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6 Aug, 6 tweets, 3 min read
The road to Andrew Cuomo's downfall is mostly, of course, paved by his sexually harassing women and berating and abusing everyone around him. But it's also due to a series of serendipitous events and his own political miscalculations.
First, @RonanFarrow and @JaneMayerNYer, two of the best investigative journalists in the country, uncover some pretty horrific abuse allegations against Eric Schneiderman, then the Attorney General of New York.
newyorker.com/news/news-desk…
In addition, Cuomo tried to crush the Working Families Party. He financed the Women's Equality Party, with his war chest. Then he went nuclear on them when they backed Cynthia Nixon.
nytimes.com/2018/05/24/nyr…
When he tried to weaken WFP, which led to Chuck Schumer supporting them, and they were emboldened.
ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
New York journalists like @michelleinbklyn have chronicled this better than I have. But even though Cuomo beat Cynthia Nixon, WFP candidates who knocked out Independent Democratic Conference members weakened him even more.
nytimes.com/2021/03/15/opi…
This leads us to Tish James. In 2018, after Schneiderman resigned, he basically backed her in exchange for dumping the Working Families Party. Now he's getting his comeuppance. By trying to solidify his power, he's significantly weakened himself. wsj.com/articles/who-i…

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3 Aug
I began writing this book because @timkmak put me up to writing about autism. I moved to DC to cover economics and politics. I would have been perfectly happy doing so for the rest of my life. I still love covering them and I still cover politics for @Independent
But when I went to a party at @swin24 and @timkmak’s, Tim offered me a drink and I said a medicine I take doesn’t mix with it because I am autistic. (I later tried drinking but have been sober for 2 years) Instead of judging, he said I should write about autistic people in DC.
I thought “meh, I’ll write about it when I get more experienced.” Tim suggested plenty of autistic people thrive in DC. Then when @nationaljournal shut down, I pitched the piece to my editor. Initially it was going to be a chatty piece about autistic life in DC.
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14 Jun
What the actual hell? For someone who prides himself on being in tune with constituents, this is unacceptable from Chuck Schumer.
Of course, aside from Schumer using the “R Word,” building a congregate home for intellectually disabled children isn’t necessarily the best thing. Like, NIMBYs are bad but congregate settings are also harmful. Schumer gets an F on style and substance.
Folks, you know what I am about to say: Buy the Book. hmhbooks.com/shop/books/wer…
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8 Apr
Congratulations to @slooterman for being shortlisted for Deadline Club's Mosaic Award for her fantastic reporting on disability politics. Sara has been integral to making sure people don't see disability as personal or charity but inherently political.
deadlineclub.org/2021-awards-fi…
Dirty secret: I have been a fan of @thenation for years but never slapped down money until Sara started writing for them. Her coverage of Elizabeth Warren's disability policy as a game-changer was fantastic.
thenation.com/article/archiv…
A lot of people have said we don't need to worry about children getting harmed and said that's why we should reopen. @slooterman said that mindset could kill disabled children.
thenation.com/article/societ…
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8 Apr
Remember when people thought it was charming when Andrew Cuomo talked about his daughter's boyfriend?
Honestly, it is a pretty good testament to Joe Biden's staying power that Mike Bloomberg jumped into the race because he was worried Biden would collapse, then Warren piledrove him. Then some people wanted Cuomo to replace Biden on the ticket because Cuomo was good on TV.
Biden benefits underestimation. Bloomberg jumped in to stave off Warren, and then she massacred him. Pete torpedoed Warren on Medicare for All. Amy proceeded to ether Pete. All this was predicated on the assumption Biden would implode. He never did.
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7 Apr
All the talk about whether Home-and-community-based services can be considered infrastructure obfuscates the real question I have been thinking: If this passes, would it be fair to say Biden would be the most consequential president on disability rights in the 21st Century?
-George W. Bush followed in his father's footsteps by signing the 2008 ADA Amendments Act
-Obama signing the ACA protected countless disabled people from discrimination in insurance and he negotiated the CRPD (which failed in Congress)
-Obama also nominated Sonia Sotomayor, who has supported disability rights from the bench and put out the community settings rule.
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15 Jan
This is a big deal and really a victory for disability rights activists. Biden had NO disability policy during the primary so for him to prioritize this in a normal minimum wage increase is Yuge. #cripthevote
The best article I have ever read about subminimum wage labor for disabled people was this @slooterman joint from last year. Even before Biden released his disability plan, he and Sanders come out in support of ending subminimum wage labor.
vox.com/identities/202…
One extra thought here: Biden including ending subminimum wage labor is important because it says that disabled workers are workers and disabled workers' rights are workers' rights as a whole.
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