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• Watch: Trump Predicts Arizona Candidate Will Become the 'Greatest Governor in American History'

  09-04-2022 23:41
  
  Former President Donald Trump had high praise on Thursday night for a gubernatorial candidate he’s supporting.
  Trump went so far as to claim that Kari Lake will be the “greatest governor in American history.”
  Lake, a former local Fox News anchor, is a Republican candidate for governor of Arizona.
  Trump made the remarks at a fundraiser for Lake at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
  “I will say that I think that’s going to be one of the great things that I’ve don
  
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• This New Yorker is using TikTok to document the best public bathrooms in the city

  09-04-2022 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  A cheeky New Yorker is going viral for the helpful information she shares on TikTok about public bathrooms in the city.
  
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• Chicago Cop Stops for Quick Bite to Eat During Grueling Late-Night Shift, But Police Say She Got a Nasty Surprise Instead

  09-04-2022 22:26
  
  As if things aren’t hard enough being a Chicago police officer, now they might need food tasters whenever they stop for a bite to eat.
  That’s at least the takeaway from an alleged incident at a Wendy’s in the Windy City; according to the Chicago Sun-Times, an officer reported being served hair and dirt with her meal when she ordered at the drive-thru.
  (Here at The Western Journal, we’ve covered how the “defund the police” movement has led to an increase in pol
  
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• Biden: Jackson Put Through 'Verbal Abuse' and 'Vile, Baseless' Accusations During Confirmation

  09-04-2022 22:17
  
  With no sense of irony and apparently a very short political memory, President Joe Biden said on Friday that Republicans crossed the line, engaging in “verbal abuse” during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
  “I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but I knew the person I nominated would be put through a painful and difficult confirmation process,” Biden said during a White House ceremony celebrating Jackson’s confirmation.
  “But I hav
  
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• Biden Voters Who Regret Their Choice Get Special Message Ahead of Election Season

  09-04-2022 22:07
  
  Are you experiencing Biden remorse?
  It happens to the best of us: We vote for a presidential candidate because we don’t like the guy in charge, only to find out that the guy we voted for is actually a lot worse. And, good heavens, did a lot of Americans find that out this time.
  This November, the Republican State Leadership Committee is going to try to make President Joe Biden’s failures pay off for them.
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• Actress Vanessa Hudgens Claims Contact with the Spirit World, Giggles Telling Story of How She Summoned Spirit at a Cemetery Grave

  09-04-2022 21:54
  
  I’ll give 2022 this much: It keeps on surprising me.
  Sure, you may have had “Russia invades Ukraine” or even “Will Smith slaps someone on-stage at the Oscars” on your yearly bingo card. But did you have “Vanessa Hudgens claims to be a necromancer who’s in touch with spirits from beyond the grave” on there? That’s what we thought.
  In more evidence that we inhabit the strangest possible timeline and that Hollywood has played no small role in ge
  
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• Gen. Milley Admits It 'Certainly Is Possible' That Biden's Afghanistan Debacle Influenced Putin on Ukraine

  09-04-2022 21:41
  
  The Biden administration’s debacle in Afghanistan could have been a factor that led Russian leader Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine when he did,  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Thursday.
  During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee asked Milley whether the botched withdrawal was a factor in Putin’s decision-making.
  “From the intelligence I’ve read, it’s not clear. I think it certain
  
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• State Dept.unable to provide full account of foreign gifts given to Trump and officials

  09-04-2022 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  The State Department is unable to provide a complete list and accounting of gifts presented to former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and other officials during the final year of the Trump administration, according to a report published in the Federal Register.
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith Didn't Want to Marry Will; Recalls 'Crying Down the Freaking Aisle'

  09-04-2022 21:23
  
  “I really didn’t wanna get married,” Jada Pinkett Smith admitted during an October 2018 episode of her “Red Table Talk” Facebook series.
  Pinkett Smith, was joined at the round red table by her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Norris, whom she calls “Gammy,” her husband, Will Smith, and their daughter, Willow, 21.
  The description of the episode, entitled “Becoming Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Part 1),” reads: “Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith re
  
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• Judge appears likely to allow January 6-related candidacy challenge against Marjorie Taylor Greene

  09-04-2022 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge signaled Friday that she'll likely allow a group of Georgia voters to move forward with their constitutional challenge against GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which claims she can't run for reelection because she aided the January 6 insurrectionists.
  
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• Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tests positive for Covid-19

  09-04-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, said Saturday he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has "mild" symptoms.
  
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• Abortion access under renewed threat in Oklahoma and Missouri

  09-04-2022 20:17 via cnn.com
  
  While abortion rights advocates could secure several victories in US states in the coming days, they're sounding the alarm about an Oklahoma bill that would ban nearly all abortions that's likely to be signed into law. Here are some of this week's moves in state legislatures and by state leaders you may have missed.
  
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• Prominent Professor Who Did Research for US Government Found Guilty of Hiding Ties to China

  09-04-2022 20:15
  
  A former professor at the University of Kansas has been found guilty on multiple charges after he was accused of working for China even as he participated in federally funded research projects.
  Feng Tao, also known as Franklin Tao, of Lawrence, Kansas, was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday on three counts of wire fraud and one count of false statements, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
  Tao, 50, had been charged as part of the DOJ’s “China Initiative,&
  
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• GOP Gov Makes Bold Stand to Protect Her State's Children, and the Left Is Up in Arms

  09-04-2022 19:59
  
  The left’s current focus for its Two Minutes Hate is GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, he of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill that doesn’t say gay once. Give it a week or two, though, and there’s a good chance Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey could be replacing him.
  Mind you, Ivey isn’t a 2024 presidential hopeful and Alabama is nowhere near as populous as Florida. However, on Friday, Ivey signed the first law criminalizing the use of puberty blockers, hormone thera
  
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• NFL Quarterback Dead at 24 After Accident

  09-04-2022 18:42
  
  The budding NFL career of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins has been cut short.
  Haskins, 24, was killed in a traffic accident on Saturday.
  “Dwayne Haskins was training in South Florida with other Steelers QBs, RBs and WRs. He was killed this morning in South Florida when he got hit by a vehicle. Tragic,” Adam Schefter of ESPN tweeted.Dwayne Haskins was training in South Florida with other Steelers QBs, RBs and WRs. He was killed this morning in South Florida when he got
  
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• Russian Missile That Hit Packed Train Station Reportedly Had Troubling Phrase Written On It

  09-04-2022 17:48
  
  A few words reportedly scrawled on the Russian missile that targeted civilians at a railway station add a new level of horror to the attack that killed more than 50 people.
  According to ‘photos from the scene shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others, a piece of the Russian ballistic missile had the words “for the children” painted upon it, according to the Wall Street Journal.
  Although photos of the missile part were shared on social media, it was impos
  
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• First all-private astronaut crew docks at ISS

  09-04-2022 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  A SpaceX rocket carrying three paying customers and a former NASA astronaut took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday morning, kicking off a first-of-its-kind mission that will take the group on a 10-day mission to the International Space Station.
  
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• Two GOP senators chose to disrespect Ketanji Brown Jackson. And it's a bad look

  09-04-2022 16:48 via cnn.com
  
  History was made on Thursday in the United States Senate.
  
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• Analysis: Two GOP senators chose to disrespect Jackson. And it's a bad look

  09-04-2022 16:48 via cnn.com
  
  History was made on Thursday in the United States Senate.
  
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• 11 People Charged with Orchestrating 400 Sham Marriages to Help Illegal Immigrants Circumvent Laws

  09-04-2022 16:44
  
  Eleven California residents, many of them Philippine nationals, have been charged with running a marriage fraud operation to help migrants dodge immigration laws.
  The suspects arranged fake marriages for at least 400 people between October 2016 and March 2022, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
  An indictment accuses Marcialito Biol Benitez of running what he called an “agency” that set up the sham marriages between clients and U.S. citizens.
  Clients would pay
  
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• Elon Musk is a wild card who could make life difficult for Twitter's new CEO

  09-04-2022 13:07 via cnn.com
  
  In the last two years, Twitter has dealt with an activist investor, an egocentric figure with tens of millions of followers pushing the limits on its platform and an eccentric billionaire leader attempting to improve the product while juggling multiple companies.
  
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• French presidential race tightens, with far-right challenger nipping at Macron's heels

  09-04-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Emmanuel Macron looks set to face off against the far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in an increasingly narrow fight for re-election, opinion polls
  
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• After meeting 17 years ago, sisters now helm the country’s largest Black-owned wine brand

  09-04-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Andréa McBride was a 16 year old living in foster care in New Zealand when she got a phone call from her biological dad in Alabama.
  
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• The good, the bad and the downright depressing takeaways from a new Fox News study

  09-04-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  New Fox News study comparing Fox and CNN highlights cable TV's harm in America. But it's not too late for fans of Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and The Five etc.
  
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• Fox News isn't news

  09-04-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  New Fox News study comparing Fox and CNN highlights cable TV's harm in America. But it's not too late for fans of Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and The Five etc.
  
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• From Pakistan to Peru, soaring food and fuel prices are tipping countries over the edge

  09-04-2022 10:58 via cnn.com
  
  When people took to the streets in Egypt in 2011, protesters chanted about freedom and social justice — but also bread. The cost of pantry staples had jumped because of the skyrocketing price of goods like wheat, stoking fury with President Hosni Mubarak.
  
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• Should cars drive like humans or robots? Tesla forces the question

  09-04-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tesla is facing questions about its driver-assistance features. Should cars robotically obey all traffic laws, or should they occasionally skirt a law like a human?
  
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• Cancel culture has reached the therapist’s couch

  09-04-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  cancel culture is causing my therapy patients anxiety and other mental health ills.
  
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• Britain talks tough on Putin, while its politicians also get millions in Kremlin-linked cash

  09-04-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.K. Conservative Party denies it is linked to Russian oligarchs after receiving donations from Lubov Chernukhin and giving a peerage to Evgeny Lebedev.
  
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• Another Chinese city has overtaken New York for number of billionaires

  09-04-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Chinese city of Shenzhen has joined Beijing and Shanghai as the world’s top three cities for billionaires, edging out New York for the first time this year.
  
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• Rescuers discover missing nonverbal teen after hearing him clink rocks

  09-04-2022 10:00 via cnn.com
  
  A missing nonverbal California teenager was discovered after a rescuer heard him clinking rocks.
  
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• South Carolina to execute death-row inmate by firing squad or electric chair

  09-04-2022 06:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  South Carolina is set to execute a death-row inmate by firing squad or electrocution later this month.
  
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• 'Stop the Steal' organizer says he's cooperating with Justice Dept. probe

  09-04-2022 05:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  A key figure in the "Stop the Steal" movement says he is cooperating with the Justice Department's probe of the Jan. 6 riot.
  
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• The investigation into two men who fooled federal agents for years keeps getting 'worse and worse,' prosecutors say

  09-04-2022 04:17 via cnn.com
  
  Prosecutors told a judge Friday that they still don't know a motive for two men charged with impersonating federal agents, whether they are connected to any foreign government or whether they ingratiated themselves with the federal agents they allegedly duped.
  
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• 2 airline passengers accused of biting, spitting on flights face largest penalties yet

  09-04-2022 03:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  The largest-ever U.S. fines against unruly passengers have been proposed against two travelers accused of assaulting flight crew members last year, the Federal
  
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• Disney Shifts Culture War Into Overdrive, Begins Distributing 'Gender Affirmation' Info for Children: Report

  09-04-2022 02:47
  
  Conservative activist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute Christopher Rufo reports that Disney has taken their support for the LGBTQ community up a notch by offering a new benefit that will assist employees and their minor children with “gender affirmation procedures.”
  Rufo posted a video, presumably recorded during an internal company meeting, as the Disney logo and the words “reimagine tomorrow” would suggest.
  In the video below, an employee is heard introducin
  
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• Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks state's new 6-week abortion ban

  09-04-2022 02:13 via cnn.com
  
  The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the state's new six-week abortion ban, which mimics a controversial Texas law.
  
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• China's Fleet to Outnumber America's Even More After Biden Navy's Plan to Scrap 24 Warships

  09-04-2022 02:13
  
  The Biden-controlled U.S. Navy is planning to further reduce America’s naval fleet by eliminating another 24 ships, some only a decade old, even as China vastly increases its blue-water forces.
  The U.S. Navy is floating the plan of eliminating a large portion of its Freedom-class littoral combat ships that were originally conceived as lightly armed, fast-moving, coastal patrol ships to be used to combat pirates and other unorganized threats across the world.
  The LCS fleet cost $4.5 billion
  
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• Maryland joins 10 states and DC becoming latest to place restrictions on ghost guns

  09-04-2022 02:11 via cnn.com
  
  Maryland became the latest state on Friday to severely restrict the sale of so-called 'ghost guns,' as law enforcement officials and gun violence prevention groups continue to sound the alarm on the rise of the privately-made firearms.
  
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• Scaros: Judicial Candidates Should Be Unanimously Confirmed

  09-04-2022 02:06
  
  Over the past six congressional sessions, Democrats controlled both houses twice, Republicans twice, and the other two times the two major parties split control.
  Since early 2011, Gallup has conducted 136 polls regarding Congress’ approval ratings. The highest score Congress achieved in all that time was 36 percent, compared to 61 percent disapproval (3 percent of respondents offered no opinion). In over 100 other instances, Congress failed to exceed even a measly 20 percent favorability r
  
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• Amazon files its appeal of historic union vote at New York City warehouse

  09-04-2022 01:58 via cnn.com
  
  One week after Amazon workers at a New York City warehouse made history by voting to form a union, the tech giant is calling for a do-over election in filing Friday that lays out 25 objections that form the basis of its appeal.
  
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• Judge sentences Alaska man to nearly 3 years in prison for threatening to kill senators

  09-04-2022 01:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Alaska man who left a barrage of menacing voicemail messages threatened to kill the state’s two U.S. senators was sentenced Friday to 32 months in prison.
  
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• FDA investigating as hundreds post online reporting stomach illness after eating Lucky Charms

  09-04-2022 01:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  On a consumer safety website, hundreds of people reported stomach symptoms that they say appeared after consuming Lucky Charms.
  
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• Letts: Pro-Police Candidates May Soon Start Winning, But Cops Still Face a Huge Problem

  09-04-2022 01:13
  
  Pro-police candidates may start winning elections in Democrat-controlled cities as the Defund the Police movement cracks under unrealistic expectations.
  This is good and bad news for police. It’s good news because citizens in these cities are realizing that the police serve a necessary function in their communities. The bad news is that police will have to prove they are up to the task and reverse crime rates that started rising when police agencies were defunded.
  However, they will have t
  
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• Letterman thanks Rhode Island hospital for care after he struck his head, fell unconscious

  09-04-2022 01:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  If David Letterman put together a Top Ten list of hospitals, Rhode Island Hospital would probably be No. 1.
  
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• Multiple Senate Dems Breaking with Biden on Title 42 Have One Thing in Common: They're Up for Re-Election

  09-04-2022 00:57
  
  Most of the Senate Democrats who have come out in opposition to the Biden administration ending the Title 42 public health order related to the coronavirus and migrant entry into the U.S. are up for re-election this fall.
  And all are from swing or red states.
  Axios reported that five Democratic senators joined six Republicans in introducing the Public Health and Border Security Act on Thursday.
  The Democrats are Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire,
  
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• Pete Buttigieg: Kids Will Be Killed if Teachers Aren't Allowed to Teach About Sex, Gender

  09-04-2022 00:50
  
  Leftists have made plenty of outlandish allegations about the state of Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education law. White House Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s suggestion on Friday may be one of the craziest.
  Buttigieg appeared on ABC’s “The View,” and co-host Anna Navaro wasted no time addressing the Florida law, which Democrats have incorrectly called a “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
  “Your husband, Chasten [Buttigieg] is a teacher, and
  
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• Kentucky governor vetoes ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy

  09-04-2022 00:47 via cnn.com
  
  Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a sweeping abortion bill Friday that would have banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricted access to medication abortion and made it more difficult for a minor to obtain an abortion in the state.
  
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• 'WJ Live': 6 Sick Vids Show Why So-Called Don't Say Gay Law Needs to Be in All 50 States

  09-04-2022 00:31
  
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• Ron DeSantis just sent a BIG 2024 message

  09-04-2022 00:30 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised more than $100 million for his 2022 reelection bid, a stunning sum that speaks as much to his national ambitions as it does to his prospects in the Sunshine State.
  
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