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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr took part in a Biden White House gun control roundtable on Tuesday. Deadline reported that the roundtable was “with senior White House staffers, and that Warriors players Klay Thompson, Moses Moody, and Stephen Curry attended as well. Kerr spoke at Tuesday’s White House Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre’s press conference, saying, “We learned a lot about what this administration is doing to help create a safer environment in our country. That is something that is very close to my heart.”

Doctors and scientists from major universities and medical centers on Wednesday told the U.S. Senate, during a hearing hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), what they described as a story of corruption and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic.Hearings were held in the U.S. Senate Wednesday with distinguished doctors and scientists from major universities and medical centers. The story they told of corruption and mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic is a turning point for humanity.Most of the people on the panel suffered loss of income, loss of status or loss of their jobs because they publicized truths about COVID-19 and COVID-19...

Earlier today, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) spoke to hospital CEOs from around his state to discuss the summer wave of the Delta variant. Delta is less deadly, more catching. Vaxed recover quickly. Biden and Fauci are a lying sack of sh!t. Hospitals not overrun in Fl. The opposite.

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida1:10 P.M. EDTDR. FORD:  Mr. Vice President, Commissioner Hahn, Governor DeSantis, Lieutenant Governor Núñez, Congressman Díaz-Balart, and other distinguished guests: It is my distinct honor and pleasure to extend a heartfelt welcome to you, to the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.As a point of departure, I would like to thank each of you for the continuous support, partnership, and tireless effort as we navigate the impact of COVID-19 on our community, the university, and our health system.Mr. Vice President, you could not have picked a better place to mark...

Marian University Indianapolis, IndianaTHE VICE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you, Governor.  Thank you for those kind words, and thank you for your leadership.  We wanted to be here in Indiana to make it very clear to the people all across this state that thanks to the extraordinary commitment of our healthcare workers, the cooperation of people all across Indiana, and your strong leadership, that — that we are getting there.And that I pledge to you, Governor: While — while Indiana’s overall positivity rate remains low — below 10 percent — there are areas of the state where we see rising...

East Room 2:14 P.M.  EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Great to have you here.  Nice group.  Some familiar faces.  So thank you all very much for being at the White House.  Very special house.  Very special place.  I’m grateful to be joined by citizens whose lives have been saved by law enforcement heroes.  And that’s what they are: They’re heroes.  And they’re being very unfairly treated over the last long period of time, but over the last few years.  It’s terrible what’s happening.We’re also joined by two amazing officers: South Carolina Deputy Sheriff William Kimbro.  Where’s William?  William?  William?  What happened to...

Cabinet Room2:39 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Okay, thank you very much. We wanted to watch Kayleigh finish up her news conference, which I think she did. I assume she did a great job. She’s always doing a good job.We appreciate you being here. We’re with our great Hispanic leaders from all over the country. And we’ve done really well with Hispanics. We like them, they like me, and we’ve helped them a lot with the jobs. Whether it’s jobs, education, or so many other things, it’s been really good.And I think what I might do is I might ask our...

State Dining Room2:17 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  It’s a great honor to have some of the true leaders in our country of law enforcement.  And that’s what they’ve done: They’ve enforced the laws.  They’ve done a fantastic job of it.  We have among the best numbers we’ve ever had in terms of recorded history, certainly.But this has been a very strong year for less crime.  Let’s put it that way: less crime.  And there’s a reason for less crime, and it’s because we have great law enforcement.  I’m very proud of them.There won’t be defunding.  There...

State Dining RoomMay 29, 2020 4:54 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  All right.  Thank you very much.  Appreciate it.  I want to express our nation’s deepest condolences and most heartfelt sympathies to the family of George Floyd.  A terrible event.  Terrible, terrible thing that happened.I’ve asked that the Department of Justice expedite the federal investigation into his death and do it immediately, do it as quickly as absolutely possible.  It’s a local situation, but we’re also making it into a federal situation.  And it’s — it’s a terrible thing.  We all saw what we saw, and it’s very hard to even...

State Dining Room2:47 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you very much.  We’re here with the leaders of the restaurant industry.  It’s an industry that’s been tremendously impacted by what’s happening with COVID, and it’s an industry that we’re working very hard with and on.  We’re looking at doing deductibility so that a corporation can use a restaurant or entertainment clubs, et cetera, and get deductibility.  I think that’ll really have a big impact.  Steve can maybe talk about it — Steve Mnuchin.But I’d like to have some of these leaders talk about — real quickly — about their company...

Honeywell International Inc. Phoenix, Arizona2:27 P.M. MSTPRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, thank you very much. We very much appreciate this time, and I’m with some very good friends. We’ve been friends for a long time. And we’re working together very closely.I’m honored to be with you today to discuss the unprecedented actions my administration has taken to support our treasured Native American communities. Together, we’re fighting for everybody, but we’re fighting this horrible coronavirus. It’s a tough opponent, but we’re winning and we’re starting to see our country come back. It’s been a very exciting few days. We’re starting to see...

4:00 PM EDT President Trump Participates in a Roundtable Roundtable with Industry Executives Plan for Opening Up America Again

“I know I’m in the presence of the community,” Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) said to a room of mainly Black women who gathered at Washington D.C.’s Walter E. Lee Convention Center on Wednesday for the first day of the 2019 Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference. Her opening remarks helped to kick-off a powerful 3-hour event in which thought leaders, political leaders, and engaged citizens alike, convened to unpack the findings of the newest study conducted by Black Women’s Roundtable and ESSENCE Magazine. Before digging into the research, Bass made it clear that going into 2020 Black women need...

President Trump travels to Cleveland, Ohio for a business roundtable on tax issues and reform.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsmkCNL1AR0  

Tuesday, March 20th, 2018: President Trump will host a roundtable event with members of law enforcement to discuss sanctuary cities across the US.

Yesterday at Dos Coyotes Border Cafe, I get my bill, I ask the food service professional, 'Where's the Tip Line'? (You know, the place on the Merchant Copy where you write in your 10-15%.)  This is the Roseville CA restaurant whose Owner practices Ba-Hum-Buggery. 'Oh, the Owner doesn't feel like paying the Credit Card Company the surcharge, So We Get No Tips.' (I go off on nazi restaurateurs in my comment, below.) I carry cash to give to homeless people, not for the workers who have earned my tip, deprival of which is a form of stealing a worker's wages...

Donald Trump held a national security and law enforcement roundtable inside his board room at Trump Tower Wednesday, the same day he received his first classified intelligence briefing as the GOP nominee. According to Fox News, Trump’s newest campaign staff – campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and CEO Steve Bannon – attended the roundtable. Paul Manafort, Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Rudy Giuliani and Gen. Michael Flynn were also in attendance. According to The Hill, Flynn and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie attended the first intelligence briefing with the GOP nominee.

Tuscany's Excalibur is the real thing, say scientists Rory Carroll in Rome Sunday September 16, 2001 The Observer The sword of St Galgano, said to have been plunged into a rock by a medieval Tuscan knight, has been authenticated, bolstering Italy's version of the Excalibur legend. Galgano Guidotti, a noble from Chiusdano, near Siena, allegedly split the stone with his sword in 1180 after renouncing war to become a hermit. For centuries the sword was assumed to be a fake. but research revealed last week has dated its metal to the twelfth century. Only the hilt, wooden grip and ...

Tuscan 'Excalibur' Mystery to be Unearthed By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News The Sword in The Stone March 1, 2004 — Archaeological digging might soon unveil the mystery surrounding a sword buried in a Gothic abbey in Tuscany, Italian researchers announced. Known as the "sword in the stone," the Tuscan "Excalibur" is said to have been plunged into a rock in 1180 by Galgano Guidotti, a medieval knight who renounced war and worldly goods to become a hermit. Built in Galgano's memory, the evocative Gothic abbey at Montesiepi, near the city of Siena, still preserves the sword in a little chapel....

You saw the Disney movie as a kid. You may have read the book. But did you know some of it was based on real history? While the story of King Arthur, Merlin, and all the rest may not be true, there really is a centuries-old sword stuck in a stone. In the small Italian town of Chiusdino, there’s a small chapel near Saint Galgano Abbey known as Montesiepi chapel. And inside you’ll find a big slab of stone in the floor with the handle of a sword sticking out of it.