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President Biden Delivers Remarks at Drive-In Rally in Duluth, Georgia
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden delivered remarks at a drive-in rally in Duluth, Georgia, on the 100th day of the president’s administration. The First Lady introduced her husband, saying she has “always believed that he would be the president that we need.” 

Seoul said Moon and Biden's decision to hold an in-person summit despite the pandemic demonstrates the importance of the two nations' alliance
South Korean President Moon to visit White House on May 21


Meeting will mark the only second in-person summit with a foreign leader from Asia highlighting US president’s focus on the region.

Apr. 30 - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the White House on May 21 for talks with US President Joe Biden, highlighting the “ironclad alliance” between the two countries, the White House said on Thursday.
“President Biden looks forward to working with President Moon to further strengthen our alliance and expand our close cooperation,” the White House said in a statement.

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US Begins Afghanistan Withdrawal, Deploys Military Assets to Protect Troops

  • Date published on  Apr. 30 , 2021
White House says the U.S. military has begun its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Pentagon deploys temporary security assets to protect forces in the region.

​Earlier this month, Biden announced a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, ending America's longest war.


The White House confirmed Thursday that the U.S. military has begun its withdrawal from Afghanistan and proactively deployed additional troops and military equipment to protect forces in the region.

​"Potential adversaries should know that if they attack us in our withdrawal, we will defend ourselves, [and] our partners, with all the tools at our disposal," White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters traveling on Air Force One.     more
Tim Scott says 'America is not racist country'
GOP Senator Scott says the racial hypocrisy of the left has been 'exposed' after he was attacked for his Biden rebuttal and says they are 'fighting bigotry with bigotry'

Date published on Apr. 30, 2021
  • Tim Scott, Republican senator for South Carolina, was appeared on Hannity on Fox News on Thursday
  • Scott discussed backlash to his rebuttal of Joe Biden's Congressional speech
  • The black senator was called 'Uncle Tim' - a reference to the 'Uncle Tom' slur
  • The insult is used to describe a black person who is too deferential to whites
  • Scott on Thursday night said the insults exposed the left's 'hypocrisy'
  • He told Sean Hannity the left was about to face a significant backlash
  • Earlier Scott told another Fox show he was being attacked for his skin color 

​...'They have expose their hypocrisy and their true motivation,' he said.

'It has nothing to do with ending prejudice. It has everything to do with claiming or getting more power.

'I have never seen such power grab and using people in such a despicable way.' 

Speaking directly after Biden's maiden address to Congress, Scott gave his party and its former leader, ex-President Donald Trump, credit for the COVID response - saying Biden had 'inherited a tide that had already turned' - while blasting Democrats for prolonged closures of schools and churches. 

Scott also defended the GOP-backed Georgia voting bill, blasting Democrats for lying about the controversial legislation and labeling it 'mainstream.'  

The South Carolina Republican started out his remarks, delivered elsewhere in the U.S. Capitol, by saying Biden 'seems like a good man,' and adding that his 'speech was full of good words.'   


'But President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership. He promised to unite a nation. 

'To lower the temperature. To govern for all Americans, no matter how we voted. That was the pitch. You just heard it again,'

Scott said. 'But our nation is starving for more than empty platitudes.' 

Scott blasted Biden and the Democrats for 'pulling us further apart.'      quoted from
Host/executive producer Sunny Hostin speaks in Investigation Discovery’s “Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin” panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on Thursday, July 25, 2019, 
'View' co-host Sunny Hostin: Tim Scott 'knows' he's being 'used' by Republicans


Apr. 30 - “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said she was “very disappointed” in Sen. Tim Scott‘s rebuttal to President Biden’s address to Congress Wednesday night, alleging that the Black Republican is allowing himself to be “used” by his party because of his race.

“I was disappointed that he said America is not a racist country without also talking about the systemic racism that is plaguing this country,” Ms. Hostin said on the show Thursday morning. “I mean, why was he chosen to give this rebuttal? He was chosen because he is the only Black Republican senator. He is that person. He is the person that Republicans want to put out front because of the problem of racism in this country, and he knows that. 


“And so I was sort of disappointed that he was used in that way and didn’t take that opportunity to address this type of issue head on,” she added. “That was a disappointment to me”...     more

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Trevor Noah Is Over Republicans’ Tired Complaints About Biden’s Speech
“When did we decide that you can only judge a policy proposal based on how entertaining the performance of it is?”

Apr. 30 - Trevor Noah thinks President Joe Biden’s address to Congress on Wednesday was dull, and he’s cool with it.
In a joint session of Congress, Biden laid out a sweeping vision for the future of the country and highlighted his accomplishments 100 days into his presidency.


A number of conservatives took issue with Biden’s delivery. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called it “boring, but radical.” Fox News’ Sean Hannity compared Biden to a “corpse.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said it “could have been an email.”

“Ted Cruz was so bored at that speech, he fell asleep,” Noah said. “And I know what you’re thinking right now, you think I’m going to say something like ‘Oh that’s weird, I thought lizards slept with their eyes open,’ but I’m not going to say that. Because honestly, that was the most relatable thing that Ted Cruz has ever done. Because that speech was boring.”

“And when you consider that almost none of Biden’s goals are going to get past Congress, I mean, we basically just listened to an old man talk for an hour about his dreams,” he added. 
I
f it were up to Noah, he’d scrap the delivery altogether.

“Just print it out, let the people read it,” he said. “I mean, when did we decide that you can only judge a policy proposal based on how entertaining the performance of it is?”

Watch his roast below.     source from

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New project: Lena Headey, 47, has lined up a main role in HBO's Watergate limited series The White House Plumbers, according to Variety; seen in 2019 in LA
Lena Headey joins Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO's Watergate limited series The White House Plumbers

Apr. 30 - Lena Headey is adding to her packed list of upcoming projects with a new high-profile limited series about the Watergate scandal.

The 47-year-old Game Of Thrones star will join Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux in HBO's five-episode series The White House Plumbers, about the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committees headquarters, Variety reported on Thursday.

She'll be appearing in the show as Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Nixon administration 'plumber' E. Howard Hunt.

The White House Plumbers will focus on Hunt and fellow Watergate break-in mastermind G. Gordon Liddy.

​Harrelson will play, Hunt, a former CIA officer and the husband to Headey's character.      source from
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