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Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten welcome twins. He is the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet. The Transportation Secretary took to social media to share the news.
"Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we're becoming parents," the Biden Cabinet secretary posted on social media. "We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family."
Buttigieg shared last month that he and Chasten, an author and former teacher, had become first-time parents.
"The process isn't done yet and we're thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us," he shared at the time, adding that they had wanted to grow their family for some time.
Buttigieg is currently the Department of Transportation Secretary. He was the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2016 Democratic candidate for president.
An iconic television personality Willard Scott passed away.
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NBC News announced the passing of legendary weatherman and TV personality Willard Scott. The always animated lovable and good natured personality passed away peacefully at age of 87.
The American media personality had began his role as an iconic clown. He was the early members of the Ronald McDonald club. He also had a recurring role on the TV series Valerie (titled The Hogan Family).
Scott would offer the birthdays of those who celebrate turning 100 or older on Today.
His successor on the morning news show, Al Roker, announced that Scott died peacefully Saturday morning surrounded by family. An NBC Universal spokeswoman confirmed the news. No further details were released.
We lost Willard Scott passed peacefully at 87 surrounded by family, including his daughters Sally and Mary and his lovely wife, Paris. He was truly my second dad and am where I am today because of his generous spirit. Willard was truly a broadcast #iconpic.twitter.com/uqKX3jcc8P
This @todayshow tribute to my dear friend, Willard Scott, will tell you why he was so beloved and why he was America’s Weatherman to the entire country. No broadcaster was loved by so many and brought so many smiles https://t.co/V7RqyQPN1T
“He was truly my second dad and am where I am today because of his generous spirit,” Roker wrote on Instagram. “Willard was a man of his times, the ultimate broadcaster. There will never be anyone quite like him.”
“He played such an outsized role in my life and was as warm and loving and generous off-camera as he was on,” Katie Couric tweeted.
Scott began his 65-year career at NBC as an entry-level page at an affiliate station in Washington, D.C., and rose to become the weather forecaster on the network’s flagship morning show for more than three decades. His trademark was giving on-air birthday greetings to viewers who turned 100 years old by putting their faces on Smucker’s jelly jars and delivering weather updates in zany costumes.
According to NBC, he once took up a viewer’s dare to appear in drag to win a $1,000 donation to the USO, the charity for military families, by dressing up as the Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda. The stunt wasn’t new for the genial Scott: he played Bozo the Clown when he hosted a children’s TV show in the 1960s and Ronald McDonald in commercials in the Washington area.
He often dressed as Santa Claus at the National Tree Lighting ceremony throughout the 1980s and co-anchored NBC’s coverage of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade between 1987 to 1997. In one memorable moment on live television, First Lady Barbara Bush gave him a kiss during the 1989 inauguration parade of her husband, President George H.W. Bush.
“(The president) said, ‘I didn’t know you knew Willard Scott.’ I said, ‘I don’t know Willard Scott. I just love that face.’ ” the first lady recalled.
Scott handed the reins to Roker in 1996, occasionally filling in for him for the next decade before fully retiring in 2015.
He is survived by his wife, Paris Keena, whom he married in 2014, and two daughters with Mary Dwyer Scott, his wife of 43 years until she died in 2002.
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West Virginia senator is getting on my nerves. I hate bad faith politics and I hate lawmakers who do nothing but cause chaos in Washington, DC. We elected these people to represent the district or the state as a whole. Their job is to deliver results.
Far too many of them are on television showing discourse in America. I am tired of this.
Sen. Karen Manchin (D-WV) is one of the three headaches in the Democratic Caucus. The other two are Sen. Karen Sinema (D-AZ) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). These three are the reasons to why the Democrats are struggling to get things done with the slim majority they have.
George Floyd Policing, For The People's Act, The John Lewis Voting Act and the American Jobs Plan are stalled because of this West Virginia senator who is pandering for pork.
Manchin is pulling on the bullshit narratives about deficits and debt.
Manchin has called on Democrats to take a "strategic pause" in advancing their historic $3.5 trillion budget plan, putting in peril President Biden's most ambitious effort to stabilize the U.S. economy and boost the middle class.
In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, the West Virginia senator criticized his party as being shortsighted and hypocritical in its pursuit of passing the multitrillion-dollar budget, which Democrats see as vital to tackling climate change, child care affordability and fair housing.
"The nation faces an unprecedented array of challenges and will inevitably encounter additional crises in the future," Manchin wrote. "Yet some in Congress have a strange belief there is an infinite supply of money to deal with any current or future crisis, and that spending trillions upon trillions will have no negative consequence for the future. I disagree."
Manchin wrote that because of the challenges posed by the nation's high inflation rate as well as the unpredictable nature of the pandemic — particularly as it pertains to the rapidly emerging variants of the virus — Democrats should not "rush" to use spending as a fix for the nation's current woes. Rather, lawmakers should take a longer-term view about how today's fiscal policy could impact future generations.
Democrats have said the budget will be paid for with tax increases on corporations and the wealthy as well as other proposals.
If Manchin defects, as he has signaled before that he would, Democrats would have to sway at least one Republican to vote for the budget — a tall order in the highly partisan chamber.
"If we want to invest in America, a goal I support, then let's take the time to get it right and determine what is absolutely necessary," Manchin wrote.
The West Virginia Democrat has often been at odds with more progressive members of his party, and he has emerged as a critical swing vote. Democrats control the 50-50 Senate, with the vice president working as a tie-breaker.
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I was ignoring it. I'll be bluntly honest, I do not give two fucks about Kanye Omari West, his music, his politics and his hissy fits. I am aware he released his long anticipated album on August 29.
Kanye West is a troubled soul.
This album is tributed to his mother Donda C. West. She died after a botched cosmetic surgery in Mexico in 2007.
I know that he and Pusha T are feuding with Canadian media mogul/rapper Drake. I know the two are going to be pushing a chart battle. I know that Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian West have lost a lot of support among fans because of their support for Washed Up 45 and her step dad's bid for California governor. Her step dad is a transgender woman who is a Republican candidate for governor in the California recall.
West's antics are controversial.
The Donda album is the tenth of the media mogul and former presidential candidate. It is released on Def Jam Recordings and Getting Out Our Dreams, LLC (Good Music). The album contains explicit lyrics.
However, the album is primarily hip-hop and gospel. It experiments with hip-hop, pop, trap and boom rap.
The album is executive produced by West, Mike Dean and Swizz Beatz. It has 27 tracks and it is over 108:49 minutes.
The album production credits include Kanye West, Mike Dean, 88-Keys, Ojivolta, Dem Jointz, Sean Solymar, E. Vax, Arrow Sunday, AllDay, AyoAA, David x EL, Sloane, BoogzDaBeast, DJ Khalil, Ronny J, Nascent, 30 Roc, Zentach, DrtWrk, TT Audi, Boi-1da, FnZ,Warryn Campbell, Cory Henry, Digital Nas, Cubeatz, Wallis Lane, Swizz Beatz, Gasaffelstein, Mia Wallis, Wheezy, Sucuka, Shuko, Bastian Volkel, Fya Man, Cashmere Brown and Bailey.
The features include Syleena Johnson, Jay-Z, Sunday Service Choir, Dem Jointz, Vory, Playboi Carti, Fivio Foreign, Lil Baby, The Weeknd, KayCyy Pluto, Baby Keem, Travis Scott, Lil Durk, Rooga, Lil Yachty, Buju Banton, Stalone, Young Thug, Kid Cudi, Don Toliver, Kid Cudi, Tony Williams, MUSYCA Children's Choir, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Royce Da 5'9", Jay Electronica, Larry Hoover, Jr., Chris Brown, Pop Smoke, Roddy Ricch, Shenseea, DaBaby, Marilyn Manson, Ty Dolla Sign, Jay Electronica, The Lox and his own mother Donda West.
West felt heat for his controversial picks of Chris Brown, DaBaby and Marilyn Manson. comes similar to Drake's use of former R&B singer turned the sexual predator who facing a federal trial for sex trafficking and child pornography.
Also scrapped were productions from Dr. Dre. Dre and Dawaun Parker initially were on board with the production of the album. I am guessing their roles were scrapped.
There were cuts from the album. Andre 3000, Pusha T, Consequence, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, 6ix9ine, Ant Clemons, Tyler The Creator, Soulja Boy and Nas were scrapped from the album.
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Aubrey Graham known as Drake releases his latest album, Certified Lover Boy on OVO Sound and Universal Records. The Canadian media mogul was supposed to release the album in January but it was delayed due to personal injuries.
Drake is trying to beat the odds.
The album was dedicated to the late models Nadia Ntuli and Mercedes Morr. Moor was killed in Texas by an alleged stalker in a murder suicide. Ntuli was killed in a car accident while staying in Dubai.
Drake had the official artwork of twelve emoji's of pregnant women in varying clothing colors, hair colors and skin tones. It was designed by English artist Damien Hirst. Some criticized the album cover as lazy and ugly.
Regardless of what they think, the album is considered to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200.
The executive producers of the album are Drake and Noah "40" Shebib. The album production credits include Drake, Noah "40" Shebib, Masego, Maneesh, Supah Mario, Young, Borino, Ojelade, OZ, Ambezza, Thomas, Eli Brown, AP, Dez Wright, Travis Scott, WondaGurl, Sweet, Patron, TM88, Too Dope, Cadastr, Arsenault, OG Ron C, Kid Masterpiece, Lusti, Cadastgtre, FaxOnly, Jean Bleu, Walters, Yebba, Francies, Vinylz, Nik D, Metro Boomin, Johnson, Cardo, KND, Govi, Tressor, Monsune, Nineteen85, Bink, Clibb, Houssain, KaneilOnTheOne, 3ddy, Yume, PartyNextDoor, Aliby and Anthony Hamilton.
Drake also brought some A-listers on the album. Drake's longtime collaborators include Future, Young Thug, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Lil Durk, Travis Scott, Lil Baby and Jay-Z. But also on the album Drake recruited 21 Savage, Project Pat, Yebba, Tems, Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Cudi.
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Controversial podcaster and conspiracy theorist tests positive for the coronavirus. He is considering taking a treatment not recommended by the FDA and CDC. Again, he's gonna fuck around he'll find out.
Joe Rogan announced on Wednesday that he has tested positive for coronavirus, adding that he took a series of medications, including ivermectin, a drug primarily used to treat parasites in animals that the Food and Drug Administration says people should avoid.
Rogan is an American comedian, podcaster, and UFC color commentator.
Rogan began his career in comedy in August 1988 in the Boston area. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1994, he signed an exclusive developmental deal with Disney, and appeared as an actor on several television shows including Hardball and NewsRadio. In 1997, he started working for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as an interviewer and color commentator. Rogan released his first comedy special in 2000. From 2001 to 2006, he was the host of Fear Factor. In 2009, Rogan launched his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, which led him to increased success and podcast superstardom.
Spotify signed an exclusive licensing deal with Rogan in May 2020 and has repeatedly touted his success in its company earnings reports. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek stood by and promoted the podcast host amid the controversy over Rogan's April remarks. Ek told Bloomberg at the time, "What I will say is we have 8 million creators, and hundreds of millions of pieces of content. We have a content policy and we do remove pieces that violate it."
Spotify did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rogan said he has postponed his show in Nashville, which was scheduled for Friday.
"My apologies to everyone," Rogan said. "Obviously it is nothing that I can control. It is what it is. Crazy times we're living in."
Although the coronavirus vaccines can prevent transmission and hospitalization, the virulent Delta variant has been the source of a small proportion of "breakthrough" cases that can affect older and immunocompromised people.
Of course, there's folks who are fully vaccinated but end up getting the coronavirus. As with vaccines, nothing is 100%. The vaccines are capable of preventing the coronavirus. At best, it's a 94% prevention rate which means 1 out of 500 could be infected even if they're vaccinated.
President Joe Biden had hopes that Americans would take this shit seriously. Unfortunately, Republicans so fucking eager to return to power will keep Americans fixated on the culture wars. Now vaccinations are part of this culture war.
But those fighting the culture war by not vaccinating, not wearing face mask in public, not following protocols, and deliberately ignoring federal and international rules when traveling are going to be the first casualties of the war.
With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.
The Republicans are so devoted to destroying Biden and the country for what....to regain power.
Pathetic.
According to the CDC, there is still not enough information on antibodies for COVID-19 and whether they can prevent someone from getting reinfected. It still recommends that people with a positive antibody test follow recommendations for protecting themselves and others.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.
Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19.
If you're not vaccinated, your chances of death increases to 48%.
Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!
If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov.
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A global pandemic, wildfires, destruction from the hurricanes and of course, gridlock in Washington, DC are the primary factors to the disappointing jobs report. But of course, we'll be focused on the negative job approval of President Joe Biden.
So the latest polls have Biden under 50% job approval. The junk food media spent weeks covering Afghanistan and it's pullout. When the last American forces left, we've moved on back to the actual issues we're facing. A destructive hurricane landed in Louisiana and it left a path of destruction all the way into the Northeast.
Over 1,000 people have died from Hurricane Ida. Businesses are destroyed. Homes are destroyed.
We also have the pandemic which is not ending. With misinformation being peddled by the far-right, Republican leaders and Washed Up 45, Americans are refusing to get vaccinated. Those who are not getting vaccinated are catching the delta strain of the coronavirus. The strain is proving to be more lethal than the original. Four far-right agitators on talk radio died.
We have over 675,000 Americans dead from the coronavirus. By mid-September we will surpass 700,000 deaths. The refusal to get vaccinated or using untested medication is causing death.
The folks who refuse to get vaccinated are using an treatment that isn't even safe. The use of Ivermectin has spiked because of idiots on radio and the internet are telling folks this is a "fast treatment."
Congress job approval is at record lows.
This treatment is not safe says the FDA. But the anti-government, anti-Biden, anti-mask, anti-vaxx folks will do it anyway.
The Karens in Texas passed a law that outlawed terminations of fetuses at six weeks. The Supreme Court refused to halt the legislation and it set up another fight in which Congress will have no chance of getting it passed. The infrastructure bill is slowly being dragged along. The Squad, the independent senator from Vermont, the Democratic senator from Arizona and the West Virginia Democratic senator are going to cause the bill to fail because of their ridiculous principles.
The far-right are obsessed with Vice President Kamala Harris' laughter. They are playing on sexism and racism when they're dealing with the first African American/South Asian woman to be the vice president.
They are calling Biden incompetent because he pulled out of Afghanistan. A war that's been ignored for over five years since Barack Obama left office. Washed Up 45 negotiated a deal for the American troops to pull out of the country by May 1. Biden honored it. During the time, the Taliban's propaganda won over residents. They forced the corrupted leaders out of Afghanistan and took back power. The far-right and war hawks in the junk food media were calling Biden's withdrawal a failure. Some Republicans who have more concern over issues in Afghanistan and Israel are calling for Biden's impeachment.
The insurrection is still an issues. Republicans are threatening media and telecom companies. They fear the House Committee on the insurrection will unearth potentially criminal acts being done by a handful of these idiot lawmakers. The QAnon Leader Karen McCarthy (R-CA) threatened to hold those companies accountable if they decide to follow the subpoena. Rep. Karen Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Karen Kinzinger (R-IL) have backed the committee and are determined to get to the bottom of the insurrection. Republicans are threatening to kick them out of the conference for being appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
We have went from "Biden's Bad Week" to "Biden's Border Crisis" to "Biden's Socialist Deal" to "Biden's Failures In Afghanistan" to "Biden's Bad Job Numbers" in less than seven months of this presidency.
So CNBC reports that the jobs report missed the anticipated mark. The unemployment rate drops though. Here's a factor, no one wants to work for less than $13 dollars an hour. No one wants to deal with idiots who refuse to follow CDC mandates. No one wants to subjected to hostilities from Americans who are willing to spread the coronavirus. Most Americans want a fair pay and fair living.
COVID-19 is affecting the unvaccinated and children.
Job creation for August was a huge disappointment, with the economy adding just 235,000 positions, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 720,000 new hires.
The unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% from 5.4%, in line with estimates.
August’s total — the worst since January — comes with heightened fears of the pandemic and the impact that rising Covid cases could have on what has been a mostly robust recovery. The weak report could cloud policy for the Federal Reserve, which is weighing whether to pull back on some of the massive stimulus it has been adding since the outbreak in early 2020.
“The labor market recovery hit the brakes this month with a dramatic showdown in all industries,” said Daniel Zhao, senior economist at jobs site Glassdoor. “Ultimately, the Delta variant wave is a harsh reminder that the pandemic is still in the driver’s seat, and it controls our economic future.”
Leisure and hospitality jobs, which had been the primary driver of overall gains at 350,000 per month for the past six months, stalled in August as the unemployment rate in the industry ticked higher to 9.1%.
Instead, professional and business services led with 74,000 new positions. Other gainers included transportation and warehousing (53,000), private education (40,000) and manufacturing and other services, which each posted gains of 37,000.
Retail lost 29,000, with the bulk coming from food and beverage stores, which saw a decrease of 23,000.
The report comes with the U.S. seeing about 150,000 new Covid cases, spurring worries that the recovery could stall heading into the final part of the year.
“Delta is the story in this report,” said Marvin Loh, global macro strategist for State Street. “It’s going to be a bumpy recovery in the jobs market and one that pushes back against a more optimistic narrative.”
The month saw an increase of about 400,000 in those who said they couldn’t work for pandemic-related reasons, pushing the total up to 5.6 million.
“Today’s jobs report reflects a major pullback in employment growth likely due to the rising impact of the Delta variant of COVID-19 on the U.S. economy, though August is also a notoriously difficult month to survey accurately due to vacations,” said Tony Bedikian, head of global markets at Citizens.
Employment also remained well below pre-Covid levels, with 5.6 million fewer workers holding jobs and the total workforce still smaller by 2.9 million.
Another key Fed metric, the employment-to-population gauge, stood at 58.5%, up one-tenth of a percentage point from July but still well below the 61.1% pre-pandemic level. The measure looks at total jobholders against the working-age population.
Unemployment is due to the coronavirus.
August’s numbers have been volatile in past years and often see substantial revisions. They come amid other positive signs for employment.
Weekly jobless filings have fallen to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic in March 2020, but a large employment gap remains.
It’s not that there aren’t enough jobs out there: Placement firm Indeed estimates that there are about 10.5 million openings now, easily a record for the U.S. labor market.
Fed officials are watching the jobs numbers closely for clues as to whether they can start easing back some of the policy help they’ve been providing since the pandemic started.
In recent weeks, central bank leaders have expressed optimism about the employment picture but said they would need to see continued strength before changing course. At stake for now is the Fed’s massive monthly bond-buying program, which could start getting scaled back before the end of the year.
However, if the jobs data gets softer, that could prompt Fed officials to wait until 2022 before tapering its purchases. Fed officials have been clear that interest rate hikes will come well after tapering starts.
Still, the news wasn’t all bad for jobs.
The previous two months saw substantial upward revisions, with July’s total now at 1.053 million, up from the original estimate of 943,000, while June was bumped up to 962,000 from 938,000. For the two months, revisions added 134,000 to the initial counts.
Also, wages continued to accelerate, rising 4.3% on a year-over-year basis and 0.6% on a monthly basis. Estimates had been for 4% and 0.3% respectively.
An alterative measure of unemployment that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons fell sharply, dropping to 8.9% in August from 9.6% in July.
The labor force participation rate was unchanged at 61.7%, still well below the 63.3% in February 2020, the month before the pandemic declaration.
Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in.
Real Reasons To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!
1. DEAD 2. BORN 3. IN PRISON 4. IN PRIMARY SCHOOL 5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 6. IN HIGH SCHOOL 7. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING 8. VOLUNTEER 9. DISABLED 10. STAY AT HOME PARENT 11. RETIRED 12. QUIT ON THEIR OWN 13. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED 14. NATURAL DISASTERS 15. ACTIVE MILITARY 16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED 17. LAID OFF 18. FIRED FROM THE JOB 19. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY 20. OUTSOURCING 21. IMMIGRANTS TOO AFRAID OF BEING DETAINED BY I.C.E. 22. SHAMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA (BY ACTIVELY TAKING PART IN ILLEGAL ACTS).
Things are returning back to normal. Over 78% of Americans have at least gotten one of the coronavirus vaccines.
However, they are struggling trying to hire employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour.
Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.
Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.
Yes. We can't always assume that folks are lazy.
Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.
Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.
Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience. Washed Up 45's presidency and Republican controlled governments led us to losing over 620,000 Americans. President Joe Biden has a four seat House majority and a spilt in the Senate.
Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local councilman, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions.
We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.
