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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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TIME'S UP Foundation:
TIME'S UP Speaks Out, Organization Holds Itself Accountable, Kaplan Steps Aside
TIME'S UP Speaks Out, Organization Holds Itself Accountable, Kaplan Steps Aside
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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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Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Cuomo impeachment probe scrutinizing NY nursing home crisis as well as alleged sexual harassment
Cuomo impeachment probe scrutinizing NY nursing home crisis as well as alleged sexual harassment
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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. — Last semester, I taught a Duke University course somewhat dramatically titled “The News as a Moral Battleground.” Every Monday, we used the headlines of the day to talk …
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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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CBS News:
Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso breaks her silence to detail groping allegations and says the governor is lying
Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso breaks her silence to detail groping allegations and says the governor is lying
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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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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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Craig Bruce Smith / TIME:
Joe Biden Should Follow George Washington's Lead and ‘Inoculate All the Troops’
Joe Biden Should Follow George Washington's Lead and ‘Inoculate All the Troops’
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Trending Politics
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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CNN:
Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes
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Kate Aronoff / New Republic:
Playing Nice With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Climate Denial
Playing Nice With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Climate Denial
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New York Times:
Abbott Criticized for Ban on Covid Mandates as Cases Soar in Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott joins other Republican leaders standing by their orders against mandates for masks and vaccines. — AUSTIN, Texas — The dilemma sounded familiar. A prominent, ambitious red-state governor …
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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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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 — The Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office is under investigation by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office for a breach in security over its election system. — Secretary of State Jena Griswold released …
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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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James Hill / ABC News:
Alleged Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for 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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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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WFLA-TV and New York Post
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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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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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Roselyn Romero / Associated Press:
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials — SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes.
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Spencer Ackerman / Vanity Fair:
“The Scariest Thing I've Ever Seen in My Life”: How the “Ground Zero Mosque” Meltdown Set the Table for Trump — The transformation of a proposed Lower Manhattan cultural center into an anti-American edifice—framing pushed by the right and reinforced by the mainstream media …
John Wright / Raw Story:
Capitol rioter who destroyed media equipment re-arrested for allegedly strangling family member — A Virginia man who was filmed destroying media equipment during the Capitol insurrection has been re-arrested on charges that he strangled a family member. — Now, federal prosecutors …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Department of Justice Filing — As we approach the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, we must never forget the enduring pain of the families and loved ones of the 2,977 innocent people who were killed.
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New York Times