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7:20 PM ET, February 24, 2021

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Lindsey Boylan:
My story of working with Governor Cuomo  —  “Let's play strip poker.”  —  I should have been shocked by the Governor's crude comment, but I wasn't.  —  We were flying home from an October 2017 event in Western New York on his taxpayer-funded jet.  He was seated facing me, so close our knees almost touched.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Ex-Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo  —  Lindsey Boylan accused the New York governor of kissing her in his office in 2018.  She left her job as a special adviser to him soon after.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo published a lengthy essay …
Discussion: New York Post, Fox News and Twitchy
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
The Andrew Cuomo Show Has Lost the Plot  —  Halfway through a recent New York Times story about Governor Andrew Cuomo's long (but perhaps not widely known) history of governance-by-bullying, an ally tried to defend his signature political style.  He didn't say that Cuomo's behavior was ethical, or reasonable, or even responsible.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The most and least popular leaders in Washington
CNN:
Close ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among those in Capitol mob  —  (CNN)A close ally of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took part in the January 6 mob at the Capitol and said he was among those who eventually made their way into the building.
Politico:
McConnell throws cold water on Dems' proposed 1/6 Commission  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid to create a broad bipartisan review of the Jan. 6 insurrection is in peril after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed the proposal on Wednesday as “partisan by design.”
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Christian Vanderbrouk / The Bulwark:
MAGA's Moment of Weakness  —  Trump and his allies have been defeated, humiliated, and betrayed.  It's time to sweep the leg.  —  “We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning, you're going to come to me and go 'Please, please, we can't win anymore.' You'll say 'Please …
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Awkward moment as House Republican leaders clash over Trump speaking at CPAC  —  Liz Cheney contradicted Kevin McCarthy on whether Trump has a role with the GOP.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  J. Scott Applewhite/AP  —  Former President Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
Live updates: USPS head Louis DeJoy tells House panel his strategic plan may include slowing first-class mail  —  The Postal Service is battling financial and service crises caused by years of mail declines worsened by the coronavirus pandemic  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told …
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
First 100: Top House Democrat Working With Louis DeJoy on Reform Legislation, For Some Reason
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Axios and Forbes
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Steve Bannon investigation gains steam as Manhattan prosecutors subpoena financial records  —  CNN legal analyst explains why the Steve Bannon pardon is problematic  —  New York (CNN)The Manhattan district attorney's office has subpoenaed financial records related to Steve Bannon's crowd …
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College  —  A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm.  An investigation found no evidence of bias.  But the incident will not fade away.  —  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — In midsummer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute …
Discussion: HotAir
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
South Dakota AG pushed by critics to resign over new evidence in fatal car incident: ‘He knew what he hit and he lied’  —  Days after South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg fatally struck a man while driving in September, detectives told the Republican official they had found a pair …
Alex Marquardt / CNN:
‘Top Secret’ Saudi documents show Khashoggi assassins used company seized by Saudi crown prince  —  Washington (CNN)The two private jets used by a Saudi Arabian assassination squad that killed and allegedly dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi were owned by a company that less than a year prior …
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Revoking Proclamation 10014  —  The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak) …
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The White House:
Executive Order on the Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions … By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Revocation of Presidential Actions.
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Putting the GOP “Civil War” in Perspective  —  The degree to which folks continue to view American politics through the Trump prism is both understandable and frustrating.  On the one hand, despite losing the election, the former president has remained an omnipresent figure in our daily lives.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Deb Haaland Is Everything the Biden Administration Needs to Be  —  No Biden cabinet pick has so much potential to frame this administration's vision and to inspire support for transformational change.  —  When Joe Biden tapped Deb Haaland to serve as the nation's 54th secretary of the interior …
Discussion: New York Times and HotAir
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Josh Siegel / Washington Examiner:
Manchin says he will vote for Biden interior nominee Haaland, likely paving way for confirmation
Discussion: Politico and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
New analyses show Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine works well.  —  Johnson and Johnson's vaccine has a lower efficacy rate than the vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, which are both around 95 percent. … But in South Africa, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is so far the clear winner.
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Washington Post:
FDA review confirms safety and efficacy of single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, especially against severe cases
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Electric Bills Were $28 Billion Higher Under Deregulation  —  Competition in the electricity-supply business promised reliable power at a more affordable cost  —  Texas's deregulated electricity market, which was supposed to provide reliable power at a lower price, left millions in the dark last week.
Discussion: HuffPost, Earther, Kevin Drum and The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rep. Stephanie Murphy ‘seriously considering’ bid to unseat Rubio  —  Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy is seriously considering a bid to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio's 2022 reelection, announcing Wednesday that she's launching a statewide listening tour and has hired a top Democratic operative to manage the effort.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot  —  The cost of repairing damages from the attack on the U.S. Capitol and related security expenses have already topped $30 million and will keep rising, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Ben Chapman / Wall Street Journal:
Bruce Springsteen's Drunken-Driving Charges Dropped by Prosecutors  —  Musician's blood-alcohol level was under the legal limit, federal prosecutors say; Springsteen pleaded guilty to consuming alcohol in a closed area  —  Federal prosecutors in New Jersey said Wednesday …
Discussion: Gothamist
American Greatness:
Why Do the Election's Defenders Require My Agreement?  —  The purpose of voting today is to give a democratic veneer to an undemocratic regime—not to give the people a say in the direction of their government. … Sullivan is vociferously anti-Trump, so I expected us to disagree—which, naturally, we did.
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
Woman Accused of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop Appears in Video Making Nazi Salute  —  On January 6, 2021, Riley June Williams, a 22-year-old home care worker from Pennsylvania, was one of roughly 800 rioters who breached the US Capitol building in Washington D.C. While many engaged …
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Fanne Foxe, ‘Argentine Firecracker’ at center of D.C. sex scandal, dies at 84  —  At about 2 a.m. Oct. 7, 1974, U.S. Park Police pulled over a silver-blue Lincoln Continental that had been swerving and speeding without headlights on near the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Key Biden aide said pandemic was ‘best thing that ever happened to him’, book says  — Anita Dunn said privately what aides ‘would never say in public’  — Cautious campaigning won Covid battle with Trump  —  A senior adviser to Democrat Joe Biden in his campaign for president believed …
ProPublica:
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company's Business  —  Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey's demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia.  “I am fine with this,” Sandberg wrote.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden was living with his brother Beau's widow Hallie while sending raunchy texts and FaceTiming in the shower with her married SISTER as they declared their love and she called him her ‘prince’  — Hunter Biden began dating his late brother Beau's widow, Hallie Biden, shortly after Beau died of brain cancer in 2015
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
CIA launches task force to probe invisible attacks on US diplomats and spies as one victim finds some relief  —  (CNN)More than three years after former senior US intelligence officer Marc Polymeropoulos suffered a mysterious attack in Moscow that changed his life forever, he finally has a diagnosis …
Abraham Mahshie / Washington Examiner:
Austin urges military to take COVID-19 vaccine as refusals persist  —  As military members continue to reject the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released a video stressing the vaccine's safety while the Defense Department promotes “informed decision-making.”
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Murkowski undecided on Tanden as nomination in limbo  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Wednesday that she hasn't made a decision on Neera Tanden's nomination, leaving President Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stuck in limbo.
Alexandra Garrett / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz's Approval Rating Among Republicans Drops More Than 20 Percent After Cancun Fiasco  —  Texas Senator Ted Cruz's approval rating took a major hit following last week's Cancun trip fiasco, according to a Yahoo/YouGov poll.  The poll, released Wednesday, found that 24 percent …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
LGBT Identification Rises to 5.6% in Latest U.S. Estimate  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gallup's latest update on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender identification finds 5.6% of U.S. adults identifying as LGBT.  The current estimate is up from 4.5% in Gallup's previous update based on 2017 data.
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Police Want Larry Krasner Gone, So They're Backing His Opponent … As Larry Krasner, Philadelphia's reformist district attorney, faces his first reelection challenge, the city's law enforcement groups have coalesced around a former homicide prosecutor whom Krasner fired when he entered office in 2018.
Juliana Menasce Horowitz / Pew Research Center:
More Americans now say academic concerns should be a top factor in deciding to reopen K-12 schools  —  Amid new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to safely reopen K-12 schools for in-person instruction, Americans are increasingly concerned about the effect of virtual learning on academic progress.
Discussion: Payday Report, HotAir and Mercury News
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
California candidate for governor accuses Newsom of creating ‘education equality gap’ during COVID  —  Faulconer launched his bid earlier this month to replace Newsom, who is likely facing a recall election.  —  Governors like Cuomo, Newsom operated like they were ‘untouchable’ during pandemic: Lahren
Discussion: ABC News
Hilary Sargent / The Informant:
Christopher Cantwell gets 41 months  —  The gun-worshiping New Hampshire neo-Nazi podcaster was sentenced for trying to extort a rival.  —  1 hr ago  —  Christopher Cantwell, the New Hampshire neo-Nazi podcaster found guilty of extortion and threats directed at another neo-Nazi …
 
 
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Spectrum News NY1:
When Will Schools Be Back to Normal?  It May Be a While  —  Reopening schools could take longer …
New York Magazine:
Why Did First Look Let Go of Laura Poitras? A co-founder turns critic.
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
Carolyn Ryan is the most powerful woman in The New York Times newsroom — and she could become its next top editor
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
General Officer Assignments
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Cuomo should be subpoenaed to testify on COVID nursing home crisis, House Oversight GOP says
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Bill would strip pension for president convicted of felony
Discussion: IJR
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's a Clown Car of a Race”: In New York's Mayoral Knife Fight, the 1 Percent Is Longing for Mike Bloomberg 2.0
Discussion: The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Tiger's crash trumps the news cycle, but is his career over?
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart and NPR
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu asked Biden to keep Trump's sanctions on International Criminal Court
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he'll make a decision about re-election this fall
Matthew Yglesias / Washington Post:
Not all ‘anti-racist’ ideas are good ones. The left isn't being honest about this.
Discussion: Eduwonk
Washington Post:
Life amid the ruins of QAnon: ‘I wanted my family back’
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Bloomberg:
A look at Crunchyroll's challenges, including current and former employees saying its management is out of touch, as Disney and Netflix's expand into anime
 
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