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New York's vaccine czar called county officials to gauge their loyalty to Cuomo amid sexual harassment investigation — New York's “vaccine czar” — a longtime adviser to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo — phoned county officials in the past two weeks in attempts to gauge their loyalty …
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New York Times:
As Cuomo Reels, Pleas for Political Support Come From His Vaccine Czar — Larry Schwartz, whom Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put in charge of the state's vaccination efforts, called some county executives about support for the governor. — At the height of the pandemic, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called upon …
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Politico:
Trump was supposed to be a political Godzilla in exile. Instead, he's adrift. — He backed away from creating a third party and has soured on the costly prospect of launching his own TV empire or social media startup. — His vow to target disloyal Republicans with personally-recruited primary challengers …
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Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, The Week, Mock Paper Scissors and Eschaton
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Massive Facebook study on users' doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing the skepticism — Internal study finds a QAnon connection and that content that doesn't break the rules may be causing ‘substantial’ harm — Facebook is conducting a vast behind …
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Raw Story, Washington Monthly and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
House Democrats draw the line: No bipartisan cooperation with Republicans who questioned the election — WASHINGTON - Freshman Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat, has begun turning to an unusual source when trying to decide whether he wants to work with a Republican he thinks makes a good point during committee hearings: Google.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Democrat Abrams urges lifting filibuster for U.S. election reform bill
Democrat Abrams urges lifting filibuster for U.S. election reform bill
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Fox News, NBC News, HotAir, The Guardian and IJR
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Backlog of migrant children in Border Patrol custody soars to 4,200, with 3,000 held past legal limit — As of Sunday morning, U.S. Border Patrol was holding more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children in short-term holding facilities, including jail-like stations unfit to house minors …
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RedState, Political Wire, The Hill and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
The growing number of children in custody on the US-Mexico border, explained
The growing number of children in custody on the US-Mexico border, explained
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CNBC, New York Times, Forbes, Fox News and Breitbart
Jeremy Fassler / Kansas Reflector:
Kobach teamed up with Wichita businessman to sell COVID-killing device. An investigation found no validity to their claims. — NEW YORK CITY — In early October, Kris Kobach, Kansas' former Secretary of State, and Daniel Drake, a Wichita-based venture capitalist-turned-CEO, made a sales pitch to Kansas legislators.
Victoria Guida / Politico:
How Trump's team amassed a $1 trillion war chest for Biden to deploy — Republicans are bashing the new $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package for further ballooning the federal debt, but it's the Trump administration that greased the path for a smooth federal spending spree.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Police Shrugged Off the Proud Boys, Until They Attacked the Capitol — Two Proud Boys accused of leading a mob to Congress followed a bloody path to get there. Law enforcement did little to stop them. — A protester was burning an American flag outside the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland when Joseph Biggs rushed to attack.
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Pentagon may reverse gender-neutral physical fitness test for US army soldiers — A new test has been scoring men and women on the same basis - but more than half of women are failing — The US Army is considering a reversal of its new gender-neutral physical test to instead include different evaluation categories for men and women.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Piers Morgan Can't Wait to Bring the Worst of America Home — British TV executives see opportunity — and money to be made — in bringing American cable-style clashes to their screens. — When Piers Morgan stormed off the set of “Good Morning Britain” last week as a Black colleague chided him for …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Online harassment of female journalists is real, and it's increasingly hard to endure — Julia Carrie Wong remembers a time, years ago, when she felt that being a part of digital culture was fun. — “I used to really enjoy online spaces, having a personality and a voice,” …
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Vaccine brawl riles House — Uncertainty about why only 75% of the House is confirmed as vaccinated against the coronavirus is fueling a debate about when the chamber can return to its normal rules of operation. — Between the lines: The other 25% of members have either refused to get the vaccine …
Hannah Miao / CNBC:
Georgia voting rights activists pressure big corporations to oppose GOP-backed ballot restrictions — Civil rights and activist groups are turning up the pressure on large Georgia companies like Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines to oppose sweeping voting restrictions proposed by Republican state legislators.
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Daily Kos, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Political Wire
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden stiffs the Sunday shows — DRIVING THE DAY — President JOE BIDEN just signed the first BFD of his administration — a massive Covid relief bill to boost the fortunes of everyday Americans. But you barely heard a peep about it from his own administration on the Sunday shows.
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Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
As Gov. Cuomo Faces Calls to Resign, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul Treads Lightly — New York's lieutenant governor has focused on representing the administration at public events around the state — As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life, the woman in line to succeed …
Jared Kushner / Wall Street Journal:
Opportunity Beckons in the Mideast — The Biden administration called Iran's bluff early. It should continue to play the strong hand it was dealt. — The geopolitical earthquake that began with the Abraham Accords hasn't ended. More than 130,000 Israelis have visited Dubai since President Trump hosted …
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Jason Morris / CNN:
Officials located December recording of Trump call in a trash folder on Georgia investigator's device — (CNN)Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State's Office located a recently released recording of former President Donald Trump's call to a state investigator in a trash folder on her device …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Washington Post:
What used cars tell us about the risk of too much inflation hitting the economy — Nationwide, used car prices soared 17 percent nationally in seven months last year — the most of any product. — When the coronavirus pandemic upended automobile supply chains last year …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Capitol rioter boasted he could access powerful weapons to ‘take back’ country, prosecutors say — A Texas man who joined a mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6 told two rioters he had set up a security company as a front to access law enforcement-grade weaponry that could be used to “take back our country …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Gov. Abbott Suggests Election Reform Bill Could Allow Use of ‘Cocaine to Buy Votes’ — ‘ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY!’ — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested on Sunday that H.R. 1, the sweeping election-reform bill recently passed by the House of Representatives, could eventually result in Democrats “using cocaine to buy votes.”
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Maria Arias / Axios:
Fauci: CDC “analyzing” data that could change distancing guidelines to 3 feet — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking at data that suggests “3 feet are okay under certain circumstances,” for social distancing guidelines, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday.
Fox News:
Biden breaks his silence on Cuomo sexual harassment scandal, declines to call for his resignation — Eric Shawn: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is friendless and ‘no one has ever liked him’ — President Joe Biden broke his silence on Governor Andrew Cuomo's sexual harassment scandal on Sunday …
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