#Merrick Garland is unfit for Supreme Court — and AG

#Merrick Garland is unfit for Supreme Court — and AG

“#Merrick Garland is unfit for Supreme Court — and AG” Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama died on base when Republicans refused to take it up. The seat was instead filled by now-Justice Neil Gorsuch. Garland’s consolation prize: becoming President Joe Biden’s attorney general. Yet in nine short months, he’s…

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#AG Merrick Garland must call off war on parents: Devine

#AG Merrick Garland must call off war on parents: Devine

“#AG Merrick Garland must call off war on parents: Devine” It’s time for Attorney General Merrick Garland to retract his memo siccing the FBI onto moms and dads.  Now that the National School Boards Association has recanted the scurrilous letter which he admitted was the sole basis for his decision to treat parents like domestic…

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#Accuser Lindsey Boylan to sue New York Gov. Andrew, Cuomo

#Accuser Lindsey Boylan to sue New York Gov. Andrew, Cuomo

“#Accuser Lindsey Boylan to sue New York Gov. Andrew, Cuomo” The first woman to publicly accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment plans to sue the governor, along with his inner circle for alleged attempts to smear and discredit her, according to a report. Lindsey Boylan tweeted in December that Cuomo “sexually harassed me for…

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#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 5, 2021” The Issue: The state attorney general’s finding that Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. The audacious hubris that Gov. Cuomo displayed on Tuesday was revolting (“Creep,” Aug. 4). Instead of exhibiting contrition, he showed a slideshow defending his inappropriate caressing techniques, stating that it was his way…

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#World Trade Center contractors cleared of ‘pay-to-play’ bribery charges

#World Trade Center contractors cleared of ‘pay-to-play’ bribery charges

“#World Trade Center contractors cleared of ‘pay-to-play’ bribery charges” A trio of contractors who were busted in an alleged “pay-to-play” scheme involving construction at the World Trade Center were cleared by a judge last week based on “insufficient evidence,” new court papers show. James Luckie, a former Cushman & Wakefield electrical manager, was arrested in…

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#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark B opioid settlement

#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark $26B opioid settlement

“#Big 3 drug distributors, J&J reach landmark $26B opioid settlement” A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark, $26 billion settlement resolving claims that the three largest US drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped fuel a deadly nationwide opioid epidemic. Under the settlement proposal, distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen…

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#Convicted conman swipes 2 Harlem brownstones worth over  million

#Convicted conman swipes 2 Harlem brownstones worth over $4 million

“#Convicted conman swipes 2 Harlem brownstones worth over $4 million” A convicted conman has been charged with using forged documents to steal two Harlem brownstones worth more than $4 million, prosecutors announced Thursday. Joseph Makhani, 58, was arrested and hit with a seven-count indictment Wednesday accusing him of stealing the properties in a “systematic and…

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