In audio recorded by local news channel WFMZ-TV, Biden can be heard off camera telling workers at Mack Truck Lehigh Valley Operations: “I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man […] I got to.” The clip was shared by the Republican National Committee (RNC) Research Twitter account, alongside the comment: “Joe Biden, a career politician who has been in politics for 48 years, claims he ‘used to drive an 18 wheeler....
After Maricopa County dropped a batch of around 70,000 new results, Biden stood with 1,604,067 votes compared to 1,574,206 for Trump, a lead of 29,861 votes with an estimated 97 percent of the state’s vote total counted. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said that there were about 173,000 ballots left to count in the state, including around 47,000 provisional ballots, which tend to skew Democratic, according to CNN. Maricopa, the state’s largest county which encompasses the Phoenix metropolitan area, has around 92,000 outstanding ballots left and is expected to announce more results on Saturday morning....
When he took office in January 2021, Biden had an approval rating of 53 percent, according to the political polling website FiveThirtyEight. But after August 13 that year, as America was withdrawing its final troops from Afghanistan, the president’s approval rating decreased to under 50 percent, and it has not reached that figure since, according to the website’s data. But the president’s approval has been starting to bounce back after a series of wins....
Biden referred to the bureau as the “AFT” rather than the “ATF” twice in quick succession during a speech in the White House Rose Garden announcing David Chipman as his nominee for director. “Today, I’m proud to nominate David Chipman to serve as the director of the AFT,” Biden said, according to the official White House transcript, which included the error. “David knows the AFT well. He served there for 25 years....
Deep cultural and political splits continue to be evident across the nation and in Washington, with how to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic a particular flashpoint at the moment in the wake of Biden’s vaccine mandates. Amid this partisan outlook, an I&I/TIPP poll asked respondents if Biden is living up to his promise to unify the country—or stoking partisanship and division. A plurality, 40 percent, thought the latter. But nearly an equal amount, 37 percent, said Biden is living up to his unity pledge....
The Democratic presidential nominee told an NBC News town hall in Miami on Monday that if the historic ruling on abortion is overturned, his “only response to that is pass legislation making Roe the law of the land. That’s what I would do.” It was not immediately clear how Biden would achieve this aim. If the Supreme Court finds there is no right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution, any law granting one would be challenged....
The American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion relief package that passed in March, allowed for people to receive an advance on their Child Tax Credit in the form of monthly payments, beginning in July and ending in December. The payments helped decrease child poverty and Biden says he wants to make it permanent, although, the Build Back Better Act would only extend the program through the end of 2022....
Ahead of Fox’s telecast of Sunday’s game beween the Packers and Buccaneers the two were caught making fun of flyovers, which have drawn criticism in recent years for what many consider wasteful spending, after one happened above a mostly empty Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. “That’s a lot of jet fuel just to do a little flyover,” Aikman said. MORE: Joe Buck will call NFL or World Series game for a week straight...
As the Titans and Jaguars were set to kick off their AFC South-deciding matchup on Saturday night, viewers noticed something as the ESPN broadcast duo of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman stepped up to the microphones. The network’s microphone flags — the small boxes that display ESPN’s emblems — were flipped upside down from the standard “E” to resemble a “3,” the number worn by the Bills safety. It was a small, but poignant, gesture as the network paid tribute to Hamlin....
Considering the amount of money veteran quarterbacks are getting on new contracts in 2020, Burrow, even as an unproven rookie, would have earned massive dollars on his rookie contract if not for the salary limitations. Sam Bradford back in 2010 was the last rookie QB to benefit from the lack of these restrictions, which were implemented in the 2011 collective bargaining agreement. MORE: Can Baker Mayfield, Joe Burrow bring Battle of Ohio back to Bernie-Boomer heyday?...
The Bengals later tweeted a gif of the quarterback dancing, appearing to confirm the first overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft was now under contract. MORE: 5 NFL quarterbacks who could get benched in 2020 season Burrow’s deal is believed to include a $23.9 million signing bonus and he is the last of the top five picks from this year’s draft to agree a rookie contract with the franchise that selected them....
The most memorable moment from Chayefsky’s 1976 masterpiece “Network” is, of course, when unhinged newsman Howard Beale (a pitch-perfect Peter Finch) bellows on live television, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.” With his latest book “The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood” Eszterhas, 61, commits his “mad as hell” moment in print—he’s striking a blow for Tinseltown’s little guy, the lowly screenwriter. Ostensibly a guidebook for wannabe bards, “The Devil’s Guide,” succeeds more as a dishy, sleazy, comedic impressionist portrait of Hollywood from the studio system days through Eszterhas’s own golden years....
The charges stemmed from an old mineral site on the property that was in place prior to Franz owning the property. Franz was found not guilty; having filmed his hunt was likely the only reason he was acquitted. The video evidence helped prove the deer was not drawn to the area by the mineral site and that the buck had no interest in it. It also helped that Franz had contacted the department about the specific area because of concerns over the mineral site....
Records from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) show Manchin brought in $4,827,680.45 in 2021, including nearly $1.6 million in the fourth quarter. During his most recent off-year in 2017—the year before he sought reelection—his fundraising amount was $3.8 million 2017, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg noted that Sinema’s campaign had yet to file its report with the FEC, but CNBC reported that she has raised more than $2 million throughout the 2022 election cycle....
Biden’s original proposal offered $400 in additional weekly unemployment benefits set to end in August. One alternate proposal, introduced by Republican Ohio Senator Rob Portman, would decrease the payments to $300 per week and offer them until July 18. A second proposal, introduced by Democratic Deleware Senator Tom Carper, would also offer $300 per week, but would offer the benefits until the end of September. Carper’s bill would also prevent $10,200 of enhanced unemployment benefits distributed during 2020 from being taxed....
Brady swapped the Patriots for the Buccaneers on a two-year deal in free agency following six Super Bowl titles during an illustrious career in New England. The 42-year-old was drafted by the Patriots in 2000 and four-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Montana does not understand why New England granted Brady’s exit. “I don’t know what’s going on inside there, but somebody made a mistake,” the 63-year-old Montana, who spent 14 seasons playing for the San Francisco 49ers before being traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, told USA Today Sports....
Rogan and his guest, former CIA officer Mike Baker, have both been criticized by social-media users after a clip of their conversation went viral. The pair discussed Soros on the January 11 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, but late on Monday, campaigners took notice and spoke out against their views. Soros is a 92-year-old billionaire, businessman and philanthropist who survived the Nazi occupation of his home country of Hungary during World War II....
The host of The Joe Rogan Experience had a long and open discussion with his guest Seth Dillon, the founder and CEO of satirical news site The Babylon Bee. A clip of the pair discussing Roe v. Wade and abortion rights is being discussed online, with viewers largely praising Rogan for his stance and for taking his guest to task. On the topic of abortions and women’s rights to have them, the two men came to an impasse....
However, many fans noticed that shortly after dropping, the episode was removed from Spotify. Unsurprisingly, many assumed it had been removed from the platform because Jones’ was famously banned from all social media, including Spotify, last year. Rogan however confirmed that it wasn’t actually all a grand conspiracy to censor Jones’ bizarre views, but an actual honest to god technical glitch. The host took to Instagram to explain the error to fans and to clear up any wild speculations....
The podcasting giant was back on his show on Tuesday where he spoke about his experience using the controversial drug, insisting that “multiple doctors told me to take it.” Rogan announced he came down with the virus on Instagram last week telling his fans he “threw the kitchen sink” at it in order to get better. He explained last Wednesday in a video: “We immediately threw the kitchen sink at it: all kinds of meds....
