A majority of voters say the Senate has not done enough to quickly advance new coronavirus relief, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll. Roughly six in 10 registered voters, 58 percent, say the Senate has not done enough to get the legislation ready for President Biden Joe Biden Trump State Department appointee arrested in connection with Capitol riot FireEye finds evidence Chinese hackers exploited Microsoft email app flaw since January Biden officials to travel to border amid influx of young migrants MORE in an appropriate amount of time, while 41 percent said the chamber has done enough. "Even though Congress is moving fast for Congress to get this bill along, it's not really moving fast for the American public," Chris Jackson, senior vice president at Ipsos, told Hill.TV. "I think that really speaks to how America, even if we're starting to recover from the pandemic, is still hurting in a lot of ways," Jackson added. Senate Democrats struck a … [Read more...] about Poll: Most voters say Senate has not moved quickly enough on relief bill
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Vaccine rollout is a much-needed win for UK after bungling its pandemic response
Basingstoke, England (CNN) Last May, Steve Bates' phone rang. The UK was in the midst of its first national lockdown -- there was a stay-at-home order, schools and most shops were closed, and experts were warning that a vaccine could still be years out. At the other end of the line was an old friend, Kate Bingham , a pharmaceutical investor who had just agreed to lead the UK's Vaccine Taskforce, a team of private sector experts assembled to secure vaccine doses for the British public. She wanted him to join. "She wanted my contacts. She knew that I knew everybody in the industry," Bates, a lobbyist who heads the UK BioIndustry Association, told CNN. "Kate Bingham said to me, 'we've never made a vaccine that's worked against a human coronavirus. This is a long shot.'" Compelled by a sense of national duty in a time of crisis, Bates agreed to help. By that time, the British government had one of the highest national death tolls globally, having dragged its feet to … [Read more...] about Vaccine rollout is a much-needed win for UK after bungling its pandemic response
Skip Bayless Criticizes Dak Prescott For Admitting He Battled Depression
Skip Bayless recently had a horrific take about Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Prescott recently opened up during an interview about his brother Jace committing suicide, anxiety and depression that he felt during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) Prescott’s brother killed himself in April . You can watch the NFL star explain how he was feeling below. I would call Prescott’s words inspiring and brave. What did Bayless call them? He more or less called them a sign of weakness! After all, Prescott is the quarterback of the Cowboys. Apparently, in the eyes of Skip Bayless, that means you can’t ever admit to being depressed or discuss your brother’s suicide. Watch the dumbest take of 2020 below. So dak Prescott got depressed following his brothers apparent suicide this year and skip bayless response is basically saying “ shut up and play … [Read more...] about Skip Bayless Criticizes Dak Prescott For Admitting He Battled Depression
‘You Lie So Shamelessly’: Joe Scarborough Rails Against ‘Anti-Intellectual BS’ Of Cruz, Hawley At CPAC
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough went after Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday over the content of their speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida. In the opening segment of “Morning Joe,” Scarborough, along with co-host Mika Brzezinski, railed against Hawley and Cruz for “attacking country club types” and those who went to Ivy League schools, while calling them “elitists” who also went to ivy league schools. (RELATED: Josh Hawley ‘Just May Well Be The Dumbest Man In America,’ Says Joe Scarborough After Senator Loses Book Deal) “First you had Ted Cruz, Mr. a nti-elitist who went to P rinceton and Harvard. And t hen you had Josh Hawley, Mr. a nti-elitist who … went to Yale and then Stanford,” Scarborough began. “ And then you have Donald Trump again, Mr. populist, who not only went to an Ivy League school, but now lives at a country club … You say the Democrats are like … [Read more...] about ‘You Lie So Shamelessly’: Joe Scarborough Rails Against ‘Anti-Intellectual BS’ Of Cruz, Hawley At CPAC
Josh Hawley Tears Congress Apart For ‘Refusal’ To Address Immigration Crisis, Child Smuggling Rings
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley vehemently criticized lawmakers for failing to address one of the darkest results to emerge from the current immigration crisis: child smuggling rings. “It seems to me that the exploitation of children by cartels, human smugglers on the scale that you’re describing is absolutely unbelievable, and quite frankly, the refusal of this Congress to act to do something about this humanitarian crisis is absolutely unbelievable and absolutely indefensible,” Hawley said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. The hearing featured testimony from Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. The DHS chief broke down how the immigration crisis is escalating and how Congress must make take action in order for the country to manage the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants reaching the U.S.-Mexico border. Thousands of migrants are appearing with a child, he said, knowing full well that current U.S. laws will allow them to be … [Read more...] about Josh Hawley Tears Congress Apart For ‘Refusal’ To Address Immigration Crisis, Child Smuggling Rings