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Billionaires spent record amounts during 2024 federal election – report
(theguardian.com)
the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
,
The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2022
(2023)
“
Money in elections has set a new record. American elections are at the heart of its democracy, powered by money. Election costs have soared since
donation
limits were lifted in 2010 and again in 2014. According to an analysis published by OpenSecrets, the total cost of the 2022 state and federal midterm elections was nearly 17 billion dollars, the most expensive election in history. Federal candidates and political committees spent 8.9 billion dollars, while state candidates, party committees, and ballot measure committees spent 7.8 billion dollars, both of which set all-time records.
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Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’
(theguardian.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
,
Speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Parliament of Japan
(2022)
“
Russia
has used more than a thousand missiles against peaceful cities in
Ukraine.
Countless bombs.
Russian
troops destroyed dozens of our cities. Some were burned to the ground. In many towns and villages that have come under
Russian
occupation, our people cannot even bury their murdered relatives, friends and neighbors with dignity. They have to bury them right in the yards of broken houses, near roads, anywhere where it is possible...
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Are Coming, but at a Cost to U.S. Alliances
(nytimes.com)
Ida M. Tarbell
,
The Tariff in Our Times
“
I will add that in my judgment it will be years yet before anything in the nature of free trade would be wise or practicable in the
United
States.
When we speak of this subject we refer to approximate free trade which has no idea of cutting the growth of home industries, but simply of scaling down the inequalities of the
tariff
schedules where they are utterly out of proportion to the demands of that growth. After we have calmly stood up and allowed monopolists to grow fat we should not be asked to make them bloated. Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive.
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U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
(nytimes.com)
John Edward Porter
,
Free Press in Hong Kong Under Attack
“
Tyranny thrives on the weakness of others, and the United States has been weak in its response to Chinese behavior. Mr. Speaker, we must do everything possible to ensure that democratic advances in
Hong
Kong
are not reversed by oppressive Chinese policies. As 1997 approaches, the United States must stand with those in
Hong
Kong,
such as journalists opposing illegal restrictions on their free speech, who are rightly unwilling to capitulate to Beijing's efforts to strip the citizens of
Hong
Kong
of their democratic rights and freedoms.
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Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications
(nytimes.com)
Arthur Cheney Train
,
Courts and Criminals
“
In fact, at the present time more
Italian
criminals seek asylum in the Argentine than in the United States. Theoretically, of course, as no convict can procure a
passport,
none of them leave
Italy
at all—but that is one of the humors of diplomacy. The approved method among the continental countries of Europe of getting rid of their criminals is to induce them to "move on." A lot of them keep "moving on" until they land in America.
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China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President
(nytimes.com)
Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
,
The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era
(2022)
“
Some forces in the US are making every effort to incite groups inside
Taiwan
to stir up trouble and use
Taiwan
as a pawn against China. This has jeopardized peace and stability across the
Taiwan
Straits, obstructed the Chinese government's efforts towards peaceful reunification, and undermined the healthy and steady development of China-US relations.
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Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say
(theguardian.com)
Suleyman Demirel, Thorbjoern Jagland, Warren B. Rudman, Javier Solana, & George J Mitchell: Chairman
,
Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee: The Mitchell Plan
(2001)
“
When the widow of a murdered
Israeli
physician -- a man of peace whose practice included the treatment of Arab patients -- tells us that it seems that
Palestinians
are interested in killing Jews for the sake of killing Jews,
Palestinians
should take notice. When the parents of a
Palestinian
child killed while in his bed by an errant .50 caliber bullet draw similar conclusions about the respect accorded by
Israelis
to
Palestinian
lives,
Israelis
need to listen. When we see the shattered bodies of children we know it is time for adults to stop the violence.
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Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement
(theguardian.com)
the Government of Japan
,
Copyright Act (Japanese: 著作権法 Chosakukenhō)
(2006)
“
The
author,
the
copyright
holder, the holder of the right of publication, the performer, or the holder of neighboring rights may demand that persons infringing, or presenting a risk of infringing, on his moral rights of
author,
copyright,
right of publication, or moral rights of performer or neighboring rights, as applicable, cease the
infringement
or not infringe, as the case may be.
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As Measles Continues to Rise, CDC Muffles Vaccine Messaging
(scientificamerican.com)
Anthony Stephen Fauci, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Andrew M. Slavitt and Rochelle Paula Walensky
,
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials, March 8, 2021
(2021)
“
The recommendations issued today are just a first step. As more people get vaccinated and the science and evidence expands, and as the disease dynamics of this country change, we will continue to update this guidance.Importantly, our guidance must balance the risk to people who have been fully vaccinated, the risks to those who have not yet received a
vaccine,
and the impact on the larger community transmission of COVID-19 with what we all recognize to be the overall benefits of resuming everyday activities and getting back to something — to some of the things we love in life.
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Why the Court Hit the Brakes on School Desegregation
(newyorker.com)
Robert H. Jackson
,
Justice Jackson's Unpublished Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
(1954)
“
School
districts, from habit and conviction, will carry it along without aid of state statutes. To eradicate
segregation
by judicial action means two generations of litigation.It is apparent that our decision does not end but begins the struggle over
segregation.
Representatives of the Negros contend with great force that if to enter white
schools
is a right at all it is a present and personal right and that deferred belief may be a denial of rights to those pupils who meanwhile pass
school
age.
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Does Intermittent Fasting Improve Health Beyond Weight Loss?
(scientificamerican.com)
Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon
,
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor
(August, 2003 [Etext# 4343])
“
If this stage is poorly managed or ignored you may become acutely ill, and for someone who started
fasting
while dangerously ill, loss of self control and impulsive eating could prove fatal. Even for those
fasting
to cure non-life-threatening illnesses it is pointless to go through the effort and discipline of a long fast without carefully establishing a correct
diet
after the fast ends, or the effort will have largely been wasted.
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Why China Is Wary of a Trump-Xi Summit
(nytimes.com)
Mike Pence
,
Remarks by Vice President Pence on the Administration’s Policy Toward China
(2018)
“
Closer to home, to protect our interests, we’ve recently strengthened CFIUS — the Committee on Foreign Investment — heightening our scrutiny of
Chinese
investment in America to protect our national security from
Beijing’s
predatory actions.And when it comes to
Beijing’s
malign influence and interference in American politics and policy, we will continue to expose it, no matter the form it takes. We will work with leaders at every level of society to defend our national interests and most cherished ideals. The American people will play the decisive role — and, in fact, they already are.
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Why Is Elon Musk Trying to Buy a Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat?
(newyorker.com)
Charles McCarthy
,
The Wisconsin Idea — Conclusion
(1912)
“
In the words of the current slang phrase, every
Wisconsin
legislator "comes from Missouri" and you have to "show him." Real reformers have yet to learn that they can progress much further if they really build well as they proceed. Many a good business man would welcome certain kinds of legislation if he were convinced that it could be made effective without great distortion of industrial conditions. It is to the advantage both of the reformer and the business man that there should be some attempt to improve our law-making process.
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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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Senate Democrats Press Trump for Answers on Security Breach
(nytimes.com)
Sean Michael Spicer
,
Statement by Press Secretary Sean Spicer (January 31, 2017)
(2017)
“
The
Senate
Democrats
have done everything in their power to slow the work of the
Senate,
while the President continues to take decisive action, just like he promised. So it's unfortunate that
Senate
Democrats
remain so out of touch with the message that the American people sent this past November -- that people want change. President Trump is delivering that change, and the only response from
Senate
Democrats
so far is to try to stall the core functions of our government.
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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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DOJ Reinforces Demand to Break Up Google’s Search Monopoly
(nytimes.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 was not in the market when the investigation began.
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Fighting for Justice for Japan’s ‘Comfort Women’
(nytimes.com)
Larry Niksch
,
Japanese Military's "Comfort Women" System
(2007)
“
Since Japan’s admission of responsibility for the
comfort
women system, there have been frequent disputes over whether
Japanese
history textbooks should discuss
comfort
women. The real battle today in Japan over the
comfort
women issue is whether
Japanese
history textbooks will discuss it. In 1997, the
Japanese
Ministry of Education allowed some new middle-school textbooks to discuss
comfort
women as a form of sexual slavery based on the “forcible recruitment” of women.
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U.S. Inflation Report Expected to Show Stubbornly High Prices in February
(nytimes.com)
Jared Bernstein and Ernie Tedeschi
,
Pandemic Prices: Assessing Inflation in the Months and Years Ahead
(2021)
“
LONGER-TERM
INFLATION
AND EXPECTATIONS Over the longer-term, a key determinant of lasting price pressures is
inflation
expectations. When businesses, for example, expect long-run prices to stay around the Federal Reserve’s 2
percent
inflation
target, they may be less likely to adjust prices and wages due to the types of temporary factors discussed earlier. If, however, inflationary expectations become untethered from that target, prices may rise in a more lasting manner.
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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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Iran’s Supreme Leader Rebuffs Trump’s Outreach Over Its Nuclear Program
(nytimes.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu
,
PM Netanyahu's speech in Congress
(2015)
“
If
Iran
doesn't change its behavior, the restrictions should not be lifted. If
Iran
wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.My friends, What about the argument that there's no alternative to this deal, that
Iran's
nuclear know-how cannot be erased, that its nuclear
program
is so advanced that the best we can do is delay the inevitable, which is essentially what the proposed deal seeks to do?Well, nuclear know-how without nuclear infrastructure doesn't get you very much. A racecar driver without a car can't drive. A pilot without a plane can't fly.
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How Tennis Players Really Feel About Rankings
(nytimes.com)
William T. Tilden
,
The Art of Lawn Tennis
“
A tournament committee should never keep a
player
waiting for an important match to commence while they scour through the crowd for linesmen. These necessary, and I trust useful, accessories to every match of importance should be picked and on hand when the
players
appear. A good linesman is a great aid to match
tennis.
A poor one may ruin a great battle. Not only will bad decisions turn the tide by putting a point in the wrong columns, but slow decisions will often upset
players,
so they dare not play to the line kept by slumberous linesmen.
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America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to die
(theguardian.com)
Glossip v. Gross
(2015)
“
In sum, if we look to States, in more than 60% there is effectively no
death
penalty, in an additional 18% an
execution
is rare and unusual, and 6%, i.e., three States, account for 80% of all
executions.
If we look to population, about 66% of the Nation lives in a State that has not carried out an
execution
in the last three years. And if we look to counties, in 86% there is effectively no
death
penalty. It seems fair to say that it is now unusual to find capital punishment in the United States, at least when we consider the Nation as a whole.
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How ‘Qudits’ Could Boost Quantum Computing
(scientificamerican.com)
N. Cody Jones, Rodney Van Meter, Austin G. Fowler, Peter L. McMahon, Jungsang Kim, Thaddeus D. Ladd, and Yoshihisa Yamamoto
,
Layered Architecture for Quantum Computing
“
Many researchers have presented and examined components of large-scale
quantum
computing. We study here how these components may be combined in an efficient design, and we introduce new methods that improve the
quantum
computer we propose. This engineering pursuit is
quantum-computer
architecture, which we develop here in layers. An architecture decomposes complex system behaviors into a manageable set of operations. A layered architecture does this through layers of abstraction where each layer embodies a critical set of related functions.
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The best cordless vacuum cleaners for a spotless home: 10 tried and tested favourites
(theguardian.com)
Ethel R. Peyser
,
Cheating the Junk-Pile: The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments
(1922)
“
It is true, that the
vacuum
cleaner
needs very little care, probably oiling once a month and the removal of the dust after every cleaning operation. The oiling is easy to understand, but the reason for removing the dust after every operation is: that, if the dust bags clog up, the egress of the air is impeded, and therefore the action of the motor is impeded, and the fan’s speed is diminished, causing a decrease in velocity and air supply which is what makes the
cleaner
more useful than a broom.
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Europe Races to Craft a Trump-Era Plan for Ukraine and Defense
(nytimes.com)
Rex Wayne Tillerson
,
Rex Tillerson's Remarks on the U.S. and Europe: Strengthening Western Alliances
(2017)
“
The Ukraine crisis also made clear how energy supplies can be wielded as a political weapon. Enhancing European energy security by ensuring access to affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure supplies of energy is fundamental to national security objectives. The United States is liberalizing rules governing the export of liquefied natural gas and U.S.-produced crude, and we’re eager to work with European allies to ensure the development of needed infrastructure like import terminals and interconnecting pipelines to promote the diversity of supply to
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How the Stock Market Has Done Under Trump
(nytimes.com)
James Hamilton Lewis
,
Business conditions in America—what is the meaning of the "recession", so-called?
(1937)
“
What is the matter with America, and what is the matter with the people? This morning from the press we read that the New York
stock
market—to
take but a single barometer—has fallen precipitously for many weeks; that throughout the East uncertainty and general fear prevail; and that the belief prevails that this major recession has been caused to no small degree by the New Deal policies in general, and the tax laws of the Roosevelt administration in particular.
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What couples need to know about desire: ‘There’s no right or healthy amount of sex’
(theguardian.com)
Clifford R. Adams
,
How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage
(1946)
“
Beyond the
desire
for
sex
satisfaction, for example, is the yearning of both men and women to share the love and affection of somebody of the opposite
sex,
someone who takes a genuine interest in them. This sometimes is called a need for sexually colored companionship. This is why married people don’t feel the need to run around to shows and parties the way single people do. They have their own companionship within the family.
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Tories fight abolition of hereditary peers as Labour’s Lords reforms stall
(theguardian.com)
Walter Bagehot
,
The English Constitution
(1894)
“
Another
reform
ought to have accompanied the creation of life-peers. Proxies ought to have been abolished. Some time or other the slack attendance of the House of
Lords
will destroy the House of
Lords.
There are occasions in which appearances are realities, and this is one of them. The House of
Lords
on most days looks so unlike what it ought to be, that most people will not believe it is what it ought to be. The attendance of considerate peers will, for obvious reasons, be larger when it can no longer be overpowered by the non-attendance, by the commissioned votes of inconsiderate peers.
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Syria vows to destroy chemical weapons stockpile left by Assad regime
(theguardian.com)
House of Commons
,
Hanasard (Commons) UK - Vol.566 40
“
What has happened to the people of
Syria
is a crime against humanity, and it is imperative, as the Leader of the Opposition said, to bring the conflict to an end as soon as possible. War crimes have been committed by both sides, and
Assad
should be held accountable in due course for declaring war on his own people. When it was alleged that chemical weapons had been used in the latest atrocity, I welcomed the fact that UN weapons inspectors were to go to the site.
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The gift of the gab: did an iron age brain drain bring Celtic to Ireland?
(theguardian.com)
American-Irish Historical Society
,
The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society (Vol. IX)
“
Back of the
Irish
immigration was an immediate past of hunger, oppression, intolerance and passionate, ineffectual revolt, and long vague memories of distant splendors that came to them, partly in legend and partly in the ruins of pillar-towers, castles, abbeys and half-obliterated carvings over graves. Out of these legends and these ruins and graves came to them the true whisperings of the 121race. The
Celtic
renaissance in
Ireland
itself grows because these whisperings are a little better heard. A like cultivation may follow here if the race is true to itself.
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