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“The governor’s trying to sleep with me.” — Charlotte Bennett, recalling Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) sexual harassment in a CBS News interview. Save to FavoritesShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on…
Reading the Tweets
This is extraordinary: Rep. Zoe Lofgren’s (D-CA) office went through the social media posts of all the House Republicans who objected to the certification of now President Joe Biden’s Electoral…
Leading Critic of Big Tech Gets White House Post
“President Biden is expected to name Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor, to the National Economic Council on Friday as a special assistant to the president for technology and…
Newsom and Cuomo Look for Paths to Survival
Los Angeles Times: “The missteps and aloofness that now have California Gov. Gavin Newsom facing the threat of recall from office have been overshadowed by the sexual harassment scandal that…
McCarthy Struggles to Manage Trump
Playbook: “After Kevin McCarthy visited Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in late January, the House minority leader released a picture of the two men smiling side by side. The image —…
A More Restrained Foreign Policy
New York Times: “The Biden foreign policy that emerges from these early weeks is one of restraint, caution and fast-paced deliberation. Decisions come more quickly than they did in the…
Two Million Getting Vaccine Per Day
New York Times: “The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday… A month ago, the…
Biden Ignores the Culture Wars
Politico: “Over the past few weeks, Republicans have simmered over the ‘cancelation’ of seemingly innocent family favorites, including the venerated Mr. Potato Head toy and Dr. Seuss books. Glenn Beck…
GOP Grapples with Extremism Among Its Own
Politico: “Some fear that if the conference — which just ushered in a historically diverse freshman class — doesn’t stomp out those political brush fires now, there’s a risk they…
Trump’s Heir Apparent?
Playbook: “We got ahold of a new nationwide Republican survey from Trump’s former campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio on the way-too-early 2024 GOP primary. It shows Mike Pence and Florida Gov….
Murkowski Votes to Advance Deb Haaland
Washington Post: “Murkowski was the only Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to approve Haaland (D-NM) in the narrow 11-to-9 vote. Haaland’s nomination now moves to the…
Biden Backs New War Powers Vote In Congress
“President Joe Biden intends to work with Congress to repeal the war authorizations that have underpinned U.S. military operations across the globe for the past two decades and negotiate a…
Trump Appointee Arrested In Capitol Riot
“The FBI on Thursday arrested Federico Klein, a former State Department aide, on charges related to the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, marking the first known instance of…
Cuomo Advisers Altered Data on Covid-19 Deaths
“New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers successfully pushed state health officials to strip a public report of data showing that more nursing-home residents had died of Covid-19 than the…
Mexican Ruling Party Denies Leader Was In Sex Cult
“Mexico’s ruling party denied a report in a local investigative publication that its leader, Mario Delgado, had been part of a notorious sex cult,” Bloomberg reports. Save to FavoritesShare on…
Trump’s Strategy for Returning to Power Is Clear
Masha Gessen sees a model in Viktor Orbán’s return to power in Hungary after losing an election and leading the opposition for eight years. “Other European autocrats never had to…
North Dakota House Expels Lawmaker
“In an unprecedented move, the North Dakota House of Representatives has booted embattled Rep. Luke Simons (R) over recently surfaced sexual harassment allegations,” the Fargo Forum reports. “Simons is the…
Senate Chamber Empties as Clerks Read Relief Bill
“Senators vanished from the U.S. Senate chamber on Thursday as clerks begin reading the upper house’s 628-page coronavirus relief bill, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who objected to waiving its…
Fox News Will Be ‘Loyal Opposition’ to Biden
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said it is the job of Fox News to serve as the “loyal opposition” to the Biden administration, stating clearly the political biases of a…
Republicans Offer Little to Blue-Collar Voters
New York Times: “As the election returns rolled in showing President Donald Trump winning strong support from blue-collar voters in November while suffering historic losses in suburbs across the country,…