Matt Gaetz, Vaccine Passports, and NYC's Homelessness Failure

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Matt Gaetz’s Trumpian Defense Against Allegations of Sex Trafficking The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether the Florida congressman had sex with an underage girl. He’s responded with strange, self-contradictory claims. Matt Ford

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A Vaccine Passport Would Be an Ethical Disaster Right Now For a country still struggling to vaccinate its people, vaccine passports solve the wrong problem. Private industry, desperate to reopen the economy, is pushing for them anyway. By Jacob Silverman

How an Upper West Side Hotel Came to Embody the City’s Failure on Homelessness For nearly a year, the men of the Lucerne hotel have seen the worst of the city’s self-described liberal residents. They’ve also exposed a decades-long policy failure in permanent housing. By Megan Evershed Andrew Cuomo, the Creepy Tyrant of Albany Why did it take so long for the New York governor’s bad behavior to catch up with him? 'The Politics of Everything' Podcast Hosted By Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene Advertising The Republican Disinformation Campaign Behind Arkansas’s Vile Anti-Trans Law Even before the vote was called, the bill’s supporters were given the floor to cast doubt on trans peoples’ lives. By Melissa Gira Grant Don’t Fall for the Carbon Tax Trap The centrist policy framed as a win-win on fiscal and environmental sustainability is a red herring. By Kate Aronoff The Media Is Blowing Coverage of the GOP’s Voter Suppression Efforts The press was willing to call out Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. It’s letting Republicans off the hook as they restrict voting across the country. By Alex Shephard Advertising Be the most informed person you know: 3 months for $5 Donate

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