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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.
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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 …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Valerie Jarrett Claims Cuomo Worried Her in 2014. She's Praised Him For Years On Twitter.
Valerie Jarrett Claims Cuomo Worried Her in 2014. She's Praised Him For Years On Twitter.
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Jacobin, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Poster and Fox News
Politico:
Andrew Cuomo resigns amid sexual harassment scandal
Andrew Cuomo resigns amid sexual harassment scandal
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Washington Examiner, National Review, CNN, Sputnik News, Washington Times, KTAB, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announces resignation in effort to head off likely impeachment in wake of devastating report on his conduct
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announces resignation in effort to head off likely impeachment in wake of devastating report on his conduct
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CNN:
Kathy Hochul will take over as New York governor
Kathy Hochul will take over as New York governor
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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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POLITICUSUSA, USA Today, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, Denver Post, Bloomberg and Washington Times, more at Techmeme »
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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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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win
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
Trump rips McConnell as ‘overrated’ ahead of infrastructure bill's passage
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Bipartisan infrastructure bill: 19 GOP senators vote for $1T legislation
Bipartisan infrastructure bill: 19 GOP senators vote for $1T legislation
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, CNN, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Dominion lodges suits against OAN, Newsmax, ex-Overstock CEO
Dominion lodges suits against OAN, Newsmax, ex-Overstock CEO
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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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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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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Lawyer for House conservatives suing Pelosi has his own rap sheet
Lawyer for House conservatives suing Pelosi has his own rap sheet
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POLITICUSUSA, Washington Examiner and RedState
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Twitter temporarily suspends Greene after she says vaccines are ‘failing’
Twitter temporarily suspends Greene after she says vaccines are ‘failing’
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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:
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
Chuck Grassley's bad defense of Trump's DOJ scheme
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Crooks and Liars and Mediaite
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 …
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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 …
Politico:
Kind won't seek reelection in Wisconsin — Kind, who has spent nearly 25 years in the House, faced a race in his sprawling rural Wisconsin seat last fall. — Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), a senior Democrat in one of the most competitive swing seats, will not seek reelection …
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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, Vanity Fair and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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.
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Daily Mail, BizPac Review, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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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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 …
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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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.
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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.