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FLY AWAY

The Wing Suddenly Shuts All Its Locations, Startling Members

Launched by ex-CEO Audrey Gelman in 2017, the once-buzzy women-centric working and meeting space weathered a number of scandals during its brief existence.

Helen Holmes

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INVITE-ONLY

Harry Plans Private Visit to See Queen, but May Miss Jubilee

A source says Prince Harry may make a private visit to introduce Lilibet to the Queen, although Harry and Meghan may be frozen out of the public Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Tom Sykes

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ESSENTIAL DECENCY

Gavin Newsom’s Plan to Insure the Undocumented Is Righteous

A lot of these people are the “essential workers” everyone keeps thanking. Health insurance is the least they deserve.

Ruben Navarrette Jr.

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HYPOCRITES

The Supreme Court Spit in the Face of Biden and the Public

The conservative majority’s hyper-partisan decision will directly result in thousands of preventable deaths.

Lawrence O. Gostin

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THE HONEYMOON IS OVER

‘Political Prisoner’ Paul Manafort Was a Sh*tty Cellmate

Trump’s guy is back talking with his old pal Sean Hannity and promoting a new book about how his shit doesn’t stink. But his farts sure did, writes his former cellmate.

William Mersey

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MOMENT OF TRUTH

If Dems Don’t Save Democracy Now They Won’t Get Another Shot

Look at Texas, which is now counting prisoners as a way to build up local Republican districts, for a sense of how bad things could get.

Max Burns

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DON’T MOVE ON

Rand Paul Shivs Fauci Again as Dems Deliver Dumb Speeches

Republicans at least know how to do propaganda. Democrats don’t seem capable of more than reading blindly and blandly from prepared remarks

Margaret Carlson

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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?

Dems Can’t Afford a Voting-Rights Circular Firing Squad

As the president puts himself behind a measure that is unlikely to pass, the choice is whether to credit him for trying or to accelerate the tragedy he’s trying to avert.

David Rothkopf

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RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Dems Had One Job: Don’t Be Crazy. They’re Mucking It Up.

If the party’s leaders can’t keep schools open, communities safe, and citizenship meaningful, what are they good for?

Matt Lewis

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COMMON SENSE

The Racists Wasted No Time Smearing Manhattan’s 1st Black DA

Alvin Bragg won office on a promise to make the city safer by only locking up people who do significant harm. But the moral panic began after he put out his plan for doing that.

Kali Holloway

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‘THE OPINIONS OF SHEEP’

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Has Strong Sweaty Cop Energy

There’s a lot of “I alone can fix it” in the new mayor. What is it with these guys who grew up in Queens?

Kali Holloway

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