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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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CBS News:
Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso breaks her silence to detail groping allegations and says the governor is lying — In a damning report released last week by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is accused of sexually harassing 11 women.
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Cuomo's Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive — The governor's confidante helped lead efforts to retaliate against one of the women who accused him of sexual harassment, the attorney general's report found. — ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's top aide …
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Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
Cuomo Moves Closer to Impeachment as Lawmakers Gather — Legislators could decide by early next month to try to force the governor from office over allegations that he sexually harassed 11 women. — ALBANY, N.Y. — With Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's political future in the balance …
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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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Bangor Daily News, The Federalist and Forbes
Josefa Velasquez / THE CITY:
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Source Says
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Source Says
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New York Daily News, The Daily Caller, New York Post and CBS News
Alison Turkos / Medium:
Enough is Enough: An Open Letter from Survivors to TIME'S UP
Enough is Enough: An Open Letter from Survivors to TIME'S UP
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Cuomo executive assistant describes escalating misconduct that was ‘certainly not consensual’
Cuomo executive assistant describes escalating misconduct that was ‘certainly not consensual’
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CNN:
Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes — (CNN)As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing …
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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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Washington Post:
‘Goldilocks virus’: Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks — The variant battle in the United States is over. Delta won. — Since late last year, the country has been overrun by a succession of coronavirus variants, each with its own suite …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid — Lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms are affecting children as well as adults, including many who had mild reactions to the initial coronavirus infection. — Will Grogan stared blankly at his ninth-grade biology classwork.
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Mike Rowe:
Off the Wall — Here's a delightful headline, followed by a charming article, written by a guy named Jonathan V. Last.
Off the Wall — Here's a delightful headline, followed by a charming article, written by a guy named Jonathan V. Last.
Yen Nee Lee / CNBC:
The world is nowhere near the end of the pandemic, says famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant
Politico:
Dems reveal $3.5T budget that sidesteps debt ceiling — Senate Democrats released a $3.5 trillion budget on Monday morning that doesn't tackle the imminent need to raise the debt ceiling, setting the stage for a dramatic standoff with Republicans this fall.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Schumer says Senate will ‘immediately’ consider budget after infrastructure bill
Schumer says Senate will ‘immediately’ consider budget after infrastructure bill
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the Debt Limit
Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the Debt Limit
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CNBC, Politico, Washington Times, The Hill and Bloomberg
Politico:
Biden's infrastructure bill on cruise control to Senate passage
Biden's infrastructure bill on cruise control to Senate passage
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Financial Times, National Review, Reason, Breitbart, CBS News, Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York Times
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget blueprint as Senate prepares to finish infrastructure debate
Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget blueprint as Senate prepares to finish infrastructure debate
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FiveThirtyEight:
What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State — An updating tracker of proposed congressional maps — and whether they might benefit Democrats or Republicans in the 2022 midterms and beyond. — National Overview — STATES WITH PROPOSED MAPS — National Overview — STATES TO WATCH
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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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Amanda Jackson / CNN:
6 members of a Florida church died of Covid-19 in 2 weeks, pastor says. On Sunday the church held a vaccination clinic — (CNN)In just two weeks, six members of a Florida church died from Covid-19. All were unvaccinated, their pastor said. — Now the church is hosting a vaccination clinic.
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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 …
David Gilbert / VICE:
Anti-Vaxxers Got Fooled by Fake ‘Snitch on Your Unvaccinated Friends’ Site — A website purportedly offering money to people willing to snitch on their unvaccinated family, friends, and neighbors for breaching vaccine mandates has gone viral in anti-vaxxer circles.
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
I Stand By My Tweet — Caitlyn Jenner is a man. Caitlyn Jenner did not run as an Olympian, Bruce Jenner did. He ran, set records, won awards, and only late in life decided he was a she. But he is not, even as he has altered his appearance, changed his name, and the world has retconned Caitlyn …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New revelations expose future threat Trump poses — (CNN)A burst of new disclosures exposing the extraordinary efforts by ex-President Donald Trump to steal power after his election defeat constitute a grave warning about the future and his potential bid to recapture the White House.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's coup attempt grows even more worrisome as new details emerge
Trump's coup attempt grows even more worrisome as new details emerge
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Sails Away as Rudy Giuliani Drowns in Legal Bills — As Rudy Giuliani struggles with mounting legal bills, the former president's longtime friend can't even get a Retweet. — As Rudy Giuliani's legal bills have piled up in recent months—and as federal investigators intensify …
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New York Times:
As Taliban Capture Cities, U.S. Says Afghan Forces Must Fend for Themselves — The muted American response to the Taliban siege shows in no uncertain terms that the U.S. war in Afghanistan is over. — WASHINGTON — If the Taliban had seized three provincial capitals in northern Afghanistan a year ago …
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Rahim Faiez / Associated Press:
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capital
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capital
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