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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Faces New Claims of Sexual Harassment From Current Aide  —  The aide, Alyssa McGrath, accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of ogling her body, remarking on her looks, and making suggestive comments to her and another woman in his office.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — He called her and her co-worker “mingle mamas.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Aides, Retaliation Accusations Are Part of Investigation
Discussion: ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability
Discussion: Jacobin and The Daily Poster
Associated Press:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago partially closed due to COVID outbreak  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's Palm Beach club has been partially closed because of a COVID outbreak.  —  That's according to several people familiar with the situation, including a club member who received a phone call about the closure Friday.
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
When The Narrative Replaces The News  —  How the media grotesquely distorted the Atlanta massacres  —  The massacres at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area this week, leaving eight human beings dead, others injured, and their families scarred, were horrifying.
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Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco school board member criticized for racist tweets in 2016 aimed at Asian Americans  —  A civil rights group founder, political leaders, parents and alumni called Friday for a San Francisco school board member to resign after critics highlighted a series of racist tweets she posted …
Discussion: HotAir and National Review
Melissa Jeltsen / New York Magazine:
The Flattening of the Atlanta Shootings  —  There's a tension that exists in the immediate wake of every mass tragedy.  The public yearns for answers, wanting to make sense of the unimaginable.  At the same time, little, if any, accurate information is readily available.
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Jezebel and UPI
Davey Alba / New York Times:
How Anti-Asian Activity Online Set the Stage for Real-World Violence
Discussion: Bloomberg
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Former lobbyist accuses Rep. Tom Reed, a potential Cuomo challenger, of sexual misconduct  —  Nicolette Davis said she was 25, on her first networking trip as a junior lobbyist for an insurance company, when she felt the 45-year-old congressman's hand on her back.
CNN:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy found out he had Covid-19 and never knew it  —  (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he learned he had Covid-19 antibodies after getting blood drawn in December, learning for the first time that he previously had the virus.
Discussion: The Hill
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Kevin McCarthy, Fetch  —  Some dog lovers believe that what makes their canine companions wonderful is their ability to “live in the moment”—meaning that, although they can be trained and obedient, and can learn to recognize and remember things they love and things they fear …
National Review:
National Review Prevails against Michael Mann  —  The D.C. superior court granted National Review's motion to dismiss climate scientist Michael Mann's long-running defamation suit.  —  More than 8 years ago, Mann launched the suit against NR, writing privately that he saw it as an opportunity to “ruin” this “filthy organization.”
Discussion: Fox News, HotAir and Power Line
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country  —  The National Intelligence Council has released an unclassified repor t assessing, retrospectively, foreign threats to the 2020 election.  It has a few twists and turns: The Iranian government attempted to run some kind of online influence campaign …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Twitter says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended ‘in error’; Dems push to expel her from Congress  — Twitter said Friday it mistakenly suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who is facing a push from dozens of House Democrats to expel her from Congress.
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Brian Hofmann / WCMH-TV:
Twitter removes poll posted by U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel  —  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Josh Mandel, a candidate in the 2022 Republican primary in the U.S. Senate, had a post removed by Twitter on Thursday.  —  Mandel posted a poll on Twitter on Thursday morning reading …
Discussion: Cincinnati.com
NBC News:
Ex-wife of Trump Org executive has spoken to investigators ‘multiple times’ … The ex-wife of a Trump Organization executive has spoken “multiple times” with investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, she told NBC News, as the probe into Donald Trump's financial dealings intensifies.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Neil Gorsuch Supports an Originalist Theory That Would Destroy Modern Governance  —  On Thursday, the Columbia Law Review published one of the most important and topical scholarly articles in recent memory, Delegation at the Founding.  Its authors, Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley …
Erik Maulbetsch / Colorado Times Recorder:
Promoting QAnon-linked Conspiracy, Boebert Says Resignations Will Soon Allow GOP to Control Congress  —  Congresswoman Lauren Boebert put a Q-flavored cherry atop an already controversial town hall last Monday night, when she claimed to have insider knowledge of a QAnon-linked conspiracy theory promoted …
Laura Beckerman / CREW:
Mnuchin blocking Trump tax returns from Congress was unprecedented, Treasury response reveals … When Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin blocked the release of then-President Trump's tax returns, it was the first time the IRS failed to turn over tax returns following a congressional request, the IRS informed CREW.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden administration considers flying migrants to states near the Canadian border for processing  —  A new spike in the number of families and children crossing the Rio Grande into South Texas over the past several hours is forcing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to request airplanes …
Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Biden ‘just fine’ after tripping 3 times jogging up steps to Air Force One  —  The White House blamed the incident on high winds and a “misstep.”  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images  —  President Joe Biden's trip to Georgia Friday got off …
Discussion: Fox News, Politico, Sputnik News and HotAir
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Favor Israel While Warming to Palestinians  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gallup's annual update of Americans' views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict shows Israel remains well-liked in the U.S. At the same time, Americans' favorable views of the Palestinian Authority are at a new high of 30% …
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Wall Street Journal:   How Israel Delivered the World's Fastest Vaccine Rollout
Reuters:
U.S., Chinese diplomats clash in first high-level meeting of Biden administration  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The first high-level U.S.-China meeting of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others' policies …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
George W. Bush is unrecognizable in the current Republican Party  —  (CNN)In an interview that aired Thursday with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith, one thing about George W. Bush was: He is fundamentally at odds with the current version of the Republican Party on virtually every front.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Restricting Early Voting, the Right Sees a New ‘Center of Gravity’  —  Donald Trump is no longer center stage.  But many conservative activists are finding that the best way to raise money and keep voters engaged is to make his biggest fabrication their top priority.
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Platforms vs. PhDs: How tech giants court and crush the people who study them  —  Laura Edelson was in a state of panic, and I knew I was a little bit to blame for her freakout.  —  “If this is true,” Edelson told me this week during one of several frantic phone calls, “this is my nightmare.”
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Federal judge pens dissent slamming decades-old press protections  —  A federal appeals court judge issued an extraordinary opinion Friday attacking partisan bias in the news media, lamenting the treatment of conservatives in American society and calling for the Supreme Court to overturn …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
‘God, no’: GOP immigration allies disappear as crisis mounts  —  Lindsey Graham introduced a bipartisan immigration bill 43 days ago.  But if it came up on the Senate floor today, he wouldn't support it.  —  “God, no,” the South Carolina Republican senator scoffed in an interview.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Exclusive: Pro-Biden group won't disclose donors  —  A Pro-Biden group, operating with the White House's blessing, plans to raise unlimited funds — and grant donors anonymity — as it prepares to promote and protect the president's agenda from the outside.  —  Why it matters …
Discussion: Political Wire
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Ex-Florida state senator paid bogus candidate to ‘siphon votes,’ police say, in race GOP narrowly won  —  When incumbent Democrat José Javier Rodríguez lost his Florida state senate seat to Republican challenger Ileana Garcia by just 32 votes in November, the losing party …
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
HUD secretary may have violated ethics law by championing Democrats in Ohio Senate race at White House  —  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge may have violated the Hatch Act this week in the White House briefing room when discussing the 2022 Ohio Senate race …
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed.  Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used  —  In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a popular narrative has emerged: that because rioters did not fire guns that day, they were not really “armed.”  —  But a review of the federal charges …
Discussion: Just The News and Raw Story
Governor Kristi Noem / South Dakota State News:
Governor Noem Returns HB 1217 to Legislature, Suggests Style and Form Changes  —  PIERRE, S.D. - Today, Governor Noem returned HB 1217 to the South Dakota Legislature with Style and Form suggestions.  Specifically, the Governor suggests four Style and Form changes to address …
 
 
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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
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Bill Schneider / The Hill:
Democrats bid to reclaim economic populism
Discussion: Salon, Raw Story and HuffPost
The Times of Israel:
Final TV polls show Netanyahu gaining support and near to majority; rivals slip
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Children are lonely, parents are stressed: CDC study finds remote learning taking a devastating toll
Discussion: The Daily Beast and HotAir
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump Official Charged in Capitol Riot Has Family Ties to Argentina's Military Junta
Rick Earle / WPXI-TV:
Ross Township woman arrested in connection with violence at U.S. Capitol
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Get Ready for the Herschel Walker Experience
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and HotAir
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia voting limits bill may preserve Sunday and no-excuse absentee
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Stephen Brown, editor in chief of POLITICO Europe, is dead at 57
The Daily Beast:
Biden White House Sandbags Staffers, Sidelines Dozens for Pot Use
 

 
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