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4:00 PM ET, August 10, 2021

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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:
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he was resigning after a withering report from the state's attorney general alleged he'd sexually harassed multiple women leading to calls from top Democrats, including President Joe Biden, that he step down.
Jonathan Allen / Washington Free Beacon:
Tainted Gov: Andrew Cuomo, Brother of ‘Fredo,’ Resigns in Disgrace  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found he sexually harassed 11 women, mounting legal pressure and demands for his departure by President Joe Biden and others …
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Valerie Jarrett Claims Cuomo Worried Her in 2014. She's Praised Him For Years On Twitter.
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Shock: Cuomo resigns
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
NBC News:
Senate passes massive infrastructure package that is centerpiece of Biden agenda … WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping $550 billion infrastructure bill that would make a huge investment in the nation's roads, public transit, water and broadband.
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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 …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win
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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Twitter temporarily suspends Greene after she says vaccines are ‘failing’
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Twitchy
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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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 …
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.
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Chuck Grassley's bad defense of Trump's DOJ scheme  —  Grassley warned of “lasting damage to our country” — but not because a president tried to use the Justice Department to overturn an election.  —  Congress's investigation into former president Donald Trump's effort to commandeer …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
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Politico:   Trump asked his AG about legal strategy to overturn election, Rosen tells senators
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rose Adams / The Intercept:
UnitedHealthcare Guided Yale's Groundbreaking Surprise Billing Study … In 2016, an academic study from some of the most respected scholars in health care economics prompted a national outcry.  The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Yale University researchers …
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Anti-vaccine protesters tried to storm the BBC's offices.  But they had the wrong address.  —  A group of coronavirus vaccine protesters attempted to storm the offices of British public broadcaster BBC on Monday.  But they had one big problem: the wrong address.
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
They Knew Everything and Did Nothing  —  Revisiting the DOJ efforts to protect Epstein  —  It has been two years since Jeffrey Epstein died.  —  I refuse to say he committed suicide because that would require trust in the DOJ's investigation into his death.  Not that it's inconceivable that Epstein committed suicide.
Joshua Rhett Miller / New York Post:
‘Mom’ of 3 who got over $200K in donations for rent admits she's just the sitter  —  A Las Vegas “mother” who claimed she was facing eviction — prompting donors to pony up more than $200,000 — is just the babysitter of the three kids she identified as her children in a CNN report.
Bjorn Lomborg / New York Post:
Don't buy the latest climate-change alarmism  —  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released its latest climate report, and reactions from politicians and media pundits could not have been more predictable.  —  Fitting the apocalyptic narrative many have spun lately …
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Spying Allegations Being Investigated by National Security Agency Watchdog  —  The Fox News host says the spy agency had improperly targeted his communications  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency's internal watchdog is conducting a review of recent allegations …
 
 
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Aaron Gordon / VICE:
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New York Times:
Universal Masking Can Protect Students From Covid
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James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats
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David Gilbert / VICE:
These Women Helped Incite the Capitol Riot. Now They Want to Steal Georgia for Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz calls for ‘zero’ coronavirus mandates, while Rand Paul urges defiance amid delta variant surge
Michael Sneed / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago cops give cold shoulder to Mayor Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot
Leighton Woodhouse / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
Cori Bush Wants to Defund the Police. My Neighbors Have Other Ideas.
Discussion: Israpundit and Washington Examiner
Terry Wallace / Associated Press:
Texas Gov. Abbott seeks out-of-state help against COVID-19
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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