DON SURBER: “Democrats in Washington want Andrew Cuomo to resign to allow the Democrat lieutenant governor to run New York state. If a Republican were next in line for the job, Democrats would be falling on grenades for Cuomo. That is, after all, what happened in Virginia when Governor Black Face unleashed his oppo research on the Democrats in the line of succession.”

Plus: “Cuomo’s problem is not sexual harassment. His problem is Democrats see him as a threat if he chooses to run for president. . . . Congressional Democrats can control a Biden or an Obama. Cuomo would be a wildcard.”

Also:

But why should I defend Cuomo?

He killed 15,000 grannies by forcing nursing homes to accept covid patients.

Those deaths should be the subject of a criminal investigation, not this he said/she said garbage.

But charging him with manslaughter might implicate other Democrats. A sexual harassment scandal is a nice safe way to dispose of a governor who could seek the presidency in 2024.

Well, maybe it’s safe.

OPEN THREAD: Stay Frosty. Three words: Tempo, tempo, tempo.

DESANTIS TO BIDEN: ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear a Blip About COVID From You’ Until You Secure the Border.

Related: Harris’ border role faces new scrutiny after report of likely historic surge in unaccompanied children.

ROSE MCGOWAN: “Governor Andrew Cuomo, can’t you stop being a prick?” No, no he can’t. I mean, at least, he never has.

THE FAA NEEDS TO BACK OFF: SpaceX surges Starship work despite FAA environmental review uncertainty.

Many people are starting to suspect that the bureaucracy is trying to slow SpaceX down for the benefit of its competitors.

RAND PAUL: Americans Deserve the Truth about Gain-of-Function Research and the Wuhan Lab — And Dr. Anthony Fauci needs to stop his deception.

LYNCH MOB JUSTICE: Mark McCloskey’s “day will come,” threatens Cori Bush after St. Louis couple is pardoned by governor.

Democrat Rep. Cori Bush expressed outrage over Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s pardons of the St. Louis McCloskey couple, who fended off a mob of protesters outside their St. Louis home by bearing firearms before the crowd. Bush, a progressive and Missouri native who represents the state’s 1st Congressional District, threatened Mark McCloskey and promised that “his day will come” because McCloskey “has spat on my name.”

To be fair, McCloskey knew her. And now so do we.

Plus: “Nine members of the Black Lives Matter protest group were given citations for trespassing, but prosecutors have stalled on their cases. The McCloskeys’ attorney said that demonstrators tore down a gate to their private street. Evidence on social media supports the veracity of the McCloskeys’ claims.”

IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER? OF COURSE IT IS:

● 1619 Project, Touted as Racial Reckoning, Ignores Democratic Party Racism.

● Is There More Than Anti-Trump Politics Behind a Reported New York Times Decision Not to Investigate COVID’s Origins?

● Abhorrent! New York Times Calls Osama Bin Laden ‘Devoted Family Man.’

The latter story is par for the course for the newspaper that accidentally ran a piece praising Bill Ayers on September 11th, 2001.

UPDATE: Why the New York Times praises ‘cancel culture’ but skips over its own racist history.

(Classical reference in headline; updated and bumped.)

ANDREW CUOMO SINGS “WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS:”

● Human Rights Campaign president allegedly helped leak personnel file of Cuomo accuser.

● Time’s Up Founder Helped Cuomo Team Smear Governor’s Accuser.

● Facebook executive helped Cuomo smear sex harassment accuser: AG report.

● New details emerge about how CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised Gov. Andrew Cuomo in sex harassment inquiry.

That last link is from NBC. When NBC attacks a fellow Democratic Party operative with a Chyron, you know it’s bad. Ordinarily, the guild protects its own. QED: Jennings and Brokaw Defend Rather Who Sees Effort to “Smear” Him.

ONCE AGAIN, NOT THE PANDEMIC BUT THE RESPONSE THERETO: The Global Pandemic Could Be Causing More Shortsightedness in Kids Than Ever Before.

NOT EXACTLY GRAVITY, BUT UNSETTLING: Space station mishap caused orbiting lab to rotate 1 1/2 times, NASA says.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What is the secret of Duran Duran’s durability?

LOCKDOWN COSTS: Seniors at risk for more falls due to less physical activity during pandemic. Could the pandemic response kill more seniors than the pandemic? Would we know if it did?

THE ABOLITION OF BRITAIN: Trans YouTuber Chris Chan, 39, is listed as female in police report and will be jailed with women inmates despite ‘arrest for raping her dementia sufferer mother, 79.’

“WE HAVE TO IMPEACH:” NY State Lawmakers Call for Cuomo to Resign or Be Removed.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Tuesday that an independent investigation into Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple women in violation of federal and state law.

“For over three months, Executive Assistant #1 kept this groping incident to herself and planned to take it “to the grave,”4 but found herself becoming emotional (in a way that was visible to her colleagues in the Executive Chamber) while watching the Governor state, at a press conference on March 3, 2021, that he had never ‘touched anyone inappropriately’ She then confided in certain of her colleagues, who in turn reported her allegations to senior staff in the Executive Chamber,” the report said.

Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou says she has drafted articles of impeachment against Cuomo.

She said she’s had impeachment articles drafted for a long time.

“I had them drafted yesterday,” Niou said. “I had them drafted months ago.”

Related: Cuomo The Mad King, Alone Upon His Throne.

HONESTLY, THIS DOESN’T SOUND SUPER-IMPRESSIVE: Fully vaccinated one-third as likely to get COVID: England study.

OHIO-15: Trump’s Guy Wins. Soros and Steyer’s Guys Come in Fourth – and DNF. “Yes, Soros and Steyer. In a Republican primary. Because so many seats nationwide are so gerrymandered, Soros and Steyer tested trying to slip first one and then another fake Republican past the Ohio Fifteen’s fine R primary voters. To attempt to play in a place they otherwise couldn’t get a game. Soros and Steyer propped up (at least) two “conservative environmentalist” candidates – because there is no way a Democrat will ever win the district as currently drawn. For Team Fake R – it didn’t go well.”

HYGIENE THEATER: Denver Public Schools will require face masks for all students and staff.

Related: Number of students being homeschooled in Colorado more than doubles.

DESANTIS BLASTS BIDEN: ‘I Don’t Wanna Hear a Blip About COVID From You.’

TEXAS FLEEBAGGERS UPDATE: Two House Democrats who broke quorum missing from Washington, D.C., reportedly vacationing in Portugal.

Related: ‘You walked off the job’: Texas Dem Gene Wu shot-chasers himself right in the face over the COVID-19 hospitalization crisis.

CHEAP: 2022 Nissan Leaf Gets a Huge Price Cut, Now Starts under $30,000.

SPYING ON YOU IS INFRASTRUCTURE: Infrastructure Bill Would Require Alcohol Monitors for All New Cars. “Buried in the massive proposal—which is already longer than 2,700 pages—is a section titled, ‘ADVANCED IMPAIRED DRIVING TECHNOLOGY,’ which mandates new vehicles include ‘a system that … passively and accurately detect[s] whether the blood alcohol concentration of a driver of a motor vehicle is equal to or greater than the blood alcohol concentration” of .08, in which case the system would ‘prevent or limit motor vehicle operation.’ Automobile manufacturers would have a three-year grace period to comply with the regulation.”

HYGIENE THEATER, CAUGHT ON VIDEO: AOC Puts Mask on for Selfie, Takes It Right Back Off.