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Eric Adams is a leading Democratic contender for New York City mayor, but here’s a moderately-known fact: He used to be a Republican. And as Adams surges in the mayor’s race, his opponents are planning to take aim at his GOP past,
Meanness Is Having a Moment (Guest Column)
Some public figures relish in being mean, while others are trying to repair their reputations, Michele Willens writes
“This is for anyone who has the faith and courage to hold onto the goodness in themselves, and to hold onto the goodness in each other.”
So said Chloe Zhao, in accepting her Oscar, and my vote for the most necessary words of the night.
This, after all, is a time when Scott Rudin is stepping away from Broadway and Hollywood due to recent (and belated) reports of the way he treats employees. Harvey Weinstein, who was also a feared man to work for, sits in prison for actual criminal behavior. Andrew Cuomo is fighting all kinds of accusations, and as Ross Barkan, the author of a new book about the New York governor told me, “I put nothing past him. He is not normal.” Ellen DeGeneres has watched her ratings drop, due to this nice girl’s apparently not so nice treatment of those behind the stage.
New York City mayoral candidate and comptroller, Scott Stringer, was accused by a woman claiming to be a former intern at a press conference Wednesday of nonconsensual contact, including groping and unwanted solicitations for sex.
Jean Kim, who says she interned for Stringer s 2001 campaign for New York City Public Advocate, said Wednesday that Stringer repeatedly groped me, according to multiple news reports. The allegations were initially laid out in a press advisory sent Tuesday evening.
“During this campaign, I traveled back-and-forth to campaign events with him. Scott Stringer repeatedly groped me, put his hands on my thighs and between my legs and demanded to know why I wouldn’t have sex with him,” Kim told reporters on Wednesday, according to CBS 2.
But don t worry, the Daily Mail will follow their lead!
Daily Mail writers scrambling to write their “Megan Markle murdered Prince Phillip” pieces pic.twitter.com/1tSlT93UJI
And the New York Times even hints at it:
Me: Hmm I wonder how the press is gonna implicate Meghan Markle in the death of Prince Phillip?
The NYT, paragraph three: Harry s biracial wife, Meghan . pic.twitter.com/KemO3k1OIh A biased judge, no jury, and a private Chevron prosecutor. And they call this America. ⚖️ https://t.co/BRsjw9iYrk
Story of a 66-year-old researcher, an immigrant, who rarely got grants, never got her own lab, never earned more than $60K. For four decades, she kept working on mRNA a path considered foolish. Her work is the basis for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. https://t.co/wOvCEM8jja
Andrew Cuomo, the Creepy Tyrant of Albany newrepublic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newrepublic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.