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Attention New York lefties: Thanks to an obscure provision in the recently enacted state budget law, Bernie is on the brink of being booted off the ballot in the June 23 primaries.

The board of elections will decide tomorrow. huffpost.com/entry/bernie-s…
Why it matters: Sanders supporters want to accumulate enough delegates to lock in reforms like the disempowerment of super delegates.

Plus, his presence can benefit down-ballot progressives like @JamaalBowmanNY and @ZohranKMamdani.
.@NYPANetwork's @gwalbro, who has led grassroots efforts to keep Sanders on the ballot, smells a power grab by Cuomo.

“If they cancel, this is going to be horrific,” he warns, citing potential for intra-party dissension to hurt Biden.
Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi would not elaborate on reasoning behind inclusion of key provision in the budget.

He denied political motives though.

“We’re fighting a pandemic and have no time for conspiracy theories."
Here are letters that @gwalbro organized demanding Bernie stay on the ballot: big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2…

big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2…
They've had some effect: @jayjacobs28 is reluctantly willing to play ball if Bernie gets involved.

Sanders backer @SenGianaris: “If Bernie says he wants to stay on, they’re not going to take him off because that would be asking for trouble."
Moumita is a 2016 Sanders delegate and 2020 candidate to be a delegate. I'm hearing a lot of this from New York's activist left.

Update: Andrew Spano, the other Democrat on the state board of elections, tells me he's undecided and sees both sides of the issue.
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"It's a disaster": Advocates for low-income New Yorkers speak up about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's cuts to Medicaid and other programs. Cuomo also made sure to slip in a provision shanking the @NYWFP: huffpost.com/entry/governor… via @HuffPostPol
For the past few days, Cuomo had been enduring some negative press coverage for Medicaid cuts to hospitals during a pandemic: nytimes.com/2020/03/30/nyr…

Those cuts would also have jeopardized New York's access to $6.5 billion in federal emergency Medicaid assistance.
His response? Defer the Medicaid cuts until after the pandemic passes, allowing him to get both the federal billions *and* enact $2.5 billion in annual cuts (albeit later on).

This is in a Democratic trifecta state where Democrats control both legislative chambers. Image
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New: Once a front-runner, Bernie Sanders' contempt for the Democratic establishment and traditional campaign tools won him adoring fans, but undermined his path to the White House. An in-depth look at a campaign that rose and fell very quickly: huffpost.com/entry/bernie-s…
Some news in here:
--Jeff Weaver threatened to quit in May if Bernie wouldn't fund new polling.
--Ady Barkan tried to broker talks between Bernie and Warren.
--Bernie aides prepared a line on Biden's "nothing will fundamentally change" for June debate. He didn't use it.
Some aides were frustrated by campaign manager Faiz Shakir's decision to travel with Bernie, arguing it hampered management of big campaign. Shakir's top deputy, Ari Rabin-Havt, was also always on the road with Bernie. Last full-time prez campaign for both was John Kerry.
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First stop of the day is a union hall hosting a satellite caucus for poultry plant workers (between shifts I believe). The smell around here is ... strong.
Pro-Bernie poultry plant workers are here.
Correction: It’s the JBS pork plant. These folks work the later shift.
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