WATCH: Adam Carolla updates Dave Rubin after 31 days 'off the grid' — his reactions are PRICELESS



Dave Rubin has been off-grid with no access to news, social media, or his phone since July 31. Adam Carolla joined the first episode of "The Rubin Report" since Dave's return to fill him in on everything he missed over the last 31 days.

Catch Dave's hilarious reactions to finding out about former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation, the New York City vaccine mandates, the maskless Obama birthday bash, why the University of Wisconsin had to remove a rock for being racist, how Proposition 12 might end up banning bacon in California, why an unruly passenger on a Delta flight needed to be duct-taped, and the Afghanistan collapse to the Taliban.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly ditches own dog at mansion after unceremonious departure



Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.) reportedly abandoned his 3-year-old dog, Captain, at the governor's mansion in Albany and has been asking if anyone would like to take the dog into their home as their own.

What are the details?

The disgraced governor, according to a Monday report from the Times Union, recently asked staffers at the Executive Mansion if they would be interested in adopting his dog.

The dog, a shepherd, Siberian Husky, and Malamute mix, was reportedly left at the mansion last week after Cuomo moved out, the outlet reported, citing two state police source with knowledge on the matter.

The dog — described as "high-strung" — has reportedly "nipped" several people since Cuomo adopted him in 2018.

"[A] mansion staffer recently took the dog home for a few days but decided he was too much," the outlet added.

Richard Azzopardi, a spokesperson for the governor, "lashed out at the allegation that the governor has been looking for someone to care for the canine," the outlet noted and said that the "arrangement was only 'temporary' because the governor ... is planning to take a vacation."

"Captain is part of the governor's family and for your nameless ill-informed source to imply they've been trying to give him away is untrue," Azzopardi said in a Saturday statement. "Someone offered to watch him for a few days while the transition was ongoing but for that to be weaponized and morph from a game of telephone into the pages of your paper is absurd — now excuse us we're preparing for a major storm."

Azzopardi in earlier comments on the report added, "[Cuomo] wants to go on vacation. They love that dog. ... That's not what he asked: He didn't ask to give away the dog. ... This nameless source is crazy. ... I can't believe this is what I'm dealing with right now, when I'm dealing with a major storm."

The dog, according to the report, remains at the mansion.

What else?

The New York Post reported that Libby Post — head of the New York State Animal Protection Federation, an animal shelter advocacy group — urged Cuomo to adopt the dog out through one of the state's many animal shelters.

"I read with disbelief in this morning's Time Union that Captain, Governor Cuomo's dog, had been left at the Executive Mansion after Cuomo's belongings had been moved out of the Eagle Street building," Post said. "The New York State Animal Protection Federation is ready to help place Captain at one of our larger New York State animal shelters, such as the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society in Menands, just north of Albany. Shelters like Mohawk Hudson, Lollypop Farm in Rochester, and the SPCA Serving Erie County have excellent behavioral experts who can help Captain resolve his 'nipping' issues and adopt him into a loving, forever home. New York State loves companion animals."

Post concluded her statement, "Captain deserves better. He will be welcomed with open arms (and paws) into one of our shelters."

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Soon-to-be New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she will seek a full term in next year's gubernatorial election



New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is slated to become the Empire State's new governor later this month when Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation takes effect, said during an interview on NBC's "Today" that she plans to run in the 2022 gubernatorial election.

"Yes I will," Hochul said when asked whether she will run for a full term next year.

"I fully expect to. I'm prepared for this," she said, noting that she has "led a life working in every level of government from Congress to local government."

She said that she will "ask the voters at some point for their faith in me again. But right now, I need their faith, I need their prayers, and I need their support to make sure we get this right."

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Cuomo announced Tuesday that he will step down as governor. His resignation is slated to take effect in two weeks.

"I agree with Governor Cuomo's decision to step down. It is the right thing to do and in the best interest of New Yorkers. As someone who has served at all levels of government and is next in the line of succession, I am prepared to lead as New York State's 57th Governor," Hochul tweeted earlier this week.

Cuomo has served at the helm of New York since 2011.

When Hochul, 62, assumes the role, she will become New York's first female governor. She has served as lieutenant governor of New York since 2015.

Prior to his announcement, Cuomo had faced a barrage of calls to resign from fellow Democrats in the wake of the state attorney general's report that concluded he had sexually harassed multiple women.

"The independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," state Attorney General Letitia James said last week. "Specifically, the investigation found that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed current and former New York State employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women."

In a video released last week, Cuomo said that he "never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances."

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The speech by Ron Kim comes nearly a month after the assemblyman accused Cuomo of threatening Kim in a phone call that he would "face his wrath."

Current Cuomo aide accuses NY gov of blatant sexual harassment after her friend said he groped her underneath her blouse



A current aide of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) has accused the New York governor of sexual harassment and misconduct.

Over the last several weeks, multiple women have accused Cuomo of making inappropriate remarks and engaging in disturbing sexual behaviors including making unwelcome advances, including the woman's friend — also a Cuomo aide — who said earlier in March that Cuomo put his hand underneath her blouse and groped her.

The 63-year-old Democrat has denied any wrongdoing.

What are the details?

In a Sunday New York Times report, the aide, Alyssa McGrath, accused Cuomo of "ogling her body, remarking on her looks, and making suggestive comments to her and another woman in his office."

The Times reported that Cuomo called McGrath and a female co-worker "mingle mamas" and inquired about her "lack of a wedding ring" and the status of her divorce.

"She recalled him telling her she was beautiful — in Italian — and, as she sat alone with him in his office awaiting dictation, he gazed down her shirt and commented on a necklace hanging there," the outlet noted.

McGrath, a 33-year-old woman who has been working for the Cuomo administration since 2018, said that during one encounter, she was summoned to Cuomo's office for dictation.

"I put my head down waiting for him to start speaking, and he didn't start speaking," she said. "So I looked up to see what was going on. And he was blatantly looking down my shirt."

She said that Cuomo then asked her, "What's on your necklace?"

The necklace, McGrath said, was in her shirt.

"He has a way of making you feel very comfortable around him, almost like you're his friend," she recalled. "But then you walk away from your encounter or conversation, in your head going, 'I can't believe I just had that interaction with the governor of New York.'"

McGrath said of the continued flow of women making accusations against the governor, "It makes me really upset to hear him speak about this and completely deny all allegations. And I have no doubt in my mind that all of these accusers are telling the truth."

In a statement, Cuomo's lawyer, Rita Glavin, responded to McGrath's allegations by saying that he never made "inappropriate advances or inappropriately touched anyone."

"The governor has greeted men and women with hugs and a kiss on the cheek, forehead, or hand," Glavin said. "Yes, he has posed for photographs with his arm around them. Yes, he uses Italian phrases like 'Ciao bella.' None of this is remarkable, although it may be old-fashioned. He has made clear that he has never made inappropriate advances or inappropriately touched anyone."

The Times reported that Cuomo has "asked New Yorkers to await the outcome of two investigations into the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him before passing judgment."

McGrath said that during a 2019 Christmas party, Cuomo "kissed [her] on the forehead."

"And in the picture we posed with him that year, he is gripping our sides very tightly," she recalled.

McGrath has continued to go to work amid the burgeoning number of allegations against the Democratic lawmaker.

"She says that executive offices are largely quiet, far from the heady days of Mr. Cuomo's pandemic-related popularity, when the halls of the Capitol buzzed with excitement and purpose," the Times noted.

Anything else?

Earlier in March, a Cuomo aide said that he reached underneath her blouse and groped her chest while the two were alone in the executive mansion.

McGrath said that the woman — her co-worker, who has not been publicly identified at the time of this reporting — "froze" when the alleged interaction took place.

"She froze when he started doing that stuff to her," she said. "But who are you going to tell?"

McGrath said that the co-worker told her that Cuomo directed her not to talk to McGrath — with whom she shares a friendly relationship — about the alleged incident.

"He told her specifically not to tell me," she said.

The Times noted, "Over the last three years, Ms. McGrath said, the governor had seemingly fostered an unusual work triangle with her and her friend, the co-worker he allegedly groped, blending a professional relationship with unwanted attention. There was paternalistic patter, but also a commandeering, sometimes invasive physicality."

In a statement, Mariann Wang, an attorney for McGrath, told the Times, "This would be unacceptable behavior from any boss, much less the governor."

"The women in the executive chamber are there to work for the State of New York," Wang added, "not serve as [Cuomo's] eye candy or prospective girlfriend."