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Renewal America Groups
Steve Jobs Tim Cook and shipping out of America' industrial base and with it America's leadership of the Free World
05/26/2025
America's industrial strength, it's industrial base, is one of the four pillars of America's leadership of the Free World. Without it the Free World will fall apart. The other pillars are it's education and it's health care. Underfunding of education with declining enrolment of men in college and lack of factory jobs comes with loss of the industrial base for taxes, taxes avoided by Apple and other companies. All these problems are becoming clear in 2025 as DJT calls for reindustrializing the Nation.
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Trump, Apple relationship devolves with threats
The Hill 05/26/2025
Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
NYTimes.com 05/26/2025
Tim Cook’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse
WSJ 05/24/2025
Kamala Harris Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
08/17/2024
A series of Actions from Kamala Harris to Cut Costs for American Families in Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals prices, Grocery prices, Housing and Rental prices. This is critical for families struggling from paycheck to paycheck.
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Harris and Trump Offer a Clear Contrast on the Economy
NYTimes.com 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Campaign Event in Raleigh, NC | The White House
The White House 08/17/2024
Mitch MConnell, Mike Johnson, Pat Schumer and the effort to get Ukraine Aid passed through the US Congress in April 2024
04/26/2024
At a critical juncture which Lyrarc compared to the 1948 effort by Harry Truman to get Congress to support aid to Greece and Turkey. Devastated by the war Greece and Turkey's democracies faced an imminent threat from a Communist takeover supported by the Soviet bloc. Ukraine was at a critical juncture in the war with Russia when Biden met Republican Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House with Mitch McConnell and Pat Schumer in Feb 2024. Schumer said a lot of the credit goes to McConnell to convince 31 Republican Senators a majority of his caucus to support Ukraine Aid at a critical moment.
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Aid to Ukraine seemed dead. Then secretive talks revived it.
Washington Post 04/25/2024
Bucking G.O.P. Isolationists, McConnell Was Linchpin in Winning Ukraine Aid
NYTimes.com 04/24/2024
‘Kharkiv Is Unbreakable’: A Battered City Carries On
NYTimes.com 04/24/2024
Opinion | Ukraine Aid in the Light of History
NYTimes.com 04/24/2024
Senate Approves Aid for Ukraine and Israel, Sending It to Biden’s Desk
NYTimes.com 04/24/2024
Speaker Johnson’s Ukraine Package Clears Key Hurdle With Democratic Help
WSJ 04/19/2024
A parting of ways with Mr. Trump- first Attorney General Michael Barr, then VP Mike Pence, now Jt Chiefs chairman Milley
09/30/2023
Three of the most senior members of the Trump administration part ways with Mr. Trump. Their loyalty they say is to the Constitution of the United States of America not to any individual. Milley says not to kings or queens, not to tribes or factions, not to tyrants or "wannabe dictators," but to the idea of America enshrined in the words of the framers of the Constitution "We the People..."
Grouped Articles
Pence Delivers Strong Rebuke to Trump in Campaign Announcement
NYTimes.com 06/07/2023
Opinion | General Milley and the ‘Wannabe Dictator’
WSJ 09/29/2023
Mike Pence: History will never forget Trump’s disgrace
The Times 03/13/2023
From Right-Hand Man to Critical Witness: Pence at Heart of Trump Prosecution
NYTimes.com 08/02/2023
Opinion | Bill Barr’s Warning on Trump
WSJ 05/07/2023
Watch: Barr Says Trump Was ‘Detached From Reality’ on 2020 Election Claims
WSJ 06/15/2022
How 50-60% proficiency in reading and math in PISA or NAEP scores can increase GDP by additional 2% in US and the EU
05/19/2023
PISA scores in Europe, NAEP in US, and similar test in Japan, S. Korea, can with proficiency in reading of over 50-60%, same in math, give the country an additional 2% in GDP. This is shown in the experience of Asian countries in the 2005-2015 period, and acted as a drag in the progress of the US for 2005 -2023. It is still acting as a drag in US progress not just in GDP, but also in culture as it increase social divisions, increases risks to democracy with widening gaps in performance between higher and lower income groups, between rural and urban/suburban groups, between people in professions and less educated in construction or low wage hospitality food industries. This also adds to the burden on democracies when demagogic politicians and parties use it in ways that are indifferent to social divisions or social mobility for their own purposes. This has happened in the US and Europe exacerbating the situation, and why Biden is calling this the Struggle for the Soul of the Nation. It is truly a Struggle for the Soul of America and can be seen as a parallel to the situation Abraham Lincoln faced in 1858 as he debated against Stephen Douglas.
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Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
National math and reading scores remain constant, but disparities emerge
Washington Post 04/11/2018
The Great Stagnation in American Education
New York Times 09/07/2013
Paul Krugman Reviews ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’ by Robert J. Gordon
New York Times 01/25/2016
Starmer's Plan for Britain- "A bold and reforming Labor government that will bring about real change."
05/03/2023
Starmer describes his bold plans for education, housing, healthcare, climate change and renewable energy, that he hopes will be felt for generations.
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Keir Starmer: ‘I want Labour to be the party of home ownership’
The Guardian 05/03/2023
The Guardian 05/02/2023
Keir Starmer prepares for his moment of truth in battle for the blue wall
04/30/2023
‘Stand by every word’: Keir Starmer defends attack ad on Rishi Sunak
The Guardian 04/09/2023
Labour could win big with shift to right on social issues, says thinktank
The Guardian 01/20/2023
How Europe won the energy war after shutdown of Russian gas supplies
04/07/2023
By April 2023 with winter over it is clear that Europe has come out of the winter season with its economy intact after shutdown of pipeline gas from the pipelines in Russia. A lot of action was taken in a short time- Germany's Habeck went to Qatar and other countries to secure LNG supplies, a new LNG terminal was built at Wilhelmshaven in record time, Norway and the US pitched in with more supplies, conservation went into high gear, and renewable energy investments were accelerated. There is no recession in the European Union as a result of this effort. And in this sense and with the Ukrainian economy functioning, generators taking Ukraine through a tough winter, EU taking in 80% of Ukraine agricultural exports, and supermarket shelves kept well stocked, refugees settled in Poland and Germany, the war has already been decided. The principle of no impunity for attacks on neighboring countries has been preserved by the EU acting together to protect itself.
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Opinion | Putin’s Energy Offensive Has Failed
NYTimes.com 04/07/2023
Thwarting Vladimir Putin: The Ukrainian Economy Just Keeps On Going - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 04/07/2023
An LNG pipeline built in record time – DW – 11/01/2022
dw.com 11/04/2022
Biden and his "Biggest bill on Climate Ever, Ever, Ever"
09/03/2022
The $369 billion Biden Bill on Climate is the biggest bill ever. It was put through with Biden's fellow senators and his long experience in the Senate of the US through the efforts of Senator Coon and Hickenlooper who took a new approach to negotiating with Senator Manchin appealing to his place in history and in the party. Biden said while signing the bill "Joe I never doubted for a moment." Senator Schumer of New York did the negotiations and persevered till the end when Manchin was on board. Adjustments were made to allow increase in drilling to bring down oil prices to create a win-win for all so that it could be called The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as pharmaceutical prices would also come down with the government retaking the right to negotiate pharmaceutical prices lost under Republicans. It is also a Win for Europe, India, and the World.
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Biden Signs Expansive Health, Climate and Tax Law
NYTimes.com 08/16/2022
Biden Signs Climate, Health Bill Into Law as Other Economic Goals Remain
NYTimes.com 08/18/2022
What’s in Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer’s Reconciliation Deal on Climate, Health and Tax Policy?
WSJ 08/12/2022
Climate Bill Aims to Boost America’s Charging Network to Meet Rising EV Demand
WSJ 08/12/2022
Opinion | Bill Gates: We’re on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress and the Country
NYTimes.com 08/07/2022
Democrats’ Climate and Tax Deal Closes In on Passage
WSJ 08/05/2022
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic - women in Antartica on skis to solo flights
01/22/2022
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Teen pilot becomes youngest woman to fly solo around the world | DW | 20.01.2022
DW.COM 01/20/2022
Preet Chandi becomes first woman of colour to ski solo to south pole
The Guardian 01/05/2022
Serious rethink of existing global supply chains
10/05/2021
Redesign of global supply chains is underway.
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Supply chain crisis causes rethink at multinationals
10/03/2021
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
The Guardian 10/02/2021
East Asia’s Economies Face Slowing Growth and Rising Inequality, World Bank Warns
WSJ 09/28/2021
The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable
WSJ 06/19/2021
For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap?
NYTimes.com 05/11/2021
Kick the sugar habit
07/17/2021
Healthy living means no more than 6% of daily calories of 2000 calories a day should come from sugar intake. During the coronavirus pandemic poor health habits mean pouring gasoline on fire. It is morally indefensible and a sign of a backward country that the the health guideline is set at 10% in the US. The mean consumption of sugar today in the US is 13%. In teaspoons about 6-8 teaspoons of added sugar is the healthy limit, at 16 calories per teaspoon this is 96 calories to 120 calories from added sugar. In grams this is 24 grams at 4 grams per teaspoon of sugar. It is critical to make it a habit to look at packaged foods labels and make intelligent choices. And to simply cut the sugar we add in tea, coffee or drinks by a third or a fourth. Good habits = good health. It is also critical to start this with public education in schools from K1 to high school.
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Boris Johnson must help us kick our sugar habit
The Times 07/17/2021
Beware sugar highs: seven healthy ways to get more energy – from stretching to sourdough
The Guardian 04/05/2021
New Limits Urged on Americans’ Sugar Consumption Amid Rising Obesity Concerns
WSJ 10/05/2020
Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar
NYTimes.com 01/06/2019
Global corporate minimum tax rate to pay for new infrastructure
04/07/2021
Grouped Articles
Biden Softens Tax Plan Aimed at Profitable Companies That Pay Little
WSJ 04/07/2021
G-20 to Seek Agreement on Global Minimum Tax Rate by Mid-2021
WSJ 04/07/2021
Treasury’s Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
WSJ 04/05/2021
Yellen Pushes for Global Minimum Tax Rate on Companies: Live Updates
NYTimes.com 04/05/2021
Biden Infrastructure Plan Aims to Boost Economy’s Productivity Over Time
WSJ 04/01/2021
Joe Biden mimics Franklin Roosevelt with $2trn Covid recovery plan
The Times 04/01/2021
Biden $1.9 trillion aid and US economic rebound by 2022
03/11/2021
The Biden aid package for $1.9 trillion, with over 50% going to ordinary Americans hit hardest by the coronavirus, leads to new optimism about an American economic rebound. The package cleared the US Congress on March 10, 2021. By the end of 2022 the OECD forecast is for a US economy that is larger than forecast before the pandemic.
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New Stimulus Package Brings Big Benefits to the Middle Class
NYTimes.com 03/11/2021
With Relief Plan, Biden Takes on a New Role: Crusader for the Poor
NYTimes.com 03/11/2021
Triumphant Joe Biden secures $1.9trn bailout rescue deal
The Times 03/11/2021
Unexpected U.S. Growth Surge Could Unbalance Fragile Global Economy
WSJ 03/09/2021
China’s Rise Drives a U.S. Experiment in Industrial Policy
WSJ 03/10/2021
America’s Battery-Powered Car Hopes Ride on Lithium. One Producer Paves the Way.
WSJ 03/09/2021
DJT US 25% auto import tariff April 2, 2025
03/30/2025
The impact of the 25% DJT US auto import tariff comes after NAFTA and USMCA Trade Treaty did little to prevent the outshoring of US jobs and manufacturing to Mexico and Canada. German and South Korean companies made about 80% to 60% of cars sold in the US in Mexico or in their home country. The outshoring was used by American and foreign companies as a way to keep American automobile wages low as American companies could threaten workers asking for higher wages with loss of jobs by outshoring the production. This happened for two decades under the elder Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. The US International Trade Commission estimates in a 2024 study that this 25% tariff would increase revenues by 5% and prices by 5% in the US for cars. Higher prices over 10% would be borne by affluent buyers of BMW's, Benz and Audis. Because US auto plants have excess capacity and operate at 60% in 2025 they could quickly increase American production without increasing prices as American manufacturers car sales increase. Hyundai plans to invest $21 billion in US plants from 2025. UAW union supports this move by DJT and trade advisers Lighthizer, Jamieson USTR, and Navarro.
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Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if car prices rise in the US
BBC News 03/30/25
Transcript: UAW president Shawn Fain on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 30, 2025
03/30/25
How Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting Big Car Producers, in Charts
WSJ 03/27/25
Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs
WSJ 03/28/25
The week Kamala Harris became the 2024 Democratic nominee in 48 hours
07/25/2024
The two tumultuous weeks in July 2024 started with a sniper shooting at the former president, followed by the Republican Convention within days. The president's address calling for calm, Trump's 90 RNC address which rambled to veer off course. Second thoughts about Trump and Biden's age and calls by Democrats for Biden to withdraw after the faltering delivery in the debate. Biden has Covid and isolates for a few days. On July 22 around 1.45 pm Biden puts out a letter on X (Twitter) that he is withdrawing and giving his full support to Kamala. Within hours Harris has overwhelming support. The next day morning Harris has secured the delegates needed. By the 24th in 48 hours she has raised $250 million for the campaign and about 100,000 volunteers. A dizzying pace for 48 hours that riveted the attention of the American people and the world.
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With Speech to Teachers, Harris Waded into a Fiery Education Debate
NYTimes.com 07/25/24
Kamala Harris: A woman of firsts – DW – 07/23/2024
dw.com 07/25/24
‘Capable’ Harris and Biden’s legacy: key takeaways from the president’s address
The Guardian 07/25/24
Biden Says He Will ‘Pass the Torch’ to Harris in Oval Office Address After Ending Campaign
WSJ 07/24/24
Opinion | Kamala Harris Confounds the Republicans
WSJ 07/24/24
President Biden Addresses the Nation
YouTube 07/25/24
The World Bank and Africa, Global South- $100 billion expansion and new vision supported by Modi and Biden
10/14/2023
Prime Minister Modi and president Biden put forward a new vision for the World Bank at the G20 meetings in New Delhi, India. This means the World Bank will expansion of funding of $100 billion and new task of development in poor counties of the Global South in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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A Bigger World Bank Takes on China’s Clout
WSJ 10/13/23
Opinion | Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond.
NYTimes.com 10/09/23
WSJ 06/22/23
Economist Adriana Kugler in Her Own Words
WSJ 05/12/23
World Bank President Malpass announces resignation – DW – 02/16/2023
dw.com 02/16/23
The Future of Work - worklife balance, Feirabend, (breaking off from work at 5.01), 30 hour weeks and longer careers
09/13/2023
What does the future of work look like. Ideas from Laura Carstensen of the Stanford Center for Longevity who says rather than follow an outdated norm of education in the early part of life, work in the middle part of life and leisure in the latter part of life, it makes sense to mix education, work and leisure throughout life. Feierabend is the German practice of breaking off from work at 5.01 pm so that one can go outdoors for exercise and fresh air. All this with nutrition and exercise, healthy living, contributes to a more productive satisfying life that includes time for family, parents and children.
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How Biden is tackling the Debt Ceiling to keep much needed spending on workers and families in America
05/19/2023
The debt ceiling standoff with a small faction in the Republican party calling for cuts in spending where it is needed for workers and families in America. In the US system even though spending is approved a debt ceiling can be passed that limits overall spending requiring another approval if the ceiling is exceeded for approved spending. In the past this was negotiated. Today this faction in the Republican party is calling for large cuts in the very areas that were neglected in the past and which urgently need funding leading to Biden's response. Infrastructure, renewable energy, education, healthcare, public services, workers and families were neglected and now need strong backing.
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Democrats Launch Discharge Petition, Aiming to Force Debt-Ceiling Vote
WSJ 05/17/23
Opinion | How Biden Blew It on the Debt Ceiling
NYTimes.com 05/17/23
Opinion | A Few Ways Out of the Debt Ceiling Mess
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Biden Woos Republican Moderates in Debt Ceiling Standoff
NYTimes.com 05/11/23
Opinion | Are Republicans Willing to Raise the Debt Ceiling?
NYTimes.com 05/09/23
Is the Debt Limit Constitutional? Biden Aides Are Debating It.
NYTimes.com 05/03/23
Modi and Mission LIFE in India
04/15/2023
Prime minister Modi of India and the Secretary General of the United Nations started Mission LIFE in October 2022.
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PM Modi calls for mass movement in global fight against climate change
The Hindu 04/15/23
PM Modi launches Mission LiFE ‘Lifestyle for Environment’
mint 04/15/23
PM launches Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat
04/15/23
Expanding Indian ties to the European Union in manufacturing, trade and advanced technologies
03/07/2023
Italy signs a strategic partnership agreement with India. President Scholz of Germany visits India with a business delegation. Siemens plans railway modernization manufacturing plants in India. New aviation sector is being built with French and US assistance and a huge order from Air India. Denmark's Maersk and other Danish companies help build the port logistics in India after a business and trade agreement with Denmark. The European Union joins the US in building a new supply chain based in India to replace one that caused inflation and bottlenecks, and was seen as a security risk with concentration of the supply chain in one country.
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India, Italy elevate ties to strategic partnership, sign MoU on defence cooperation
The Hindu 03/02/23
Germany's Scholz in India: What's at stake? – DW – 02/25/2023
dw.com 02/28/23
On India visit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drinks tea at a street corner in Delhi
The Hindu 02/27/23
Siemens partners with India on railway modernization – DW – 02/27/2023
dw.com 02/27/23
The Hindu 12/04/22
A Nordic-India connect to power a green transition
The Hindu 02/08/23
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic- women in the frontlines fighting coronavirus variants
01/22/2022
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As Vaccines Trickle into Africa, Zambia’s Challenges Highlight Other Obstacles
NYTimes.com 12/11/21
The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
NYTimes.com 12/04/21
Nature walks, nature settings, as an essential way to boost mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic
10/09/2021
It is proven that just two hours a week of walks in nature setting in parks, natural settings, green areas, or forested areas, can be hugely beneficial for health and wellbeing during the pandemic. Long and recurrent lockdowns or partial lockdowns, closure of schools, loss of work and income, have had devastating effects on mental health in many countries. Much needs to be done to promote nature walks and bringing nature as a healing mechanism to take some of the burden off the overburdened health services of many countries. Awareness of this in the UK and funds + projects to do this can be a model for other countries.
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Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
The Guardian 06/13/19
Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message
NYTimes.com 10/04/21
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
The Guardian 09/30/21
Natural health service: wildlife volunteers get mental health boost
The Guardian 10/02/17
Nature on prescription: wetlands project aims to boost mental health
The Guardian 05/13/21
‘These salt marshes saved my life’: how nature is helping mental health
The Guardian 10/09/21
How women can navigate the waters to find a family friendly workplace and get men to share in household chores. This is important for women's Mental Health.
09/24/2021
During the pandemic women increasingly stayed at home while men continued to work. Figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show women ended up with doing even more household chores than men in 2020 compared to 2019. As a result women during the coronavirus feel worn out or burned out in addition to losing income. WSJ offers ways women can tackle this problem both by getting men to share in household chores, and finding employers who are family friendly as the coronavirus pandemic declines in 2022.
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How to Find a Family-Friendly Workplace
WSJ 09/24/21
Women Still Do More of the Housework. Here’s How to Share the Load.
WSJ 09/23/21
Biden's Families Plan to help women, workers and students
05/05/2021
The unfinished tasks from the New Deal of FDR are taken up in Biden's first year in 2021, around the first 100 days. Help for struggling families, women, workers and students is at the heart of the $1.8 trillion Families Plan.
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Biden’s Speech to Congress: Full Transcript
NYTimes.com 04/30/21
Opinion | A New Deal, This Time for Everyone
NYTimes.com 05/04/21
Video: President Biden’s Joint Session Address
NYTimes.com 04/30/21
Biden Makes His Pitch to Congress
NYTimes.com 04/30/21
The Biden Plan for Free Community College Has a Big Challenge
NYTimes.com 04/28/21
Biden Details $1.8 Trillion Plan for Workers, Students and Families
NYTimes.com 04/28/21
Biden's multi-trillion infrastructure spending plans for renewal of America
03/30/2021
US president Biden is pushing ahead with infrastructure spending on a big scale. He no longer seeks support from Republicans as he does not want to see the plans shrink. He is able to do this because the American people now have new perceptions about the role of government. They see it as indispensable in trade, global supply chains, protecting American technology, and in keeping America ahead with the latest infrastructure, skills development with education, healthcare that keeps Americans healthy.
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Live Updates: Learning From the Past, Biden Aims for Big Spending Early in His Term
NYTimes.com 03/30/21
Biden to Outline Proposal for Infrastructure Spending, Tax Increases
WSJ 03/30/21
Behind Biden’s Big Plans: Belief That Government Can Drive Growth
WSJ 03/30/21
One-term leader Joe Biden in a hurry
The Times 04/01/21
Joe Biden mimics Franklin Roosevelt with $2trn Covid recovery plan
The Times 04/01/21
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