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    Introducing “Sway,” a new podcast from Times Opinion. In the first episode, talks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the election, the pandemic and her position as the most powerful woman in American politics.

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  2. “It’s painful to realize that kneeling for the national anthem can cost a football player like Colin Kaepernick his career, but a police officer firing a deadly shot into an innocent young woman’s home late at night will face no consequences,” says @ProfMTPhttps://nyti.ms/2RS5crd

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  3. "Romney likes to present himself as the righteous, stiff-spined defender of bipartisan principles," writes . "It is possible some of this backbone has to do with the fact that he is a very wealthy 73-year-old with a very safe Senate seat."

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  4. In Spain during the pandemic, experts’ recommendations have been subject to political opportunism, writes . Measures were implemented too late and, characteristic of Spain’s ruling class, blame has been spread to avoid responsibility.

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  5. We want to hear from you: "What do you think about the way Supreme Court justices are now chosen, and how the court functions? What changes, if any, would you like to see?"

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  6. One week after the election, the Supreme Court will hear yet another case about whether the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. "The lawsuit poses an existential threat to the nation’s health care system," write and .

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  7. Before her husband was thrown in jail, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya had no interest in politics. Now she’s leading a movement to remove Europe’s last dictator.

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  8. "It was remarkable to have an 87-year-old woman whose trademarks included a combination of fierce intelligence, stubborn longevity and physical strength emerge as not just an American icon but also a fitness icon," writes

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  9. "For the second time in five years, a sitting Supreme Court justice has died," writes. "And for the second time in five years, Senator Mitch McConnell has befouled the process to replace that justice."

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  10. Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians have gathered in protest to make it clear they’ve had enough of President Alexander Lukashenko. Could Svetlana Tikhanovskaya bring an end to his tyrannical rule?

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  11. John F. Kennedy's success, and the acceptance of Catholics in middle class America, set the stage for white Catholics’ indifference — even opposition — to the potential election of America’s second Catholic president, Joe Biden, writes

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  12. How to recover from the grief caused by the pandemic? "The word 'healing' is derived from the word ‘whole,'" writes . "Healing then is a return to wholeness — not a return to sameness."

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  13. Spanish politicians aren't motivated to strive for excellence, writes , "because they know that Spaniards vote for their parties with a loyalty comparable to what they feel for their favorite soccer teams"

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  14. "Which Senate Republican do you find most irritating?" asks 

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  15. President Trump's suburban strategy “would work better if the president was not Trump,” told

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  16. When it comes to unabashed power grabs, Trump and McConnell are "conjoined twins, connected by their contempt for fools who get hung up on hypocrisy and prattle about fairness," writes

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  17. "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death could not have come at a worse time for the millions of Americans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act," say and

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  18. "President Trump’s support for a dangerous Supreme Court case offers a simple, clear way to explain to voters that Republicans are lying when they say they support protections for people with pre-existing conditions," write and

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  19. "On Covid-19, for Trump, it’s jobs or masks, opening school or masks, social distancing or Big Ten football, science or church. Everything is black or white. And so is the result," writes

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  20. Unlike today, broadcast news in the 1960s and early ’70s "had little room for cheap punditry and outrage in search of profits," says

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  21. The Trump administration’s move to cut the census short is nothing more than an election season plot of a nervous president, write Gus Wezerek and

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