Colin Jost headlines White House Correspondents Dinner, jokes about Biden and Trump

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• Amazon’s Mother’s Day Shop has all the gifting inspo …
• College protests updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests
• A fun, rewarding building challenge
• Gauging Kennedy’s support
• Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood
• Negotiations at Columbia University unstable, organizers say

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff shared the grim numbers of the growing public health crisis. Recent polls have shown Kennedy getting more support from the Republican camp, which could be “a function of our getting the word out about him,” Smith said. That has included a public endorsement of Biden earlier this month by 15 members of the Kennedy family. There were nearly 3,000 people at Saturday night’s event, including celebrities like Jost’s wife, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm and Chris Pine. A photographer was among those arrested during clashes between protesters and law enforcement on the University of Texas at Austin campus on Wednesday. Other buildings on the campus in Arcata are at risk of being occupied, and protesters “have shown a willingness” to lock themselves in facilities and steal equipment, the officials said.

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Lego pauses police, White House product ads amid US tensions - USA TODAY

Lego pauses police, White House product ads amid US tensions.

Posted: Thu, 04 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT [source]

We begin the second bag by assembling a similar large SNOT assembly for the first and second floor windows on the south side of the building. The only difference on this side is that a pair of SNOT brackets are included in these assemblies, which are centered in the front of the building. Now we move on to the north side of the building, which is built using two huge SNOT assemblies, that cleverly utilize 1×1 w/ clip, horizontal to re-create fine horizontal detailing in between the first and second story windows.

College protests updates: Police crackdown leads to hundreds of arrests

This has caused a lot of confusion and anger from Americans who want to build the brand new set while stuck at home. As for the building process, I’m pleased to report that it is a pretty straightforward but satisfying build. The building’s more restrained architectural style is accurately reflected through the use of more SNOT assemblies, which allow the windows to be recessed ½ stud from the buildings exterior profile.

A fun, rewarding building challenge

“I’m here because I am my beloved mother’s daughter and on the day she died, which will be the two-year anniversary in one week, the disease of mental illness was lying to her and with great terror convinced her that it would never get better,” Judd continued. These are the instructions for building the LEGO Architecture The White House that was released in 2020. It is hard to excuse the poor proportions of the Executive Residence, especially when the earlier 2010 model was almost perfect in this regard.

Gauging Kennedy’s support

She experienced childhood depression after being molested at age 7, she said, and, because of that she knew well the feeling of “not wanting to be here.” However, she started treatment in for her unresolved childhood grief and sexual trauma. The building techniques are very similar to what we just saw in the East Wing, with 2-stud tall SNOT assemblies slotted into bays on all four sides of the building. The biggest difference is that they also needed to approximate the shape of the Oval Office, which they achieved using 30° 1×1 Slope (part 54200) in 111Transparent BrownTrans-Black. That makes sense since all that appears to be remaining is the roof of the South Portico, and the landscaping. One thing that I really dislike is that the curved driveway is placed on top of the grass, instead of being flush with level of the grass.

One organizer complained that the White House Correspondents' Association - which represents the hundreds of journalists who cover the president - largely has been silent since the first weeks of the war about the killings of Palestinian journalists. Reece says even simple questions, like someone asking her how she slept, gives her an opportunity to connect about mental health. She commends the new White House strategy, but says access to health care is still a huge barrier to overcome for many folks seeking mental health treatment. Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. It’s impossible to know how many of Stein’s voters might have voted for Hillary Clinton, but the claim that she cost Clinton the election is at least plausible.

Behold, the glory of our Trump White House LEGO set - Mashable

Behold, the glory of our Trump White House LEGO set.

Posted: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMT [source]

Feds say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood

When we focus on the set and compare it to the prior #21006 The White House (2010) version, we discover that this set offers an excellent price-per-part, more advanced and intricate building techniques, and the opportunity to explore the whole White House complex. The removeable East and West wings even offer a very small amount of “playability”. We also can’t ignore The LEGO Group’s misguided decision to release a model featuring an iconic US Landmark to a domestic audience two months later than it was released in Europe and Asia.

With so many tiny pieces, this set will be just $0.067 per piece in the USA, one of the lowest prices-per-part we’ve seen in the LEGO Architecture series. The set will be released on August 1 in North & South America (it was released June 1 everywhere else in the world). Brick Convention, a massive Lego fan event, will be coming to Orange County in 2024, event organizers announced Monday. This will be the first time the event, known as the OC Brick Convention, will take place in the county. The dialogue between the university officials and the student organizers remains ongoing, according to the university.

At the end, we add some more landscaping features to soften the finished model. Next, we built a pretty straightforward roof assembly, using similar slopes and fence elements to the earlier 2010 version of the White House. The one big upgrade which we highlighted in our earlier preview of this set is that the chimneys still use 1×1 bricks, but they are inverted which makes the chimney appear hollow when viewed from the top. After building the base and foundation, we build the walls on either end, which include windows that you need to carefully re-create using three 1×1 trans-black plates. Explore the intricate details of the White House through the construction of this Lego, recreate details from the neoclassical columns of the Executive Mansion and colonnades connecting the East and West Wings to the surrounding gardens and foutain.

The White House said Sunday that President Joe Biden respects the right of demonstrators to make their voices heard -- peacefully -- and "we don't want to see anybody hurt in the process." Addressing the physical altercations during the protests, Osako said, "We are dismayed that certain individuals instead chose to jeopardize the physical safety of the community." "UCLA has a long history of peaceful protest and we are heartbroken to report that today, some physical altercations broke out among demonstrators on Royce Quad," Mary Osako, vice chancellor of UCLA Strategic Communications said. Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Protest organizers said they wanted to bring attention to the high numbers of Palestinian and other Arab journalists killed by Israel's military since the war began in October.

Trump’s campaign isn’t premised on winning a majority, something a Republican has managed only once in the past eight presidential elections, (George W. Bush in 2004). Democrats have also zeroed in on Kennedy’s equivocal statements on abortion, including one in August in which he said he would sign a national ban on abortions after 15 weeks. They skew young, but also tend to be less focused on politics and less likely to vote at all, polls show. In an interview last month with Reuters, for example, Kennedy strongly supported Israel and expressed skepticism about a cease-fire in Gaza. Every previous cease-fire “has been used by Hamas to rearm, to rebuild and then launch another surprise attack.

About the LEGO GroupThe LEGO Group’s mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine. The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”.

The latest NBC News poll, for example, asked voters two horse-race questions. First, it asked about a Biden-Trump matchup and found Trump ahead 46%-44% — a result well within the survey’s margin of error. Kennedy got access to his first swing-state ballot, Michigan, earlier this month, when the state’s Natural Law Party — a one-person operation that has maintained itself on the ballot for two decades — agreed to give its slot to him and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan. With the election now just over six months away, the vast majority of voters, probably about 9 in 10, have made up their minds.

This is in contrast to almost every other set in the LEGO Architecture series, which has relatively few visible studs on horizontal surfaces. I’m disappointed and confused as to why they are releasing the set two months later in the country where the building is located than elsewhere in the world. I’m not alone—this has already led to confusion and anger amongst many LEGO Architecture enthusiasts who aren’t able to get the set while friends in Europe and Asia can buy it. #21054 The White House — $99.99 (99.99€ / £89.99), 1483 pieces, ages 18+.