Monthly Archives: October 2020

Barack Obama exits Michigan campaign stop with 3-pointer

Barack Obama’s basketball career appears to be still going strong. During a campaign stop alongside Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in Flint, Michigan, the former president found himself with a basketball in his hands as he prepared to exit a gym. He dribbled once and took a shot at a 3-pointer from the corner. Swish. “That’s what I do!” the president said as he happily exited the floor. We’ll leave you to decipher whether or not that’s a good omen, and for whom. Obama… Source link

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Lincoln Project targets 3 deep red states with million-dollar ad buy as election map ‘turning against’ Trump

WASHINGTON — With just three days left until the election, President Trump’s enemies are seeing new opportunities in staunchly red states. The Lincoln Project, a conservative-led political action committee dedicated to eroding President Trump’s support among Republicans, announced on Saturday that it is buying over $1 million of ads in Georgia, Montana and South Carolina in the final days of the presidential race.  Ron Steslow, a veteran GOP consultant and Lincoln Project co-founder,… Source link

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Former Rubio spokesman says Trump may be GOP’s ‘Iraq War.’ Critics note the Iraq War was the GOP’s ‘Iraq War.’

The New York Times ‘Volatile’ Voters Could Still Decide the Election. They Tend to Dislike Trump. John Holland, 74, is proud to call himself a political independent, and he has always made a point of voting for the candidate he prefers, not a party to which he had sworn allegiance. In mid-October he told a New York Times/Siena College poll he was unconvinced by either President Donald Trump or Joe Biden.Ultimately, Holland, a retired education-technology professional in Minnesota, did choose,… Source link

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Watchdog group says Google gave California voters biased search results

Democratic strategist Christy Setzer and ‘ Outloud with Gianno Caldwell’ host Gianno Caldwell discuss voting in the presidential election. The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is calling for California’s Senate Elections Committee to investigate why Google algorithms gave voters looking for answers from the state’s official election guide a biased take on ballot measures, including Proposition 24. In searches of the Golden State’s 12 ballot proposals, officials found that seven measures had… Source link

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‘We were ready to leave’

When NBA teams, led by the Milwaukee Bucks, walked out of their first round playoff games in August, it was an unprecedented move. Their wildcat strike was in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, but once they had stopped that day’s NBA games, that left them with some big questions: What next? With the eyes of the nation on them, how can they change things for the better? LeBron James and other NBA leaders turned to former president Barack Obama, who was a recent guest on James’… Source link

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Google Meet will now let you use custom backgrounds on video calls

Google is introducing custom backgrounds for its Meet videoconferencing platform, the company announced in a blog post. If you use Meet in Google’s Chrome browser you should be able to access the feature in Chrome OS as well as on Windows and Mac laptops and desktops. The feature is “coming soon” to mobile, Google says. There’s no browser extension needed to activate custom backgrounds; you should be able to add a background image from your own photo collection or from a library… Source link

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Win a Las Vegas getaway

Yahoo Sportsbook Contest More Want to win a Vegas getaway? Join the weekly Yahoo Sportsbook Social Contest! Each week one person will win a $2,000 Las Vegas getaway from MGM Resorts. Rules: Follow @YahooSportsbook and @BetMGM on Twitter. Retweet the Yahoo Sportsbook Contest post. Pick 5 games ATS (against the spread) using our “Locked Odds” in the comment section. Predict the total amount of points scored this Sunday (Nov. 1, 2020) for a tiebreaker. One entry per person. Must submit by 1p.m. ET… Source link

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Suze Orman says don’t ever make these money mistakes

Suze Orman says don’t ever make these money mistakes Best-selling author, TV host and personal finance guru Suze Orman has been inspiring Americans for decades to make better money moves and avoid serious financial mistakes. She’s been as busy as ever in 2020, doling out advice on how to weather the COVID financial crisis. In good times and in bad, Orman will be the first to tell you that what you don’t do with your money may be even more important than what you do with it. Here are 34 of her… Source link

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Artist Gretchen Andrew wants you to Google “the next American President”

Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN We may not know who will become the next American President until Election Day, but Google “the next American President” and you’ll find the search engine already has an unexpected idea. On Google Images, the faces of the incumbent President Donald Trump or Democratic hopeful Joe Biden do not appear first. Instead, monochromatic collages in red, white and blue, filled with stars and floral motifs, are ranked over former nominees including Elizabeth Warren,… Source link

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