Stevenson’s army, May 13

– Congress is at it again — naming proposed laws to fit clever acronyms [or are they retronyms?]  Speaker Pelosi unveiled the House Democrats’ $3 Trillion wish list linked to pandemic relief. Section 1 of the bill reads:
 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health and Economic
 Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act’’ or the
 ‘‘HEROES Act’’. For extra credit, who remembers the words behind USA PATRIOT Act without resorting to Google?
David Ignatius discusses SAIS-grad Chris Brose’s new book arguing the US is not ahead of China militarily.
NYT analyst warns of flaws in state election polls.

NYT looks at attack in Afghanistan last October where it was falsely reported there were no US casualties for diplomatic reasons.
Ezra Klein has strong critique of the administration’s failures in responding to the coronavirus.

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