Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Threat..
Jill..
Dems..
As an exhausted nation continues to grapple with the coronavirus, Democrats are facing growing public pressure to move on to the pandemic’s next phase even as high case rates, hospitalizations, and death rates persist.
This week, several Democratic governors responded by rolling back their state’s mask mandates.
Leaders in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and Oregon announced changes to such policies in schools, while those in New York, Illinois, Nevada, and California did the same for indoor mask requirements.
Republicans are already using the issue to go on the offense against Democrats, calling it hypocritical.
“The science never changed. The science didn’t matter,” said Joanna Rodriguez, deputy communications director at the Republican Governor’s Association. “The science was an excuse they used in order to control people’s lives and rule people in a way that they felt was appropriate while they played by their own rules.” Just a thou8ght.
Charged..
Former New York City police union president Ed Mullins was charged with fraud on Wednesday, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union and spending it on a "lavish lifestyle."
The charge against Mullins comes following a raid last year on his home and union office. He resigned in October as head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) and retired from the NYPD in November following the raids.
"As alleged, Edward Mullins, the former President of the SBA, abused his position of trust and authority to fund a lavish lifestyle that was paid for by the monthly dues of the thousands of hard-working Sergeants of the NYPD," said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
The prosecutor's office said Wednesday that Mullins was reimbursed more than a million dollars over the years through his expense reports, much of which was "fraudulently obtained." Can anyone do this nowadays? Just a strange thought.
Bankrupt..
Growing up in Queens, New York, Kenny Anderson was a star on the court from an early age. In a 1994 profile of Anderson, Sports Illustrated reported recruiters went to watch him play when he was in sixth grade.
After 14 years in the NBA, he’d earned just over $63 million. And he enjoyed spending that cash. At one point, he owned 11 cars and spent large amounts of money on champagne, cigars and partying.
“I lived a fast life,” he told The Undefeated in 2019, “and enjoyed every bit of it.”
But with expenses for seven children, child support ate up another huge chunk of his budget. By 2005, he had filed for bankruptcy.
Fortunately, he rebounded with a second career as a basketball coach and is now head coach.