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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Andrew Cuomo's War Against a Federal Prosecutor — A call to the Obama White House that some legal experts say is impeachable fits a pattern of the Governor smearing those who scrutinize him. — In April, 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo placed a call to the White House and reached Valerie Jarrett …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Live Updates: Governor Cuomo Says He Will Resign — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he would step down in 14 days after an searing investigation found he had sexually harassed nearly a dozen women. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will become the first woman to serve as governor of New York. — Key Updates:
New York Times:
'A Publisher's Worst Nightmare': How Cuomo's Book Became a Cautionary Tale — Last summer, publishers really wanted to buy Gov. Andrew Cuomo's book. — At the time, it seemed like a guaranteed best seller. Sales of political books were surging, and Mr. Cuomo had become a cable news fixture …
Jonathan Allen / Washington Free Beacon:
Tainted Gov: Andrew Cuomo, Brother of ‘Fredo,’ Resigns in Disgrace
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
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The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Valerie Jarrett Claims Cuomo Worried Her in 2014. She's Praised Him For Years On Twitter.
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Instapundit, Ace of Spades HQ, Fox News and RedState
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Three GOP senators who backed bipartisan framework oppose resulting infrastructure bill — Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have announced they would not support the final infrastructure bill. — Sen. Mike Rounds was one of three GOP senators …
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Politico:
‘One hell of a fight,’ all night: Senate vote-a-rama jump-starts $3.5T plan
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Trump rips McConnell as ‘overrated’ ahead of infrastructure bill's passage
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
House progressives won't vote for the infrastructure bill unless the Senate approves $3.5 trillion in other spending.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Misleading Narrative about the Unvaccinated — On the menu today: A new study finds that blacks and Hispanics remain less likely than their white counterparts to have received a vaccine, which complicates the convenient narrative that the COVID-19 pandemic continues because of stubborn …
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Deceptions and lies: What really happened in Afghanistan — Part one of an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.” Whitlock will discuss the book during a Washington Post Live event on Aug. 31. — The suicide bomber arrived at Bagram air base in a Toyota Corolla late in the morning on Feb. 27, 2007.
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Politico:
Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes — Rep. Ron Kind, a senior Democrat in one of the most competitive swing seats, will not seek reelection — a gutting blow to House Democrats in their uphill battle to hang onto their majority next November.
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Dominion Sues Newsmax, One America News Network, Others Over Election Claims — Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs — WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks …
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Politico:
Trump asked his AG about legal strategy to overturn election, Rosen tells senators — Donald Trump asked the country's top legal official in late December about a conspiratorial draft complaint aimed at overturning the 2020 election results, according to a previously unreported account …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Chuck Grassley's bad defense of Trump's DOJ scheme
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Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago”: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump's Florida — It's late afternoon, and the palms of Fort Lauderdale are swaying as Roger Stone—dirty trickster, convicted felon—glides across the boulevard in short sleeves and a linen jacket, ready for his first cocktail of the day.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker's wife voted in Georgia as couple lives in Texas, records show — Potential U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia's election for president last fall. — The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether …
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Jim Abbott / Daytona Beach News-Journal Online:
WNDB official: Radio host Marc Bernier hospitalized with COVID-19 — Jim AbbottThe Daytona Beach News-Journal — DAYTONA BEACH — Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a top official at WNDB (1150 AM, 93.5 FM).
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Crooks and Liars
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
The Vaccine Cards Are the Wrong Size — This spring, as New York City warmed up and the local vaccination rate surged, I met my best friend for our first restaurant meal together in months. As soon as we sat down, she began rifling through her purse. “I have something for you,” she told me.
New York Times:
See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State — Serious coronavirus infections among vaccinated people have been relatively rare since the start of the vaccination campaign, a New York Times analysis of data from 40 states and Washington, D.C., shows.
Aaron Gordon / VICE:
‘Expert Mathematician’ on Election Fraud Actually a Swing Set Installer, Lawsuit Claims — A man posing as a math expert with evidence Trump won the election is actually a convicted drug dealer with no college degree who installs swing sets, according to a lawsuit. — Aaron Gordon
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Insider, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
‘Reign of Terror’ Brilliantly Traces the Course From 9/11 to President Trump … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — Spencer Ackerman's barnburner of a new book, “Reign of Terror,” reminded me of that moment in 2015 …
CNN:
Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week — (CNN Business)Twitter (TWTR) has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week following another violation of the platform's rules, the company said Tuesday. — Greene tweeted on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration …
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Tami Luhby / CNN:
Inflation wiped out America's pay raises — New York (CNN Business)Companies big and small are raising wages to attract workers and hold onto employees as the economy revs back into gear. — But those fatter paychecks aren't going as far, thanks to rising inflation.
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
U.S. government sends hundreds of ventilators to Florida as Covid surge continues — WASHINGTON — The federal government has sent hundreds of ventilators and other equipment to Florida this week to help the state respond to a record-breaking number of Covid hospitalizations.
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USA Today:
Infrastructure equals jobs, growth, competitive edge and better lives for millions — From our earliest days, major investments in infrastructure and people sparked the growth spurts that have made us great. We're poised to do it again. — The historic bipartisan infrastructure bill …
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Davey Alba / New York Times:
Virus Misinformation Spikes as Delta Cases Surge — Researchers have recorded a new burst of false and misleading information about the coronavirus after a decline in the spring. — In late July, Andrew Torba, the chief executive of the alternative social network Gab …
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Media Matters for America, Reason, Vanity Fair and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
BBC:
Facebook removes anti-vax influencer campaign — Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts which it says were involved in anti-vax disinformation campaigns operated from Russia. — The company said the network of accounts targeted India, Latin America and the US.
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
A New Pandemic Reality for America's Kids — Two and a half weeks ago, as the next school year approached, a pediatric cardiologist from Louisiana headed into the Georgia mountains with her husband, their three young children, and their extended family. It was, in many ways …
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Raw Story and New York Times
Fred Ryan / Washington Post:
Austin Tice is turning 40. Can this president finally bring him home? — Fred Ryan is publisher of The Post. — Aug. 11, 2012, seems like ages ago. President Barack Obama was in his first term, campaigning for reelection against Mitt Romney. Donald Trump was hosting “The Celebrity Apprentice …
Erin Banco / Politico:
'We're in trouble': Rural America can't escape Delta — EVANSTON, Wyo. — Steven was finally getting his Covid-19 shot because Mama told him to. And nobody crosses Mama. — Standing between the fried bread and slushie stands at the Uinta County fairgrounds in southwestern Wyoming …
Monica Buchanan Pitrelli / CNBC:
Vaccines are being required for travel — here's how unvaccinated people feel about that — Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again. But more and more, the rules make that harder. — Travelers are increasingly required to show proof of vaccination before they can cruise …
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats — The Democrats had left the state to block the passage of a Republican elections bill they say would restrict voting rights in the state. — Copy link
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