Friday, May 13, 2022

Reading archive 2022-05-13

The faux outrage that Biden is stockpiling baby formula for undocumented immigrants

How the addition of Finland and Sweden would change NATO

Biden pivots to Asia as Ukraine war rages on - "'The ASEAN approach is not a matter of colonialism or historical hostility or sentimentality, it’s a classic balance of power game,' Renato Cruz de Castro, an academic at De La Salle University in Manila, told Politico. 'China’s economic presence is growing, but ASEAN countries are generally suspicious of China.'"

Georgia county under scrutiny after claim of post-election breach: Effort by county official to investigate 2020 contest underscores growing threat to election security, experts say

Why some Black churches aren’t elated about the possible end of Roe

Opinion  J.D. Vance, migrant babies and the unhinged GOP enemy hunt - "Just when you thought our politics couldn’t get any dumber, this week brought two new GOP attacks that spectacularly defied expectations. The Biden administration, we were told, is redirecting scarce infant formula to migrant babies and might be deliberately importing fentanyl to kill virtuous heartland-dwelling supporters of Donald Trump.

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"Of course, these claims aren’t meant as empirical depictions of policy problems. They are stories, ones featuring villains and victims. The key here is the relentless, never-ending search for ever more creative ways to stoke resentment, victimization and alarm about leftist enemies around every corner."

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