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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
FBI, U.S. attorney in Brooklyn probing Cuomo administration on nursing homes — Investigation is in its early stages; no allegations of wrongdoing have been made — ALBANY — The FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn have launched an investigation that is examining, at least in part …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Faces Revolt After Handling of Nursing Home Deaths — Democratic lawmakers have begun to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of virus-related nursing home deaths, and the governor also faces a federal inquiry. — ALBANY, N.Y. — The Democratic leaders of the New York State Senate …
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CNN:
Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal
Cuomo said ‘he can destroy me’: NY assemblyman alleges governor threatened him over nursing homes scandal
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Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Prosecutors Investigating How Cuomo Administration Handled Covid-19 in Nursing Homes
U.S. Prosecutors Investigating How Cuomo Administration Handled Covid-19 in Nursing Homes
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Limbaugh obituaries show the mainstream media still fawning over the people who poisoned politics — The leaders of our elite newsrooms had a whole year to figure out how they were going to frame Rush Limbaugh's life. — He announced he was dying of lung cancer last February …
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Ben Domenech / New York Post:
Appreciation: Rush Limbaugh remade talk radio — and modern conservatism — For more than 30 years, Rush Limbaugh sat down and talked to Americans about America. Across the country, in pickup trucks, roadside diners and quiet cubicles where his listeners were obliged to wear headphones lest they offend …
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Politico, House Republican Leader and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rush Limbaugh's Legacy of Weaponizing Radio Commentary
Rush Limbaugh's Legacy of Weaponizing Radio Commentary
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New Republic, Mediaite, Slate and Daily Kos
Andrew Klavan / City Journal:
On the Ground … Rush's Monument — Let us all speak, and fearlessly. — Other
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Rush's Place — Rush's program, beamed into cars sitting in traffic across the nation …
Rush's Place — Rush's program, beamed into cars sitting in traffic across the nation …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans to Love an Angry, Racist Bully
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans to Love an Angry, Racist Bully
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The Texas Tribune:
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say — Texas officials knew winter storms could leave the state's power grid vulnerable, but they left the choice to prepare for harsh weather up to the power companies — many of which opted against the costly upgrades.
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Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Stop dripping your faucets: Texas officials say the state's water supply is at risk — After enduring multiple days of freezing temperatures and Texans dripping faucets to prevent frozen pipes from bursting, cities across the state warned Wednesday that water levels are dangerously low, and it may be unsafe to drink.
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Wall Street Journal:
Texas Spins Into the Wind
Texas Spins Into the Wind
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
In Frigid Texas, Desperate Families Take Risks to Stay Warm
In Frigid Texas, Desperate Families Take Risks to Stay Warm
New York Times:
A Grim Measure of Covid's Toll: Life Expectancy Drops Sharply in U.S. — American life expectancy fell by one year, to 77.8 years, in the first half of 2020. It may rebound as the pandemic's end approaches. — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year in the first six months of 2020 …
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Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII — Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting. — Minorities suffered the biggest impact …
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Washington Examiner, Forbes and Hackwhackers
Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
Pandemic cut U.S. life expectancy by a year during the first half of 2020 — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a full year during the first half of 2020, a staggering decline that reflects the toll of the covid-19 pandemic as well as a rise in deaths from drug overdoses …
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Politico:
Trump-McConnell rift threatens GOP's Senate hopes — Republicans are starting their life in the Senate minority mired in a civil war over the future of the GOP and former President Donald Trump's role in the party. — Trump's scathing attack on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday exposed rifts …
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Washington Post:
Trump-McConnell clash threatens to settle into a cold war as GOP eyes midterms
Trump-McConnell clash threatens to settle into a cold war as GOP eyes midterms
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KSAT-TV:
Did Ted Cruz fly to Cancun during Texas' winter disaster? — Cruz hasn't commented but some Twitter sleuths believe they have proof — Kolten Parker, Digital Executive Producer — Photos circulating on Twitter late Wednesday purport to show Texas Senator Ted Cruz on a flight to Cancun …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Barbs fly at Ted Cruz for heading to Cancun as millions in Texas freeze without power — Fellow vacationers spotted the well-known Texas Republican and his family on flight from Houston — WASHINGTON — With 3 million Texans shivering in the dark, Sen. Ted Cruz jetted off to Cancun with his family …
CNN:
White House announces sweeping immigration bill — What Biden has said he'll do about immigration — (CNN)The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide …
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Democrats to formally introduce Biden's citizenship bill
Democrats to formally introduce Biden's citizenship bill
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
Here's What Trump Said When Asked If He's Running for President — On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump gave his first interviews since leaving the White House. While the former president discussed the remarkable life of radio legend and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh …
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National Review and Washington Examiner
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
It's time to bury the myth of Texas exceptionalism — Leave it to a blackout to shine a big, bright spotlight on the problems lying deep in the heart of Texas. — I grew up in a suburb south of Dallas, and even though my parents were immigrants from West Africa, I was conditioned to believe in Texan exceptionalism.
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James Osborne / Houston Chronicle:
Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market
Perry says Texans willing to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market
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Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Reply All Is Having Its Own Reckoning Now — Oh, you like podcasts? Sign up for Vulture's new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. — Earlier this month, Reply All kicked off an ambitious miniseries, “The Test Kitchen,” which sought to take on one of the bigger stories …
CNN:
The Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump's tax returns, and justices aren't saying why — (CNN)Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. — For nearly four months, the court has refused to act …
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Vince Bielski / RealClearInvestigations:
Why Biden's New Dawn of Net-Zero Is Looking Like a Dark Day for Labor — Last Labor Day, candidate Joe Biden made an impassioned pitch to leaders and members of the AFL-CIO, America's largest labor federation. Stressing that “the great American middle class was built by unions,” …
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Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times:
Statues of four U.S. presidents among 41 under the microscope by Chicago committee — Mayor Lori Lightfoot is confronting the “hard truths of Chicago's racial history,” launching a public process to review the fate of 41 statues and other monuments, including some of former presidents Abraham Lincoln …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Allegations of sexist cyberstalking by Trump's top advisor roils secretive paternity case — The key advisor in Donald Trump's post-presidency is an often-deadbeat dad who just sent a grave threat to opposing counsel, upending the extraordinarily lengthy Florida paternity case he's spending a fortune to fight.
Politico:
It might just be game over for the Iowa caucus — The siege of Iowa and New Hampshire has begun. — The two states with privileged places on the presidential primary calendar are finding their roles more threatened than ever before — most recently in the form of a bill introduced in Nevada …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Frets Foes Will Be ‘Suing Me for the Rest of My Life’ — Though the riot was the culmination of Trump's months of attempts to overturn the election, it's hardly the only incident that may have left the ex-president legally exposed. — A criminal investigation in the state of Georgia.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Former Ohio GOP chair Jane Timken launches Senate bid — Former Ohio GOP Chair Jane Timken is joining the race to replace retiring Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). — Timken was widely expected to make a run for Portman's seat. Prior to launching her campaign, she resigned from her role …
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Capitol Police Investigate 2 GOP Lawmakers Over House Metal Detector Incidents — The agency is looking at whether a lawmaker assaulted a police officer and an alleged attempt by another lawmaker to carry a gun into the House Chamber. — WASHINGTON ― The U.S. Capitol Police …
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Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
Theranos Lab Chief Says He Found Blood-Testing Technology Didn't Work — Kingshuk Das is expected to testify at Elizabeth Holmes's fraud trial that he faced pushback over concerns he raised — Theranos Inc.'s laboratory director in the company's final years is expected to testify …
Steve Milloy / Washington Examiner:
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's ‘dark money’ hypocrisy — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse wants Congress and the Biden administration to investigate the Trump administration for “climate corruption.” — “I am confident that a good, hard look at communications between fossil fuel interests and people …
Rick Moran / pjmedia.com:
Study: Biden's $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Will Devastate the Economy — Conventional wisdom dictates that if the government pumps a lot of money into the economy it will bloom and blossom like a flower getting water and grow and grow and grow. — It's the basis of modern liberal economic thinking and has been since the New Deal.
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Hannah Lang / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Unemployment Claims Rise, Pausing Recent Downward Trend — Jobless claims—a proxy for layoffs—increased to 861,000 last week and remained above pre-pandemic peak — Worker applications for unemployment benefits rose to 861,000 last week, halting a downward trend that pointed …
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