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The Jets are full-on embracing the tank in Year 2 of the Adam Gase era, and to say it’s gone rough is a bit of an understatement. Gase’s track record of coaching talented players to their full potential is, shall we say, not great, Bob. With Bell landing with Super Bowl hopeful and defending champs Kansas City, the running back is already making his presence felt: Bell joins a long, established list of former Gase players who have blossomed away from the “brilliant offensive mind” of the much-maligned head coach, which has come to be known as the “Gase Freedom Watch....

“This guy and his 21-team parlay led the way,” said Dave Mason, sportsbook brand manager for BetOnline, via email. “The best part (for him at least), he didn’t even hedge the Chiefs last night.” MORE: College football’s worst beats from Week 4 | NFL bad beats The bettor needed the Packers, a 6-point favorite and -300 on the money line, to win outright to finish off a $250, 21-leg parlay for $145,205....

Now meet Maxx. Maxx is a stunningly ugly superhero who stars in a new cartoon series called ““The Maxx.’’ (Maxx, apparently, has a better agent than Jim.) Maxx’s home is a crummy cardboard box in a squalid alley. His only pleasure is watching cheesy, Saturday-morning cartoons. His only friend is the voluptuous Julia, a social worker with a mouth. After Maxx delivers a floridly despairing monologue about his latest nightmare, Julia sweetly inquires: ““Jeez, who writes this crap?...

What, if any, rules are you still following? I’m not Gandhi or Angelina Jolie, but I made some strides. The experience changed me in big ways and small ways. There’s a lot about gratefulness in the Bible, and I would say I’m more thankful. I focus on the hundred little things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four things that go wrong. And I love the Sabbath....

Biden defended his decision to leave Afghanistan in a statement on Saturday, saying that remaining in the country wouldn’t have made a difference. However, he faced criticism for not speaking directly to Americans amid the chaotic retreat, which saw the evacuation of embassy personnel and Afghanis risking their lives to flee the country. Cutting his time at Camp David short, Biden was set to return to the White House on Monday afternoon....

Psaki said Biden received a “range of advice” from advisers, including some who advocated for keeping a small number of forces in the country. However, she reiterated the decision was left up to the president as commander-in-chief to pull all personnel out because leaving them there would “mean war with the Taliban.” “He made a decision,” Psaki said. “It was time to end a 20-year war.” On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and head of U....

The Biden administration’s budget includes a public health section which addresses efforts to “reduce maternal mortality rates and end race-based disparities in maternal mortality.” The budget specifically addresses racial disparities between Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and other women of color. But it is the replacement of the word mother with birthing people that drew the ire of conservative think tank leaders and right-wing media members Monday following the release of Biden’s budget....

“If you’re a business leader, a nonprofit leader, a state or local leader who has been waiting for full FDA approval to require vaccinations, I call on you now to do it, require it,” Biden said during a Monday press conference. “There is no time to waste.” This announcement follows Monday’s full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine. In a statement by the agency’s acting commissioner, Janet Woodcock, the FDA declared Pfizer’s vaccine had met the “high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality” required for approval....

Biden’s White House address came on the heels of scrutiny from members of both sides of the partisan divide. It is due to a massive influx of migrants over the past year and the busing of migrants to liberal-leaning states—some of which don’t have the capacity to house them, or are worried about the effects to public safety, like New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Title 42 was enacted as a Trump-era policy during the COVID-19 pandemic that allowed for migrants to be sent back to their home countries without a formal asylum process....

According to SocialBlade, a site that tracks social media followers and statistics, Biden has amassed roughly 3,588,935 followers on both Instagram and Twitter since Saturday, when news networks called him the election winner. Between the two platforms, Biden gained approximately 2,233,156 followers on Instagram and 1,355,779 on Twitter, according to SocialBlade. In comparison, Trump has amassed approximately 274,980 new followers since Saturday, with roughly 207,534 on Instagram and 67,447 on Twitter, SocialBlade said....

“The president gave a direct answer to a direct question,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday. “President Biden’s known President Putin for a long time. They’ve both been on the global stage for a long time, worked through many iterations of a relationship between the United States and Russia, and he believes we can continue to do that.” During an interview that aired Tuesday, Biden agreed when ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos asked whether he considers Putin to be a “killer....

NBC News reported that DeSantis has an 11-point lead over Crist, a former Florida and member of Congress, and his support strengthened following Hurricane Ian. The massive storm was DeSantis’ first test for a direct hurricane hit to Florida as governor, and his response earned bipartisan support. The White House released a statement on October 16 saying Biden would travel to Fort Lauderdale to participate in a reception for Crist just a week before midterm elections....

Campaign advisers for Biden have targeted traditionally Republican states like Georgia, hoping to persuade voters to vote Democratic. Overall, Biden’s campaign is expected to hire 600 more organizers by the end of June to assist the campaign. Biden’s lead over Trump in the Civiqs poll is slight. 48 percent of Georgians polled would vote for Biden if the election were held today. Trump is only one percentage point behind at 47 percent....

Biden promised to take steps to repair the broken relationship, lift sanctions and create a viable path back to the deal. I never thought he would be the perfect president, but I hoped he would do his best to alleviate the pain our community endured under the Trump administration. Biden’s policies and actions as president, aside from ending the Muslim ban, have failed to make any progress toward these promises and the Iranian American community is paying the price, literally....

It has been eight months since Biden took the Oval Office. Many of his campaign pledges have either failed to come to fruition, or instead, opposing policies have been implemented. In the lead up to the presidential election, some billed Biden as America’s “unlikely savior” for a post-Trump era, given his progressive stance on contested issues. But echoing former politicians, Biden’s faux liberalism has meant he has repeatedly said one thing and acted in contrast....

Republicans and Democrats had not been able to come to an agreement over details of a fifth coronavirus relief bill, causing discussions to stall for weeks. Democrats had been pushing a bill that would have cost roughly $2 trillion. Republicans wanted a bill with a smaller price range, somewhere around $500 billion. On Tuesday, a compromise bill was introduced by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle for approximately $900 billion....

The president’s Build Back Better agenda seeks funding to expand public housing, childcare, healthcare and eldercare as well as initiatives to fight climate change. “These bills are not about left versus right, or about moderate versus progressive or anything that pits one American against another,” Biden said during his Wednesday speech in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “These bills are about competitiveness versus complacency, about expanding opportunity versus having an opportunity denied,” he continued....

Biden and Niinistö spoke about efforts that both nations could make to confront “Russia’s destabilizing military buildup along Ukraine’s border,” according to a readout of the call provided by the White House. The pair also discussed “the importance of transatlantic efforts to de-escalate the situation,” the White House continued. An accompanying readout of the call by the Finnish government stated that “the main topic of the conversation was the worrisome situation at the borders of Ukraine....

The news comes as Biden, who is Catholic and regularly attends church, has faced growing backlash from some Catholics over his support for abortion rights. He has called for Congress to pass legislation to protect reproductive rights as the conservative-tilted U.S. Supreme Court weighs new state laws meant to challenge the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has protected abortion access for nearly five decades. The U.S. House advanced the legislation last month, but it hasn’t been taken up in the Senate....

Biden’s Tuesday speech before Congress comes amid a tumultuous time for the U.S. At home, Americans have begun losing faith in Biden’s ability to lead as the price of gas and consumer goods soar. Facing low approval numbers, Biden used his address to paint a picture of a brighter future and shied away from two major priorities of the Democratic Party—passing voting rights legislation and the Capitol riot inquiry....