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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 …
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Washington Post:
How Cuomo's flexing of political power became his undoing — Hours after the state attorney general released a scorching report last week that found New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and his staff had unlawfully retaliated against an alleged victim …
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New York Times, USA Today, Mother Jones, New Republic and CBS New York
New York Times:
Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace
Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace
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New York Post, OpenSecrets.org, The American Spectator, Snopes.com, TheBlaze, Sputnik News and TalkLeft
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation.
On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation.
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Townhall, The Wrap, Mediaite, Hollywood Reporter, Fox News, Washington Post and RedState, more at Mediagazer »
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
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The Daily Beast, UPROXX and Mercury News
Jonathan Allen / Washington Free Beacon:
Tainted Gov: Andrew Cuomo, Brother of ‘Fredo,’ Resigns in Disgrace
Tainted Gov: Andrew Cuomo, Brother of ‘Fredo,’ Resigns in Disgrace
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National Review, The Bulwark, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Politico, ABC News, UPROXX, Power Line and Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
Most GOP Senators Sign Pledge to Not Help Democrats on Debt Ceiling — Unless Congress steps in, the Treasury could begin to miss payments on its obligations and default — WASHINGTON—Most Republican senators have signed on to a pledge to force Democrats to raise the debt ceiling through procedures …
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The Hill, Insider, Washington Times and National Review
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John Feehery / The Hill:
The Bridge Over the River Kwai — House Republicans should be careful not to become like Colonel Nicholson in the movie, “The Bridge Over the River Kwai.” — Nicholson, played by Alex Guinness, was the British officer who helped the Japanese build a bridge in Burma during the Second World War …
David Montgomery / New York Times:
Texas Republicans Vote to Arrest Absentee Democrats
Texas Republicans Vote to Arrest Absentee Democrats
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Washington Times and CNN
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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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Allahpundit / HotAir:
80-12: Texas House authorizes sergeant-at-arms to arrest the Dem fleebaggers and bring them back
80-12: Texas House authorizes sergeant-at-arms to arrest the Dem fleebaggers and bring them back
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Washington Post, Austin American-Statesman and The Texas Tribune
Dallas Morning News:
Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats
Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats
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RedState and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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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Washington Post, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Robert Siegel / NPR:
Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71 — Neal Conan, who spent 36 years with National Public Radio and 11 years as the host of the network's Talk of the Nation died Tuesday in Hawaii of glioblastoma at the age of 71. — I met Neal almost 50 years ago …
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.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The con is winding down — Allow me to present to you the evidence that China stole the 2020 election. Please sit down; I don't want you to be injured when you faint. — So: voilà. — Yes, you're reading that right. Looks like you owe MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell an apology. — Hm?
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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Washington Examiner, CBS News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Roll Call, National Review, The Hill, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, CNN and UPI
Washington Post:
Texas judge clears way for San Antonio to mandate masks in blow to Gov. Greg Abbott — A county judge in Texas on Tuesday cleared the way for officials in San Antonio and Bexar County to require masks in public schools and municipal buildings, temporarily overriding an order …
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KSAT-TV, The Hill, Daily Kos, Click2Houston.com and CNN
Michael Shellenberger:
Why I Am Not A Progressive — And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up — For all of my adult life I have identified as a progressive. To me, being a progressive meant that I believed in empowerment. In 2002, when I co-founded a labor-environmental coalition …
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HotAir
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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Raw Story
Niara Savage / Atlanta Black Star:
‘It Was Just Disbelief’: Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta Elementary School After Learning the Principal Segregated Students Based on Race — An Atlanta mom filed a federal complaint against her daughter's Atlanta elementary school after she learned that the school was separating students on the basis of race.
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Twitchy
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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NBC 6 South Florida and Associated Press
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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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The Wrap and Crooks and Liars
New York Post:
Biden ‘checking’ if he can overrule states and order universal masks in schools — President Biden said Tuesday that his administration is examining whether he can order universal masking in public schools, overriding Republican governors in states like Florida and Texas.
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Fox News, Washington Post, Politico, RedState, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Florida Politics and Twitchy
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Washington Post:
U.S. officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected — The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan's capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence …
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 …
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.
Sarah Zheng / South China Morning Post:
Chinese court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years for spying — The businessman was accused of ‘spying and illegal provision of state secrets abroad’ and faced a closed-door trial in March Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested in December 2018 days after Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou …
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VICE, Bloomberg and Financial Times
Politico:
An inconvenient truth (about weed) — Federal laws bar cannabis from crossing state lines, driving up the cost — and the emissions — of an industry using indoor grow operations. — Nationally, 80 percent of cannabis is cultivated indoors. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
NK News:
North Korea refuses to answer inter-Korean hotline calls for second straight day — Seoul's unification, defense ministries confirm lack of response as top DPRK officials rail against joint US-ROK drills — North Korea has not responded to calls from South Korea via recently reconnected …
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Delta Is Bad News for 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, a fairly pandemic-sanctioned vacation …
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Raw Story and New York Times
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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Outside the Beltway, TheGrio, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, The Intellectualist and Twitchy
Max Boot / Washington Post:
America has a long history of vaccination mandates. Why should the worst plague in a century be any different? — Coronavirus vaccination mandates are spreading. So is resistance to them. A number of red states, including Texas and Florida, not only refuse to mandate vaccinations …
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