Editor’s Note: We published an item atop today’s Playbook that erroneously placed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dining with Democratic leaders at a Washington restaurant Friday night.The person who sent us the tip and the picture mistook Iris Weinshall, wife of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, for the justice.POLITICO standards […]
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Revisiting The Byrds’ “So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star” 55 years later, from the Monkees to REM
In late December, Tom Petty ‘s Twitter account resurfaced a 1985 live clip of Petty and his band the Heartbreakers running through their take on The Byrds’ “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star.” The troupe are in peak live form, all tightly coiled jangle and easygoing […]
The Great Resignation: Why more Americans are quitting their jobs than ever before – 60 Minutes – CBS News
We’ve all seen signs in front of shops, restaurants, and factories: “we’re hiring!” “Help wanted!” And now, the Omicron variant is taking a toll on the already depleted workforce.We’ve wondered how there can be so many open jobs when nearly every employer seems to be offering better pay, benefits and […]
Hellfire memes: Those behind trend sent gunmen after me u2014Mummy GO
Evangelist Funmilayo Adebayo, has said those behind the trending Mummy G.O hellfire memes sent gunmen after her.She said they have been at it for about eight years now and just recently decided to make use of social media to disgrace her.The Evangelist who spoke to BBC Pidgin said they are […]
Meet 2 Texas families who are giving up on buying a house right now amid the state’s real estate frenzy
Low mortgage rates have spurred a buying frenzy in the Texas housing market.Home prices in the Lone Star State climbed 18.6% year-over-year in 2021, per Texas A&M University.Zillow predicts that secondary cities – those just outside fast-growing metros – will rule 2022.Get a daily selection of our top stories based […]
Will there be a housing market correction in 2022 after two years of ‘hyper-growth’?
High-stakes bidding wars.All-cash offers.Limited supply. After two years of scorching growth in the U.S.housing market, will there be a cool-down and possibly a fall in sales and prices in 2022, along with a return to some normalcy? Um, not exactly, several housing experts tell USA TODAY. “Home sales are likely […]
Cyber Ninjas, firm that led GOP review of Arizona’s 2020 election results, shuts down – CBS News
Cyber Ninjas, the cybersecurity firm that led a controversial GOP audit of the 2020 election results in Arizona’s most populous county, has shut down.The move comes after the company was found in contempt of court on Thursday and was ordered to pay daily fines of $50,000, according to The Arizona […]
WATCH LIVE: President Joe Biden remarks on the December jobs report
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.employers added a modest 199,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell sharply, at a time when businesses are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans remaining reluctant to return to the workforce. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m.ET.Watch in the player above. […]
Why Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate cases are even more important than you think
On Friday, the Supreme Court hears two unusual arguments in two pairs of cases about Covid vaccination requirements imposed by the Biden administration.The first, known as National Federation of Independent Business v.Department of Labor, involve consolidated challenges by red states and private businesses to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s […]
Please Do Not Just Go Get Omicron
Omicron, less severe than previous COVID-19 strains, is highly transmissible.Acting like the pandemic is over because it doesn’t seem that bad isn’t a sensible choice at this point, experts say.Stock photo via Getty Omicron is alarmingly on the rise all over the place and you likely can’t go anywhere in […]