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• Puerto Ricans gather for largest protest yet to oust Gov. Ricardo Rossello

  23-07-2019 23:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Thousands of Puerto Rican flags fluttered in the morning breeze as demonstrators arrived from across the island Monday for what many expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory.
  
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• When ICE Tried to Arrest an Undocumented Man in Tennessee, Neighbors and a Network of Volunteers Formed a Human Chain to Protect Him

  23-07-2019 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  The man was with his 12-year-old son
  
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• Here's What CD Projekt Red Really Said About Religion in Cyberpunk 2077

  23-07-2019 23:38
  A Polish interview for Cyberpunk 2077 that was recently translated into English claimed CD Projekt Red would depict real religions in Cyberpunk 2077, even if the depictions were offensive. That translation is inaccurate, and CD Projekt Red has provided a more accurate translation of its answers.
  An interview between CD Projekt Red and Polish news site Gry Online WP was recently translated into English on the video game message board NeoGAF.
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• They exist: rare clip shows uncontacted tribe under threat in Brazil

  23-07-2019 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Rare video of one of Brazil's last uncontacted indigenous tribes has been released to help raise awareness about threats to their survival, campaigners said on Tuesday.The footage, shot by indigenous filmmaker Flay Guajajara and lasting about 1 minute, shows an Awa tribe member in the woods holding a knife, seemingly unaware he is being filmed."This video shows that they do not want to be contacted, not even by the Guajajara," said the filmmaker, himself a member of the Guajajara tribe and part
  
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• USDA rule would cut food stamp benefits for 3.1 million

  23-07-2019 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration's proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program.The Agriculture Department said Tuesday that the rule would close "a loophole" that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to be eligible automatically for food stamps without undergoing further checks on their income or assets.Too often, states have misused this
  
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• Mueller, a man of few words, may disappoint Trump impeachment advocates

  23-07-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Robert Mueller will take center stage when he appears before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees to testify about his landmark report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
  
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• Jon Stewart's face as Mitch McConnell walks by him is priceless

  23-07-2019 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  Every so often a photograph captures a facial expression so priceless that you feel compelled to print it out, frame it, and do something really dramatic like sneak it into the Louvre. Today I am pleased to announce that I had one of those moments.The museum-worthy photograph to which I'm referring was taken on Tuesday afternoon by Roll Call photojournalist Bill Clark. He happened to be standing by the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol at the absolute perfect time, and was able to capture
  
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• The Latest: CSX agrees on blame for deadly 2018 Amtrak crash

  23-07-2019 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  CSX is agreeing with federal officials who say the company and one of its train crews were responsible for an Amtrak crash that killed two people and hurt nearly 100 passengers in South Carolina in 2018.CSX spokeswoman Cindy Schild says the company's rules and procedures were not followed when a CSX crew parked a train on a side track near Columbia and then didn't flip a switch to move the tracks back to the main line.The Amtrak train then went down that side track at full speed and hit the park
  
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• 2021 Cadillac Escalade's Interior Spied for Real

  23-07-2019 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  The next-gen SUV will be getting a large curved touchscreen atop the dashboard.
  
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• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's most surprising and coolest reveal is the Acidic Glavenus

  23-07-2019 22:40 via gamesradar.com
  One of the series' best and most beloved monsters gets a surprise subspecies
  
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• Acidic Glavenus is the coolest Monster Hunter World: Iceborne reveal yet, and the most surprising

  23-07-2019 22:40 via gamesradar.com
  One of the series' best and most beloved monsters gets a surprise subspecies
  
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• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift gets a response from Nintendo but the issue remains

  23-07-2019 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  Nintendo acknowledges reports of Joy-Con drift and updates its support page
  
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• House Democrats Unveil Climate Goal Short of Ocasio-Cortez’s

  23-07-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- House Democrats unveiled a target to stave off climate change Tuesday, one that is a far cry from the controversial Green New Deal being championed by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives.Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation this year that calls for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a less ambitious but politically, and technologically, achievable alternative to Ocasio-Cortez’s
  
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• Wolfenstein: Youngblood Releases One Day Earlier On PC

  23-07-2019 22:05
  Publisher: Bethesda SoftworksDeveloper: Machine GamesRelease: July 26, 2019 Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
  Wolfenstein: Youngblood, the co-op first-person-shooter that takes place in the generational future of the Wolfenstein universe, is coming out in just a few days. However, if you are on PC or are desperate to play the game early, it appears to be coming out one day early on that platform.The news comes from a tweet on Bethesda's account, kind of matter-of-factly announcing that the P
  
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• Sorry, AOC: Moderate House Democrats Have Their Own Climate Plan

  23-07-2019 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  House Democrats rolled out a climate agenda Tuesday as their caucus attempts to draw a distinction between New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s approach to tackling global warming and a more moderate plan.Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee announced they would pursue legislation calling for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a far less ambitious plan than the Green New Deal, which aims to complete the emissions target by 2030. Democrats criticized Ocasio-C
  
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• Agreement affirms North Carolina transgender restroom rights

  23-07-2019 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people's right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings.The consent decree between the state's Democratic governor and transgender plaintiffs covers numerous state-owned buildings including facilities run by executive branch agencies that oversee the environment, transportation and Medicaid, among others.In return, the plaintiffs have agreed to drop pending legal action agains
  
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• A dad fatally shot his daughter's boyfriend for smoking weed with her at a party, police say

  23-07-2019 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Pennsylvania man Michael D'Biagio was arrested Friday in connection to the death of Darren Jevcak outside of a pizza shop.
  
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• Fact: U.S. and Israeli F-15s Went to War in a Simulated Fight. Who Won?

  23-07-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Noteworthy according to Times of Israel IAF Red Air gave the Blue forces a tough time during defensive missions to protect Blue forces and installations.Twelve F-15Es assigned to 494th Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, England recently completed biannual training in Israel in support of exercise Juniper Falcon. As told by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew, 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, in the article U.S. Forces complete Juniper Falcon 17-2, the Strike Eagles flew missions with t
  
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• Send in the F-22s: Why Iran's F-14s Are No Joke

  23-07-2019 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. Navy retired its last Tomcat in 2006. But with its long range and powerful radar, the F-14 remains one of the world’s most capable fighters. For that reason, the Americans for many years have been trying to ground the Ayatollah’s F-14s.Tensions have escalated in the Persian Gulf region in the aftermath of U.S. president Donald Trump’s decision unilaterally to withdraw the United States from the agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear program.The U.S. military has impli
  
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• Disney employee punched in face by park guest angry over FastPass at Tower of Terror

  23-07-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  It's a brawl world, after all
  
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• Trump calls Rep. Tlaib a 'crazed lunatic' and rails against 'Squad' in fiery speech

  23-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump took his feud with four progressive congresswomen to a new level in a speech on Tuesday afternoon, with incendiary attacks that included false accusations.
  
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• Thanks to climate change, parts of the Arctic are on fire. Scientists are concerned

  23-07-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Satellite images are showing that areas of the Arctic have been catching fire. These wildfires, while not uncommon, are concerning scientists.
  
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• France seeks European surveillance to secure Gulf traffic

  23-07-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  France says it's working with its European partners on an observation mission to ensure maritime security in the Persian Gulf, where tensions have climbed with Iran's seizure last week of a U.K.-flagged oil tanker.Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made no mention of a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" announced a day earlier by his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, offering instead what seems to be a softer version.France is working "at this moment on a European initiative" with Britain
  
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• Videos of water being dumped on police officers create stir

  23-07-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Cellphone videos of people brazenly dousing uniformed New York Police Department patrolmen with water have sparked outrage and led police officials to urge the force not to tolerate the behavior.Asked about the dousings in an interview Monday with local news channel NY1, de Blasio responded that "they are two very different incidents, one of which was not confrontational, the other of which was.
  
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• A Closer Look at North Korea's "New" Missile Submarine

  23-07-2019 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  The sub is designed to launch nuclear-tipped missiles.
  
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• Lawmaker, conservative group seek ethics probes of Rep. Omar

  23-07-2019 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  A Minnesota state legislator and a conservative group announced Tuesday that they are seeking ethics investigations into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for a range of alleged offenses.Steve Drazkowski, a Republican, and Judicial Watch both say Omar may have committed immigration fraud by marrying someone they say is her brother.Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia, previously denied the allegation and called such claims "disgusting lies." A spokesman didn't immediately
  
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• Iowa couple receives 3-year probation after dehydrated infant found with cocaine in system

  23-07-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  An Iowa couple was sentenced to three years of probation last Thursday aftertheir then-3-month-old baby girl tested positive for cocaine, according to theDes Moines Register
  
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• 'Racist'? UPenn Prof. Amy Wax says U.S. better with more white than non-white immigrants

  23-07-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Amy Wax said more immigration leads to dirtier cities. Penn Law's dean said comments were bigoted and possibly racist, but didn't address her tenure.
  
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• A priest, a car crash and bags full of stolen parish money

  23-07-2019 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  Emergency workers responding to a car crash in a California town last month found a priest with a fractured hip and, much to their surprise, bags of cash he allegedly stole from the local parish.The Diocese of Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco, said in a statement on Monday that $18,000 in church collections were found in Father Oscar Diaz's car at the time of the accident on June 17.It added that further investigation revealed "a prolonged history of theft," with more than $95,000 stolen from
  
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• Prince Harry warns that buying vegetables wrapped in plastic is a 'dirty habit'

  23-07-2019 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The Duke of Sussex has warned that the purchase of fruit and vegetables wrapped in plastic is a “dirty habit” that has “become normalised.” He questioned how it had become so common to buy peeled, pre-packaged vegetables, noting “it doesn’t make any sense”. The Duke was speaking to a small group of young activists at a conservation event at Windsor Castle, spearheaded by leading primatologist Dr Jane Goodall. He urged them to question supermarket staff a
  
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• You can try the latest RPG from Chrono Trigger director Takashi Tokita for free right now

  23-07-2019 20:58 via gamesradar.com
  A demo for Tokyo RPG Factory's Oninaki is now available
  
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• Cyberpunk 2077 nanowire lets you hack enemies to bits *and* hack into their brains

  23-07-2019 20:55 via gamesradar.com
  "They're not just for hacking"
  
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• FBI Director: White-Supremacist Violence Accounts for Majority of Domestic-Terrorism Arrests Since Last October

  23-07-2019 20:47 via news.yahoo.com
  FBI director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday that the majority of domestic-terrorism arrests since last October have been linked to white supremacy."I will say that a majority of the domestic-terrorism cases that we’ve investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white-supremacist violence, but it does include other things as well," the FBI chief said in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.Wray explained that since October, the FBI has arrested a
  
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• Kyoto Animation arson killings didn't get much attention because we couldn't demonize guns

  23-07-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  The Kyoto Animation killing left 34 dead, but it didn't have much impact because we don't pay attention to mass killings without guns. We should.
  
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• NAACP calls for impeaching Trump

  23-07-2019 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Delegates at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s annual convention in Detroit voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling for the president’s impeachment.
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein Confronts Legal One-Two Punch in Bid to Get Out of Jail

  23-07-2019 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Freeing Jeffrey Epstein on bail might be a strategic shot in the arm for the accused child sex trafficker’s defense -- but it’s a long shot for his legal team.The advantage: freedom to help marshal a complicated case against charges that could put the 66-year-old money manager in prison for the rest of his life if he’s convicted.But “the facts are against them, the law is against them and the appellate standard is against them. They are running uphill again
  
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• Britain, Germany condemn Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes

  23-07-2019 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  Britain and Germany added their voices to growing international condemnation of Israel Tuesday over the demolition of Palestinian homes near Jerusalem, saying the destruction was "particularly egregious".The five European Union members of the UN Security Council, which also include France, Belgium and Poland, released a statement following a council meeting on the Middle East."We as member states of the European Union strongly condemn the demolition by Israel of Palestinian buildings in the dist
  
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• Japanese military scrambles fighters to intercept Russian and Chinese planes

  23-07-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Japan's military scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Russian and Chinese planes, Japan officials said on Tuesday, including an observation jet at which South Korean forces fired warning shots after it entered airspace over an island claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. may have brought down second Iranian drone last week -U.S. general

  23-07-2019 19:35 via news.yahoo.com
  A U.S. Navy ship may have brought down a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, the head of U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday.The United States said on Thursday that a Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said it had no information about losing a drone."We are confident we brought down one drone, we may have brought down a second," General Kenneth McKenzie told CBS News in an interview.
  
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• South Korea Is Getting an Aircraft Carrier (Armed with F-35s?)

  23-07-2019 19:32 via news.yahoo.com
  South Korea is getting an aircraft carrier. The vessel could help Seoul’s navy to compete with its main rivals, the Chinese and Japanese fleets.The South Korean joint chiefs of staff decided on July 12, 2019 to acquire an assault ship capable of operating fixed-wing aircraft, Defense News reported. The vessel presumably would embark vertical-landing F-35B stealth fighters.Seoul for years has mulled a purchase of F-35Bs to complement the country’s land-based F-35As.“The plan of
  
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• Russia says Venezuela's opposition is in contact with Moscow

  23-07-2019 19:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's opposition, including representatives of its leader Juan Guaido, has been in contact with Moscow, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on its website on Tuesday."We've been actively talking to representatives of Venezuela's political landscape - government, opposition figures, including J. Guaido's people, who are reaching out to us," the ministry said, citing interviews given by the minister Sergei Lavrov to the media in Latin America.
  
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• Sanders Won’t Say Whether You Can Keep Your Doctor under Medicare for All

  23-07-2019 19:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Senator Bernie Sanders declined to say Tuesday whether his Medicare for All plan would cause some to lose their doctors, instead emphasizing that every American will have access to a doctor.The Democratic presidential contender dodged during a CNN appearance when pressed on whether some doctors would decide to make themselves available only to the wealthy and not to see Medicare patients."That is not the way the system is going to work," the Vermont senator said. "The system is going to wor
  
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• U.S. military took defensive action against second Iranian drone last week

  23-07-2019 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A U.S. Navy ship took defensive action against a second Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz last week, but did not see the drone go into the water, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.The United States said on Thursday that a Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but Iran said it had no information about losing a drone."This was a defensive action by the USS Boxer in response to aggressive interactions by two Iranian UAS plat
  
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• FBI's Wray cops to not having read 'every single word' of Mueller report

  23-07-2019 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  “I’ve — I’ve reviewed it, I wouldn’t say I’ve read every single word,” Christopher Wray said.
  
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• President Trump knocks Rashida Tlaib for 2016 speech: 'This is not a sane person'

  23-07-2019 19:06 via news.yahoo.com
  Trump mocks progressive 'Squad' member Rep. Rashida Tlaib at a summit for the conservative student group Turning Point USA.
  
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• New US facility to hold immigrant children already closing

  23-07-2019 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. government's new holding facility for migrant youth will close as early as this week, less than one month after it was opened in response to the squalid conditions in which children were being detained by the Border Patrol, according to the nonprofit operating the facility.The last children at the camp at Carrizo Springs, Texas, are on track to leave by Thursday, said Kevin Dinnin, the CEO of the nonprofit BCFS.Dinnin, whose nonprofit was contracted by HHS to operate Carrizo Springs, sa
  
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• U.S. to pay $15 minimum per acre to farmers hurt by China trade war

  23-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The U.S. government will pay a minimum of $15 per acre to farmers hurt by President Donald Trump's trade war with China under an aid package to be unveiled before the end of the week, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday."We'll have information for you before the week ends," Perdue told reporters when asked about the aid, which is planned to total about $16 billion.U.S. farmers, a key Trump constituency, have been among the hardest hit in the trade war between the world's two large
  
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• The Basics Of Gun-Fu

  23-07-2019 19:00
  Publisher: LionsgateDeveloper: Good Shepherd Entertainment, Mike Bithell GamesRelease: 2019 Platform: PC
  John Wick keeps getting pulled back into a life he once left behind and now you are personally empowered to do that to him through the magic of video games. While John Wick Hex, a new game made by Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell, was announced a few months back, it has been sticking in our minds since its E3 showing. Even at the time, though, people questioned how a strategy-s
  
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• Israel condemns attacks on Saudi guest

  23-07-2019 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli government officials on Tuesday condemned Palestinians who hurled abuse and chairs at a Saudi blogger visiting Jerusalem as a guest of the Jewish state.The Saudi visitor, named by Israeli public radio as Mohammed Saud, was one of six invitees from Arab states brought to Israel by its foreign ministry to give them fresh viewpoints on the country.Hassan Kabia, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman, called it "barbaric" behaviour.
  
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• Beto O’Rourke Battles Meghan McCain Over Trump-Nazi Analogy

  23-07-2019 18:43 via news.yahoo.com
  The ViewBeto O’Rourke tried to ingratiate himself to Meghan McCain at the top of his latest appearance on The View. It didn’t work. “Congressman, not too long ago you were a huge rising star,” McCain told O’Rourke on Tuesday morning before painting a dire picture of his fledgling presidential campaign. “You’re polling at zero percent. [He’s actually averaging about 3 percent in recent polls.] You’re trailing Marianne Williamson in the im
  
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