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My 2020 in Reading

The Democratic Divide in New York State

Here Comes Andrew Yang

Obama Agonistes

Eric Adams: Working Class Hero?

Donald Trump Was a Right-Wing Republican

Is Joe Biden Doomed?

Stop Blaming the Left

Why They Still Like Donald Trump

The Darkness to Come.

Donald Trump Is On the Ballot

Bernie's Lasting Legacy is DSA

The Board of Elections Should Have Been Fixed Years Ago.

Why Max Rose Can't Talk About Andrew Cuomo

Social Media Giants Have Far Too Much Power Over What You See.

Will Eric Adams Apologize?

Roy Cohn's Acolytes Once Tried to Take Over the Manhattan Democratic Party

The Working Families Party Created This Mess

Why Doesn't Everyone Want to be Mayor?

Chuck Schumer May Really Have to Fight for Re-Election This Time.

Phil Murphy is New York's Alternate Universe Governor

Sean McElwee and the Art of Left Pontification

Is Maya Wiley Bill de Blasio 2.0?

9/11 Was Dystopia Made Real

Is Scott Stringer the Mayor Progressives Want?

Michael Bloomberg Raised Taxes to Save New York From Economic Catastrophe

Goodbye to the Kennedys

Joe Biden's Campaign Is Plodding and Forgettable and Winning

What Type of Mayor Do New Yorkers Want?

The Left Needs to Get Off Facebook

The Strange, Outdated Spectacle of a Democratic Convention

Why DSA Gets to Ask Candidates About Israel

The Fallacy of the Civic Champion

What Should the Left Do With Alex Morse?

Are We Done With Nostalgia?

The Professional Left Is Very Lucky Cori Bush Just Won

There Is Only One Real Way to Save the News

Is New York Going Back to the 1970s?

What Should Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Do Next?

Why DSA's Victories Make A lot of People Angry

Democrats Tried to Take Legal Immunity Away from Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Lobbyists, with Cuomo's Help, May Stop Them.

We Need Sanity After Donald Trump.

When a Major Political Candidate Took on the PBA and Won.

Tucker Carlson for President Isn't a Joke

How Mario Cuomo Taught Andrew Cuomo to Screw Democrats

What Went Wrong for Bernie Sanders?

Can Socialists Take Over the New York City Council?

The Left's Biggest Challenge Is Taking Down Andrew Cuomo. Planning Must Begin Now.

The Left Just Had a Huge Night

Andrew Cuomo Is Done With His Daily Press Briefings. The Media Still Wants to Celebrate His Tragic Failure.

We Need New Public Health Guidance

The New York Times is More Powerful Than Ever

It was Andrew Cuomo's Curfew

Are the Police Unions Done For?

Why is the NYPD So Powerful?

Andrew Cuomo Failed to Hold the NYPD Accountable

Why New York City Can Borrow Its Way Out of the Coronavirus Crisis

Andrew Cuomo Has Released Fewer Prisoners Than William Barr

How Andrew Cuomo Screwed Democrats for Almost a Decade

Why Does CNN Let Chris Cuomo Interview His Brother?

Andrew Cuomo's War on Higher Education

COVID-19 Devastated Far Rockaway. Andrew Cuomo Closed One of Their Hospitals.

Why Does the Media Take the Onus Off Cuomo?

Welcome to the Cuomo Files

I am writing a newsletter about politics and Andrew Cuomo, New York's three-term governor and one of the most powerful people in America.