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David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Andrew Cuomo's Last Play to Hold Onto Power “He is not resigning,” said one ally. “It is just not in his nature to ever do that.” — There is almost no one left in Democratic politics in New York or across the country — not from the president of the United States to the lowest local ward heeler …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Dem fundraising platform ActBlue boots Cuomo — The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue has removed a donation page that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign committee used to solicit contributions, the company confirmed to Axios. — Driving the news: ActBlue is the lifeblood of grassroots Democratic fundraising.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Human Rights Campaign Staff Rip Their President Over Ties To Andrew Cuomo
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
‘It was riot and mayhem’: Biden, honoring police, warns against distorting Capitol assault — President Biden signed legislation Thursday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to police who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, taking the opportunity to mount …
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Politico:
Jan. 6 select panel takes over House probe of Trump DOJ
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden awards medal to cops at Capitol riot, likens them to brave high school brawlers
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Biden honors ‘best in our nation,’ awarding Congressional Gold Medals to Jan. 6 Capitol police officers
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BBC:
Belarus: IOC expels two coaches over Krystina Timanovskaya case — Two Belarusian coaches have lost their Olympic accreditations after allegedly attempting to force an athlete to leave the games in Tokyo. — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich had left the Olympic Village.
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Gabrielle Tétrault-farber / Reuters:
Exclusive: Belarusian sprinter decided to defect on way to airport over safety fears
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The full picture of Trump's attempted coup is only starting to emerge — (CNN)President Donald Trump — back in the final days of his presidency — didn't exactly make a secret of his effort to overturn the election he'd just lost and so it's very easy to get tired of thinking about it …
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Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Exclusive: Going Down The ‘Big Lie’ Rabbit Hole With Former President Trump
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Merrick B. Garland / Washington Post:
It is time for Congress to act again to protect the right to vote — Merrick B. Garland is attorney general of the United States. — Our society is shaped not only by the rights it declares but also by its willingness to protect and enforce those rights. Nowhere is this clearer than in the area of voting rights.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Matt Gaetz denies sex crimes and attacks Fox News in desperate hourlong YouTube video — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) targeted Fox News this week in the premiere episode of his Firebrand YouTube program. — Earlier this year, Gaetz disappeared from Fox News broadcasts after he made an appearance …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Washington's hottest club is Joe Manchin's houseboat — Generally speaking, the first rule of visiting Joe Manchin III's houseboat is don't talk about Joe Manchin's houseboat. — This week, however, when Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tested positive for the coronavirus after attending …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson's Self-Loathing International Tourism — Why the Fox News host—and other conservatives who dislike today's America—happily assumed roles in an autocrat's public-relations campaign — About the author: Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic …
Zoe Richards / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani Admitted He Lied About Feds Slipping Him Info Ahead of 2016 Election, Watchdog Finds — The 2016 election was upended just as Giuliani went on the radio and claimed “active agents” had shared “rumors” about the Hillary Clinton email probe. — Rudy Giuliani has admitted …
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Samuel Levine / Federal Trade Commission:
Letter from Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine to Facebook — Today, Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Samuel Levine sent the following letter to Mark Zuckerberg concerning Facebook's misleading claims regarding the company's consent decree with the FTC:
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Zaid Jilani / Persuasion:
Teaching Race in Kindergarten — Oregon's new standards for social science exchange colorblindness for racialism. This is not progress. — From school boards to state legislatures, a battle is raging over how public schools should teach students about race and racism in the United States.
The Intercept:
Nancy Pelosi's Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple … The drive to persuade President Joe Biden to cancel student debt took a major hit last week when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stunned Congress with a surprise statement in opposition.
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ABC News:
Progressives keep hold of Biden agenda: The Note — Rep. Cori Bush's actions this week forced the White House's hand on evictions. — “Biden Democrats” keep winning primaries over their more progressive friends. — But the Biden agenda is still being shaped and defined …
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The Tennessean:
‘All of them’: Tennessee health chief says children's hospitals will fill up as the delta variant surges — Natalie Allison Brett KelmanNashville Tennessean — The delta variant of the coronavirus is ravaging hospitals in Tennessee, and pediatric wings won't escape the crisis, the state's health chief said Thursday.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
'We're Going Back To The Capitol': Ex Trump Campaign Official Announces ‘Huge’ Protest — “We're going to push back on the phony narrative that there was an insurrection,” Matt Braynard told former White House strategist Steve Bannon. — The former data chief for Donald Trump's 2016 campaign …
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Raw Story
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
More than 800 unaccompanied kids stopped at southern border in single day — US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stopped a whopping 834 unaccompanied minors at the US-Mexico border Wednesday, the most since the Biden administration began releasing a daily tally of apprehensions of children earlier this year.
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Washington Post:
Biden administration considers withholding funds and other measures to spur vaccinations — The Biden administration is considering using federal regulatory powers and the threat of withholding federal funds from institutions to push more Americans to get vaccinated — a huge potential shift …
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Raw Story, Fox News, Brookings and Vanity Fair
Politico:
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka dead at 72 — Richard Trumka, president of the powerful AFL-CIO labor organization, has died unexpectedly, the federation announced Thursday. — Trumka, 72, had served as president of the AFL-CIO, which represents more than 12.5 million workers …
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Bill Goodykoontz / Arizona Republic:
It's been Meghan McCain's job to make you mad. What happens when she leaves ‘The View’? — Meghan McCain is leaving her co-hosting gig on “The View” on Aug. 6. — McCain is a polarizing figure, and seems to enjoy being one, complaining about the media while courting their attention.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Americans On COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements: Yes For Health Care Workers, No For Restaurant Customers, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Support Masking Up Indoors And At Schools — mail_outline — As both the government and the private sector grapple …
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change, study finds — ‘The consequences of a collapse would likely be far-reaching.’ — Human-caused warming has led to an “almost complete loss of stability” in the system that drives Atlantic Ocean currents …
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Cammy Pedroja / Newsweek:
Reporter Removed From Kevin McCarthy Press Conference After 1/6 Commission Question: Video — A reporter was allegedly “dragged” by four police officers from a press conference on Thursday after asking Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy why he opposed a January 6th commission.
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Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and The New Civil Rights Movement
Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Novavax Delays Seeking U.S. Regulatory Approval for Covid-19 Vaccine — The shot, which can be stored at normal refrigerator temperatures, could provide much-needed boost to global vaccination efforts — Novavax Inc. said it would delay seeking U.S. emergency authorization …
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Washington is still shying away from punishing Putin's closest cronies. Why? — MOSCOW — Few topics rattle the Kremlin quite as much as Western sanctions targeting its officials and oligarchs. For all its nationalistic posturing, the regime of Vladimir Putin — as corrupt as it is authoritarian …
NPR:
‘Dark Money’ Is Funding The 2020 Election Challenge — And Could Challenge 2024 — TERRY GROSS, HOST: — This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. “The Big Money Behind The Big Lie” is the title of my guest Jane Mayer's new article in The New Yorker. The Big Lie is, of course, that Donald Trump really won the election.
Washington Post:
Samantha Power has long championed humanitarian intervention. Ethiopia's crisis is putting her to the test. — NAIROBI — On the day Samantha Power landed in Ethiopia this week, its civil war — now escalating and spreading beyond the northern region of Tigray — entered its 10th month.
Emily Crane / New York Post:
North Korean defector says she was robbed by 3 black women, accused of being racist — A North Korean defector claims she was mugged by three black women outside Chicago's Saks Fifth Avenue store last year - but white bystanders accused her of being racist when she tried to call police.
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