#GOP eyes Rep. Lee Zeldin run for governor against Cuomo

#GOP eyes Rep. Lee Zeldin run for governor against Cuomo

“#GOP eyes Rep. Lee Zeldin run for governor against Cuomo” Republicans are trying to recruit Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin to run against three-term Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo next year, as the governor grapples with a growing pandemic-fueled nursing home scandal, party officials said Friday. Among the GOP insiders wooing Zeldin to take on Cuomo…

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#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets

#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets

“#Manchin opposes Neera Tanden confirmation over nasty tweets” Sen. Joe Manchin on Friday said he opposes Neera Tanden’s nomination as President Biden’s budget director due to her insult-laden tweets, but Biden says won’t pull her nomination. Biden told reporters as he returned to Washington from a trip to Michigan that “no” he won’t withdraw Tanden’s…

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#NY Assembly GOP eyes Cuomo ‘impeachment commission’ amid nursing home scandal

#NY Assembly GOP eyes Cuomo ‘impeachment commission’ amid nursing home scandal

“#NY Assembly GOP eyes Cuomo ‘impeachment commission’ amid nursing home scandal” State Assembly Republicans are moving to form an impeachment commission “to gather facts and evidence” surrounding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “handling and subsequent cover-up of the COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes” across New York, they announced Thursday. The Assembly Republican Conference next week will introduce…

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#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary

#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary

“#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary” Media critic: The Times’ Dilemma The New York Times’ media critic Ben Smith examines recent events and muses that the paper’s “unusual, perhaps unhealthy, central place in American news, culture and politics” makes it “an object of obsession” for others, intensified by its “media ambitions” as it “seeks to…

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#Democrats are radicalizing against the US Constitution 

#Democrats are radicalizing against the US Constitution 

“#Democrats are radicalizing against the US Constitution ” Republicans are “radicalizing against democracy,” because they rely on our constitutional process when governing. This is the ­essence of MSNBC host Chris Hayes’ recent Atlantic magazine essay contending that the GOP is descending into authoritarianism. Hayes notes, without a hint of self-awareness, that “the Constitution puts a wind…

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#Don’t give up on our party now!

#Don’t give up on our party now!

“#Don’t give up on our party now!” In recent days, New York City’s Republican, independent and unaffiliated voters have received an offer they can’t refuse: become Democrats. A new political entity named Be Counted NYC has launched a citywide effort it claims is meant to give political minorities a say in the upcoming mayoral election…

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