• 03/17/2025

Your Tuesday Briefing: Bakhmut in Ruins

New York Times Plus, China bans some U.S. chips. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/briefing/asia-bakhmut-micron-mexico-pegasus.html

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Causes of Anorexia and Effects of Mistreatment

Wall Street Journal Not believing the patient, and assuming abuse, can make matters worse. https://www.wsj.com/articles/anorexia-causes-treatment-hospital-ptsd-ce5fbeda

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Yellen Warns the U.S. Could Default as Soon as June 1

New York Times The so-called X-date could still come as early as next week. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/politics/yellen-debt-limit-default.html

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Russia Claims Bakhmut, but Some See a Pyrrhic Victory

New York Times A top Ukrainian official essentially acknowledged that the devastated city had been lost. Thousands of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers died there, but the cost for Moscow was especially steep, experts say. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/bakhmut-russia-ukraine-retreat.html

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The FDIC Has Transferred the Cost of Bank Failures

Wall Street Journal When it swallows the cost of failure to stabilize markets, risk-taking increases. https://www.wsj.com/articles/risk-svb-fdic-government-financial-markets-stability-d9c65be7

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Investigation: U.S. Border Agents Fatally Shoot Tribe Member in Arizona

New York Times A member of the Tohono O’odham Nation was killed at his home on the reservation near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, according to the authorities and local news reports. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/us/arizona-tribe-member-shooting-border.html

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Who Is Really to Blame for Jordan Neely’s Death?

Wall Street Journal Those who set him free on the streets and subways to menace others, not Daniel Penny. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-subway-death-neely-penny-charge-bragg-a0815993

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The Cars Stole Themselves

Wall Street Journal Just like the pens at my office. https://www.wsj.com/articles/car-theft-steal-lawsuit-crime-ed261f62

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UK, France’s nuclear arsenals unverifiable — senior Russian diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “They can declare anything they want,” Sergey Ryabkov said https://tass.com/world/1621443

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Dow Falls, Nasdaq Gains With Debt-Ceiling in Focus

Wall Street Journal Stock indexes kick off the week mixed as traders awaited talks to avert a default. https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-markets-dow-news-05-22-2023-da28c6b7

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