Saturday 31 July 2021

House Democrat slams lawmakers 'on vacations' as eviction moratorium set to end

Rep. Cori Bush slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium for renters, which is set to expire Saturday night.


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See GOP lawmaker's reaction when he's confronted over insurrection remarks

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) confronted Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over his comparison of the Capitol insurrection to a tourist visit.


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Tensions in the House of Representatives boil over after 1/6 hearing and mask rule

Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut did not want to lose his cool, but he said this week he couldn't help it.


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Sinema strikes big bipartisan infrastructure deal and suffers a Democratic backlash

When a group of 22 senators negotiates a $1 trillion bill, conversations can go off track. And when they did — "far too many (times) to recount," joked one senior staffer — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema would urge them to finish the job, even if that required some liquid courage.


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The meme of Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles and Sha'Carri Richardson that struck a nerve

The other day I shared a meme that stoked a lot of emotion.


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Why kaatsu, a fitness trend spotted at the Games, isn't just for Olympians

Restricting your blood flow sounds like a dangerous thing to do, but it's exactly what some Olympians, athletes, and surgery and physical therapy patients have done to strengthen their muscles and speed up recovery.


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For years, female athletes have had their clothing policed. Now, they're fighting back

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are well underway after being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic -- and while the Games are only a year behind, you might be forgiven for thinking professional sport is stuck in a far more severe time warp.


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TikTok: How one user went viral after sharing his Tinder hack to virtually connect with Olympians

The Tokyo Olympics are officially underway with thousands of the world's most able-bodied people competing against each other in one convenient location for one enterprising TikToker.


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Less than 0.001% of fully vaccinated Americans died after a Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows

Less than 0.004% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 experienced a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization and less than 0.001% died from the disease, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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