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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Latest Accusation Against Cuomo Is Referred to Albany Police — The police characterized the alleged groping by the governor of a female aide as something that may rise “to the level of a crime.” — ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany Police Department officials said on Thursday that they had received …
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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Female aide said Cuomo aggressively groped her at the governor's mansion — Cuomo issues denial but describes details of woman's account as ‘gut-wrenching’ — ALBANY — A female aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps — All living former presidents and first ladies — with the exception of Donald and Melania Trump — appear in a public service announcement released Thursday urging Americans to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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Ex-presidents club (mostly) comes together to encourage vaccinations — WASHINGTON — The exclusive club of former presidents — minus its most recently inducted member — is featured in two national ad campaigns released Thursday that are aimed at building confidence among Americans …
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Sam Baker / Axios:
America's nightmarish year is finally ending — One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the end of that pandemic is within reach. — The big picture: The death and suffering caused by the coronavirus have been much worse than many people expected a year ago …
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New York Times:
For Democracy to Stay, the Filibuster Must Go — What happens when the biggest election reform bill in half a century runs into one of the most formidable barriers to American governance? — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden not yet holding a formal news conference raises accountability questions — He's gone longer without one than any president in the past 100 years. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Halfway into his first 100 days, President Joe Biden has yet to hold a formal …
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veteran charged in Capitol riot once served in Marine One squadron, officials say — A Marine Corps veteran charged in the Capitol riot once served as a crew chief for the presidential helicopter squadron, a highly restrictive unit that requires a top-secret security clearance, officials said Wednesday.
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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? — There is a rapidly consolidating consensus among the liberal commentariat that Democrats have learned from mistakes made during the Obama years and updated their thinking to adapt to new political realities. For once, it seems, Democrats may be in array.
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CNN:
Senior members of military call out Tucker Carlson for mocking women serving in armed forces: His words 'don't reflect our values' — New York (CNN Business)Senior members of the US military took to Twitter late Wednesday and Thursday to call out Fox News host Tucker Carlson for a sexist segment …
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CNN:
Arizona Republican lawmakers join GOP efforts to target voting, with nearly two dozen restrictive voting measures — (CNN)Months after former President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress attempted to overturn Arizona's election results, Republicans in the state's legislature are trying …
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court dumps Trump Medicaid case after Biden intervention — The Supreme Court on Thursday removed a Trump-era Medicaid dispute from its calendar after urging from the Biden administration. — The case, which addressed a work requirement rule issued by the previous administration …
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Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene — Photo illustrations by Oliver Munday and Arsh Raziuddin; renderings by Justin Metz — This article was published online on March 11, 2021. — Dalton is one of the most selective private schools in Manhattan, in part because it knows the answer …
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Texas AG Paxton sues City of Austin for not lifting mask mandate — Austin refused to lift its mask mandate, despite Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order — Abbott slams Biden for ripping red states who ended coronavirus restrictions: — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday filed …
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The Guardian:
‘Not suitable’: Catalan translator for Amanda Gorman poem removed — Victor Obiols told he had wrong ‘profile’, the second case after Dutch writer resigned from same role — The Catalan translator for the poem that American writer Amanda Gorman read at US president Joe Biden's inauguration …
Pfizer:
Real-World Evidence Confirms High Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Profound Public Health Impact of Vaccination One Year After Pandemic Declared — Dramatically lower COVID-19 disease incidence rates observed in individuals fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine …
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Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation — Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, a director of AI at Facebook, was apologizing to his audience. — It was March 23, 2018, just days after the revelation that Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy that worked on Donald Trump's 2016 …
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Columbia Journalism Review:
How a racialized disinformation campaign ties itself to The 1619 Project — Footage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection revealed hundreds of references to 1776—in signs and in speeches, on t-shirts and hats and stickers. “1776” was chanted in the Capitol halls by leading figures within …
Washington Post:
With Trump gone, QAnon groups focus fury on attacking coronavirus vaccines — QAnon is flourishing on Telegram chat groups even after purges on Facebook, Twitter and others — Within the alternative universe of the “Q NEWS OFFICIAL TV” group on Telegram, coronavirus vaccines aren't saving lives …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Don Lemon Shreds GOP Senator's ‘Woke Supremacy Is As Bad As White Supremacy’ Claim — “You are gaslighting people. You are giving people misinformation,” the CNN anchor said of South Carolina Republican Tim Scott. — CNN's Don Lemon castigated GOP Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday …
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been — The Seattle area once had more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else in the United States. A year later, the region's deaths per capita are lower than any other large metropolitan area. — SEATTLE — Facing the nation's …
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
starting to think we are acting like crazy people — Read to the end for a good video about the Gen Z/Millennial TikTok wars — Consider subscribing to Garbage Day! You'll get access to the Garbage Day Discord and tomorrow paying readers will get an extra Garbage Day.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
A war over Russia has erupted at the Atlantic Council — In a very rare public battle at a prominent Washington, D.C. think tank, almost two dozen employees and fellows at the Atlantic Council have issued a statement slamming two of their colleagues for writing what they see as a pro-Russia article on the think tank's website.
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Susan Collins' backing gives Xavier Becerra bipartisan support for Senate confirmation — WASHINGTON — Xavier Becerra will have bipartisan support for his confirmation vote as President Biden's secretary of Health and Human Services, with Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins backing him Thursday.
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Fox News:
National Guard chief opposed to Capitol mission extension: memo — Defense Sec. Austin said he will extend National Guard's time at the U.S. Capitol — Fox News Flash top headlines for March 11 — EXCLUSIVE: The chief of the National Guard Bureau took issue with the White House …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Manchin on his veto power over Biden agenda: 'It's not a good place to be' — (CNN)He's undecided on the nominee to head Health and Human Services. He's not sure if he'll back the No. 3 for the Justice Department, or the undersecretary of policy at the Pentagon.
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Gubernatorial Races: A Baseline — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — 38 states will see gubernatorial races over the next two years; Democrats currently hold 18 of the seats that will be contested while the GOP holds 20. — Maryland, where popular Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) …