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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 7

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  1. HotPants
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    A missing game of Wordle helps end a 17-hour hostage ordeal

    A missing game of Wordle helps end a 17-hour hostage ordeal

    Denyse Holt, 80, was alone at home in Illinois on 5 February when a naked and mentally ill suspect entered her home.

    Her daughter in faraway Seattle noticed something was amiss when Ms Holt failed to send her daily Wordle.

    While Mr Davis told her he wouldn't harm her, he did force her - still wearing a nightgown - to take a warm bath with him before taking two knives from the kitchen, disconnecting phones, and locking her in a cold basement bathroom.

    Across the country in Seattle, Ms Holt's daughter, Meredith Holt-Caldwell, soon noticed that her mother wasn't responding to text messages and hadn't sent in her Wordle, a popular daily word puzzle.

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    1. streblo
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      The Woodward one seems bad but the Maggie one I can picture how the conversation with the editor went. If you don't have the documents or can't verify what they said and you don't have anyone...

      The Woodward one seems bad but the Maggie one I can picture how the conversation with the editor went. If you don't have the documents or can't verify what they said and you don't have anyone willing to go on record or otherwise confirm it was indeed the President it very quickly devolves into a he said/she said, as it predictably already has. That might be fine for a book but I can see why a newspaper wouldn't run with that.

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    2. HotPants
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      Liberal news is well known for dedicating air to whatever controversy is currently getting air time, and conservatives are remarkably good at picking one controversy and not letting go. Woodward...

      the NYT story that mentioned this, which was on page A16, and frames this as Republicans being the ones unduly outraged about Clinton's transparency & records-keeping issues, rather than the Times itself:

      Liberal news is well known for dedicating air to whatever controversy is currently getting air time, and conservatives are remarkably good at picking one controversy and not letting go.

      Woodward promoted his book a month before the election. I don't think he did that to maximize book sales.

      If he had promoted this earlier, it would have just been drowned out by Trumps next controversy.

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    3. skybrian
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      I've seen several stories recently about Trump's contempt for record-keeping. For example: Jan. 6 committee is following Trump's ripped up paper trail Some Trump records taken to Mar-a-Lago...

      I've seen several stories recently about Trump's contempt for record-keeping. For example:

      I'm guessing the Jan 6th investigation set this off and now reporters are asking people what else they know about Trump's handing of records since it's now a trending story topic. But there have been stories about it before.

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  3. HotPants
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    US father and son 'chased and shot' black FedEx driver Also of note, Ex-Prosecutor Accused Of Interfering With Investigation Into Ahmaud Arbery's Killing

    US father and son 'chased and shot' black FedEx driver

    Mr Gibson said he was not taken seriously until he and his manager went to the station the next day to show them the bullet holes in the van.

    Also of note, Ex-Prosecutor Accused Of Interfering With Investigation Into Ahmaud Arbery's Killing

    A former Georgia prosecutor was indicted Thursday on misconduct charges alleging she used her position to shield the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery from being charged with crimes immediately after the shootings.

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  4. HotPants
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    Federal Reserve: U.S. Economic Activity GDP is up Employment is up (Unemployment is down) Wage growth is up PCE Inflation is up Core Inflation is up Yield curve is quickly flattening

    Federal Reserve: U.S. Economic Activity

    • GDP is up
    • Employment is up (Unemployment is down)
    • Wage growth is up
    • PCE Inflation is up
    • Core Inflation is up
    • Yield curve is quickly flattening
    5 votes