging from the appearance of the country, one might think
Greenland
abounded in mineral wealth, and, if properly explored, a profitable return would certainly be obtained.
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Trump’s Trade War Will Slow Global Economic Growth, OECD Says
(nytimes.com)
the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
,
China’s Position on the China–US Economic and Trade Consultations
(2019)
“
According to a research report in February 2019 by
Trade
Partnership, an American think-tank, if the US imposes 25
percent
additional tariffs on all imported Chinese goods, US GDP will decrease by 1.01
percent,
with 2.16 million job losses and an additional annual burden of US$2,294 on a family of four.
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Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns
(theguardian.com)
Joseph Robinette Biden
,
How the American Jobs Plan Will Create Jobs in Rural America
(2021)
“
Rural communities often don’t have the same budget as big cities to hire staff needed to navigate and access federal
programs.
On top of that, they have to navigate a myriad of
programs
all with different purposes and requirements. As part of his plan to ensure that all communities recover—regardless of geography—President Biden is proposing $5 billion for a new Rural Partnership
Program
to help rural regions, including Tribal Nations, build on their unique assets and realize their vision for inclusive community and economic development.
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‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light
(theguardian.com)
John Gould Fletcher
,
Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art
“
All goes well until one day away from home, when he is out fishing with the natives. They laugh at his luck. He asks them why. Because his line has caught in the lower jaw of the fish and that is a sign of a man's wife being unfaithful to him. He returns home, half-believing the superstition. The native girl prays, weeps, asks to be beaten. He cannot beat her. He can only forgive and understand. So the story closes.From such a story, we should naturally receive the impression that
Gauguin's
life in Tahiti was ideally happy.
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The Tell-All Book That Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Read
(nytimes.com)
Zuckerberg Senate Transcript 2018
“
What I'm asking is, once you get beyond those categories of things that are prohibited, and should be, is it
Facebook's
position that it should not be putting its thumb on the scale; it should not be favoring or disfavoring speech based on its content, based on the viewpoint of that
speech?ZUCKERBERG:
Senator, in general that's our position. What we -- one of the things that is really important though is that in order to create a service where everyone has a voice, we also need to make sure that people aren't bullied, or -- or basically intimidated, or the environment feels unsafe for them.
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Dinosaur Armor and Weaponry Was Even More Impressive Than Researchers Thought
(scientificamerican.com)
William Diller Matthew
,
Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections
“
The carnivorous or flesh-eating dinosaurs that lived on land, such as Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, were protected from foes by their sharp biting teeth, while the land-living herbivorous forms were provided with defensive horns, as in Triceratops, sharp spines as in [88] Stegosaurus or were completely armored as in Ankylosaurus. Trachodon was not provided with horns, spines or plated
armor,
but it was sufficiently protected from carnivorous land forms by being able to enter and remain in the water.
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‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life
(theguardian.com)
Yei Theodora Ozaki
,
Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories
“
For this the last survivors of the feudal epoch had been sought out and brought in from every part of
Japan,
old samurai who had accompanied their imperious masters in many a famous progress and had cut down all and any who had the temerity to cross their path. In joyful arrogance they came to show a degenerate world the martial splendours of their younger days, and the sight was enough to make one overlook the wrongs and dangers of the dead time and only regret that so much colour and fire had to be swept away to make room for the nation's new life.
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EU accuses Google and Apple of breaking its rules, risking Trump clash
(theguardian.com)
John Thomas Rosch
,
Intel, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook: Observations on Antitrust and the High-Tech Sector
(2010)
“
The third argument that I have heard against challenging conduct by firms in high-tech markets is that we can’t challenge conduct by firms that only have “incipient” monopoly power, as may be the case in conduct cases where a firm is on the cusp of achieving monopoly power, but the market has not yet tipped. This, for example, could have become an issue in the Google/AdMob merger. Google and AdMob were the number 1 and 2 mobile advertising networks, respectively.
Apple
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Trump administration plans for militarized border along New Mexico – report
(theguardian.com)
Trump—Peña Nieto transcript
(2017)
“
I just wanted to mention that when you talk about people coming across the border – because times will be tough and times will be good – that when times are tough, that is why we have a wall, because we do not want people to come across the border. We do not want them coming across. We have enough people coming across, we want to stop it cold. General Kelly is one of the most respected generals in the entire military system and he is a very fair man, but he is a very tough man. And we have the drug lords in
Mexico
that are knocking the hell out of our country.
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Police Recover Diamond Earrings Worth $769,500 That Thief Swallowed
(nytimes.com)
Asbury Harpending
,
The Great Diamond Hoax
“
Victim of Big Swindle Explains How Rough Miners Managed to Deceive Men Like
Tiffany
and Janin. Inquiry Reveals That “Salting” of
Diamond
Field Cost Plotters $35,000 and Yielded $600,000 Net Profit.How so many of the shrewdest men in the world could have been absolutely duped by the great
diamond
fraud may well be asked. The truth is it succeeded not because of the baleful craft employed in working out its details, but because of a rawness that seemed to disarm rather than arouse suspicion and the audacity and nerve with which everything was carried out.
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A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies
(theguardian.com)
John Paul Stevens
,
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey/Concurrence-dissent Stevens — Concurrence...
(1992)
“
Those who disagree vehemently about the legality and morality of
abortion
agree about one thing: The decision to terminate a pregnancy is profound and difficult. No person undertakes such a decision lightly-and States may not presume that a
woman
has failed to reflect adequately merely because her conclusion differs from the State's preference. A
woman
who has, in the privacy of her thoughts and conscience, weighed the options and made her decision cannot be forced to reconsider all, simply because the State believes she has come to the wrong conclusion.
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Airliner Was Descending Fast Before It Flipped on Landing, Report Finds
(nytimes.com)
Amelia Earhart
,
20 hrs. 40 min. our flight in the Friendship
(1928)
“
But in the air, as with automobiles, most accidents are due to the human equation. The careful driver, either below or aloft, barring the hard luck of mechanical failure, has remarkably little trouble, considering what he has to contend with.I think it is a fair statement that for the average
landing,
the descent of the
plane
is less noticeable than the dropping of the modern high-speed elevator.
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