newsweek--2020-11-22--'I Sell Private Islands to The Rich and Famous'

As a teenager , I had the opportunity to stay on a friend 's private island in Georgian Bay , Ontario in Canada for a vacation .
It had a number of smaller islands out in front of it and I remember that my friend and I were begging his parents to let us camp out there .
I fell in love with islands then , but I actually left home at a very young age—when I had just turned 14—and by 18 I had travelled through Europe and was staying in Germany .
Every German I spoke to loved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the idea of starting a touring company in Canada .
On one tour , a friend of mine with a sailboat offered to take my group sailing on St Lawrence River in Kingston , Ontario for a couple of hundred dollars—it would normally have cost thousands .
I remember sitting around a campfire with a group of German tourists , we were the only people on this Robinson Crusoe-style island and their eyes were just sparkling .
That 's when the seed was planted—I knew I had to get myself an island at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teenager with no money then , but I ended up travelling around Canada , looking for islands for sale .
As I was running a web design site at the time , I started a directory of private islands for sale on the site using all the images I had collected .
I must have had 20 Canadian islands which led to some press attention .
I then got a call from a guy in Panama who owned an island in Belize who wanted me to advertise his island for sale .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ convinced I was ever going to get paid— and about six weeks later I got a check for US $ 60,000 .
That day , I printed out the words `` Private Islands '' and stuck that on the door of my web design company .
I began to learn where the island regions were and what people were looking for .
Unlike a holiday home , buyers were happy if they could get to their private island within a day and that really opened up the entire world .
Canadians and Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Caribbean .
Europeans like those areas too , but tend to also be into the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean , because of the direct flights .
Finding islands is never the problem , getting the buyers is the challenge .
The typical island buyer usually has more money than most and they normally have a really entrepreneurial spirit and own their own businesses .
They do n't want to buy a ready made house they want to buy land to make their mark on .
It 's one of the reasons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go—known as `` turn key '' islands—are actually the hardest to sell .
An island buyer who is looking for something out in the ocean that is going to require $ 100,000 to $ 500,000 in maintenance costs a year is looking for a project .
Islands are very often second or third homes for these entrepreneurs .
I have some very wealthy clients .
Some celebrities also buy islands , but generally they tend to rent .
I had one guy who was a billionaire from the U.K .
He was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I own in Belize last year , but he would n't give his name .
He flew in on a private jet but it was very important to him to travel anonymously .
That 's difficult to do when you need passports to book helicopters to get out to individual islands .
I went along with it and we used his assistant 's name .
Housekeeping normally arranges flowers on the bed with the name of the people staying there .
In this case the name was the assistant 's name .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did n't buy the island in the end .
I have another island in Belize and I just sold the majority share to the record producer Alex da Kid who has worked with Rihanna , Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj .
He 'd been on Richard Branson 's Necker Island and was very influenced by that experience .
He wanted a music studio on his island so he could have that island atmosphere to create music .
He flew on his own on this huge private jet and we hit it off straight away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he fell in love , he pretty much bought it right then and there .
That 's rare though , and we obviously rent a lot more islands than we sell .
In Asia and the South Pacific all the very high end islands are for multiple groups to rent together , some have 12 or 20 villas .
Some of these private islands to rent have everything from a spa , gym , restaurant and pool to a private chapel .
The Bahamas , Tahiti , the Maldives and more recently Belize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rentals with celebrities from the movie and music industry , as well as professional athletes .
But we do full island rentals all the time and it 's not always super wealthy people .
Sometimes we 'll have a number of families who will come together for a big family reunion .
A villa for a couple on an island can be around $ 1,500 a night—you 're talking about the lower end of the high end there !
So if you hire out a private island with 20 villas as a group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that rate per villa .
But if an island is set up for 40 with 10 villas , multiple swimming pools and docks is n't really the ideal option for a couple if there is a smaller island with everything you need for two people .
It 's more intimate and wealthy people are wealthy for a reason—they 're not wasting their money on empty villas .
But , if you turned that island with ten villas into one huge villa with pools , a chef and spa for the same price , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The price range for buying an island is anywhere between $ 50million to $ 200million .
We have an island for sale right now in Bora Bora for an asking price of $ 39million—but that 's 9.60 acre island with 22 different structures including beach bungalows , a library , a photography studio , a great hall and staff quarters .
The most expensive private island sale my company was involved in closed at around $ 130million .
Generally speaking lake islands in Canada , the U.S. or northern Europe are cheaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lower the price .
An island with a small cottage is likely to be a minimum of $ 200,000 and that would be on a lake with no running water or solar power .
But on the east coast of Canada you have Nova Scotia and I 've seen islands with no structures on sale there for $ 40- $ 50,000 .
Mind you , they are very remote and you 're probably only going to be able to use it for eight to ten weeks out of the year .
I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show an island to people and the weather was so bad , I could n't get out there to show it for the whole five days straight .
Imagine if you 're living in Europe and you have an island in Nova Scotia and you travel there for a vacation and ca n't even get out to it .
The big change I 've seen in the past 15 years is that even remote islands are much more habitable .
The biggest problem on an ocean island has always been drinking water and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used to cost up to $ 200,000 .
But , over the years they have been scaled down and you can now buy a small desalination system for a two-bedroom house for around $ 10,000 .
Solar systems and batteries have also really come down in price and you can get high speed internet on islands in even the most remote locations .
We have seen a lot more interest since the pandemic began , but while privacy used to be the main thing , now telecommunications is .
People want to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or get there safely .
But the interest is n't because people are worrying about another COVID-19 style pandemic happening and wanting an island like they would want a bomb shelter .
It 's more sense that everyone is looking to move out of the city , into the suburbs , and an island is just the extreme version of that .
The reason we have n't had many sales is very simple—people ca n't travel , so they ca n't get out to see the islands .
To that point , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sale at any one time in Georgian Bay , Ontario where many wealthy Canadians from Toronto have their islands .
You can reach them by boat from the mainland , but usually they sell for a little less comparatively to other islands as it 's a difficult body of water to navigate .
Earlier this year , all available islands sold and all for full price .
The biggest lesson I have learned in 22 years of selling and renting private islands is not to judge a book by its cover .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caps saying `` I WANT BUY ISLAND WIN LOTTERY '' .
We do get lots of crazy ones like that , but this was a real person .
They ended up being one of my best clients and they have purchased three islands so far .
If you are an islomaniac—someone who obsessively loves islands—once you have been bitten by the island bug , it stays with you forever .
I am definitely an islomaniac and not just because I make money through them .
My island in Georgian Bay has been my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's a little bit of normalcy in a crazy world .
On an island , it almost seems like time passes more slowly .
If you 've got kids it really enforces family time—anyone who wants to leave would have to get on a boat and you can even turn off the internet .
It takes me 1.5 hours to drive to the marina and 30 minutes by boat to get to my island .
On a Friday afternoon I am on my island by dinnertime .
And when I 'm there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my kingdom .
Chris Krolow is a Toronto-based entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Private Islands Inc .
He owns two private islands in Belize , Gladden and Kanu both of which can be rented .
He also owns a private island in Georgian Bay , Ontario .
He has been selling and renting islands for 22 years and hosted the HGTV show Island Hunters since 2013 .
All views expressed in this piece are the writer 's own .

As a teenager, I had the opportunity to stay on a friend's private island in Georgian Bay, Ontario in Canada for a vacation. It had a number of smaller islands out in front of it and I remember that my friend and I were begging his parents to let us camp out there.
I fell in love with islands then, but I actually left home at a very young age—when I had just turned 14—and by 18 I had travelled through Europe and was staying in Germany. Every German I spoke to loved Canada, so I came up with the idea of starting a touring company in Canada. On one tour, a friend of mine with a sailboat offered to take my group sailing on St Lawrence River in Kingston, Ontario for a couple of hundred dollars—it would normally have cost thousands.
I remember sitting around a campfire with a group of German tourists, we were the only people on this Robinson Crusoe-style island and their eyes were just sparkling. That's when the seed was planted—I knew I had to get myself an island at some point. I was still a teenager with no money then, but I ended up travelling around Canada, looking for islands for sale.
As I was running a web design site at the time, I started a directory of private islands for sale on the site using all the images I had collected. I must have had 20 Canadian islands which led to some press attention. I then got a call from a guy in Panama who owned an island in Belize who wanted me to advertise his island for sale. We agreed on a commission—although I wasn't convinced I was ever going to get paid— and about six weeks later I got a check for US$60,000.
That day, I printed out the words "Private Islands" and stuck that on the door of my web design company.
I began to learn where the island regions were and what people were looking for. Unlike a holiday home, buyers were happy if they could get to their private island within a day and that really opened up the entire world. Canadians and Americans typically like islands in Central America and the Caribbean. Europeans like those areas too, but tend to also be into the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, because of the direct flights.
Finding islands is never the problem, getting the buyers is the challenge. The typical island buyer usually has more money than most and they normally have a really entrepreneurial spirit and own their own businesses. They don't want to buy a ready made house they want to buy land to make their mark on. It's one of the reasons why picture perfect islands that are ready to go—known as "turn key" islands—are actually the hardest to sell. An island buyer who is looking for something out in the ocean that is going to require $100,000 to $500,000 in maintenance costs a year is looking for a project. Islands are very often second or third homes for these entrepreneurs. I have some very wealthy clients. Some celebrities also buy islands, but generally they tend to rent.
I had one guy who was a billionaire from the U.K. He was interested in buying one of the islands I own in Belize last year, but he wouldn't give his name. He flew in on a private jet but it was very important to him to travel anonymously. That's difficult to do when you need passports to book helicopters to get out to individual islands. I went along with it and we used his assistant's name. Housekeeping normally arranges flowers on the bed with the name of the people staying there. In this case the name was the assistant's name. But the billionaire loved it, although he didn't buy the island in the end.
I have another island in Belize and I just sold the majority share to the record producer Alex da Kid who has worked with Rihanna, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj. He'd been on Richard Branson's Necker Island and was very influenced by that experience. He wanted a music studio on his island so he could have that island atmosphere to create music. He flew on his own on this huge private jet and we hit it off straight away. I showed him the island and he fell in love, he pretty much bought it right then and there.
Chris Krolow's island in Belize, Kanu. Record producer Alex De Kid recently bought the majority share. Courtesy of Private Islands Online
That's rare though, and we obviously rent a lot more islands than we sell. In Asia and the South Pacific all the very high end islands are for multiple groups to rent together, some have 12 or 20 villas. Some of these private islands to rent have everything from a spa, gym, restaurant and pool to a private chapel.
The Bahamas, Tahiti, the Maldives and more recently Belize have been popular areas for private island rentals with celebrities from the movie and music industry, as well as professional athletes. But we do full island rentals all the time and it's not always super wealthy people. Sometimes we'll have a number of families who will come together for a big family reunion. A villa for a couple on an island can be around $1,500 a night—you're talking about the lower end of the high end there! So if you hire out a private island with 20 villas as a group, usually you're getting to about that rate per villa.
But if an island is set up for 40 with 10 villas, multiple swimming pools and docks isn't really the ideal option for a couple if there is a smaller island with everything you need for two people. It's more intimate and wealthy people are wealthy for a reason—they're not wasting their money on empty villas. But, if you turned that island with ten villas into one huge villa with pools, a chef and spa for the same price, that's a whole different ball game.
The price range for buying an island is anywhere between $50million to $200million. We have an island for sale right now in Bora Bora for an asking price of $39million—but that's 9.60 acre island with 22 different structures including beach bungalows, a library, a photography studio, a great hall and staff quarters. The most expensive private island sale my company was involved in closed at around $130million.
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Generally speaking lake islands in Canada, the U.S. or northern Europe are cheaper, and the smaller the lake the lower the price. An island with a small cottage is likely to be a minimum of $200,000 and that would be on a lake with no running water or solar power. But on the east coast of Canada you have Nova Scotia and I've seen islands with no structures on sale there for $40-$50,000. Mind you, they are very remote and you're probably only going to be able to use it for eight to ten weeks out of the year. I was in Nova Scotia for five days to show an island to people and the weather was so bad, I couldn't get out there to show it for the whole five days straight. Imagine if you're living in Europe and you have an island in Nova Scotia and you travel there for a vacation and can't even get out to it.
The big change I've seen in the past 15 years is that even remote islands are much more habitable. The biggest problem on an ocean island has always been drinking water and a desalination system on a private island used to cost up to $200,000. But, over the years they have been scaled down and you can now buy a small desalination system for a two-bedroom house for around $10,000. Solar systems and batteries have also really come down in price and you can get high speed internet on islands in even the most remote locations.
We have seen a lot more interest since the pandemic began, but while privacy used to be the main thing, now telecommunications is. People want to know if they can work from an island or get there safely. But the interest isn't because people are worrying about another COVID-19 style pandemic happening and wanting an island like they would want a bomb shelter. It's more sense that everyone is looking to move out of the city, into the suburbs, and an island is just the extreme version of that. The reason we haven't had many sales is very simple—people can't travel, so they can't get out to see the islands.
To that point, we normally have 13 to 16 islands for sale at any one time in Georgian Bay, Ontario where many wealthy Canadians from Toronto have their islands. You can reach them by boat from the mainland, but usually they sell for a little less comparatively to other islands as it's a difficult body of water to navigate. Earlier this year, all available islands sold and all for full price.
The biggest lesson I have learned in 22 years of selling and renting private islands is not to judge a book by its cover. I received an email years ago in all caps saying "I WANT BUY ISLAND WIN LOTTERY" . We do get lots of crazy ones like that, but this was a real person. They ended up being one of my best clients and they have purchased three islands so far.
If you are an islomaniac—someone who obsessively loves islands—once you have been bitten by the island bug, it stays with you forever. I am definitely an islomaniac and not just because I make money through them.
My island in Georgian Bay has been my saving grace through the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a little bit of normalcy in a crazy world. On an island, it almost seems like time passes more slowly. If you've got kids it really enforces family time—anyone who wants to leave would have to get on a boat and you can even turn off the internet.
It takes me 1.5 hours to drive to the marina and 30 minutes by boat to get to my island. On a Friday afternoon I am on my island by dinnertime.
And when I'm there, I really am the ruler of my kingdom.
Chris Krolow is a Toronto-based entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Private Islands Inc. He owns two private islands in Belize, Gladden and Kanu both of which can be rented. He also owns a private island in Georgian Bay, Ontario. He has been selling and renting islands for 22 years and hosted the HGTV show Island Hunters since 2013.
All views expressed in this piece are the writer's own.
As told to Jenny Haward.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Huntington Beach COVID 'Curfew Breakers' Rally to Protest Stay-at-Home Orders

A large crowd of people gathered in Huntington Beach to protest California 's statewide curfew after it went into effect on Saturday night .
The latest restrictions to combat a surge in coronavirus cases require the vast majority of Californians to stay at home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless they are going out for essential work , responding to an emergency , shopping for groceries , picking up takeout or walking their dog .
The curfew applies to 41 of California 's 58 counties which remain in the purple tier—the most restrictive of the four tiers that permit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County , where Huntington Beach is located , is in the purple tier .
But a crowd of people broke the curfew immediately after it was enacted to join a rally protesting the limited stay-at-home order .
The `` curfew breakers '' protest was being planned to start at 10.01 p.m. at the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday , according to a flier posted on Twitter by FoxLA reporter Bill Melugin .
`` If you are a free American and are more than non essential join us for a clear act of defiance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order , '' the flier said .
`` I 'd like to see curfews go away , '' one person who attended the protest told CBS Los Angeles .
`` I think there are too many restrictions , as is .
Obviously , a lot of people do n't agree with what our governor and city officials are doing , but I 'd prefer to see something done a little bit different but curfews are just a little too far . ''
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes has said that his deputies wo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after it was announced by California Gov .
Gavin Newsom .
However , CBS Los Angeles reported that the group would have to disperse if an unlawful gathering was declared for another reason .
In a statement on Friday , Barnes said the Orange County Sheriff 's Department had taken an `` education-first approach '' to public health orders throughout the coronavirus pandemic .
`` At this time , due to the need to have deputies available for emergency calls for service , deputies will not be responding to requests for face-coverings or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The nighttime curfew is expected to last a month , but could be extended if worsening trends do not improve .
`` The virus is spreading at a pace we have n't seen since the start of this pandemic and the next several days and weeks will be critical to stop the surge .
We are sounding the alarm , '' Newsom said in a statement announcing the new measures .
`` It is crucial that we act to decrease transmission and slow hospitalizations before the death count surges .
We 've @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it again . ''
California has had more than 1 million coronavirus infections and more than 18,000 deaths , according to the California Department of Public Health .

A large crowd of people gathered in Huntington Beach to protest California's statewide curfew after it went into effect on Saturday night.
The latest restrictions to combat a surge in coronavirus cases require the vast majority of Californians to stay at home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. unless they are going out for essential work, responding to an emergency, shopping for groceries, picking up takeout or walking their dog.
The curfew applies to 41 of California's 58 counties which remain in the purple tier—the most restrictive of the four tiers that permit various stages of economic reopening.
Orange County, where Huntington Beach is located, is in the purple tier.
But a crowd of people broke the curfew immediately after it was enacted to join a rally protesting the limited stay-at-home order.
What curfew? Massive crowd in Huntington Beach, CA protesting the statewide covid curfew that went into effect less than an hour ago. Live report coming up at 11p on @CBSLA #Curfew #covid #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/daT7usD4fu — hermela aregawi (@HermelaTV) November 22, 2020
The "curfew breakers" protest was being planned to start at 10.01 p.m. at the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday, according to a flier posted on Twitter by FoxLA reporter Bill Melugin.
"If you are a free American and are more than non essential join us for a clear act of defiance against Newsoms 10 pm stay at home order," the flier said.
"I'd like to see curfews go away," one person who attended the protest told CBS Los Angeles.
"I think there are too many restrictions, as is. Obviously, a lot of people don't agree with what our governor and city officials are doing, but I'd prefer to see something done a little bit different but curfews are just a little too far."
A “curfew breakers” protest/rally is being planned for 10:01 pm tomorrow night at the Huntington Beach pier, one minute after the CA curfew is set to take effect. The OC Sheriff has already said he will not enforce the order, as have many Sheriffs across the state. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/yRqqsBWgGF — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) November 20, 2020
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes has said that his deputies won't be enforcing the limited stay-at-home order after it was announced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
However, CBS Los Angeles reported that the group would have to disperse if an unlawful gathering was declared for another reason.
In a statement on Friday, Barnes said the Orange County Sheriff's Department had taken an "education-first approach" to public health orders throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
"At this time, due to the need to have deputies available for emergency calls for service, deputies will not be responding to requests for face-coverings or social gatherings-only enforcement," he said.
The nighttime curfew is expected to last a month, but could be extended if worsening trends do not improve.
"The virus is spreading at a pace we haven't seen since the start of this pandemic and the next several days and weeks will be critical to stop the surge. We are sounding the alarm," Newsom said in a statement announcing the new measures.
"It is crucial that we act to decrease transmission and slow hospitalizations before the death count surges. We've done it before and we must do it again."
California has had more than 1 million coronavirus infections and more than 18,000 deaths, according to the California Department of Public Health.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Stimulus Package Delay Caused by 'Do-Nothing Senate' Which Must Now Act, Sanders Says

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has bemoaned the `` do-nothing Senate '' amid the ongoing stimulus package stalemate , calling again for boosted financial support to help individuals across the United States amid the COVID-19 crisis .
Sanders , an independent who caucuses with the Democrats , has previously pushed for monthly payments of $ 2,000 to American households throughout the pandemic and renewed this call as he criticized the lack of relief action .
He also highlighted his desire to see enhanced unemployment benefits backed , as well as flagging healthcare as a priority .
`` The American people ca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he said in a recent tweet .
`` Every American needs healthcare as a human right .
`` No one in America should go hungry or homeless .
His comments come amid the ongoing delay over a further stimulus package , with nearly eight months having passed since the CARES Act was signed by President Donald Trump .
While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced support for further relief measures in some form disputes over the specifics of such action have led to an impasse .
The Democrats have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the HEROES Act and an updated version , though these have faced push back in the Senate .
Republican-led proposals have also failed to muster support in the upper chamber .
Democrat figureheads House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) recently called upon Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) to renew negotiations with them in a bid to facilitate a package able to pass through the House and the Senate .
Their staff have met in recent days to discuss the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other lawmakers mentioned for comment on stimulus .
The discussions come with enhanced unemployment support measures from the CARES Act due to expire next month .
The below graphic , from Statista , highlights the number of people who could be affected by these programs ending .
While this bring a renewed focus on the discussion surrounding unemployment benefits , talk of a second round of stimulus checks also continues with polling having indicated public support for another set of these payments being distributed .
The debate over stimulus rolls on with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to Johns Hopkins University figures , the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has surpassed 12 million .

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has bemoaned the "do-nothing Senate" amid the ongoing stimulus package stalemate, calling again for boosted financial support to help individuals across the United States amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has previously pushed for monthly payments of $2,000 to American households throughout the pandemic and renewed this call as he criticized the lack of relief action.
He also highlighted his desire to see enhanced unemployment benefits backed, as well as flagging healthcare as a priority.
"The American people can't afford to wait any longer," he said in a recent tweet.
"Every working class American needs $2,000 a month.
"Every unemployed American needs $600 a week.
"Every American needs healthcare as a human right.
"No one in America should go hungry or homeless.
"The do-nothing Senate must act."
The American people can't afford to wait any longer.
Every working class American needs $2,000 a month.
Every unemployed American needs $600 a week.
Every American needs healthcare as a human right.
No one in America should go hungry or homeless.
The do-nothing Senate must act. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) November 21, 2020
His comments come amid the ongoing delay over a further stimulus package, with nearly eight months having passed since the CARES Act was signed by President Donald Trump.
While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have voiced support for further relief measures in some form disputes over the specifics of such action have led to an impasse.
The Democrats have twice passed further bills through the House, the HEROES Act and an updated version, though these have faced push back in the Senate.
Republican-led proposals have also failed to muster support in the upper chamber.
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Democrat figureheads House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently called upon Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to renew negotiations with them in a bid to facilitate a package able to pass through the House and the Senate.
Their staff have met in recent days to discuss the matter.
Newsweek has contacted Sanders, the other lawmakers mentioned for comment on stimulus.
The discussions come with enhanced unemployment support measures from the CARES Act due to expire next month.
The below graphic, from Statista, highlights the number of people who could be affected by these programs ending.
Statista
While this bring a renewed focus on the discussion surrounding unemployment benefits, talk of a second round of stimulus checks also continues with polling having indicated public support for another set of these payments being distributed.
The debate over stimulus rolls on with coronavirus infections continuing across the nation.
According to Johns Hopkins University figures, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has surpassed 12 million.


newsweek--2020-11-22--'I'm Helping 2.5 Million People Share Food With Their Neighbors'

Six years ago , my life changed completely .
On December 17 , 2014 , I was packing up our family flat in Switzerland to move back to the U.K. and I found we had some good food we had n't managed to eat .
I could n't bring myself to throw it away .
So , I set off into the local neighborhood to try and find someone to give it to and unfortunately , I failed miserably .
I can remember how crazy it seemed to throw all this food away when there were likely to be plenty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me who would have loved to have it .
The problem was they just did n't know I had it to share .
It was as I was surreptitiously packing the non-perishable items into the bottom of my moving boxes that I was struck by the idea of creating an app that could connect me with my neighbours so I could give this food away instead .
I think my hatred of food waste probably comes from a childhood spent working long hours alongside my two younger brothers , Roger and Owen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , England .
My mom was a post-Second World War baby and so the phrases `` make do and mend '' , and `` waste not , want not '' were a constant refrain .
As a result of this thrifty rural upbringing I developed a deep respect for the power of food .
I spent my 20s eating far more than was sensible for fear of anything going to waste and my 30s doing dances round the trash can as my mother-in-law threw day-old croissants out .
I would sneak them back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking .
But at no point however did I think there was anything noteworthy about my dislike of food waste ; I just assumed everybody else felt the same way too .
After my experience in Switzerland , I shared my idea of a neighbor-to-neighbor food sharing app with my close friend Saasha .
She became my co-founder and together we researched the problem of food waste .
What we discovered shocked and horrified us .
We learned that one third of all food produced globally gets thrown away each year and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the U.S. and China .
After these discoveries , we immediately became committed to making the app a reality .
I 'll never forget the first listing on the app—which we called OLIO—it was from a guy called Adam who lived in London , offering a homegrown lettuce .
Seeing our idea come to life was such an incredible moment .
As the app started to grow we were touched by how many people reached out to ask us if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and discussions , we developed our `` Ambassador Programme . ''
It allows anyone to volunteer to spread the word about what we are doing and get the app going near them .
Now , we have more than 50,000 ambassadors .
Saasha and I quickly found that the entrepreneurial journey is a rocky road .
It is littered with trials and tribulations , exhilarating highs and soul-crushing lows .
But the one thing that came very early in the journey and that truly shocked us to the core was discovering how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.K. and across the world .
There are not just a handful of hungry people , but millions and millions of hungry people —8.4 million are living in food poverty in the U.K. and 35million people were experiencing hunger in the U.S. , even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit .
Prior to founding OLIO I had absolutely no clue about this huge issue .
It feels great that we are now a global movement that over 2.5 million people have joined , and together they have shared nine million portions of food .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a woman who told me that she had recently lost her job and had had to apply for welfare payments for the first time in her life .
In the U.K. there is a five week wait for the first payment of Universal Credit , our welfare system , so she had run out of money and had had to resort to eating weeds from her garden .
She was writing to thank us because our app had given her her first proper meal in days .
I was also really shaken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food away to another mom and saw the tears in her eyes as she told me that this meant her kids could eat that night ; it truly killed me emotionally .
I feel that the real beauty is that we have created something that is all about community and not charity .
Everybody gives and takes with no questions asked , and we 're all united in our belief that no good food should go to waste—the problem of food waste is so enormous globally that we all have to get involved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incredibly proud of what we 've achieved , I 'm driven every day by a massive impatience to save so much more food , and to achieve the enormous goal we 've set ourselves—to have one billion people signed up by 2030 .
To anyone considering embarking on a journey doing impactful work , I ca n't recommend it strongly enough—it 's truly life transforming , and in more ways than one .
Tessa Clarke is co-founder & CEO of OLIO , an app tackling the problem of food waste by connecting neighbours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local businesses , so surplus food can be given away , not thrown away .
Tessa writes on Medium , and can also be found on Twitter and LinkedIn .
All views expressed in this piece are the writer 's own .

Six years ago, my life changed completely. On December 17, 2014, I was packing up our family flat in Switzerland to move back to the U.K. and I found we had some good food we hadn't managed to eat. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away.
So, I set off into the local neighborhood to try and find someone to give it to and unfortunately, I failed miserably. I can remember how crazy it seemed to throw all this food away when there were likely to be plenty of people within hundreds of meters of me who would have loved to have it. The problem was they just didn't know I had it to share.
It was as I was surreptitiously packing the non-perishable items into the bottom of my moving boxes that I was struck by the idea of creating an app that could connect me with my neighbours so I could give this food away instead.
I think my hatred of food waste probably comes from a childhood spent working long hours alongside my two younger brothers, Roger and Owen, on our family farm in North Yorkshire, England. My mom was a post-Second World War baby and so the phrases "make do and mend", and "waste not, want not" were a constant refrain. As a result of this thrifty rural upbringing I developed a deep respect for the power of food.
I spent my 20s eating far more than was sensible for fear of anything going to waste and my 30s doing dances round the trash can as my mother-in-law threw day-old croissants out. I would sneak them back out again the minute she wasn't looking. But at no point however did I think there was anything noteworthy about my dislike of food waste; I just assumed everybody else felt the same way too.
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After my experience in Switzerland, I shared my idea of a neighbor-to-neighbor food sharing app with my close friend Saasha. She became my co-founder and together we researched the problem of food waste. What we discovered shocked and horrified us. We learned that one third of all food produced globally gets thrown away each year and that if food waste was a country, it would be the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after the U.S. and China. After these discoveries, we immediately became committed to making the app a reality.
I'll never forget the first listing on the app—which we called OLIO—it was from a guy called Adam who lived in London, offering a homegrown lettuce. Seeing our idea come to life was such an incredible moment. As the app started to grow we were touched by how many people reached out to ask us if they could help. After many phone calls and discussions, we developed our "Ambassador Programme." It allows anyone to volunteer to spread the word about what we are doing and get the app going near them. Now, we have more than 50,000 ambassadors.
Saasha and I quickly found that the entrepreneurial journey is a rocky road. It is littered with trials and tribulations, exhilarating highs and soul-crushing lows. But the one thing that came very early in the journey and that truly shocked us to the core was discovering how many hungry people there are here in the U.K. and across the world.
There are not just a handful of hungry people, but millions and millions of hungry people —8.4 million are living in food poverty in the U.K. and 35million people were experiencing hunger in the U.S., even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Prior to founding OLIO I had absolutely no clue about this huge issue. It feels great that we are now a global movement that over 2.5 million people have joined, and together they have shared nine million portions of food.
Tessa Clarke (left) and OLIO co-founder Saasha Celestial-One. Annabel Staff
I'll never forget receiving an email from a woman who told me that she had recently lost her job and had had to apply for welfare payments for the first time in her life. In the U.K. there is a five week wait for the first payment of Universal Credit, our welfare system, so she had run out of money and had had to resort to eating weeds from her garden. She was writing to thank us because our app had given her her first proper meal in days.
I was also really shaken by a time when I gave some food away to another mom and saw the tears in her eyes as she told me that this meant her kids could eat that night; it truly killed me emotionally.
I feel that the real beauty is that we have created something that is all about community and not charity. Everybody gives and takes with no questions asked, and we're all united in our belief that no good food should go to waste—the problem of food waste is so enormous globally that we all have to get involved in solving it.
Whilst I'm incredibly proud of what we've achieved, I'm driven every day by a massive impatience to save so much more food, and to achieve the enormous goal we've set ourselves—to have one billion people signed up by 2030.
To anyone considering embarking on a journey doing impactful work, I can't recommend it strongly enough—it's truly life transforming, and in more ways than one.
Tessa Clarke is co-founder & CEO of OLIO, an app tackling the problem of food waste by connecting neighbours with each other, and volunteers with local businesses, so surplus food can be given away, not thrown away. Tessa writes on Medium, and can also be found on Twitter and LinkedIn.
All views expressed in this piece are the writer's own.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Powerball Results, Numbers for 11/21/20: Did Anyone Win the $192 Million?

The winning numbers in Saturday night 's drawing of the Powerball were 51 , 54 , 57 , 60 and 69 .
The Powerball was 11 and the Power Play was X2 .
But no one has claimed the $ 202 million jackpot for the November 21 draw , according to the Powerball website .
Therefore , the prize money will roll over to the next drawing on Thursday , November 26 .
The estimated jackpot then will be $ 202 million ( with a cash value of $ 157.9 million ) .
Although no-one won the jackpot in Saturday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ winners .
Ten players matched four white balls and the Powerball correctly to win $ 50,000 prizes .
Another four doubled their prize money to $ 100,000 with a Power Play purchase .
The Powerball jackpot has n't been won since September .
The winning ticket , worth $ 94 million , in the September 16 draw was sold at Minogue 's Beverage located at 2421 Route 9 in Ballston Spa , according to the Powerball website .
The win reset the Powerball jackpot to $ 20 million .
Before that , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when one lucky player in Florida matched all five white balls and the Powerball to scoop a massive $ 169 million payout .
The Powerball jackpot was also won twice in June .
One winner , Thomas Cook , split his $ 22 million prize with his best friend Joseph Feeney .
The pair from Wisconsin shook hands in 1992 , agreeing that they would split their winnings if either ever won the Powerball jackpot , no matter who bought the ticket .
Earlier in the month , a player in West Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How do you play Powerball ?
Powerball is a hugely popular multi-state lottery that is available to play in 45 states , the District of Columbia , Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands .
Drawings usually take place twice a week on a Wednesday and Saturday night , at 10:59 p.m .
ET .
Each draw is broadcast live from the lottery studio in Tallahassee , Florida .
Each ticket costs $ 2 per play , with players selecting five numbers from 1 to 69 , in addition to one red Powerball @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain circumstances , players can also multiply non-jackpot prizes by using the Power Play option for an additional $ 1 .
Why is the Powerball so low ?
Powerball slashed its minimum payout in half from $ 40 million to $ 20 million with minimum roll increased of $ 2 million between drawings back in March because of the coronavirus pandemic leading to reduced sales , according to lottery officials .
Powerball Product Group Chairman and Maine Lottery Director Gregory Mineo said in a statement at the time : `` Powerball players in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders or recommendations , which have affected normal consumer behaviors .

The winning numbers in Saturday night's drawing of the Powerball were 51, 54, 57, 60 and 69. The Powerball was 11 and the Power Play was X2.
But no one has claimed the $202 million jackpot for the November 21 draw, according to the Powerball website. Therefore, the prize money will roll over to the next drawing on Thursday, November 26. The estimated jackpot then will be $202 million (with a cash value of $157.9 million).
Although no-one won the jackpot in Saturday's draw, there were some big winners.
Ten players matched four white balls and the Powerball correctly to win $50,000 prizes. Another four doubled their prize money to $100,000 with a Power Play purchase.
A customer at a 7-Eleven store checks the numbers on his Powerball lottery ticket on August 7, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. Getty/Scott Olson
The Powerball jackpot hasn't been won since September. The winning ticket, worth $94 million, in the September 16 draw was sold at Minogue's Beverage located at 2421 Route 9 in Ballston Spa, according to the Powerball website. The win reset the Powerball jackpot to $20 million.
Before that, the jackpot was won on August 12, when one lucky player in Florida matched all five white balls and the Powerball to scoop a massive $169 million payout.
The Powerball jackpot was also won twice in June. One winner, Thomas Cook, split his $22 million prize with his best friend Joseph Feeney. The pair from Wisconsin shook hands in 1992, agreeing that they would split their winnings if either ever won the Powerball jackpot, no matter who bought the ticket.
Earlier in the month, a player in West Virginia scooped a $136 million jackpot.
How do you play Powerball?
Powerball is a hugely popular multi-state lottery that is available to play in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings usually take place twice a week on a Wednesday and Saturday night, at 10:59 p.m. ET. Each draw is broadcast live from the lottery studio in Tallahassee, Florida.
Each ticket costs $2 per play, with players selecting five numbers from 1 to 69, in addition to one red Powerball number from 1 to 26. In certain circumstances, players can also multiply non-jackpot prizes by using the Power Play option for an additional $1.
Why is the Powerball so low?
Powerball slashed its minimum payout in half from $40 million to $20 million with minimum roll increased of $2 million between drawings back in March because of the coronavirus pandemic leading to reduced sales, according to lottery officials.
Powerball Product Group Chairman and Maine Lottery Director Gregory Mineo said in a statement at the time: "Powerball players in many U.S. lottery jurisdictions are under shelter-in-place orders or recommendations, which have affected normal consumer behaviors.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Food Bank Workers Beg for Stimulus Package Before Thanksgiving As COVID Cases Spike

Food bank volunteers and local officials are begging the federal government to pass a second stimulus package before Thanksgiving Day as covid-19 cases continue to spike in most parts of the country .
Workers at the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles prepared for about 1,000 people to arrive at their food bank on Saturday .
Organizer Trinity Tran urged the federal government to address the economic fallout of the pandemic to prevent low-income individuals from going without food on Thanksgiving .
`` These are unprecedented times , and whether it 's a holiday or whether it 's another Saturday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to feed the people , '' she told CNN .
`` This is an essential service ... that 's being handled by volunteers because the federal government is failing to address basic safety nets for people . ''
At a local food drive in Georgia 's DeKalb County , people were lining up at 5:30 a.m .
ET to gather food for their families despite the service starting at 10 a.m. County CEO Michael Thurmond begged Congress to pass another round of relief or extend the deadline for the funding of unemployment benefits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleading to our leaders in Washington—Republicans and Democrats—to really look around and see and understand the amount of pain and distress that is spreading across this nation , '' Thurmond said , according to CNN .
`` I 'm pleading with them to come together to either extend the deadline for these funds , '' he added , `` or to send out a second stimulus package that will help families who are in need , begging them to rise above the discord and the rancor and do what 's right for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been about eight months since President Donald Trump signed The Coronavirus Aid , Relief , and Economic Security ( CARES ) Act , and negotiations for another deal has been ongoing for five months .
As the delay continues , both sides of the political aisle have blamed each other for their inability to bring additional financial relief to Americans struggling to pay for rent and necessities amid the ongoing pandemic .
Democrats have criticized the GOP for refusing to agree to sufficient funding , while Republicans have accused House Speaker Nancy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her political agenda .
Meanwhile , the U.S. on Saturday surpassed 12 million positive coronavirus cases as a third wave in most parts of the country caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) to ask citizens to skip Thanksgiving travels this year to limit the virus ' spread .
Newsweek reached out to the Treasury Department for comment .

Food bank volunteers and local officials are begging the federal government to pass a second stimulus package before Thanksgiving Day as covid-19 cases continue to spike in most parts of the country.
Workers at the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles prepared for about 1,000 people to arrive at their food bank on Saturday. Organizer Trinity Tran urged the federal government to address the economic fallout of the pandemic to prevent low-income individuals from going without food on Thanksgiving.
"These are unprecedented times, and whether it's a holiday or whether it's another Saturday, it's now up to volunteers to feed the people," she told CNN. "This is an essential service ... that's being handled by volunteers because the federal government is failing to address basic safety nets for people."
At a local food drive in Georgia's DeKalb County, people were lining up at 5:30 a.m. ET to gather food for their families despite the service starting at 10 a.m.
Tracy Morgan, and Council Member Robert E. Cornegy Jr. distribute turkeys to Brooklyn families in celebration of Thanksgiving on November 21, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Loccisano/Getty
County CEO Michael Thurmond begged Congress to pass another round of relief or extend the deadline for the funding of unemployment benefits in the state. "I'm pleading to our leaders in Washington—Republicans and Democrats—to really look around and see and understand the amount of pain and distress that is spreading across this nation," Thurmond said, according to CNN.
"I'm pleading with them to come together to either extend the deadline for these funds," he added, "or to send out a second stimulus package that will help families who are in need, begging them to rise above the discord and the rancor and do what's right for the people of this nation."
It has been about eight months since President Donald Trump signed The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and negotiations for another deal has been ongoing for five months.
As the delay continues, both sides of the political aisle have blamed each other for their inability to bring additional financial relief to Americans struggling to pay for rent and necessities amid the ongoing pandemic.
Democrats have criticized the GOP for refusing to agree to sufficient funding, while Republicans have accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of using the pandemic to advance her political agenda.
Meanwhile, the U.S. on Saturday surpassed 12 million positive coronavirus cases as a third wave in most parts of the country caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ask citizens to skip Thanksgiving travels this year to limit the virus' spread.
Newsweek reached out to the Treasury Department for comment.


newsweek--2020-11-21--Trump Campaign, Rebuffed by District Judge, Says Taking Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Case to Supreme

Trump Campaign, Rebuffed by District Judge, Says Taking Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballots Case to Supreme Court

After a federal judge dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit to block certification of Pennsylvania 's election results , President Donald Trump 's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that the ruling helps their strategy to get the case `` expeditiously '' to the Supreme Court .
District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Saturday night granted the state 's request to dismiss the lawsuit alleging that GOP voters were illegally handicapped because counties in the state allowed voters to amend errors on mail-in ballots .
In a scathing 37-page opinion , Brann wrote that the Trump campaign attempted to throw out a large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arguments without merit and speculative accusations . ''
In response , Giuliani welcomed the decision , saying it will `` help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the U.S. Supreme Court . ''
`` Although we fully disagree with this opinion , we 're thankful to the Obama-appointed judge for making this anticipated decision quickly , rather than simply trying to run out the clock , '' Giuliani wrote in a campaign statement .
`` There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania , Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blatantly ignored Pennsylvania 's law denying independent review . ''
The Trump campaign indicated that their next step will be to seek an expedited appeal to the Third Circuit .
`` We are disappointed we did not at least get the opportunity to present our evidence at a hearing , '' Giuliani said .
`` We hope that the Third Circuit will be as gracious as Judge Brann in deciding our appeal one way or the other as expeditiously as possible . ''
`` This is another case that appears to be moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Brann 's ruling has freed election officials to certify President-elect Joe Biden 's win in the state , where the Democrat came out 1.2 percent—about 81,000 votes—ahead of Trump .
The judge said the Trump campaign 's case was not `` formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption '' and `` can not justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter , let alone all the voters of its sixth most populous state . ''
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called the Trump campaign lawsuit claims `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ audience of one . ''
The decision marks one of the Trump campaign 's highest-profile defeats in court in the aftermath of Election Day .
Other lawsuits filed by the campaign in Michigan , Nevada , Arizona and Georgia have also been largely unsuccessful so far .
The contents and claims of the suits have been narrower than Trump 's public allegations .
Biden has secured 306 Electoral College votes but Trump , with 232 Electoral College votes , has refused to concede .
The president needs to flip at least three states—Wisconsin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ total past the winning line and reverse his defeat .
But with Pennsylvania and Michigan set to certify their results on Monday , Trump 's path to victory has become increasingly narrow .
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign for further comment .

After a federal judge dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit to block certification of Pennsylvania's election results, President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that the ruling helps their strategy to get the case "expeditiously" to the Supreme Court.
District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Saturday night granted the state's request to dismiss the lawsuit alleging that GOP voters were illegally handicapped because counties in the state allowed voters to amend errors on mail-in ballots. In a scathing 37-page opinion, Brann wrote that the Trump campaign attempted to throw out a large number of votes using "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations."
In response, Giuliani welcomed the decision, saying it will "help us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the U.S. Supreme Court."
President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty
"Although we fully disagree with this opinion, we're thankful to the Obama-appointed judge for making this anticipated decision quickly, rather than simply trying to run out the clock," Giuliani wrote in a campaign statement. "There is so much evidence that in Pennsylvania, Democrats eliminated our opportunity to present 50 witnesses and other evidence that election officials blatantly ignored Pennsylvania's law denying independent review."
The Trump campaign indicated that their next step will be to seek an expedited appeal to the Third Circuit. "We are disappointed we did not at least get the opportunity to present our evidence at a hearing," Giuliani said. "We hope that the Third Circuit will be as gracious as Judge Brann in deciding our appeal one way or the other as expeditiously as possible."
"This is another case that appears to be moving quickly to the United States Supreme Court."
Brann's ruling has freed election officials to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win in the state, where the Democrat came out 1.2 percent—about 81,000 votes—ahead of Trump. The judge said the Trump campaign's case was not "formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption" and "cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populous state."
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro called the Trump campaign lawsuit claims "meritless from the start and for an audience of one."
The decision marks one of the Trump campaign's highest-profile defeats in court in the aftermath of Election Day. Other lawsuits filed by the campaign in Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia have also been largely unsuccessful so far. The contents and claims of the suits have been narrower than Trump's public allegations.
Biden has secured 306 Electoral College votes but Trump, with 232 Electoral College votes, has refused to concede. The president needs to flip at least three states—Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania—to pull his current total past the winning line and reverse his defeat. But with Pennsylvania and Michigan set to certify their results on Monday, Trump's path to victory has become increasingly narrow.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign for further comment.


newsweek--2020-11-21--On Parler, a Pro-Trump Call For Georgia Runoff Boycott Threatens Mitch McConnell's Plan to Restrain

On Parler, a Pro-Trump Call For Georgia Runoff Boycott Threatens Mitch McConnell's Plan to Restrain Biden

Supporters of President Donald Trump have called for a boycott of the crucial Georgia Senate runoff elections in a move that threatens Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 's plan to restrain President-elect Joe Biden .
The two Georgia runoff elections , scheduled for January 5 with early voting starting on December 14 , will determine control of the Senate , meaning Biden 's ability to push through a Democratic agenda under his first term .
But a number of pro-Trump Republicans have taken to Parler , the `` free-speech '' social media platform , to discourage members of their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reporter Marcus Baram showed Trump supporters invoking a conspiracy theory about `` rigged '' voting machines to urge a boycott of the upcoming elections in Georgia .
`` Do n't vote !
Do n't be part of the corruption '' one post read .
`` DO NOT VOTE IN THE GEORGIA RUNOFFS , THE DEEP STATE WILL BE COLLECTING EVERYONE 'S INFO .
THIS IS A CHARADE , MEANT TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO DO N'T VOTE DEMOCRAT , '' another user wrote .
`` STAY HOME .
OSSOFF AND WARNOCK ARE A SMALL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who hold a majority in the House , need just two more seats in the Senate for a 50-50 split .
If Biden is inaugurated in January , then Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would cast the tie breaking vote in the upper chamber .
`` I 'm not certain I 'm the majority leader yet—as you all may have noticed—that will be determined in Georgia , '' McConnell said earlier this month .
At least one of the two Republican incumbents in the race , Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue , will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the party to retain their majority .
Biden has secured 306 Electoral College votes in the presidential election , surpassing the 270 needed to win , but Trump has refused to concede .
With 232 Electoral College votes , the president has alleged without evidence that widespread voter fraud resulted in his opponent 's victory .
He has also filed a series of lawsuits in various battleground states in an attempt to flip the three states needed for his victory .
The lawsuits have been largely unsuccessful .
However , Trump 's claims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prompted distrust in the election process among his base , an outcome that could hinder his party 's chances in Georgia in January .
`` THE ONLY WAY OUR VOICES GET HEARD IS by # boycott the vote , '' one Trump supporter wrote on Parler .
`` # WALKAWAY FROM RINOS BRAIN KEMP AND BRAD RAFFENSBERGER .
BRAIN AND BRAD THINK THEY CAN USE DOMINION VOTE MACHINES TO ELECT CRAZY WARNOCK AND LIDDLE JON OSSOFF .
IF ALL PATRIOTS BOYCOTT RIGGED # GASEN ELECTION , THE SUPREME COURT WILL ORDER A REVOTE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' another added .
On Thursday , Georgia 's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that Biden remained ahead of Trump after a recount .
With that news , Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff , who 's running against Perdue , called on his party to shift their focus to helping him and Rev .
Raphael Warnock , Loeffler 's challenger .
`` Our work is n't done , Georgia , '' he said .
`` We still need to organize , mobilize and register voters like we 've never done it before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Newsweek reached out to McConnell 's office for comment .
Update 11/21/2020 10:33 p.m .
ET : This story previously stated that Biden has 290 Electoral College votes , an outdated figure .
Biden now has 306 Electoral College votes .
Newsweek regrets the error .

Supporters of President Donald Trump have called for a boycott of the crucial Georgia Senate runoff elections in a move that threatens Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to restrain President-elect Joe Biden.
The two Georgia runoff elections, scheduled for January 5 with early voting starting on December 14, will determine control of the Senate, meaning Biden's ability to push through a Democratic agenda under his first term. But a number of pro-Trump Republicans have taken to Parler, the "free-speech" social media platform, to discourage members of their own party from voting.
Screenshots shared by reporter Marcus Baram showed Trump supporters invoking a conspiracy theory about "rigged" voting machines to urge a boycott of the upcoming elections in Georgia. "Don't vote! Don't be part of the corruption" one post read.
More Trump supporters on Parler encouraging folks in Georgia to boycott the runoff... https://t.co/JbLvrqtyRm pic.twitter.com/NeQzBBPBmT — Marcus Baram (@mbaram) November 20, 2020
"DO NOT VOTE IN THE GEORGIA RUNOFFS, THE DEEP STATE WILL BE COLLECTING EVERYONE'S INFO. THIS IS A CHARADE, MEANT TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAT," another user wrote. "STAY HOME. OSSOFF AND WARNOCK ARE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY."
Democrats, who hold a majority in the House, need just two more seats in the Senate for a 50-50 split. If Biden is inaugurated in January, then Vice President-elect Kamala Harris would cast the tie breaking vote in the upper chamber. "I'm not certain I'm the majority leader yet—as you all may have noticed—that will be determined in Georgia," McConnell said earlier this month.
At least one of the two Republican incumbents in the race, Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, will have to hold onto their seat for the party to retain their majority.
Biden has secured 306 Electoral College votes in the presidential election, surpassing the 270 needed to win, but Trump has refused to concede. With 232 Electoral College votes, the president has alleged without evidence that widespread voter fraud resulted in his opponent's victory. He has also filed a series of lawsuits in various battleground states in an attempt to flip the three states needed for his victory.
The lawsuits have been largely unsuccessful. However, Trump's claims of a "rigged" election has prompted distrust in the election process among his base, an outcome that could hinder his party's chances in Georgia in January.
"THE ONLY WAY OUR VOICES GET HEARD IS by #boycott the vote," one Trump supporter wrote on Parler.
"#WALKAWAY FROM RINOS BRAIN KEMP AND BRAD RAFFENSBERGER. BRAIN AND BRAD THINK THEY CAN USE DOMINION VOTE MACHINES TO ELECT CRAZY WARNOCK AND LIDDLE JON OSSOFF. IF ALL PATRIOTS BOYCOTT RIGGED #GASEN ELECTION, THE SUPREME COURT WILL ORDER A REVOTE! #ElectionFraud #KAG #HoldTheLine," another added.
MORE: Trump supporters encouraging voters in Georgia to boycott the runoff... https://t.co/p1z1MyAh3S pic.twitter.com/hU06ja2dDI — Marcus Baram (@mbaram) November 22, 2020
On Thursday, Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that Biden remained ahead of Trump after a recount. With that news, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff, who's running against Perdue, called on his party to shift their focus to helping him and Rev. Raphael Warnock, Loeffler's challenger.
"Our work isn't done, Georgia," he said. "We still need to organize, mobilize and register voters like we've never done it before. Let's get it done."
Newsweek reached out to McConnell's office for comment.
Update 11/21/2020 10:33 p.m. ET: This story previously stated that Biden has 290 Electoral College votes, an outdated figure. Biden now has 306 Electoral College votes. Newsweek regrets the error.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Dabo Swinney Accuses Florida State of Using COVID-19 as Excuse To Avoid Playing

The Clemson football team traveled to play Florida State last weekend , only to hear that their game would be canceled because of COVID-19 issues with the Seminoles .
Clemson learned of this only three hours before a noon kickoff in Tallahassee .
Florida State forfeited the game .
One day later , Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said there were no COVID issues , and that Florida State was just ducking out of Saturday 's game .
`` This game was not canceled because of COVID .
COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game , '' Swinney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has won two national championships in the last four years—and runner-up twice more since 2015—said Florida State should pay for Clemson 's travel , which is about $ 300,000 .
He also said protocol did n't lead to the cancellation .
`` It 's an awful lot of money .
We were there and we met the standard to play .
That 's $ 300,000 just gone out the window .
That 's a question for Dan ( Radakovich ) , '' Swinney said .
`` The standard to cancel a game was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committee call for months since March .
The only thing we talked about in canceling games was not having enough guys or seven offensive lineman . ''
Swinney went on to say that he not only felt bad for his players , but `` I feel bad for their players , too . ''
`` That 's why we expanded the rosters from 72 to 80 .
That 's why we wear masks and shields .
That 's why we have a tent put up in the parking lot of an entire hotel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is ranked No .
4 or better in most national polls ( including the Newsweek top 20 at No .
4 ) , has already been affected by COVID-19 this season .
Starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence got diagnosed with the coronavirus the week of their Boston College game .
The Tigers were ranked No .
1 in the country at the time .
Lawrence also had to sit out the following week when Clemson traveled to then-No .
4 Notre Dame , who upset Clemson , 47-40 , in double overtime .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 14 , and the Florida State game would have been the first for Lawrence since Oct. 24 .
Next up for Clemson is Pittsburgh at home this Saturday .
Clemson ( 7-1 ) has a game scheduled for Dec. 5 at Virginia Tech .
The top two teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) will meet in the league 's title game on Dec. 19 .
Clemson would likely face Notre Dame in a rematch , should the two teams win out .
At stake would not only be a conference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the College Football Playoff .

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said there were no COVID issues, and that Florida State was just ducking out of Saturday's game. Photo by Matt Cashore-Pool/Getty Images
The Clemson football team traveled to play Florida State last weekend, only to hear that their game would be canceled because of COVID-19 issues with the Seminoles. Clemson learned of this only three hours before a noon kickoff in Tallahassee. Florida State forfeited the game.
One day later, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney said there were no COVID issues, and that Florida State was just ducking out of Saturday's game.
"This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game," Swinney said Sunday evening.
Swinney, who has won two national championships in the last four years—and runner-up twice more since 2015—said Florida State should pay for Clemson's travel, which is about $300,000. He also said protocol didn't lead to the cancellation.
"It's an awful lot of money. We were there and we met the standard to play. That's $300,000 just gone out the window. That's a question for Dan (Radakovich)," Swinney said. "The standard to cancel a game was not met. I was on every committee call for months since March. The only thing we talked about in canceling games was not having enough guys or seven offensive lineman."
Dabo Swinney, “The standard to cancel a game was not met. I was on every committee call for months since March. The only thing we talked about in canceling games was not having enough guys or seven offensive lineman." — Clemson Sports (@ClemsonSports) November 22, 2020
Swinney went on to say that he not only felt bad for his players, but "I feel bad for their players, too."
"That's why we expanded the rosters from 72 to 80. That's why we wear masks and shields. That's why we have a tent put up in the parking lot of an entire hotel," Swinney said.
Clemson, which is ranked No. 4 or better in most national polls (including the Newsweek top 20 at No. 4), has already been affected by COVID-19 this season. Starting quarterback Trevor Lawrence got diagnosed with the coronavirus the week of their Boston College game. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 in the country at the time. Lawrence also had to sit out the following week when Clemson traveled to then-No. 4 Notre Dame, who upset Clemson, 47-40, in double overtime.
Clemson had a week off on Nov. 14, and the Florida State game would have been the first for Lawrence since Oct. 24.
Next up for Clemson is Pittsburgh at home this Saturday. Clemson (7-1) has a game scheduled for Dec. 5 at Virginia Tech. The top two teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) will meet in the league's title game on Dec. 19. Clemson would likely face Notre Dame in a rematch, should the two teams win out. At stake would not only be a conference championship, but also a berth in the College Football Playoff.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Trump Dumps Sidney Powell, Lawyer Who Promised to 'Blow Up' Georgia, as Legal Strategy Unravels

President Donald Trump 's legal team distanced themselves from Sidney Powell , a lawyer who threatened to `` blow up '' Georgia , as the campaign 's post-election lawsuits suffered further defeat over the weekend .
Powell told conservative media outlet Newsmax TV on Saturday night that an upcoming campaign lawsuit in Georgia `` will be biblical '' as a federal judge granted Pennsylvania 's request to dismiss Trump 's lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the state .
`` Georgia 's probably going to be the first state I 'm gon na blow up , '' Powell said .
Following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to sever her connection to their legal team .
`` Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own .
She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team .
She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity , '' Rudy Giuliani , Trump 's personal lawyer , and Jenna Ellis , a senior legal adviser to the Trump campaign , said in a joint Sunday statement .
Powell has appeared with Giuliani and members of the campaign 's legal team at several press events over the past @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In a tweet on November 14 , Trump also acknowledged Powell as a member of his team .
`` I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS !
Rudy Giuliani , Joseph diGenova , Victoria Toensing , Sidney Powell , and Jenna Ellis , a truly great team , added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives ! ''
the president wrote at the time .
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign for comment .
The Trump campaign 's remarks came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brann tossed out Trump 's lawsuit alleging that GOP voters were illegally handicapped because counties in Pennsylvania allowed voters to change errors in mail-in ballots .
The decision marks one of the Trump campaign 's highest profile defeats in court in the aftermath of Election Day .
Other lawsuits filed in Michigan , Georgia , Arizona and Nevada aimed at discrediting election results in areas where Biden has secured a projected win have also been largely unsuccessful so far .
On Sunday , the campaign filed an appeal to Brann 's ruling , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upcoming certification of election results .
Giuliani has promised to carry the case as far as the U.S. Supreme Court .
During her appearance on Newsmax , Powell claimed that Republican Georgia Governor Brain Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger were financially compensated to be part of an alleged conspiracy with Dominion Voting Systems .
`` They 're in on the Dominion scam with their last-minute purchase or reward of a contract to Dominion of $ 100 million , '' Powell said , as she called on Georgia law enforcement to probe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voting Systems spread after Trump claimed in a tweet that the company `` deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide , '' and that their system switched votes for the president to favor President-elect Joe Biden .
Michael Steel , a spokesperson for the company , dismissed the theories in a Sunday appearance on Fox News ' America 's News HQ .
`` This is a nonpartisan American company .
It is not physically possible for our machines to switch votes from one candidate to the other , '' he said .
`` Let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system is run by local elected officials and nonpartisan poll watchers . ''
`` There is no way such a massive fraud could have taken place and there are no connections between our company and Venezuela , Germany , Barcelona , Kathmandu , whatever the latest conspiracy theory is , '' Steel added .

President Donald Trump's legal team distanced themselves from Sidney Powell, a lawyer who threatened to "blow up" Georgia, as the campaign's post-election lawsuits suffered further defeat over the weekend.
Powell told conservative media outlet Newsmax TV on Saturday night that an upcoming campaign lawsuit in Georgia "will be biblical" as a federal judge granted Pennsylvania's request to dismiss Trump's lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the state.
"Georgia's probably going to be the first state I'm gonna blow up," Powell said.
Following the media appearance, the campaign sought to sever her connection to their legal team.
"Sidney Powell is practicing law on her own. She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity," Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, and Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser to the Trump campaign, said in a joint Sunday statement.
Powell has appeared with Giuliani and members of the campaign's legal team at several press events over the past month, including one last Thursday. In a tweet on November 14, Trump also acknowledged Powell as a member of his team.
"I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!" the president wrote at the time.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty
The Trump campaign's remarks came one day after District Judge Matthew W. Brann tossed out Trump's lawsuit alleging that GOP voters were illegally handicapped because counties in Pennsylvania allowed voters to change errors in mail-in ballots.
The decision marks one of the Trump campaign's highest profile defeats in court in the aftermath of Election Day. Other lawsuits filed in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada aimed at discrediting election results in areas where Biden has secured a projected win have also been largely unsuccessful so far.
On Sunday, the campaign filed an appeal to Brann's ruling, with intent to delay the state's upcoming certification of election results. Giuliani has promised to carry the case as far as the U.S. Supreme Court.
During her appearance on Newsmax, Powell claimed that Republican Georgia Governor Brain Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger were financially compensated to be part of an alleged conspiracy with Dominion Voting Systems.
"They're in on the Dominion scam with their last-minute purchase or reward of a contract to Dominion of $100 million," Powell said, as she called on Georgia law enforcement to probe the matter.
The theories involving Dominion Voting Systems spread after Trump claimed in a tweet that the company "deleted 2.7 million Trump votes nationwide," and that their system switched votes for the president to favor President-elect Joe Biden.
Michael Steel, a spokesperson for the company, dismissed the theories in a Sunday appearance on Fox News' America's News HQ. "This is a nonpartisan American company. It is not physically possible for our machines to switch votes from one candidate to the other," he said. "Let's be very clear, our election system is run by local elected officials and nonpartisan poll watchers."
"There is no way such a massive fraud could have taken place and there are no connections between our company and Venezuela, Germany, Barcelona, Kathmandu, whatever the latest conspiracy theory is," Steel added.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Trump Yet to Answer One Press Question Since Election as GOP Pressure for His Concession to Biden Gr

Trump Yet to Answer One Press Question Since Election as GOP Pressure for His Concession to Biden Grows

Republican pressure for President Donald Trump to concede to President-elect Joe Biden grew this weekend as he continued his unprecedented run of staying silent with the press .
Since most major media outlets called the election for Biden 15 days ago , Trump has tweeted claims of widespread voter fraud and a stolen election on nearly a daily basis .
But the president is yet to answer one question from reporters since Election Day .
`` This is an unprecedented streak of silence for the President of the United States , '' CNN host Brian Stelter said on Sunday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ his administration that has refrained from engaging with press questions in weeks .
Despite the third wave of COVID-19 surging in most parts of the country , Vice President Mike Pence , head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force , also has not answered questions from the media .
Meanwhile , a growing number of Republicans this weekend are pressing Trump to concede , as a Pennsylvania judge rejected Saturday night the campaign 's lawsuit to reverse his election defeat .
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urged Trump to concede instead of golfing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican In Name Only ) on Twitter Sunday .
`` If you had done your job , America 's governors would n't have been forced to fend for themselves to find tests in the middle of a pandemic , as we successfully did in Maryland , '' Hogan responded .
`` Stop golfing and concede . ''
Longtime Trump ally Chris Christie , a former Republican New Jersey governor , called Trump 's legal team `` a national embarrassment '' on Sunday ABC News ' This Week—after a federal judge granted Pennsylvania 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fraud in the state .
In a scathing 37-page opinion , District Judge Matthew Brann wrote that the Trump campaign tried to throw out millions of votes using `` strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations . ''
`` I 've been a supporter of the president .
I voted for him twice .
But elections have consequences , and we can not continue to act as if something happened here that did n't happen , '' Christie told host This Week George Stephanopoulous .
`` You have an obligation to present @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been presented . ''
Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania told Trump to `` accept the outcome of the election '' on Saturday night because he had already `` exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania . ''
After Brann 's ruling , Toomey also acknowledged Biden 's win .
Republican Congressman Fred Upton of Michigan told CNN 's Inside Politics that `` the voters have spoken '' and it was time for Trump to `` move forward . ''
`` I mean , here in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by President-elect Biden , and no one has come up with any evidence of fraud or abuse , '' he said .
`` We expect that that process move forward and let the voters , not the politicians , speak . ''
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton called the president 's behavior `` inexcusable '' during an appearance on CNN 's State of the Union and urged top Republicans to put an end to the discourse .
`` We need all of our leaders to come out and say , 'The election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We 're not talking about an abstract right for Trump to use his legal remedies .
We 've passed that . ''
`` The more who come out and say , 'He does n't represent us .
He is not following a Republican game plan here , ' the safer they will be . ''
Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota urged Trump to `` start a transition '' to Biden 's team .
In an appearance on NBC News ' Meet the Press , Cramer stopped short of saying that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I 'd rather have a president that has more than one day to prepare should Joe Biden , you know , end up winning this . ''
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment .

Republican pressure for President Donald Trump to concede to President-elect Joe Biden grew this weekend as he continued his unprecedented run of staying silent with the press.
Since most major media outlets called the election for Biden 15 days ago, Trump has tweeted claims of widespread voter fraud and a stolen election on nearly a daily basis. But the president is yet to answer one question from reporters since Election Day.
"This is an unprecedented streak of silence for the President of the United States," CNN host Brian Stelter said on Sunday.
Trump isn't the only figure from his administration that has refrained from engaging with press questions in weeks. Despite the third wave of COVID-19 surging in most parts of the country, Vice President Mike Pence, head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, also has not answered questions from the media.
Meanwhile, a growing number of Republicans this weekend are pressing Trump to concede, as a Pennsylvania judge rejected Saturday night the campaign's lawsuit to reverse his election defeat.
President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urged Trump to concede instead of golfing after Trump called him a RINO (Republican In Name Only) on Twitter Sunday.
"If you had done your job, America's governors wouldn't have been forced to fend for themselves to find tests in the middle of a pandemic, as we successfully did in Maryland," Hogan responded. "Stop golfing and concede."
Longtime Trump ally Chris Christie, a former Republican New Jersey governor, called Trump's legal team "a national embarrassment" on Sunday ABC News' This Week—after a federal judge granted Pennsylvania's request to dismiss his lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the state.
In a scathing 37-page opinion, District Judge Matthew Brann wrote that the Trump campaign tried to throw out millions of votes using "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations."
"I've been a supporter of the president. I voted for him twice. But elections have consequences, and we cannot continue to act as if something happened here that didn't happen," Christie told host This Week George Stephanopoulous. "You have an obligation to present the evidence. The evidence has not been presented."
Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania told Trump to "accept the outcome of the election" on Saturday night because he had already "exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania." After Brann's ruling, Toomey also acknowledged Biden's win.
Republican Congressman Fred Upton of Michigan told CNN's Inside Politics that "the voters have spoken" and it was time for Trump to "move forward."
"I mean, here in Michigan, it was a 154,000-vote margin by President-elect Biden, and no one has come up with any evidence of fraud or abuse," he said. "We expect that that process move forward and let the voters, not the politicians, speak."
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton called the president's behavior "inexcusable" during an appearance on CNN's State of the Union and urged top Republicans to put an end to the discourse. "We need all of our leaders to come out and say, 'The election is over,'" Bolton said. "We're not talking about an abstract right for Trump to use his legal remedies. We've passed that."
"The more who come out and say, 'He doesn't represent us. He is not following a Republican game plan here,' the safer they will be."
Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota urged Trump to "start a transition" to Biden's team. In an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press, Cramer stopped short of saying that Trump definitely lost, but said: "I'd rather have a president that has more than one day to prepare should Joe Biden, you know, end up winning this."
Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment.


newsweek--2020-11-22--Joe Burrow's Serious Injury Draws Heartfelt Messages From Opposing Team, Stars Around the NFL

Rookie quarterback Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals injured his left knee so bad Sunday afternoon that he was carted off the field .
The hit happened during the third quarter of his team 's game at Washington .
As Burrow sat on the cart , the entire Bengals team came to his side to wish him well .
Even some of the opposing Football Team gave him words of encouragement .
The rookie , backed up against his own end zone , launched a pass downfield to Tyler Boyd .
During the throw , Burrow was sandwiched by Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The hit twisted Burrow around , and it looked like his left knee hyper extended .
Burrow laid on the turf in apparent pain while grabbing his injured leg .
Early reports indicate he has a torn ACL , and that there might be other damage to his knee .
Burrow tweeted that his season was finished .
`` Thanks for all the love .
Ca n't get rid of me that easy .
See ya next year , '' Burrow tweeted Sunday .
Burrow had one of the best college seasons in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LSU Tigers to an undefeated season and national championship .
Burrow was last season 's Heisman Trophy winner in an historic landslide , and he was the No .
1 pick for a franchise desperately needing a change at quarterback .
The Bengals also have n't won a playoff game since 1991 .
Burrow has shined during his rookie season , despite his team 's 2-7-1 record .
Through the 10 games so far , he has thrown for 2,688 yards and 13 touchdowns against just five interceptions .
Burrow has thrown for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this season , tying a record for a rookie through 10 games .
The Bengals are now expected to start Ryan Finley at quarterback .
Finley is a second-year player from North Carolina State .
Burrow transferred from Ohio State to LSU prior to the 2018 college season .
As the Bengals lined up on the field to wish their quarterback well , so did three Washington players who were teammates with Burrow at Ohio State— Chase Young , Terry McLaurin and Dwayne Haskins .
Haskins , who is a quarterback for Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ position at Ohio State , said , `` Love u bro .
Get well soon @ JoeyB . ''
The Washington Football Team wished Burrow well shortly after the game .
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes also sent his well wishes to Burrow .
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire , a rookie , played in the same backfield at LSU last season , and he was also a first-round pick this spring .

Rookie quarterback Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals injured his left knee so bad Sunday afternoon that he was carted off the field. The hit happened during the third quarter of his team's game at Washington. As Burrow sat on the cart, the entire Bengals team came to his side to wish him well. Even some of the opposing Football Team gave him words of encouragement.
What happened to Joe Burrow?
The rookie, backed up against his own end zone, launched a pass downfield to Tyler Boyd. During the throw, Burrow was sandwiched by Washington defenders Montez Sweat and Jonathan Allen. The hit twisted Burrow around, and it looked like his left knee hyper extended. Burrow laid on the turf in apparent pain while grabbing his injured leg.
Early reports indicate he has a torn ACL, and that there might be other damage to his knee. Burrow tweeted that his season was finished.
"Thanks for all the love. Can't get rid of me that easy. See ya next year," Burrow tweeted Sunday.
Thanks for all the love. Can’t get rid of me that easy. See ya next year✊ — Joey Burrow (@JoeyB) November 22, 2020
Burrow had one of the best college seasons in history during 2019 when he led the LSU Tigers to an undefeated season and national championship. Burrow was last season's Heisman Trophy winner in an historic landslide, and he was the No. 1 pick for a franchise desperately needing a change at quarterback. The Bengals also haven't won a playoff game since 1991.
Burrow has shined during his rookie season, despite his team's 2-7-1 record. Through the 10 games so far, he has thrown for 2,688 yards and 13 touchdowns against just five interceptions. Burrow has thrown for 300 yards or more in six games this season, tying a record for a rookie through 10 games.
The Bengals are now expected to start Ryan Finley at quarterback. Finley is a second-year player from North Carolina State.
Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals (L) is injured and leaves the field during the third quarter against the Washington Football Team at FedExField on November 22, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images
Burrow transferred from Ohio State to LSU prior to the 2018 college season. As the Bengals lined up on the field to wish their quarterback well, so did three Washington players who were teammates with Burrow at Ohio State— Chase Young, Terry McLaurin and Dwayne Haskins.
Haskins, who is a quarterback for Washington and once competed with Burrow for the position at Ohio State, said, "Love u bro. Get well soon @JoeyB."
Prayers up for @JoeyB I know a warrior when I see one🙏🏽 — Montez Sweat (@_sweat9) November 22, 2020
The Washington Football Team wished Burrow well shortly after the game.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes also sent his well wishes to Burrow.
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, a rookie, played in the same backfield at LSU last season, and he was also a first-round pick this spring.
Praying for you @JoeyB !!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 — Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) November 22, 2020
I love Joe Burrow, and I have never even met him. Hang in there Mr. Cincinnati. You do us proud! — Cris Collinsworth (@CollinsworthPFF) November 22, 2020
Wishing @JoeyB a full and speedy recovery. Louisiana is rooting for you. #lagov — John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) November 22, 2020


newsweek--2020-11-22--GOP Congressman Steve King Faces Backlash for Asking Kamala Harris if She Is Descended From 'Slaves

GOP Congressman Steve King Faces Backlash for Asking Kamala Harris if She Is Descended From 'Slaves or Slave Owners'

Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa is facing backlash online for asking Vice President-elect Kamala Harris whether she descended from `` slaves or slave owners . ''
`` I 'm reading that @ KamalaHarris made history as first woman , first black woman , first Asian woman , etc = a boatload of intersectionality points .
But Kamala , are you descended from slaves or slave owners ? ''
King tweeted on Sunday .
The lawmaker 's remarks were immediately met with a barrage of criticism on social media .
`` Thankfully , this racist monster will no longer be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' New York contributor Yashar Ali tweeted .
`` Who 's going to tell him how Black people got to Jamaica and how some of their descendants wound up with European blood ? ''
MSNBC host Joy Reid wrote in response .
In the months before Election Day , viral posts on social media claimed that Harris was `` a cop whose family owned slaves in Jamaica . ''
Harris ' father Donald did claim to be a descendent of slave owners , but many who shared the misleading claim failed to provide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , within my lifetime , to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy ( née Christiana Brown , descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown 's Town ) , '' Donald Harris wrote in the Jamaica Globe .
A fact-check provided by Politifact found that there 's evidence to suggest that Harris ' did descend from a slave owner , as well as people who were enslaved .
According to The Atlantic , an `` overwhelming majority of African Americans have white male ancestors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who raped Black female slaves . ''
Newsweek reached out to King for comment .
The Iowa congressman is among a small group of Republicans that have staunchly stood by President Donald Trump after Election Day , urging him not to concede to President-elect Joe Biden .
Earlier this month , King , who lost his re-election bid in a surprise June primary upset , said that Trump admitting defeat `` would be giving license to steal future elections , too . ''
In less than two months , State Senator Randy Feenstra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 18-year run as congressman of Northwest Iowa .
Last year , King , who has made numerous controversial statements about race , was condemned by his fellow Republicans over comments he made about white supremacy .
In an interview with The New York Times , the Iowa lawmaker questioned how language such as `` white nationalist '' and `` white supremacist '' became racist .
`` I condemn Rep. Steve King 's comments on white supremacy ; they are offensive and racist—and not representative of our state of Iowa , '' tweeted Republican @ @ @ @ @

Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa is facing backlash online for asking Vice President-elect Kamala Harris whether she descended from "slaves or slave owners."
"I'm reading that @KamalaHarris made history as first woman, first black woman, first Asian woman, etc = a boatload of intersectionality points. But Kamala, are you descended from slaves or slave owners?" King tweeted on Sunday.
The lawmaker's remarks were immediately met with a barrage of criticism on social media.
"Thankfully, this racist monster will no longer be a Congressman in just 42 days," New York contributor Yashar Ali tweeted.
Thankfully, this racist monster will no longer be a Congressman in just 42 days. pic.twitter.com/kXr7379crS — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 22, 2020
"Who's going to tell him how Black people got to Jamaica and how some of their descendants wound up with European blood?" MSNBC host Joy Reid wrote in response.
Who’s going to tell him how Black people got to Jamaica and how some of their descendants wound up with European blood? https://t.co/IfQmODBKUn — Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷) (@JoyAnnReid) November 22, 2020
In the months before Election Day, viral posts on social media claimed that Harris was "a cop whose family owned slaves in Jamaica." Harris' father Donald did claim to be a descendent of slave owners, but many who shared the misleading claim failed to provide context.
"My roots go back, within my lifetime, to my paternal grandmother Miss Chrishy (née Christiana Brown, descendant of Hamilton Brown who is on record as plantation and slave owner and founder of Brown's Town)," Donald Harris wrote in the Jamaica Globe.
A fact-check provided by Politifact found that there's evidence to suggest that Harris' did descend from a slave owner, as well as people who were enslaved.
According to The Atlantic, an "overwhelming majority of African Americans have white male ancestors, largely because of white male slave owners who raped Black female slaves."
Newsweek reached out to King for comment.
The Iowa congressman is among a small group of Republicans that have staunchly stood by President Donald Trump after Election Day, urging him not to concede to President-elect Joe Biden. Earlier this month, King, who lost his re-election bid in a surprise June primary upset, said that Trump admitting defeat "would be giving license to steal future elections, too."
In less than two months, State Senator Randy Feenstra will replace King, who served an 18-year run as congressman of Northwest Iowa.
Last year, King, who has made numerous controversial statements about race, was condemned by his fellow Republicans over comments he made about white supremacy. In an interview with The New York Times, the Iowa lawmaker questioned how language such as "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" became racist.
"I condemn Rep. Steve King's comments on white supremacy; they are offensive and racist—and not representative of our state of Iowa," tweeted Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst.