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BeyondGeography's JournalJon & The Nightriders - Rumble at Waikiki
Let's Start - Fela Kuti and Africa '70 with Ginger Baker
Andrew Yang
Makes a lot of sense.
Just made the point that Trumps 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.
For those of you worried about the watch thing
Two debates now and neither of our candidates has brought up Merrick Garland
with respect to Barrett.
I really dont get it.
Leon Russell - Goodnight Irene
NYT/Siena: Biden +9 in PA
https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1310691339126878209Trump has personally guaranteed $300 million in loans that would come due in his second term
Per David Cay Johnston to Anderson Cooper just now.
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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