Power Up: Scrunchies and dog walking: the country gets a taste of Jill Biden s radical normalcy Jacqueline Alemany
. Thanks for waking up with us. : “Some of the leaders of the embattled Lincoln Project knew about sexual harassment allegations against co-founder John Weaver as early as March, multiple sources, including the group’s former executive director, told The 19th late Monday,” The 19th s Amanda Becker reports. At the White House
LET THEM EAT CAKE OR WEAR SCRUNCHIES: Former first lady Melania Trump once made headlines for wearing a $51,000 Dolce & Gabbana multicolored floral jacket. The new first lady, Jill Biden, made news last week … for wearing a scrunchie. Biden stopped at the Black-owned bakery The Sweet Lobby on Friday to “pick up some Valentine s treats for the weekend,” she tweeted. Sporting floral earrings, a pink coat, a black mask and carrying her own bags of treats and baked goods, it was Biden s scrunchie tha
Frigid temperatures in Texas leave millions in the dark
The rest of the country could see higher gasoline prices as a result 02/16/2021
Photo (c) REKINC1980 - Getty ImagesPresident Biden has declared Texas a disaster area after a winter storm gripped most of the state, increasing electricity demand and resulting in rolling blackouts that left millions of people in the cold and dark.
According to Accuweather, the temperature fell to 7 degrees in Dallas, but it felt more like minus 19 because of sharp winds. In Oklahoma, brutal conditions are also causing misery. The mercury fell to minus 11 degrees in Oklahoma City.
As residents of the region raised their thermostats to stay warm, the drain on electric utility grids caused millions of consumers to lose power. An estimated 2 million households in Texas were without power Monday night, with outages extending into Louisiana and Mississippi.