Daily Intelligencer

Over a decade into her tenure, the once-maligned justice has taken up the mantle of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall. But what can she accomplish on the most conservative court in decade...

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Six big questions heading into the 2021 Super Bowl, which pits Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs against Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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A guide how to get a COVID vaccine in New York. A broader group, including people over 65, is now eligible. Appointment are scarce but the state is set to start vaccinations at Javits Center, Jon...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/covid-vaccine-new-york.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

The Trump-allied lawyer Lin Wood who unsuccessfully sued to overturn the election results could have cast a fraudulent ballot, as an investigation into his vote in Georgia in November by Secretar...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/lin-wood-is-being-investigated-for-voter-fraud-in-georgia.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Unlike the successful recall of Gray Davis in 2003 that gave California Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor, the drive against Gavin Newsom could fail if Democrats unite behind him, and COVID-19 gr...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/california-governor-gavin-newsom-recall-getting-closer.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3. Andy Jassy, who leads Amazon’s massive cloud-computing team, will take over as CEO. The world’s richest man will stay on as executive chairman.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazon-ceo.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Myanmar’s military carried out a coup this week, disbanding the country’s elected government and arresting top political figures. The parallels to Trump’s tactics are striking, and have dee...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/myanmar-military-coup-trump.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

House impeachment managers filed a pre-trial brief charging Trump with a “historic betrayal” of his oath of office on and before January 6. Trump’s answer to the impeachment relies on claim...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/trump-impeachment-violates-my-right-to-free-speech.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

On the latest Pivot podcast, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss why the Wall Street frenzy around GameStop, Reddit, and Robinhood resists simplistic narratives.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/who-really-benefited-from-the-gamestop-bubble.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and current New York mayoral candidate, said Tuesday he is “experiencing mild symptoms” but “in good spirits” after testing positive for COV...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/andrew-yang-tests-positive-for-covid.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell raised eyebrows with statements attacking Marjorie Taylor Greene and defending Liz Cheney. Maybe he’s meddling in the other chamber’s politics, but pe...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/why-did-mcconnell-attack-greene-and-defend-cheney.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Normally the president’s party loses ground in midterms, and given narrow margins of Democratic control in Congress, their grip on power is loose. But 2022 could in part become a referendum on ...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/2022-midterms-trump-referendum.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

The budget reconciliation process helps parties with “trifectas” avoid the Senate filibuster with a simple majority vote. There are limitations, but Democrats may use it to enact much of Joe ...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-is-reconciliation-senate.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Sam Bankman-Fried, who presides over a fledgling crypto-empire including Alameda and FTX , baffled U.S. political observers with an enormous donation to the Biden campaign in fall 2020, estimates...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/sam-bankman-fried-biden-donor.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

Eric Adams is the leading Black candidate in the New York City mayor’s race. A big question hanging over the Adams campaign is whether he can lock down support from the city’s most powerful B...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/nyc-mayoral-race-eric-adams.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

The hellish week of one short seller who thinks r/WallStreetBets may have finally woken up the rest of the country to the stock market’s excess.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/hedge-fund-short-seller-on-gamestop-i-agree-with-reddit.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

In an Instagram Live video on Monday night, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she is a survivor of sexual assault. AOC also disclosed new details of her experience at the Capitol riot: “I thought I...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-im-a-survivor-of-sexual-assault.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

A whistleblower alleges that top Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli official signed a deal with the ICE union designed to frustrate immigration reform under Biden.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/cuccinelli-cut-deal-with-ice-union-to-prevent-biden-changes.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

The Biden administration signed a deal to bring over-the-counter, at-home coronavirus tests to the U.S. that can deliver results in 15 minutes. Here’s how the rapid antigen tests will work, how...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/whats-the-ellume-rapid-at-home-covid-19-test-biden-ordered.html?utm_source=nym&utm_medium=f1&utm_campaign=feed-part

House Democrats are pressure Republicans to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene’s committee assignment like they did with Steve King. But Greene’s appeal is not based on bringing home the bacon via...

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