James Pethokoukis

Coronavirus Spreads Outside China as Officials’ Worries Mount

Newley Purnell - WSJ 4h 4 tweets

New cases of coronavirus flared outside China, adding to global health officials’ worries about the spread of the disease in dangerous new pockets of infection.

James Pethokoukis “We’re seeing some cases that don’t have a clear epidemiological link,” she said. Infections that are now emerging in people who haven’t traveled to China or come into contact with confirmed cases show “it’s not clear how the virus is spreading.” 4h

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Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now”

ɪᴀɴ ᴍ ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟 - Virology Down Under 20h 20 tweets

by Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman NOTE FROM IAN: The expert risk communication team of Lanard and Sandman has given me permission to post their very well-considered reply to my question of them just

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Likelihood of Israeli infected with coronavirus has 'risen significantly'

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com 21h 1 tweets

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would hold a meeting about the coronavirus in the Health Ministry's "war room" on Sunday morning.

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‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship

Motoko Rich - Nytimes.com 32h 15 tweets

More than three days passed before Japan imposed a quarantine. That delay and other missteps helped produce the largest outbreak of the virus beyond China.

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Sales Are Colossal, Shares Are Soaring. All Amazon Is Missing Is a Profit

David Streitfeld - Nytimes.com 31h 1 tweets

With gargantuan revenue, Amazon’s recent profits have been slim to nonexistent. In its quest to become the world’s bazaar, are earnings beside the point?

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New coronavirus cases in Iran, Italy fuel concerns the disease cannot be contained

Berkeley Lovelace - CNBC 27h 3 tweets

With several localized coronavirus cases popping up in places such as Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan, some experts are beginning to wonder: Is the genie out of the bottle?

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Candidacy for Presidency: Ronald Reagans announcement of Candidacy for President of U.S. 11/13/79

YouTube 27h 1 tweets

Ronald Reagan's Announcement of Candidacy for President of the United States on 11/13/79. For more information on the ongoing works of President Reagan's Fou...

James Pethokoukis "I am totally unwilling to see this country fail in its obligation to itself and to the other free peoples of the world." youtu.be/fAtYMD-H2UY via @YouTube 27h

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The 2020 Presidential Election: How the Keys Are Pointing: Ingenta Connect

Ingentaconnect.com 41h 1 tweets

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Progress | Pete Buttigieg for President

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Josh Hawley’s Plan to Overhaul the FTC Would Create a Monster Far More Dangerous Than “Big Tech” | Trace Mitchell

Fee.org 52h 1 tweets

Under the Senator's plan, the FTC’s significant power would be placed in one individual under the executive’s thumb who would be given the authority to impose steep civil penalties on companies for behavior they did not even know was illegal. While...

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There's a way Democrats can beat the Trump economy — but they won't like it

James Pethokoukis - Theweek.com 51h 3 tweets

George W. Bush's 2000 campaign is the roadmap

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James Pethokoukis There's a way Democrats can beat the Trump economy — but they won't like it theweek.com/articles/89697… By me @TheWeek 51h

James Pethokoukis By me: If Democrats continue to deny the economy's obvious strength, there's no way voters will be confident their calls for "revolution" and "big structural change" won't totally screw things up. 19h

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Wounded but defiant, Bloomberg promises to keep fighting

AP NEWS 3d 3 tweets

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — His aura suddenly shattered, a defiant Michael Bloomberg sent a pointed message Thursday to a political world grappling with his underwhelming presidential debate debut: He's...

James Pethokoukis Hey, that's every great underdog story, really. A "Rocky for out time. 52h

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Former Communist Party membership and present-day entrepreneurship

Voxeu.org 59h 3 tweets

Following the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, many former Communist Party members launched businesses. This column relies on individual-level survey data to document how

James Pethokoukis " ... the fact that the least capable former Party members started businesses and subsequently failed, while also possibly crowding out those without elite connections, suggests a social welfare loss." 53h

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“Mad Mike” Hoare died on February 2nd

The Economist 3d 1 tweets

The commander of the “Wild Geese” mercenaries in Congo was 100

James Pethokoukis Every sentence wilder than the one before. 3d

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Warren refuses to disavow new super PAC

Axios 3d 1 tweets

"It can't be the case that a bunch of people keep them and only one or two don’t," Warren said of super PACs.

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Will Warren’s Dominant Debate Performance Boost Her Chances in Nevada and Beyond?

Shane Goldmacher - Nytimes.com 3d 3 tweets