“Talks now appear headed toward a stalemate until after the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 8, according to European diplomats.
‘This is the most likely scenario,’ one senior European diplomat said.”
New ICG report assesses still narrow pathway to a deal, but starts to outline ideas for if it fails. None of them look more promising. crisisgroup.org/b87-middle-eas…
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(possibly related to weirdness of whatever Trump doing at his virginia golf club? ?)
“According to one subpoena obtained by NYT, the subpoenas asked for any records or communications from people who organized, spoke at or provided security for Trump’s rally at the Ellipse. They also requested information about any members of the executive and legislative branches
the state Duma rep Alexander Kazakov (left) not so subtly threatens “non comrade” Nadezhdin to watch his language, but then he and fellow Duma member “it’s all going to plan” Sergey Mironov get sort of mugged by the other panelists.
Nadezhdin: I’m suggesting peace talks about stopping the war, and moving on to deal with political issues.
Duma rep Mironov: There can’t be any negotiations with Zelensky’s Nazi regime
“Warned about the problems over the years, city and state officials have avoided taking action, bowing to the influence of Hasidic leaders who push their followers to vote as a bloc and have made safeguarding the schools their top political priority.” nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…
“‘I don’t know how to put into words how frustrating it is,” said Moishy Klein, who recently left the community after realizing it had not taught him basic grammar, let alone the skills needed to find a decent job.” nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…
“The students in the boys' schools are not simply falling behind. They are suffering from levels of educational deprivation not seen anywhere else in New York.” nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…
Latest Iranian response has dashed prospects for a rapid breakthrough. Israel now assesses US admin would prefer not submit any finished deal to Congress before November midterms, which come a week after Israeli elections. diplomatic.substack.com/p/israel-belie…
“My understanding is that the administration has no desire for debate [on a revived deal] in Congress before the midterm elections. It’s not that they would not pass it; they will pass it. But in the process, there would be a lot of criticism.” diplomatic.substack.com/p/israel-belie…
“Asked what he thought of the argument for the appointment of a special master…, Barr laughed.
‘I think it’s a crock of shit,’ he said, adding, ‘I don’t think a special master is called for.’”
Barr apparently did separate interviews with Fox, NYT WSJ… to trash Trump case for a special master. The kremlinology is fascinating.
NYT piece continues: “Barr has not been afraid to criticize Trump since leaving office, but he has seldom been quite so blunt in his assessment as during the interview on Friday afternoon, or earlier in the day when he expressed similar sentiments on Fox News.