Avik Roy
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Year Zero
Every cultural revolution starts at year zero, whether explicitly or implicitly. The French Revolution recalibrated the calendar to begin anew, and the genocidal Pol Pot declared his own Cambodian revolutionary ascension as the beginning of time.
Somewhere after May 25, 2020, the death of George Floyd, while ...
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Year Zero
Every cultural revolution starts at year zero, whether explicitly or implicitly. The French Revolution recalibrated the calendar to begin anew, and the genocidal Pol Pot declared his own Cambodian revolutionary ascension as the beginning of time.
Somewhere after May 25, 2020, the death of George Floyd, while ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Shield Tax Returns from New York Prosecutor, but Rules Congress Must Wait
The Supreme Court removed an obstacle for New York state prosecutors to access President Trump's tax returns, but in a separate case, ruled to require further proceedings on congressional efforts to access the returns.
In the former case, the Court voted 7–2 against Trump, rejecting Trump's claim of immunity ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Shield Tax Returns from New York Prosecutor, but Rules Congress Must Wait
The Supreme Court removed an obstacle for New York state prosecutors to access President Trump's tax returns, but in a separate case, ruled to require further proceedings on congressional efforts to access the returns.
In the former case, the Court voted 7–2 against Trump, rejecting Trump's claim of immunity ...
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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US
Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide.
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Research: One Group Spread 65 Percent of All COVID-19 Cases across US
Thousands of travelers carried the coronavirus from New York around the United States in early March, triggering most of the new cases that erupted nationwide.
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Biden Says He Would Rescind Exemption for Little Sisters of the Poor
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden issued a statement Wednesday evening in which he said he is “disappointed in today's U.S. Supreme Court decision” in the case Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.
“I will restore the Obama-Biden policy that existed before the [2014 Supreme ...
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Biden Says He Would Rescind Exemption for Little Sisters of the Poor
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden issued a statement Wednesday evening in which he said he is “disappointed in today's U.S. Supreme Court decision” in the case Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.
“I will restore the Obama-Biden policy that existed before the [2014 Supreme ...
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GOP Senators Preparing $1.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package to Counter House Dems’ Proposal
Republican senators are piecing together an additional coronavirus aid package to counter House Democrats' phase-4 aid proposal.
The GOP bill in its current form will provide an additional $1.3 trillion in economic aid to U.S. taxpayers and businesses, CNN reported on Wednesday evening. House Democrats have ...
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GOP Senators Preparing $1.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package to Counter House Dems’ Proposal
Republican senators are piecing together an additional coronavirus aid package to counter House Democrats' phase-4 aid proposal.
The GOP bill in its current form will provide an additional $1.3 trillion in economic aid to U.S. taxpayers and businesses, CNN reported on Wednesday evening. House Democrats have ...
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Protests May Have Spread Coronavirus, Some Cities Say
Officials in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Miami-Dade County, Fla., have acknowledged that anti-police protests and riots may have led to increased spread of the coronavirus, according to a Fox News report.
All three cities have experienced an uptick in coronavirus cases after weeks of protesting sparked by the ...
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Protests May Have Spread Coronavirus, Some Cities Say
Officials in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Miami-Dade County, Fla., have acknowledged that anti-police protests and riots may have led to increased spread of the coronavirus, according to a Fox News report.
All three cities have experienced an uptick in coronavirus cases after weeks of protesting sparked by the ...
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The Mob Comes for Halle Berry — and Wins
Actress Halle Berry has apologized for having the audacity to tell her hairstylist on Instagram Live that she was considering taking on the role of a transgender character. Berry, the Los Angeles Times reports, “revealed that she would probably lop off her hair to play the character in her next project and ...
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The Mob Comes for Halle Berry — and Wins
Actress Halle Berry has apologized for having the audacity to tell her hairstylist on Instagram Live that she was considering taking on the role of a transgender character. Berry, the Los Angeles Times reports, “revealed that she would probably lop off her hair to play the character in her next project and ...
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Flynn Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case, Petitions for Additional Hearing
The presiding judge in the case of former national-security adviser Michael Flynn refused to dismiss the case on Thursday, even after a federal appeals court ordered the judge to do so.
U.S. District Court judge Emmet Sullivan issued a petition for an “en banc” hearing of the case before the D.C. Circuit ...
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Flynn Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case, Petitions for Additional Hearing
The presiding judge in the case of former national-security adviser Michael Flynn refused to dismiss the case on Thursday, even after a federal appeals court ordered the judge to do so.
U.S. District Court judge Emmet Sullivan issued a petition for an “en banc” hearing of the case before the D.C. Circuit ...
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So Much for the ‘Heat and Humidity Will Save Us’ Theory
The coronavirus brought American life to a screeching halt in the middle of March -- forcing Americans to stay home, pounding our economy, and claiming many lives, particularly in cities and states that thought they were sufficiently prepared and sadly, were not.
In spring, people hoped that the heat and ...
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So Much for the ‘Heat and Humidity Will Save Us’ Theory
The coronavirus brought American life to a screeching halt in the middle of March -- forcing Americans to stay home, pounding our economy, and claiming many lives, particularly in cities and states that thought they were sufficiently prepared and sadly, were not.
In spring, people hoped that the heat and ...
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From ‘Anchors Aweigh’ to Away-from-Church
If any group of Americans could reasonably be expected, and trusted, to conduct themselves in ways that minimize the danger of spreading infection during public worship, you might think that would be the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. They’re used to obeying orders, including those that involve ...
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From ‘Anchors Aweigh’ to Away-from-Church
If any group of Americans could reasonably be expected, and trusted, to conduct themselves in ways that minimize the danger of spreading infection during public worship, you might think that would be the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. They’re used to obeying orders, including those that involve ...
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