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New York Times:
Roberta Kaplan, Who Aided Cuomo, Resigns from Time's Up — Ms. Kaplan, a prominent progressive lawyer, was involved in an effort to discredit a woman who had accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, a report said. — Roberta A. Kaplan, the chairwoman of Time's Up and co-founder …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo — Brian Stelter, host of CNN's “Reliable Sources,” attempted a demonstration of journalistic independence on his Sunday program. In light of last week's report from New York's attorney general documenting Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Albany's newspaper has covered Gov. Cuomo's sexual misconduct admirably. Chris Cuomo and CNN have blown it.
Albany's newspaper has covered Gov. Cuomo's sexual misconduct admirably. Chris Cuomo and CNN have blown it.
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Lindsey Boylan / Medium:
It's not “our truth.” It's the truth. — Finally, the world now believes what I have known …
It's not “our truth.” It's the truth. — Finally, the world now believes what I have known …
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CBS Miami:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Office: State Education Board Could Withhold Salaries Of Superintendents, School Board Members Who Implement Mask Mandates — TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) - The Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Board of Education could withhold the salaries of superintendents …
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CNN:
Florida governor's office says state could withhold salaries of officials who enact school mask mandates — (CNN)In a move that escalated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fight over mask mandates, the governor's office said Monday that the state board of education could move to withhold the salaries …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Has Ron DeSantis cracked the code to lead the post-Trump GOP?
Has Ron DeSantis cracked the code to lead the post-Trump GOP?
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Ray A. Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Vaccination Status Has Americans Picking Sides — Vaccination status is splitting up groups of close friends and families; ‘it could just turn into a really nasty battle’ — Weeks of rising Covid-19 cases have hardened divisions within families, communities and friend groups over which members …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas hospitals to delay nonessential procedures as COVID-19 patients strain capacity — Abbott's request was one of several steps to address rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations. He did not back down from his refusal to allow local mask mandates. — Copy link
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Texas Gov. Abbott calls on hospitals to delay elective procedures as COVID cases surge — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced several new initiatives Monday to help address a surge in COVID-19 infections, including asking hospitals to delay nonessential medical procedures in order to free …
Office of the Texas Governor:
Governor Abbott Takes Action To Mitigate Rise In COVID-19 Cases In Texas — Governor Greg Abbott today announced a series of actions the State of Texas is taking to mitigate the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon to require COVID vaccine for all troops by Sept. 15 — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Voting Machine Tampering Is Coming From Inside The MAGA House — Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters May Have Committed The Very Crime She Accused The Left Of Committing — “The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” - Hal Holbrook
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Charles Ashby / Daily Sentinel:
Mesa County clerk's office under state investigation for breach of security
Mesa County clerk's office under state investigation for breach of security
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Kids sick with Covid are filling up children's hospitals in areas seeing spikes … As vaccination rates lag and the new delta variant surges, Covid infection rates among kids have risen and children's hospitals are seeing a spike in medical care needs among the young patients.
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Lizzie Widdicombe / Vogue:
Press Secretary Jen Psaki is Good At Mending Fences. Just Don't Call Her Nice. — It's a summer Friday. President Biden is at his Delaware beach house, where he delivered a brief speech about that morning's encouraging jobs numbers. Washington, D.C., is quiet—some might say eerily so.
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James Hill / ABC News:
Prince Andrew sued in federal court for alleged sexual abuse — The lawsuit comes almost two years to the day that Epstein died in jail. — An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled 61-year-old royal …
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Washington Post:
Texas judge blocks arrest of Democratic legislators who fled the state to stop voting restrictions — Prolonging a showdown over proposed new voting restrictions, a Texas judge temporarily blocked the arrest of Democratic legislators who fled the state to stop the legislation …
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Robby Soave / Reason:
D.C. Gyms Want To Require Vaccination Instead of Masks. The City Said No. — Last week, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser reinstated a citywide mask mandate for all indoor spaces, even though the city's recent uptick in COVID-19 cases has not yet produced a rash of deaths or hospitalizations …
New York Post:
Two more women contacted AG's Office with allegations against Gov. Cuomo — Two more women approached the state Attorney General's Office with allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Attorney General Letitia James released her sexual harassment report against him last week, The Post has learned.
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Josefa Velasquez / THE CITY:
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Sources Say
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Sources Say
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Dallas Morning News:
Dallas schools to require masks in defiance of Gov. Abbott's order — Starting Tuesday, Dallas ISD will require students and teachers to wear masks at its campuses, defying Gov. Greg Abbott's order that bars districts from issuing mask mandates. — Superintendent Michael Hinojosa announced …
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Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:
Dallas school district defies governor's ban and announces a mask mandate.
Dallas school district defies governor's ban and announces a mask mandate.
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
UN report: Effects of climate change even more severe than we thought — Global warming is happening so fast that scientists now say we'll cross a crucial temperature threshold as early as 2030 — up to a decade sooner than previously thought — according to a sweeping new UN-sponsored review of climate science published Monday.
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María Paúl / Washington Post:
Florida church reeling after six members die within 10 days amid spike in cases — For George L. Davis, a bishop at Impact Church in Jacksonville, getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was an act of faith. He says that he believes in divine creation, and that the shot is a miracle …
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Jennifer Senior / The Atlantic:
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind — When Bobby McIlvaine died on September 11, 2001, his desk at home was a study in plate tectonics, coated in shifting piles of leather-bound diaries and yellow legal pads. He'd kept the diaries since he was a teenager, and they were filled with the usual diary things …
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
Here's What We Know About California's “Print-at-Home Ballot” Recall Election Scheme — The story was all over social media this weekend: Crazy California Democrats have come up with another way to cheat on elections, this time by allowing every voter to vote from the “comfort of their own home” …
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Politico:
Dems double-dare a dug-in McConnell on debt — What happens when a cataclysmic deadline hits an immovable object? Congress is about to find out when a looming credit crisis meets Mitch McConnell. — With the threat of default on the nation's $28 trillion debt awaiting this fall …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying just $1.5 million for attack, while U.S. taxpayers will pay more than $500 million — A federal judge on Monday questioned why U.S. prosecutors are asking Capitol riot defendants to pay only $1.5 million in restitution while American taxpayers …
Philip Klein / National Review:
After Infrastructure Surrender, Republicans Deserve to Lose — Republicans have helped put President Biden several steps closer to passing his top legislative priority in voting multiple times to advance an unnecessary and costly infrastructure bill that will pave the way for Democrats to pass their multi-trillion dollar social agenda.
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
The US is sending B-52s and AC-130 gunships back in Afghanistan to slow its impending collapse — The security situation in Afghanistan is so bad that the U.S. Air Force has brought out some of its biggest guns in an attempt to stop the Taliban's blitzkrieg throughout the country.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Infrastructure Is Having A Moment In Washington. High-Speed Rail Is Not. — “There's no other country that builds highways and airways and never even considers high-speed rail as an option,” one rail advocate lamented. — The largest federal investment in the nation's infrastructure …
Bloomberg Law:
White House Said to Vet Prelogar as Top Supreme Court Lawyer — The White House is vetting acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to be nominated for the job on a permanent basis, according to two former SG's office attorneys. — Prelogar, an appellate lawyer, has served …
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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Rachel Uchitel on the N.D.A. She Signed With Tiger Woods — For more than a decade, a sweeping nondisclosure agreement with Tiger Woods, brokered by Gloria Allred, has ruled her life. Now she's ready to rip it up. — Rachel Uchitel was sitting at a table in her Upper East Side apartment not long ago …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Dr. Tony Fauci On Masks At School For K-3rd Grade; CDC Credibility; The “Omega” Variant — Dr. Tony Fauci joined me Monday morning: — Audio: — 08-09hhs-fauci — Transcript: — HH: So pleased to welcome back Dr. Fauci. Good morning, Dr. Fauci. Welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show...Don't hear you, Dr. Hello?
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