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President-elect Joe Biden struck a more aggressive tone Monday when talking about his soon-to-be predecessor Donald Trump during a rally in Atlanta on the eve of the pivotal Georgia Senate runoffs. “This administration has gotten off to a God-awful start,” Biden said of Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, per Deadline. “The president spends more time whining and […]
Over the weekend Twitter swarmed the mentions of a person dubbed “Bean Dad” (who had previously gone by the non-Twitter name John Roderick) over his refusal to open a tin can for his kid. A sentence like that probably doesn’t need added context, but we’ll try. On Saturday, Roderick shared a (too long) thread that told a story of […]
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey faced criticism over comments he made about healthcare in America. In an interview on Freakonomics Radio, Mackey told host Stephen Dubner that Americans don’t need healthcare, they just need better diets and exercise routines, CNBC reported. *Crowd Boos* “I mean, honestly, we talk about health care. The best solution is not to need […]
A 2020 Beats by Dre commercial featuring Flo Milli is receiving renewed attention this week. The ad was first unveiled as part of a headphones campaign launched by the Apple-owned Beats back in November. The campaign, also featuring ads centered on Cordae and Naomi Osaka, was put together in promotion of the new Beats Flex headphones, […]
Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House despite a slim margin of victory, CNN reports. Of the 216 votes that Pelosi received, one notable name who stayed in her corner was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been lukewarm about having her serve another term. Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept last month that she’s prepared to […]
A hospital in California suspects that an inflatable costume may be behind a massive COVID-19 outbreak that has infected at least 44 employees, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. A Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center employee briefly wore the air-powered costume in the emergency room on Christmas Day to “lift the spirits” of fellow co-workers, but may have unknowingly […]
While Los Angeles County may have sun, beaches, and nightlife, it’s also susceptible to a number of natural disasters. In fact, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has calculated that the area is the most dangerous in the U.S. Deadline reports that FEMA determined the risk of every county in America based on 18 types of natural […]
While the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations have been slow to start, the U.S. has increased the number of inoculations in recent days, bringing the total dispensed shots to around four million. The Associated Press reports that Dr. Anthony Fauci also said that President-elect Joe Biden’s vow to administer 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days in office is “realistic,” while dismissing Trump’s […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed on Sunday that one person was killed and several others were injured following a shooting at Starrville Methodist Church in Winona, Texas, CNN reports. “Our hearts are with the victims and the families of those killed or injured in this terrible tragedy,” Gov. Abbott said in a statement. Smith County Sheriff’s […]
Audio of Trump pleading and threatening Georgia’s secretary of state has surfaced, where the sitting president implores Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s victory. In the hour-long call, Trump said, “There’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated.” The Washington Post first acquired a recording of the conversation, where […]
