Cuomo says he won't go.
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TOP STORIES
Monday, March 8
ROYAL RACISM Meghan Markle was remarkably candid in her much-anticipated bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday night. The Duchess of Sussex revealed that the royal family had "concerns and conversations" about how dark the color of her son Archie's skin might be when he was born. Prince Harry said the conversation was "awkward" and he was "shocked." [HuffPost]
'THE FIRM' REVEALED We learned that the Duchess of Sussex contemplated suicide and was denied help and that Prince Harry felt "trapped within the system." There's a lot to unpack from this interview that lifts the curtain on the secretive institution of the monarchy, which Markle dubs "The Firm." If you're interested in even more royals news, you can sign up for our Watching the Royals newsletter. [HuffPost]
CUOMO WON'T GO New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said again on Sunday there's no chance he will resign. He is besieged by sexual harassment allegations and a scandal about undercounting coronavirus deaths in nursing homes. The top Democrat in the New York Senate, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, said he should resign. [HuffPost] |
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PARTY LIKE A PROGRESSIVE Something big and important just happened in Washington: the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Progressives should celebrate the achievement and the groundwork it lays for the future, writes HuffPost's Jonathan Cohn. [HuffPost]
DISTURBING COP VIDEO Police in Rochester, New York, released a bodycam video of an officer pepper-spraying a mother, who is Black, with her 3-year-old daughter. The same police department last month suspended one officer and placed two on leave after police pepper-sprayed and handcuffed a 9-year-old Black girl at her home. [HuffPost]
BIDEN'S GENDER EQUALITY PLEDGE President Joe Biden will sign two executive orders today -- International Women's Day -- to establish a Gender Policy Council and to review Title IX policy guidelines, which regulate sexual assault investigations on campuses. But it could take years to undo the damage that former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did to the Title IX rules. [HuffPost] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
FILIBUSTER LOSING ITS LUSTER Sen. Joe Manchin signaled Sunday that he may be open to making the filibuster more "painful," in an apparent nod to proposals to reform the procedure that requires 60 Senate votes for many measures. The centrist West Virginia Democrat, who holds outsize sway because of his willingness to side with Republicans, has dismissed his party's efforts to kill the tactic, though. [HuffPost]
FEDERAL LAND VS. MILITIAS Former President Donald Trump spent four years stoking anti-federal land zealots and prioritizing natural resource extraction. This doesn't bode well for Rep. Deb Haaland as she proceeds through the nominating process to take the reins of the Interior Department. Experts are worried about repeats of 2014's armed standoff between federal agents and militias at the Bundy ranch. [HuffPost]
THE MAN BEHIND 'STOP THE STEAL' Make time for this long read on Ali Alexander, the man behind the "Stop the Steal" protest. A HuffPost investigation by Luke O'Brien shows how Republican politics, Twitter and years of activism and radicalization turned the 36-year-old Alexander into a weapon. [HuffPost]
PENSION POWER There's a big benefit in the COVID-19 relief bill that's been overshadowed by stimulus checks: protecting the pensions of more than a million workers and retirees. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it was "elated" with the bill's passage. [HuffPost]
'A MARTYR FOR US' George Floyd's friends reflected on his life ahead of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death. “The whole neighborhood knew he would make history, but we didn’t want it to be this way,” said Travis Cains. Chauvin's trial begins today. [Reuters]
'LET KIDS BE KIDS' A bill has been introduced in California that would make kids sections in department stores gender-neutral. The measure would also prohibit signs that indicate whether a particular product is for boys or girls. “Rather than having a separate boys or girls section, let’s just have a kids section,” said State Assemblymember Evan Low. [HuffPost] |
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