#Briefing

Claire McGettrick

cmcgettrick

1/ A comprehensive analysis of the Commission Report will not happen this week. It will take a considerable amount of time for us to attempt to access the Commission's sources

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

The absence of state aid is a huge problem, because state and local governments, unlike the federal gov, are required to balance their budgets. But why? Important question 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/business/stimulus-state-local-a

ducdemontebello

ducdemontebello

HNA Group, the vast Chinese conglomerate that threw tens of billions of dollars at trophy businesses around the world, is nearing the biggest corporate collapse in recent Chinese history. "

David Toube

ToubeDavid

On the phrase "cultural Marxism"@antisempolicy has a published pamphlet: "Cultural Marxism: An Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory?"It is an interesting pamphlet, because it somewhat equivocal on the issue - hence the question

Jack Mendel

Mendelpol

The manufactured outrage over the Islamic centre in Golders Green has seen some nasty and vindictive campaigns against people, simply because they're Muslims. Supporters of the applicants left 'shocked' by

Crisis Group

CrisisGroup

The military coup in #Myanmar has brought a sudden halt to the democratic transition. The coup cannot go unchallenged. But the international response must be realistic about its leverage over

Simon Rabinovitch

S_Rabinovitch

A long read this week on how Xi is remaking China's economy. Conventional wisdom is that he's reverting to a statist model at the private sector's expense: a sure-fire recipe

Brad Simpson

bradleyrsimpson

1/4 The issuing of a State Department Dissent Cable directed directly at the US government itself is, to my knowledge, unprecedented. The Dissent Channel was created in 1971 to give

TheLastRefuge

TheLastRefuge2

.@jaketapper RE: Interview with Senator Warner. Either you intentionally allowed a lie, OR you KNOWINGLY and PURPOSEFULLY participated in the spreading of a lie. Senator Mark Warner was *NOT* a

Martha Kinsella

Martha_Kinsella

Highlighting an important part of the president’s Memorandum on Restoring Trust in Government Through Scientific Integrity and Evidence-Based Policymaking, issued today: the section on science advisory committees.https://www.whitehouse.go

Alex Leo

AlexMLeo

Ok, I am sort of shocked by what was left out of this piece, the thesis of which is “progressives doing worse in vaccination.” (Thread, unfortunately)https://twitter.com/hotlinejosh/status/1357777671049142272 The first problem is

Tim Hogan

TimInHonolulu

1. Interesting: ORDER: In accordance with the July 9, 2020 decision of the United States Supreme Court, See Trump v. Vance, No. 19-635, slip op. at 21-22 (July 9, 2020),

Melinda Wenner Moyer

lindy2350

I agree. There's no question the Covid-19 vaccines will save many, many lives and are key to getting us out of the pandemic. But I think it's dangerous to speak

Duyeon Kim

duyeonkim

Chosun Ilbo's reporting series of "urgent" & "scoop" headlines starting w/ 긴급 "김정은, 일부 권한이양…국정전반 위임통치" KJU transfers some powers; now story citing spy agency that

Aarif Abraham

aarif_abraham

1/9 Thread on legal issues in reply to @PaulGoodmanCH on #GenocideAmendment. Declaration: not campaigner in any Uyghur cause nor taken any position on China.https://twitter.com/PaulGoodmanCH/status/1351093668145491971 2/9 UK courts often he

Mueller, She Wrote

MuellerSheWrote

BREAKING DAILY BEANS EXCLUSIVE: This story involves Kash Patel; long-time Nunes aide who was just installed in the Pentagon as the Chief of Staff for trump's newly-minted Secretary of Defense

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