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• Judge accused of racist, sexist remarks is ordered removed

  29-10-2021 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  A complaint accuses Probate Judge Randy Jinks of speaking disparagingly of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter, and sharing a video of a woman doing a striptease.
  
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• Covid-19 neither bioweapon nor genetically engineered, US intel says, but hints if China doesn’t cooperate it can reconsider

  29-10-2021 23:44 via rt.com
  
  The virus that causes Covid-19 was neither developed as a bioweapon nor genetically engineered, according to an intelligence community assessment that appears to come loaded with veiled threats.The US has let up from the Trump administration’s ‘Blame China’ explanation for the novel coronavirus outbreak, releasing an “updated assessment on Covid-19 origins” that suggests the virus was “not developed as a biological weapon,” “probably not geneticall
  
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• FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

  29-10-2021 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Covid vaccine is now authorized for kids in elementary school, ages 5 to 11.
  
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• Biden promised to unite country. He'll be lucky if he can unify half of it.

  29-10-2021 23:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: Biden carried his agenda to the edge of enactment. Finishing the job depends on whether a handful of lawmakers set aside distrust and differences.
  
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• Ex-Louisiana officer indicted for allegedly kicking a man and trying to cover it up

  29-10-2021 23:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A former Monroe, Louisiana, police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for kicking a man who was under arrest and then attempting to cover up the "unjustified force," the Department of Justice said Thursday.
  
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• Pro-Abortion Biden Says Pope Francis Told Him He Is a 'Good Catholic' and to 'Keep Receiving Communion'

  29-10-2021 23:01
  
  The Catholic Church has long been a staunch opponent of abortion, viewing it as the taking of innocent human life. On Friday, President Joe Biden indicated that opposition has not […]
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• Taliban Threaten Biden and Other Leaders with Something We All Know They Won't Be Able to Handle

  29-10-2021 22:59
  
  The Taliban is running out of money. Afghanistan is standing on the edge of an economic abyss, and Western powers will have to respond. Even though Afghanistan is running out […]
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• 'WJ Live': Leaked Messages Show Facebook's Internal Plot to Censor Breitbart

  29-10-2021 22:56
  
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• Supreme Court agrees to consider EPA's authority to limit greenhouse gases

  29-10-2021 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The legal challenge comes from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia.
  
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• Young Not Stupid: While McAuliffe Brought in Dem Heavyweights, Youngkin Unleashed Ingenious Secret Weapon

  29-10-2021 22:52
  
  The following is an installment in a weekly series of commentary articles by Cameron Arcand, host of the Young Not Stupid interview series and a contributor to The Western Journal. […]
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• Covid vaccines provide stronger immunity than past infection, CDC study finds

  29-10-2021 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vaccination offers stronger protection against Covid than a previous infection, according to a CDC study.
  
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• Top US Company Pushing Vile Racism on Americans: 'White People, You Are the Problem'

  29-10-2021 22:25
  
  Is racism still a major problem in the U.S. today? As long as companies like AT&T continue to tell their employees “white people, you are the problem,” the answer to […]
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• ‘We gotta take these motherf**kers out’: Rutgers professor says white people ‘committed to being villains’

  29-10-2021 22:22 via rt.com
  
  Brittney Cooper, a professor at Rutgers University, has caused outrage over comments she made at an event about ‘critical race theory’ (CRT) where she suggested white people should be “taken out.”During an event entitled ‘Unpacking the Attacks on Critical Race Theory’ hosted by The Root, Cooper made several comments that have since spread across social media and caused uproar. The event was held on September 21, but was only recently noticed by her critics.
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• Biden Moves to End 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Despite Raging Border Crisis

  29-10-2021 21:57
  
  The Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum Friday announcing its plans to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy, officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols. “After carefully […]
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• Disaster Strikes McAuliffe Campaign After Staffer Mistakenly Emails Fox News

  29-10-2021 21:52
  
  Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign may see the handwriting on the wall, as it has reportedly hired the infamous attorney Marc Elias’ firm to represent them. That’s the same […]
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• Climate Hypocrisy: Gas-Guzzling Cruise Liners Will Be Used as Housing for UN Conference

  29-10-2021 21:38
  
  Two gas-guzzling cruise liners will house thousands of people during the upcoming two-week United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Tallink Grupp, the European company that operates the ships, confirmed […]
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• Rookie 'Rust' Armorer Breaks Silence to Shift Blame Away from Herself

  29-10-2021 21:33
  
  A week after actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust,” many have pointed the blame at the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez […]
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• Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine given emergency use approval by FDA for kids aged 5-11

  29-10-2021 21:18 via rt.com
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given emergency authorization for using the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 on children between ages of 5 and 11, following unanimous approval by an advisory panel.“The authorization was based on the FDA’s thorough and transparent evaluation of the data that included input from independent advisory committee experts who overwhelmingly voted in favor of making the vaccine available to children in this age group,” the ag
  
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• New York Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor

  29-10-2021 20:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James entered the race for governor on Friday, kicking off a Democratic primary clash that will immediately pit the progressive favorite against moderate Gov. Kathy Hochul, who took office this summer following the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
  
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• Elon Musk floats idea of Texas Institute of Technology & Science, gets its acronym trending with flood of puns and innuendos

  29-10-2021 20:49 via rt.com
  
  An after-hours tweet by Elon Musk got Twitter talking about TITS… that is, Texas Institute of Technology & Science, a new university proposed by the Tesla and SpaceX magnate with an eye on “epic” merchandise and brand recognition.“Am thinking of starting [a] new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science,” Musk tweeted in the early hours of Friday, adding that it would have “epic merch” and be “universally admired.” It will
  
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• ‘Rust’ armorer has ‘no idea’ how live rounds got onto Alec Baldwin film set, blames producers for unsafe production

  29-10-2021 20:47 via rt.com
  
  The armorer for the film production where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was recently shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin has broken her silence, insisting she is not responsible for any live rounds being on set.“Ultimately this set would never have been compromised if live ammo were not introduced. Hannah has no idea where the live rounds came from,” read a Friday statement from Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers. 
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• Former Louisiana officer indicted on federal charges for allegedly kicking a man under arrest and trying to cover it up

  29-10-2021 20:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A former Monroe, Louisiana, police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for kicking a man who was under arrest and then attempting to cover up the "unjustified force," the Department of Justice said Thursday.
  
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• Ratings Landslide: Conservatives Carry Fox to Yet Another Blowout Victory Over Bumbling Rival CNN

  29-10-2021 20:31
  
  It’s a good time to be a conservative cable news network, despite what the liberal media overlords want you to believe. Tuesday was a particularly strong day for Fox News, […]
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• 4 Days Out, GOP Poised for a Game-Changing Upset in the Most Important Election Left in 2021

  29-10-2021 20:11
  
  The results of a new Fox News poll of voters in the Virginia gubernatorial race released on Thursday sent shockwaves through Washington, D.C. The Fox survey of likely voters, conducted […]
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• On Halloween, or any other day, is ghosting someone ever okay?

  29-10-2021 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ghosting in online dating, job searches and even texts with friends has become common.
  
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• Ben & Jerry’s parent company loses $111mn in pension funds over Israel boycott

  29-10-2021 19:50 via rt.com
  
  Ben & Jerry’s is facing monetary backlash over its Israel boycott, with the New York State Common Retirement Fund announcing it will divest equity holdings in the ice cream maker’s parent company.“After a thorough review,” the fund said it will divest equity holdings in Unilever PLS. “Our review of the activities of the company, and its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s, found they engaged in BDS activities under our pension fund's policy,” Tom DiNapoli,
  
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• Medical Miracle: Mother on Life Support Makes Amazing Recovery, Meets Baby After Birth While on Ventilator

  29-10-2021 19:35
  
  In August, a family preparing to meet their newest addition almost lost the woman that held them all together — but after much uncertainty, life support, an emergency C-section and […]
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• This may be the only thing that slows down Amazon

  29-10-2021 19:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon's rise has been relentless for more than a decade, with regulators and rivals alike failing to slow it. But now Amazon has taken a hit from a pair of immovable forces: snarled supply chains and worker shortages.
  
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• Supply chain nightmares are doing what regulators and rivals can't: Slow Amazon down

  29-10-2021 19:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon's rise has been relentless for more than a decade, with regulators and rivals alike failing to slow it. But now Amazon has taken a hit from a pair of immovable forces: snarled supply chains and worker shortages.
  
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• Biden says Pope told him he's a ‘good Catholic’ & to keep taking communion as conservatives outraged abortion ‘didn't come up’

  29-10-2021 19:23 via rt.com
  
  US President Joe Biden claimed on Friday that Pope Francis told him he was a “good Catholic” and should keep taking communion – outraging conservatives who pointed out Biden’s pro-choice stance on abortion.Following a meeting between Biden and Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, Biden answered “no” when reporters asked if the two had discussed abortion.
  “We just talked about the fact he was happy I was a good Catholic and I should keep recei
  
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• Remember Obama's Twisted 'Julia' Cartoon from 2012? Biden Just Released One of His Own, And It's 10x Worse

  29-10-2021 19:04
  
  Timeline: A few years in the future. The Ford Motor Co. realizes that not only does it need to electrify its fleet in order to compete, it needs an electric-only […]
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• With Biden on the Climate Change Warpath, Many Americans Can Expect Higher Heating Bills This Winter

  29-10-2021 18:47
  
  Propane heating costs in the U.S. rocketed to $2.59 per gallon this month, the highest level in a decade, as winter quickly approaches, the federal government said Friday. The average […]
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• Inflation Just Soared to a Brand-New 30-Year High

  29-10-2021 18:46
  
  Another measure of inflation has hit a 30-year high as some say White House policies continue to hurt the economy. Data emerged Friday showing that the personal consumption expenditures price […]
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• Voters will decide on the future of policing in Minneapolis

  29-10-2021 18:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The pledge to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department made by city councilors in Powderhorn Park after the murder of George Floyd has come to represent all manner of political and media aspirations over the future of policing in America.
  
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• Jill Biden surrounded by her family's deep roots in Italy

  29-10-2021 18:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: What the polls agree on about Biden's approval rating
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• Oklahoma puts first inmate to death since 2015. Witness reports he convulsed and vomited during execution

  29-10-2021 18:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hours after the US Supreme Court vacated a ruling that granted a stay of execution for death row inmate John Grant, a witness to the execution on Thursday said Grant convulsed and vomited after the first drug, Midazolam, was administered.
  
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• ‘What we did was clumsy,’ Biden tells Macron during first meeting after AUKUS submarine deal row

  29-10-2021 18:18 via rt.com
  
  Meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, his US counterpart Joe Biden apologized for the announcement of a submarine deal with the UK and Australia, calling it “clumsy” and France an “extremely valued partner” of Washington.“What we did was clumsy, it was not done with a lot of grace,” Biden said on Friday. I was under the impression certain things had happened that hadn’t happened.“I want to make it clear, France is an extremely, extrem
  
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• This Priceless Set of Artifacts from Napoleon's Rule Will Soon Hit the Market, And They're Stunning

  29-10-2021 18:15
  
  Sotheby’s announced Thursday that it would be offering two very interesting pieces of history in the form of two tiaras believed to have been owned by Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoléon […]
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• ‘Thought I was going to die’: Gitmo prisoner who aided Al-Qaeda testifies gruesome details of CIA’s interrogation torture

  29-10-2021 18:06 via rt.com
  
  A Pakistani citizen who pleaded guilty to US terror charges has given the first-ever personal account of the CIA’s ‘black site’ interrogation tactics. He told the court he was almost drowned, suspended naked and abused sexually.
  The 41-year-old Majid Khan, who was detained nearly two decades ago and later admitted to having been an Al-Qaeda affiliate, spent three years in the CIA’s secret overseas prisons, known as ‘black sites’. In 2006, the high value detain
  
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• Biden administration tries again to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' migrant policy

  29-10-2021 17:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration is trying for a second time to end the controversial Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy after it was thwarted earlier this year by a federal judge.
  
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• Anti-Trump GOP Rep Announces He's Leaving Congress

  29-10-2021 17:56
  
  Fierce Donald Trump critic and Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger announced Friday he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives in 2022. Kinzinger served as one of 10 […]
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• Country Music Legend George Strait Releases Stirring Pro-Police Music Video

  29-10-2021 17:47
  
  Country music’s George Strait marked First Responders Day on Thursday by releasing a powerful new music video in support of America’s embattled police. “The men and women in this music […]
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• Bark of the Beast

  29-10-2021 17:46
  
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• Migrants Complain About the Disorganization and Inhumane Treatment of Biden's Immigration System

  29-10-2021 17:38
  
  Migrants are sleeping outside immigration offices waiting to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the Houston Chronicle reported on Friday. The news comes as the Biden administration announced […]
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• Trauma expert explains why he finds Tara Reade’s story credible, in her new RT podcast

  29-10-2021 17:21 via rt.com
  
  In the debut episode of Tara Reade’s RT podcast ‘The Politics of Survival’, Columbia professor and trauma expert Anthony Zenkus explains why he finds the host’s accusation against “predatory” Joe Biden credible.“He can’t stop,” Zenkus told Reade in their discussion about the US president, titled ‘The Politics of Trauma’. “I think these behaviors are predatory.” 
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• Rep. Jim Jordan Goes Off on 'Stupid' New Biden Plan That Sees Migrants 'Paid for Breaking the Law'

  29-10-2021 17:12
  
  Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan blasted the Biden administration for reportedly considering paying up to $450,000 per illegal immigrant separated from a family member during the Trump administration. Jordan made […]
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• Amazing: Steelers Football Player Renovates Homeless Shelter That Helped Him During Childhood

  29-10-2021 17:03
  
  Najee Harris, a rookie running back with the Pittsburgh Steelers, remembers where he came from and pays his success forward whenever he can. Growing up with his mom and four […]
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• Big Oil is crushing it as oil prices boom

  29-10-2021 16:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Profits soared at the nation's two largest oil companies, as ExxonMobil and Chevron both benefited from the recent run-up in oil prices.
  
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• Footage Emerges of Biden Telling the Pope Bizarre Jokes During Their Highly Anticipated Meeting

  29-10-2021 16:49
  
  President Joe Biden offered jokes to Pope Francis during their 90-minute meeting at the Vatican on Friday. The Vatican released only a few minutes of footage from their meeting, but […]
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• Attorneys for Armorer Blame Film Producers for 'Unsafe' Conditions on Set Where Alec Baldwin Shot Woman

  29-10-2021 16:36
  
  Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she does not know where the […]
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