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“Sen. Lindsey Graham is an idiot. Don’t take it from me. Take it from Graham himself,” wrote NRO editor Philip Klein in a Friday op-ed. Last Saturday, Biden walked back a declaration that he would refuse to sign the bipartisan infrastructure deal if it didn’t come in tandem with a reconciliation package. After Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other congressional Republicans expressed outrage, Biden reiterated support for the deal and said he wouldn’t veto the legislation without a reconciliation bill....

“Here’s a scenario that I think is real: there’s a hurricane, a natural disaster, no power, no cops, no anything,” the South Carolina Republican told reporters aboard Air Force One Friday, according to the White House pool report. He was joining Trump on his trips to the Hamptons for re-election fundraisers and then to Trump’s New Jersey golf club for vacation. “People—they’re not going to come to the AR-15 home,” Graham said....

“I’m very low maintenance and I’m actually embarrassed, I drove up and saw the big billboard with my picture on it and I’m like, ‘Come on,’” he said Monday, referring to the front of Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “But I just want to coach.” After a year away from it that he feared might turn into two, Hollins finally has another opportunity. The Nets hired him last week to replace Jason Kidd, who left for the Milwaukee Bucks after his bid for more power within the organization was denied....

Many football experts opine that Lionel Messi, the diminutive six-time Ballon d’Or winner, is too quiet and lacks the charisma and personality to transform his team into a hungry motivated unit. It therefore becomes necessary to consider this aspect of Lionel Messi’s game objectively, as it could influence the way his career is perceived after he hangs up his boots. Leaders are often extrovert personalities In a general sense, there are three types of human personalities: the introverts, the extroverts and the ambiverts who fall in between the introvert-extrovert spectrum....

Lionel Messi has been seen endorsing a number of brands since leading Argentina to the the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 18 December. During this time, he has promoted Budweiser beer, Call of Duty, eFootball video games, energy drink Gatorade, crypto exchange Bitget and artificial eyewear firm Orcam. The Argentine superstar has been approached by several other brands for paid partnerships to capitalize on his World Cup glory. As reported by The Daily Mail, Lionel Messi has bagged £9 million in Instagram earnings since World Cup glory....

Barcelona endured a torrid 2013-14 campaign which saw them end the season without any major trophy for the first time since 2007-08 season and their star player Messi too experienced a dip in form. Messi’s future with the Blaugrana was under the scanner after he was linked with a move away from the Catalan capital. However, all these speculations were squashed when the club reached an agreement with the Argentine worth around €20 million net per season which will make him the highest-paid player in the world....

Jordi Alba on the verge of signing a new contract with Barcelona According to reports in Spain, Jordi Alba is all set to renew his contract at Barcelona. The report claims that the deal is all set to be made public in the coming hours. Alba’s contract situation had grown complicated and there were rumours suggesting that the Spaniard’s future could lie away from the Camp Nou. The new deal will tie the 29-year-old to the club till 2024....

During a 5-yard run by Theo Riddick, Lions center Travis Swanson fell into the left knee of Ebron, who was blocking on the play. Ebron, a first-round draft pick from North Carolina last year, walked under his own power to the sideline and threw his helmet to the turf before trainers placed him on a table to check his knee. He was taken to the locker room for further evaluation....

Ok, that stat is not accurate, but the Lions rookie running back is off to a good start after scoring on his first carry of the regular season. Abdullah found a huge hole in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Chargers and left Pro Bowl safety Eric Weddle in the dust on his way to a 24-yard touchdown run. MORE: Week 1 moments | Milestones, records in reach in 2015 | Faulk picks Abdullah as rookie of the year...

Literacy Teaching Methods Some classes use a tool called Manipulative Visual Language (MVL). This technique helps deaf children visualize the sounds they can not hear. Literacy Products Gallaudet University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center product catalog includes an entire section on literacy. Products available include a book on using dialogue journals, posters, and a writer’s handbook for deaf students. Several companies develop literacy products or resources for deaf children, too, including:...

It’s hard for any good teacher of English to get away from war; great literature is soaked in it. Along with love, war supplies us with the greatest human drama. And war, like love, seems to somehow be essential to the human condition. “You may not be interested in war,” Leon Trotsky once wrote, “but war is certainly interested in you.” For Samet, teaching these young cadets, the trick is to reconcile romantic notions of honor and glory with harsher realities, the randomness of death by IED or the savagery of bombing civilians—all the great and terrible things that humans do when fighting for their lives against other humans....

Eight teams from the United States and eight teams from the rest of the world compete in the annual Little League World Series. Here’s a look at the teams that have made it so far: MORE: Must-see photos from 2014 LLWS | 2014 champ Jackie Robinson West sues Little League What teams are in the 2015 Little League World Series? UNITED STATES TEAMS WEST: Sweetwater Valley (Bonita, Calif.) GREAT LAKES: Bowling Green Eastern (Kentucky)...

Little Witch Academia follows the story of young Atsuko Kagari in her quest to become a great witch like her hero Shiny Chariot. In this endeavor she attends Luna Nova, a prestigious witch school that not only will allow her to become a witch but also was the same school that her idol attended. However, once she arrives and is granted the Shiny Rod she becomes embroiled in something larger than she ever expected that will make her question everything she thought she knew about herself....

The Saudi-backed tour’s inaugural season comes to a close this weekend with the 2022 Team Championship at Trump National Doral. The course known as the “Blue Monster” hosted a PGA Tour event for 54 consecutive years before being removed from the schedule in 2017. Unlike most golf tournaments, this event will not be focusing on individual performance. Instead, 12 teams of four players will compete to come out on top and earn the grand prize of $16 million....

The draft was a four-round snake draft that included names such as Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson as captains. Several players resigned their PGA Tour membership to join LIV Golf in a controversial decision. Johnson and Sergio Garcia were among the names to do so, alongside Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace. Kevin Na resigned over the weekend. MORE: Explaining LIV Golf tour format from weekly drafts to lucrative payouts...

“THE DAY I MET TRUMP #trump202022020,” he wrote alongside a photo of him and the president. Born Gazzy Garcia, the “Gucci Gang” rapper went on to shared an expletive-laden video on Instagram further explaining his support for Trump, while citing Biden’s proposed tax rates as the reason for his vitriol against him. “All I gotta say is Trump 2020 b****” he said. “F*** I look like paying a extra 33 is tax for Biden, b***** ass n—....

The movie was released during an interesting time in animation where studios like Disney and Dreamworks looked to be pushing the boundaries of animation before CGI took over. Lilo & Stitch on the other hand had a classic Disney look from its early days and its lower budget would actually be a gift to making it one of the most inventive and truthful Disney films to date. RELATED: The Great Mouse Detective Is One Of The Best Sherlock Holmes Movies...

“On behalf of We The People, I urge @realDonaldTrump to exercise his executive power to direct US Marshals to impound voting machines used in 11/3 election,” Wood tweeted on Thursday. “We The People only ask to receive what we deserve: the knowledge that our cherished right to vote was not stolen from us.” Wood brought a lawsuit against the state of Georgia challenging the election results there and attempting to prevent their certification....

Lincoln City have inhabited the backwaters of English football throughout most of their 113-year existence, never playing in the top flight. In 2009 they even slid out of the Football League but the Imps are rising again. Top of the National League and heading for promotion, they beat Championship (second tier) leaders Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 on Saturday to continue their FA Cup adventure. After they beat another Championship side, Ipswich Town, in a third-round replay this month, old Sincil Bank was rocking to its rafters again as Lincoln came from a goal down to put their names in the fifth-round draw for the first time since 1887....