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Marist Poll:
Marist Poll Results & Analysis: Governor Andrew Cuomo  —  The post Marist Poll Results & Analysis: Governor Andrew Cuomo first appeared on Home of the Marist Poll.
Discussion: HotAir, NBC New York and abc7NY
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New York Times:
You Should Resign, Governor Cuomo  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.  —  Last winter, after the first wave of accusations of sexual misconduct …
David K. Li / NBC News:
New details emerge about how CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo in sex harassment inquiry  —  State prosecutors shed new light Tuesday on CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's involvement in managing the response to the sexual harassment scandal surrounding his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Robert Schmad / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Cuomo's COVID policy killed thousands — that's what should have ended his career
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Entire NY Democratic congressional delegation now calling for Cuomo's resignation
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Newsmax's Greg Kelly Defends Cuomo: ‘I Can See a Freakin’ Witch Hunt When It Happens'
Wall Street Journal:
The Andrew Cuomo Standard
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and CNN
ABC News:
DOJ officials rejected colleague's request to intervene in Georgia's election certification: Emails  —  The DOJ officials rejected the request from another department official.  —  Top members of the Department of Justice last year rebuffed another DOJ official who asked them to urge officials …
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:   A Trump bombshell quietly dropped last week. And it should shock us all
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Obama Significantly Scales Back 60th Birthday Party as Virus Cases Rebound  —  Hundreds of former Obama administration officials, celebrities and Democratic donors had been planning to attend the huge bash on Martha's Vineyard on Saturday.  —  WASHINGTON — The party plans had been months …
Scott Powers / Florida Politics:
Poll: Ron DeSantis approval rating sags as COVID-19 rages … Scott Powers  —  Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years' experience, mostly at newspapers such as the Orlando Sentinel and the Columbus Dispatch.  He covers local, state and federal politics and space news across much of Central Florida.
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Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:
Shock poll: Charlie Crist leads Ron DeSantis amid COVID-19 surge
Discussion: Mediaite
Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
DeSantis downplays COVID-19 concerns during Sarasota and Miami events Tuesday
Discussion: NBC 6 South Florida
New York Times:
F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month  —  The Food and Drug Administration's move is expected to kick off more vaccination mandates for hospital workers, college students and federal troops.  —  WASHINGTON — With a new surge of Covid-19 infections ripping through …
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
NYU researchers speak out after Facebook disables their accounts  —  Facebook disabled the accounts of researchers behind tools that collect information on political ads running on Facebook.  —  On Tuesday, Facebook suspended the accounts, apps and pages of several New York University researchers …
Nancy Lapid / Reuters:
Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab  —  The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.  —  Delta breakthrough infections likely contagious
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democratic Insider and a Republican Backed by Trump Win Ohio House Races  —  The victories by Shontel Brown, a Democrat supported by the national establishment, and Mike Carey, a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump, provided a lift to the leadership of both parties.
Suzanne Ciechalski / NBC News:
Virginia Covid patient goes from ‘invincible’ to hospital-bed vaccine advocate … An unvaccinated Virginia man who's been hospitalized with Covid-19 is using social media to urge others to go out and get the shot.  —  Travis Campbell, 43, has been in the hospital for more than a week …
Jared Yates Sexton / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson's Orban Lovefest Is a Dark Glimpse of the Future MAGA Wants  —  The Fox News star broadcasts from Budapest this week, seemingly to sell his viewers on the Hungarian strongman's depressingly familiar and deeply dangerous authoritarianism. … “Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Tucker Carlson & Viktor Orbán Plan Our Fascist Future
The Daily Beast:
Website Run by ‘Dumbest Man on the Internet’ Helped Fuel Trump's Effort to Cancel Democracy  —  Trump told officials that they were not “following the internet the way I do” as he tried to subvert the election.  He was referring in part to conspiracy site The Gateway Pundit.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
1619 Project, Touted as Racial Reckoning, Ignores Democratic Party Racism  —  Democrats who advanced a bill in June to remove statues of white supremacists from the U.S. Capitol ignored a central fact about those figures: All of them had been icons of their party, from Andrew Jackson's adamantly …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mayor Bowser's poor spin about not following her own mask mandate  —  “We all know what the rules says about sitting at a dining table and dining.  Don't be ridiculous. ...  They took a picture of me where dinner and drinks were served.”  — Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), speaking to reporters, Aug. 3
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Missouri governor pardons Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters  —  A St. Louis couple who gained national notoriety for brandishing guns at peaceful protesters last year and pleaded guilty to firearm charges were pardoned by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson last week.
The Hill:
Bad week in Trumpland signals hope for American democracy  —  The last five years' deluge of disinformation and discord make it easy to lose faith in democracy, something never helpful to preserving it.  Just when many lamented the Republican pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago as signs …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Reports of Trump's demise are exaggerated  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT — “Obama Significantly Scales Back 60th Birthday Party as Virus Cases Rebound,” by NYT's Annie Karni: “The party plans had been months in the making and many invitees had already arrived …
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
The C.D.C. Needs to Stop Confusing the Public  —  Dr. Tufekci is a contributing Opinion writer who has extensively examined the Covid-19 pandemic.  —  “Be first, be right, be credible,” are among the most important principles for health authorities to follow in a crisis …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Christian Paz / The Atlantic:
The Voters Who Could Turn California Red  —  At the end of the 2020 election, California's Republicans had reason to feel hopeful.  Although Joe Biden won the state by a landslide, Donald Trump won more votes (6 million) there than any other Republican candidate had ever.
Discussion: National Review, Breitbart and RedState
Jeremy Duda / Arizona Mirror:
Cyber Ninjas leader ignored records contradicting his false claim  —  This article is a collaboration with ABC15.  To read more about their coverage on the Arizona “audit,” go to their website.  —  Speaking before several thousand supporters at a “Rally to Protect Our Elections” …
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rep. Billy Long launches Missouri Senate campaign after meeting with Trump
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