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New York City Government lacked data collection about important resources, like hospital beds and PPE, that could have made a huge difference in the early response to the Coronavirus pandemic, an audit has found. New York City Comptroller's Office (Fair Use)

More changes to NYC pandemic data, as de Blasio comes under fire in pandemic response audit, including over failures in data collection, management, and dissemination

The de Blasio administration continues to change its data collection or reporting, as it faces new accusations that New York City Government lacked enough data to make important decisions in the early response to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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In his rush to reöpen the economy, Mayor Bill de Blasio has risked telegraphing mixed messages to the public about the dangers of the Delta variant. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

de Blasio a beach bum in face of growing concerns about Delta variant, as costly five-layer face coverings may explain delayed response to new CDC indoor mask guidance

A leaked CDC document has revealed that the Delta variant can spread through vaccinated individuals, raising new questons about Government pandemic data.

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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14) solicited assistance from her political supporters to engage in a coördinated campaign to flag her critics on the Twitter social media platform for censorship. Photograph by Ståle Grut, cropped from original (CC BY-SA 2.0)

AOC rallies supporters to engage in coördinated campaign to flag Twitter and Facebook critics for censorship

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14) solicited assistance from her political supporters to engage in a coördinated campaign to flag her critics on the Twitter social media platform for censorship.

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U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA 12) was reëlected as House Speaker on 3 January 2021. Her speakership was the target of a pressure politics campaign launched by comedian Jimmy Dore in a bid to compel a floor vote for Medicare For All. The campaign revealed how self-described progressives placed their loyalty to Speaker Pelosi before their commitment to a single-payer, universal healthcare system, even during a deadly pandemic. C-Span (Screen Shot) (Fair Use)

AOC, DSA try to move beyond unexpected social media fracas that challenged their progressive credentials, tested their loyalty to Pelosi over Medicare For All

Nancy Pelosi was reëlected as House Speaker, despite a social media campaign launched by Jimmy Dore against AOC and the Squad to fight for Medicare For All. Now, the AOC and the DSA are trying to pretend that they weren’t unmasked as unprincipled.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, denying allegations that the social media giant was engaged in on-going censorship, an assertion that was disputed by the New York Post and Progress New York. C-Span (Screen Shot) (Fair Use)

Twitter and other social media honchos testified before a U.S. Senate committee, as separate acts of censorship continue against the New York Post and the C’est Vrai app

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, answering questions about the censorship of The New York Post as Republicans escalate scrutiny over social media giants. CEO’s of Facebook and Google also testified.

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Twitter censored the C’est Vrai app after the social media giant made an extortious demand to control tweet content

Twitter censored the C’est Vrai app’s programming privileges after Progress New York refused to allow the social media giant to control tweet content. C’est Vrai is a Web application that provides computer-assisted research services to Progress New York. The tweet content that was the subject of controversy represented public service journalism delivered over social media.

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