Posts

The Magpies dropped their fourth straight Premier League match on Saturday, a demoralising 3-0 reverse at home to Watford. The defeat again highlighted Newcastle’s lack of offensive firepower, with Benitez’s men scoring just 11 goals in 13 league matches this season. Newcastle 9/4 at West Brom And the Spaniard has lamented his club’s lack of funds to address their offensive frailties, saying his side can’t even spend at the level of some of the Premier League’s smallest clubs....

NEWSWEEK: How important is image to a political campaign? Tim Gunn: I can’t imagine marginalizing image; it’s critical. The clothes we wear send a message about how we want to be perceived, and about how we want to present ourselves to the world. I would think that there should be just as many image consultants involved in these campaigns as there are speechwriters. What is it about politicians in particular—do you have to have bad taste to be one?...

Over 3 million tourists visit Berlin each year specifically to try the city’s famous club scene. Night and dance clubs have been the number one attraction for tourists traveling to Berlin for the last decade, with roughly a third of all tourists saying that was the primary reason for their visit. In 2017, club tourism brought in around 1.5 billion euros in revenue for the city, with roughly 80 percent of all clubs either making a profit or breaking even....

City will pay Monaco £43 million up front for the Portugal playmaker, though reports in France indicate add-ons and other bonuses will increase the total figure. How will Man City line up with Bernardo Silva? Silva completed a medical at City’s Etihad Campus training ground on Friday and has put pen to paper on a long-term contract. City are also thought to be close to sign Kyle Walker from Tottenham, and there is firm interest in bringing in left-back Benjamin Mendy from Monaco....

Sanders, a self-professed socialist and significant figure head for a movement toward socialism in America, is the most-prominent progressive lawmaker to react to the protests in Cuba. The former presidential candidate is also the highest-profile American politician to publicly say the decades-long embargo should be done with. “All people have the right to protest and to live in a democratic society. I call on the Cuban government to respect opposition rights and refrain from violence....

The Vermont senator told reporters after an Iowa event over the weekend that both he and Warren had campaign teams with “hundreds of employees” who sometimes “say things that they shouldn’t,” according to The New York Times. Sanders also said that Warren is a “very good friend” of his, while noting that the pair have “worked together in the Senate for years” prior to the 2020 primary race. Sanders’ attempt to calm tensions between the two campaigns comes after Politico obtained a purported script sent to his volunteers with talking points for organizers looking to sway party voters away from Warren....

Yang dropped out of the presidential race in February, giving his endorsement to former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden is currently running unopposed in the primary cycle, making him the presumptive Democratic nominee. After Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign, the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBE) decided to cancel the primary. “At a time when the goal is to avoid unnecessary social contact,” Douglas Kellner of the NYSBE told CNN in April, “our conclusion was that there was no purpose in holding a beauty contest primary that would marginally increase the risk to both voters and poll workers....

The resolution is a key procedural step to allowing Democrats to pass President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package without fear of filibuster from Republicans. “The agenda of the budget resolution passed today is not the agenda of wealthy campaign contributors,” Sanders tweeted. “It is not the agenda of the billionaire class. It is the agenda of the working people of America and with its passage we are closer to restoring their faith in our government....

Sanders has continued to rally against Senate Republicans for their reluctance to support passing $2,000 checks, even using President Donald Trump’s words against them. He has since laser-beamed his focus onto McConnell, who represents Kentucky, as the clock ticks down for federal coronavirus relief. On Thursday, the Vermont senator called out McConnell’s stimulus “hypocrisy” for providing tax breaks to millionaires such as Las Vegas Sands Corporation CEO Sheldon Adelson—while blocking federal payments to American adults struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

Known as the Make Billionaires Pay Act, the tax would be effective until the end of the calendar year. If adopted, the proposal would tax the wealth gains made by 467 U.S. billionaires from March 18 to August 5. During that time span, closures initiated by the coronavirus pandemic caused 50 million Americans to apply for unemployment benefits. According to a statement released by Sanders, 5.4 Americans lost health insurance benefits during that time....

Original story: Bernie Sanders reiterated that he remains in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, although he admitted that it’s “an awkward position” as he trails former Vice President Joe Biden and has a “very narrow” path to victory. Sanders, a progressive independent senator from Vermont, discussed his campaign, the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and his life in quarantine in an interview with The Nation published on Tuesday....

Posting on social media on Sunday, the newly-appointed Senate Budget Committee chairman told Democrats that they would not find 10 Republicans to vote in favor of the $15 federal minimum wage under normal rules. But, under the budget reconciliation process, Democrats would only need to be united on the measure to pass it into law, as they have an effective majority when Vice President Kamala Harris uses her tiebreaker vote....

Appearing on ABC News’ This Week Sunday morning, Sanders reiterated his calls for Medicare-for-all and told host George Stephanopoulos the time is now to remove private insurance from the Medicare system and replace it with a single-payer program. Sanders said his Medicare-for-all plan would dismantle former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act — which sought to expand Medicaid and keep premiums affordable by requiring that everyone obtain coverage — by creating a government-run, single-payer system that does not include out-of-pocket costs or deductibles for patients....

The campaign announced the $46.5 million fundraising haul—which came from 2.2 million campaign contributions, including 350,000 first time donors—on Sunday after the senator from Vermont’s first clear loss in the primary until now. Former Vice President Joe Biden won South Carolina on Saturday, taking nearly 30 percent more of the vote than Sanders, who came in at a distant second in the southern state. Sanders’ massive February haul dwarfed his previous record of $25 million, which came in January....

Sanders has not “ruled out” making a third bid for the White House if President Joe Biden declines to seek re-election, according to a campaign memo first reported by The Washington Post. The memo from top Sanders adviser Faiz Shakir—who was Sanders’ 2020 campaign manager—was distributed to allies, advising them on how to “embrace” attacks about Sanders’ support for their candidates in the November midterms. “In the event of an open 2024 Democratic presidential primary, Sen....

The comments by Sanders came soon after Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled the Raise the Wage Act 2021 did not meet budget rules that would allow it to go through the upper house with a simple majority. Democrats had hoped that as part of the American Rescue Plan, the wage hike would bypass the 60-vote legislative filibuster. Describing the ruling as a “setback”, Sanders told a virtual town hall organized by People’s Action that the “incredibly obtuse and undemocratic rules of the Senate” meant there was an “unelected parliamentarian” who decided if the minimum wage could be part of the overall bill....

It has been reported that the Toffees had agreed a £25million deal to sign the Turkey international to a four-and-a-half-year contract. Tosun got on the scoresheet to help the Besiktas advance to the Turkish Cup quarter-finals with a comfortable 4-1 victory against Osmanlispor on Thursday. After the match, claims the 26-year-old was heading for Merseyside were declared false. “There is no offer for Cenk Tosun,” said Metin Albayrak, spokesman for the Besiktas board of directors....

To fade or not to fade? That’s always the question in DFS. As you’re pondering that, let’s take a look at the best daily fantasy football value picks at each position on FanDuel and DraftKings with some help from FantasyPros’ stat projections and estimated Cost Per Point (CPP). MORE DAILY FANTASY: FanDuel tournament lineup | Cash-game lineup Daily fantasy football QB value picks FanDuel: Derek Carr, Raiders vs. Packers ($7,200)....

Grocery stores like Walmart and Target sell tonnes of family and child-friendly board games, from classics like Operation and Hungry Hungry Hippos, to newer games like Toilet Trouble and Don’t Wake Daddy. So why not add a board game or two to your cart the next time you’re at the grocery store, or add one to your online grocery delivery? Best Family Board Games to Play With Kids OperationYahtzeeHungry Hungry HipposTroubleToilet TroubleHi Ho Cherry-OMouse TrapDon’t Wake Daddy...

Our full free agent list is loaded with more names. After all, anyone who had a TD (Nelson Agholor, Jalen Reagor, Albert Okwuegbunam, Gabriel Davis, Phillip Lindsay, Tim Patrick, Sterling Shepard) or had a bunch of touches/targets in Week 1 is on fantasy radars. Chances are, it’s just a random good game (looking at you, Zach Pascal), but you never know when it’s the start of a trend that will last throughout most of the season....