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Marist Poll:
Marist Poll Results & Analysis: Governor Andrew Cuomo  —  The post Marist Poll Results & Analysis: Governor Andrew Cuomo first appeared on Home of the Marist Poll.
Discussion: HotAir, NBC New York and abc7NY
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New York Times:
You Should Resign, Governor Cuomo  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  Last winter, after the first wave of accusations of sexual misconduct …
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
The Cuomosexual Chickens Come Home to Roost
Discussion: Breitbart
David K. Li / NBC News:
New details emerge about how CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo in sex harassment inquiry
Robert Schmad / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Cuomo's COVID policy killed thousands — that's what should have ended his career
Wall Street Journal:
The Andrew Cuomo Standard
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
NYU researchers speak out after Facebook disables their accounts  —  On Tuesday, Facebook suspended the accounts, apps and pages of several New York University researchers who have been using scraping tools to better understand political ads and disinformation on Facebook.
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Just Suspended the Accounts of Some of Its Biggest Critics  —  Facebook has made good on its threat to kick out a group of researchers who've been among the platform's biggest critics.  —  The Cybersecurity for Democracy project at New York University has revealed major flaws …
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:
Shock poll: Charlie Crist leads Ron DeSantis amid COVID-19 surge … Janelle Irwin Taylor  —  Janelle Irwin Taylor has been a professional journalist covering local news and politics in Tampa Bay since 2003.  Most recently, Janelle reported for the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Scott Powers / Florida Politics:   Poll: Ron DeSantis approval rating sags as COVID-19 rages
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
DeSantis downplays COVID-19 concerns during Sarasota and Miami events Tuesday
Discussion: NBC 6 South Florida
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Obama Significantly Scales Back 60th Birthday Party as Virus Cases Rebound  —  Hundreds of former Obama administration officials, celebrities and Democratic donors had been planning to attend the huge bash on Martha's Vineyard on Saturday.  —  WASHINGTON — The party plans had been months …
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Dem establishment holds off progressives in Ohio special election  —  Turner, a former Ohio state senator who became a chief surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential bids, entered the special as a well-known figure with a huge financial edge; her own internal polling from late …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democratic Insider and a Republican Backed by Trump Win Ohio House Races
ABC News:
DOJ officials rejected colleague's request to intervene in Georgia's election certification: Emails  —  The DOJ officials rejected the request from another department official.  —  Top members of the Department of Justice last year rebuffed another DOJ official who asked them to urge officials …
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:   A Trump bombshell quietly dropped last week. And it should shock us all
New York Times:
F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month  —  The Food and Drug Administration's move is expected to kick off more vaccination mandates for hospital workers, college students and federal troops.  —  WASHINGTON — With a new surge of Covid-19 infections ripping through …
Nancy Lapid / Reuters:
Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab  —  The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.  —  Delta breakthrough infections likely contagious
The Daily Beast:
Website Run by ‘Dumbest Man on the Internet’ Helped Fuel Trump's Effort to Cancel Democracy  —  Trump told officials that they were not “following the internet the way I do” as he tried to subvert the election.  He was referring in part to conspiracy site The Gateway Pundit.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Biden shows he's ready to make drastic moves in Covid-19 fight — even if he's not sure they're legal  —  (CNN)Even President Joe Biden doesn't know whether his new federal eviction moratorium for renters is legal and sustainable.  But crushing humanitarian and political pressure left …
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
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Washington Post:
Biden administration planning to announce new action to limit housing evictions
Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
1619 Project, Touted as Racial Reckoning, Ignores Democratic Party Racism  —  Democrats who advanced a bill in June to remove statues of white supremacists from the U.S. Capitol ignored a central fact about those figures: All of them had been icons of their party, from Andrew Jackson's adamantly …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mayor Bowser's poor spin about not following her own mask mandate  —  “We all know what the rules says about sitting at a dining table and dining.  Don't be ridiculous. ...  They took a picture of me where dinner and drinks were served.”  — Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), speaking to reporters, Aug. 3
Suzanne Ciechalski / NBC News:
Virginia Covid patient goes from ‘invincible’ to hospital-bed vaccine advocate … An unvaccinated Virginia man who's been hospitalized with Covid-19 is using social media to urge others to go out and get the shot.  —  Travis Campbell, 43, has been in the hospital for more than a week …
Jane Arraf / New York Times:
Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation  —  The cuneiform tablets and other objects had been held by the Museum of the Bible, founded by the family that owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, and by Cornell University.  —  ERBIL, Iraq — When the Iraqi prime …
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor - July 2021  —  , Mellisha Stokes , and Mollyann Brodie  —  The KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor is an ongoing research project tracking the public's attitudes and experiences with COVID-19 vaccinations.  Using a combination of surveys and qualitative research …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Missouri governor pardons Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters  —  A St. Louis couple who gained national notoriety for brandishing guns at peaceful protesters last year and pleaded guilty to firearm charges were pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson last week.
The Hill:
Bad week in Trumpland signals hope for American democracy  —  The last five years' deluge of disinformation and discord make it easy to lose faith in democracy, something never helpful to preserving it.  Just when many lamented the Republican pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago as signs …
Jared Yates Sexton / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's Orban Lovefest Is a Dark Glimpse of the Future MAGA Wants  —  The Fox News star broadcasts from Budapest this week, seemingly to sell his viewers on the Hungarian strongman's depressingly familiar and deeply dangerous authoritarianism. … “Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight.
 
 
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Sarah Dadouch / Washington Post:
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed seeks to cut influential clerics down to size
Christian Paz / The Atlantic:
The Voters Who Could Turn California Red
Discussion: Breitbart, National Review and RedState
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The C.D.C. Needs to Stop Confusing the Public
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Vox
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Reports of Trump's demise are exaggerated
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Senate nears pivotal 60-vote threshold for scrapping Iraq war authorizations
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Donations fizzle to GOP AG group involved in Jan. 6 rally
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Louise Richardson / New York Times:
A Fuller Picture of Osama bin Laden's Life
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Washington Post:
Biden administration preparing to offer vaccines to migrants along Mexico border
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Wall Street Journal:
Law School Loses Luster as Debts Mount and Salaries Stagnate
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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