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• As conspiracies go, this bumbling team of alleged criminals belongs on the bench.

  08-10-2021 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  As conspiracies go, this bumbling team of alleged criminals belongs on the JV squad’s bench.
  
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• Defense Analyst Sounds the Alarm Over China Deployment: 'It Looks Like a Strike Package'

  08-10-2021 23:49
  
  The equivalent of a cold war is developing around Taiwan, the independent nation 100 miles off the coast of China that the Communist Chinese claim as their own. Taiwan has […]
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• Son of former Afghan defense minister buys $20 million Beverly Hills mansion, media reveals

  08-10-2021 23:42 via rt.com
  
  The US government spent $85 billion on the Afghan military, only to see it surrender to the Taliban without a fight. Now the son of a former defense minister is spending millions to buy a luxury mansion with a view of Los Angeles.A man by the name of Daoud Wardak has recently bought the Trousdale Estates property in Beverly Hills for $20.9 million, Yahoo News reported citing real estate records. He was described as an “ethnic Pashtun refugee” born in 1977, with public records showing
  
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• Black real estate agent and his Black clients file lawsuit after being handcuffed by police during home showing

  08-10-2021 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Black father, his son, and their Black real estate agent have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Wyoming, Michigan, the Wyoming police chief and six police officers after they were ordered by police officers out of the home they were touring and handcuffed.
  
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• White showrunner behind ‘Dear White People’ boycotts Netflix over ‘transphobic’ Dave Chappelle special

  08-10-2021 22:57 via rt.com
  
  The intricacies of identity politics were laid bare when a transgender white woman behind Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ boycotted the firm for the “dangerous transphobic content” of black comedian Dave Chappelle. Confused yet?In his newly-released Netflix special, ‘Closer’, Dave Chappelle pokes the woke for laughs. Calling gender “a fact,” Chappelle describes Caitlin Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) winning a ‘Woman of the Year’ awa
  
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• 'WJ Live': Biden's Horrendously Bad Jobs Report Leaves White House in Tailspin

  08-10-2021 22:55
  
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• ‘Superspreader of misinformation’: New York Times corrects story that exaggerated child Covid-19 hospitalizations by over 90%

  08-10-2021 22:54 via rt.com
  
  The New York Times had to issue a doozy of a correction on an article by its Covid-19 reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, who somehow inflated the number of US children hospitalized with the virus to 14 times the actual level.Mandavilli claimed in her article, published on Tuesday, that nearly 900,000 Covid-infected children had been hospitalized in the US since the pandemic began. As the Times admitted on Thursday, the available data shows that the correct figure from August 2020 to October 2021 was m
  
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• 2 staff members shot dead at senior living facility in Maryland

  08-10-2021 22:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Two staff members were killed in a shooting at a Maryland senior living facility outside Washington, DC, on Friday morning, and a suspect was taken into custody, officials said.
  
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• Forbes Removes Trump from 400 Richest Americans List, Adds Moderna Execs Who Made Billions Off Vaccine

  08-10-2021 22:36
  
  Former President Donald Trump has dropped off Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, which now includes three Moderna executives and backers who cashed in big on the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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• Trump lied about money-bleeding DC hotel while president, House committee finds, as usual suspects call for his arrest

  08-10-2021 22:23 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump claimed his Trump Hotel in DC brought in $150 million while he was in the White House, but a House committee has issued a damning report claiming the hotel actually suffered more than $70 million in losses.The House Oversight and Reform Committee has claimed the former president provided “misleading information about the financial situation” of his Washington, DC Trump Hotel in public filings. Instead of the $150 million he said it made in income, it actually lost over $
  
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• Johns Hopkins Doc Says Natural Immunity 27 Times More Effective Than Vaccine

  08-10-2021 22:04
  
  The Biden administration’s refusal to acknowledge the relevance of natural immunity in the fight against COVID-19 has become glaring. The administration that constantly insists they are following the science is […]
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• Black Covid patients receive fewer medical follow-ups, study shows

  08-10-2021 22:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The results also found that more than 50 percent of hospitalized patients of color were re-admitted to the hospital less than 60 days after being released.
  
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• Bodycam Footage Released: DA Says Cop's Use of Lethal Force Was 'Justified' in Rampaging U-Haul Car Chase

  08-10-2021 21:46
  
  An investigation into an officer-involved shooting last year in Georgia has cleared a police officer of any wrongdoing, and the body camera video released this week from the incident reveals […]
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• Cat Crisis: Authorities Hit Triple Digits as Kitties Rescued from Home, Onlookers Stunned

  08-10-2021 21:39
  
  Many people feel their heartstrings being tugged at when they spot an animal in need. Sometimes it’s the most selfless and generous who open their home to stray after stray, […]
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• Two killed in shooting at Maryland elderly housing facility; suspect may have been resident angry at ‘treatment of seniors’

  08-10-2021 21:31 via rt.com
  
  Two people were shot dead at a senior living home in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC on Friday, leading to a lockdown of a nearby school until police were able to rule out the possibility of additional victims or suspects.A male suspect was taken into custody after Friday morning’s shooting at the National Church Residences - Gateway Village apartment building in Capitol Heights, Maryland, police said. Police didn’t identify the alleged gunman, but residents told local media outl
  
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• Biden issues proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples' Day

  08-10-2021 21:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden issued a proclamation commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day on Friday, becoming the first US president to do so, the White House said.
  
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• Joe Biden Seems to Admit He Attempted to Pressure Hospital Into Giving Preferential Treatment to a Friend

  08-10-2021 21:28
  
  It’s good to have friends in high places. Or so it seems, based on President Joe Biden bragging he personally called a Pennsylvania hospital emergency room after a friend’s wife […]
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• NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio could owe city big bucks for NYPD security work on his 2020 presidential campaign

  08-10-2021 21:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's short run for president cost him politically back in 2019. Now, following the release of a city watchdog report, that campaign -- and its use of New York Police Department security personnel -- could end up taking a chunk out of his wallet.
  
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• De Blasio could owe NYC big bucks for NYPD security work on his 2020 presidential campaign

  08-10-2021 21:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's short run for president cost him politically back in 2019. Now, following the release of a city watchdog report, that campaign -- and its use of New York Police Department security personnel -- could end up taking a chunk out of his wallet.
  
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• New York Times Forced to Admit It Inflated Number of Children Hospitalized by COVID to 14 Times Higher Than Reality

  08-10-2021 21:12
  
  The New York Times was forced to issue a correction admitting it had inflated the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations of children by more than 800,000. The Times published an article […]
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• Facebook will now ban the sale of protected Amazon rainforest land on Marketplace

  08-10-2021 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is cracking down on the ability of people to use its e-commerce platforms to sell large parcels of land in the protected Amazon rainforest.
  
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• Biden undoes Trump's cuts to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments

  08-10-2021 21:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday announced the expansion of three national monuments -- Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine -- in a move that restored protections that had been undone by then-President Donald Trump.
  
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• Former Director of Jail with Conditions Described as 'Inhumane' Will Serve Nine Months There

  08-10-2021 21:03
  
  The former director of a county jail in Cleveland where federal authorities described conditions as “inhumane” was sentenced Friday to serve nine months in that same jail. A Cuyahoga County […]
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• Blinken, Garland and Mayorkas stress US-Mexico ties as they unveil new security pact

  08-10-2021 20:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Three top Biden officials stressed the importance of the US-Mexico relationship Friday and the importance of the new bilateral security arrangement between the two nations alongside their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City.
  
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• Pharma Company Behind Miracle COVID Pill Is Marking Up Price 4,000%

  08-10-2021 20:54
  Molnupiravir was supposed to be the next big breakthrough in getting us back to something resembling normalcy. If only we could afford it. The Merck-marketed antiviral drug reduced hospitalizations for […]
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• US adds just 194k jobs in September, falling far short of predicted 500k. Biden administration blames Delta variant

  08-10-2021 20:25 via rt.com
  
  The US only added 194,000 jobs in September, far short of the expected half a million. While the stock market dipped and financial analysts fretted, the White House claimed things weren’t really so bad and blamed the coronavirus.The September non-farm jobs report, made public on Friday, fell far short of the projected 500,000. It was also the second consecutive month in 2021 to do so, even after August’s initial disappointing numbers were revised from 235,000 to 366,000. The U.S. add
  
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• As World Demand for Coal Soars, Democrat-Gutted Mines Unable to Rake in Cash for America

  08-10-2021 20:24
  
  In January of 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama made it clear what he planned to do to the coal industry were he to become president. “If somebody wants to build a […]
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• 'No Time to Die' is the most important film of the pandemic era

  08-10-2021 20:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the nearly six decades since 1962's "Dr. No," one thing has been a constant at the cinema: Bond, James Bond.
  
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• Tesla Announces It will Relocate Headquarters from 'Fascist' Democrat-Run California to Texas

  08-10-2021 20:14
  
  Elon Musk announced Friday that Tesla’s headquarters will move from California to Texas, where much of the electric car maker’s production has already been relocated. Musk made waves when lashed […]
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• ‘A falling tide lowers all ships’: NY Mayor de Blasio hammered for scrapping gifted education programs in the name of ‘equity’

  08-10-2021 20:07 via rt.com
  
  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will scrap the city’s gifted and talented program, which critics say discriminates against black and Hispanic students. However, the mayor was accused of dumbing down his schools to appear woke.“The era of judging four-year-olds based on a single test is over,” de Blasio said on Friday, announcing that New York’s ‘Gifted and Talented’ test, administered to kids leaving kindergarten to sort out the brightest students for admission
  
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• 136 countries agree to minimum corporate tax rate after Ireland drops its opposition

  08-10-2021 19:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ireland has dropped its opposition to a global treaty that would tax large multinationals at a minimum rate of 15% and require companies to pay taxes in the countries where they make money.
  
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• More Than 30 GOP House Members Send Letter to Biden to Demand Answers to the Border Crisis

  08-10-2021 19:51
  
  Nearly three dozen Republican House members sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday to demand answers regarding the border crisis, writing that Americans are “fed up” with the […]
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• Cover-Up? Media Blames Anti-CRT Parents for Meeting Chaos, But Startling Video Exposes What Really Happened

  08-10-2021 19:45
  
  If you happened to be following the news in Prince William County, Virginia, over the past few weeks, you might have been under the impression that an angry mob of […]
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• Jobs Report Woes: Less Than Half of the Expected Number of Jobs Added in September

  08-10-2021 19:27
  
  The federal government issued another abysmal jobs report Friday morning, announcing that fewer than 200,000 jobs were added in September despite millions of job openings. Dow Jones economists had expected […]
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• California makes 'stealthing' illegal

  08-10-2021 19:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday making the state the first to prohibit "stealthing," or removing a condom during intercourse without a partner's verbal consent.
  
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• Seahawks' real-life hawk mascot flies into the stands and lands on a football fan

  08-10-2021 19:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Taima the Hawk is a fixture at Seattle Seahawks home games, swooping through Lumen Field to the delight of thousands of football fans.
  
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• Seahawks' real-life hawk mascot flies into the stands and lands on a fan

  08-10-2021 19:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Taima the Hawk is a fixture at Seattle Seahawks home games, swooping through Lumen Field to the delight of thousands of football fans.
  
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• Wall Street isn't sweating the mixed jobs report

  08-10-2021 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  America added far fewer jobs in September than expected, but investors didn't seem too disappointed: Stocks were flat Friday as Wall Street took solace that the unemployment rate continues to drop after the pandemic-fueled spike last year.
  
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• Human Smugglers Using TikTok to Advertise Illegal Border Crossings: Report

  08-10-2021 19:06
  
  Human smugglers are using the social media app TikTok to promote their illicit services to bring migrants across the southern border of the U.S., according to an MSNBC report on […]
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• Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Set to Be Released in the US Without Set Immigration Status

  08-10-2021 19:05
  
  Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees could be released into the U.S. without a decision about their immigration status, CBS News reported on Thursday. The refugees came to the U.S. […]
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• Public High School Bans Police, Then People with AR-15 Show Up

  08-10-2021 19:01
  
  The left’s destructive “defund the police” frenzy has backfired in spectacular fashion as unprecedented crime waves roil Democrat-run cities across the United States. In the latest iteration, students at a […]
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• Real-Life Alchemists? Scientists Turn Water Into Shiny, Golden Metal

  08-10-2021 18:56
  
  Since the discovery of gold and precious metals, people have been driven by the need to obtain more of them, enchanted by the wealth they represent. But some people in […]
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• Numerous Sailors Injured After US Submarine Struck by Mysterious Object in South China Sea

  08-10-2021 18:43
  
  Eleven sailors were hurt when the nuclear-powered submarine USS Connecticut struck an underwater object, the Navy has revealed. The Navy classified two of the sailors as having moderate injuries, with […]
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• First person charged with Paycheck Protection Program fraud sentenced to federal prison

  08-10-2021 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  David Adler Staveley faked his suicide to evade arrest after prosecutors said he tried to scam the government out of $543,000 in coronavirus relief funds, officials said.
  
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• South Dakota Woman Convicted of Manslaughter 40 Years After the Discovery of Her Son's Body

  08-10-2021 18:22
  
  A South Dakota woman was convicted of manslaughter Friday in the death of her newborn son whose body was discovered in a ditch 40 years ago. Theresa Bentaas of Sioux […]
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• Florida Mom Calls for 'Mass Exodus' from Public Schools to Fight Indoctrination in the Classroom

  08-10-2021 18:17
  
  A Florida mom called for a “mass exodus” from the public school system as the “only thing” left to do to fight indoctrination in public schools during a Family Research […]
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• Suspected Cartel Gunman Opens Fire on National Guard Stationed at Border, Video Reportedly Shows

  08-10-2021 18:01
  
  Shots were fired from the Mexican side of the border toward National Guard troops in Texas on Friday morning, new video footage reportedly shows. “We witnessed tracer rounds from a […]
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• Latino members of Biden's Cabinet defend policies on Covid, immigration

  08-10-2021 17:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four Latinos in President Joe Biden's Cabinet positions defended the president's policies on the pandemic and immigration, and White House key staffers spoke of their roles.
  
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• Two killed in shooting at Maryland senior living facility, police say

  08-10-2021 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A suspect was in custody after the Friday morning shooting at the Gateway Village, an affordable rental community in Capitol Heights for people ages 62 and up, police said.
  
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• Washington Post's ‘conspiracy theory’ quiz declares existence of ‘deep state’ fake news, contradicting its own reporting

  08-10-2021 17:49 via rt.com
  
  If you believe in a “Deep State” embedded in the US government, then you’re falling down the conspiracy “rabbit hole,” the Washington Post claims. Yet the Post believes this theory too. It just doesn’t call it a ‘Deep State’.Nine in 10 Americans believe at least one conspiracy theory, researchers found earlier this summer. Yet conspiracy theories run the gamut from ‘Bigfoot exists’ to ‘the Holocaust never happened’, and the
  
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