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8:40 PM ET, August 9, 2021

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New York Times:
Roberta Kaplan, Who Aided Cuomo, Resigns from Time's Up  —  Ms. Kaplan, a prominent progressive lawyer, was involved in an effort to discredit a woman who had accused Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, a report said.  —  Roberta A. Kaplan, the chairwoman of Time's Up and co-founder …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo  —  Brian Stelter, host of CNN's “Reliable Sources,” attempted a demonstration of journalistic independence on his Sunday program.  In light of last week's report from New York's attorney general documenting Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's alleged sexual harassment …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Albany's newspaper has covered Gov. Cuomo's sexual misconduct admirably.  Chris Cuomo and CNN have blown it.  —  Last semester, I taught a Duke University course somewhat dramatically titled “The News as a Moral Battleground.”  Every Monday, we used the headlines of the day to talk …
TIME'S UP Foundation:
TIME'S UP Speaks Out, Organization Holds Itself Accountable, Kaplan Steps Aside
Discussion: Associated Press and UPI
Josefa Velasquez / THE CITY:
Cuomo Trying to Cut a Deal to Avoid Impeachment, Sources Say
CBS News:
Cuomo accuser Brittany Commisso breaks her silence to detail groping allegations and says the governor is lying
Alison Turkos / Medium:
Enough is Enough: An Open Letter from Survivors to TIME'S UP
CBS Miami:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Office: State Education Board Could Withhold Salaries Of Superintendents, School Board Members Who Implement Mask Mandates  —  TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) - The Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the Florida Board of Education could withhold the salaries of superintendents …
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CNN:
Florida governor's office says state could withhold salaries of officials who enact school mask mandates  —  (CNN)In a move that escalated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fight over mask mandates, the governor's office said Monday that the state board of education could move to withhold the salaries …
Discussion: USA Today, Vanity Fair, Forbes and HuffPost
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon to require COVID vaccine for all troops by Sept. 15  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.  That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval …
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on COVID-⁠19 Vaccines for Service Members
Discussion: UPI, Townhall and IJR
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Voting Machine Tampering Is Coming From Inside The MAGA House  —  Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters May Have Committed The Very Crime She Accused The Left Of Committing  —  “The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”  - Hal Holbrook
Discussion: Raw Story and Election Law Blog
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Charles Ashby / Daily Sentinel:
Mesa County clerk's office under state investigation for breach of security  —  The Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office is under investigation by the Colorado Secretary of State's Office for a breach in security over its election system.  —  Secretary of State Jena Griswold released …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
UN report: Effects of climate change even more severe than we thought  —  Global warming is happening so fast that scientists now say we'll cross a crucial temperature threshold as early as 2030 — up to a decade sooner than previously thought — according to a sweeping new UN-sponsored review of climate science published Monday.
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James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Austin judge signs order to block arrests of Democrats who refuse to return to Texas Capitol for special session
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas hospitals to delay nonessential procedures as COVID-19 patients strain capacity  —  Abbott's request was one of several steps to address rising coronavirus case numbers and hospitalizations.  He did not back down from his refusal to allow local mask mandates.  —  Copy link
James Hill / ABC News:
Alleged Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for sexual abuse  —  The lawsuit comes almost two years to the day that Epstein died in jail.  —  An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled 61-year-old royal …
María Paúl / Washington Post:
Florida church reeling after six members die within 10 days amid spike in cases  —  For George L. Davis, a bishop at Impact Church in Jacksonville, getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was an act of faith.  He says that he believes in divine creation, and that the shot is a miracle …
Discussion: WFLA-TV and New York Post
Jennifer Senior / The Atlantic:
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind  —  When Bobby McIlvaine died on September 11, 2001, his desk at home was a study in plate tectonics, coated in shifting piles of leather-bound diaries and yellow legal pads.  He'd kept the diaries since he was a teenager, and they were filled with the usual diary things …
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Kids sick with Covid are filling up children's hospitals in areas seeing spikes … As vaccination rates lag and the new delta variant surges, Covid infection rates among kids have risen and children's hospitals are seeing a spike in medical care needs among the young patients.
Politico:
Dems double-dare a dug-in McConnell on debt  —  What happens when a cataclysmic deadline hits an immovable object?  Congress is about to find out when a looming credit crisis meets Mitch McConnell.  —  With the threat of default on the nation's $28 trillion debt awaiting this fall …
FiveThirtyEight:
What Redistricting Looks Like In Every State  —  An updating tracker of proposed congressional maps — and whether they might benefit Democrats or Republicans in the 2022 midterms and beyond.  —  National Overview  — STATES WITH PROPOSED MAPS  — National Overview  —  STATES TO WATCH
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Infrastructure Is Having A Moment In Washington.  High-Speed Rail Is Not.  —  “There's no other country that builds highways and airways and never even considers high-speed rail as an option,” one rail advocate lamented.  —  The largest federal investment in the nation's infrastructure …
Jennifer Van Laar / RedState:
Here's What We Know About California's “Print-at-Home Ballot” Recall Election Scheme  —  The story was all over social media this weekend: Crazy California Democrats have come up with another way to cheat on elections, this time by allowing every voter to vote from the “comfort of their own home” …
Philip Klein / National Review:
After Infrastructure Surrender, Republicans Deserve to Lose  —  Republicans have helped put President Biden several steps closer to passing his top legislative priority in voting multiple times to advance an unnecessary and costly infrastructure bill that will pave the way for Democrats to pass their multi-trillion dollar social agenda.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Covid Vaccines for Kids Can't Wait  —  A few weeks ago I posted, on Twitter, that I was increasingly furious with the F.D.A. for taking so long to authorize Covid vaccines for children under 12.  Then I deleted the tweet, because I know that as desperate as I am to get my kids inoculated …
Discussion: Reuters
Camilo Camilo / CBS News:
Biden administration sued over substandard conditions at emergency sites for migrant teens  —  Lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody asked a federal court on Monday to order the release of migrant teenagers from two emergency housing sites in Texas where minors …
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Rachel Uchitel on the N.D.A. She Signed With Tiger Woods  —  For more than a decade, a sweeping nondisclosure agreement with Tiger Woods, brokered by Gloria Allred, has ruled her life.  Now she's ready to rip it up.  —  Rachel Uchitel was sitting at a table in her Upper East Side apartment not long ago …
Ray A. Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Vaccination Status Has Americans Picking Sides  —  Vaccination status is splitting up groups of close friends and families; ‘it could just turn into a really nasty battle’  —  Weeks of rising Covid-19 cases have hardened divisions within families, communities and friend groups over which members …
John Wright / Raw Story:
Capitol rioter who destroyed media equipment re-arrested for allegedly strangling family member  —  A Virginia man who was filmed destroying media equipment during the Capitol insurrection has been re-arrested on charges that he strangled a family member.  —  Now, federal prosecutors …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Joe.My.God.
Bloomberg Law:
White House Said to Vet Prelogar as Top Supreme Court Lawyer  —  The White House is vetting acting Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar to be nominated for the job on a permanent basis, according to two former SG's office attorneys.  —  Prelogar, an appellate lawyer, has served …
Discussion: Reason
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
The US is sending B-52s and AC-130 gunships back in Afghanistan to slow its impending collapse  —  The Taliban have captured six provincial capitals.  —  The security situation in Afghanistan is so bad that the U.S. Air Force has brought out some of its biggest guns in an attempt to stop …
Discussion: Reuters, France 24 and Al Jazeera
Roselyn Romero / Associated Press:
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials  —  SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps across the United States, a growing number of colleges and universities are requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for students to attend in-person classes.
 
 
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge asks why Capitol rioters are paying just $1.5 million for attack, while U.S. taxpayers will pay more than $500 million
Discussion: Insider
Vegas Watch:
Donations To District Attorney Steve Wolfson Raise Specter Of Pay-For-Play Justice In Las Vegas
Craig Bruce Smith / TIME:
Joe Biden Should Follow George Washington's Lead and ‘Inoculate All the Troops’
Discussion: Trending Politics
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A U.S. scientist settled his federal whistle-blowing complaint over Covid treatments.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Edward Foley / Washington Post:
The House is supposed to represent the people. It doesn't.
Spencer Ackerman / Vanity Fair:
“The Scariest Thing I've Ever Seen in My Life”: How the “Ground Zero Mosque” Meltdown Set the Table for Trump
Bernie Sanders / Fox News:
It's time to protect working families through $3.5 trillion budget ‘reconciliation’ bill
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Iran says one person dying of COVID-19 every two minutes
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Department of Justice Filing
Discussion: New York Times
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
House GOP eyes removing Democratic media stars if in the majority
Discussion: RedState
Carl Beijer:
DSA is disproportionately working class
David Gilbert / VICE:
Anti-Vaxxers Got Fooled by Fake ‘Snitch on Your Unvaccinated Friends’ Site
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
I Stand By My Tweet  —  Caitlyn Jenner is a man.  Caitlyn Jenner did not run as an Olympian, Bruce Jenner did.