On Monday, @GOP tweeted that “621 pounds of deadly fentanyl was seized at the southern border in June alone.” The GOP has sought to cast Biden as weak on issues of immigration and border security as drugs smuggled across the border are considered to be a key driver of the opioid crisis that claimed the lives of 68,630 people in the U.S. in 2020 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Host Joe Scarborough told Kinzinger that “Donald Trump putting you on his enemies list I think for a lot of people that should be a badge of honor,” to which Kinzinger said, “Well, it is.” “I’d rather be on the enemies list of a losing choke artist, you know, who failed to win an election that, frankly, had he just managed even halfway decently anything, since he was an incumbent, he probably could have won,” Kinzinger said....
The Michigan lawmaker was among the nine GOP House members to vote in favor of holding former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in criminal contempt over his defiance of a subpoena from the select committee investigating the January 6 riot. On Sunday he cited his experience as a committee chair to underline the importance of subpoenas. “I’m a former committee chair, I used the subpoena,” Upton told host Jake Tapper during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union....
During the senator’s interview, host George Stephanopoulos of ABC News’ This Week, repeatedly asked him whether Trump was right to take government documents to Mar-a-Lago from the White House when he left last January. However, Blunt deflected the question a few times before responding, “I understand he turned over a lot of documents. He should have turned over all of them. I imagine he knows that very well now as well....
On Tuesday, Republican Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee tweeted, “30 executive orders and actions signed in only 3 days’ time. @POTUS, you can’t govern with a pen and a phone.” In another tweet Wednesday, the senator shared a Fox News interview with a pipeline worker reacting to news of the Keystone XL pipeline, which Biden canceled on January 20 as part of his climate action plan. “This is what happens when you govern by pen and phone,” Blackburn wrote on Twitter....
Speaking on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Cotton reiterated his assertion that the Chinese government has been “lying from the beginning, and they’re still lying today” about the gravity of the virus and perhaps even its origins. “The situation is very grave in part because … China was lying from the beginning, and they’re still lying today,” the senator said. “And also because there are so many unknowns about this virus....
Schumer announced Thursday that he intends to set the first procedural vote on the package for this Wednesday in an effort to force a group of 22 bipartisan negotiators to finalize the bill. The New York Democrat also set Wednesday as the deadline for his caucus to settle on their separate $3.5 trillion budget resolution package that the party hopes to pass without GOP support. Portman, a lead negotiator for the bipartisan infrastructure plan, pushed back against the “arbitrary deadline” on CNN’s State of the Union....
Gore charged cereal producers with knowingly marketing their cereals to youngsters-cereals that contain barely concealed violent messages. “You don’t have to be an expert to know that ‘Snap, Crackle, Pop” are a subliminal version of gunfire and explosions," Gore told his audience. “The cereal manufacturers are playing tricks with our children, and I’m here to say, these tricks are not for kids.” While Gore stopped short of insisting on censorship for the controversial cereals, he did warn the manufacturers that noisy, violent breakfast cereals are not protected by the First Amendment....
Now, in the Roosevelt Room, they had the gall to sound concerned about Gore’s political predicament. They knew he was under pressure from unions and industry, who fear the economic cost of a strict global-warming treaty. They knew that Beltway handlers want him to dilute his green image as he prepares to run for president. As his friends, one of the environmentalists said, they wanted to suggest that a tough treaty would, in fact, be good politics....
Fabiani’s hiring is just one of several moves by the Gore camp to place itself on a war footing for the fall. Campaign chairman Tony Coelho has salted the Democratic National Committee with Gore loyalists, including the veep’s press secretary, Laura Quinn, and top political strategist Michael Whouley. But controversial campaign manager Donna Brazile, who resisted entreaties from Gore advisers to move to a senior spot at the DNC, will stay put, close to the action and the candidate....
One episode was dedicated to The Jenny Jones Show, which triggered a 1995 murder trial and subsequent civil trial regarding her show’s culpability. Another episode was focused on Bernhard Goetz, the controversial folk hero who shot and wounded four men on a subway. Here are some other cases the true crime series could cover in a second season: John Gotti In the 1980s and 90s, John Gotti was the most infamous mob boss since Al Capone....
The event at the Lorain County fairgrounds on Saturday will be Trump’s first rally in Ohio since he won the state in the 2020 presidential election, but Ohio’s top two Republicans won’t be there. DeWine has a family conflict, according to The Columbus Dispatch, but Husted has not yet given a reason for missing the rally. Both men were booed by the crowd at a Trump rally near Dayton, Ohio in September last year....
For those unfamiliar, Govee has been steadily growing its lighting collection starting with basic LED light strips and scaling up to more complex and smart devices. In addition to this Aura Smart Table Lamp, for example, the company has released Flow Pro Wi-Fi TV Light Bars that can identify what content your TV is showing and then change the colors to reflect the scene. Govee smart lights are competing directly with Hue lights and offer a compelling price point for newcomers to smart lights....
One in 10 Californians work as independent contractors for a gig-based job. Of those workers, 48 percent live below the poverty line, according to a study by the Public Religion Research Institute. This is a statistic that Newsom has been fighting against since taking office. “The hollowing out of our middle class has been 40 years in the making, and the need to create lasting economic security for our workforce demands action,” Newsom wrote in a statement released to ABC10 News....
Tuesday marks the beginning of Graham's system arbritation to determine whether the franchise tag he received from the Saints should pay him as a tight end or wide receiver for the 2014 season. There's more than $5 million at stake for the dominant pass-catcher, the difference in salary between the two tag values — $7 million and $12.3 million, respectively. Since the NFLPA filed the grievance in Graham's behalf in early May, both the union and the league have had time to put together their best cases....
Animal lovers will appreciate a stay at the InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa in the French Polynesian islands. The grounds feature a sea-turtle rehabilitation center, which serves as a temporary hospital for injured turtles, as well as a permanent home for turtles not healthy enough to return to their natural habitats. The resort’s lagoon is home to the Moorea Dolphin Center, where a trained staff cares for bottlenose dolphins, which are allowed protected contact with people as part of an interactive educational program ($416 per night; moorea....
Fisher finished third behind Jordan McNamara of the Nike Oregon Track Club (3:58.81) and Tyler Pennel of Reebok’s ZAP Fitness training group, who ran his first sub-four mile Thursday night as well. MORE: Running Our Mouths podcast Fisher was clocked at 2:02.15 halfway through the race. He reached the bell lap in 3:00.95 and closed in 58.42 seconds for his final lap. He joins a famed group that includes Jim Ryun, Tim Danielson, Marty Liquori, Alan Webb, Lukas Verzbicas and, most recently, Matthew Maton....
A post showing the image of a tall black gravestone reveals that a baby called Emily E. Dodsworth died at just 2 days old in 1910, while her twin sister, Minnie G., lived until 2011. The post has received 108,000 likes since being posted by u/winooskiwinter on September 4. Aaron O’Neill, an expert on historical data, said the mortality rate in the United States for children under the age of 5 in 1910 was 206....
The great saphenous vein’s primary task is to drain deoxygenated blood from the foot, as well as superficial parts of the leg and knee (closer to the surface). This is taken back to the heart and lungs, where oxygen and nutrients are restored for delivery to the rest of the body. Since the great saphenous vein is close to the skin’s surface, it’s sometimes used for sampling blood for testing....
The video, taken off Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, was released by Arturo Islas Allende, who describes himself as an environmentalist, actor, diver and entrepreneur. He posted the film to several social media sites, claiming he was compelled to do so because the company involved, Nautilus Dive Adventures, had failed to meet safety standards. He claims the shark died because of negligence....
