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“Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, kiss her hiney,” Justice said during a press conference as he lifted up the dog to show its backside. Midler took aim at Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, as well as the rest of the state, in a tweet in late December. “What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible....

Carter, a Georgia Democrat, said state legislators are trying to “turn back the clock” on voting rights for state residents in a series of election-related bills that have been introduced in the wake of the 2020 general election, which saw the traditionally red state elect a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in nearly 30 years. “As our state legislators seek to turn back the clock through legislation that will restrict access to voting for many Georgians, I am disheartened, saddened, and angry,” Carter said in a statement released by the Carter Center, a not-for-profit charity based in Atlanta....

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted many people to reassess their priorities when it comes to work and their personal life. Millions opted to quit jobs deemed overly demanding in a development since dubbed The Great Resignation. But it wasn’t just about them being uneasy with their work/life balance. For many, it was a case of feeling like their efforts went unappreciated by their employers. This feeling is perhaps best reflected in the Reddit subreddit Antiwork, which is littered with examples of the perceived poor treatment meted out by bosses and managers to workers across the U....

A growing number of stressed-out professionals are dropping their careers for lighthearted summer jobs. Getting to punch in and punch out is the ultimate fantasy for our workaholic times. “People are looking around to see what gives them peace,” says Po Bronson, whose book “What Should I Do With My Life?” will be published next year by Random House. “And they’re looking back at the summer jobs that made them happy....

The teams announced the swap Thursday night. MORE: Kris Bryant’s dad is very mad about Joe Buck’s trade questions Pederson is going from a club staring at a midseason teardown to a club chasing a division title. Ball becomes a part of the Cubs’ long-term plans. Did the teams make a good deal? SN grades the swap: Joc Pederson trade grades Braves: B Atlanta needed to fill a hole in the outfield after losing right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr....

Some people with jock itch develop blisters with a fungal rash. This can make the person question if they have genital herpes, but they are unrelated conditions. In this article, we discuss the causes, symptoms, and treatment of jock itch, and how the condition differs from herpes. Herpes vs. Jock Itch Blisters While both genital herpes and jock itch can cause blisters in the groin area, they are different conditions with different characteristics....

Speaking with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in an interview which aired Sunday, Biden reiterated his belief that he’s the only Democratic presidential candidate who has the broad appeal necessary to win over moderate and minority voters. Biden said Sanders’ label as a “Democratic Socialist” is too much of an “uphill climb” for the senator to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election. Biden also said that former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s inability to draw African-American voters shows he doesn’t have what it takes to win “across the board....

Gingrich, a Republican, told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that the “Democratic Party model” is in trouble and criticized the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. There has been speculation for some time about whether Biden will step aside in 2024, but the White House has said he intends to run for a second term, while Biden has said Harris will be his running mate. “If you look at this most recent Manchin monstrosity, proposing 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service agents, that’s more than we currently have total, so more than double the IRS agents,” Gingrich said, referring to the Inflation Reduction Act....

According to a Langer Research Associates (LRA) poll, conducted for ABC News and The Washington Post, Biden scored a 52 approval rating after 100 days in office. The average at the 100-day stage for the 14 presidents from Truman to Biden is 66 percent, according to previous ABC/Post polls. Only Ford in 1974—whose rating fell to 48 percent following his unpopular pardon of Richard Nixon—and Donald Trump at 42 percent, scored lower than Biden at this stage in their respective presidencies....

The #BidenLied hashtag began trending on Twitter on Sunday after the Democratic Party shared a tweet that outlined Biden’s plans to get $1,400 checks to most Americans—on top of the already agreed $600 payments. “[Biden] will build on the $600 down payment provided by Congress last year, sending an additional $1,400 to households across America, totaling direct payments to $2,000 per person,” the party posted on Saturday. Some using the #BidenLied hashtag insisted Biden had promised individual $2,000 payments, rather than $1,400 on top of $600 checks....

Biden’s summit began on Wednesday, involving representatives from 110 nations. The president will address attendees on Thursday morning. Rasmussen—whose own Alliance of Democracies Foundation has been working to rally democracies worldwide since 2017—told Newsweek that Biden can send a strong signal to fellow democracies and rival autocracies. “I don’t think we should have too high expectations as regards to concrete outcomes and statements from 110 countries, but it could be the start of a process,” Rasmussen said....

Biden’s order blacklists 59 companies tied to the Chinese military-industrial complex and surveillance industry and bars people in the United States from engaging in the purchase or sale with them. It takes effect at 12:01 a.m. (ET) on August 2. In the order, Biden writes that he has determined “that additional steps are necessary to address the national emergency” first outlined by the Trump administration, with regards to China....

Shortly after speaking about his skepticism regarding an economic downturn, Biden told reporters in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, that his mother had an expression: “Out of everything lousy, something good will happen if you look hard enough for it.” “We have a chance here to make a fundamental turn toward renewable energy, electric vehicles, and not just electric vehicles but across the board,” the president said. Biden added that his team would be sitting down with the CEOs of major oil companies this week to try to “get an explanation of how they justify making $35 billion in the first quarter....

In video shared to Twitter by Trump campaign Deputy Director of Communications Zach Parkinson, Biden can be seen telling supporters about his plan to create a “pathway for citizenship for the 11 million undocumented” in the U.S. However, Biden states, “like every other person who’s come here, they have to pass, they have to learn how to speak English, they have to demonstrate they pay their taxes…But it’s a pathway....

Milwaukee’s decision to sit out Game 5 of its first-round series in protest of the Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, Wis., prompted the NBA to announce the postponement of three playoff games scheduled for Wednesday night. Biden, who accepted his party’s nomination last week during the Democratic National Convention, tweeted out his support for the team. MORE: Will NBA cancel season following player boycott? “This moment demands moral leadership,” Biden said....

Early polls suggest that Americans are largely standing behind Biden on his foreign policy platform. Most approve of the president’s commitment to long-held U.S. allies and a multilateral diplomatic focus that was sidelined by Trump and his team, who lauded their breaking from diplomatic convention as a means to addressing long-standing American grievances. But a new poll conducted by Gallup has found that reaction to Biden’s “back to normal” is deeply partisan, with Democrats relieved and hopeful while their Republican compatriots are fearful and embarrassed....

The sweeping bill, known as the “American Rescue Plan,” was passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday and is expected to make it to Biden’s desk this week. The president is anticipated to sign it into law by Sunday, which is when key unemployment programs expire. Democrats have used reconciliation to pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan through a simple majority vote. The bill hasn’t garnered support from any conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill....

The national poll of adults by Quinnipiac University, conducted between September 10 to 13, showed that only 42 percent of people approved of the way Biden was doing his job. This was down four points from the 46 percent the organization’s survey found he had at the beginning of August. The latest poll released on Tuesday also found that half of respondents (50 percent) disapproved of the way Biden was doing his job, an increase of seven percentage points (43 percent) from the last survey conducted between July 27 and August 2....

Among more than a dozen publics in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific, median confidence in Biden was at 60 percent, according to a Pew Research Center report on June 22. Its analysis links the dip—down an average of 15 percentage points from 2021—to initial enthusiasm after Trump’s presidency, as well as the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer. Some of the biggest declines were recorded in Italy (down 30 points), Greece (down 26 points) and Spain (down 25 points), while drops in excess of 15 points were also reported in Singapore (down 22 points), France (down 21 points) and the Netherlands (down 19 points), Pew’s results found....

In a poll conducted earlier this month, Gallup found just 43 percent of U.S. adults approved of his job as commander-in-chief. For the first time, a majority of Americans—53 percent—disapproved of Biden’s performance. Biden’s approval rating has dropped 14 percent since he took office in January. Gallup found that the Democrat was starting his presidency with a 57 percent approval rating, which was just below the average of 60 percent approval rating for post-World War II presidents in their first term....