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The Tenth Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The Tenth Amendment is one of the true foundational amendments of our Constitution. It reserves for the states all rights not granted to the national government by the Constitution, guaranteeing a federalist type of administration.

Federalism is a political system that splits power between a central government and the governments of the many states which comprise the nation. This division of authority is spelled out in a written constitution.

Additionally, the local governmental structure (legislative, executive, and judicial branches) always reflects that of the national system, just on a more local scale. Importantly, the people elect representatives to both the national and regional governments and generally require the two bodies to work together.

Our Founders had already experienced the issues of a confederation style of government (our Articles of Confederation), which conferred more power to the states and less to central officials. They knew we needed a stronger national authority, or our country would not survive.

However, they also remembered the reason they fought the Revolution was to get rid of a stifling central power. Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry of Virginia were concerned that certain sections (General Welfare clause, Necessary and Proper clause, Supremacy clause) of the new Constitution granted Congress too many powers.

The General Welfare clause granted broad taxing power to the national government. The Necessary and Proper clause allowed Congress to make any laws they felt they needed to execute their tasks. Finally, the Supremacy clause stated the national Constitution was the supreme law of the land, overshadowingthe states.Not surprisingly then, when the states submitted their own demands for a national bill of rights, the first amendment on most of their wish lists was one protecting state sovereignty. Maryland, for example, proposed, That Congress shall exercise no power but what is expressly delegated by this Constitution.

Likewise, Robert Lansing of New York submitted, That no power shall be exercised by Congress, but such as is expressly given by this Constitution; and all others, not expressly given, shall be reserved to the respective states.

These delegates used the word expressly in their proposals to prevent the national government from assuming implied powers, those not specifically granted but required to execute their tasks. James Madison, however, felt using the word expressly in the context ofcontrolling the central governments authority would cripple the new federal government by overly restricting it.

He knew that Article II of the Articles of Confederation had included expressly in its declaration of states rights restrictions on the federal government, and by doing so, had made the central government relatively powerless and inefficient.

Rather than repeat this mistake, Madison left out the word expressly when he drafted the amendments final version. Madison reasoned, it was impossible to confine a government to the exercise of express powers; there must necessarily be admitted powers by implication.

WHY IT MATTERS So why does it matter to us today that the Tenth Amendment grants to the states all powers not granted to the national government?

This amendment guarantees to all of us a federalist system of government, one which acts a natural check on a distant central power. One which grants significant authority to legislative bodies closer to us geographically and more in tune with our specific needs.

Instead of unknown and, perhaps indifferent, officials in far-off Washington, DC deciding how we would live, the Founders vested most administrative authority in the states, closer to home. In a country as vast as ours, it seems reasonable to assume local people can better manage local issues.

The Tenth Amendment allows the people in Georgia to decide what is best for Georgians and Wisconsinites to decide what is best for those living in Wisconsin. It is a great system, and we have our Forefathers vision to thank for that.

SUGGESTED READING The Library of America (not to be confused with the Library of Congress) publishes significant works of American literature. One of their offerings is The American Revolution, Writings from the War of Independence, 1775-1783. As the title suggests, it contains first-hand accounts of our Revolutionary period.

PLACES TO VISIT Scotchtown is a plantation in Beaverdam, VA, about 30 miles north of Richmond, that was Patrick Henrys home from 1771-1778. Beautifully preserved by Preservation Virginia, it includes restored great house and plenty of information on Patrick Henrys legacy.

Until next time, may your motto be Ducit Amor Patriae, Love of country leads me.

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Renowned author and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution Shelby Steele sat down as the first guest on the new Fox News podcast hosted by Federalist Publisher Ben Domenech.

On Shelby Steele & The Consequences of Courage, the public intellectual broke down the nations latest cultural revolution on race, decrying the social justice movement as one based on the pressure to prove white innocence exploited by the left.

Critical race theory is bogus, Steele says. To me as a minority, demeaning, de-humanizing, I mean, you could go on forever. But it is a currency with which whites can buy innocence in the marketplace. Its a currency which blacks and other minorities can exercise power in the political arena.

Steele, who is black, said Americans need to find courage to reject the totalitarian impulses of the social justice movement that demonizes the population as exhaustively racist for exclusive benefits.

White America has to find a way to restore its moral confidence, Steele said, emphasizing it requires the courage to say look, Im not a racist and I dont care what you say, whether it agrees with your or doesnt.'

For Steele, the consequences of such courage have been far more personal.

My brother and I have not talked in 40 years, Steele said of his twin sibling, but added while he wishes things would have turned out differently, he himself had no regrets for defending controversial views that cost him friends and family. If I had any regrets, its that I havent done it better than I have.

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Steele appeared on Federalist Radio Hour with Domenech last summer in the aftermath of the George Floyd riots.

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how conservatives can reconcile their principles with the priorities of the working class.

I think there are a tremendous amount, a number of people who are socially quite conservative and would tend to agree with what the right of center would say on a lot of these cultural issues, but they find themselves landing on the left of center in the Democratic Party, Cass said. I think doing better on the economic issues would also allow us to do better on the social issues, and thats why ultimately what we talked about is this idea of a multi-ethnic, working-class conservatism because I think thats where the potential is for an actual governing majority and a coalition that would actually advance across the spectrum the set of issues and concerns that I think a lot of us share.

One of the most important aspects of this debate, Cass said, is the ability to adapt and expand conversations and viewpoints beyond what the current political circumstances demand.

Something has really shifted in the character of the economy in a really destructive way, and I think its important to remember that there are political shifts that are going on, but also the world changes and our understanding of the world changes, and our politics and our policy you have to be able to update themselves to that, Cass explained.

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To paraphrase Lavelle Junson, people dont want to see a sequel to an old movie from 30 years ago that no one asked for. Yet, other than standard-issue Disney/Marvel/DC and the occasional sleeper indie hit, weve been fed a steady cinematic diet of sequels and reboots to properties from the Reagan-Bush era.

Coming 2 America is merely the latest entry in the never-ending lineup of stale nostalgia bait. Although occasionally amusing, like its soulless siblings, the follow-up to the endearing 1988 comedy is shallow, tired, and ultimately lacking; typical of the entertainment industrys output over the past ten years. Yet we just cant get enough of it.

Junsons observation may be astute but, of course, we know its completely wrong. A ravenous market for 1980s and 90s reboots and sequels still exists, and even those of us who should know better get foolishly sucked in. We grew up with these characters, so its only natural to crave fresh and interesting stories, watch them grow, and have them overcome new challenges.

The original Coming to America features a young Prince Akeem Joffer (Eddie Murphy) who is arranged to be married in the exotically fictional African kingdom of Zamunda. Frustrated with his predetermined and pampered life, he breaks off the engagement to seek true love and experience a normal life in America (where else but Queens, N.Y.) with his mischievous pal Semmi (Arsenio Hall).

Overcoming a hilarious socio-economic culture shock, they meet a motley crew of characters along the way as Akeem courts Lisa (Shari Headley), the daughter of a fast-food entrepreneur whos having relationship problems of her own with a boyfriend whos set to inherit a fortune from a line of Soul Glo urban hair care products.

Although initially met with a lukewarm reception, Coming to America built a loyal following over the years with its unique brand of humor, interesting characters (most of whom are played by Murphy and Hall), and humble urban settings. Since most of the cast was set to return, the announcement of a sequel was somewhat promising. More romantic, cross-cultural misadventures? A new generation of Zamundans and a secret heir to the throne? The potential was there, especially for us 80s kids.

Instead, we get a slapdash sequel with a loosely interconnected set of references to the original material, a razor-thin (and nonsensical) plot, all-too-familiar tropes, and stunted characters that wind up where they ended up in the last movie.

Eddie Murphys Prince Akeem discovers that while in America back in 88, he was drugged and raped by Leslie Joness Mary Junson, which produced a son, Lavelle. Yes, date rape is the inciting incident, but this proves to be more of a comedic beat than a felonious assault.

Despite him having three able daughters, only a male heir can assume the throne. With a ruthless General Izzi vying for Zamundas riches, Akeem is compelled to bring his illegitimate son back to the kingdom and install him as a prince to curb Izzis fashionable assassins. To keep the peace, the Prince of Zamunda must wed the daughter of General Izzi in an arranged marriage. Sound familiar?

But what about finding your one true love and forging your own way? Have you forgotten who you are, SimbI mean, Prince Akeem?

In a slightly effective spin on the originals fish-out-of-water trope, there are several grrlpower moments in the third act, which reaffirm that indeed, women can be strong capable leaders too. Beyond that, we get little else other than barely warmed-over leftovers from a McDowells Big Mick meal.

They dig up just about everyone from the first movie, from the rapping Peaches and Sugar Cube twins to an ageless Shari Headley, who returns to play Lisa. Noticeably and sorely missing are Eriq La Salles Darryl and the hilarious Soul Glo jingle that made his family rich. Everyone and everything else falls in line with nearly identical story beats and jokes that barely land.

The comedy element lacks the originals Soul Glo moment, as well as the social satire that made the property relevant and enduring. The Soul Glo commercial and its amazing musical accompaniment are some of the most laugh-out-loud moments of 80s cinema.

The Black Awareness grifting operation and Queenss socio-economic power structure that mirrored Zamundan society are replaced with cheap references and bland social justice messaging. Without strong gags or social commentary even as mild as it was back then movies like this quickly fade from memory with very few reasons to keep it on your watch list.

Watching these once-charming royals have a bit of fun while going through the motions reminds us once again how creatively bankrupt our own Kings and Queens of Tinseltown truly are. Honestly, if a property like Coming to America needs to be revived, at least give it some life and do it justice. What was needed was an exploration of their world through a modern lens indeed, were starving for satire that pokes at our conventions and communities.

Yet, for fear of the social media mob, not only wont Hollywood recreate the brand of satire that made Coming to America such a success, its becoming clear that they simply cant. The writers, producers, and production companies are so removed from mainstream society that theyre no longer able to meaningfully connect to their targeted audience. They know what worked before, so they regurgitate the same themes and narratives, but they fail to understand why they worked and what would work better for todays movie-going public.

The beauty of the original Coming to America was its ability to cross racial, social, and economic lines delivering a familiar, crowd-pleasing story and featuring likable characters doing their best in an authentic, lived-in environment. Much of Coming 2 America, however, takes place in a fictional world, inside a palace, with aging talents doing more to entertain each other than entertaining us, the people. Perhaps this is the real social satire that this movie, and many others like it, unintentionally achieve.

If youre looking for a Joffer family reunion, you wont be disappointed, but youll probably be underwhelmed. There are a few bright spots for sure, like Wesley Snipess bizarrely wonderful performance and Jermaine Fowler admirably keeping up with the veteran cast.

Still, Coming 2 America isnt a terrible film. Its a passable distraction as we wait for theaters to open up again and studios to stop dragging their feet. Like good and loyal subjects, well gobble up the next reboot too.

Mike Culton is an independent filmmaker and digital media content creator from the Gem State.

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On Wednesday, AMC Entertainment reported a net loss of $4.6 billion in 2020. Among lockdowns and studios such as Universal and Warner Bros. pivoting content to streaming services, it is fight or flight for the largest movie theater chain in the world.

This past year has presented AMC with the most challenging market conditions in the 100-year history of the company, said AMC CEO Adam Aron in a statement. As we sit here today, we see that vaccinations are occurring in the United States at a brisk clip, our theatres in New York City have finally opened with theatres in Los Angeles likely opening shortly as well, blockbuster movie titles are currently scheduled to be released in significant quantity in the coming few months, and we have more than $1 billion of cash on hand. Taking these facts together, we have reason to be optimistic about AMCs ability to get to the other side of this pandemic.

Compared to 2019, in 2020 the company revenue dropped by 77.3 percent. This past quarter, its revenues were down 88 percent from 2019. AMC lost $946 million for three quarters straight ending in December. By the end of the third quarter of 2020, revenue and attendance combined for AMC declined as much as 92 percent. In the fourth quarter, its revenue worsened by another 3 percent.

The horrendous numbers have made AMC shutter the doors of 60 theaters globally, 48 in the United States. Last spring, approximately 1,000 of its theaters closed amid lockdown restrictions. While the company has slowly attempted to open in various states, movie studios have found alternatives to swiftly deliver content to consumers watching 21 percent more television a day, a poll from Nielson Ratings in October showed.

In December 2020, AMC secured $100 million from Mudrick Capital Management. Due to Reddit investors mass-purchasing AMC stock in January, the company received $506 million and slimly escaped bankruptcy. Shares of AMC have risen as much as 365 percent this year, subsequent to the investors banding together to help brick-and-mortar stores such as Gamestop survive.The other $411 million it received came in credit from Odeon, a European subsidiary.

The sun is shining on AMC, the CEO claimed in a statement after announcing the Reddit and Odeon cash flow.

In March 2020, it was reported by Nielson that TV streaming viewership increased 85 percent in a three-week period since 2019. U.S. viewers spent about 400 billion minutes streaming content, with Netflix accounting for 29 percent of all viewing. In quarter one of 2020, Netflix gained an additional 25.86 million subscribers. Disney delivered Soul and Mulan to streaming audiences, and 7Park Data found that 29 percent of all U.S. Disney Plus subscribers paid $30 each for Mulan, for instance.

Warner Bros. announced in December that it will release all 2021 films on HBOMax, as well as in theaters. This notably includes foreseeable blockbusters like Matrix 4, Dune, SpaceJam: A New Legacy, and The Suicide Squad.

Aron claims that the Covid-19 vaccine will be a real salvation for AMC Entertainment, as states begin to loosen restrictions.

According to The New York Times, AMC is now negotiating with both Warner Bros. and Universal Studios to receive more exclusive content for theatrical release. AMC is in a cold war with studios, but the government is to blame for the endless COVID restrictions. The shifting goalposts have put this American institution, like many others, on the brink of collapse.

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On MSNBC Wednesday evening, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., rolled his eyes in response to anchor Lawrence ODonnell saying they would discuss the sixth sexual harassment accuser against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after the commercial break.

While Schumer is nonchalant on television about allegations against a fellow Democrat, he said there is no presumption of innocence when referring to the unsubstantiated allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford in 2018.

In September 2018, Schumer said Kavanaugh did not deserve fair treatment because the hearing was before the Senate and not a legal proceeding. The New York senator explicitly neglected the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which forms the basis for the Fourteenth Amendments due process clause.

Its not a legal proceeding, its a fact-finding proceedingthis is standard operating procedure, Schumer said. There is no presumption of innocence or guilt when you have a nominee before you.

Schumer rolling his eyes on MSNBC is odd, given that he said recently that the allegations against Cuomo are serious [and] very troubling.

Theres an investigation in the hands of a very, very capable personthe attorney general of New York state, Schumer said last week. I supported it and called for it. And now shes doing it. I know the Attorney General will conduct a thorough investigation that will be totally, totally independent without any outside interference political or otherwise.

Six women are claiming that Cuomo sexually harassed them or behaved inappropriately. This includes former staffers and someone not affiliated with his administration. This week, Democrat state Attorney General Letitia James appointed a federal prosecutor to conduct a probe.

Schumer is fully encouraging the investigation into the claims against Cuomo, but he has yet to ignore due process as he did with Kavanaugh. The believe all women jargon got thrown out the window.

I think the allegations of Professor Ford are extremely credible, Schumer said on The View in 2018 concerning the allegations against Kavanaugh. She took a lie detector test. She talked [about] this to her therapist. They were having family counseling in part because of what happened to her five years ago and told all the details. And third, to come out and say something like this puts you and your family through incredible scrutiny. People throw brickbats at you and everything else.

She didnt do it on a whim. I dont think she did it for political reasons. She has a great deal of credibility, he added.

Schumer did much of the same when Tara Reade stepped forward with allegations against then-nominee Joe Biden.

Now Ive heard Joe Bidens explanation. I think its sufficient, said Schumer. I think he will be a great candidate. I think he will be a great president. And I think he will help us take back the Senate.

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Reporter 1: Now a time for mourning for a remarkable career and life well-lived.

Reporter 2: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at the age of 87.

Trump: I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest and important duties under the United States Constitution, the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice.

Preface

Noah Feldman: When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September 2020, I knew one thing for sure.

The person that Donald Trump would nominate to replace her would be affiliated with a powerful organization called the Federalist Society.

As a constitutional law professor at Harvard University, I spend a lot of my time watching the Supreme Court its a big part of my job. But this prediction did not take much in the way of high-level expertise.

The two other Supreme Court Justices that Trump had already appointed, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are both affiliated with the Federalist Society. So are 80% of the judges that Trump had already appointed to the courts of appeals.

The Federalist Society is a club for conservative and libertarian lawyers. Its focused on promoting conservative legal thought and on filling the American judiciary with like-minded allies.

It was founded about 40 years ago by a bunch of law students, nerds really, who felt ostracized on their law school campuses because of their conservative views.

Since then its grown to become the most influential legal organization in the United States ever, capable of dramatically redefining American jurisprudence for decades to come.

And sure enough Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who is closely affiliated with the Federalist Society:

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Barrett: I am honored and humbled to appear before you today as a nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court.

With Amy Coney Barrett now on the Supreme Court, six of the nine Justices are current or former Federalist Society members.

This book, adapted from a series on my podcast Deep Background, is the story of what the Federalist Society stands for, how it took over the Supreme Court, and why now that it has achieved extraordinary success, it may actually be about to fall apart.

Chapter 1: How To Start a Revolution

Let me take you back, now, 40 years exactly, to the fall of 1980.

At that time it was not exactly cool to be a conservative law student.

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Gary Lawson: The atmosphere was, here's the best way I can describe it.

Any time a student in class said anything that could remotely be considered right of center a good chunk of the class would hiss.

Thats Gary Lawson. Hes now a law professor at Boston University. At the time, though, he was a first year law student at Yale.

And yes, you heard him right, he said hiss.

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Lawson: Literally vocal hisss, in fact one of my counter-lines to that, Is something wrong with the heating system?

And it wasnt just that most law students and professors were liberal, arguably aggressively so.

The Supreme Court was, too.

For the previous few decades, there had been a liberal majority on the Supreme Court, led by lions like William Brennan and later Thurgood Marshall. The Court had made a series of transformative decisions that had a profound impact on the country.

Of course, there was Brown against Board Education, argued by Thurgood Marshall before he actually became a Justice, where the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional.

But there were others too the Court held that Bible reading in public school was unconstitutional. It ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their right to remain silent before custodial interrogation, the famous Miranda decision. And, in the landmark case of Loving against Virginia, the Court said it was unconstitutional for the state to ban interracial marriage.

Then, in 1973, shortly after Chief Justice Earl Warren retired and Chief Justice Warren Burger took over:

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Number 70, 18 Roe against Wade.

For liberals, these decisions were a march of progress.

But conservatives thought the Supreme Court Justices were going beyond their mandate to uphold the law.

Ronald Reagan agreed.

And maybe the public did too, because on November 4th, 1980, Reagan won the presidency in a landslide.

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Political Editor John Daniel Davidson joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why, despite the Biden administrations firm denial, there is indeed a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and how it can be stopped.

Its a really sophisticated operation thats going on at the border, Davidson explained. These people arent coming by accident. Theres massive amounts of money that are changing hands. Theres incentives involved, and the Democrats and the Biden administration are juicing those incentives. Theyre the ones who are creating the incentives through their policies, and then the smugglers run with that.

While many on the left see the border as a place for performative moral outrage and virtue signaling, Davidson said that corruption and cartels run amok, causing danger to migrants and U.S. citizens, and will continue to threaten the nation if left unresolved.

The United States cannot just allow the Central American countries and Mexico to just implode because it creates irresistible incentives for those people to come north and to get into the United States to be able to provide for their families, Davidson said. We cant have failed states on our southern border and in Central America. It is not a long-term sustainable solution. We are going to have and continue to have border crises forever until we can figure out a way to help those places stabilize and reduce some of those incentives for people to come north.

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On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor Chris Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss President Joe Biden and the lefts attempts to cancel Dr. Seusss books and the implications for American culture.

He wasnt a perfect man, but the books he wrote for children these are innocent, innocent things, Bedford said. For any expert or educator to overanalyze thisand to look at these memories in these childrens books and to draw anything but wanting to bring happiness, that shows you not whats in Dr. Seusss heart, it shows you whats in those experts hearts. We should have pity for these people who look at Dr. Seuss and put racial stereotypes, they put hate, they put things like that on him.

While uproar over a series of beloved childrens books might seem silly to some, Bedford said it is the lefts way of manipulating and targeting American values and requires pushback.

Will the left eventually destroy this country? Probably, Bedford concluded. We need to actually launch campaigns for our ability to read these books to our children and grandchildren because otherwise itll be forgotten, and the left is very good at this.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for the state legislature to revoke Gov. Andrew Cuomos emergency powers, joining nine Democrats as well as the states Republicans in doing so. The State Legislature, his Sunday night statement reads, must immediately revoke the governors emergency powers that overrule local control. Great idea, mayor. But why now?

One reason de Blasio lists is Cuomos withholding of information on the deaths of over 15,000 people in the nursing-home scandal. That fact, you might notice, has been in the media spotlight for weeks now. Even before then, the mayor didnt seem to think the on-its-face-stupid-and-obviously-deadly decision was a good reason for removing extralegislative powers.

While last year Fox Newss Janice Dean, the New York Post, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, President Donald Trump, and others exposed and publicly detailed Cuomos abuses, the mayor kept silent. He also passed on the chance to sign on with nine members of his own party when they joined their Republican colleagues in calling for an end to the emergency powers more than two weeks ago. What else, then, could have provoked Sundays statement?

A second reason the mayor listed is multiple instances of intimidation. Those, you might also notice, have been obvious since Cuomo first entered politics.

Everybody knows that behind the scenes, he is the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there, and that is his reputation from years in Washington, former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer told CNN in 2010. He had brass knuckles, and he played hardball. He has a lot of enemies out there. Nobodys been willing to stand up to him. Spitzer, some will recall, fled office amid a then-Attorney General Cuomo investigation of his frequent use of prostitutes.

Any other reasons, then? Yes, actually: Accusations of sexual harassment, which gained broader credibility five days ago after one accuser detailed her story in a long blog post, and were furthered this weekend when a second woman added her story. A third came forward Monday evening. New Yorkers, de Blasios statement opens up, have seen detailed, documented accounts of sexual harassment.

Sexual harassment is indeed terrible, particularly from a position of authority, and especially from a position of public trust. A proven charge stands alone as reason to fire a man.

But what about spending months lying and blaming others for 15,000 deaths in vulnerable elderly care facilities? Was that not enough to immediately end emergency authorities when it was exposed and then admitted? While its perfectly natural for reasons to pile up over time, gaining significance in the mind as gathering evidence establishes a pattern of behavior, thousands of dead citizens should alone be reason enough for censure.

Whats most striking is that de Blasios call to revoke the governors emergency powers comes after nearly an entire year of Cuomo publicly wielding his power to destroy his own state, closing schools, banning businesses, shuttering churches, prosecuting religion, and allowing rioters to run roughshod over citizens and police. So after all that, the abuse of power that cannot will not be tolerated is sexual harassment having nothing to do with those emergency powers? Is that the line were drawing here? Would the crushing of New York be OK if not for this latest revelation?

Of course, de Blasio and friends think those extraconstitutional abuses of COVID power were toward a noble cause. Indeed, the mayor is guilty of the same abuses, even letting his long feud with the governor once again spill into national headlines last year as the two fought over turf and other minor aspects in their individual plans to fight COVID by destroying New York.

An essential aspect of the reckoning coming for Cuomo from within his own party (and their allies in the corporate media) is it comes after a long year of agreement, praise, and adulation. Everything he is guilty of before accusations of sexual harassment, his former allies are also guilty of until now. Witness Sunday evenings similar condemnations of Cuomo by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the White House, cutting cleanly along the harassment line.

Killer orders, cover-ups, threats, sexual harassment, and the destruction of the state be damned. The real reason for Cuomos coming fall are that power and ambition have seen weakness and smelled blood. Just as Attorney General Cuomo once took down a wounded Spitzer, a man who had called himself a fking steamroller, before taking his place, a weakened Cuomo now finds himself in the cross-hairs.

The Democratic Party has the means and has now cited the moral authority to replace Cuomo with another of their own. His days as Americas boyfriend are officially over, and for the next act, his allies will wash their hands with his political career.

While its wonderful to see some semblance of political justice for the disasters of the past year, theres no reason to take heart from it: For the people in New York, and the rest of us living under the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer administration, nothing will change.

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