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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 16

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.

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  1. [3]
    hungariantoast
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    A little late, but I enjoyed this headline for an Al Jazeera article about the Harris-Trump debate last week: Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community Foreign media...

    A little late, but I enjoyed this headline for an Al Jazeera article about the Harris-Trump debate last week:

    Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community

    Foreign media writing about the US the way US media writes about foreign countries will never not be funny to me.

    24 votes
    1. rosco
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      Lol, that article is hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

      Lol, that article is hilarious! Thanks for sharing!

      6 votes
    2. Habituallytired
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      This is the funniest thing I've read today, and honestly, we deserve it.

      This is the funniest thing I've read today, and honestly, we deserve it.

      6 votes
  3. Papavk
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    I recently came across this substack, Cross Tabs, but really her podcast on election polling. It's a really deep dive in how polls and surveys are developed, prepared and analyzed. I think there...

    I recently came across this substack, Cross Tabs, but really her podcast on election polling. It's a really deep dive in how polls and surveys are developed, prepared and analyzed. I think there is a lot of great insight into what we can and can't take away from the huge volume of polling information out there (and the, perhaps less than stellar, reporting of it). The discussions aren't just applicable to elections but also many other sources of information like regular government population surveys, academic surveys, exit polling etc. My favorite episodes so far have been 7, 16, and 18.

    4 votes
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    KapteinB
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    Why Neither Harris nor Trump are Talking About the Deficit (TLDR News Global) Nebula YouTube

    Why Neither Harris nor Trump are Talking About the Deficit (TLDR News Global)

    In this video, we’re going to take a look at how both candidates’ policies would affect the deficit, why and when American politicians stopped caring about the deficit; and whether they should maybe be a bit more worried about it.

    Nebula

    YouTube

    2 votes
    1. thearctic
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      To correct something, the video points to a clip where Trump seems to have confused the fiscal deficit and the trade deficit, but they seem to have misunderstood him saying that the role of the...

      To correct something, the video points to a clip where Trump seems to have confused the fiscal deficit and the trade deficit, but they seem to have misunderstood him saying that the role of the trade deficit in the fiscal deficit is understated.

      Their dichotomy between "orthodox economists" and "modern monetary theorists" disagreeing and, therefore, it being an open question whether America's debt trajectory will cause serious problems is quite strange. Almost like saying that there's great debate between physicians and anti-vax theorists and that therefore it's up in the air whether vaccines are safe. Also, a little quibble: orthodox and classical economics are not synonymous; orthodox is everything that's not fringe, while classical economics is the school of thought started by Adam Smith.

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    skybrian
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    Alameda Food Bank services in jeopardy due to lawsuit ... ...

    Alameda Food Bank services in jeopardy due to lawsuit

    A lawsuit against the Alameda Food Bank’s new location may prevent it from feeding those in need, depending on how long the litigation lasts. On Tuesday, dozens rallied outside Alameda City Hall before the city council meeting in support of the food bank.

    ...

    The lawsuit was filed by two Alameda residents against the non-profit’s project to build a new location across the street. The food bank’s executive director Teale Harden says litigation could get in the way of construction.

    “It’s a CEQA lawsuit. It claims the city did not follow the proper procedures when approving our forever home project, which would nullify our approval of our building. It threatens to halt our project,” she said.

    ...

    Tod Hickman is one of the lawsuit petitioners. He says the city should have sold the food bank a better location down the road.

    “The location they want… It violates the law, violates CEQA. The main problem is the City of Alameda did not do proper review, environmental review of the project. They circumvented the law. This location is a historic parking lot,” he said.

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    1. MimicSquid
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      Historic ... Parking... Lot ...? Get out of here you NIMBY. That's more absurd than most defenses of the status quo.

      Historic ... Parking... Lot ...? Get out of here you NIMBY. That's more absurd than most defenses of the status quo.

      2 votes