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What you may have missed in the Trump-Biden debate
Biden's use of Arabic, mask etiquette, translation challenges and other observations.
Craig Calhoun
“"In tonight's presidential debate the President said the 'Portland Sheriff' supports him," tweeted Sheriff Mike Reese. "As the Multnomah County Sheriff I have never supported Donald Trump and will never support him."
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White House Blocked C.D.C. Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked
The C.D.C. director wanted a “no sail” order extended until February, a policy that would have upset the tourism industry in the crucial swing state of Florida.
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Craig Calhoun
In a pandemic you want medical science and care for the common good. You get sleazy politics and lobbying.
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Tuesday’s Debate Made Clear the Gravest Threat to the Election: The President Himself
President Trump’s unwillingness to say he would abide by the result, and his disinformation campaign about election fraud went beyond anything President Vladimir V. Putin could have imagined.
Craig Calhoun
Yes, it’s clear the president is the greatest threat to a fair election. But it’s not clear to everybody and that’s a problem.
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2020 Presidential Debate Live Updates: Trump’s Bluster Fuels Angry Clash
The first presidential debate devolved into chaos and name-calling. President Trump trampled decorum and refused to condemn white supremacists. Joe Biden said at one point, “Will you shut up, man?” The far-right Proud Boys celebrated the president’s...
Craig Calhoun
Cancellation would be an improvement. Or at least turn off the microphone of a bully who interrupts too much.
“The Commission on Presidential Debates said on Wednesday that it would make changes to the format of this year’s remaining match-ups.”
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Trump heads to the debate with a mixed martial artist and advice for handling questions about his $750 tax payments.
President Trump headed to the debate with a mixed martial artist as a guest, and advice for handling questions about his $750 tax payments.
Craig Calhoun
“Mr. Trump delivered a performance that amounted to shouting his Twitter feed at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. while Mr. Biden was speaking.“
And yes, it was ugly.
The New York Times
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The New Yorker Endorses a Biden Presidency
It would be a relief simply to have a President who doesn’t abuse the office as a colossal grift. But a new President must also address the failures that have been festering in American life for decades.
Craig Calhoun
Persuasive to me. I hope it persuades some who are wavering. And persuades all who are sympathetic to make sure they actually vote.
The New Yorker Endorses a Biden Presidency newyorker.com/magazine/2020/… via @NewYorker
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How Trump Voters Feel About His Refusal to Commit to Transferring Power
Many Trump supporters do not believe that he can or will lose, and say he would be justified in questioning whether Democrats manipulated the outcome. But some believe a loss is a loss.
Craig Calhoun
Yes, Trump voters accepting his refusal to commit to transferring power smacks of cult delusion. But if so, this reflects problems in American democracy political elites (and the rest of us) have tolerated for far too long.
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Does Donald Trump Need a Bailout?
Maybe that’s why he sucks up to Putin.
Craig Calhoun
Sadly plausible. And yes, a national security issue.
Does Donald Trump Need a Bailout?
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China’s Heart of Darkness — Prince Han Fei & Chairman Xi Jinping (Prologue)
Translatio Imperii Sinici & a Lesson in New Sinology Zha Jianying's 'China's Heart of
Craig Calhoun
Contemplating the struggle over morality and sovereign right, it is worth comparing Chinese arguments over Han Fe and other Legalists in relation to Confucianism. See @zhaxiduo: chinaheritage.net/journal/chinas…
1820 Has a Lot to Tell Us About 2020 nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opi…
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What Do We Do When Everything Is Coming Apart?
It turns out 1820 has a lot to tell us about 2020.
Craig Calhoun
Contemplating the struggle over morality and sovereign right, it is worth comparing Chinese arguments over Han Fe and other Legalists in relation to Confucianism. See @zhaxiduo: chinaheritage.net/journal/chinas…
1820 Has a Lot to Tell Us About 2020 nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opi…
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There’s a Reason the Election of 1800 Still Sings Out to Us
And it’s not only because of Hamilton and Burr.
Craig Calhoun
Another very good column in an excellent series by @jbouie.
There’s a Reason the Election of 1800 Still Sings Out to Us
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The Picture of a Broken Tax System
Donald Trump’s tax returns illustrate the profound inequities of the tax code and the shambolic state of federal enforcement.
Craig Calhoun
Important not to let Donald Trump's individual crimes and manipulations distract all attention from the systemic failures - in the US tax system and in much else.
The Picture of a Broken Tax System
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The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About
“Our Bodies, Their Battlefields,” by Christina Lamb, a British foreign correspondent, provides one of the first exhaustive examinations of rape as a weapon of war.
Craig Calhoun
Painful - and important.
The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About nytimes.com/2020/09/22/boo…
@LSE_WPS
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Addressing the histories of slavery and colonialism at the National Trust
The National Trust cares for places and collections on behalf of the nation, and many have direct and indirect links to slavery
California Today: Strange Bacteria Is Attacking the State’s Trout Supply
Craig Calhoun
Bacteria killing trout is one more ecological threat. But the photo here is of Silver Lake where my family vacationed almost every summer when I was young, among other things fishing for trout. So the sadness and alarm are especially personal.
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@JillCowan
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#litreview. Defining – It’s your ‘take’
Most of us work in occupied research territories. Other researchers have been around at least some of the things that we are concerned with. Their work offers particular interpretations and perhaps…
China Is Erasing Mosques and Precious Shrines in Xinjiang
Thousands of religious sites in Xinjiang have been destroyed, a new analysis suggests, part of China’s drive to erode the region’s heritage.
Craig Calhoun
Ethnic cleansing. Bad when Rome sacked Carthage. Bad in Reformation Europe. Bad in the former Yugoslavia. Bad in China.
China Is Erasing Mosques and Precious Shrines in Xinjiang
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In Praise of PBS, a True Democratic Institution
Next month will mark 50 years of television that aims to educate and unite.
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting rages in disputed region
Casualties mount as Armenia and Azerbaijan claim an upper hand in fighting over the disputed region.
Craig Calhoun
Is this all about domestic politics and an Azeri leader trying to gain support?
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting rages in disputed region
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