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BeyondGeography

BeyondGeography's Journal
BeyondGeography's Journal
October 23, 2020

Andrew Yang

Makes a lot of sense.

Just made the point that Trump’s polling advantage on the economy is more than cancelled out by his terrible ratings on COVID, because, right now, “the economy and COVID are the same thing.”

October 8, 2020

Two debates now and neither of our candidates has brought up Merrick Garland

with respect to Barrett.

I really don’t get it.

September 28, 2020

Trump has personally guaranteed $300 million in loans that would come due in his second term

Per David Cay Johnston to Anderson Cooper just now.

September 25, 2020

Trump Selects Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Ginsburg's Seat on the Supreme Court

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — President Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will try to force Senate confirmation before Election Day in a move that would significantly alter the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court for years.

Mr. Trump plans to announce on Saturday that she is his choice, according to people close to the process who asked not to be identified disclosing the decision in advance. The president met with Judge Barrett at the White House this week and came away impressed with a jurist that leading conservatives told him would be a female Antonin Scalia, referring to the justice who died in 2016 and for whom Judge Barrett clerked.

As they often do, aides cautioned that Mr. Trump sometimes upends his own plans. But he is not known to have interviewed any other candidates for the post.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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