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• House Votes to Disapprove Steve King's White Supremacy Comments

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The House voted 424-1 for the measure Tuesday, a day after King’s fellow Republicans stripped him of his committee assignments."White supremacy and white nationalism are evils," Clyburn of South Carolina said on the House floor ahead of the vote.
  
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• Barr Say He, Not Mueller, May Write the Public Report on Russia Probe

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  “I will commit to providing as much information as I can consistent with the regulations” on special counsels, Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department, said Tuesday in the first of two days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Barr, 68, has been through the confirmation process before and served as attorney general in the 1990s.
  
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• 2K And NBA Agree To Huge New Deal Estimated At More Than $1 Billion

  15-01-2019 23:53 via gamespot.com
  
  2K Sports and the NBA have announced a major extension on their licensing deal for the NBA 2K series in a move that's said to be worth north of $1 billion.The official line is that this is a "significant, multiyear global partnership extension." Terms were not disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reports that Take-Two, which owns 2K, is set to pay as much as $1.1 billion over seven years to the NBA and its players' union. That information is credited to a source who is said to have knowledge o
  
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• Will May Survive Her Brexit Defeat?

  15-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The only meaningful unity that the United Kingdom has seen in the past two years has been opposition to the Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated with the European Union.The defeat, as predicted, has prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to propose a vote, expected to be held on Wednesday, of no confidence in the government.When future historians consider Brexit, they will surely marvel at May’s obstinate capacity for survival in the face of unending political humiliation.
  
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• Say it ain't snow: 2 winter storms, then an Arctic blast from the 'fractured' polar vortex

  15-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Any hopes we had for a mild end to January appear over. A pair of winter storms will dump snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days.
  
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• Fortnite Season 8 Is Approaching, So Of Course A Mysterious Orb Has Shown Up

  15-01-2019 23:35 via gamespot.com
  
  Something strange is once again afoot in Fortnite. With only a few weeks remaining in Season 7, it appears developer Epic has already begun laying the groundwork for Season 8 of Battle Royale mode, as players have discovered a couple of mysterious new objects around the map.Perhaps the most notable is a strange, icy sphere that can be seen floating above the castle in Polar Peak, the new snowy mountain introduced at the start of Season 7. At the moment the sphere is simply floating in the air, b
  
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• May Loses Brexit Vote in Landslide, Faces Confidence Vote

  15-01-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament in a humiliating defeat, her plan for leaving the European Union all but dead.The House of Commons voted 432- 202 against the divorce she painstakingly brokered with the EU over 18 months.The largest parliamentary loss in over a century not only prompted the main opposition Labour Party to make its move to try force an election, it also hardened the EU’s position.
  
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• Elder Scrolls Online - Eswyer Expansion Announcement Cinematic Teaser

  15-01-2019 23:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Take a look at this teaser for the Elder Scrolls Online's latest expansion, which releases on June 4. It's the second major part of the Season of the Dragon.
  
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• Two Republicans Push ‘Border Bonds’ to Let Americans Finance a Wall

  15-01-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Representatives Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Andy Harris of Maryland, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 -- a law that would allow Americans to buy such securities from the U.S. The money would be put in a trust fund and used just to build a wall along the nearly 2,000 mile (3,200 kilometer) border.The tactic echoes the Liberty Bond program, which appealed to Americans’ sense of patriotism to raise funds during World
  
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• After Fortnite Lawsuits, Forza Horizon 4 Removes Carlton And Floss Dance Emotes

  15-01-2019 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  A new update for Microsoft's racing game Forza Horizon 4 removes the "Carlton" and "Floss" dance emotes, which are similar to the ones that led to lawsuits against Epic over their use in Fortnite. Microsoft quietly removed the dance emotes in the Xbox One and PC game's latest update. The patch notes posted on the Forza website only state that "The 'Carlton' and 'Floss' avatar emotes are no longer available."Microsoft provided no explanation for why the dance emotes were removed, but it seems lik
  
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• McDonald's loses 'Big Mac' trademark case to Irish chain Supermac's

  15-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  McDonald's Corp has lost its rights to the trademark 'Big Mac' in a European Union case ruling in favour of Ireland-based fast-food chain Supermac's.
  
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• Gunmen kill 14 in Kenya hotel compound attack claimed by Somali Islamists

  15-01-2019 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Eight hours after the assault began at Nairobi's upscale 14 Riverside Drive complex, a burst of gunfire was heard in the area, suggesting the situation was not yet under control.Nairobi is a major expatriate hub, and the compound targeted contained offices of various international companies, in an echo of a deadly 2013 assault on a Nairobi shopping center in the same neighborhood."The main door of the hotel was blown open and there was a human arm in the street severed from the shoulder," said S
  
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• Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, weighs in on shutdown fears, recession predictions

  15-01-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon weighs in on the government shutdown's potential impact and the next recession.
  
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• The 2019 Heavy Duty Ram’s Cummins Requires An Entire Eight Feet of Diesel-Exhaust-Scrubbing Tech

  15-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ram HD's improbably long exhaust system alone is something to gawk at.
  
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• Ireland readies 'mega' no-deal Brexit legislation package

  15-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Ireland's cabinet on Tuesday began to build upon the no-deal contingency plans it issued last month by seeking to reassure business of the availability of additional transport capacity and patients of the security of medicine supplies.Its preparations will be underpinned by one single emergency Brexit bill incorporating 17 new laws that Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney will, if required, begin moving through parliament in the final week of February."We don't want to have to do this of course,
  
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• Double Cross Review - Combat Woes

  15-01-2019 22:35 via gamespot.com
  
  There is no shortage of indie 2D platform games out there vying for your attention and money. In order to stand out from the crowd, these games have to try to make themselves unique through visuals, sound, and perhaps most importantly, gameplay. 13 A.M.'s Double Cross does this by mixing a physics platformer with a mild dash of beat-'em-up combat and even a mystery-sleuthing story element. It's an interesting concoction, but sadly, this mix doesn't go down quite as smoothly as you'd hope.Double
  
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• Kenya Hunts Gunmen in Fatal Hotel Attack Claimed by Al-Qaeda

  15-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack on 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi began with an explosion targeting three vehicles in the parking lot and then a suicide-bombing in the foyer of a Dusit Hotels & Resorts Co. outlet, police Inspector-General Joseph Boinnet said Tuesday in a televised briefing.Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda based in neighboring Somalia, said it killed 47 people in the attack, according to Radio Andalus, a broadcaster that supports its insurgency.The group didn’t say how it obtained the fi
  
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• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand moves toward launching 2020 presidential campaign

  15-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The New York Democrat announced her intentions on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" ahead of a trip to Iowa this weekend.
  
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• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Official Trailer Tease

  15-01-2019 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum – In theaters May 17, 2019. Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jerome Flynn, Jason Mantzoukas, Tobias Segal, Boban Marjanovic, with Anjelica Huston, and Ian McShane.
  
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• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 Movie) Official Trailer Tease

  15-01-2019 22:19 via gamespot.com
  
  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum – In theaters May 17, 2019. Starring Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jerome Flynn, Jason Mantzoukas, Tobias Segal, Boban Marjanovic, with Anjelica Huston, and Ian McShane.
  
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• U.S. House, including Steve King, votes to condemn his racist statements

  15-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  King, a Republican who represents a conservative district in Iowa, gave a media interview earlier this month in which he questioned why "white supremacy" is considered offensive.King himself voted in favor of the resolution, which referred to his remarks, because he said his comments were taken out of context and he too condemns white supremacy and racism."The words are likely what I said, but I want to read them to you the way that I likely said it," King said, who then read them aloud.
  
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• El Chapo trial: Joaquín Guzman paid former Mexican president $100m bribe, witness claims

  15-01-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, a witness has claimed in court.Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was a close associate of Guzman for years, discussed the alleged bribe as part of the accused Mexcan drug lord’s trial.Mr Pena Nieto, commonly known by his initials EPN, was president of Mexico from December 2012 until November 2018.
  
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• Trump Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Blocked by Court

  15-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The ruling comes after a two-week trial in Manhattan that the government sought more than a dozen times to derail.The Supreme Court may have the last word, though the court will have to move quickly to let the Census Bureau meet its June deadline to start printing the questionnaire.Critics of the question -- “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” -- said it was an attempt by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to promote a Trump administration effort to undercount Hispanics and
  
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• The Latest: House approves measure rebuking Rep. King

  15-01-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa (all times local):
  
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• FBI debated whether Trump was ‘following directions’ of Russia, transcripts reveal

  15-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Top FBI officials debated whether Donald Trump was “acting at the behest of” Russia and “somehow following directions,” according to newly disclosed transcripts of congressional hearings.James Baker, the FBI’s general counsel in the aftermath of James Comey’s firing as FBI director, told lawmakers senior bureau officials discussed the possibility the US president was working for the Kremlin, according to transcripts obtained by CNN.The other extreme is that th
  
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• Spider-Man Far From Home Theories: Mysterio Isn't What He Seems And Endgame Connection

  15-01-2019 21:33 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for this year's Spider-Man: Far From Home is finally here. Although the two-minute long video is labelled as a "teaser"--and just what constitutes a trailer nowadays anyway?--it gave us a pretty good idea of what this movie was about. Of course, you can check out the full breakdown of everything that happening in it to learn more, but that's not why you're here, is it?I have some burning questions about what's going on in this film, and the only way to satisfy the fire inside
  
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• House Democrats Reject White House Invitation to Shutdown Talks

  15-01-2019 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats on Tuesday rejected an invitation from the White House to continue negotiations to end the government shutdown.Several moderate House Democrats, who were invited along with nine House Republicans to a luncheon with the president Tuesday, but none accepted the invitation, the White House said.“Today, the president offered both Democrats and Republicans the chance to meet for lunch at the White House.
  
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• The Latest: Canada asks China to spare life of Canadian

  15-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China-Canada tensions (all times local):
  
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• Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

  15-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations even though such a move will be blocked by the United States, the Palestinian foreign minister said Tuesday.The Palestinians have the status of non-member observer state at the world body and full membership would amount to international recognition of Palestinian statehood.Any request to become a UN member-state must first be approved by the Security Council, where the United States has veto power, before it is end
  
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• U.S.-bound Honduran migrant caravan grows as Trump argues for wall

  15-01-2019 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  A new U.S.-bound caravan of Honduran migrants grew to nearly 1,000 people as it neared the Guatemalan border on Tuesday, a Honduran official said, while U.S. President Donald Trump seized on news of the group to try to drum up support for a border wall.Honduran Deputy Foreign Minister Nelly Jerez told reporters that there were between 800 and 1,000 people traveling together and headed toward the Agua Caliente border crossing into Guatemala.Central American migrant caravans heading toward the Uni
  
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• Timeline of key events leading up to Brexit vote

  15-01-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (AP) — A timeline of key events related to Britain's decision to leave the European Union:
  
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• New Israeli military chief pledges to lead 'innovative' army

  15-01-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's new military chief took office Tuesday, pledging to lead a "lethal, efficient and innovative army" into the future as it faces grave challenges along its borders.
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8: Release Date Teaser Trailer Breakdown

  15-01-2019 21:02 via gamespot.com
  
  HBO released Game of Thrones Season 8's release date in a new teaser trailer featuring the Stark family. We break down what's going on in the teaser video.
  
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• China Grows the First Seed on the Moon

  15-01-2019 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  Cotton seeds transported to the moon by China have reportedly sprouted, marking the first-ever plants to germinate on another world.
  
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• 911 call log reveals details of Jayme Closs' escape from Jake Patterson

  15-01-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  A transcript of the 911 call reveals further details of teen's dramatic escape after 88 days missing.
  
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• A Judge Blocked the Census From Asking About Citizenship. Here's Why It Matters

  15-01-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge in New York has blocked the Trump Administration from adding a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census.
  
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• Parliament Rejects May’s Brexit Deal

  15-01-2019 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  The Brexit deal painstakingly negotiated by British prime minister Theresa May over the past two years was rejected overwhelmingly by Parliament on Tuesday.The deal, which fell in a 432–202 vote in the House of Commons, represented the only established path forward to prevent a so-called “no-deal” British exit from the European Union, which is set to take place in March and would likely result in massive political and economic upheaval.In response to the historic defeat, Labour
  
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• Parliament strikes down Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by 230 votes

  15-01-2019 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday.
  
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• AG nominee Barr 'can conceive' of jailing journalists 'as a last resort'

  15-01-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump’s nominee for attorney general was asked whether, if confirmed, his Justice Department would “jail journalists for doing their jobs.” He said he could envision that happening.
  
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• JPMorgan misses estimates, caused by trading troubles

  15-01-2019 20:46 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s fourth-quarter profits badly missed analysts' forecasts on Tuesday, caused by weakness in the bank's bond-trading business.
  
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• Who's behind the egg that broke the Instagram world record?

  15-01-2019 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  By now, you've heard about the egg, which surpassed a photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi, on Sunday as the most-liked post on Instagram. But who did the egg? Whose dumb but ultimately successful idea was this?> View this post on Instagram
  >> A post shared by EGG GANG(@world_record_egg) on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PSTHere's what we know so far:## 1\. The egg account holder goes by "Henrietta."Henrietta is, according to a report from BuzzFeed News, a "chicken from the British coun
  
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• Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac all want in on electric cars

  15-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  Cadillac is General Motors' vanguard brand to develop and build electric vehicles, but Buick and Chevrolet have plans for EVs too.
  
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• See Glass For Free Before It Hits Movie Theaters

  15-01-2019 20:22 via gamespot.com
  
  If you simply can't wait to see the new M. Night Shyamalan movie Glass, you're in luck! Universal Pictures is giving away tickets to early screenings around the United States on January 16.Glass is the third part in Shyamalan's trilogy that also includes 2000's Unbreakable and 2016's Split, bringing Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) and David Dunn (Bruce Willis) face-to-face with Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) and his Horde of personalities for the writer/director's take on an epic superhero sto
  
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• UK opposition's Corbyn says Brexit deal could be renogotiated if May's plan rejected

  15-01-2019 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could reopen negotiations with the European Union over the terms of its departure from the bloc, opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday, as he urged lawmakers to reject Prime Minister Theresa May's deal. "I say this to our negotiating partners in the EU: If parliament votes down this deal, then re-opening negotiations should not, and can not, be ruled out," Corbyn told parliament ahead of a vote on May's deal which the government is expected to lo
  
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• Barr draws a line for Trump: ‘I will not be bullied’

  15-01-2019 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's nominee for attorney general promises that he will abide by his sense of what is right and will not be susceptible to pressure from the president or from whatever quarter.
  
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• Pentagon extends mission to Mexico border through September

  15-01-2019 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. military will extend a mission to support security along the U.S. border with Mexico through Sept. 30, the Pentagon said on Monday.Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan approved the extension in response to a request from the Homeland Security Department, the Pentagon said in a statement.There are about 2,350 troops assigned to the border mission.
  
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• Free Black Ops 4 Blackout Trial Starts This Week

  15-01-2019 20:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Treyarch has announced a free trial for Blackout, the battle royale mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The trial will be available for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.Once you've downloaded the trial, you'll be able to participate in Blackout matches with other players. This trial does not include the full game, so you won't have access to either of Black Ops 4's Multiplayer or Zombies modes. The Blackout trial starts on January 17 and continues to January 24. If you're a fan of Call of Duty's battle roya
  
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• May tells MPs they have 'duty to deliver' on Brexit vote

  15-01-2019 20:01 via news.yahoo.com
  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday urged MPs to vote in favour of her Brexit deal with the EU, telling them they had a duty to deliver on the 2016 referendum result."I believe we have a duty to deliver on the democratic decision of the British people," she said, warning MPs that the EU would not offer any "alternative deal".
  
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• Battlefield 5 Update Out Now, Here Are The Patch Notes

  15-01-2019 19:55 via gamespot.com
  
  Battlefield V's second free DLC expansion is now available. Developer DICE has rolled out the first wave of Chapter 2: Lightning Strikes content on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, bringing a new mode, weapons, and gameplay fixes to the World War II shooter, with even more content on the way over the next few weeks.Headlining this week's additions is Squad Conquest, a new mode described as "a tighter and more intense version of Conquest." Here, 16 players divided up into two teams of eight must battle it
  
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• No One Is More Elated About Meghan Markle Than This Kid

  15-01-2019 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  This kid had the most relatable reaction ever
  
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