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Protocol reports that Google TV, Chromecast, and select smart TVs from Sony, TCL, and others likely will add free streaming channels to their lineup soon (-ish). Several industry insiders are saying that Google has been meeting with ad-supported free streaming channels lately. This could possibly result in free channels popping up in the rotation as early as this fall, though Protocol points out the announcement could be held until early 2022....

“Democrats have failed Chicago for decades and Joe Biden and his policies are no different. Biden should use this trip to focus on public safety not forced vaccine mandates,” Republican National Committee (RNC) spokesman Paris Dennard said in a statement Thursday. According to the White House, Biden will visit a Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, and deliver a public address promoting COVID-19 vaccine requirements that businesses are embracing....

McCaul, who is also Republican leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote to British Ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce, to seek policy input in regards to what he branded the CCP’s “malign behavior on the world stage.” He also asked Pierce for more details about the proposed “D10” club, a suggested grouping of 10 democratic nations, made up of the G7 nations plus Australia, India and South Korea, which would work on alternate supplies of 5G equipment to that from China, to reduce reliance on the nation’s technologies....

Jenner, 71, is transgender and a former Olympic decathlon gold medalist who has been a Republican candidate for California’s governor for five days. In a written statement online, she announced her plan to run in a likely recall election that could remove Governor Gavin Newsom. “That will become the first impression, that she doesn’t have anything to say,” veteran Republican consultant Rob Stutzman told AP. “People will move on and become dismissive,” added Stutzman, who advised Arnold Schwarzenegger before the actor became California’s governor in 2003....

The bright red masks feature the catchphrase, which is similar to statements made by President Donald Trump, and “NickforVA.com,” the website of Nick Freitas’ campaign for Virginia’s 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Freitas, a libertarian Republican in the state’s House of Delegates, is running against Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger for the U.S. House seat. Freitas’ campaign website features his platform, which highlights such issues as immigration, abortion and gun control, and his own store, which sells a pack of three assorted face masks....

“I can’t believe I’m actually agreeing with them,” Cawthorn said about the BLM activists during his Tuesday interview with the right-wing media network Newsmax. BLM of Greater New York decided to protest Carmine’s, an Italian restaurant in New York City’s Upper West Side, after five Black Texan tourists fought with the restaurant’s Asian hostess last Thursday. The attack began after the hostess questioned the validity of the tourists’ COVID vaccination proof, a spokesperson for Carmine’s told Newsweek....

The communication would have normally been prohibited only weeks before an election but McSally’s robocall was allowed under a Senate waiver permitting calls that provide information about the pandemic. McSally’s call, heard by some Arizona voters on Tuesday night, included language similar to that used in her recent campaign speeches, according to a Thursday report from The Daily Beast. “I’m calling today to give you an update on my work to combat COVID-19....

For those who want to take up or attend a quick meeting, Google Meet is best. Using it, you can host or attend conferences up to 60 minutes. However, if you are a G Suite user, you can make unlimited video calls. While Zoom is the best web conferencing app for larger groups, using it, you can make video calls to up to 500 people at once. Also Read: Google Meet_Zoom Competitor is now free...

Google Stadia hasn’t been as successful as the Internet super-giant wanted it to be. While the game streaming service did end up getting its foot in the door for a little while, it hasn’t been making waves since its release, and many have theorized that Google would end up scuttling the service entirely in the relatively near future. This idea isn’t without precedent, either, as Google is known to shut down underperforming services in surprisingly short order, and Google Stadia, in particular, isn’t doing all that well in the grand scheme of things....

The January 5 election will see Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock contend for Senate seats currently occupied by Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. In the aftermath of last week’s congressional elections, how the upcoming races unfold will determine if Democrats are able to gain control of the U.S. Senate or if Republicans will maintain their majority. Democratic politicians have launched fundraising efforts to support Ossoff’s and Warnock’s campaigns throughout the week....

Kelly accused Trump’s progressive “Squad” critics of being anti-Semitic and described how his ancestry as a white man of Irish and German ancestry makes himself a “person of color.” VICE News reporters Daniel Newhauser and Cameron Joseph engaged in a mildly testy exchange with the GOP congressman Tuesday evening and asked him about the 240-187 passage of a House resolution which condemned Trump’s remarks toward four congresswomen as racist. Kelly complained Trump is unfairly held to a “much higher standard” than a “regular citizen” and later issued a statement claiming the audio of his own words were “mischaracterized” by the reporter....

In an interview on CNN’s State of the Union host Dana Bash asked Sununu about the House’s recent vote to censure Arizona GOP Congressman Paul Gosar and strip him of committee assignments. The move came after Gosar shared an animated video that depicted him killing New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Only two Republicans joined Democrats in voting to censure Gosar. Bash also asked Sununu about the backlash towards the congressional Republicans who supported the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the House earlier this month....

Rep. Fred Deutsch, a Republican in the South Dakota House of Representatives, made the remarks while trying to introduce a law to ban doctors from performing gender confirmation procedures. The legislation would also ban doctors from prescribing puberty-blocking or hormone drugs for children under the age of 16. Speaking to the radio show of the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins, Deutsch described feeling driven to introduce HB1057 after seeing pictures on the internet of children with scars from undergoing gender confirmation surgery....

Speaking to MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson during an interview Thursday morning, Meijer said GOP House representatives are operating under the assumption “that someone may try to kill [them]” over their support for Trump’s early White House dismissal. The Michigan congressman, who was one of 10 Republicans to cast a vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment, told Jackson that he is looking to acquire bulletproof attire and a security detail while adjusting his usual transit routes....

Lieu praised Democratic leadership for working to pass President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan last year during a House speech on Friday. He then turned his attention to Republican leaders, remaining silent after promising to list the ways that Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona were punished for speaking at the white nationalist America First Political Action Conference in Florida. “What are Republicans doing?” asked Lieu....

House impeachment managers have presented senators with video footage of lawmakers fleeing the mobs of Trump supporters who had broken into the U.S. Capitol building on January 6. The scenes of deadly violence, which included rioters in tactical gear and armed with zip-ties, shocked lawmakers, but Democrats still face an uphill struggle to get the two-thirds majority required for a conviction for Trump, who has been charged with inciting the riots....

YouTuber GadgetsBoy discovered the problem while trying to see how long the new camera could record on its highest settings. Turns out that’s about 20 minutes, though that might also be circumstantial. According to a statement from GoPro given to Digital Camera World, airflow could be a big factor in preventing or delaying a shutdown. GoPro has stated that, yes, the Hero10 Black can overheat, but being outdoors and moving should help....

The Englishman is set to lift his maiden title with Gor Mahia on November 18 in Kisumu having guided the club to a record 16th league crown in his first season. Kerr joined Gor Mahia last July and went on to lift his first major title with a record 73 points and a game to spare. The new man in town joined in the celebration of K’Ogalo’s success by encrypting a tattoo on his left leg....

The hard-line attack on Gorbachev - perhaps the strongest one yet–began when his own prime minister, a stubborn Communist Party apparatchik named Valentin Pavlov, asked the Parliament for authority to issue emergency economic decrees without permission from Gorbachev. “The president’s working day is 14 hours,” he said. “In my opinion, there is a lot the president simply can’t do.” Pavlov also criticized the Grand Bargain reform plan worked out by liberal Soviet economist Grigory Yavlinsky and a team of academics at Harvard University, under which rapid Soviet change would be supported by Western financial aid....