Archive for November, 2010

Memeorandum

• Russian Oil-Price Cap Adds to Fiscal Pressure on Moscow (Georgi Kantchev/Wall Street Journal)
  Georgi Kantchev / Wall Street Journal: Russian Oil-Price Cap Adds to Fiscal Pressure on Moscow  —  Ceiling of $60 a barrel provides room for Russia to profit from current prices, but won't be enough to slow widening budget deficit  —  How a Cap on Russian Oil Prices Could Affect U.S. Consumers  —  Created with sketchtool.
• Volodymyr Zelensky - SEE FULL LIST - Read about the people who represent the Spirit ... (Simon Shuster/Time)
  Simon Shuster / Time: Volodymyr Zelensky  —  SEE FULL LIST  —  Read about the people who represent the Spirit of Ukraine in the second part of TIME's Person of the Year coverage.  —  The call from the President's office came on a Saturday evening: Be ready to go the next day, an aide said, and pack a toothbrush.
• Warnock Wins, and Once Again Trump Loses (Ross Douthat/New York Times)
  Ross Douthat / New York Times: Warnock Wins, and Once Again Trump Loses  —  The last Senate runoffs in Georgia fell on the 5th of January, 2021, which meant they were immediately overridden in the nation's imagination by the events of Jan. 6.  But everything that's happened since has somehow brought us back around …
• Nato chief says conditions for peace in Ukraine 'not there now' (Henry Foy/Financial Times)
  Henry Foy / Financial Times: Nato chief says conditions for peace in Ukraine ‘not there now’  —  Jens Stoltenberg urges members to keep supplying weapons to Kyiv ahead of expected Russian offensive  —  The conditions for a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine are “not there now”, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has said …
• We Must Fight for a Better America. We Have No Choice. (Siva Vaidhyanathan/New Republic)
  Siva Vaidhyanathan / New Republic: We Must Fight for a Better America.  We Have No Choice. … We can't predict if the United States will survive as a democratic republic until 2050.  It's barely one in 2022.  But we can imagine what it would take to make it one.  In fact, for the survival of millions of Americans …
• Germany arrests dozens suspected of plotting far-right extremist coup (NBC News)
  NBC News: Germany arrests dozens suspected of plotting far-right extremist coup  —  German police make mass arrests of far-right coup plot suspects  —  MAINZ, Germany — Authorities in Germany arrested 25 people on Wednesday who are suspected of planning to violently overthrow the government in a far-right extremist plot.
• McCarthy or bust? House GOP stuck in 'burning building' over speaker's gavel (Politico)
  Politico: McCarthy or bust?  House GOP stuck in ‘burning building’ over speaker's gavel  —  Like many big families and the cast of “Seinfeld,” House Republicans are airing their grievances this holiday season.  —  Simmering frustrations over the slow-burning conservative campaign …
• Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup (Paul Kirby/BBC)
  Paul Kirby / BBC: Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup  —  Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.  —  The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared to storm the parliament building, the Reichstag, and seize power.
• Trump Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes, but Will It Matter? (Thomas B. Edsall/New York Times)
  Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times: Trump Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes, but Will It Matter?  —  In the weeks immediately surrounding the midterm elections, Donald Trump called for the “termination” of constitutional rule, openly embraced the conspiratorial QAnon movement, pledged support for the Jan. 6 rioters and hosted …
• 'He never should have run for this seat' (Natalie Allison/Politico)
  Natalie Allison / Politico: ‘He never should have run for this seat’  —  When Herschel Walker entered the U.S. Senate race with the backing of his longtime friend Donald Trump, Georgia Republicans were not naive about the challenges ahead.  The retired football star had no prior political experience.