Members phkrause Posted June 2, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 2, 2022 June 2, 2022 Today, we look at the heat wave that has been dominating life across much of India and Pakistan. — David Leonhardt By German Lopez Good morning. Climate change’s effects are already unequal. Homeless people sleep in the shade of an highway overpass on a hot day in New Delhi, last month.Manish Swarup/Associated Press A hotter world India has contributed little to climate change: Home to 18 percent of the world’s population, it has emitted just 3 percent of planet-warming greenhouse gases. But India is suffering from climate change. It is happening right now: Over the past three months, a heat wave has devastated North India and neighboring Pakistan. Temperatures surpassed 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It is so hot that overheated birds fell out of the sky in Gurgaon, India, and a historic bridge in northern Pakistan collapsed after melting snow and ice at a glacial lake released a torrent of water. Scientists say global warming almost certainly played a role in the heat wave. And rising temperatures stand to make unusually hotter weather more common not just in India and Pakistan but around the world, including in the U.S. Indians have responded by staying indoors as much as possible, particularly during the afternoon hours. The government has encouraged this, pushing schools to close early and businesses to shift work schedules. The measures have kept down deaths — with fewer than 100 recorded so far, an improvement from heat waves years ago that killed thousands. But these measures have costs. Schooling time is cut short, so students learn less. People do not travel to their jobs, so work is less productive. The heat kept some farmers inside and stunted harvests, so crop yields fell and global food prices increased. Social life is disrupted. The situation reminds me of the mixed effects of Covid lockdowns: Measures adapting to climate change can help prevent the worst health outcomes, but they come with real costs. “We’re saving lives, but then livelihoods are lost,” Roxy Koll, a climate scientist in India, said. And many people still have to go out in the heat. Koll told me that his son recently showed signs of heatstroke after getting home from school. (The episode prompted Koll and his wife to push the school to end classes earlier.) In Delhi, the afternoon heat left Chandni Singh, a climate researcher, “extremely tired, nursing a throbbing headache and completely dehydrated” the following morning, she wrote in Times Opinion. A global disparity The geography of poor countries — many are close to the Equator — is not the only reason climate change is such a burden for them. Their poverty is another factor, leaving them with fewer resources to adapt. “Climate change is one of the most profound inequities of the modern era,” said my colleague Somini Sengupta, the global climate correspondent who writes The Times’s climate newsletter. “Those who did not cause most of the problem are feeling most of the impact already.” There is a paradox to the climate crisis. Because India never fully industrialized, it has not released as many greenhouse gases as the U.S., European nations and other rich countries. But because it has not industrialized, it also has fewer resources to adapt than the richer, polluting nations. Ice bought from a roadside vendor in New Delhi.Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Fewer than 10 percent of Indians have air-conditioning at home. Many lack reliable electricity, limiting their ability to use fans. The problem was especially bad lately, with a coal shortage causing power failures. There is a tension here: To adapt, countries have to adopt modern technologies. But since these technologies often require planet-warming oil and coal, their use aggravates climate change and, consequently, extreme weather. The weather then requires still more adaptation. The rush for clean energy technologies, like solar and wind power, is an effort to break that tension — to give countries a way to industrialize without the planet-warming pollution. With climate disasters already hitting much of the world, that effort is in a race against time to prevent more crises like India’s. Related: In the U.S., less access to air-conditioning, pools and even trees causes poorer Americans also to suffer more from heat waves. These recent photos from New York highlight the differences. THE LATEST NEWS Tulsa Shooting A man carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people and wounded several others inside a medical office building in Tulsa, Okla., before taking his own life. The police have not identified the victims or the assailant, but they suggested that the gunman had chosen the location deliberately. Here’s what we know. War in Ukraine A Ukrainian armored vehicle on the move near Sievierodonetsk yesterday.Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times Russian troops stormed Sievierodonetsk from three directions, prompting fierce street fighting. If the city falls, Russia will have seized the last main pocket of Ukrainian control in the eastern region of Luhansk. Some Ukrainian volunteers who signed up to defend their hometowns have now been sent to the brutal eastern front. Morale is starting to dwindle. Germany has promised to send more weapons: an air-defense system and a tracking radar to help locate Russian artillery. When an oligarch needs a superyacht, this is the company they turn to. Politics President Biden hosting a remote meeting yesterday with manufacturers of baby formula.Doug Mills/The New York Times The U.S. will airlift baby formula from Europe, President Biden said. The Education Department said that it would wipe out $5.8 billion in loans owed by those who attended Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit chain that collapsed in 2015. The Biden administration will reduce the fees for building wind and solar projects on federal lands. Adm. Linda Fagan, the new Coast Guard commandant, became the first female officer to lead a branch of the American armed forces. The U.S. will hold trade talks with Taiwan, a move likely to anger China. John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, will be unconditionally released this month. Other Big Stories The man accused of carrying out a racist shooting at a Buffalo supermarket was indicted on 25 counts, including murder and domestic terrorism. Britain will today honor Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign. Doctors transplanted a 3-D printed ear made from human cells, a first. Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down from Facebook’s parent company Meta after 14 years as the social network’s chief operating officer. The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals are tonight. The Times will cover the event live. Opinions To strengthen antitrust enforcement, Biden needs to appoint antitrust experts as federal judges, Binyamin Appelbaum writes. As meat prices surge, more Americans should consider going vegetarian, says Annaliese Griffin. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. MORNING READS Helping Sabrina: What happens when an autistic teenager becomes unmanageable at home? From Ukraine to Brooklyn: Nothing about moving to New York is easy — especially for those fleeing hardship abroad. 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Depp had sued Heard over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post, which he said falsely implied that he had been abusive; Heard countersued over one of Depp’s lawyers calling her accusations a “hoax.” The trial, which was shown live on TV and online, revealed a deeply toxic relationship, with both stars accusing the other of violence. More on the case: The trial was a showcase for stan culture — that is, die-hard online supporters who treat fandom like a sport. Those who followed the trial through TikTok saw Depp cast as a hero and Heard as a villain, Amanda Hess writes. While spectators treated the case like a circus, victims of domestic violence watched on in horror, Jessica Bennett writes in Times Opinion. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Beatriz Da Costa for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Frances Boswell. This 20-minute vegan noodle recipe can take almost anything you throw at it. What to Listen to “Teeth Marks,” the second album from S.G. Goodman, is steeped in Southern songwriting. What to Read Ann Leary’s historical novel, “The Foundling,” sounds like dystopian satire. It’s not. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was payphone. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Chest muscles, for short (four letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Dodai Stewart, an editor at The Times, is joining the Metro desk to cover life in New York City. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about gun control. “Sway” gives an update on Musk’s Twitter deal. “Popcast” is about Harry Styles. Natasha Frost, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 3, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2022 June 3, 2022 By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. The Tulsa mass shooting wasn’t as bad as some feared. Instead, it was yet another American tragedy. Police officers block an intersection at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.Nick Oxford for The New York Times Again and again In the early hours after the shooting at a Tulsa medical center on Wednesday, the details were murky. Soon, it became clear that the death toll there was not going to be as nearly as high as the tolls from the recent shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo. Four people were killed in Tulsa (in addition to the gunman), compared with 21 in Uvalde and 10 in Buffalo. But the Tulsa shooting is nonetheless horrific in its own way — not only for its victims and their families but also for what it says about gun violence in the United States. Shootings that kill multiple people are so common in this country that they often do not even make national news. They are a regular feature of American life. Tulsa has become the latest example — yet another gun crime that seems almost ordinary here and yet would be extremely rare in any other country as wealthy as the U.S. To give you a sense of how common these shootings are, we’re devoting the rest of the lead item of today’s newsletter to a list of every documented mass shooting in which a gunman has killed at least three people in the U.S. so far this year. (The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as any in which at least four people are shot, including survivors.) Among the patterns we noticed: Family disputes are a common motivation, and gang disputes are another. Every identified suspect has been a man, many under 25. Baltimore and Sacramento have experienced multiple such mass shootings this year. A memorial near the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, where 10 people were killed last month.Kenny Holston for The New York Times 2022, so far Jan. 19, Baltimore: A man who worked for a gun violence reduction program was killed in an East Baltimore neighborhood, along with two others. A fourth person was injured. Jan. 23, Milwaukee: Five men and a woman were found shot to death at a Park West neighborhood home. The police believe the attack targeted specific people. Jan. 23, Inglewood, Calif.: The same day, a shooting at a birthday party killed four people, including two sisters, and wounded a fifth. The shooting was gang-related, the mayor said. Jan. 29, St. Louis: A shooting near an intersection killed three young men and wounded a fourth. Police said they had no suspects. Feb. 5, Corsicana and Frost, Texas: A 41-year-old man murdered his mother, his stepfather, his sons and the son of his ex-girlfriend in an overnight shooting. The man later fatally shot himself. Feb. 28, Sacramento: A man shot dead his three daughters and their chaperone at a church during a court-approved visit. The children’s mother had a restraining order against the shooter, who killed himself. March 12, Baltimore: A shooting in Northwest Baltimore killed three men in a car and wounded a fourth. March 19, Fayetteville, N.C.: A Saturday night shootout in a hotel parking lot killed three people and wounded another three. The shooting may have been linked to a fight between motorcycle gangs. March 19, Norfolk, Va.: Hours later, an argument outside a bar escalated into a shooting that killed three young bystanders. One of the victims was a 25-year-old newspaper reporter whose editor called her to cover the shooting, not realizing she had been killed. April 3, Sacramento: At least five shooters fired more than 100 rounds a block from the State Capitol, killing six people — three men and three women — and wounding 12. The police described the shooting as gang-related. April 20, Duluth, Minn.: A 29-year-old man who said he suffered from mental illness killed his aunt, uncle, two young cousins and their dog in their sleep. He later killed himself. April 21, Mountain View, Ark.: A man killed his parents, another woman and her son at two homes half a mile apart in a rural community, the police say. April 27, Biloxi, Miss.: A 32-year-old man killed the owner of the Broadway Inn Express motel and two employees in an argument over money. He fled to a neighboring town and fatally shot a fourth person. Police later found the gunman dead, barricaded inside a convenience store. May 8, Clarkston, Ga.: Three people were shot to death and three others were wounded at a suburban Atlanta condo complex on a Sunday night. May 14, Buffalo: An 18-year-old avowed white supremacist killed 10 people and wounded three more with an assault-style weapon in a live-streamed attack at a supermarket. May 24, Uvalde, Texas: An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. May 27, Stanwood, Mich.: A 51-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and her three young children at a home in Mecosta County before shooting himself, police said. The man remains in critical condition. June 1, Tulsa, Okla.: A gunman killed his back surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and a visitor at a medical building. He then killed himself. As long as this list is, it’s also a very incomplete accounting of American gun violence. It doesn’t include the at least 60 shootings that left three people dead but don’t technically count as mass shootings (because fewer than four people were shot). It doesn’t count shootings that wounded people without killing anybody, like one in Milwaukee that injured 17 people. And it leaves out the individual gun homicides and suicides that make up a majority of the gun violence that kills more than 100 Americans on an average day. More coverage: “For God’s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? President Biden said last night. “How many more innocent American lives must be taken before we say enough. Enough?” The Tulsa gunman had recently purchased two guns he used, including an AR-15-style rifle he had bought that afternoon, the police said. House Democrats advanced gun legislation, including a ban on sales of semiautomatic rifles to people under 21, and New York State lawmakers passed a package of gun-safety bills. Voters may not want gun control as much as they say they do. THE LATEST NEWS War in Ukraine Children played in a park in Borodyanka, Ukraine, this month.Nicole Tung for The New York Times Ukraine’s president, acknowledging Moscow’s gains, said that Russian forces now occupied one-fifth of Ukraine’s territory. Russia has relied on the West for certain military technology. Now, U.S. sanctions seem to be limiting its capacity. Politics Biden, reversing his adversarial approach to Saudi Arabia, will visit the country this month to seek help in lowering gas prices. The Florida Supreme Court declined to block Gov. Ron DeSantis’s congressional map, a boon to Republicans. Michael Avenatti, the Trump antagonist, was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding the porn star Stormy Daniels. The Biden administration will move to make it easier for states and tribes to block gas pipelines. Other Big Stories Several generations of Britain’s royal family at the celebrations.Hannah Mckay/Reuters Crowds gathered in London for the Platinum Jubilee festivities celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. The baby formula shortage in the U.S. has led some New York mothers to share excess breast milk with parents in need. A convicted murderer who escaped from a prison bus last month was killed in a shootout with the police in Texas. Ford Motor plans to invest billions in facilities in the Midwest, creating more than 6,000 union jobs. The Boston Celtics beat the Golden State Warriors, 120-108, in Game 1 of the N.B.A. Finals. Harini Logan, 14, an eighth grader from San Antonio, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Two of her correctly spelled words: charadriiform and tauromachian. Opinions Cut birthday cake with floss. Marry someone you’ll want to talk to for the rest of your life. David Brooks shares practical tips for serenity. America needs younger leaders, says Yuval Levin. The Amber Heard verdict will make abuse victims think twice about telling their stories, Michelle Goldberg writes. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. MORNING READS ‘Toe curling yumminess’: The erotic streaming service run by Elon Musk’s sister. Ask Well: Are we close to a treatment for celiac disease? Nine easy steps: Kim Kardashian’s new skin care line is not for quitters. Swedish culture: Why your Nordic friends might not offer you dinner. Modern Love: “She had so much to give. I didn’t need to take anymore.” A Times classic: Inside Rupert Murdoch’s empire of influence. Advice from Wirecutter: Think you’ve been hacked? Here’s what to do. Lives Lived: Marion Barber III regularly busted into the end zone as a running back for the Dallas Cowboys. His life took a downward turn after his playing days were over. He died at 38. ARTS AND IDEAS “The Wire” portrayed a police department with misplaced priorities.Paul Schiraldi/HBO ‘The Wire’ at 20 “The Wire” premiered two decades ago yesterday. The show, set in Baltimore, began as an indictment of the war on drugs and grew to explore the collapse of other institutions: blue-collar work, City Hall, public education, the media. Its audience was not huge, but it was devoted: Barack Obama, a vocal fan, hailed it as one of the greatest works of art in decades. The show’s creators, David Simon and Ed Burns, reflected on its legacy in a Q.&A. with The Times. “This show will live forever, because what it tries to portray will be around forever,” Burns says. “It’s just getting worse and worse.” In an appraisal, The Times’s chief television critic, James Poniewozik, applauds the show’s ensemble cast. It looked like the city it portrayed, with Black actors playing the good, the bad and the morally conflicted. “‘The Wire’ was determined not to be another story of hero cops and faceless perps,” he writes. “No group on ‘The Wire’ would be less fully human than any other.” — Natasha Frost, a Briefings writer PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Andrew Purcell for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. A quick, elegant dinner of fish roasted with cherry tomatoes. What to Watch Stream these 11 titles before they leave Netflix. What to Read Chris Pavone’s new thriller, “Two Nights in Lisbon,” shows the writer still has game. Take the News Quiz How well did you follow the headlines this week? Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were advantage and advantaged. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Toys for snow days (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. “First Person,” a Times Opinion podcast, made Vulture’s list of most anticipated summer shows. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about Haiti’s debts to France. On the Modern Love podcast, junk leads to catharsis. Natasha Frost, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 4, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2022 June 4, 2022 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. Summer vacation movies offer a double dose of escape. Allie Sullberg Holiday road June arrives freighted with possibility. It brings summer’s first act, and the trappings of the season loom in the imagination: barbecues and beach trips, some time out of town if you’re lucky. The promise of June is one of escape: from winter, from the school year, from everyday life into a more magical and sun-dappled one. While Hollywood’s offerings for summer escape have, in recent years, tended toward superhero blockbusters, I’m partial to the more mundane fare of the summer vacation comedy. The rough formula: Optimistic travelers set out on a trip; there are plot twists they could never have predicted (bad guys? romance? sunburn?); there might be some gross-out humor; there’s definitely a sappy emotional interlude where we all learn something about ourselves before returning to our regular lives changed for the better. The film doesn’t have to have been released in the summer months to qualify, but many classics of the form, like “The Hangover,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and “Little Miss Sunshine,” have been. And while the trip depicted need not be a literal vacation, the film must have that break-from-the routine vibe that summer implies. My earliest vision of the perfect summer was formed by the road-tripping Griswold family in “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” Some of my favorites in the genre include “The Way Way Back” (a boy escapes his dysfunctional family’s vacation by sneaking off to a local water park), “Girls Trip” (best friends travel to New Orleans) and even “Thelma and Louise,” although (spoiler alert!) we don’t quite return to our regular lives in that one. Ideally, there’s a beach or resort setting (as in the recent “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and “Palm Springs”) where I can imagine myself poolside with a fancy cocktail and a floppy hat. A worthy new entry to the genre, debuting on Hulu this weekend, is “Fire Island,” Andrew Ahn’s romantic comedy about a group of friends (including Joel Kim Booster, Margaret Cho and Bowen Yang) on their annual beach getaway. A queer retelling of “Pride and Prejudice,” the film is joke-dense and zany, and it offers the vacation movie’s signature double-dose of escape: first into the movie, then off on an island adventure. As Elisabeth Vincentelli writes, it is “impossible to resist a movie that uses ‘Legally Blonde’ as a verb and in which two men adorably bond over Alice Munro short stories.” I’m partial to getting outside while the weather’s nice. But it’s comforting, especially on super-hot days, to retreat indoors for a few hours, into the world of the summer vacation flick. Even if you don’t set off on a family road trip or shack up with your chosen family in a house on the beach, these movies offer reliable and welcome relief. Have a favorite summer vacation film? Tell me about it. For More Hang out with the writer and the director of “Fire Island.” Meet the founder of the Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society. Need a getaway? We have vacation ideas for the budget-conscious. WEEKENDS ARE FOR … ? Movies: A Rwandan thriller is among our international streaming picks. ? Art: La Guardia’s new terminal promises to be an art destination. ? Reading: NPR picked books that evoke each of the 50 states. THE WEEK IN CULTURE Steve Helber/Associated Press Johnny Depp’s court win could embolden others accused of sexual misconduct to take defamation cases to trial. The trial showed that we value men’s comfort over women’s safety, A.O. Scott argues. Nude scenes are a part of Broadway. Phone cameras threaten that. Spider-Man turns 60 this month. Readers shared their favorite moments. “The Karate Kid” is now a musical, and it’s aiming for Broadway. The hosts of “The Ion Pod,” a podcast that pokes fun at New York’s film establishment, revealed their identities. Steven Stokey-Daley, of the vintage-inspired label S.S. Daley, won fashion’s most prestigious prize for young designers. THE LATEST NEWS Law enforcement outside Robb Elementary School after last week’s shooting.Christopher Lee for The New York Times The police commander at the scene of the Uvalde shooting decided quickly on an approach that delayed confronting the gunman. The U.S. added 390,000 jobs last month even as the government tried to cool the economy. David McCormick conceded the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania to Dr. Mehmet Oz. The Democratic candidate, John Fetterman, disclosed a heart condition. Before the Jan. 6 attacks, an aide warned the Secret Service that Mike Pence’s impending split with Donald Trump could endanger Pence’s safety. The former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was arrested over ignoring a subpoena from Jan. 6 attack investigators. Two other Trump aides won’t face charges. Parents are arranging infant formula exchanges to help make up for the national shortage. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Andrew Purcell for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Carrie Purcell. By Melissa Clark Strawberry Spoon Cake At the beginning of strawberry season, I always devour them straight out of the container, usually on the walk home from the market. It takes a few solid weeks of this kind of instant gratification before I’m ready to bake anything with them. And then I immediately want to whip up Jerrelle Guy’s fantastic strawberry spoon cake. I don’t know of a fruit dessert that’s easier or prettier, with a one-bowl batter covered in crimson berries that let their sugary juice run all over as the cake bakes up, tender and warm. Yes, you can make it with thawed frozen strawberries, but fresh fruit holds up slightly better during baking. It’s also excellent made with raspberries and blackberries, so bookmark the recipe to go back to all summer long. A selection of New York Times recipes is available to all readers. Please consider a Cooking subscription for full access. REAL ESTATE Clockwise from left: Coastal Real Estate Photography; James Ruiz; Peter G. Morneau for Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty What you get for $1.5 million: A unit in an 1818 carriage house in Charleston, S.C.; a bungalow in Austin, Texas; or a 1909 farmhouse in Bridgton, Maine. The hunt: They wanted a two-bedroom home in decent condition. Which did they choose? Play our game. Small spaces: Gardens grow surprisingly well in them. (And here are watering can options.) Still an American dream: Most Americans view owning a home as a stronger sign of prosperity than a college degree, a family or career success. LIVING A bachelorette party last month in Scottsdale, Ariz.Cassidy Araiza for The New York Times Look out, Nashville: Scottsdale, Ariz., has swiftly become a bachelorette party capital. Postnatal hotel: A retreat offers new mothers support and pampering, at $1,400 a night. The slow lane: One runner learned to love finishing last. Summer blues: Get ready to see cobalt everywhere. The waiting game: Embrace anticipation. GAME OF THE WEEKEND Coco Gauff during her French Open semifinal.James Hill for The New York Times Iga Swiatek vs. Coco Gauff, French Open final: Swiatek stunned the tennis world here in 2020, arriving as a relatively unknown teenager and winning the entire tournament without dropping a set. Now, at age 21, she’s playing her best tennis yet: She is ranked No. 1 in the world and has won five straight tournaments. Gauff, an 18-year-old American in her first final, thrives on clay, the surface that the French Open is played on and one that has long bedeviled U.S. players. 9 a.m. Eastern today on NBC For more: Swiatek “has grasped — in Jedi Knight fashion — the full powers at her disposal,” The Times’s Christopher Clarey writes. NOW TIME TO PLAY The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was continuity. Here is today’s puzzle. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Before You Go … Spend some time with New York City’s piping plover population. Here’s Valerie June covering Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You.” Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 5, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We look at why economic inequality began soaring in the U.S. four decades ago. Jack Welch before his retirement in 2001.Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Net losses If you look at historical data on the U.S. economy, you often notice that something changed in the late 1970s or early ’80s. Incomes started growing more slowly for most workers, and inequality surged. David Gelles — a Times reporter who has been interviewing C.E.O.s for years — argues that corporate America helped cause these trends. Specifically, David points to Jack Welch, the leader of General Electric who became the model for many other executives. I spoke to David about these ideas, which are central to his new book on Welch (and to a Times story based on it). How do you think corporate America has changed since the 1980s in ways that helped cause incomes to grow so slowly? For decades after World War II, big American companies bent over backward to distribute their profits widely. In General Electric’s 1953 annual report, the company proudly talked about how much it was paying its workers, how its suppliers were benefiting and even how much it paid the government in taxes. That changed with the ascendance of men like Jack Welch, who took over as chief executive of G.E. in 1981 and ran the company for the next two decades. Under Welch, G.E. unleashed a wave of mass layoffs and factory closures that other companies followed. The trend helped destabilize the American middle class. Profits began flowing not back to workers in the form of higher wages, but to big investors in the form of stock buybacks. And G.E. began doing everything it could to pay as little in taxes as possible. You make clear that many other C.E.O.s came to see Welch as a model and emulated him. So why wasn’t there already a Jack Welch before Jack Welch, given the wealth and fame that flowed to him as a result of his tenure? This was one of those moments when an exceptional individual at a critical moment really goes on to shape the world. Welch was ferociously ambitious and competitive, with a ruthlessness that corporate America just hadn’t seen. In G.E., he had control of a large conglomerate with a history of setting the standards by which other companies operated. And Welch arrived at the moment that there was a reassessment of the role of business underway. The shift in thinking was captured by the economist Milton Friedman, who wrote in The Times Magazine that “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” General Electric announced in 1998 that it was closing its plant in Fitchburg, Mass.Gail Oskin/Associated Press Was Welch’s approach good for corporate profits and bad for workers — or ultimately bad for the company, too? You lean toward the second answer, based on G.E.’s post-Welch struggles. Some other writers point out that many companies have thrived with Welch-like strategies. I’m left wondering whether Welchism is a zero-sum gain for shareholders or bad for everyone. Welch transformed G.E. from an industrial company with a loyal employee base into a corporation that made much of its money from its finance division and had a much more transactional relationship with its workers. That served him well during his run as C.E.O., and G.E. did become the most valuable company in the world for a time. But in the long run, that approach doomed G.E. to failure. The company underinvested in research and development, got hooked on buying other companies to fuel its growth, and its finance division was badly exposed when the financial crisis hit. Things began to unravel almost as soon as Welch retired, and G.E. announced last year it would break itself up. Similar stories played out at dozens of other companies where Welch disciples tried to replicate his playbook, such as Home Depot and Albertsons. So while Welchism can increase profits in the short-term, the long-term consequences are almost always disastrous for workers, investors and the company itself. Welch was responding to real problems at G.E. and the American economy in the 1970s and early ’80s. If his cure created even bigger problems, what might be a better alternative? An important first step is rebalancing the distribution of the wealth that our biggest companies create. For the past 40-plus years we’ve been living in this era of shareholder primacy that Friedman and Welch unleashed. Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage remained low and is still just $7.25, and the gap between worker pay and productivity kept growing wider. There are some tentative signs of change. The labor crisis and pressure from activists has led many companies to increase pay for frontline workers. Some companies, such as PayPal, are handing out stock to everyday employees. But it’s going to take more than a few magnanimous C.E.O.s to fix these problems. And though I know it’s risky to place our faith in the government these days, there is a role for policy here: finding ways to get companies to pay a living wage, invest in their people and stop this race to the bottom with corporate taxes. American companies can be competitive and profitable while also taking great care of their workers. They’ve been that way before, and I believe they can be that way again. More about David Gelles: He was born in New York and got his first full-time job in journalism working for the Financial Times, where he interviewed Bernie Madoff in prison. His book about Welch is called “The Man Who Broke Capitalism.” He recently spoke about the media’s role in celebrating Welchism. NEWS War in Ukraine Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Donetsk.Ivor Prickett for The New York Times A Ukrainian official angrily rejected a plea from French President Emmanuel Macron not to “humiliate” Russia. One farmer in eastern Ukraine keeps working, despite the danger: “I can’t leave the people.” A U.S. warship arrived in Stockholm, a sign of the protection that joining NATO would bring Sweden. Gun Violence Gun-control measures could have prevented nearly one-third of mass shootings since 1999. A 911 dispatcher was fired for hanging up on a supermarket employee calling for help during the Buffalo shooting last month. Other Big Stories President Biden was briefly evacuated from his beach home after a plane accidentally entered restricted airspace. Connecticut’s move to expand school mental health services prompted unexpected opposition. Heavy storms flooded Miami streets, the first tropical threat of the hurricane season. 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Other weeknight options: skirt steak with salsa verde salad or, in the non-salad category, creamy pasta with ricotta and herbs. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here’s a clue from the Sunday crossword: 102 Down: Baby birds? Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Spelling Bee. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — David Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. 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Members phkrause Posted June 7, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2022 June 6, 2022 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We look at what a post-Roe America might be like. The last abortion clinic on the Texas-Mexico border.Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times Looking ahead If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, more than 20 states — home to roughly half the country’s population — are likely to outlaw nearly all abortions. For women living in Mississippi, the closest place to receive a legal abortion might then be Illinois. Yet the number of abortions performed in the U.S. would fall by much less than half, experts predict. One widely cited analysis, from Caitlin Myers of Middlebury College, estimates that the decline in legal abortions will be about 13 percent. The number of all abortions — including illegal abortions, like those using medications sent by mail to places with bans — will probably decline by even less. I find these numbers surprising. The Supreme Court appears to be on the cusp of revolutionizing the country’s abortion laws while having a more modest effect on abortion rates. Today’s newsletter tries to explain how this could be, with help from Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz, two Times reporters who have been covering the subject. Our goal is to preview what a post-Roe landscape might look like. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its abortion ruling this month or in early July. An early draft opinion, obtained by Politico, suggested that the court was leaning toward a full overturning of Roe, allowing states to ban abortion. But the outcome remains uncertain. The legal changes The first point to understand is that abortion is already rarer in the states that may outlaw abortion than in states where will remain legal. New York’s recent abortion rate, for example, has been about twice as high as Texas’, four times as high as South Carolina’s and about 17 times as high as Missouri’s, according to C.D.C. data. “A lot of these states that will ban abortion have very restricted access already,” Margot said, pointing to Missouri, Mississippi and the Dakotas. “The clinic closures there just wouldn’t lead to a lot of change, relative to current conditions.” In 2019, The Times published a piece explaining, “For millions of American women, abortion access is out of reach.” Public opinion probably plays a role, too: In conservative states, more people oppose abortion, which means that a smaller share of women and couples choose to get an abortion when confronted with a difficult choice. The medical change The second big factor is that abortion practice has begun to change in ways that can make it harder to regulate. More than half of legal abortions are now conducted through medication rather than a surgical procedure. In 2020 (the most recent year with available data), the share was 54 percent, up from 37 percent in 2017, and it has almost certainly continued to grow in the past two years. Claire and Margot have written a helpful explainer about medication abortion, which is generally both safe and effective, although typically must happen earlier in pregnancy than surgical abortion. An abortion pill.Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times State bans are likely to apply to all forms of abortion, and conservative states are already trying to crack down on medication abortion, as my colleague Kate Zernike has reported. But stopping the pill-based form isn’t so easy. “The pills are pretty easily accessible online, and the laws are very hard to enforce because they are sent privately via mail,” Claire said. One large provider is Aid Access, an international organization run by a Dutch doctor, Rebecca Gomperts, that is committed to keeping abortion accessible even in places where it is illegal. Aid Access often connects Americans with European doctors, and people can order pills even if they are not pregnant, to have them on hand if they want them later. (In 2014, Emily Bazelon profiled Gomperts in The Times Magazine.) Carole Joffe, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied the history of abortion, said that the fall of Roe would lead some women to seek out physically dangerous methods of ending their pregnancies — “like having the boyfriend hit them in the belly or throwing themselves down stairs or taking dangerous herbs.” But, Joffe added, “There is now a very safe extralegal option.” Who would be affected Even with these caveats, the overturning of Roe will reduce abortion access. The effect is likely to be largest among lower-income women and Black and Hispanic women. Many will not have the resources to travel to another state and may not have access to doctors, nurses, friends or relatives who can help them navigate the process of ordering abortion pills. “In effect, the United States without Roe would look very different for different people,” Claire and Margot have written. This is one part of the debate in which the two sides agree on at least some of the facts, if not their significance. Abortion opponents sometimes emphasize that Roe has reduced the population of nonwhite Americans. “A highly disproportionate percentage of aborted fetuses are Black,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the leaked draft opinion that calls for overturning Roe. Across much of the South — including Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas — more than half of the women who got an abortion in 2019 were Black or Hispanic, according to the C.D.C. A large share were also younger women, with nearly 40 percent nationwide younger than 25. “These are people who may be working in jobs that aren’t paying well or they may be in school,” Kari White of the University of Texas at Austin, told The Times. “They may feel they don’t have the resources to raise a child.” The bottom line The overturning of Roe would be a radical legal change. But it would not end the political fight over abortion any more than Roe did. For decades, abortion opponents have been trying to restrict abortion access, and they have often succeeded in Republican-run states. If Roe were to fall, advocates of abortion access would continue their efforts, including in states that outlawed abortion. And the rise of medication abortion has made possible a strategy that did not exist decades ago. What if? Emily Bazelon asks whether abortion rights might have been more enduring if more advocates had emphasized women’s equality rather than the right to privacy. THE LATEST NEWS War in Ukraine Russian missiles struck Kyiv, the first attack on the capital in more than a month. Russia wants to sell stolen Ukrainian grain, posing a dilemma to countries facing food shortages. A Russian mercenary group helped Sudan’s military crush a democracy movement. But its main goal was to mine for gold. Politics “Only bad options.” President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia probably won’t reduce gasoline prices. It’s unclear what might. A group that denied the 2020 election results is supporting candidates to run state elections. Other Big Stories The scene of a mass shooting in Philadelphia.Dakota Santiago for The New York Times A street brawl in Philadelphia this weekend turned into a mass shooting, killing three people. Shootings in Tennessee, Virginia, Arizona and South Carolina left six others dead. A New York county takes guns from people in crisis to prevent shootings. It could inform the national firearm debate. After months of scandal about lockdown-breaking parties, Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, faces a no-confidence vote today that could force him from power. A small trial for a cancer treatment showed remarkable results: remission in every patient. Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud in the men’s French Open final. Nadal, 36, has won the tournament a record 14 times. Opinions After 50 years, Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Vietnam’s “napalm girl,” has become a symbol of peace, she writes. Reducing gun violence means background checks and better mental health care, writes Will Hurd, a Republican who represented Uvalde in the House. Gail Collins and Bret Stephens discuss gun control and the Senate. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. MORNING READS A new Gerber baby: Some parents are mad (but not at the adorable winner). Neighborhood activists: Twilight of the NIMBY. Metropolitan Diary: A slithery subway companion. Quiz time: The average score on our latest news quiz was 8.2. See if you can do better. A Times classic: How to protect your DNA. Advice from Wirecutter: Gifts for high school grads. Lives Lived: Ann Turner Cook taught high school English in Florida. But you’re probably more familiar with her first career, as the original Gerber baby. Cook died at 95. ARTS AND IDEAS “Roof Song,” 1946-1948, by Louise Bourgeois.The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Rewriting art history Many art lovers can easily bring to mind the work of the sculptor Louise Bourgeois — looming figures, by turn pneumatic or spindly; spiders and their derivatives; unseeing black eyes as tall as a child. But Bourgeois also made more than 100 paintings in her first decade in New York, and many are unknown to even her biggest fans. Nearly half of these paintings are now on show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roberta Smith writes in The Times. Roughly a third have not been shown in decades, if ever. Bourgeois’s radiant works disrupt the popular conception of New York painting in the 1940s as a mostly male endeavor, Smith writes: “They powerfully reflect her conviction that she has something to say and her own way of saying it.” — Natasha Frost, a Briefings writer PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook David Malosh for The New York Times The sauce for penne al Baffo uses cream, ham and tomato. The name is said to come from the phrase “so good you’ll lick your whiskers.” What to Watch David Cronenberg’s latest film, “Crimes of the Future,” is tough and creepy, yet improbably relaxed. Broadway Have a look at these portraits of this year’s Tony nominees. Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were commitment, committeemen and emoticon. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Growl (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. A Times review called “Sex and the City,” which first aired 24 years ago today, “fresh and funny.” Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the Depp-Heard trial. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 7, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2022 June 7, 2022 Good morning. Today, we want to tell you about a largely overlooked problem stemming from the Senate’s inability to pass President Biden’s main piece of domestic legislation. That failure — so far, at least — isn’t just preventing the creation of new programs to address climate change, improve health care and reduce poverty. It’s also threatening a global deal on taxes, as my colleague Alan Rappeport explains. Alan covers economic policy from Washington. — David Leonhardt By Alan Rappeport Economics Reporter Good morning. A global agreement to increase taxes on corporations is in jeopardy. The experts Rebecca Kysar and Itai Grinberg helped write the global minimum tax plan.Lexey Swall for The New York Times Stuck in the Senate What economists hailed as the most ambitious tax overhaul in a century is now mired in a toxic mix of fine print and political paralysis. It was only last fall that more than 130 nations signed on to an agreement to eliminate the world’s tax havens and enact a global minimum tax. The agreement was designed to increase taxes substantially on many large corporations and to end an international fight over how technology companies are taxed. Its architects said it would end the global “race to the bottom” for corporate tax rates. But legislators in both the U.S. and Europe are now struggling to pass the laws needed to make good on the promises embedded in the deal. And no tax changes are likely to pass on their own, without the more politically popular spending programs also passing. In the U.S., the central problem is that Senate Democrats cannot agree on the spending proposals — on energy, drug prices and other issues — that would accompany the tax changes. Republicans are not opposed to all of the tax provisions, but they show little sign of voting for any bill. As a result, every Senate Democrat needs to agree to the bill in order to get it passed. In Europe, after years in which Ireland resisted tax agreements to protect its status as a haven, Irish leaders have come around. But a different obstacle has now emerged: Poland. Polish officials have expressed technical concerns, but officials elsewhere in Europe and in the U.S. believe that Poland is actually seeking leverage in a dispute with the E.U. over pandemic aid money. If both the United States and Europe cannot manage to comply with the agreement, the global deal is likely to unravel. That would mean a continuation of a hodgepodge of tax rates and related tariff fights around the world. Policymakers who have been hashing out the deal want to avoid that outcome. “Going back and starting all over again would pose policy risks for countries and even greater competitiveness risks for companies, and I think it’s in all of our interests to avoid that,” Paschal Donohoe, Ireland’s finance minister, said in an interview in Washington. Janet Yellen and the Irish finance minister.Olivier Douliery/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Two pillars The agreement had two prongs, or “pillars,” as the negotiators say. First, countries are supposed to enact a 15 percent minimum tax so that companies pay a rate of at least that much on their global profits no matter where they set up shop. With that minimum in place, there would be less reason for companies to flee to countries with rock-bottom rates and less pressure on nations to slash their tax rates to attract foreign investment. As it stands, this race to the bottom has deprived governments of tax revenue that they need to invest in infrastructure and social safety nets. Second, the deal would allow governments to tax the world’s largest and most profitable firms by where their goods and services are sold instead of by where they are based. The current system of taxing companies based on the location of their operations has created multiple problems. It has led companies to claim that a large share of their operations is in low-tax places like Ireland and Bermuda. And it has led to a fight between the U.S. and European countries that have imposed special taxes on American technology giants such as Google and Facebook, which operate all over the world even if they don’t have a physical presence in every country. The global tax pact includes a compromise that would put that fight to rest. The deal would also allow countries to impose additional taxes on about 100 of the world’s largest companies, based on where they make their sales. But before any of that happens, there is more persuasion to be done. On a weeklong trip to Europe in May, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made Warsaw her first stop in hopes that she could convince Poland not to scupper the entire agreement. At the end of the trip, her optimism was cautious. “I think it is not hopeless,” Yellen said of getting Poland on board. “It is certainly possible that will happen.” The bigger hurdle may be the U.S. itself. Today, Yellen will testify before the Senate Finance Committee about the president’s latest budget, and she is expected to be peppered with questions about the fate of the tax deal. Senate Democrats say they are still hoping to pass a bill by September that includes a mix of spending programs and tax changes. Related: The Senate’s continued inaction would have major costs for the climate, David Wallace-Wells writes for Times Opinion. One of them: Tens of thousands of Americans would die needlessly because of air pollution. THE LATEST NEWS U.K. Political Turmoil Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister, survived a no-confidence vote over reports that he and his aides attended parties during lockdown. The vote, among his own Conservative Party, would have required Johnson to step down if he lost. Still, the ordeal has damaged him politically. Conservative prime ministers who survived similar votes, including Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, left office shortly afterward. Politics Federal prosecutors charged five members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group, with sedition in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Televised public hearings into the events of Jan. 6 begin on Thursday. Big-city mayors want Congress to strengthen background checks for gun purchases. Any bipartisan agreement over federal legislation will probably include only modest steps. The Supreme Court is set to rule on a New York law limiting who can carry handguns. Officials worry that gun violence could spike if it’s overturned. Primary voters in seven states, including California and New Jersey, go to the polls today. Here’s what to watch for. war in Ukraine A British rocket system during an exercise last month.Ints Kalnins/Reuters Britain said it would send long-range rockets to Ukraine, mirroring a commitment by the U.S. But Ukraine has a problem with the West’s high-tech weaponry: Soldiers don’t know how to use it. Russian shells batter a monastery in eastern Ukraine daily. Still, the monks and nuns inside are staying loyal to the Russian Orthodox Church. Other Big Stories Students are leaving school to enter the hot job market. They may regret that in the long run. Elon Musk threatened to pull out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, accusing the company of withholding data about fake accounts. The Israeli Parliament failed to pass a law that allows settlers to live in the West Bank under Israeli civilian law. It could topple the government. Ilya Shapiro, a legal scholar, is quitting Georgetown University’s law school over a free-speech dispute. Opinions Alaska has a history of rewarding politicians who stand up to the powerful. It may save Senator Lisa Murkowski from Donald Trump’s wrath, Brendan Jones writes. North Korea’s Covid outbreak is a chance to bring Kim Jong-un to the nuclear negotiating table, Jean Lee writes. Tish Harrison Warren married the wrong person. She’s glad she did. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. MORNING READS Akiyoshi Kitaoka A dark hole: This optical illusion has a revelation about your brain and eyes. Fake reports: Don’t believe everything you read about the man in this photo. Talk: Michelle Zauner broke through with her memoir “Crying in H Mart.” What’s next? A Times classic: Auschwitz and the history in historical fiction. Advice from Wirecutter: 50 gardening essentials. Lives Lived: Martha Myers, diminutive but influential, taught generations of dancers as the founder of Connecticut College’s dance department and the dean of the school of the American Dance Festival. She died at 97. ARTS AND IDEAS Artifacts from the Lou Reed exhibition. Erik Tanner for The New York Times New material from a New York icon After the New York Public Library acquired materials left behind by Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground frontman and punk pioneer, researchers discovered a gem: a tape with the earliest known recordings of several beloved songs, which Reed had mailed to himself and never opened. The tape features Reed and his bandmate John Cale singing folky renditions of their songs, including “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Heroin.” These early versions, Ben Sisario writes in The Times, are “miles away from the explosive sound the two young men would develop just months later with the Velvet Underground.” (Hear the early version of “I’m Waiting for the Man.”) A curated selection from the archives, featuring artifacts, videos and listening rooms, opens this week at the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Soy sauce, honey, garlic and coriander infuse this chicken breast with flavor. What to Read In “Cult Classic,” Sloane Crosley’s second novel, the protagonist starts running into her ex-boyfriends. What to Watch “Irma Vep,” a new HBO series, is a continuation of Olivier Assayas’s cult film from 1996. Late Night The hosts anticipated the Jan. 6 hearings. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was paycheck. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: “Woo-hoo!” (three letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. The Supreme Court ruled 57 years ago today that the Constitution protects access to contraceptives, establishing a “right of privacy” in a 7-2 decision. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about gun control. “The Ezra Klein Show” features the economist Thomas Piketty. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 8, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 8, 2022 June 8, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY City National Bank By David Leonhardt Good morning. We preview the five biggest rulings expected from the Supreme Court in the next few weeks. Anti-abortion activists at the Supreme Court this week.Drew Angerer/Getty Images Five for five? The month of June at the Supreme Court — when the justices tend to announce their biggest decisions — has had a similar rhythm over the past few decades. There is usually an ideologically complicated mix of decisions, with some pleasing the political right (on voting rights and business regulation, for example) and others pleasing the left (on health care and L.G.B.T. rights). This month, however, looks as if it might be different. “The right may well run the table on the big cases,” Adam Liptak, a former lawyer who covers the court for The Times, told me. The five most closely watched cases include one each on abortion, gun control and climate regulation and two on religion. All five decisions are likely to be announced this month (unless the court extends its term into early July). Based on the justices’ questions during the oral arguments in each case, conservative rulings appear likely. Individual surprises are always possible, Adam emphasizes. But the court does seem to be shifting to the right. In the past four years, Anthony Kennedy — a conservative justice who nonetheless joined liberals on some major decisions — has been replaced by the more conservative Brett Kavanaugh. And Ruth Bader Ginsburg — a liberal icon — has been replaced by Amy Coney Barrett, who may be even more conservative than Kavanaugh. The result seems to be a new era for the court. It now has six Republican appointees, and only one of them — Chief Justice John Roberts — evidently prefers a cautious approach. The remaining five form what Adam calls “an impatient, ambitious majority,” eager to shape American law as they believe it should be shaped, even when it means overturning longstanding court precedent or rejecting policies passed by Congress or state legislatures. Today’s newsletter offers a preview of the term’s end, with Adam’s help. Abortion The case dominating public attention involves Mississippi’s ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Last month, Politico reported that five justices — all the Republican appointees save Roberts — had tentatively voted not only to allow Mississippi’s ban but to go even further and overturn Roe v. Wade, allowing full abortion bans. Adam said he thought that outcome remained the most likely one. But it’s also plausible that Roberts will join the ruling as a sixth vote even though he did not sign onto the earlier draft. Given the intense reaction that’s sure to follow, Roberts may prefer that the case not be decided by a single vote. Alternately, one of the other five conservatives could defect and join Roberts in a narrower ruling that allowed Mississippi’s ban without overturning Roe. Such a decision would leave many conservatives feeling disappointed about this term, regardless of the result in other cases, given the expectations that Politico’s story created. (Here is The Morning’s recent guide to what a post-Roe America might look like.) Guns Fourteen years ago, the Supreme Court threw out a Washington, D.C., law that heavily regulated how people could keep guns in their homes. Now, the court is considering whether to throw out a New York State law that restricts people’s ability to carry guns in public. New York requires people to demonstrate that they have a specific need to carry a handgun in public. During the recent oral arguments in a case challenging that law, the conservative justices’ questions suggested they were likely to overturn the law and rule that it violated the Second Amendment. If they do, the ruling could also invalidate similar laws in a handful of other states, including California, Maryland and Massachusetts. Law enforcement officials in New York are concerned that the end of the law could lead to an increase in crime, my colleague Jonah Bromwich explains. “There is also the atmospheric oddity of the court weighing in on guns rights at a time when the country is traumatized by gun violence,” Adam says, referring to recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. The climate A central question about the newly conservative Supreme Court is how aggressively it will restrict federal agencies from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. A case this term — West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency — suggests that the justices may choose to be aggressive. The details are complex, but the result could be a ruling that limits the E.P.A.’s ability to enact regulations that apply to multiple power plants, rather than individually regulating each one. The broader area of law here is known as administrative law, and it has been a top priority of the Federalist Society, an influential conservative group that has helped mentor and vet judges. Federalist Society members often argue that government agencies should not be permitted to impose regulations that Congress has not specifically enacted. “The view is that Congress should be making the laws and not unelected bureaucrats,” as Adam says. Opponents counter that Congress cannot envision every scenario when passing laws and that regulators need the flexibility to protect citizens from harms — like pollution. Religion The court’s new majority has already shown a strong desire to protect religious freedom. That position seems likely to manifest itself in two new decisions this month. One deals with a challenge to a Maine law that allows rural residents who live from far any public school to attend a private school — but not a religious private school — using taxpayer dollars. The other deals with a former high school football coach near Seattle who lost his job after praying on the 50-yard line at the end of his team’s games; he argued that doing so was a matter of religious freedom, while the school district contended that he was effectively pressuring team members into participating. When the interests of governments and religious groups conflict, this court tends to side with the religious groups. And the rest The court is also expected to issue rulings in about 25 other cases in coming weeks. Many of those are less ideological or lower profile, and some will likely not result in major conservative victories. But the term after this one — starting in the fall — seems to be shaping up as another conservative term, with the court already having agreed to hear cases on affirmative action, voting rights and a clash between religious freedom and L.G.B.T. rights. The justices may also choose to add to its docket the “800-pound gorilla” of election oversight cases, as Adam recently explained. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM City National Bank How do you define success? Your path to success is your own. By understanding your goals, we can help make them happen. Let's chat. THE LATEST NEWS Election Night San Francisco voters recalled Chesa Boudin, the city’s progressive district attorney. Rick Caruso, a billionaire real estate developer who was a Republican until recently, will face Representative Karen Bass, a liberal, in a runoff for Los Angeles mayor. These results in California show the depths of voter frustration over rising crime and homelessness in the most progressive parts of the country. Representatives David Valadao and Young Kim, California Republicans who have broken with Donald Trump, appear to have fended off Trump-aligned challengers. Here are more takeaways. Politics Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde native, called for new gun legislation. “We start by making the loss of these lives matter.” The Justice Department is investigating John Allen, a retired U.S. general, for secretly lobbying for Qatar. Fox News won’t cover tomorrow’s Jan. 6 hearings live. War in Ukraine A dilemma for Ukrainian troops: Stick out the grueling battle in Sievierodonetsk, or give Russia the city and take a stronger position? U.S. intelligence officials are lacking information about Ukraine’s war strategy. Other Big Stories The Great Saltair, an event space, used to be a waterfront property.Bryan Tarnowski for The New York Times Climate change and population growth have shrunk the Great Salt Lake by two-thirds. A man drove a car into a crowd in Berlin, killing one person. It is not yet clear whether the crash was intentional. War, inflation and supply chain problems are choking the global economy, the World Bank says. It was already a tough year for teachers. After the Uvalde shooting, some are at a breaking point. More than two dozen women say the N.F.L. star Deshaun Watson harassed or assaulted them. The Houston Texans enabled his behavior, a Times investigation found. The E.U. will require new phones, tablets and laptops to use the same charger by 2026. Opinions To save malls, reinvent them as greener community spaces, Alexandra Lange writes. Sustaining public support for Ukraine aid is critical and possible, Thomas Friedman says. Times Opinion scored last night’s Democratic primary debate for New York governor. Subscribe Today When you subscribe to The New York Times, you’re supporting the work of 1,700 journalists who provide deeply reported journalism that examines the issues and forces shaping the world. Become a subscriber today with this special offer. MORNING READS A caviar “bump” at the Temple Bar in Manhattan.Dolly Faibyshev for The New York Times Caviar bump: Some people are slurping fish eggs off their hands. No fairy tale: Their Disneyland Paris proposal was interrupted. (She still said yes.) Punctuality: “Fashionably late” is falling out of fashion. A Times classic: The fire on Oakland’s 57 bus. Advice from Wirecutter: Sell or donate your old computer. Lives Lived: As half of Seals & Crofts, Jim Seals mixed folk, bluegrass, country and jazz, and found international stardom with the nostalgia-seeped 1972 single “Summer Breeze.” Seals died at 79. ARTS AND IDEAS Awan’s vegan ice creams, made from a creamy coconut base.Tanveer Badal for The New York Times Time for ice cream To celebrate summer, the Times critic Tejal Rao went searching for the best frozen-treat spots around Los Angeles. She found mangoneada (mango sorbet, drizzled with chamoy and chile-lime salt); a twist on the Filipino dessert halo halo; Korean-style shave ice; and classic scoops on a cone. Even if you don’t live in L.A., the photos are worth looking at. (Warning: You may have visit your local shop afterward.) PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Mangoneada can be made with any combination of mango sorbet, chopped fresh mango or mango purée. What to Read In his new memoir, “Raising Raffi,” Keith Gessen wonders if his young son is more badly behaved than other children. Travel “We’re looking at a lovely year”: With multiple grand openings, Paris is making a stylish comeback. Late Night Stephen Colbert will go live tomorrow, after the Jan. 6 hearings. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was dramatic. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Torah expert (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. A hidden haiku from a Times story about competitive bikers who cycle on unpaved roads: “All my frustrations / and anxiety get crushed / up in that gravel.” Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about guns and mental health. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 10, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2022 June 9, 2022 By David Leonhardt Good morning. The Covid death rate for white Americans has recently exceeded the rates for Black, Latino and Asian Americans. First, a note to readers: I’ve been working at The Times for more than two decades. And I consider it a great privilege to spend my days learning about the world and then reporting back to you about what I’ve discovered. My work — and the work of my 1,700 Times colleagues around the world — is possible because of the support we receive from our subscribers. I hope you’ll consider subscribing. You can do so here. Clem Williams, 76, getting her second booster in Durham, N.C. in May.Veasey Conway for The New York Times A turnabout One of the defining characteristics of the pandemic’s early stages was its disproportionate toll on Black and Latino Americans. During Covid’s early months in the U.S., the per capita death rate for Black Americans was almost twice as high as the white rate and more than twice as high as the Asian rate. The Latino death rate was in between, substantially lower than the Black rate but still above average. “We’re most vulnerable to this thing,” Teresa Bradley, a nurse in Michigan, told The Times in 2020, after surviving a Covid hospitalization. When she was wheeled through the emergency room, she was pained to see that every other patient she saw there was also Black. These large racial gaps seemed as if they might persist throughout the pandemic, especially because white and Asian Americans were initially quicker to receive vaccine shots. Black and Latino Americans, by contrast, had less convenient access to the shots and many were skeptical of them. But these large racial gaps in vaccination have not continued — and as a result, neither have the gaps in Covid death rates. Instead, Covid’s racial gaps have narrowed and, more recently, even flipped. Over the past year, the Covid death rate for white Americans has been 14 percent higher than the rate for Black Americans and 72 percent higher than the Latino rate, according to the latest C.D.C. data. Data until May 21, 2022. | Sources: C.D.C.; U.S. Census Bureau It is a remarkable turnabout, a story of both public health success and failure. Bottom up The successful part of the story is the rapid increase in vaccination among Black and Latino Americans since last year. Today, the vaccination rate for both groups is slightly higher than it is for white Americans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s surveys. That has happened thanks to intense outreach efforts by medical workers, community organizers and others. In Chattanooga, Tenn., for example, the Rev. Steve Caudle preached about the importance of vaccines: “If it’s the truth, if it’s going to save lives, it should be preached from that pulpit,” he told The Chattanooga Times Free Press. In Imperial County, just north of California’s border with Mexico, health workers took advantage of the medical infrastructure that Obamacare helped create, according to Joe Mathews of Zócalo Public Square. One crucial feature of these campaigns has been their bottom-up nature. Local leaders have often designed outreach campaigns to fit their own communities. Rachel Hardeman, the director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota, described this approach to me as “centering at the margins.” It can be especially effective when doctors and nurses listen to people’s vaccine skepticism and respond respectfully and substantively. Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, a family physician in North Carolina, has described this attitude as “listening with humility.” Why haven’t you heard more about the narrowing of Covid’s racial gaps? I think part of the reason is that many experts and journalists feel uncomfortable highlighting shrinking racial gaps in almost any area. They worry that doing so will somehow minimize the problem of racism and the country’s enduring inequities. Certainly, there are important caveats to the Covid story. For one thing, the total death rate remains higher for Black and Latino Americans, because the early disparities were so huge. For another, the unequal nature of underlying health conditions means that a Black person remains more vulnerable on average to severe Covid than a white person of the same age, sex and vaccination status. Here are the trends based on age — which still show a narrowing gap, especially in recent months: Data until May 21, 2022. | Sources: C.D.C.; U.S. Census Bureau Even with these caveats, the larger story remains: Covid has killed a smaller percentage of Black, Latino or Asian Americans over the past year than white Americans. To deny that reality is to miss an important part of the Covid story. It also serves as a reminder that rigorous, well-funded public health campaigns have the potential to narrow racial gaps. And there are many stark racial gaps in public health: Traffic deaths, which have surged during the pandemic, disproportionately kill lower-income Americans and people of color. Gun violence, which has also surged, has an even more disproportionate effect. Diabetes, H.I.V., high blood pressure and infant mortality all take a higher toll on Black America. With Covid, the country mobilized to reduce the racial vaccination gap — and succeeded. With many other public health problems, a similar focus could probably save lives. The partisan factor As I mentioned above, the narrowing of Covid’s gaps does involve some bad news: The share of white Americans who have received a Covid vaccine shot has barely budged since last summer. The main culprit is politics. Only about 60 percent of Republican adults are vaccinated, compared with about 75 percent of independents and more than 90 percent of Democrats, according to Kaiser. And Republicans are both disproportionately white and older. Together, these facts help explain why the white death rate has recently been higher than the Asian, Black or Latino rate. In heavily conservative, white communities, leaders have not done as good a job explaining the vaccine’s benefits — and Covid’s risks — as leaders in Black and Latino communities. Instead, many conservative media figures, politicians, clergy members and others have amplified false or misleading information about the vaccines. Millions of Americans, in turn, have chosen not to receive a lifesaving shot. Some have paid with their lives. Related Many Americans — of all races — can still benefit from getting vaccinated or boosted. Here’s how to find a shot. In a coming newsletter, we’ll focus on Covid’s tragically high toll among Native Americans. With Covid aid stalled in Congress, the White House will shift some money marked for testing toward vaccines and treatments. THE LATEST NEWS Politics Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Washington in 2019.Doug Mills/The New York Times The police arrested an armed man near Brett Kavanaugh’s home. The man told officials he had planned to kill the Supreme Court justice. The Jan. 6 committee is planning to show unreleased videos of testimony by Trump aides and family members during public hearings that start tonight. (Here’s how to watch.) Shortly after the 2020 election, Jared Kushner distanced himself from Donald Trump, leaving a vacuum around the president for conspiracy theorists. Lawyers will question Trump under oath as part of an investigation into his business practices. Representative Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican who voted to create a bipartisan Jan. 6 committee, will face a runoff. Gun Violence in the U.S. “He shot my friend that was next to me”: Miah Cerrillo, an 11-year-old survivor of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, who covered herself in a classmate’s blood, testified to the House. A pediatrician said he would “never forget what I saw” after the shooting. The House voted to ban high-capacity magazines and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon to 21. The bill won’t pass the Senate. Other Big Stories A Ukrainian soldier on the front line.Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times The number of Ukrainian casualties is a secret. But those who have been on the front line know how relentless the fight has become. More than 90 women are suing the F.B.I., claiming failures in its investigation of Larry Nassar, the former doctor for U.S.A. Gymnastics. NPR named Juana Summers as co-host of “All Things Considered,” succeeding Audie Cornish. Trader Joe’s employees in Massachusetts want to form the company’s first union. Progressive groups are adopting gender neutral language in the abortion debate, including “chestfeeding” and “pregnant people.” Opinions For Russian Americans, Vladimir Putin’s war has crushed the post-1989 dream of cross-cultural exchange, Anastasia Edel writes. On “First Person,” a new Times Opinion podcast, Merritt Tierce talks about the abortion she didn’t have. MORNING READS Bradford Beach in Milwaukee.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times Surf’s up: Beaches don’t have enough lifeguards. Modern romance: This coach says you’re dating wrong. On Instagram: The meme that derailed an executive’s career. Travel tips: A guide to going cashless overseas. A Times classic: How to parent a Fortnite addict. Advice from Wirecutter: Snooze in this portable hammock. Lives Lived: Oris Buckner, New Orleans’s only Black homicide detective in the early 1980s, exposed police violence against civilians. He died at 70. ARTS AND IDEAS Phil Mickelson will take part in the LIV Golf Invitational Series.Paul Childs/Action Images Via Reuters A controversial golf tour An upstart professional golf circuit, the LIV Series, will hold its first event today in Britain. The tour has attracted stars including Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to help it compete with the dominant PGA Tour. But it has also attracted scorn because of its biggest investor: the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. Why are golfers going to LIV? The Saudis’ remarkably large purse. Mickelson was reportedly paid $200 million to join, and Johnson $150 million. The prize money for this weekend’s event alone is $25 million; Tiger Woods, by contrast, has won $120 million over his entire PGA career. What’s the controversy? Critics have accused Saudi Arabia of using its oil profits to buy major sports organizations and sanitize its image. Mickelson lost endorsements after joining, and he acknowledged that Saudi Arabia had a “horrible record on human rights,” including the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. What is the PGA’s reaction? It has aggressively sought to thwart the Saudi tour. The PGA has said it will discipline players who compete and it could bar them from most major American golf events. The latest: A news conference yesterday grew tense as players evaded questions about Saudi Arabia’s record. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Chris Simpson for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Frances Boswell. Use half-sour pickles in this smashed pickle salad. (Eat it with something rich, like a schnitzel.) What to Watch Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum are back in “Jurassic World Dominion.” Their chemistry is intact. What to Read Jack Parlett’s “Fire Island” is a meditative history of the queer summer mecca. Late Night The hosts wondered if Americans will watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was ideology. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Dutch ___ (four letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Sign up for Gameplay, a new weekly newsletter of puzzles, brain teasers and more from The Times’s Games team. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the Proud Boys. “Sway” is about Jan. 6. On the Modern Love podcast, love at Guantánamo. Kitty Bennett, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 10, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2022 June 10, 2022 By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. The Jan. 6 hearings have begun. Here’s why they matter. The panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack showed testimony from Bill Barr.Doug Mills/The New York Times ‘An attempted coup’ The opportunity for the Jan. 6 attack to serve as a unifying moment for the country has already been lost. The initial bipartisan condemnation of it has given way to a partisan argument in which many congressional Republicans play down the attack. The Republican Party’s official organization described the riot as “legitimate political discourse,” and Republican leaders like Representative Kevin McCarthy quickly softened their initial denunciation. About half of Republicans voters say it was a patriotic attempt to defend freedom. But the facts about Jan. 6 still matter. On that day, a mob violently attacked the Capitol — smashing windows, punching police officers, threatening members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence — to try to prevent the certification of a presidential election. The rioters justified their attack with lies about voter fraud, and they received encouragement from top Republicans, including President Donald Trump and the wife of a Supreme Court justice. Last night, a House committee investigating the attack held its first public hearing, and today’s newsletter covers the highlights. These hearings are not going to transform the politics of Jan. 6, yet they do have the potential to affect public opinion on the margins. And the margins can matter. Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer, and Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker.Kenny Holston for The New York Times There are still many Republican voters disgusted by what happened on Jan. 6. Nearly half say that finding out what happened that day is important. Almost 20 percent consider the attack to have been an attempt to overthrow the government, according to a recent CBS News poll. About 40 percent believe, accurately, that voter fraud was not widespread in the 2020 election. “I actually think that there is an opportunity,” Sarah Longwell, an anti-Trump Republican strategist, said this week on our colleague Kara Swisher’s podcast. The hearings, Longwell added, can help prosecute the case for how extreme some Republican politicians have become. If Republican voters are divided over the attack and Democrats are almost uniformly horrified by it, the politicians making excuses for it remain in the minority. Candidates who base their campaigns on lies about voter fraud — as some are now doing in Arizona, Pennsylvania and elsewhere — will have a harder time winning elections. Future efforts to overturn an election will be less likely to succeed. For the same reason, any Republicans who have consistently denounced the attacks — like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only two Republicans serving on the Jan. 6 committee — are especially important. They are demonstrating that it’s possible to hold very conservative views and nonetheless believe in honoring election results. Until very recently, that combination wasn’t even unusual: Ronald Reagan and many other Republicans won elections by earning more votes. The Jan. 6 hearings are part of a larger struggle over the future of American democracy. Americans will probably never come to a consensus on many polarizing political issues, like abortion, guns, immigration and religion. That’s part of living in a democracy. But if Americans cannot agree that the legitimate winner of an election should take office and if losing candidates refuse to participate in a peaceful transfer of power, the country has much bigger problems than any policy disagreement. Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the committee’s vice chairwoman.Doug Mills/The New York Times The hearing: The committee, led by Cheney and Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, cast the Capitol attack as part of Trump’s “sprawling, multi-step conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election. “Jan. 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup,” Thompson said. Lawmakers interspersed their presentation with videos of former Trump aides testifying that they had told the president that his claims of voter fraud were false. The committee also played never-before-aired footage of rioters attacking police officers. Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer whom the mob knocked unconscious and pepper sprayed, testified in person about the attack: “It was carnage. It was chaos.” Cheney addressed members of her party who remain loyal to Trump: “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” What we learned: Trump believed the rioters were “doing what they should be doing,” Cheney said, and yelled at advisers who said that he should call them off. He said that rioters who chanted about hanging Pence “maybe” had “the right idea.” The committee played video of Bill Barr, the former attorney general, saying that he had called Trump’s fraud claims “bullshit” and “crazy stuff.” Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, testified that she “accepted” what Barr said. Footage shot by a documentary filmmaker showed members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, two far-right groups who stormed the Capitol, meeting on the evening before the attack. In video testimonies, several rioters said that they had stormed the Capitol in response to Trump’s summons. “He asked me for my vote and he asked me to come on Jan. 6,” one said. Cheney said that Pence, not Trump, ordered the National Guard to the Capitol during the attack, and that “multiple” House Republicans sought pardons over their efforts to overturn the election. Related: The hearing depicted Trump as “not just a rogue president but a would-be autocrat,” The Times’s Peter Baker writes. On Fox News, which did not broadcast the hearing live, Tucker Carlson called the attack “forgettably minor.” The F.B.I. arrested Ryan Kelley, a Republican candidate for Michigan governor, on charges stemming from Jan. 6. At least 21 Republican legislators joined the crowds in Washington on Jan. 6. Here’s where they are now. A bipartisan group of senators is nearing a deal to update the Electoral Count Act. One provision would clarify that the vice president cannot overturn election results. THE LATEST NEWS War in Ukraine “Dead cities” in eastern Ukraine, ravaged by Russian attacks, have become the latest focal points in the war. Marking the 350th anniversary of Peter the Great’s birth, President Vladimir Putin compared himself and the invasion of Ukraine to Russia’s first emperor and his conquering exploits. Ukraine’s military and its government called for more arms from the West. The Virus Ilana Diener holding Hudson, her 3-year-old son, at a trial for the Moderna vaccine last year.Emma H. Tobin/Associated Press The White House has made millions of Covid vaccine doses available in anticipation that children under 5 will be able to get shots next week. Mysteries linger about how Covid spread to people, according to a new report from the W.H.O. on the origins of the coronavirus. Politics The U.S. sped up its deportations of Haitian migrants last month, expelling nearly 4,000. Many state abortion bans that would go into effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned do not contain exceptions once widely supported by abortion opponents. Carl Paladino, a Republican House candidate from New York, apologized for calling Adolf Hitler “the kind of leader we need today” last year. The House voted to pass legislation allowing guns to be confiscated from people deemed by a federal court to be dangerous. It garnered only five Republican votes. Other Big Stories During the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, more than a dozen students remained alive in barricaded classrooms while officers waited over an hour for protective gear. A white police officer in Grand Rapids, Mich., was charged with murder over the shooting of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, in April. The Justice Department is investigating the Louisiana State Police over the fatal beating of a Black motorist. The truth is out there: NASA will fund a study into U.F.O.s. Iran has begun dismantling U.N. cameras intended to monitor its nuclear program. A Broadway theater will be renamed to honor Lena Horne, a renowned Black singer and activist. Oklahoma’s softball team won the Women’s College World Series for the second straight year. Opinions Shanghai’s Covid lockdown exposed the myth of China’s superiority, Connie Mei Pickart says. For conservative Christians, calling mass shooters “evil” has become an excuse to avoid passing new gun laws, Esau McCaulley argues. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Brewing beer at the Neuzelle monastery in eastern Germany.Patrick Junker for The New York Times Beer lovers: Germany is facing a shortage of bottles. A full office return: How about … never? Modern Love: Is it time to stop privileging romantic connections over all others? A Times classic: How to keep your muscles into old age. Advice from Wirecutter: Tips for organizing your garage. Lives Lived: Dmitry Kovtun was one of two men suspected of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko, a fellow former spy who had defected from Russia, with radioactive polonium in a London bar. Kovtun died at 56. ARTS AND IDEAS Apps have struggled to reproduce the kind of real-world serendipity that puts a book in a reader’s hand.Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Your next great read It seems impossible to replicate online the feeling of walking into a bookstore and discovering new books and authors. But some apps are trying. Several companies have tried to tackle the issue, with mixed results, Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth Harris write in The Times. This week, the app Tertulia came out. It uses a mix of artificial intelligence and human curation to distill online chatter about books and point readers to the ones that might interest them. But it’s not easy. “I don’t think anyone has found a tool or an algorithm or an A.I. platform that does the job for you,” Peter Hildick-Smith, president of the Codex Group, which analyzes the book industry, told The Times. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Johnny Miller for The New York Times. Food Stylst: Laurie Ellen Pellicano. This strawberry cake is a lighter take on the French fraisier. (See how to make it.) What to Listen to The latest episode of “Still Processing” explores how one highway divided a Philadelphia community. What to Read The filmmaker Werner Herzog is making a foray into fiction with “The Twilight World.” Late Night “Exactly what you thought, but worse than you could have imagined”: Hosts weighed in on the first Jan. 6 hearing. Take the News Quiz How well did you follow the headlines this week? Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were innovating and navigation. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Scrumptious (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Kevin Quealy — a talented data journalist and friend of this newsletter — will be The Upshot’s next editor. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about Chesa Boudin’s recall in San Francisco. “Popcast” answers listener questions. Natasha Frost, Claire Moses, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 12, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2022 June 11, 2022 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. Phone booths may be obsolete, but they still offer a good model for keeping our phones from taking over our lives. Allie Sullberg Call waiting A crowd gathered in Times Square recently for the removal of what the city promoted as New York’s last public pay phone. “End of an Era,” declared the news release headline, even though the era when pay phones played any meaningful role in New Yorkers’ lives certainly ended long ago. One might be forgiven for feeling a bit nostalgic. Pay phones are vestiges of the analog world, before the “I’ll be 15 minutes late” text, when long-distance was a consideration and people on calls in public got their own private booths. “People miss a period of time when a call meant something,” Mark Thomas of The Payphone Project told The Times. “When you planned it and you thought about it, and you took a deep breath and you put your quarter in.” I’ve been considering the familiar refrain about smartphones, that they’ve made our lives easier to navigate at the expense of our manners, our attention, our safety while driving. We may be physically present, but we’re never really there. Pay phones were stationary monotaskers. Before cellphones, if you wanted to talk to someone, you did it at home, at work or in a booth. Your telecommunications were contained to these discrete spaces, separate from the rest of your life. Pay phones may be nearly obsolete, but there’s nothing stopping us from reinstituting some of their boundaries in a post-pay-phone world. What might this look like for you? For me, it would mean pulling over to the side of the road to send a text rather than dictating my message to Siri. I’d step out of the pedestrian flow and into the phone booth of the mind to listen to voice mail. I wouldn’t check social media while waiting for a friend to arrive at a bar. Long phone calls would take place at home, not while I’m on a walk or sitting on a park bench, ostensibly enjoying the outdoors. My sentimental ideal of the phone booth — Richard Dreyfuss calling Marsha Mason from outside her apartment in the rain at the end of “The Goodbye Girl” — is a time capsule, a romantic vision of the past. But the phone booth as metaphor, as inspiration for creating boundaries between virtual and real life, still seems useful today. Programming note: Starting this week, my colleague Gilbert Cruz, the Culture Editor at The Times, offers his recommendations for what to watch, read, listen to and more. Scroll down to the Culture Calendar to check them out. — Melissa For more Was that really the city’s last pay phone? Perhaps not. How cellphones made the world your office. THE WEEK IN CULTURE Jennifer Lopez in the documentary “Halftime.”Netflix The Tribeca Film Festival started this week. Natalia Winkelman unearthed its gems. Many “great men” who shaped theater were tyrants. It’s time to let go of their influence, Jesse Green writes ahead of tomorrow’s Tony Awards. Steph Curry is promoting clothes by Black designers during the N.B.A. Finals. The Gay Days parties at Disney World took on added significance this year, after Disney was ensnared in a heated cultural debate. Kelly Clarkson’s song covers are one of the last reliably good things on network TV, Lindsay Zoladz writes. The actor Michael Fassbender, who has also been carving out a career as a racecar driver, will compete this weekend in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The cast of “The Wire” broke down five pivotal scenes for the show’s 20th anniversary. The Grammys added a songwriter of the year category. The Philadelphia Museum of Art named a new director. THE LATEST NEWS A man walks out of the international arrivals gate at Newark International Airport.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times Tomorrow, the U.S. will end its requirement that travelers flying in to the country provide a negative Covid test. Consumer prices rose last month at their fastest pace in four decades. After the Jan. 6 attacks, cabinet secretaries discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump as president. Ukrainian troops are running short on ammunition to keep Russian forces at bay. Teenagers and adults under 25 make up roughly 43 percent of the U.S. transgender population, a report estimates. President Biden announced a deal to accept more migrants from Latin America in return for other countries doing the same. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz Culture Editor ? The Tony Awards (Sunday): Even for someone like me, whose job it is to experience oodles of culture, it’s difficult to see all the Broadway shows. (And if you don’t live in or near New York City, it’s impossible.) So I’m thrilled that I’ll get to see highlights from musicals like “Six,” “Company” and “The Music Man.” That’s thrilled with a capital “T” and that rhymes with … you get what I’m saying. ? “The Hotel Nantucket” (Tuesday): It doesn’t feel like summer unless I read an Elin Hilderbrand book, which I’ve done every year for almost a decade. They mostly take place on Nantucket and they’re full of secrets and romantic drama and beaches. I’ve read my fair share of novels involving magic and dragons, but fancy New England island living often feels more fantastical to me than anything from George R.R. Martin. ? “Spiderhead” (Friday): Speaking of islands, this Netflix movie based on a George Saunders short story about futuristic drug experiments is set on one of those beautiful ones in the middle of nowhere where shady things happen. If you need a strong dose of Chris Hemsworth before this summer’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” here’s where to find it. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Johnny Miller for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Rebecca Jurkevich. By Melissa Clark Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles) Who doesn’t love a flexible recipe that can absorb all the odds and ends in the fridge and result in something truly delicious? This speedy pad kee mao recipe from the chef Hong Thaimee is a perfect example. The key is to throw in loads of garlic, fresh chiles and whole basil leaves, which make anything taste amazing. Just pick a protein and a quick-cooking vegetable or two — I recently used shrimp, broccolini and chard — and use the widest rice noodles you can get. Note that if you don’t have thick dark soy sauce, adding brown sugar to regular soy makes up for the missing sweetness. Cook this once and it’s yours to play with forever, a zippy, spicy weeknight meal that you can make from what you’ve got. A selection of New York Times recipes is available to all readers. Please consider a Cooking subscription for full access. REAL ESTATE Clockwise from left: Dale Kurtz/Kurtz Aerial Photography; Matt Frates; Dustin DeLuca/MultiBeast Media What you get for $430,000: an 1846 house in Dover, Del.; a condo in Woodstock, Vt.; or a bungalow in Durham, N.C. The hunt: She wanted a Manhattan loft. Which one did she choose? Play our game. Rising costs: The jump in mortgage rates could add $100,000 to housing costs. Record rates: The median rent in Manhattan was $4,000 last month, a new high. LIVING Nicolas Ortega Swimming safety: Avoid pool germs. Skin saver: Lots of people apply sunscreen wrong. Here’s how to do it right. Who needs cash? Travelers abroad can increasingly skip the currency conversion. Staying healthy: Walking may be a simple way to avoid knee pain. GAME OF THE WEEKEND Lewis Hamilton practices for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Formula 1: We’re about a third of the way through the Formula 1 season, and it’s been thrilling. Redesigned cars have helped the Ferrari team climb near the top, while the seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton is struggling. If you’re in the U.S. and don’t want to wake up early to watch a race, check out “Drive to Survive,” a Netflix documentary series focused on the sport’s personalities. It has turned countless Americans into fans. 7 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, ESPN For more: Charles Leclerc is contending for the No. 1 spot this season. When he needs to relax, he enjoys scuba diving and flying. The Times created a 3-D model showing how the new F1 cars work. NOW TIME TO PLAY The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was fraught. Here is today’s puzzle. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Before You Go … Watch actors singing the fast parts of “Getting Married Today ” from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” Check out LACMA’s online collection. “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.” Here’s Theodore Roethke’s “The Waking.” Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 12, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2022 June 12, 2022 By Claire Moses Good morning. We break down why border crossings are so numerous, and who’s trying to come to the U.S. A migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico.Kirsten Luce for The New York Times Migration’s effects Eileen Sullivan, a Times reporter who covers immigration, recently reported from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The number of people crossing the border is the highest it’s been in at least two decades. We spoke to her about what she saw. Eileen, thank you for talking. Why are so many people trying to get into the U.S.? Some are trying to escape violence and life under authoritarian governments, as well as poverty. A lot are looking for economic opportunities after the pandemic erased jobs. Two hurricanes in 2020 also hurt the livelihoods of many people in Guatemala and Honduras, on top of existing gang violence. I went to Reynosa, in Mexico across the border from McAllen, Texas. One mother and daughter I met from Honduras: The daughter is 15. She was leaving class one day when she was kidnapped and raped by a local gang. Once girls hit their teens, they’re not really safe; they’re seen as fair game for these attacks. This mother and daughter, once they got to Mexico, were kidnapped again, probably by cartel members, and sexually assaulted for days before they escaped. It’s devastating. Who is trying to cross? For decades, many Mexicans and people from northern Central America crossed. That is still true. Lately, there are also people from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela and, most recently, Peruvians. There were also a lot of Haitian migrants who had tried to get into the U.S. but failed. People are leaving Haiti because gangs rule the streets, and people there are afraid to leave their homes. While I was in Reynosa, I saw Haitians and other migrants standing outside a shelter and trying to get in, trying to talk to a pastor who was in charge. The pastor keeps a list of everyone in his shelter and nearby tent camps. I say tent, but it was more like tarps in a plaza in a city square. Many are regrouping before trying to cross again. An informal barber shop at the shelter.Kirsten Luce for The New York Times What was the mood like? People didn’t look miserable or unhappy; they just seemed resigned. They had been hopeful that Title 42 would lift as pandemic restrictions eased up — it’s an emergency health rule that closed the border. But a judge blocked the Biden administration from removing it. Their belief that it would end is also part of why more migrants have traveled to the border recently. Many Republicans have also emphasized that more migrants began coming to the border after President Biden’s election, hoping that the U.S. would let more people in than it did under Donald Trump. Is that another reason for the increase? Yes, absolutely. Biden promised a more welcoming America, and asylum seekers were hopeful he would deliver. During the Trump administration, policies restricted access to asylum, even before the pandemic. What happens when people cross the border? I went to the Rio Grande Valley on the U.S. side after covering a week of hearings in Washington, D.C., where I heard a lot of sensationalism, like “the border is broken” or “they’re overrun.” But when I went to the parts of South Texas they were talking about, I didn’t see that. I didn’t find chaos. The border is ostensibly closed, and about half of migrants who enter are expelled under Title 42. Some are sent back home or to Mexico, like the Haitians I saw in Reynosa. But a lot of migrants are allowed to stay in the U.S. temporarily for various reasons. Some can stay to face removal proceedings, but they wait years for a court date because immigration courts are so overloaded. Many are trying to file for asylum. A center in Brownsville, Texas, provides essentials to migrants released from Border Patrol custody.Kirsten Luce for The New York Times How do they move forward? Are they coming to the U.S. with supplies or money? Some are, some aren’t. A lot of people have contacts and plans for where to go when they get here — like staying with relatives already in the U.S. Someone I met in a shelter was on my flight back from Del Rio, Texas, to Houston. Others have no money, but when they are apprehended they get sent to respite centers right over the border — think of these places as way stations, where people go to get supplies, a Covid test, clean clothes and other necessities. There are a lot of donations to the respite centers: underwear, bras, baby equipment, socks, shoes. Some bring a change of clothes, while some people lose their clothes. At the border itself in Eagle Pass, Texas, I saw one woman who had just swum across the Rio Grande — she came out and didn’t have pants on. Almost everyone has a cellphone. People find ways to protect them, including from water if they’re crossing the Rio Grande. Respite centers often have plugs for chargers. It’s their lifeline. More about Eileen: She started her journalism career at The Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, N.J. In 2012, she was part of an Associated Press team that won a Pulitzer Prize for revealing the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslims. For More Some 6,000 migrants set off from southern Mexico last week toward the U.S. border. A Times photographer documented three ways that people cross in to the United States. NEWS Politics Democratic officials have begun to express doubts about whether President Biden should run for re-election. The Jan. 6 committee laid out a road map for prosecuting former President Donald Trump. Activists called for the cancellation of an appearance by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a site in New York that has played a role in L.G.B.T.Q. history. Gun Violence An archbishop in South Texas is pleading for stricter gun laws after the Uvalde massacre. Protesters in cities across the U.S. marched against gun deaths. Other Big Stories A meal for Guantánamo Bay prisoners.Petty Officer First Class Shane T. McCoy/U.S. Navy These are the secret Pentagon photos of the first prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. The national average gasoline price reached $5 a gallon. Russia is gaining momentum in its invasion of Ukraine. Historically Black colleges are increasingly the first choice for top students who grew up in an era of political and social strife. The fashion industry has been using a rating system that recasts plastic products as more environmentally sound than natural fibers. FROM OPINION The memory of Jan. 6 can’t prevent a Trump resurgence, Ross Douthat argues. But the first Jan. 6 committee hearing drove home that Trump was serious about overthrowing the government, Maureen Dowd writes. Talk to strangers. It’s good for you, David Sax writes. New York City’s delayed congestion pricing plan shows how Democrats, not just Republicans, have hindered government action, says Ezra Klein. The Sunday Question: What’s the right way to think about Covid and race? In Thursday’s edition of The Morning, David Leonhardt wrote that the Covid death rate has been higher among white Americans than Black or Latino Americans over the past year. Katelyn Jetelina, author of the Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter, argued that the statistic was misleading because the age-adjusted death rate has still been higher for Black and Latino people. David then responded on Twitter. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Waste reduction: National parks will stop selling plastic water bottles. My kind of town: Chicagoans credit their resilience for reopened clubs, theaters, restaurants and attractions. Sunday routine: The playwright Alvin Eng strolls through Chinatown and other neighborhoods. A Times classic: Try the 36 questions on the way to love. Advice from Wirecutter: This simple item can clean almost every device you have. BOOKS Rocio Egio Memorable voices: Being read to is a very human pleasure. By the Book: The journalist Katy Tur first asked out her husband after he gave a tongue-in-cheek ode to Styrofoam. Our editors’ picks: “Tracy Flick Can’t Win,” the return of Tom Perotta’s “Election” protagonist, and nine other books. Times best sellers: “Happy-Go-Lucky,” a new collection by David Sedaris, debuts as the No. 1 hardcover nonfiction best seller. See all our lists. The Book Review podcast: Perotta discusses his new book. THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE Photograph by Hannah Price for The New York Times On the cover: The long shadow of eugenics in America. What does the government owe the thousands of living victims of forced sterilization? Recommendation: The art of mischief. Tip: How to attend camp as an adult. The Ethicist: A physician asks, is it OK to withhold medical care from a bigot? Eat: A foolproof recipe for korokke, a fried Japanese delight. Read the full issue. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For The House Jan. 6 committee will hold additional hearings this week, beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow. New York City is ending its mask mandate for preschools and day cares tomorrow. The F.D.A. could authorize Covid vaccines for children younger than 5 this week. Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Dakota will hold primary elections on Tuesday. The Supreme Court will decide this week whether to hear a case that could radically reshape how federal elections are conducted. The Stanley Cup finals begin this week between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche. The Tony Awards are at 8 p.m. tonight. These are the nominees. What to Cook This Week Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. Forget garden cucumbers, Emily Weinstein writes. Use English and Persian varieties that work better as “nature’s great coolants,” like in this sesame cucumber avocado salad or Greek chicken with cucumber-feta salad. Or try another ode to summer, Melissa Clark’s halloumi with corn, cherry tomatoes and basil. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here’s a clue from the Sunday crossword: 25 Across: Body part that humans have that other primates don’t Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Spelling Bee. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 13, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 13, 2022 June 13, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY By David Leonhardt Good morning. Polls show that support for abortion rights is rising. Will that help Democrats this fall? Demonstrators for abortion rights last month in Washington.Kenny Holston for The New York Times The thermostat Regular readers of this newsletter may remember the thermostat theory of politics. It’s the idea, developed by the political scientist Christopher Wlezien, that public opinion often moves in the opposite direction as government policy. When policy begins changing, many people worry that the shift will be too radical, and their views move the other way — much as a thermostat regulates a house’s temperature. During Donald Trump’s presidency, public attitudes moved left on immigration. During Barack Obama’s presidency, attitudes moved right on gun control and taxes. Abortion policy now seems to be offering the latest example of the theory. As more states have enacted laws restricting abortion in the past few years, support for abortion access has risen. It may have risen even more in the past few weeks, with the Supreme Court potentially on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. Shortly after Politico reported in May that the court had tentatively decided to overturn Roe, a University of Chicago research group conducted a poll for The Wall Street Journal, asking about Americans’ attitudes toward abortion. The poll is especially useful because it has been asking the same questions since the 1970s. Last month, it found that 57 percent of Americans said they favored legal abortion if a woman wanted one for any reason, up from 54 percent last year and only 44 percent in 2016. Sources: WSJ-NORC poll of 1,071 adults in May 2022; historic NORC polls Polls by the Pew Research Center and NBC News have also found rising support for abortion access in the past few years. These increases fit a historical pattern, noted Andrew Beveridge, a co-founder of Social Explorer, a demographic research tool. As you can see in the chart above, support for abortion also rose in the late 1980s and early 1990s, after two Supreme Court decisions that allowed states to impose more restrictions. “When the ability to have an abortion was under threat, support for it went up,” Beveridge told me. “When it was not under threat, support declined.” The Democratic hope With the country possibly on the verge of its biggest change in abortion policy since the 1970s, many Democrats see a major political opportunity. They think the court’s decision — if, in fact, it overturns Roe, which remains uncertain — can help the party do better in this year’s midterms than many analysts have been predicting. In the long term, Democrats hope that they can channel public opinion to enshrine abortion access into law. “You have a right that is wildly popular with the electorate, and you have an electorate that has not really grappled with the fact that it could be taken away,” Jessica Floyd, president of American Bridge, a Democratic political action committee, told Reuters. “The dynamic here is fairly unprecedented.” In a Times Opinion essay, Josh Marshall argued that Democratic candidates would help themselves by signing a pledge promising both to protect abortion rights and to break a filibuster to do so. Three caveats Democrats may be right about the power of abortion this year. As Floyd noted, the political environment seems to be unprecedented, which introduces significant uncertainty. But there are also at least three reasons to wonder whether abortion will prove to be as potent as Democrats think. First, the recent Wall Street Journal poll suggesting that most Americans oppose any abortion restrictions may be an outlier. For years, other polls have repeatedly shown that a majority of people — women and men — support abortion access in many cases but also want significant restrictions (such as after the first trimester). As a recent Pew report put it, “Relatively few Americans on either side of the debate take an absolutist view on the legality of abortion — either supporting or opposing it at all times, regardless of circumstances.” The Democratic Party’s position is near one end of that spectrum, which can make it harder for the party to win over swing voters on the issue. Second, the politics of gender identity are dividing Democrats, which may make it harder for them to agree on a clear message. Historically, Democrats have described abortion access as a matter of women’s equality. But some progressives now oppose using the word “women” when talking about abortion, because a small percentage of pregnant people are transgender men. Protesters in Washington last month.Shuran Huang for The New York Times My colleague Michael Powell described this debate in The Times last week, and he quoted some experts who argued that language like “pregnant people” alienated many people. “Activists are adopting symbols and language that are off-putting not just to the right but to people in the center and even liberals,” Steven Greene of North Carolina State University said. Third, abortion may not be the main issue on most voters’ minds, even if the Supreme Court overrules Roe. “It is a very huge issue for the base of the party,” Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist and former union organizer, told Politico. “But it doesn’t have the same sway as we think it does.” That may be especially true when inflation is high and President Biden’s approval rating is low. Mark Murray of NBC News recently summarized both sides of the dynamic: Support for abortion rights has reached a record high, and nearly two-thirds of Americans oppose the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, according to a new national NBC News poll conducted after the leak of a draft opinion that would strike down the constitutional right to abortion … But the poll also found that this Supreme Court draft opinion hasn’t substantially altered the overall political environment heading into November’s elections. For years, many Americans have been willing to vote for candidates who have different abortion views than the voters themselves do. Perhaps that dynamic will continue in 2022. Or perhaps the Supreme Court will focus people’s attention on the issue in a way that has not previously been the case. “We’ve never been in a situation like this,” Christine Matthews, a pollster who has worked for Republicans, told The Times. For More The Times answered common questions about abortion rights. Poland has outlawed abortion for decades. Women there spoke about how the ban has endangered them, including some who were denied cancer treatment. If Roe is overturned, some women are almost certain to have children without wanting them. On Times Opinion’s new podcast, “First Person,” the writer Merritt Tierce tells the story of the “impossible” choice she made at 19. Programming note: I’ll be on break for the next two weeks. My colleagues will deliver The Morning to your inboxes during that time. I’ll be back Tuesday, June 28. — David Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM 'The Music Man' New Block of Tix On Sale Today “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster is now on sale through November 27. Get Tickets THE LATEST NEWS Gun Violence Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader.Shuran Huang for The New York Times Senators struck a bipartisan deal on a gun control bill that would enhance background checks for buyers under 21. The proposal concentrates on factors such as a buyer’s mental health or violent tendencies. The agreement falls short of the changes championed by Democrats, such as a ban on assault weapons. Politics The Jan. 6 committee is planning to use the testimony of Donald Trump’s campaign manager against him. Here’s how to watch today’s hearing. After a preliminary count, Sarah Palin leads the field in a special primary for Alaska’s sole congressional seat. The retired general John Allen resigned as head of the Brookings Institution amid a federal inquiry into whether he lobbied for Qatar. Other Big Stories Russian forces have pushed Ukrainian troops from the center of Sievierodonetsk, one of the last major cities in eastern Ukraine that hasn’t fallen. The F.D.A. says Pfizer’s Covid vaccine is effective in children under 5. Google put an engineer, Blake Lemoine, on paid leave after he claimed that the company’s A.I. language model had a soul. (The Washington Post profiled him.) Kelsie Whitmore, a pitcher and outfielder, is the first woman to play baseball in an M.L.B.-affiliated league since 1994. Opinions Students across the U.S. wrote in about their fears around school shootings. Gail Collins and Bret Stephens discuss how Biden can lift his approval rating. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Photo shoot: Dress up your apartment, then rent it out by the hour. The truth is out there: Do you remember who made crop circles? Quiz time: The average score on our latest news quiz was 8.5. Can you beat it? Metropolitan Diary: A lovely subway encounter, a parrot with a Brooklyn accent and more tales from the city. A Times classic: The case for intermittent fasting. Advice from Wirecutter: Buy your glasses online. Lives Lived: Alexander Nikitin took on a 10-year-old Garry Kasparov as a student. By the time Kasparov was 17, Nikitin had helped him become a chess grandmaster. Nikitin died at 87. ARTS AND IDEAS The cast of “A Strange Loop.”Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Tonys The Tony Awards were last night, celebrating Broadway’s return and honoring the season’s plays and musicals. Best musical: “A Strange Loop,” a meta-musical about an aspiring theater writer who is Black and gay, and whose self-critical inner dialogue springs to life in the show. Best play: “The Lehman Trilogy,” which our critic called “a riveting history lesson” about the rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers financial empire. Best actress in a play: Deirdre O’Connell for “Dana H.,” in which she lip-syncs the testimony of a woman abducted by a white supremacist. Best actor in a musical: Myles Frost, who plays Michael Jackson in the biographical jukebox musical “MJ.” More: Jennifer Hudson became an EGOT winner. And here’s a full list, and a recap. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM 'The Music Man' New Block of Tix On Sale Today “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster is now on sale through November 27. Get Tickets PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Julia Gartland for The New York Times (Photography and Styling) This potato chip omelet is a study in simplicity. Eggs, salted potato chips and olive oil are all you need. What to Read To better understand disinformation, read these books about its history, techniques and effects. What to Watch Stream these science fiction movies. Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were ethanol and nonlethal. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Furry foot (three letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. The Times’s Video team won two Peabody Awards for its coverage of Jan. 6 and the war in Gaza. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the war in Ukraine. On “Sway,” can Silicon Valley save the planet? Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 14, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2022 June 14, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY By German Lopez Good morning. We look at whether “greedflation” is causing higher prices. A supermarket in Manhattan last week.Andrew Kelly/Reuters Finding fault As prices have increased faster than at any other point in four decades, lawmakers have scrambled for explanations. In recent months, some Democrats have landed on a new culprit: price gouging. The idea is that big companies have seized on inflation to jack up prices more than necessary. The White House has backed the claim, and congressional Democrats have introduced bills that target price gouging. Proponents of the theory have a catchy term for it: “greedflation.” For Democrats, it is a convenient explanation as inflation turns voters against President Biden. It lets Democrats deflect blame from their pandemic relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, which experts say helped increase prices. And it lets them recast inflation as the fault of monopolistic corporations — which progressives have long railed against. Not all progressives are on board. Jason Furman, an economist who served under Barack Obama, told me that greed was not an important factor in the rise of inflation. He described the focus on price gouging as a distraction from the real causes and solutions. But the White House and other lawmakers are taking the theory seriously. So in today’s newsletter, I want to look at the arguments for and against the idea that greedflation is driving higher prices. The case for This is how the greedflation camp sees it: Inflation first rose because of other factors, like Covid and economic stimulus bills. But companies raised prices more than necessary to net higher profits. They knew they could get away with it because consumers no longer had a benchmark for what prices should be. And they did not face enough competition to keep prices down. Proponents of the theory do not claim that companies have suddenly become much greedier or monopolistic. For decades, corporate profits have risen faster than economic growth, and major parts of the economy, such as retail and finance, have become more concentrated in the hands of a few. But inflation gives greedy, monopolistic companies a chance to take advantage, said Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the left-leaning Groundwork Collaborative. Profiteering “is an accelerant of price increases,” she told me. “It is not the primary cause.” Owens pointed to what companies have said in earnings calls over the past year. A Tyson Foods executive claimed that price increases for beef covered not just inflation but “more than offset” higher costs. Visa’s C.E.O. said, “Historically, inflation has been positive for us.” Owens’s organization compiled a list of similar comments from other corporations. Representatives for Tyson and Visa said Groundwork mischaracterized the executives’ comments and took them out of context. At the very least, many corporations have not taken a large hit from inflation. Profit margins across more than 2,000 publicly traded companies last year “rose well above the prepandemic average,” a Times analysis found. The case against You do not need price gouging to explain inflation, and there are other, more widely accepted explanations, Furman said. Covid disrupted supply chains globally. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused another wave of disruptions, particularly in food and energy. The stimulus bills left people with a lot of extra cash, and many Americans spent it. That prompted too much demand for too little supply, so prices increased. More recent developments have also weakened the greedflation theory. Inflation has remained high: 8.6 percent over the past year, according to a federal report released last week. But the stock market has plummeted; the S&P 500 was more than 20 percent below its January peak after a sharp drop yesterday. And earnings calls have disappointed investors so far this year. If the pursuit of profits were driving more inflation, you would not expect to see that. The economic indicators offer a test going forward: If profits fall as inflation remains high, then gouging probably is not a major cause of rising prices. The greedflation theory also hinges on large companies leveraging their outsize market power to raise prices more than what should be possible in a truly competitive economy. But in some concentrated markets, that has not happened: Hospitals are highly consolidated, yet health care prices have risen more slowly than overall inflation over the past year. Health care prices are historically unusual; for most of the past few decades, they have risen more quickly than inflation. But their recent relative slowdown suggests that if greedflation is real, it is not a major factor across every part of the economy. The bottom line My read of the evidence: Price gouging could be driving higher prices in some places, but it is not universal. It is also not clear what progressives’ argument amounts to. The anti-gouging bills introduced in Congress have been criticized as impractical or even counterproductive. More antitrust enforcement — to break up or prevent the creation of monopolistic companies — could help, but only over the longer term. If greedflation explains some of our current problems, it does not offer a clear way out. More on the economy Wall Street entered a bear market. The last time stocks fell this much was the onset of the pandemic, and before that, the 2007-8 financial crisis. Cryptocurrency prices have also crashed. These charts explain why gas prices are so high. Supply chain issues are causing a tampon shortage. Will America repeat the Great Inflation of the 1960s and ’70s? Almost certainly not, the former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke argues in Times Opinion. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM APPLE No annual fees. No fees, ever. Fees don’t help you. So we don’t have them. No annual or late fees. No fees, ever. Terms apply. Apply Now THE LATEST NEWS Jan 6. Hearings Video testimony presented by the Jan. 6 committee yesterday.Doug Mills/The New York Times The Jan 6. committee played video of two former Trump campaign aides who said they had advised Donald Trump against falsely declaring victory on election night. Rudy Giuliani — who, according to one aide, was “definitely intoxicated” that night — told him to declare victory. Trump did. Trump’s campaign used false claims of voter fraud to raise up to $250 million, the committee said. 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Some notable winners: Richard Rodgers: The composer was the first person to win all four major prizes (before anyone called it “EGOT”) in 1962, when he received an Emmy for the series “Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years.” Whoopi Goldberg: The actor reached EGOT status in 2002 after winning a Tony for the musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and an Emmy for hosting “Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel.” John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice: The artists all joined the club in 2018 thanks to NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Who’s next? Multiple celebrities are just one award away. Among them: Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is missing an Oscar; Cher, who has all except for a Tony; Elton John, who doesn’t have an Emmy; and Viola Davis, who is without a Grammy. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM APPLE No annual fees. No fees, ever. Fees don’t help you. So we don’t have them. No annual or late fees. No fees, ever. Terms apply. Apply Now PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook David Malosh for The New York Times This three-bean salad includes crunchy green beans, creamy chickpeas and cannellini beans (and it’s vegan). What to Read Ottessa Moshfegh’s fourth novel, “Lapvona,” is a “muddy-soled mix of fairy tale and folk horror.” Anatomy of a Scene Watch the director Joseph Kosinski narrate a sequence from the new “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise. Late Night The hosts discussed Giuliani on election night. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was unzipped. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Garden of ___ (four letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. Try Chess Replay, a new puzzle from Times Games with commentary from the grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the bipartisan gun safety deal. “The Ezra Klein Show” answers listeners’ questions. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 15, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 15, 2022 June 15, 2022 By Emily Bazelon Staff Writer, NYT Magazine Good morning. Doctors who provide gender-affirming care are split on how to evaluate teens. Tori, 13, told her parents in seventh grade that she didn’t want a boy’s body.Anne Vetter for The New York Times A medical frontier This summer, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, an international group of health care professionals, plans to release an update to its guidelines for giving care. The guidelines include a chapter on adolescents that is already generating heat from across the political spectrum. In the decade since the last update, two intersecting forces have transformed the field of transgender health care for preteens and teens. The first is a large rise in the number of teenagers openly identifying as transgender and seeking care. The second is a right-wing backlash in the United States against allowing medical transitions for minors. I spent months reporting about this transformation for a New York Times Magazine cover story that was published online this morning. As Scott Leibowitz, a child and adolescent psychiatrist who co-led the working group that wrote the adolescent chapter, told me, “Our world, the world of gender care, has exploded.” The debate Not surprisingly, there is a sharp divide among those who support gender-affirming care — the approach major American medical organizations have adopted for embracing children and teenagers who come out as transgender — and those who oppose medical treatments for minors, including medications that suppress puberty and hormones that change secondary-sex characteristics. But there is also a divide among gender-affirming providers. It doesn’t break down along transgender-cisgender lines — both groups express a range of perspectives. The debate starts with how to evaluate kids who want these treatments. The research For transgender adults, the benefits of medical transition are well established and the rate of regret is low. Two studies also show positive long-term results for people who transitioned as teenagers. In 2011, researchers in Amsterdam found a “decrease in behavioral and emotional problems over time” among 70 young patients who received puberty suppressants. Follow-up research showed that five years after going on to hormone treatments as teenagers, the 55 patients who remained in the study had the same or better levels of well-being as a control group of cisgender people their age. None regretted their treatment. All the young people in the study had a childhood history of gender incongruence and went through a comprehensive diagnostic assessment, to establish the psychological and social context of their gender identity and how it might intersect with other mental-health conditions. That helped prompt Leibowitz and his co-authors to recommend a comprehensive diagnostic assessment (as well as parental consent and other criteria) as they updated the international care guidelines. Other gender-affirming providers, however, argue that the purpose of an assessment is not to determine the basis of a kid’s gender identity. “People are who they say they are,” said Colt St. Amand, a clinical psychologist and family-medicine physician at the Mayo Clinic. “So I am less concerned with certainty around identity and more concerned with hearing the person’s embodiment goals. Do you want to have a deep voice? Do you want to have breasts?” The rise Underlying the debate about assessments is the question of why the number of teenagers in the U.S. who identify as transgender has nearly doubled in recent years. The authors of the adolescent chapter in the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care said that the increased visibility of trans people in entertainment and the media had played a major — and positive — role in reducing stigma and helping many kids express themselves in ways they might have previously kept buried. But they also wrote about the role of “social influence,” absorbed online or peer to peer. During adolescence, the chapter recognizes, peers and culture often affect how kids see themselves and who they want to be. Some transgender advocates think that bringing up social influence in the context of trans identity is beyond the pale. It “defies reason” to say that “enormous numbers of cisgender-privileged youth are magically transformed by mere social media exposure” to the “most mortally at-risk minority class,” the group International Transgender Health, which includes health care professionals, wrote when a draft of the care standards was released in December. The politics The backdrop for these debates is a right-wing effort to ban gender-related medical treatment for minors. So far, bans have passed in Arkansas, Arizona, and Alabama and have been proposed this year in about a dozen other states. As with other fraught issues like abortion, America is becoming a split screen. In red states, gender-related care for young people is already rare yet faces legal threats. At clinics that are mostly in progressive metropolitan areas, meanwhile, it’s not clear how common comprehensive assessments are. Some families are bewildered by a landscape in which there are no labels for distinguishing one type of therapeutic care from another. For my Times Magazine story, I interviewed more than 60 clinicians and other experts as well as about two dozen young people seeking care and a similar number of parents. As is often the case in medicine, the question is how to apply existing research for the growing numbers of patients — in this case, teenagers — lining up for care. The intrusion of politics into science makes that more difficult. THE LATEST NEWS Election Night Tom Rice, a South Carolina Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 attack, lost his primary to a Trump-endorsed state legislator. In another South Carolina district, Representative Nancy Mace, who criticized Trump but didn’t support impeaching him, beat a Trump-backed challenger. In a sign of Republican gains with Latino voters, Mayra Flores, a daughter of Mexican immigrants, flipped a Democratic-held House seat in a Texas special election. In Nevada, which will be a battleground in November, Trump loyalists prevailed in the Republican primaries, including Adam Laxalt (for senator), Jim Marchant (for secretary of state), and Joe Lombardo (for governor). Herschel Walker, a Republican Senate candidate from Georgia and a critic of absentee fathers, publicly acknowledged having a son he doesn’t see. Here are yesterday’s results. The Economy President Biden is considering rolling back some tariffs on Chinese goods to slow rising prices. The effect would probably be small, but there aren’t many other options. The Bitcoin crash is shaking the ecosystem around cryptocurrency: Coinbase, the largest U.S. crypto exchange, announced layoffs. 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Lizzo changed her new song “Grrrls” after learning that a word has been used to demean people with disabilities. The K-pop group BTS is taking a break while its members explore solo careers. Opinions “He endured racism without becoming bitter,” Senator Raphael Warnock writes of his father, a self-educated pastor and Army veteran. Inflation is a blow to the policy ambitions of the progressive left and the populist right, Ross Douthat argues. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS The Center for Chicano Art and Culture, in Riverside, Calif.Carlos Jaramillo for The New York Times Cheech: A stoner comedy icon is behind a museum showcasing Chicano art. Beachwear: A one-piece bathing suit is complex to make. Is that why it’s so expensive? Summer travel: It’s chaos at European airports. Ask Well: Tips for sleeping better in the summer. A Times classic: The great A.I. awakening. Advice from Wirecutter: Clean your hairbrush. Lives Lived: The economist Sharon Oster was the first woman to become a tenured professor of the Yale School of Management, and its first female dean. She died at 73. ARTS AND IDEAS Elle Woodworth began flipping furniture during the pandemic.Alfonso Duran for The New York Times The fix is in Social media stars are teaching followers to flip their furniture — a trend that is perhaps no surprise after a period when many people downloaded TikTok to fend off the boredom of being stuck on the couch. “Flipping,” in this sense, means finding a well-built but aging piece of furniture, refurbishing it — often by sanding, adding fresh paint or varnish and updating its hardware — and reselling it. Many of the people making videos also aim to help viewers improve the furniture already in their homes. “So many people can’t afford to spend thousands of dollars on furniture,” Christina Clericuzio, a flipper from Connecticut, told The Times. “So it’s fun to show people that they can have these things for less when they D.I.Y.” PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Bobbi Lin for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. Combine the flavors of chicken souvlaki, Greek salad and tzatziki. What to Read In “Esmond and Ilia,” Marina Warner tells the story of her parents’ unlikely marriage as memoir, fairy tale and tragedy. What to Watch “Halftime,” a documentary about Jennifer Lopez, has a few political moments — and then it’s back to rehearsal. Late Night Trevor Noah tricked his audience into singing “happy birthday” for Trump. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was multiply. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Glowing coal (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. The Times newsroom toasted Dean Baquet yesterday, his last day as executive editor. Bon voyage, Dean! Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the bear market. On “The Argument,” a debate about cultural appropriation. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 16, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2022 June 16, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY ACCENTURE By German Lopez Good morning. A small number of blocks often account for most of the gun violence in U.S. cities. Jomarria Vaughn in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times Highly concentrated Thirty-five people were killed in mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa over the past few weeks, focusing national attention on America’s unique gun problem. In that same time, around 1,800 people were killed and almost 500 wounded in nearly 1,600 other shootings in the U.S., including at a Los Angeles warehouse party over the weekend. Mass shootings account for less than 4 percent of gun homicides in a typical year, and most gun violence in the U.S. takes a different form. So I went to Chicago, where shootings are a daily occurrence in some areas, to see what more-typical gun violence looks like. There, I met 24-year-old Jomarria Vaughn. After spending time in jail on domestic violence and weapon charges, he has tried to rebuild his life. But his past haunts him. The last time he was on Facebook, he found out his best friend had been shot to death. He now tries to stay off the site, out of fear that posting the wrong thing could anger the wrong people — and make him a target. In his neighborhood, he tries to avoid spending too much time “out on the block,” he said. Even if he is not a target, violence is so common there that Vaughn worries he could be hit by a stray bullet. “I’m scared,” Vaughn told me. “I have my guard up all day.” This is what daily life looks like for many Black Chicagoans. Across the city, the murder rate for Black people is higher than it was from the 1980s through the 1990s — a violent period that drove a nationwide push for mass incarceration. Black Chicagoans are nearly 40 times more likely to be shot to death than their white peers, according to an analysis by the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Source: University of Chicago Crime Lab The violence is highly concentrated: Just 4 percent of city blocks account for the majority of shootings across Chicago, according to the Crime Lab. Similar disparities exist across America. Black and brown neighborhoods suffer higher rates of poverty, and violence concentrates around poverty. The violence is so intensive that a few neighborhoods, blocks or people often drive most of the shootings and murders in a city or county. And this is true in both urban and rural areas, said Patrick Sharkey, a sociologist at Princeton. The disparities have held up as murders have spiked across the country since 2020. So while the numbers are typically reported through a national lens, the reality on the ground is that a small slice of the population — disproportionately poor, Black and brown — suffers the most from it. Two worlds The concentration of violence has another effect: It pushes violence out of sight for most people. In Chicago, 51 people were shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend — a five-year high. Almost all of the victims were on the city’s South and West Sides, which are mostly Black and brown. Only when violence hits closer to home does it typically grab more people’s attention. That happened nationwide this year after mass shootings in schools and grocery stores, where Americans can imagine themselves or loved ones falling victim. In Chicago, public outrage over a shooting last month that killed a 16-year-old boy downtown — a richer, whiter area — prompted the mayor to impose a curfew for minors. But that is the kind of violence that poorer, minority communities deal with daily, with little to no public attention. The vast majority of shootings never make national headlines. Speaking to Black activists and residents in Chicago, I was struck by how they spoke almost dispassionately about the violence around them. They all had stories of dead friends and family members killed in gang shootings, episodes of domestic violence or road rage, or during petty conflicts over women — the shootings sometimes just days or weeks apart. Outside their homes, the sound of gunshots is common. Chicago faith leaders regularly meet to find ways to reduce violence.Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times Vicious cycles As I traveled around Chicago, the two worlds were clearly visible. Wealthier parts looked like a modern, rich city — parking meters and payment terminals built for smartphones, bustle around packed businesses, and residents on electric bikes and scooters. Poor areas were marked by disinvestment: homes in disrepair, boarded-up buildings and few to no stores. What I saw exemplifies a vicious cycle that causes the concentration of violence in an area, experts said. Poverty leads to violence, which leads to disinvestment, which leads to more poverty and violence. Coupled with a police force that fails to solve most murders and shootings, the cycle becomes difficult to break. By contrast, other communities have a host of social supports keeping violence at bay, including good jobs, better schools, well-kept parks and recreation centers, and responsive police. So for most Americans, violence is something they may hear about on the news but do not deal with on a regular basis. But for people in the hardest-hit communities, violence is a fact of daily life. Like Vaughn, they come to expect it — and worry that they could be the next victim. For More Is the Senate’s bipartisan gun safety deal the most significant firearm legislation in years, or strictly limited? Depends which party is promoting it. Addressing crime is increasingly a central concern within the Democratic Party. Rural America is also reeling from violent crime, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Justice Department charged the Buffalo shooting suspect with hate crimes. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM ACCENTURE A Transformative Show for Leaders of the Future Businesses today face challenges at a scale most leaders have never experienced — and never anticipated. "Built for Change", a podcast from Accenture hosted by Elise Hu and Josh Klein, explores how the pandemic set off radical changes in business, technology and human behavior — creating opportunities for leaders to evolve and ultimately excel in this environment. Listen to the show that was awarded Best Thought Leadership Podcast of 2021 by Adweek. LISTEN NOW THE LATEST NEWS The Economy Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.Olivier Douliery/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Fed raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points, the biggest increase since 1994, to help tame inflation. Here’s what the rate increase means for mortgages and for other loans. Politics A lawyer advising Donald Trump claimed to know about a “heated fight” among Supreme Court justices over whether to hear 2020 election arguments. The Jan. 6 committee released video of Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican, giving a tour on Jan. 5 to a man who marched on the Capitol the next day. A judge convicted a man who carried a Confederate flag inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 of obstructing the certification of the 2020 election results. Anticipating a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, some abortion clinics are already shutting down. Climate An industrial raft on the Ruki River.Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times The Congo Basin is crucial to guarding the climate. But logging operations are devastating the rainforests that absorb carbon dioxide. Tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under extreme heat advisories. The flooding chaos in Yellowstone is a sign of crises to come for America’s national parks. These photos show the damage. Other Big Stories The U.S. will give Ukraine another $1 billion in aid and weapons. F.D.A. advisers recommended the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for young children. Shots could be available next week. A man has confessed to killing a British journalist and a Brazilian expert on Indigenous peoples in the Amazon. Nearly 400 crashes in the U.S. in 10 months involved cars with automated components. A former Google video producer is suing the company, claiming he was fired after he complained an obscure religious sect was dominating his workplace. Opinions Jessica Bennett discussed 50 years of Ms. magazine with Gloria Steinem. Crypto is crashing, but the tech behind it will live on, Maria Bustillos argues. The Senate’s proposed gun safety bill isn’t perfect, but it’s better than nothing, Gail Collins says. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Artbag, on Madison Avenue, will close after 90 years.Elianel Clinton for The New York Times Artbag: Who will repair Birkins now? Inside Kraken: A corporate culture war stoked by a crypto C.E.O. Acting: Emma Thompson discussed baring it all onscreen at 63. A Times classic: What ancient DNA tells us. Advice from Wirecutter: How to pick patio furniture. Lives Lived: The Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua captured the discordance of living in a land fraught with moral and political conundrums. He died at 85. ARTS AND IDEAS A major game’s misstep Diablo is one of the most successful video game franchises, from one of the biggest developers in the world, Blizzard Entertainment. But the latest entry in the series, “Diablo Immortal,” has received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics who say the game’s payment model is predatory. “Diablo Immortal” is free to download on computers and mobile devices, but it hosts a shop in which players can use real money to buy items to improve their avatar’s gear. Those improvements are not guaranteed; players are, in essence, paying for a virtual scratch-off ticket. By some estimates, it can take thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars to fully upgrade a character. Belgium and the Netherlands will not get “Diablo Immortal” as a result of anti-gambling rules that ban these types of games. And on Metacritic, a review aggregator, users have given the PC version of the game a score of 0.2 out of 10 — among the lowest of any Blizzard game. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Linda Xiao for The New York Times This pasta includes celery, an underappreciated vegetable. What to Watch The premise of Pixar’s “Lightyear”: “In 1995, a boy named Andy got a toy from his favorite movie. This is that movie.” (Some countries are banning the film over a same-sex kiss.) What (and Where) to Read The author Leïla Slimani recommends books that reveal hidden facets of Paris. Late Night James Corden interviewed Bill Clinton. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was challenge. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Canvas holder (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. Ben Hubbard, a Middle East reporter who has contributed to this newsletter, is The Times’s new Istanbul bureau chief. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about monkeypox. “First Person” chronicles the parental rights movement. The Modern Love podcast is about dating a younger man. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 17, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2022 June 17, 2022 By German Lopez Good morning. Very soon, almost everyone in the U.S. will be able to get a Covid vaccine. Ariyona Coleman, 5, receiving a Pfizer vaccine.Emily Matthews/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, via Associated Press A long wait After months of delays, children under 5 are set to get vaccines next week. The F.D.A. and the C.D.C. are expected to clear Moderna’s and Pfizer’s vaccines for young children in the next few days. An F.D.A. panel recommended authorization of both vaccines on Wednesday. Vaccines for young children were delayed because neither company submitted the full data needed for the F.D.A. to authorize them, a top agency official previously implied. The White House adviser Anthony Fauci also suggested at one point that the F.D.A. had wanted to wait to consider both vaccines simultaneously because it feared that authorizing them at different times could confuse parents. (This newsletter has criticized the government’s mixed messaging.) But now, any parent — and kid — who has been waiting for the vaccines can finally see the endpoint. That is potentially a big group: Nearly 20 million children are under 5 in the U.S. In some cases, the wait has taken a toll, as parents have held up their careers and lives, not to mention the lives of their children, to stay as safe from Covid as possible until a vaccine is available. Parents described the wait in brutal terms to The Times, my colleagues Sharon LaFraniere and Emily Erdos reported: “Nearly lost my job and my mind.” “Halved my income.” “The hardest time in my life.” “I feel helpless and hopeless.” “Extremely lonely; I’m tearing up as I’m writing this.” “Every cough sets me on edge.” A social shift In one way, the vaccines’ authorizations will be big news: It means everyone in the U.S. who will ever be eligible for a Covid vaccine will be able to get one. (The shots will not be available for babies under 6 months old, but that is typical for many vaccines.) The authorizations could set off ripple effects across American life. More parents could decide to return to offices. Day cares and schools may be able to ease quarantine and isolation rules. More young children will be able to play with friends and partake in sports or other activities without a mask. While the vaccines reduce the risk of severe outcomes for kids, they may not change much about the trajectory of Covid hospitalizations and deaths. Even without the shots, children are overall at little risk of severe outcomes from Covid. The soon-to-be-eligible age group has made up less than 0.1 percent of confirmed Covid deaths in the U.S. There is also a lot of hesitancy among parents about the shots. Only one in five parents of children under 5 plan to vaccinate a child right away, a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation found. Part of that could be the dynamic we saw with Covid vaccines for adults: Many people want to wait and see how the vaccines work in others before they get the shots for themselves or their loved ones. But some parents’ deep concern about Covid may have dissipated as the virus’s impact in broader American life has diminished. And many parents may think the vaccines are not needed because children are at low risk of severe Covid. The bottom line Vaccines for young kids may not do much to truly end the pandemic, even as the shots help more people get back to normal. Preventing the worst of the pandemic still comes down to protecting the most vulnerable, especially the elderly and the immunocompromised. Doing that means not just administering more vaccines and boosters, but also ensuring broad access to the antiviral Paxlovid, the preventive medication Evusheld and other treatments. THE LATEST NEWS Jan. 6 Hearing Donald Trump pressured Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election results after being told that the plan was illegal. John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who pushed the plan, asked for a presidential pardon. Pence told Trump he didn’t believe he had the power to overturn the results. Trump called Pence a “wimp.” A mob chanting “hang Mike Pence” came within 40 feet of the vice president. The committee is requesting to interview Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas. Here are more takeaways from yesterday’s hearing. War in Ukraine European leaders in Kyiv yesterday.Pool photo by Ludovic Marin Some European leaders said they would support Ukraine’s candidacy to join the E.U. European cities were playgrounds for Russia’s superwealthy. But sanctions have closed off much of the world. Politics Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, acknowledged that he had fathered two more children than he had previously mentioned. One sticking point holding up the Senate’s gun safety bill: What’s a boyfriend? Democratic campaigns are bolstering some far-right Republican candidates in hopes of beating them in November. It’s a risky bet. A Florida synagogue is challenging the state’s restrictive abortion law, arguing that it violates Jewish law. Gov. Kathy Hochul sparred with her two Democratic rivals for governor of New York over crime, credentials and … cream cheese. Other Big Stories Stocks fell sharply again. President Biden said a recession was “not inevitable.” U.S. and Israeli officials say a new tunnel network in Iran is part of a plan to build nuclear facilities that can withstand bunker-busting bombs. Elon Musk told Twitter’s roughly 8,000 employees about wanting to expand the platform to more than one billion users. A baby formula plant in Michigan that resumed production less than two weeks ago shut down because of flooding. Britain approved an order to extradite Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, to the U.S. He’s likely to appeal. The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics to win their fourth N.B.A. championship title in eight seasons. Opinions Feminism is in decline, making it harder to fight back against growing misogyny, Michelle Goldberg argues. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS A World Cup stadium in Doha, Qatar. Soccer: The mercury is rising and the clock is ticking as Qatar prepares for the World Cup. Face Forward: Johnny Depp and the madness that male beauty elicits. Supplements: Take a quiz to find out which work. Modern Love: A flirtation distracted during a difficult time — and then became something more. A Times classic: How a high school casting controversy became a culture war firestorm. Advice from Wirecutter: The best shoe rack. Lives Lived: Duncan Hannah vividly documented New York’s 1970s art-and-club scene and became a well-regarded artist in the ’80s. He died at 69. ARTS AND IDEAS Celebrating Juneteenth Sunday is Juneteenth. The holiday, which commemorates the abolition of slavery, has become a broader celebration of African American freedom. That includes smaller freedoms, the chef and author Nicole Taylor writes, like the ability to pause for leisure and self-care. In a new cookbook celebrating Juneteenth, Taylor describes holiday meals ranging from the fancy to the simple — a symposium with chefs in Austin, a rooftop party with friends, a swampy day in the Georgia woods. “Through the years, Juneteenth has become my annual tradition,” she writes, “even when I am miles away from the places I call home.” Here’s an excerpt. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Kelly Marshall for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Roscoe Betsill. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks. From Taylor’s cookbook: Try peach and molasses chicken, paired with a cool glass of watermelon ginger beer. Theater Familiar musicals are looking different on London stages. “And that’s a good thing,” the critic Matt Wolf writes. What to Read In “Meet Me by the Fountain,” the design critic Alexandra Lange explores the rise, fall and future of the American mall. Take the News Quiz How well did you keep up with the headlines this week? Late Night The hosts discussed the Jan. 6 hearings. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was lexicon. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Ticked off (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. The Watergate break-in occurred 50 years ago today. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the Jan. 6 hearings. On the “Still Processing” season finale, the antidote to loneliness. “Popcast” is about famous musicians’ archives. Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 19, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 19, 2022 June 18, 2022 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. Summer is almost here, finally, with all its sun-dappled splendor and glorious clichés. Allie Sullberg Summer days Summer starts in the Northern Hemisphere at 5:14 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday. It’s the longest day of 2022, as good a reason as any to linger outdoors, to welcome the season that the poet Amy Lowell called “The very crown of nature’s changing year / When all her surging life is at its full.” Don’t wait until Tuesday, though. Start your weekend with a bottle of rosé or choose one of our summer drinks for non-drinkers. Nicole A. Taylor has a selection of recipes for Juneteenth on Sunday, including grilled chicken with peach jam and molasses and a strawberry sumac cake. It’s also Father’s Day on Sunday. If you’re looking for gifts, my colleagues at Wirecutter and T Magazine have ideas. I’m welcoming the clichés of summer — sunny days at the shore and mosquito bites, pool parties and camping trips — with open arms and heart. We’re still making our way out of what has felt like an endless winter. It feels good to throw open the windows, to let in the sunlight and warm breeze. I hope to make it to the beach, stopping first at the bookstore to pick up a selection or two from Leïla Slimani’s Paris reading list. (First up, Virginie Despentes’s “Vernon Subutex 1.”) If you have a trip planned to Paris this summer, be sure to consult our guide to what’s new there and read up on the travel challenges at European airports. If you’re an indoor cat, check out Jeff Bridges as a former spy in the FX thriller series “The Old Man.” And try to get some rest this weekend. While summer is good for sunset cookouts and lemonade stands, it may be less swell for sleep. Big summer plans? Little summer plans? Tell me about them. For more Check out a Q. and A. with the stars of “The Old Man,” Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Are you “stupefied by the bounty of bathing suit options”? We can help. THE WEEK IN CULTURE Beyoncé was photographed by Rafael Pavarotti.Bang Showbiz, via Reuters Beyoncé is on the cover of British Vogue. She also announced a new album, coming next month. A 52-year-old British American journalist has an unlikely TikTok hit. “I am not trying to make it as a rapper,” he says. After BTS announced it would go on hiatus, the group’s management label lost $1.7 billion in market value. Numerous big-ticket works sold at Art Basel, including a $40 million sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois. The New York Philharmonic announced a new chief executive. The owner of Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress denied that Kim Kardashian damaged it. The author James Patterson apologized after saying older white male writers face “another form of racism.” Amber Heard says she stands by accusations that her ex-husband Johnny Depp abused her. The country star Toby Keith, 60, has stomach cancer. “I need time to breathe, recover and relax,” he wrote. A Brooklyn venue canceled a sold-out concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981. THE LATEST NEWS The House Jan. 6 hearings.Kenny Holston for The New York Times Analysis: Though the Jan. 6 hearings have demolished the lies that the 2020 election was stolen, the fictional conspiracy has a hold on Republicans during this primary season. A half-century after the Watergate scandal, members of its investigating committee warned that the Jan. 6 panel has a more difficult task. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, called the U.S. a fading power and said the West was falsely blaming its economic woes on the war in Ukraine. Uterine cancer is on the rise, particularly among Black women. Bitcoin plummeted below $20,000 for the first time since November 2020, driven partly by the recent collapse of two big cryptocurrency projects. One way to help counter a fertilizer shortage? Peecycling. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz Culture Editor ? “The Black Phone” (Friday): Scary movie season is year-round for me, but there’s always been something particularly wonderful about sitting in a frigid theater in the summertime to watch one. Chills on chills. This ghost story stars the great Ethan Hawke as a child kidnapper. “The Black Phone” is squarely in my wheelhouse. Watch the trailer, and decide if it’s in yours. ? “Fire Island” (Out now): There’s a long strip of land off the southern coast of Long Island that comes alive in the summer — pristine dune beaches and no cars (believe it!). It’s called Fire Island and the history there runs deep, as Jack Parlett details in his new book, which our reviewer described as a “century-spanning chronicle of queer life” on the island. Pair this with the romantic comedy of the same name, now streaming on Hulu, which offers a gay summer spin on “Pride and Prejudice.” ? “Honestly, Nevermind,” Drake (Out now): Just after Beyoncé zagged and basically said, “You know what, no more surprise albums for me — my next one’s out in six weeks, see you then,” Drake chose to drop his latest out of the blue. On a quick first pass, The Times described it as “a balmy mood piece — somewhere between a D.J. mix and one very long song.” RECIPE OF THE WEEK David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. By Melissa Clark Pork Chops With Jammy-Mustard Glaze It’s Father’s Day on Sunday, and if you’re planning to celebrate dear old dad by making him dinner, these sweet-and-savory pork chops with jammy-mustard glaze could be just the thing. The recipe, by Ali Slagle, is utterly simple and perfect: Just sear your chops in a little oil, then, while they rest, make a speedy pan sauce with some good fruit preserves and a big dollop of mustard. Use a not-too-sweet jam (like my favorite, orange marmalade) and nubby, whole-grain mustard, which will crack pleasantly as you chew. Serve it with dad’s favorite starch (mashed potatoes, noodles, rice, whatever he loves) and a big green salad. Many grateful hugs will surely ensue. A selection of New York Times recipes is available to all readers. Please consider a Cooking subscription for full access. REAL ESTATE Clockwise from left: Via Maria Dwyer; Corey Gibbons; Rise Visual Media What you get for $1.1 million: a riverfront estate in Ewing, N.J.; a Spanish-style house in Los Angeles; or an 1852 home in Essex, Conn. The hunt: They had a budget of $400,000 for Upper Manhattan. Which home did they choose? Play our game. You don’t have to mow: Lawn alternatives are environmentally friendly and have their own kinds of beauty. Downton shabby: An American is renovating his ancestors’ English castle. LIVING Getty Images Soothing effects: Time with dogs can be therapeutic for children. Cruise deals: Travel for less than $100 a day. Something old: The supply of secondhand wedding dresses is abundant. Finding joy in your body: Try these four strategies to feel better naked. GAME OF THE WEEKEND Phil Mickelson at the U.S. Open yesterday.Julio Cortez/Associated Press The U.S. Open, at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.: The third major of the golf season has extra drama. For the first time, PGA players are sharing a course with those who defected to the new, Saudi-backed LIV Golf. And while the crowds may be too civil to jeer, some players aren’t: Rory McIlroy, the four-time major champion, said the older golfers who joined LIV were admitting “their best days are behind them.” And the younger ones? “Taking the easy way out.” Noon today and Sunday on NBC. For more: This weekend’s course was the site of a pivotal moment in golf history: In 1913, Francis Ouimet (who lived across the street) shocked the world by winning the U.S. Open there. Here are five players to watch this weekend. NOW TIME TO PLAY The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were autocracy and carryout. Here is today’s puzzle. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Before You Go … If you have 45 minutes, read “The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge,” by Patrick Radden Keefe, in The New Yorker. Last June, some Times readers curated a summer playlist. Have a listen. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 20, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2022 June 19, 2022 By Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has civilians in Taiwan taking China’s aggression more seriously. Civilians in a battle simulation during training near Taipei in May.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times Bracing for the future Taiwan has spent more than seven decades under the threat of an invasion: China sees the island as a breakaway part of its territory. In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Taiwanese citizens have come to view a Chinese incursion as a more serious possibility than ever. My colleague Amy Qin, who’s based in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, recently reported on how the island is preparing. I called her to learn more. Why would an invasion half a world away cause concern for people in Taiwan? I cannot emphasize enough how baked into the Chinese psyche it is that Taiwan is part of China. Even the most anti-Xi Jinping, anti-Chinese Communist Party, flaming liberal Chinese intellectuals will tell you that Taiwan is part of China. It’s very rare to meet someone who doesn’t believe that. It would be as if you told me that Maryland or Florida wasn’t a part of the U.S. If you look at Chinese foreign policy through the decades, Taiwan has always been its top issue. Xi, China’s leader, has a specific vision for what he thinks a great China means, and Taiwan is part of that. People in Taiwan have known that for a long time, but Ukraine woke up people here to the idea that what seemed like a distant threat could actually happen. Taiwan and Ukraine are very different, but there are parallels. You have strongmen leaders who see these territories as key to their nations. You have this vast power imbalance in terms of military and territory. After Russia invaded, it was natural for people here to make that comparison. How have residents responded to that heightened sense of threat? A growing number are taking matters into their own hands. Taiwan has a strong civil society, and more and more nongovernmental organizations are holding what are called civil defense workshops. I went to one in Taipei recently in a sleek co-working space. This organization, Kuma Academy, gives classes focused on subjects like first aid and Chinese disinformation. About 40 people of different backgrounds and ages gave up their weekends to listen to lectures on topics like combating misinformation and to learn practical skills like how to use a bandage to stop bleeding. Everyone was listening intently and taking notes on their laptops. Rescue workers in a simulated attack exercise last month.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times How popular are these kinds of preparation activities? Demand has really gone up. The founder of another civil defense organization, Forward Alliance, told me that it has been doing 15 to 20 classes a month since Russia invaded Ukraine. Classes fill up within two hours of going online. He said his group has trained 1,000 civilians and emergency medical workers. People are taking their kids to learn first aid. It’s gone beyond first aid, too. Taiwan has really strict gun laws, but interest in classes teaching people how to shoot has also tripled since the war began. But this is an island of 24 million people, so the people attending these classes are not necessarily a huge percentage of them. That’s why military analysts and former Taiwanese officials think training civilians to get involved in the island’s defense needs to be a top-down government initiative. Right now, it’s just a patchwork of grass-roots NGOs. You reported about how the government does want to involve civilians in strengthening the island’s defenses. How are its efforts going? The government hasn’t said much about how it plans to get civilians more involved. In April, officials did issue a handbook for civilians about what to do if China attacks, and it got instantly panned. One recommendation was to scan a QR code for information if an attack happens. But a lot of people think that one of the first things China is going to do if it attacks is cut off critical infrastructure. People were saying, “There won’t be internet, so how are we going to be scanning QR codes?” Taiwan’s government is trying to figure out what lessons it can take from Ukraine’s defense. But Ukraine really only started its most impactful military reforms after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. The question is whether Taiwan can make meaningful changes without having to go through a similar event. Taiwan is a democracy, and politicians have electoral considerations. Extending military conscription, for example, would probably not be very popular. Decades-old anti-landing barricades line the shore along a beach in Kinmen, an outlying island of Taiwan.Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times We’ve seen a strong Ukrainian national identity emerge since Russia invaded Crimea. It’s only grown during the invasion and seems to be helping buoy Ukrainian troops. Has anything similar occurred in Taiwan? There’s a growing sense of a Taiwanese identity that’s defined in opposition to China. It’s apparent especially among young people who were born in Taiwan and don’t identify as being Chinese, even if their parents or grandparents were born there. That’s continuing to harden as China becomes more aggressive. More on Amy Qin: She grew up in Northern California and studied Chinese politics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Oxford University. Her family is from China’s Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, where she spent summers as a child. She previously reported from Beijing and was one of several Times reporters expelled from China in 2020. NEWS War in Ukraine Halyna Bondar, left, and a friend visit her son, who was buried two days earlier in Bucha, Ukraine.Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times The Ukraine invasion can be measured by many metrics. The death toll is most telling. The workers who handle Ukraine’s dead — including gravediggers and coroners — carry deep psychic wounds. Banned weapons have formed the backbone of Russia’s fighting strategy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an unannounced visit to the battered southern city of Mykolaiv. The opera in Odesa, Ukraine, reopened for the first time since Russia invaded. Politics Donald Trump is trying out the beginnings of a legal defense in the Jan. 6 attacks. Fifteen Democrats are competing to represent one House district in New York City. Members of a “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” production team were arrested filming a segment at the Capitol while it was closed to visitors. Other Big Stories Gun companies have refocused their marketing efforts, targeting buyers with messages of fear, machismo and defiance. Vaccines for young children in the U.S. won final approval. Doses could roll out as soon as Tuesday, but parents still face tough choices. Apple employees at a Baltimore-area store voted to unionize, a first for the company’s U.S. stores. FROM OPINION Mike Pence learned last week that the fate of a sycophant is never a happy one, Maureen Dowd writes. Just have the baby, abortion opponents say. It’s not that simple, Pamela Paul writes. This Juneteenth, Casey Gerald is feeling grief and gratitude. Nayeema Raza’s father found joy in family obligations. After losing him, she understood why. The Sunday question: Should President Biden run for re-election? He’ll turn 82 in 2024, The Atlantic’s Mark Leibovich notes, and stepping aside would let his party field a stronger nominee. The Bulwark’s Jonathan Last thinks replacing Biden would split Democrats, forfeit the advantages of incumbency and make a Republican win more likely. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Where’s my refund? Our travel columnist investigates. Homespun approach: Dyke Day LA is not your typical Pride event. Where to go?: TikTok users are sharing tips on finding free restrooms in New York. Sunday routine: A celebrity divorce lawyer meditates and makes time for clients. Advice from Wirecutter: Citronella candles don’t really work. A Times classic: The 25 works of art that define the contemporary age. Lives Lived: The commentator Mark Shields delighted and rankled audiences with piercing analysis of America’s political virtues and failings. He died at 85. BOOKS Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, author of "The Sex Lives of African Women."Khadija Farah for The New York Times Exploring experiences: A book has women in Africa talking openly about sex. By the Book: Geraldine Brooks wants to reframe the climate change discussion to acknowledge potential and joy. Our editors’ picks: Jhumpa Lahiri’s memoir “Translating Myself and Others,” and nine other books. Times best sellers: Malcolm Gladwell’s “The Bomber Mafia” joins two of his other books as a paperback nonfiction best seller. See all our lists. The Book Review podcast: Elisabeth Egan discusses “Jackie & Me” by Louis Bayard. THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE Photograph by Anne Vetter for The New York Times On the cover: The battle over gender therapy. Advice from Judge John Hodgman: Who decides which childhood treasures to preserve? Recommendation: Find a Designated Horror Friend to get you through scary movies. Diagnosis: A woman’s teeth on the right side of her jaw didn’t touch anymore. What was wrong? Eat: Yotam Ottolenghi’s cream-soda-and-raspberry cupcakes are childhood magic. Read the full issue. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For The Jan. 6 committee is planning at least two hearings this week, on Tuesday and Thursday. Here’s what we’ve learned so far. European Union countries will meet on Thursday and Friday to debate Ukraine’s potential membership. Colombia will elect its next president today in a tight race between a leftist and a Trump-like candidate with a devoted TikTok following. The World Health Organization will convene this week to decide whether monkeypox qualifies as a global health emergency. Washington, D.C., and Virginia hold primaries on Tuesday. The N.B.A. draft is on Thursday. The Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. is expected to be selected first. Tuesday is the first day of summer, and extreme temperatures are expected across the U.S. Celebrate Father’s Day and Juneteenth, both today. What to Cook This Week Mark Weinberg for The New York Times. Food Styling by Barrett Washburne. One small slice of summer heaven, Emily Weinstein writes, is this crispy gnocchi with tomato and red onion. Other weeknight recipes: sheet-pan kimchi fried rice and smashed avocado-chicken burgers. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here’s a clue from the Sunday crossword: 36 Across: Locks that have been changed Take the news quiz to see how well you followed last week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Spelling Bee. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Ian Claire Moses, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 20, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2022 June 20, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY By Ashley Wu and Matthew Cullen Good morning. This year has been historically bad for wildfires, and there are still months to go. Smoke plumes rising from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire in Las Vegas, N.M., last month.Adria Malcolm for The New York Times A wildfire year The American West is burning more quickly than it has in a decade. New Mexico has been fighting its two biggest wildfires on record for more than a month. About 3 million acres of U.S. land — almost the size of Connecticut — have already burned this year. And with summer starting tomorrow and a widespread heat wave already in place, the burning is likely to get worse. The changing climate has created a troubling reality, ecologists and foresters said: Wildfire seasons have turned into wildfire years, starting earlier in the spring and sometimes lasting well into the following winter. Consider the number of wildfires that have occurred between January and mid-June over the past 10 years: Data until June 17 of each year. | Source: National Interagency Fire Center These fires have also gotten more severe. California experienced two of its largest in the past two years: The Dixie Fire in 2021 burned almost a million acres, and the August Complex fire in 2020 surpassed a million acres. More frequent and intense fires are dangerous. They emit smoke that can damage the lungs of people who live hundreds or even thousands of miles away. They burn through homes, crops and even centuries-old cultures, causing tens of billions of dollars in economic damage. Today’s newsletter will explain why these large blazes have become so prevalent and what experts think it will take to reverse the trend. How we got here Wildfires have burned the West for thousands of years, but they’ve become far more hazardous because of human activity. People cause the vast majority of wildfires (about 96 percent so far this year), and people have also gone to great lengths to fight them, only to set the table for more fires. Paul Hessburg, an ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, explained that the nation’s well-intentioned strategy of suppressing fires over the past century has created an unnatural buildup of materials that act as kindling for wildfires: twigs, grasses, shrubs, trees, even houses. Humans have also spent decades emitting planet-warming gases into the atmosphere, rapidly warming the climate and helping wildfires become hotter, bigger and faster. Data until 2021 for the lower 48 U.S. states. Baseline is the 1901–2000 average temperature. | Source: NOAA Fires early in the year have become increasingly common as the American West has dried out and temperatures have risen. Winters are warmer, providing less relief from heat. On mountaintops, winter snow, which can slow down wildfires by adding moisture to forest wood, has begun to melt earlier in the spring and more quickly. High winds have further dried out kindling and sped up wildfire movement. The years of warming, droughts and high winds in the West have worked in tandem with forest fuel buildup, Hessburg said, to “set the dining room table for the situation we have right now.” What’s being done A prescribed burn at Blodgett Forest Research Station in Georgetown, Calif., in May.Andri Tambunan for The New York Times Removing a wildfire’s fuel source ahead of time is the main way to prevent or reduce its impact, experts said. One option is to manually thin forests with saws, rakes and bulldozers. Another is prescribed fires, which are intentionally set to consume dead brush and small trees at a much lower intensity. These two methods can also be combined, but both take planning and technical know-how. Manual thinning can be slow and laborious. Prescribed burnings must happen under the right weather and fuel conditions (made rarer by climate change) to limit the risk of an out-of-control burn. And there are challenges with public trust. Local residents who fear smoke-filled air have fought more prescribed burning. And occasionally, as happened in New Mexico this spring, erratic winds can propel a prescribed fire beyond firefighters’ control. Experts agree that wildfire management should be far more proactive. They offer a number of ideas: easing restrictions on prescribed burnings, increasing prescribed burnings or even letting wildfires burn for a while when they’re not threatening lives or livelihoods. The experts acknowledge that their suggestions would have to overcome residents’ fears and political challenges. But they warn that if nothing is done and landscapes full of trees, leaves and brush go untreated, wildfires will only get worse. For more A large swath of the U.S. population was under an extreme heat warning this past week. In Arizona, wildfires have moved perilously close to a major astronomical observatory. Wildfire threats to properties across the country are rising. See active fires in The Times’s wildfire tracker. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM Airtable Rethink the way you work Every day, teams connect their people, data and workflows, and transform their businesses. Learn More THE LATEST NEWS War in Ukraine Soldiers’ graves in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday.Emile Ducke for The New York Times On the first Father’s Day since the war, families grieved for the dads-turned-soldiers who have been killed. Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its last strongholds in Luhansk province, but its defenses are faltering. “No one told me I would never go back home.” Thousands of Ukrainian refugees have been forcibly resettled in Russia. Some have escaped to Estonia. Germany will restart coal-fired power plants, amid concerns that losing Russia's natural gas supply could bring about an energy shortage. Politics Scenes from Planned Parenthood in Fort Myers, Fla.Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times In one Florida clinic, the signs of vanishing abortion access. The Supreme Court may soon limit the government’s authority to reduce carbon dioxide from power plants. Conservatives have been building the case for years. More than a year after President Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, only 18 states let state employees take the day off. Gun Violence Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The New York Times Who stops a “bad guy with a gun?” The Times analyzed how often shootings are stopped by the police, bystanders or the shooters themselves. Uvalde, Texas, planned to cancel its Little League all-star tournament. Then, the town reconsidered: “You want to see children happy again.” The Senate’s proposed gun safety bill could fall victim to the limitations of the federal background check system. World News Colombia elected Gustavo Petro, a former rebel, as president. He will be the country’s first leftist leader. In French parliamentary elections, President Emanuel Macron’s centrist coalition came out ahead but lost its outright majority. The far right won a record number of seats. The bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist last month was fired from the location of an Israeli military convoy, a Times investigation found. An Ethiopian rebel group massacred more than 200 people. Other Big Stories The international swimming federation, FINA, will bar trans women from elite women’s competition if they went through male puberty. Two cast members of the Netflix show “The Chosen One” died in a crash in Mexico. At the U.S. Open, the British golfer Matt Fitzpatrick bested two rising American stars to win his first major championship. Opinions A bipartisan bill to protect endangered species proves we don’t have to play politics with nature, Margaret Renkl argues. From U.F.O. reports to A.I. technology, we’re living in a weird moment, Ezra Klein writes. Celebrity feminism has failed us, Susan Faludi says. Gail Collins and Bret Stephens discuss Mike Pence’s role in the Jan. 6 riot on the Capitol. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Heirlooms: See the treasured items that connect Black families with their history. ‘Face like a half-sucked mango’: Inside the Australian National Dictionary Center. From Oxford to Starbucks: Why a Rhodes scholar became a barista. Iconic: Meet the man behind Anna Wintour’s bob. Quiz time: The average score on our latest news quiz was 9.2. See if you can top it. A Times classic: Can you call a 9-year-old a psychopath? Advice from Wirecutter: Don’t settle for a leaky air mattress. Metropolitan Diary: Overheard on a Broadway bus, a visit to doughnut heaven and more tales of New York City. Lives Lived: Mark Shields was a former campaign strategist who became a fixture in American political journalism and punditry. He died at 85. ARTS AND IDEAS Rosé season Rosé has become synonymous with fun summer drinking. But as Eric Asimov, The Times’s wine critic, says, you can open a bottle long after Labor Day. “I’m a firm believer in drinking rosé all year round,” he told us. “Being fun doesn’t equate to being low quality.” If you think you don’t like rosé, explore different types, especially if you’ve only had the very pale rosés that are in vogue or tasted ones that seemed insipid or too sweet. “You might find that, actually, you’ve been missing something all these years that’s quite delicious,” Eric says. Head to a serious, independently owned wine shop, and ask for help, he says. “What’s imperative is to actually talk to the people at the store, who tend to really care about what they sell and who want to make people happy.” And here are Eric’s picks of 12 exceptional rosés from $13 to $35. — Natasha Frost, a Briefings writer Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM Airtable Rethink the way you work Every day, teams connect their people, data and workflows, and transform their businesses. Learn More PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Flavors of Caprese salad transform chicken cutlets into something special. What to Listen to On his surprise seventh album, Drake opts for a new direction: nightclub abandon. Ask Well Four strategies to feel better naked. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was menacing. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword and a clue: French article (three letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. On this day 20 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that executing criminals with intellectual disabilities was unconstitutional. Here’s today’s front page. There is no new episode of “The Daily” today. “Sway” features Senator Raphael Warnock. Natasha Frost, Ian Prasad Philbrick and Tom Wright-Piersanti contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 21, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2022 June 21, 2022 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY By Jeanna Smialek Economics Reporter Good morning. The government’s plan to fight inflation could cost jobs and restrict wage growth. Shopping for food in Brooklyn last week.Spencer Platt/Getty Images Rocky road ahead Americans’ household finances are headed for a rough patch. Consumer prices are climbing at the fastest pace since 1981, and given the breadth of today’s rapid inflation — which is showing up in costs as diverse as airfares and apartment rents — it is unlikely to fade fully on its own. The government’s efforts to wrestle it down will most likely prove painful for many working families. The country’s main tool for fighting price increases is Federal Reserve policy. The Fed is trying to bring inflation back under control by raising interest rates, which sets off an economy-cooling chain reaction. Higher interest rates increase the cost of mortgages and company borrowing, which slows business growth and translates into less hiring. As the job market weakens, paycheck growth slows, which further tamps down buying. Less shopping gives supply a chance to catch up. The challenge for many working families is that their wages might slow down before price increases do. Fed officials predicted last week that unemployment would begin creeping up by the end of the year but that inflation would remain elevated at 5.2 percent. That means that consumer buying power is likely to erode, after several months in which wage growth has already failed to keep up with rising prices. At the same time, rising rates have unsettled markets and prompted stock prices to plummet, chipping away at many household nest eggs. Higher mortgage costs are slowing the housing market and could lower home values, further cutting into wealth — because for many families real estate makes up a big chunk of net worth. As incomes and household balance sheets take a beating, many Americans may wonder: Isn’t there a better way to deal with inflation? Today, I will explain why policymakers are choosing this painful path. The explanation Prices generally jump when consumers and businesses demand more goods and services than companies are able, or willing, to supply. To use a recent example, demand for cars bounced up last year, but car companies could not ramp up production fast enough to meet the surge amid a parts shortage. As shoppers competed for a finite supply of sedans and pickup trucks, prices skyrocketed. Fed policy works on the demand side of that equation. When fewer people shop for cars, because auto loans are expensive and the job market feels less secure, a smaller supply of vehicles might be enough to go around without causing prices to shoot up. But crushing demand ranks somewhere between unpleasant and agonizing. When the Fed pushed interest rates to double-digit levels in the early 1980s, in an effort to bring down rapid inflation, it set off brutal back-to-back recessions that pushed the unemployment rate to nearly 11 percent. (Right now, the rate is at a historically low 3.6 percent.) A car dealership in Miami.Chandan Khanna/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images That grim historical example has prompted some labor-focused groups to call for a more holistic response to today’s price increases, which are the result of both strong demand and disrupted supply. The White House and Congress could help to ramp up production in key parts of the economy, offering relief on the supply side of the inflation equation. The issue is partly one of timing. While the government can try — and is trying — to help build more affordable housing, for instance, those policies take a while to have an effect. By the time they help, consumers and businesses may have come to expect fast inflation. And with prices, expectations can be self-fulfilling: Workers who anticipate heftier rent and grocery bills might demand higher pay to cover those costs, prompting their employers to raise prices to cover climbing labor expenses and setting off an inflationary cycle. That is one reason the Fed is stepping in with its painful, but quicker, tool. The bottom line The Fed last week lifted interest rates by the largest increment since 1994, while signaling that it expects to raise them more this year than it did over the entire economic expansion stretching from 2009 to 2020. Even if it doesn’t cause a full-blown recession, the Fed’s approach is expected to hurt, and it’s already tanking stocks. But officials contend that allowing inflation to go unchecked would be worse, in part because it would stoke uncertainty and hurt low-income people with limited wiggle room in their budgets. For more President Biden said that he was considering suspending the federal gas tax to ease fuel prices. Nearly four dozen countries raised interest rates in the past six months to try to rein in inflation. Here’s more on what is causing inflation and how it is measured. When the Fed raised rates last week, it signaled that another increase would be on the table next month. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM APPLE Secure and Simple as iPhone Apple Card uses all the security of Face ID or Touch ID. So no one can use your card but you. Apply Now THE LATEST NEWS Politics In a speech yesterday, Mike Pence sounded like a presidential candidate — but not one interested in discussing the specifics of Jan. 6. Eric Greitens, a Republican running for Senate in Missouri, released a menacing ad in which he hunts for “RINOs” — Republicans in name only — while carrying a shotgun. War in Ukraine A missile struck the town of Druzhkivka, in eastern Ukraine, last night.Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Moscow says it has two American fighters in its custody. It called the men “soldiers of fortune” and claimed that they were not protected by the Geneva Conventions. Moscow threatened retaliation against Lithuania, a member of NATO, over the blocking of shipments between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, an exclave on the Baltic Sea. Russia is still making plodding progress. But the arrival of new weapons will help Ukraine hang onto territory, experts say. Dmitri Muratov’s Nobel Peace Prize sold at auction for $103.5 million, obliterating the record for a Nobel medal. The proceeds will go to UNICEF. Other Big Stories China has established a sprawling network of surveillance.The New York Times Voice prints, phone trackers and DNA: China is collecting a staggering amount of data to monitor its citizens. Despite a surge in cases, Covid deaths in the U.S. have remained relatively flat. Israel’s governing coalition decided to dissolve Parliament. The move will force the country’s fifth election in three years. Opinions If Agnes Callard gets canceled, she won’t fight back. What the U.S. is doing in Ukraine is not not war, Bonnie Kristian writes. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Grayscale: Tattoo artists are struggling to find ink after Europe banned some pigments. Enter the multiverse: The science behind parallel universes. Longest day: Today’s solstice occurs because Earth is tilted toward the sun. Is that the explanation for life as we know it? Sleuth story: How a curator and a librarian helped the F.B.I. track down two paintings stolen in 1972. A Times classic: The “it” books of summers past. Advice from Wirecutter: Wedding gifts that aren’t on their registry. Lives Lived: Dr. Paul Ellwood Jr. developed the model for managed care known as the health maintenance organization, or the H.M.O., changing how Americans receive private medical services. He died at 95. ARTS AND IDEAS Back in live practice at P.S. 11 in Brooklyn.Ang Li/The New York Times Notes of joy For the past two years, P.S. 11, an elementary school in Brooklyn, struggled to move its music program online, just as the pandemic interrupted critical years for children’s musical development. The budding musicians made do with practicing in their living rooms, on their fire escapes, in their grandparents’ basements. Those who left their instruments at school watched from the sidelines as their peers tried to keep time with each other over Google Meet. Now, the music is back at P.S. 11. At a recent rehearsal, despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling, Sarah Diamond reports in The Times. “It’s not about trying to create a little Mozart,” Roshan Reddy, the band director, said. “It’s about students finding their own strength.” See the P.S. 11 band in action, and hear from the students. — Natasha Frost, a Briefings writer Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM APPLE Secure and Simple as iPhone Apple Card uses all the security of Face ID or Touch ID. So no one can use your card but you. Apply Now PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Todd Wagner for The New York Times These no-bake chocolate mousse bars are the perfect dessert for a lazy day. World Through a Lens Riding horses on the Bazaruto archipelago in Mozambique. What to Read “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden” tells the story of a family ripped apart by the Communist victory in China. Late Night The hosts joked about Biden’s bike fall. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was excellently. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Hoity-toity (four letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. Correction: Monday’s newsletter misstated the number of states that have made Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees. It’s 24 states (plus the District of Columbia), not 18 states. P.S. The Society of Publishers in Asia renamed its investigative journalism award in honor of Carlos Tejada, a Times editor who died last year. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about the red-hot American property market. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh discusses long Covid. Natasha Frost, Ian Prasad Philbrick and Tom Wright-Piersanti contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 22, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 22, 2022 June 22, 2022 By Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. The Roberts court has ruled in favor of religious groups in more than eight in 10 cases it has heard. The Supreme Court rejected a ban on aid for religious schools in Maine.Samuel Corum for The New York Times Religious rights The Supreme Court has become the most pro-religion it’s been since at least the 1950s, and it appears to include the six most pro-religion justices since at least World War II. Yesterday’s ruling striking down a Maine law that blocked taxpayer dollars from funding religious school tuition furthered a transformation decades in the making. Since John Roberts became chief justice in 2005, the court has ruled in favor of religious organizations in orally argued cases 83 percent of the time. That is far more than any court in the past seven decades — all of which were led by chief justices who, like Roberts, were appointed by Republican presidents. Sources: Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis; Eric Posner, University of Chicago Yesterday’s ruling pushed the win rate for religious groups even higher, to 85 percent, said Lee Epstein, a law professor and political scientist at Washington University in St. Louis who uncovered the trend for a forthcoming Supreme Court Review study she co-wrote with Eric Posner, a University of Chicago law professor. Today’s newsletter explains how the court has come to prioritize religious liberty and what the Maine ruling suggests about the court’s future. How we got here How did the court end up with such a robust pro-religion majority? It’s a story of selection and succession. Over the past few decades, the rise of the religious right has made religious freedom a political priority for Republicans. That shift has corresponded with nominations by Republican presidents of justices who favor religious groups even more frequently than previous conservative justices. Republican-appointed justices also have a better track record of timing their retirements to ensure that a Republican president will name their successor, as David Leonhardt has written in this newsletter. The Roberts court includes justices who are more apt than their Republican-appointed predecessors to favor religious groups, according to Epstein and Posner: Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh — who benefited from well-timed departures — as well as Neil Gorsuch and Roberts himself. Another pattern has contributed: Republican presidents choosing successors to justices appointed by Democrats. Clarence Thomas, one of the court’s staunchest advocates of religious liberty, replaced a liberal icon in Thurgood Marshall, as did Amy Coney Barrett, who took over Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat in 2020. If Barrett shares her conservative colleagues’ outlook on religious freedom — and yesterday’s ruling is the latest evidence that she does — it will further cement the Roberts court’s pro-religion turn. “The Roberts court was pretty pro-religion even before the Trump administration,” Epstein told me. “The trend will continue, if not accelerate.” The Maine case When the interests of governments and religious groups clash, the Roberts court tends to side with the religious groups. Yesterday’s ruling fits that pattern. The case, Carson v. Makin, concerned a Maine program that let rural residents who lived far from a public school attend a private school using taxpayer dollars, so long as that school was “nonsectarian.” Families who wanted to send their children to Christian schools challenged the program, arguing that excluding religious schools violated their right to exercise their faith. Olivia Carson, left, and her mother, Amy, were among the families that challenged Maine’s law.Gabor Degre/The Bangor Daily News, via Associated Press The court sided with them, saying the Maine program amounted to unconstitutional “discrimination against religion.” Roberts wrote for the majority, which included every Republican-appointed justice. The court’s three Democratic appointees dissented. “This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to build,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote. Other recent cases suggest that the Roberts court is growing bolder in defense of religious freedom — especially in benefiting Christian groups. Last year, it allowed a Catholic social services agency in Philadelphia to refuse to work with same-sex couples. And while the court has repeatedly rejected plaintiffs who challenged state Covid vaccination mandates on religious grounds, it sided with those who sought to lift virus restrictions on religious services after Barrett joined its ranks. What’s next? Broadly, these rulings have allowed for a much larger role for religion in public life, my colleague Adam Liptak, who covers the court, wrote yesterday. The court is considering a second religion case that deals with a former high school football coach who lost his job for praying at the 50-yard line after games. A ruling is likely in the coming days. “The court led by Chief Justice Roberts has been and will continue to be exceptionally receptive to claims of religious freedom,” Adam says. For more Federal judges’ partisan affiliations increasingly predict how they will decide religion cases, another recent study found. Here’s a refresher on this term’s other major Supreme Court cases. THE LATEST NEWS Jan. 6 Hearings Witnesses were sworn in during the hearing yesterday.Doug Mills/The New York Times The Jan. 6 committee presented evidence that Donald Trump had been closely involved in the effort to overturn the 2020 election using fake electors. Republican lawmakers were also linked: Representative Andy Biggs asked Arizona’s House speaker to overturn results, and an aide to Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sought to deliver a list of fake electors to Mike Pence. The Arizona speaker, Rusty Bowers, said that Trump’s allies had produced no evidence of a stolen election but urged him to go along with the claims anyway. Officials testified about the harassment they had received from Trump’s supporters. One Georgia election worker said that she was still afraid to visit the grocery store. Gun Violence The head of the Texas State Police called officers’ response to the Uvalde school shooting “an abject failure.” The Senate advanced its bipartisan gun safety bill. It could pass this week. Who stops a “bad guy with a gun”? The Times analyzed how often the police halt shootings. (Monday’s newsletter included an incorrect link to this story.) Election Night Katie Britt, whom Donald Trump endorsed after un-endorsing Representative Mo Brooks, trounced Brooks in the Alabama Senate primary runoff. Vernon Jones and Jake Evans, two Trump-backed House candidates in Georgia, lost their runoffs. Bee Nguyen won the Democratic nomination for Georgia’s secretary of state. She will face the incumbent, Brad Raffensperger, who yesterday debunked Trump’s voter-fraud claims to the Jan. 6 committee. Here are more takeaways and results. War in Ukraine Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region yesterday.Tyler Hicks/The New York Times In a surprise trip to Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland met with prosecutors and said that perpetrators of atrocities had “no place to hide.” China and India are buying discounted Russian oil, making up for the decrease in barrels sold to Europe and keeping revenue flowing to the Kremlin. Amid the ravages of war, a treacherous shopping trip over one of the most dangerous river crossings in the world. Other Big Stories The U.S. began vaccinating young children against Covid. President Biden called it a “monumental step forward.” A jury in California found that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in 1975. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has killed hundreds of people. The N.F.L. quarterback Deshaun Watson reached settlements with 20 of the 24 women who have sued him for misconduct. South Dakota’s Senate voted to oust the state’s attorney general, Jason Ravnsborg, who killed a man with his car in 2020. Opinions China and the U.S. must work together to avert climate disaster on Mount Everest, says Freddie Wilkinson. Bret Stephens interviewed Naftali Bennett, Israel’s prime minister, about his government’s collapse. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS DiscOasis: Central Park’s throwback roller-skating extravaganza. Nature: This 661-pound stingray may be the world’s largest freshwater fish. Tip: A duckling will imprint soon after hatching — ideally on its mother, but possibly on you. Bacteria: How bad are the germs in public restrooms? Advice from Wirecutter: How to block spam calls. A Times classic: Why soap works. Lives Lived: Clela Rorex issued a marriage license to a same-sex Colorado couple in 1975, becoming a target for hate mail and a hero in the gay-rights movement. She died at 78. ARTS AND IDEAS Angel Jimenez in La Piraña Lechonera, his Bronx food trailer.Lanna Apisukh for The New York Times Return to the stars When the Times restaurant critic Pete Wells brought back his reviews in fall 2020 after a pandemic pause, he omitted a key element: the star ratings. “The time just wasn’t right for the stars,” Emily Weinstein, The Times’s Food and Cooking editor, told The Morning. But as New Yorkers return to restaurants with some regularity, the stars are resuming, too. “As someone who always wants to know where to eat, I started to feel as though a punctuation mark was missing from the end of Pete’s reviews, no matter how beautifully written or brilliantly argued they were,” Emily said. “The stars are a service for our readers.” The first starred review of the new era is for La Piraña Lechonera, a trailer in the South Bronx that serves Puerto Rican classics. The main attraction is the lechón, a heap of roast pork, dripping with fat and coated in crackling skin. Angel Jimenez runs the whole operation, shuttling between taking orders, frying tostones and whacking a machete onto the cutting board. Jimenez, Wells writes, is “the host of the best picnic in New York.” Wells gave La Piraña three stars. Read his full review here. PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Top this vegetarian burger with tangy yogurt, mangoes and salsa. What to Read “Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age” spotlights drag elders. Night at the Movies For horror fans, scary movie series from three of New York’s highbrow cinema presenters. Late Night The hosts joked about Rudy Giuliani and the first day of summer. Now Time to Play The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was bigoted. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Apple cider containers (four letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. A hidden haiku from a Times story about Wasabi, a former dog show champion: “Once a dog reaches / the pinnacle of success, / what does he do next?” Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about Biden’s approval rating. On “The Argument,” how should liberals respond to crime? Natasha Frost, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 23, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 23, 2022 June 23, 2022 Today we’re turning The Morning over to Amanda Taub, the author of The Times’s Interpreter newsletter, which explains international news. By Amanda Taub Good morning. Ukrainians are trying to confront the war’s psychological wounds even as the battles wear on. A destroyed building in Lysychansk, Ukraine.Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Shared suffering Kate Pokrovskaya, a 39-year-old psychotherapist, was asleep at her home in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24 when she and her husband were awakened by the sound of explosions. Russia had launched its invasion. “At that moment, our life stopped,” she said. Pokrovskaya tried to help her patients cope with the stress and trauma of war. But she was living through it herself. “We began to sleep badly; my body was tense,” she said. “The sirens became more and more frequent, especially at night. All this was very oppressive, and mentally and physically exhausting.” In early March, Pokrovskaya saw on Telegram that Israeli psychotherapists were offering free support to their Ukrainian colleagues, drawing on their country’s experience of war. She reached out for help and found something transformative. “It is very valuable for us that we can discuss our issues with such great specialists,” she said. The Israeli group was started by Jenya Pukshansky, a Ukrainian-born psychologist in Israel. Pukshansky initially posted her phone number on social media, offering support to Ukrainians, but was quickly overwhelmed with requests for help. Along with colleagues, she organized hundreds of Israeli mental-health professionals who volunteered their services, first as crisis support to people seeking help, and then as longer-term guidance for therapists in Ukraine. They are now engaged in a dauntingly ambitious project: helping Ukrainians to address the mental-health consequences of war, even as the war is ongoing. Fostering understanding Most people who go through a traumatic event — defined clinically as an episode of actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence — have some period of symptoms like nightmares, anxiety or headaches, experts say, but then recover. A smaller subset develops debilitating long-term distress, or post-traumatic stress disorder. George Bonanno, a clinical psychology professor at Columbia University who studies trauma and resilience, estimated the total as less than 10 percent. In a country where millions have experienced traumatic events, that adds up to a lot of people. And in some circumstances, the percentage of people who develop PTSD can be higher. One factor in whether people develop long-term problems is whether their community shares the trauma, said Patricia Resick, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University who developed cognitive-processing therapy, a specialized form of trauma treatment. “We see lower rates of things like PTSD after natural disasters than we see after individual events because of community involvement,” she said. “They’re supporting each other, and sometimes that’s a crucial difference.” War can be that kind of shared experience, particularly when the nation unifies against a common enemy, as Ukraine has against Russia. But some kinds of trauma are more isolating. “When you’re raped, you’re raped alone,” Resick said, referring to both the typical circumstance of the crime and the stigma that follows. Ukrainian volunteers training near Kyiv.Nicole Tung for The New York Times Soldiers experience trauma but often feel isolated and ashamed of it as well, said Valery Hazanov, a psychologist in Jerusalem who helps lead Pokrovskaya’s supervision group. In the “macho” Israeli Army, he said, the view used to be that “if you came back with PTSD, then something is wrong with you.” That mind-set has begun to shift, particularly since the 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. “Nowadays, it’s much more in the discourse,” Hazanov said. “There’s more of an understanding that trauma is part and parcel of what’s happening here.” He hopes the Israeli project will help Ukrainian therapists foster a similar adjustment in consciousness. “We’ve been directly talking with them about this, and kind of anticipating and thinking together about this shift,” he told me. Pokrovskaya wants to make a priority of correcting public perceptions of trauma and destigmatizing the notion of going to therapy. She wants Ukrainians, she said, “to develop a culture of seeking help from specialists, rather than cope on their own.” Treatment and survival For now, the war is ongoing, for therapists in Ukraine as well as their clients. Pokrovskaya was temporarily displaced to a nearby town but still felt she couldn’t escape. “There were days when the explosions did not subside. Emotionally and physically, it was very hard,” she said. Over time, she marked the progression of the invasion through the shifting needs of her clients. “At first, it was crisis assistance,” she said. “There were many requests to cope with panic attacks.” Later, people sought help with the problems of displacement: conflict with new neighbors, or between family members hosting once-distant relatives. Relationships cracked under the stress of mothers taking children out of the country while fathers stayed behind to fight. Now, Pokrovskaya said, many patients are struggling with longer-term trauma and grief as they grapple with the magnitude of their losses. “It is difficult for them to cope with their emotions,” she said. “The realization of the scale of losses for their families is coming.” In April, she and her husband returned home to Kyiv. They hope to stay but are ready to flee at any time. “We always have a plan in our heads,” she said. “We have everything ready, emergency suitcases.” More on the war Russian forces are closing in on the last pieces of the Luhansk region. But their advances in neighboring Donetsk have been faltering. Many elites have fled Russia. Those who remain are struggling to redefine their lives. Russian cyberattacks came up short in the first months of the war, failing more than two-thirds of the time. Supporters of Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. star detained in Russia, urged President Biden to make a deal for her release. THE LATEST NEWS Politics Television crews, reporters and photographers have gathered in force for the Jan. 6 hearings.Sinna Nasseri for The New York Times “This is my Super Bowl”: Behind the scenes of Washington’s biggest investigation since Watergate. Biden asked Congress to lift the federal gas tax — about 18 cents per gallon — through September. Some Democrats are skeptical. Four people involved in Donald Trump’s plan to create fake slates of electors were subpoenaed, escalating the Justice Department’s criminal investigation. Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, was indicted on federal conspiracy and fraud charges. New York City could lose its last remaining Jewish congressman. Afghan Earthquake The ruins of a home in Khost Province, Afghanistan.Associated Press The toll in the earthquake in southern Afghanistan continues to rise: At least 1,000 people are dead and another 1,600 are injured, officials said. Afghanistan’s military and aid workers are racing to help survivors. The Taliban government, distanced from the West over women’s rights, has called for support from aid organizations. Other Big Stories The first ever bloodhood to win Best in Show.Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Trumpet the bloodhound won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The Uvalde school district placed its police chief on leave amid criticism of his response to last month’s shooting. Federal prosecutors asked that Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, be given a 30- to 55-year sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse girls. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women search for abortion providers online. They often find anti-abortion centers instead. Fifty years ago, the U.S. was moving toward three landmark changes to protect women’s rights. Soon, it’s likely that only one will remain: Title IX. Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are divorcing. Opinions Take Gail Collins’s summer politics quiz. It’s time to reimagine women’s sports, says Lindsay Crouse. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS Sriracha shortage: Low yields of Mexican chiles have hit production of Asian hot sauces. Sleeper hit: Why a 17th-century drawing with an estimate of $300 sold for half a million dollars. Menstrual care: Tampons are in short supply. What are the alternatives? Men’s wear: At Milan Fashion Week, the complicated question of simple styling. The Ethicist: What should you do when your partner lies about his earnings? A Times classic: Scenes from a post-partisan marriage. Advice from Wirecutter: How to move your home office outside. Lives Lived: James Rado co-created the musical “Hair,” capturing Lower Manhattan’s anti-establishment youth culture and jolting Broadway into the Age of Aquarius. He died at 90. ARTS AND IDEAS Louis Theroux at his home in London.Alexander Coggin for The New York Times A ‘jiggle jiggle’ moment Louis Theroux, 52, is hardly an obvious hip-hop sensation. Yet a short rap by Theroux, a bookish British American documentary filmmaker, is storming the internet. If you’ve been on TikTok, you’ve probably heard the hook: “My money don’t jiggle jiggle, it folds.” The song was born in 2000, on “Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends,” a BBC series in which he delved into various subcultures. Reese & Bigalow, a rap duo in Jackson, Miss., helped whip the song into shape. But it took off this year, when Theroux recited the rap in an even deadpan on the popular web talk show “Chicken Shop Date.” That clip has inspired D.J.s and dancers alike, prompting legions of videos of the same languid moves. Stars like Shakira, Snoop Dogg and Megan Thee Stallion have all danced to the track. Theroux, not wanting to miss the moment, has rerecorded it. “I sincerely hope we can all make some jiggle jiggle out of the phenomenon. Or maybe some fold,” he told The Times. — Natasha Frost, a Briefings writer PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Rikki Snyder for The New York Times This perfect chicken salad has a “plush” texture and a fresh tarragon flavor. What to Read The 25 most significant New York City novels from the past 100 years. Green Thumb Hooked on houseplants like Monstera, Philodendron and pothos? Wait until you meet their fellow aroid family members. Late Night The hosts riffed on the latest from the Jan. 6 hearings. Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were immobilize and mobilize. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword, and a clue: Pressed Command-S (five letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. Russia and Ukraine agreed to divide up the Black Sea Fleet and to settle other disputes 30 years ago today. They did not discuss Crimea, The Times reported. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about a Supreme Court case that could doom U.S. climate goals. On the Modern Love podcast, reconnecting in old age. “Sway” features Jennifer Egan. On “First Person,” how an anti-gun public defender sided with the N.R.A. Natasha Frost, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 24, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 24, 2022 June 24, 2022 By Ian Prasad Philbrick and Matthew Cullen Good morning. The Supreme Court declared that Americans have a broad right to arm themselves in public. The justices struck down a New York State law.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times A new status quo Two major developments in Washington yesterday upended the terrain of the American gun debate. The first was a Supreme Court ruling striking down a New York State law that restricted people’s ability to carry guns in public. The second was the Senate passage of a bipartisan bill that would become the most significant change to federal gun safety laws in nearly three decades. “Both of these things are very rare,” said Alex McCourt, a public health lawyer at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions who studies the relationship between gun policy and gun violence. “The Supreme Court doesn’t do Second Amendment cases very often, and Congress doesn’t pass major gun legislation very often.” McCourt cautioned that it would take time to fully see the effects of yesterday’s events. But because the Senate’s bill is narrow — the result of a bipartisan compromise — he and other experts predicted that the court’s move to broaden gun rights would probably have a more significant effect on gun violence. Today’s newsletter explains how yesterday’s developments may change the status quo. The case In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a century-old New York law that required people who wanted to carry a concealed handgun in public to demonstrate a need to do so. The law, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority, prevented “law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public.” The decision, in effect, says the Constitution guarantees the right to carry a firearm outside the home. The ruling will likely reverberate beyond New York. California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Jersey have similar laws that they will be forced to rewrite. “We can expect other states’ laws to be challenged and eventually for the Supreme Court to refine what is permissible,” said our colleague Jonah Bromwich, who covers criminal justice. America’s gun violence problem is already worse than that of similar nations. Democrats and experts fear the ruling will increase the number of guns on the streets and make shootings more common. Senators Mitch McConnell and Joni Ernst were among the 15 Republicans to vote for the bill.Shawn Thew/EPA, via Shutterstock The bill The Senate passed the gun safety bill, with 15 Republicans joining Democrats. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pledged a quick vote in the House. The fact that Congress is on the verge of passing a gun bill at all is notable, and its efforts come just weeks after two horrific mass shootings — at a supermarket in Buffalo and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas — helped prompt lawmakers to pursue legislation. “So many times over the last couple decades, we’ve seen Congress fail to act after a devastating shooting, even when lawmakers and advocates vowed again and again that it would be different,” Emily Cochrane, a Times congressional reporter, told us. “It finally was different.” But the legislation doesn’t include the toughest gun control measures that advocates sought, reflecting the realities of an evenly divided Senate. One provision would make it harder for people under 21 to buy a gun by requiring law enforcement to check purchasers’ juvenile and mental-health records. But that provision would expire after 10 years, a caveat Republicans insisted on. Another provision would close the so-called boyfriend loophole, adding intimate partners to the list of domestic abusers who are barred from buying a gun. But the ban would expire after a few years for first-time misdemeanor offenders who maintained a clean record, and Republicans demanded it not be retroactive. A third measure sets aside $750 million to help states implement red flag laws, which let judges temporarily confiscate guns from people who threaten themselves or others, as well as other crisis intervention programs. But the bill stops short of creating a federal red flag law. Republicans have blamed mass shootings on mental-health problems. The bill includes hundreds of millions of dollars to train medical workers and school personnel to respond to mental-health crises and funding for school safety programs and school resource officers. What’s next? Enacting the Senate bill may have only a limited impact on gun violence in the short term. Studies suggest that closing the boyfriend loophole would reduce gun violence, McCourt said, but the effect of more funding for mental health is less certain. Gun purchases often spike after mass shootings as Americans fear new restrictions, and the latest congressional action could similarly drive sales. There’s also no guarantee that states will actually adopt the red flag laws the bill incentivizes. Some experts fear that yesterday’s court ruling lays the groundwork to challenge even red flag laws. In his majority opinion, Thomas wrote that gun laws must be rooted in historical tradition to be constitutional. But the ruling is already driving left-leaning states to consider additional gun control laws that comply. Kathy Hochul, New York’s Democratic governor, vowed yesterday to pass new restrictions. “Gun laws are really being remade in real time in this country in a way that’s truly remarkable,” Jonah said. And the court’s conservative majority itself appears somewhat split. Thomas’s ruling endorsed an aggressive reading of gun rights. But two of his Republican-appointed colleagues — Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts, the chief justice — wrote in a concurring opinion that the Second Amendment, “properly interpreted,” permits a variety of gun regulations, appearing to endorse the constitutionality of many state gun laws. That makes it hard to know how much further even this deeply conservative court is willing to go. For more President Biden said the ruling “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution” and urged states to pass more gun laws. Thomas has become the court’s foremost supporter of gun rights, Adam Liptak explains. On Times Opinion’s “First Person” podcast: why one liberal public defender wanted the court to overturn the New York law. THE LATEST NEWS Jan. 6 Hearings Members of the panel at the proceedings yesterday.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times Former Justice Department officials described how Donald Trump tried to use the agency’s power to subvert the 2020 election. Trump wanted to install Jeffrey Clark, a little-known lawyer who embraced the president’s false election claims, as attorney general, but top officials pushed back. Federal agents searched Clark’s home on Wednesday. Several House Republicans expressed interest in pardons after Jan. 6, including Louie Gohmert of Texas, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Jim Jordan of Ohio. Politics Dr. Deborah Birx, Trump’s Covid response coordinator, said that administration officials pushed her in late 2020 to downplay the coronavirus threat. Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, was charged with D.U.I. in a May car crash. War in Ukraine Ukrainian troops in Sievierodonetsk this week.Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters After weeks of fighting, Ukrainian forces in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk will retreat, the local governor said today. European officials made Ukraine a candidate for E.U. membership. The decision signals solidarity, but the process could take years. Other Big Stories An alert could have saved lives in last year’s Florida condo collapse. The security guard wasn’t trained to use it. The F.D.A. is taking on nicotine addiction: It banned sales of Juul, a popular vaping brand, and plans to cut the nicotine level in cigarettes. The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, is under renewed pressure after his Conservative Party lost two strategically important parliamentary seats. Scientists have discovered the world’s largest known bacteria. How big? “It would be like meeting another human the size of Mount Everest.” The Orlando Magic selected Duke’s Paolo Banchero as the No. 1 pick in the N.B.A. draft. Opinions America has failed — by choice, not accident — to treat drug addiction like the legitimate medical condition it is, Jeneen Interlandi argues. In the U.S., Pride has become a party or a corporate branding exercise. Elsewhere, it’s a matter of life and death, Mark Gevisser writes. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. MORNING READS 0.5 selfie: The “distorted and crazy” snaps Gen Z uses to capture daily life. Moonshot: With NASA’s help, the artist Jeff Koons is looking beyond the confines of earth. ‘Gayflower’: An annual series of boat parties that cruise around Manhattan kicked off a new season with a Spice Girls-themed event. A Times classic: Can we inherit trauma? Advice from Wirecutter: What to bring to a barbecue. Lives Lived: Meghan Stabile bridged the worlds of jazz and hip-hop as the creator of the Revive Music Group, which produced shows and released several albums. She died at 39. ARTS AND IDEAS A table beneath the canopy of a tree creates a magical setting for a meal.Sean Litchfield Summer dining When it comes to cooking, we all start somewhere — there’s no shame in learning how to slice an onion or crack an egg into a pan. Nikita Richardson, an editor for The Times’s Food section, has collected 10 recipes for can-hardly-boil-water beginners, ordered from easiest (a no-cook tuna mayo rice bowl) to hardest (citrusy oven-roasted chicken thighs). They’re meals you’d be proud to serve to any guest. One way to show off your newfound skills? Throw an outdoor dinner party, following this guide to al fresco entertaining. “Especially after the last two years, people are really looking for an experience,” Becky Shea, an interior designer, told The Times. “Just by changing the setting, people can be immersed in a different environment.” PLAY, WATCH, EAT What to Cook Dane Tashima for The New York Times This one-pan macaroni is perfect when cleaning up is the last thing you want to do. What to Watch Streaming picks that go beyond the algorithm. Get Moving How to get the best workout in a kayak. TAKE THE NEWS QUIZ How well did you keep up with the headlines this week? Late Night The hosts discussed the Supreme Court’s gun control ruling. Now Time to Play The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were default, defaulted and faulted. Here is today’s puzzle. Here’s today’s Mini Crossword and a clue: Zodiac sign after Leo (5 letters). And here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. The words “gronkest” and “gronked” appeared for the first time in The Times in an article about Rob Gronkowski’s retirement. Here’s today’s front page. “The Daily” is about an elite high school’s struggle over admissions. “The Ezra Klein Show” features Jamelle Bouie. “Popcast” is about Drake’s dance-floor pivot. Natasha Frost, Chris Stanford, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 26, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 26, 2022 June 25, 2022 Today I’m handing The Morning to my colleagues to break down the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade. I’ll be back next Saturday. — Melissa Kirsch By Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. The Supreme Court’s abortion ruling will transform American life and politics. Anti-abortion advocates celebrate outside the Supreme Court yesterday.Shuran Huang for The New York Times ‘No such right’ The Supreme Court has overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in America. The court’s decision issued yesterday is the culmination of a generational conservative campaign to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that established abortion rights. The three conservative justices whom Donald Trump appointed to the court supplied the votes to finally do so. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. Roe’s fall is a political and social earthquake, one that Americans alternately celebrated and mourned. “I cannot think of a precedent for this in our modern history, where you have an individual civil right that people depend on that has been rolled back after 50 years,” said my colleague Emily Bazelon, who writes about abortion access and the court. Yesterday’s ruling won’t end the abortion debate, but it will fundamentally alter it. Today’s newsletter explains what the decision means, and what may follow. Immediate impact The ruling promptly shifted the political fight over abortion to the state level. That was, Alito wrote, one of the court’s aims: “The authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.” (Here’s an annotated version of the ruling, which largely tracked the draft that leaked to Politico last month.) Roe’s fall immediately triggered abortion bans in Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota. Missouri, Arkansas and other states did the same within hours. In total, more than 20 states appear set to outlaw all or nearly all abortions. (This tracker shows the status of abortion access in all 50 states.) The New York Times For the roughly half of Americans who live in those states, getting an abortion will become even more difficult. For women in Mississippi, for example, Illinois may become the closest state in which to legally obtain one. More liberal states began moving in the opposite direction. In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker, a moderate Republican, signed an executive order protecting medical providers who perform abortions for out-of-state residents. The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington issued a joint statement promising to protect access to abortion and contraception. The ruling may have a less dramatic effect on overall abortion rates. Some experts estimate that overturning Roe could reduce the number of legal abortions in the U.S. by as little as 13 percent. That’s because abortion was already heavily restricted in red states and more people living in them oppose the practice, as The Times’s Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz have explained. But Roe’s fall will likely reduce abortion access most for lower-income women and Black and Hispanic women, many of whom lack the resources to travel out of state to obtain one. The next fronts The ruling is also likely to send the abortion debate into new territory. “There are all these knock-on ramifications, which we don’t know the answer to yet,” Emily said. One is the question of medical abortion pills. About half of legal abortions in the U.S. occur by medication, which is generally safe and effective, rather than a surgical procedure. Texas and Louisiana have made it a crime to mail the pills in the states, and other states could follow. “Then the question is, what kind of penalties are they imposing, and how are they going to enforce that law?” Emily said. “Do they want to open people’s mail and start surveilling people?” Abortion rights supporters in Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday.Jessica Tezak for The New York Times States that ban abortion could also seek to punish medical providers in other states who perform abortions for women who live in states where abortion is illegal, or who instruct patients remotely about how to obtain or take abortion pills. President Biden said that his administration would act to protect access to the pills, which the F.D.A. regulates, and to protect women who want to travel to get an abortion. The ruling could also reverberate to other precedents grounded in the same right to privacy that reinforced Roe. Though Alito cautioned that the ruling should not be seen as going beyond abortion, one justice in the majority — Clarence Thomas — wrote separately that the court should also overturn protections on access to contraception, same-sex relations and same-sex marriage. “We have no idea how many votes there are for that,” Emily said. “Thomas was the only one ready to come out and say it today, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t five votes.” For more Your questions about the ruling’s impact, answered. The ruling prompted confusion and closures at abortion clinics. Senators Joe Manchin and Susan Collins, who voted to confirm Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, accused the justices of misleading them. “This is no longer John Roberts’s court.” The ruling roiled several midterm races. Donald Trump has privately said that overturning Roe would anger suburban voters and be “bad for Republicans.” Most Americans did not want Roe overturned, polls show, but many also favor abortion restrictions. Century-old bans could determine whether abortion is legal in some states. See scenes of protest and celebration from around the country. “Why did I think I had a right to have an opinion on this subject?” Men share their abortion experiences. A special episode of “The Daily” explains how the court reached its decision. The Times’s front page this morning: Commentary Roe is gone, but the fight has just begun, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith write in Times Opinion. Michelle Goldberg, Lauren Kelley and Leah Libresco Sargeant discussed the ruling with Lulu Garcia-Navarro. The pro-life movement should seek the “abolition of abortion through both law and culture,” Alexandra DeSanctis Marr and Ryan Anderson write in National Review. THE LATEST NEWS Congress gave final approval to a bipartisan gun safety bill. Biden is expected to sign it. Here’s how the gun legislation came together behind the scenes. A gunman opened fire near a gay nightclub in Oslo, killing two and seriously wounding at least 10. Ukrainian forces will retreat from the key eastern city of Sievierodonetsk. Congress passed a bill extending free meals for children, sending it to Biden. An appeals court granted a temporary reprieve that will allow Juul to keep selling e-cigarettes. The shock has yet to wear off for the survivors of last year’s deadly Florida condo collapse. THE WEEK IN CULTURE Beyoncé in 2020. Imago images/Brigani-Art, via Reuters Beyoncé's new single has “an attitude that equates defiant self-determination with salvation,” The Times’s Jon Pareles wrote. Broadway theaters will be allowed to drop their mask mandates starting Friday. A Columbia University professor became the first L.G.B.T.Q. studies scholar to win the Library of Congress’s Kluge humanities prize. Top prospects dressed to impress at the N.B.A. draft. The F.B.I. seized 25 paintings from a Basquiat exhibit at a Florida museum. Your support makes our reporting possible. Help 1,700 journalists continue their mission. Subscribe now with this special offer. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz Culture Editor ? “Only Murders in the Building” (Tuesday): One of last fall’s joys was the first season of this hit Hulu mystery-comedy, which starred Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as residents of a fancy Manhattan apartment building who start a true-crime podcast in an attempt to solve a neighbor’s murder. The trio’s chemistry was delightful and the supporting cast (Tina Fey, Nathan Lane) equally star-studded. I’m delighted that Season 2 is here just in time for summer. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Dane Tashima for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. By Tejal Rao Edna Lewis’s Peach Cobbler A summer run-in with perfectly ripe, still-somewhat-firm peaches is reason enough to make this juicy peach cobbler from Edna Lewis. The key to its crust, particularly if you’re baking in a hot kitchen, is freezing the fat you choose to work with, whether it’s lard or vegetable shortening, and chilling the dough between steps. Save the trimmings: Tucking dough scraps into the mix of ripe peaches and grated nutmeg means the fruit thickens and takes on more flavor as it bubbles in the oven. I happen to think it’s best once it’s cooled to room temperature, but it’s almost impossible to wait that long. Tejal Rao writes the Veggie newsletter. A selection of New York Times recipes is available to all readers. Please consider a Cooking subscription for full access. REAL ESTATE Clockwise from left: Via top two, Stephen Eisenbaum/Fotosold, bottom two, Rachel and Tyler Reinhardt/PDX Listing Photos What you get for $625,000: a Tudor Revival in Portland, Ore.; a bungalow in Baton Rouge, La.; or a two-family home in Savannah, Ga. The hunt: She wanted a West Village rental. Which one did she choose? Play our game. The rental market: Renters are facing the return of evictions, soaring inflation and record-high rents. Some couples are moving in together to split the costs. Does living in New York mean renting forever? Even some homeowners are renting now, selling before the market cools but waiting to buy again. LIVING Vue Orleans offers tech-forward presentations of history and culture.Sara Essex Bradley for The New York Times What’s nouveau?: A Mexican tasting menu, a “tropical roadhouse” and a Four Seasons hotel are among the new attractions in New Orleans. All about aroids: Fans of Monstera and Philodendron are getting to know other plants in the Arum family. Wash your hands: Yes, there are germs in public restrooms, but there are simple ways to protect yourself. Chillable reds: White wines and rosés aren’t the only options when it’s hot. GAME OF THE WEEKEND Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves, M.L.B.: Two of the best teams in the National League meet this weekend. The Dodgers, a perennial World Series contender, have slipped in recent weeks, while the Braves went on a 14-game winning streak. Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers’ new first baseman, spent 12 years with the Braves and led them to a World Series win last year. This will be his first time back in Atlanta. 7 p.m. Eastern tomorrow on ESPN. For more The Dodgers lost most of their elite pitching rotation from last season. They’re just as good this year. For fans of New York’s teams, this season has the potential to be the best ever. NOW TIME TO PLAY The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was pavement. Here is today’s puzzle. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. Here’s today’s Wordle. After, use our bot to get better. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Matthew Cullen, Tom Wright-Piersanti and Ashley Wu contributed to The Morning. You can reach the team at themorning@nytimes.com. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 26, 2022 Author Members Share Posted June 26, 2022 June 26, 2022 By Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. For many people on Capitol Hill, the Jan. 6 hearings are personal. Rioters storm the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.Erin Schaff/The New York Times In the room The House Jan. 6 committee’s hearings have revealed unseen footage, unheard testimony and new details about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. They’ve also stirred painful memories for those who experienced the attack firsthand. I asked my colleague Emily Cochrane, who’s covered Congress since 2018 and was inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, about how the hearings have landed. How did Jan. 6 change Capitol Hill? The Capitol is like a little city. It doesn’t matter if you’re a lawmaker, a staff member, a police officer, a reporter, someone who works in the cafeteria or the person who delivers the mail: You end up spending a good portion of your life there. And to see it breached in that manner, to see this mob come in, to see the violence, to see them disrespect a place you’ve come to respect, is difficult. A lot of people are wrestling with that as these hearings go on, publicly and privately. How do these hearings differ from others you’ve covered? Obviously, the substance is extraordinary. But they’re also produced in a way that congressional hearings normally aren’t: the videos, the tightly worded statements, the teasers of what’s to come. They’re structured like television episodes. They also present much more of a seamless narrative because the Republicans aren’t participating, with the exception of two handpicked by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most congressional hearings are so polarized, with questions designed to tease out political points rather than information. Here, there’s none of that partisan bickering. They’re just dropping new information and speeding right along. Emily Cochrane, front, in glasses, and other reporters interview Senator John Cornyn of Texas at the Capitol.Jason Andrew for The New York Times We’ve all seen big congressional hearings on TV. What’s it like to be in the room? The hearings are generally somber. The videos of the attack were hard to watch during the first hearing, particularly for people who were in the House chamber on Jan. 6. The hearing I attended, about the behind-the-scenes efforts to tell Trump he’d lost the election, wasn’t as visceral, but when Liz Cheney made the reference to “an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani,” there was some chuckling. During breaks, particularly after emotional testimony, people who are in the back watching often make a point of thanking the witnesses and checking in with each other. Who’s been there watching? Lawmakers, police officers, aides, people who want to witness history, essentially, or who experienced the riot personally. The House chaplain has been there regularly. There’s the “Gallery Group” — they’re Democratic House members who were trapped in the upper gallery of the House chamber during the attack. At least a couple have been at every hearing. Their presence is a reminder of how personal this is. You hid with them during the attack, right? I was on the opposite side of the chamber. At one point, I was behind a chair with other reporters because they had stopped the evacuation, and I wasn’t sure if the chamber was going to be breached. We could see rioters on the other side of the door. Eventually, Capitol Police resumed the evacuation. I’m still not sure why — I think they felt they had stopped enough rioters for lawmakers to leave safely — but all of a sudden, the people in front of me started moving again, climbing over chairs and banisters, so I did the same. We were eventually able to leave the chamber, and, as we did, we merged into one evacuation line with the lawmakers across from us. It must be difficult to watch videos and hear testimony that dredge up memories of the attack. The hearings are bringing many people back to the rawness of the day. People have found coping mechanisms — they’ve talked to therapists, they’ve checked in with others. The Gallery Group lawmakers stay in touch. An informal Capitol Hill support group started meeting more frequently. I’ve had people ask me how I’m doing, and I’ve reached out to a couple others. These aren’t the easiest hearings to cover, but then you compartmentalize and do your job. You and your colleagues have written about how the attack prompted a spike in threats against lawmakers, led some congressional staffers to quit and caused others to push for a union. How did it bring about these big changes? Capitol Hill has never been an easy place to work. It’s unpredictable. The hours are long. The workload is intense. When you layer on the pandemic, the mad dash to get legislation through and everything that happened on the 6th, they all put the jobs in perspective for lawmakers and their aides. For them, there are now questions like, do you want to stay on Capitol Hill where you had this traumatic experience? Can you work with the Republicans in Congress who have downplayed what happened that day? Congressional staffers keep Capitol Hill running. When someone picks up a phone to threaten a lawmaker, the person on the other end is not the lawmaker. It’s a staff member, probably a junior staff member, sitting on the phone, listening to threats and reporting them to police. It’s not a part of the job you sign up for. Unionization has been batted around for a while, but Jan. 6 helped push it to the forefront. People are more open to it. More about Emily: She grew up in Miami and studied journalism at the University of Florida. 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When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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