At CPAC, rising GOP stars send message that Trump is here to stay - CBS News

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Donald Trump's presidency is over and his Twitter feed silenced, but at the first major conservative gathering of the year, the message is clear: Mr. Trump is here to stay. 

Elected officials and activists who spoke on the first day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Florida this year, focused on COVID-19 restrictions, the so-called cancel culture, how the 2020 election was administered and the threats they see from Democratic policies. While there was barely any mention of the attack at the Capitol last month, speakers railed against the "liberal mob" and riots over the summer.

The conference doesn't feature open critics of the former president, so praise for Mr. Trump, who still has the support of most GOP voters, was a theme of the opening day. 

"There are a whole lot of voices in Washington that want to just erase the last four years," Texas Senator Ted Cruz told the crowd. "Let me tell you right now: Donald J. Trump ain't going anywhere."

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton told a story about an immigrant attributing his economic success to the former president, and celebrated Mr. Trump ability to attract Latino voters in the 2020 election.

And Missouri Senator Josh Hawley received a standing ovation when he told the crowd of his objection to the election results on January 6. He blasted Twitter for banning Trump, and ended his speech with: "America now, America first, America forever."

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Many speakers urged the Republican Party against a return to its pre-Trump origins and criticized some of the policies past GOP leaders have pushed. 

"We will not win the future by trying to go back to where the Republican Party used to be," said Florida Senator Rick Scott, who also chairs the Senate Republicans' campaign operation. "If we do, we will lose the working base that President Trump so animated. We're going to lose elections across the country and ultimately we're going to lose our nation."

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is up for reelection in 2022, set his own mark for conservatives going forward, saying the party rejects open borders, "weakness" against China and "military adventurism."

 "We will not go back to the days of the failed Republican establishment of yesteryear," he said. "Hold the line, stand your ground, and don't ever, ever back down."

Hawley told the people attending CPAC that they "represent what's coming next."

"To the people who say to us, 'Oh, you're the past. Your moment has passed, it's over. It's Joe Biden's America now,'" he said. "I just want to say, 'we're not the past. We're the future,'" he said.

At the event, Hawley wore the widespread criticism of his objection to the counting of Electoral College votes on January 6 as a badge of honor.  

"I was called a traitor, I was called a seditionist," he said of the reaction to his vote. "I'm not going anywhere. I'm standing right here. I'm going to stand up for you, because if we can't have free and open debate in this country, we're not going to have a country left." His phrasing echoed a remark made by Mr. Trump to his supporters that day: "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."

Nearly a dozen speakers at the event have been mentioned as possible 2024 presidential candidates. "For a second there, I thought we were in Des Moines," Cruz quipped about the speaking lineup. 

Cotton, among the likely White House hopefuls, suggested Republicans might not be running against Biden in four years. "They want to give amnesty to 15 to 20 million illegal aliens. With no strings attached, with voting rights —presumably in time for what they hope will be Kamala Harris' reelection campaign," he said.

But as a roster of Republicans compete to boost their profiles, it is Mr. Trump who is the marquee speaker, set to make his first public remarks since leaving office at the conference on Sunday.

Mr. Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., joked that the conference should be called "TPAC" because of the support the former president has among the audience. He offered a brief preview of his father's speech, telling the crowd, "I imagine it will not be what we call a 'low-energy' speech. And I assure you that it will solidify Donald Trump and all of your feelings about the MAGA Movement as the future of the Republican Party."

Polling shows Mr. Trump still holds a firm grip on the Republican Party's base. A Suffolk University/USA Today poll published earlier this week found nearly 6 in 10 Trump supporters said they'd like to see him run for president again in 2024 and 76% said they'd vote for him if he sought the Republican nomination. 

Saturday's notable speakers include Florida Senator Marco Rubio, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who have been floated as potential 2024 presidential candidates.

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Send a ‘pizza’ your heart - KSAT San Antonio

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SAN ANTONIO – Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but you can send love in the form of a cheesy pizza to someone you care about anytime of the year.

Alamo Pizza & Wings offers heart shaped pizzas year-round. Sending a surprise pizza shaped as the symbol of love is a great way to lift someone’s spirits.

Alamo Pizza & Wings boasts a full menu of specialty pizzas, calzones, wings and much more. It’s located off of South Zarzamora Street, offering delivery to that area of town. Of course, you can head down there and pick up your pizza no matter where you live.

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Evansville Christian boys basketball receives special send-off ahead of ICSAA final four - 14 News WFIE Evansville

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“What’s exciting is that we have a really excellent student body, and to be able to send the kids off - there will be a lot of excitement,” ECS Athletic Director Paul Dunham said. “The kids have very strong relationships with each other, and the teachers are excited. It’s a great school experience.”

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House set to approve Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package, send bill to the Senate - CNBC

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The House is expected to pass a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus package later Friday and send President Joe Biden's relief plan to the Senate.

Both chambers aim to approve the bill and send it to Biden's desk before March 14, when key programs buoying millions of jobless Americans expire. Pitfalls await in the Senate, where a single Democratic vote against the plan would sink it and a decision barring lawmakers from including a $15 per hour minimum wage threw a wrench in the process.

Democrats, wielding narrow control of Congress, opted to pass the legislation through budget reconciliation. The process enables them to approve the bill without Republican votes in the Senate but also restricts what lawmakers can include in it. 

The plan contains: 

• A $400 per week unemployment insurance supplement and an extension of programs expanding jobless benefits to millions more Americans through Aug. 29 
• $1,400 direct payments to most Americans and the same sum for dependents 
• $20 billion for a national Covid-19 vaccination program and $50 billion for testing
• $350 billion for state, local and tribal government relief 
• Payments to families of up to $3,600 per child over a year 
• $170 billion to K-12 schools and higher education institutions to cover reopening costs and student aid 
• An increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025

While economists tend to agree that additional stimulus would provide workers with a robust safety net as the economy recovers — not to mention accelerate GDP growth — they disagree over the necessity of a bill as large as $1.9 trillion.

The case for going big

Those in favor of the spending argue the U.S. economy is still in a precarious place with millions of Americans still out of work thanks to pandemic-era layoffs and forced government closures. 

While the Labor Department's most recent report on jobless claims showed a decline in first-time applicants for unemployment benefits, it also found that more than 19 million Americans were still enrolled in some form of assistance as of Feb. 6.

Earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNBC that Biden's plan could push the economy back to full employment before the end of 2021.

She underscored the human toll the virus has taken over the past year on households that are still struggling to buy groceries and stay ahead of rent payments.

"We think it's very important to have a big package [that] addresses the pain this has caused – 15 million Americans behind on their rent, 24 million adults and 12 million children who don't have enough to eat, small businesses failing," Yellen said on Feb. 18.

The potential risks

Economists critical of the plan tend to focus on the size of the legislation and the potential benefits of a bill better tailored to meet the needs of businesses and workers in industries that continue to suffer the most due to Covid-19, like airlines, food service and hospitality.

The most head-turning critique came from Biden's fellow Democrat and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who in a Feb. 4 op-ed warned that the bill could spark a rebound in inflation after a decade of mostly stagnant prices.

"Given the commitments the Fed has made, administration officials' dismissal of even the possibility of inflation, and the difficulties in mobilizing congressional support for tax increases or spending cuts, there is the risk of inflation expectations rising sharply," he wrote in The Washington Post.

Though economywide inflation has missed the Federal Reserve's 2% target for the vast majority of the last decade, investors are starting to grow uneasy about the potential for a jump in prices.

Nathan Sheets, chief economist at PGIM Fixed Income, said that while he appreciates those worries, he is not all too concerned.

"While I see a real risk of rising inflation through the summer and fall as surging demand outstrips the recovery in supply, I'd expect that this rise will be transitory," he wrote in an email Wednesday. 

Sheets, who also served as undersecretary of the Treasury for international affairs under former President Barack Obama, added that the potential economic pros of more stimulus seem to outweigh the potential risks.

"The labor market remains mired in a deep hole," he wrote. "Getting those 10 million jobs back will require sustained economic growth, especially given that roughly half of the job loss corresponds to folks who have left the labor force."

Many Republicans have questioned the need to send more help beyond the money needed to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination effort and bolster the health-care system. 

On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., characterized much of the spending as "waste or a wish list from progressives." 

A group of the most centrist Senate Republicans previously offered Biden a $600 billion plan that included vaccine distribution funds, smaller direct payments to fewer people than Democrats sought and an unemployment supplement that expired sooner than their counterparts wanted. The president said he would rather pass the sprawling package with only Democratic votes than spend weeks negotiating a smaller bill with the GOP. 

Benefits cliff and minimum wage

Democrats had an eye on beating the March 14 deadline, when about 19 million Americans receiving unemployment benefits would lose a $300 per week payment. Many jobless individuals would lose insurance if two programs expanding eligibility and increasing the number of benefit weeks lapse next month. 

Congress let similar provisions expire last summer and did not renew them until December, contributing to millions of people falling into poverty and seeking out food aid.

The push to pass the legislation ran into trouble Thursday night. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled lawmakers could not include a $15 per hour minimum wage in the budget reconciliation proposal.

Democrats included a provision in their bill to gradually raise the federal pay floor to $15 by 2025. The House did not strike it from the legislation after the parliamentarian's ruling, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said House Democrats "believe that the minimum wage hike is necessary."

The U.S. last raised the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour in 2009. 

Keeping the pay raise in the bill means the Senate will likely pass different legislation than the House does. Representatives would then have to reconvene to approve a bill a second time, likely in March.

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How to Send Apps Between Android Devices - How-To Geek

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Smartphone apps and games are a big part of our lives, so it’s natural to want to spread the news when you find one that you particularly enjoy. Android makes it easy to share apps with other Android users.

We can do a lot better than simply telling someone the name of an app and making them search for it. There are a couple of different methods you can use to easily send an app or game directly to other Android users.

Send with “Nearby Share”

“Nearby Share” is an Android feature similar to AirDrop on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You don’t need to exchange contact info or be on the same network as someone to send them something. They just need to be physically nearby.

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The Google Play Store has Nearby Share functionality built in for sending apps and games to people. This method is nice because it sends the actual file through the app store, which means that the recipient can quickly install it without manually downloading it first.

First, open the Play Store app on your Android phone or tablet. Tap the hamburger menu in the top-left to open the overflow menu.

Next, select “My Apps & Games” from the menu.

You’ll be brought to the “Updates” tab on the My Apps & Games page. Switch to the “Share” tab.

Tap the “Send” button to begin the process with Nearby Share.

You may be asked to give the Google Play Store access to your location. Tap “Continue.”

Then, select one of the permission choices to proceed.

Next, you’ll see a list of all the apps and games installed on your device. Select any that you wish to share, then tap the send icon in the top-right corner.

Now, the person who is receiving will need to open the Play Store as well and head to the “Share” tab. However, they will select “Recieve.”

Receiving device

Once you see their device show up, select it.

A pairing code will appear on your device and theirs. Let them know what the code is and that they can tap “Receive” if it matches.

Receiving device

The app(s) will be sent, and they can tap the “Install” button to get it. Since you sent the actual app file, it will install quickly.

Receiving device

That’s it! You both can now disconnect.

Share a Direct Link from the Google Play Store

This second method is more low-tech, but it works if the recipient isn’t physically nearby.

Again, we start from the Google Play Store. Find the app or game that you want to share and tap the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner.

Next, select “Share” from the menu.

Android’s native share menu will open. You can either “Copy” the link and paste it in any messaging or social media app you want, or select an app to directly share it with.

That’s all there is to it. Whoever you send it to can click the link and be brought directly to the app page in the Play Store.

RELATED: How to Transfer Apps to a New Android Device

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Mary Trump: Here's How We Send Donald to Jail - Daily Beast

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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office finally got its hands on Donald Trump’s taxes and it’s only a matter of time before it becomes clear why he spent so much time trying to keep them hidden away.

In this episode of The New Abnormal, Mary Trump joins as Molly Jong-Fast’s co-host to talk about the development, a topic that she knows a lot about. (Quick recap: She helped with the New York Times’ investigation into Trump taxes.)

But these taxes are different than the taxes Mary had been involved with, she says. “The taxes I gave them are old and from my grandfather's company. So I think [the new taxes] will be really helpful in establishing patterns where such patterns actually exist,” she explains.

But there’s one problem. She doesn’t think Trump is really sweating it down in Mar-a-Lago, mainly because he’s gotten away with so much shit for so long. What makes this time any different?

“If he goes down because of his taxes, Al Capone-style, I'm all for it,” she says. “And if it's bad enough, which it's going to be, I think his ability to stay out of jail decreases significantly.” It’s not impossible, and there is one thing she says we can keep doing to make it happen.

Then! there’s still the Republicans’ MAGA Problem. “It's almost like they have Stockholm syndrome [from Trump] that they gave to themselves,” Molly says, and Mary piles on: “They are an anti-democratic party and they will do anything, including embracing counter-majoritarian tactics, to maintain their power, no matter how illegitimately.” Even if it goes against their voters’ own interest or well-being. (“Self-interest in the name of being superior,” says Mary.)

Then! Rep. Sylvia Rodriguez (D-TX) joins Molly, producer Jesse Cannon and Daily Beast congressional reporter Sam Brodey to share what the situation currently looks like in Texas, the text chat that led AOC to fundraise for people in the state, and why running off to Cancun was never even a thought in her mind—but recruiting Sen. Ted Cruz to volunteer at the food bank with her is.

“His neighborhood is slightly different than mine, and they have a lot of access to resources and it would be helpful," she says.

Plus, Rep. Val Dennings (D-FL) shares what being in the Capitol during the riots was like from a former law enforcement officer's perspective and faces Molly’s very blunt question: Is she going to run for Senate?

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Biden launches airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria to “send a message” - Vox.com

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President Joe Biden on Thursday launched military airstrikes against two Iranian-backed militias in Syria in retaliation for a recent spate of aggressions, including a rocket attack in Iraq last week that injured US troops and killed a Filipino contractor.

In the strike, Biden’s first known military action since taking office, the US hit seven targets with seven bombs used by the groups Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada to smuggle weapons. As of now it’s unclear if anyone was hurt or killed, though US officials expect about “a handful of people” may have died, the Washington Post reported.

Politico reported Biden chose the “middle” option presented to him. The other plans remain unknown.

A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to speak freely about sensitive discussions, told me the administration’s thinking behind the airstrikes was that they needed to “send a message that the US will not turn a blind eye to attacks on our forces by Iranian-sponsored militias.”

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said the president ordered the “proportionate military response” to send “an unambiguous message: President Biden will act to protect American and Coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern Syria and Iraq.”

The strikes occurred around 6 pm Eastern time and had been planned over several days, according to the Wall Street Journal. Biden made the decision this morning, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters on Thursday.

“I’m confident in the target that we went after, we know what we hit,” the secretary said, noting he advised Biden to launch the strikes. “We’re confident that that target was being used by the same Shia militants” who attacked US troops last week.

Some experts are already applauding the president’s decision.

“This was a golden move by the Biden administration,” said Phillip Smyth, an expert on Shia militias at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, because it let Tehran know the new American team is willing to strike Iranian-linked targets wherever they operate throughout the Middle East. “This is the administration saying ‘we mean business.’”

It was also a way of sending that message without angering Iraq, Smyth added, which bristled at US airstrikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq during the Trump administration, seeing them as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Targeting a weapons facility in Syria avoids that problem.

Others, like the Institute for Policy Studies’ Phyllis Bennis, believe the decision was unnecessarily “provocative and dangerous.”

“Is this what ‘‘America is Back’ is supposed to mean?” she asked rhetorically.

The question now is what the retaliatory attack might mean for the Biden administration’s effort to reenter the Iran nuclear deal. Washington agreed to join an informal meeting with Iran brokered by the European Union, but Tehran said it was still “considering” the offer. It’s possible that the regime might balk at future talks after Biden’s action.

Even so, it seems Biden calculated that protecting US troops operating in the Middle East from attacks by Iranian proxies takes priority over that diplomatic process. In so doing, he became the latest president to order a military operation in the Middle East.

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