Ana Liss, 35, who served as Cuomo’s policy and operations aide between 2013 and 2015, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he once “touched her on her lower back at a reception” and “once kissed her hand when she rose from her desk,” making her feel uncomfortable. In …
Read More »‘It’s the Cuomo way’: MORE aides describe ‘cult’ workplace as top NY Democrat says governor should quit if new accusers speak out
“There’s no right or wrong way. It’s the Cuomo way,” one staffer told the Gothamist about a warning she received when interviewing for a job in the Cuomo administration. “He wants people who are literally going to fall on the sword for him, and they all will.” Another described being …
Read More »Fauci brushes off critique after South Dakota governor Noem says Biden’s Covid czar ‘IS WRONG A LOT’ to standing ovation at CPAC
Noem on Saturday took on Fauci’s lockdown advice while making her case at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for conservative values and respecting individual liberties. “He told me that on my worst day, I’d have 10,000 patients in the hospital,” Noem said. “On our worst day, we had a …
Read More »‘I understood that the governor wanted to sleep with me:’ 2nd former aide to NY Gov. Cuomo accuses him of sexual harassment
Bennett, who joined Cuomo’s administration in early 2019, and was promoted from her entry-level position to that of a senior briefer and executive assistant to the governor in the span of several months, told the New York Times that she was constantly grilled about her sex life by her former …
Read More »Just in time for FBI probe, CNN bans Chris Cuomo from covering his governor brother – and New York Mayor piles on
Cuomo is under investigation by the FBI and the office of the US Attorney in Brooklyn for the way his coronavirus task force handled nursing homes and other care facilities during the pandemic. That’s according to New York’s Times-Union newspaper, which reported the probe on Wednesday while acknowledging that it …
Read More »Aide to NY Governor Cuomo admits to hiding Covid-19 nursing home data to avoid handing political ammo to Trump – media
The apparent mea culpa came from Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa during a state Democratic Party meeting on Wednesday, where she acknowledged denying a request for the data from the New York Senate last summer because Cuomo’s team feared it would be “used against us,”according to the New York …
Read More »Wisconsin Senate greenlights measure to kill governor’s statewide mask mandate & ALL Covid-related emergency orders
The state Senate voted 18-13 to pass the joint resolution on Tuesday, deeming the Democratic governor’s emergency health orders “unlawful.” The bill applies not only to Evers’ most recent declaration last week, but to “all actions of the governor and all emergency orders” issued throughout the pandemic, including the statewide …
Read More »California Governor Newsom expected to lift stay-at-home order – reports
Currently, three regions – San Joaquin Valley, Southern California and the Bay Area – are under the stay-at-home order. The Northern California and Greater Sacramento regions were not part of the shelter-in-place measures. The order was issued in early December and applied to regions where intensive care units in hospitals …
Read More »Woman shot during US Capitol siege dies as Virginia governor declares emergency & curfew kicks in
Northam said the curfew – limited to Alexandria and Arlington, both of which border Washington, DC – would extend into Thursday morning and was ordered at the request of the leaders of those towns. He also declared a state of emergency for all of Virginia, hours after the breach at the Capitol …
Read More »New Hampshire governor cancels inauguration ceremony, citing threat from ‘armed protesters’ angry over Covid-19 lockdowns
“On Monday evening an armed individual trespassing in my backyard was arrested carrying two dozen rounds of ammunition,” Sununu said on Wednesday afternoon. “Cancelling our outdoor inaugural ceremonies was not a decision we made easily, but it was the right decision to ensure the safety of my family and the …
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