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12:35 PM ET, August 9, 2021

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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and KTLA
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Albany's newspaper has covered Gov. Cuomo's sexual misconduct admirably. Chris Cuomo and CNN have blown it.
Josefa Velasquez / THE CITY:
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Source Says
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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.
Washington Post:
Humans have pushed the climate into ‘unprecedented’ territory, landmark U.N. report finds
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Discussion: NBC News and Balloon Juice
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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.
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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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget blueprint as Senate prepares to finish infrastructure debate
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
Discussion: Kansas Reflector
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.
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.
Discussion: 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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Natalia Zinets / Reuters:
Defiant Lukashenko says Belarusian Olympic defector was ‘manipulated’
Discussion: Politico, Al Jazeera and WTOP
Axios:
Scoop: Biden taps Russia hawk for key energy post
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Obama at 60: Feet on the dance floor, eyes on the future
Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
Why Liberals Hate Hungary's Viktor Orban So Much
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Olympics were not the patriot games
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Judge rules Florida can't ban Norwegian Cruise Line ‘vaccine passport’
Kat Rosenfield / UnHerd:
How cancel culture hurts the Left
 Earlier Items: 
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
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Discussion: CNN
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP megadonors flock to Tim Scott, building 2024 buzz
Discussion: Raw Story
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
The U.S. government is designed for failure. And, a new study shows, it's getting worse.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Cash Machine's Behavior Is ‘Nothing Short of Scandalous’
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard Milne / Financial Times:
Latvia warns of risk of ‘incident’ between Nato and Russia
Discussion: Lenta.ru and Marginal REVOLUTION
Washington Post:
For first time, average pay for supermarket and restaurant workers tops $15 an hour