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underpants's Journal***SPOILER*** Olympic MENs Basketball
US Women's team plays Japan tomorrow at 10:30 PM Eastern
Men’s FINAL
USA 🇺🇸 87
France 🇫🇷 82
GOLD!!!!! 🥇
Republicans call for 8/6 Commission- nothing else happened today. 😵💫
Trust me. You can scroll and scroll at Fox News website but there’s no mention of the almost ONE MILLION JOBS report. Below is the only mention I can find —— under a beer story
https://www.foxnews.com/
https://twitter.com/thedailyshow/status/1423682742282227718?s=21
Kamala Harris Knows She's Trapped
The vice president needs to win over the voters who approve of Biden, but not of her performance.
By Peter Nicholas
For all the warmth between Biden and Barack Obama, the operatives running Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign nevertheless considered dumping the then-VP in favor of Hillary Clinton. As a matter of strategy, vice presidents like to tether themselves to the sitting president. Plotting an independent path would quickly alienate a West Wing staff alert to perceived acts of disloyalty. “You cannot appear to be running away from the president,” Roy Neel, who was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore and later deputy chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, told me. “The president and the president’s people will just cut you off at the knees. In a heartbeat you can be cut out of meetings, you can be cut out of photo ops and trips, and suddenly when you want additional staff, they’re saying no. It can happen, and it can happen very quickly.”
Still, something isn’t working quite right in their first year. Harris’s approval rating is 45 percent, seven points lower than Biden’s, according to Real Clear Politics’ polling average. A senior White House official said it’s not surprising that Harris’s ratings don’t match Biden’s. “Vice presidents aren’t as known!” this person, who, like others quoted for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to be candid, said. “People don’t see them on a daily basis and don’t think they’re running the government.” But a Los Angeles Times analysis shows that Harris is less popular than Biden, Dick Cheney, and Gore at comparable points in their vice presidencies.
The simplest explanation for the Biden-Harris approval gap is sexism and racism. Men view Harris unfavorably by an 18-point margin, and she is a convenient proxy for conservative pundits who have demeaned her through sexist tropes. In April, the Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield aired clips of Harris laughing and likened her to the “Wicked Witch of the West.” Jesse Kelly, a guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show last month, said she “started out her political career as [former California Assembly Speaker] Willie Brown’s bratwurst bun,” a reference to reports that the two had once dated.
I asked Harris if she faces a double standard as a woman of color. She dodged. “Let me tell you,” she said, laughing. “When I meet with [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel, or the king of Jordan, or the prime minister of Japan or South Korea, I’m the vice president of the United States. I represent my country. I represent my president.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/kamala-harris-interview/619657/
😆🤣 Funny tweet - Psaki 💣
https://twitter.com/rewegreatyet/status/1423342174180200452?s=21Today wasn’t too brutal. She never explained how he’s talking about two different people.
Lionel Messi to leave Barcelona: Argentina captain won't sign new contract
Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi will leave the club after financial problems prevented them from agreeing with the forward on a new contract.
However, Barca have been unable to register Messi's new contract with LaLiga while complying with the league's financial fair play rules.
Spanish clubs must comply with a spending limit, which includes money spent on salaries and signings, determined by LaLiga.
Barca's spending stood at over €600 million before the coronavirus pandemic but was reduced to €347m last season and is expected to be slashed even further for the upcoming campaign.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4446414/lionel-messi-to-leave-barcelona-argentina-captain-wont-sign-new-contract
Virginia mandates COVID vaccine for state employees
Unvaxxed will have to show weekly negative test.
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is mandating state employees get a COVID-19 vaccine.
On Monday, he announced Executive Order 18, which requires proof of vaccination for at-will, classified, waged and other salaried employees in the executive branch.
The order covers between 110,000 - 120,000 people.
It does apply to college and university employees who fall under the above classifications mentioned. It also applies to contractors.
It does not cover legislative or judicial and does not include K-12 staff and teachers, because they have their own powers and fall out of the governor’s control.
https://www.nbc12.com/2021/08/05/live-2-gov-northam-contemplating-vaccine-requirement-state-workers/
JEOPARDY fans - advanced negotiations for new host with........
“Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards is in advanced negotiations with Sony Pictures Television to become permanent host of the venerable quiz show, taking the reins of the syndicated powerhouse that was fronted by Alex Trebek for 36 years.
A Sony Pictures spokesman said discussions were ongoing with several potential candidates. He would not comment specifically on Richards’ status. A source close to the situation cautioned that there’s no certainty that the sides will close a deal and that other candidates remain in the mix, although Richards is clearly the front-runner.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-1235034673/
BREAKING: on Fox News - 2 shows 😆
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1422979806891855879?s=21Fact-check: Officer Fanone did NOT storm the Capital with a rebel flag
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1422738707761836033?s=21Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Social media posts claiming that the two men are the same show photographs of two different people.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/30/instagram-posts/no-dc-officer-michael-fanone-isnt-man-who-stormed-/
Fact Check-D.C. officer Michael Fanone was not pictured carrying confederate flag at Capitol siege
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-fanone-confederate-idUSL1N2PA1V3
FACT CHECK: Image Claims DC Police Officer And Capitol Rioter Are The Same Person
http://checkyourfact.com/2021/07/30/fact-check-image-dc-police-officer-capitol-rioter-same-person/
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