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Carnival Triumph Passengers Get Sassy

By Dan Amira

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You have to pass the time somehow, and this definitely beats shufflepoop.

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5:08 p.m.

Trump is once again claiming the election was stolen

“Actually, as you know they just lost the White House,” Trump says of the Democrats. “I may even decide to beat them for a third time.” Not giving up the false claims that the election was stolen, even after Jan. 6.

—@jdawsey1

3:49 p.m.

DeSantis leads CPAC’s non-Trump 2024 straw poll (68 percent said Trump should run again)

#CPAC2021 poll w/o Trump

Ron DeSantis: 43%
Kristi Noem: 11%
Don Jr: 8%
Mike Pompeo: 7%
Ted Cruz: 7%
Tucker Carlson: 3%
Josh Hawley: 3%
Nikki Haley: 3%
Ivanka: 3%
Rand Paul: 2%
… and Mike Pence: 1%

—@daveweigel

10:49 a.m.

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4 Minutes With Jill Biden

By Olivia Nuzzi

Grieving with the First Family.

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10:12 a.m.

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Another Cuomo Aide Has Accused Him of Sexual Harassment

By Chas Danner

Former aide Charlotte Bennett says Cuomo asked her inappropriate questions about her sex life in a pair of disturbing encounters last spring.

2/27/2021

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The New Foreign Flavor of CPAC’s Red Meat

By Ben Jacobs

America may still be first at the conservative gathering, but this year’s event has come with a lot more European-style populism.

2/27/2021

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What Were the Legal (and Strategic) Grounds for Biden’s Syria Airstrikes?

By Jonah Shepp

The long-term impact on Biden’s Iran strategy may be more consequential than the strikes’ contested legality.

2/27/2021

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Much-Maligned Congressional Earmarks Are Coming Back

By Ed Kilgore

The Tea Party movement temporarily killed them — but only temporarily.

2/27/2021

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Random Stabbing of Asian NYC Man Results in Hate-Crime Charges

By Chas Danner

The attack happened just days after city officials vowed to do more to protect Asian New Yorkers from racial targeting amid the pandemic.

2/26/2021

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Why Is GameStop’s Stock Price Soaring Again?

By Intelligencer Staff

A frenzy driven by people who revel in market volatility.

2/26/2021

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Amid the Scandals, Cuomo’s Enemies Are Ready to Unleash a Decade of Resentment

By David Freedlander

“He is the most damaged he has ever been,” said one senior capitol aide.

2/26/2021

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Democrats Can Still Get a $15 Minimum Wage Into the COVID-Relief Bill

By Eric Levitz

There are plenty of ways for Democrats to get a $15 minimum wage through the Senate. There just aren’t 50 Senate Democrats willing to do so.

2/26/2021

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New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Resigns

By Nia Prater

Carranza, who clashed with de Blasio on how to desegregate schools, will be succeeded by Meisha Porter, the first Black woman to run the system.

2/26/2021

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How Trumpism Has Become a Cult of Losing

By Jonathan Chait

Why do Republicans still love a loser whose entire appeal was that he’s a “winner”?

2/26/2021

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I Was a COVID-Vaccine-Site Bouncer

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2/26/2021

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The Political Costs of Ted Cruz’s Cancún Vacation

By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart

This scandal may do lasting damage to the Texas senator — but he’s got plenty of time to ride it out.

2/26/2021

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The $15 Minimum-Wage Debate Clarifies the Partisan Economic Divide

By Eric Levitz

Republican “populists” oppose a $15 minimum wage because they stand for predatory small-business owners, not working people.

2/26/2021

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The New CPAC Makes the Old CPAC Look Like the #Resistance

By Ben Jacobs

Trump critics are out, election truthers are in.

2/26/2021

Evidence that COVID survivors may only need one vaccine dose

For people who have had Covid-19, a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine is enough to provide robust protection from the coronavirus, according to two new studies from Britain that were published late Thursday in The Lancet, a prominent medical journal.

The studies, among the first fully vetted papers to weigh in on how to vaccinate people who have had Covid-19, added strong evidence to the case for giving just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine to people who already have antibodies against the virus.

Single dose of Pfizer vaccine offers robust protection for those who have had Covid-19, studies find.

—New York Times

2/26/2021

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