Celeste Sloman
Attorney General Letitia James is no stranger to a fight. After waging battles with the Trump administration, New York’s top legal officer – and the first woman of color to hold statewide office – is keeping her attention trained on the former president’s questionable real estate ventures, while also taking on Facebook, Google, the New York City Police Department and the National Rifle Association. This year, her office issued a damning report on New York’s undercount of nursing home deaths due to COVID-19, and she appointed two independent attorneys to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a former ally who she might be well positioned to replace at some point in the future.
A New Era of Social Accountability
Republicans who incited the Capitol Riot have been made unwelcome in polite society.
Jandos Rothstein
In the days following the insurrection at the Capitol, the consequences were relatively swift. Hundreds of rioters were rounded up by law enforcement, and within a week the president was impeached for a second time. But a deeper form of accountability was also taking hold, in the form of social and professional censure.
The Trump Organization has lost contracts and vendors. Key inciters like Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) may lose their legal and educational credentials. House Republicans who voted to object to the election results have also been shunned. Corporate donations to those held responsible have all but stopped. Those with ties to sedition are being ushered out of polite society.
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If you missed Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address on Monday, don’t fret: it’s not even halfway done.
Monday’s speech one of four set for this week was streamed from the Capitol’s War Room, where the governor spoke to a live audience of his aides, daughters and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. The event offered his much larger virtual audience