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• Amazon warehouse injury rate last year was more than twice the rate of other warehouses

  12-04-2022 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  The rate of serious injuries at Amazon warehouses in the United States is more than twice as high as those at other, non-Amazon warehouses, according to a new study that examines injury data supplied to the federal agency that oversees workplace safety.
  
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• Analysis: Gun violence keeps supercharging America's Second Amendment debate

  12-04-2022 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  "There was blood on the floor. There was a lot of blood trailing on the floor," one eyewitness said.
  
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• Kellyanne Conway Predicts Parents Will Dominate Midterm Elections and Vote GOP

  12-04-2022 22:57
  
  Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Kellyanne Conway predicted Monday that parents will play a decisive role in the midterm elections.
  “[President] Joe Biden and the Democrats are already having a hard time keeping their grip on the suburban women who helped him get to the White House,” Conway told Fox News host Sandra Smith.
  “We saw it laid bare in the governors’ elections in both Virginia and New Jersey,” the former White House aide added.
  
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• Shapiro: Biden Admin Calls Skyrocketing Inflation 'Putin's Price Hike,' But the Facts Don't Lie

  12-04-2022 22:54
  
  This week, America received yet another shocking inflation report: Over the past 12 months, inflation has skyrocketed 8.5 percent, outpacing wage gains by 2.9 percent.
  That inflation has flooded every area of American life, from gas (up 48 percent) to airfare (24 percent) to furniture (16 percent) to milk (13 percent). Inflation is costing the average American family hundreds of dollars per month — and, as we know, inflation is a highly regressive tax, harming those at the bottom of the in
  
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• Ukrainian-born GOP lawmaker urges State Department to restore diplomatic presence in Ukraine

  12-04-2022 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, is urging the State Department to send its diplomats back into Ukraine.
  
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• Massive News: Zuckerberg Calls It Quits 1 Week After Conservative Film Exposes How He Helped Rig 2020 Election

  12-04-2022 22:12
  
  This article was sponsored by Citizens United Productions.
  Just one week after “Rigged” exposed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plot to influence the 2020 election for Democrat Joe Biden, the nonprofit that facilitated most of his donations announced new plans for this year’s midterm elections.
  If you want to see the film that just may have scared Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, enough to stay out of the next elections, get “Rigged” here right now for just
  
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• Comedian and Actor Gilbert Gottfried Dies at 67

  12-04-2022 22:00
  
  Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
  Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
  His family shared the sad news Tuesday on his Twitter account.
  “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” th
  
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• 'Recession shock' is coming, Bank of America warns

  12-04-2022 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: Inflation is crushing Joe Biden and Democrats
  • What are the pros and cons of E15 gas? Here's what to know about Biden's order
  
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• CNN to Make Dramatic Cuts as Major New Venture Flops: Report

  12-04-2022 20:55
  
  At the end of March, CNN launched a streaming service called CNN+.
  But after a slow start, investments and projections are likely to be cut back dramatically, Axios reported Tuesday.
  In other words, CNN+ might be close to flopping only less than a month after its public debut.
  CNN+ is meant to be similar to other streaming services, like Netflix or Disney+, but instead of movies and entertainment, it is news-focused, NPR’s “Morning Edition” reported March 30.
  The goal of the CN
  
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• Police Perform Unusual Rescue After Mama Bear and Two Cubs Are Hit by Car

  12-04-2022 20:35
  
  When you live in areas heavily trafficked by wildlife, you have to be extra vigilant while driving — especially at night — to make sure you don’t have a run-in with the animal locals.
  On Friday, one driver in Greenfield, Massachusetts, crashed into a family of bears crossing the road. When Greenfield Police arrived on the scene, they found that a mother bear and her two cubs had died as a result of the impact.
  As they continued working on the scene, two of the officers heard a
  
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• Mechanic Finds Batch of Giant, Unusable 'Car Parts' in Dumpster, Then Realizes He's Rich After Cleaning Off the Dirt

  12-04-2022 20:33
  
  After finding a dumpster full of unwanted “car parts,” a Connecticut car mechanic traded a great story and a little elbow grease for an opportunity to save the work of a historic artist and earn an incredible windfall to boot.
  In September 2017, Jared Whipple, a mechanic from Waterbury, Connecticut, got a call from a friend telling him of a strange find in an abandoned barn in Watertown. Whipple’s pal saw the dumpster of “car parts” and instantly thought Whipple wou
  
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• South Dakota House votes to impeach AG

  12-04-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  
  The South Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to impeach state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg regarding his conduct surrounding a 2020 crash that left a pedestrian dead.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook warns of 'unintended consequences' in app store antitrust legislation

  12-04-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook blasted regulatory proposals by Congress and in the European Union on Tuesday, arguing that legislation aimed at cracking open the company's app store will hurt user security and privacy.
  
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• Joe Manchin Torches Biden's 'Putin Price Hike' Inflation Excuse in Scathing Statement

  12-04-2022 19:51
  
  At least one Democrat isn’t giving President Joe Biden a free pass for overseeing the worst inflation in 40 years.
  Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia issued a scathing statement on the development on Tuesday, rejecting Biden’s attempts to invoke political excuses for the price squeezes on middle-class Americans.
  “Let me be clear, inflation is a tax, and today’s historic inflation data tells another chilling story about how these taxes on Americans are completely out of con
  
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• Saudi TV Openly Mocks Biden's Senility in Comedy Sketch

  12-04-2022 19:45
  
  A comedy sketch that aired on Saudi Arabian TV on Monday takes aim at President Joe Biden’s diminishing cognitive ability and his administration’s feeble efforts to conceal it.
  In the skit, actors portraying Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk to the center of a stage, and “Biden” greets several familiar faces in the crowd by pointing to them. Thinking his presentation is over, he wanders off only to be pulled back by “Kamala,” who directs him to the p
  
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• NY AG expands Trump Organization civil investigation to include role of appraiser

  12-04-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James has broadened her civil investigation into the accuracy of the Trump Organization's financial statements to include the role of its long-time appraiser Cushman & Wakefield, according to recent court filings.
  
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• Analysis: An unintentionally revealing line in a Donald Trump un-endorsement

  12-04-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump hasn't decided who he will endorse in the Pennsylvania governor's race this fall.
  
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• 3 former police officers charged in George Floyd's death reject plea deal

  12-04-2022 19:39 via cnn.com
  
  Three former Minneapolis police officers set to stand trial on state charges in George Floyd's death have rejected a plea deal with prosecutors, the Minnesota attorney general's office told CNN.
  
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• Biden's New COVID Czar Has Bad News for America: Hated Mask Policy Is Likely to Stay

  12-04-2022 19:31
  
  Are you a fan of Twitter videos documenting noisy showdowns between mask-less plane passengers and officious flight attendants? Have I got good news for you, thanks to President Joe Biden’s recently appointed COVID-19 czar.
  According to the Daily Caller, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus-response coordinator, said Monday that the public transportation mask mandate imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Transportation Safety Administration isn’t go
  
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• Oil races back above $100 a barrel

  12-04-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Turbulence in the oil market continued on Tuesday, with crude prices soaring back above $100 a barrel on concerns about a loss of supply of oil from Russia and signs that lockdowns in China may be easing.
  
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• Man in Flip-Flops Jumps Onto Burning Car Wreck to Help Free Trapped Elderly Couple

  12-04-2022 19:09
  
  An elderly couple traveling through Harvey in western Australia nearly lost their lives last month when the trailer they were pulling fishtailed and rolled on the South Western Highway.
  The car pulling the trailer twisted onto its side and burst into flames, the couple trapped inside. Unable to remove their seatbelts, they were doubly trapped as the flames grew, getting closer and closer to the gas tank.
  Onlookers called for help, some approaching the wreck and attempting to help. When first res
  
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• White House Official Claims Senator Blaming Biden for Inflation Is 'Fully in Lockstep' with Putin

  12-04-2022 19:07
  
  With the country’s inflation showing another steep hike, the White House is trying to deflect blame from President Joe Biden, but some are pushing back.
  In March, inflation surged to yet another new 40-year high of 8.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday.
  The U.S. inflation rate has been extraordinarily high for the past six months, staying above 6 percent, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  The average rate for “healthy” inflation is about 2 percent, or
  
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• This Must End - Gov't COVID Worker Beats Corgi to Death as It Chases After Owner Being Taken to Quarantine

  12-04-2022 18:54
  
  The horrifying images making the rounds on social media of the Chinese Communist Party’s draconian lockdown in Shanghai, a once-bustling city of 25 million residents, have shocked the world.
  We’ve heard the ghostly wails of the masses who’ve reached the point of desperation. Many are without food and some are without medicine. The government, hoping to achieve “zero COVID,” has managed to imprison an entire city.
  Residents who test positive for the coronavirus are i
  
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• Congress Accuses NFL Team of Potentially Violating Financial Laws

  12-04-2022 18:44
  
  The U.S. House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission saying it found evidence the NFL’s Washington Commanders engaged in potentially unlawful financial conduct for more than a decade by withholding ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable deposits from fans.
  In the letter obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday, the committee outlined through the testimony of former employees and access to emails and documents a pattern of financial impropriety by o
  
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• Texas Officials Say Gov. Abbott's Threat to Bus Immigrants to DC Has Worked: Report

  12-04-2022 18:17
  
  In the Texas tradition of showdowns, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week told the federal government that he was ready, willing and able to bus every illegal immigrant dropped in a Texas town straight to Washington, D.C.
  Somebody blinked, and it was not Abbott, according to new reports.
  Late last week, the Texas Division of Emergency Management sent buses to the communities that have been targeted by the Biden administration as dropping-off points for illegal immigrants once border facil
  
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• Hero Officially Commended After Jumping Into Channel to Save Driver Who Drove Off Ferry Terminal

  12-04-2022 18:14
  
  Last year on New Year’s Eve, a driver at the Lynchburg Ferry Terminal in Baytown, Texas, made a grave error.
  For whatever reason, the driver did not stop in time at the end of the road but rolled right over the edge while braking, sending himself and his car into the water.
  Thankfully for the driver, a motorist behind him saw what happened and had the capacity to act.
  Robert C. Moore of Bellaire, Texas, was with his family in the car when he saw the vehicle ahead of them roll off the edge
  
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• DeSantis Signs Bill to Address 'Fatherhood Crisis,' Teaming Up with NFL Hall of Famer Tony Dungy

  12-04-2022 17:58
  
  Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill to officially launch a long-term youth development program designed to increase the role men play in the lives of their children.
  The “Responsible Fatherhood” bill creates a $70 million pot of money to fund programs in which community-based agencies work with men who have drifted away from their children and families to reconnect, find work and support their children financially and emotionally.
  Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  
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• Teen overdose deaths are rapidly rising -- but not because more of them are using drugs

  12-04-2022 17:34 via cnn.com
  
  Teen overdose deaths have been rapidly rising, even as their drug use hits a low, according to a study released Tuesday.
  
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• Disturbing: 1st Grade Teacher Tells Kids About Being Trans, Says Doctors Just Guess What Gender a Baby Is When Born

  12-04-2022 17:28
  
  Ryan Skyer is a first-grade teacher at the Brooke Charter School in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston.
  Born a girl, Skyer now identifies as a man, and apparently thinks discussing transgender sexuality is an appropriate topic for children aged kindergarten through second grade.
  In a video of an “Identity Share” Zoom session with a group of kindergarten through second-grade students that was published to Twitter on Sunday by the conservative account “Libs of TikTok,” S
  
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• Democratic Lt. Governor of New York Arrested on Federal Charges

  12-04-2022 17:28
  
  Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin of New York was arrested Tuesday on charges of bribery, fraud and falsification of records in connection with a fraudulent campaign funding scheme, The New York Times reported.
  Benjamin is second in command to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is in a close race to retain her post after replacing Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his resignation last year.
  Hochul was only 4 percentage points ahead of presumptive Republican Party nominee Lee Zeldin in a recent survey, the New Yo
  
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• Biden's New ATF Nominee Scorched as People Discover 'Racist' Tweet About Black Athlete

  12-04-2022 17:08
  
  I’ll give Steve Dettlebach this much: When the dumbest thing President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ever tweeted resurfaced after his nomination was announced, he didn’t delete it. That takes guts. Or stupidity. Either one.
  I’m going with stupidity.
  A bit of background before we get to Dettelbach’s tone-deaf, racially tinged tweet about a sports legend — a missive that would be hilariously inept if it came
  
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• Boeing loses more than 90 jet orders due to war in Ukraine

  12-04-2022 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  Boeing is likely to lose about 90 jet orders due to "geopolitical issues" related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the company said Tuesday.
  
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• 'Massive Police Response' at NYC Subway Station - Multiple People Shot, Explosive Devices Located

  12-04-2022 16:14
  
  Chaos and carnage reigned supreme at a New York City subway station Tuesday morning after what police believe may have been a shooting followed by the detonation of what may have been a smoke bomb.
  Thirteen people were taken to local hospitals, including five who suffered gunshot wounds, according to CNN.
  WNYW-TV reported six people were shot.
  According to CBS News, a smoke bomb was detonated at the scene. The person responsible for the shooting escaped.
  The incident took place at about 8:30 a.m
  
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• Just In: March Inflation Surge Even Worse Than Expected, Hits New 40-Year High

  12-04-2022 16:03
  
  Inflation surged again in March, with consumer prices rising a whopping 8.5 percent over March 2021 — the biggest increase since December 1981.
  The figure exceeded even the pessimistic predictions of experts, who were looking at an 8.4 percent increase, according to Axios. Inflation rose 7.9 percent in February.
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics said its gasoline price index registered an 18.3 percent increase.
  The so-called core index that omits energy and food — which tend to be volat
  
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• Blasting Back Worse

  12-04-2022 15:22
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Blasting Back Worse appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Two Years Into the Pandemic, Fauci Finally Admits Something He Should Have Said a Long Time Ago

  12-04-2022 15:14
  
  Sometimes, lost in reverie at my computer, I dream of an alternate reality where large chunks of the last two years didn’t consist of us locking ourselves in our homes for months on end in fear of COVID, hoarding toilet paper by the pallet and spraying down our DoorDash order with half a bottle of Lysol.
  Imagine if, even after vaccines and other treatments were available, we didn’t keep canceling or limiting large events like weddings, funerals, Thanksgiving dinners, church services
  
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• Toyota finally has an EV. And it's pretty much what you'd expect

  12-04-2022 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  Electric vehicles have reached a key milestone on the road to becoming ubiquitous. That's because Toyota, America's best-selling automaker, is now selling one.
  
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• Toyota finally has an EV and it's perfectly OK

  12-04-2022 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  Electric vehicles have reached a key milestone on the road to becoming ubiquitous. That's because Toyota, America's best-selling automaker, is now selling one.
  
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• The Numbers Are Finally Out and DeSantis Was 100% Right - FL Beat the Pants Off NY and CA in COVID Response Study

  12-04-2022 15:02
  
  In no surprise to conservatives, the GOP-led state of Florida outperformed Democrat-controlled California and New York when it came to their coronavirus responses, according to a comprehensive new study.
  The conclusions vindicate the leadership of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was relentlessly vilified by Democrats and their corporate media allies over his pragmatic, science-based management of the pandemic.
  In its 20-page report, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity said the states that followe
  
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• Oops: WaPo Tries to Start War with Musk, But Everything Goes Bad When People Notice What Got Printed

  12-04-2022 14:16
  
  “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” says the mast of The Washington Post.
  And the Posties say it with a straight face, despite the publication’s ownership by one of the czars of knowledge, commerce and all other things extant and of importance, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.
  The Post pages recently dripped with irony as an op-ed contributor called for regulation “to prevent rich people from controlling our channels of communication.”
  That’s what the Post said, or at lea
  
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• White House Gets Caught in Massive Lie About Kamala Harris, Now It's Falling Apart

  12-04-2022 13:49
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris should just glue a mask to her face at this point.
  Sure, we’re well past the juncture in the coronavirus pandemic where masking is or should be necessary, but that’s not the point. Harris has become a symbol of the “let-’em-eat-N95s” attitude of the Biden administration.
  It was on full display again last week after Harris broke Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on facial coverings for those who have been in close cont
  
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• Covid lockdowns are causing chaos in the world's biggest car market

  12-04-2022 12:01 via cnn.com
  
  Factories shut down, new model launches delayed and sales plunging. China's huge car market has been thrown into disarray by the country's latest Covid surge, with stringent lockdowns across several cities hitting vehicle production.
  
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• Brittney Griner's case is part of a disturbing trend that needs a global response

  12-04-2022 10:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russian is holding WNBA star Brittney Griner. Why she might be a hostage.
  
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• How one man's surfboard became a touching tribute to the lives of thousands of people

  12-04-2022 10:31 via cnn.com
  
  A funeral oration or an obituary is traditionally how we honor those who have died. But the way we remember loved ones is changing, as thousands of families turn to one project using TikTok and a surfboard.
  
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• Defense asks for mistrial in case of Ohio doctor accused of multiple murders related to alleged overprescribing of pain medication

  12-04-2022 08:12 via cnn.com
  
  The defense attorney for an Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing pain medication to multiple patients near death asked for a mistrial in the case Monday, saying certain remarks from prosecutors during closing arguments implied the defense has to meet a burden of proof.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Cedar Rapids nightclub shooting that left 2 dead and 10 injured, police say

  12-04-2022 05:05 via cnn.com
  
  Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police have arrested a suspect in connection with a weekend shooting at a nightclub that left two people dead and 10 others injured, the department announced on Facebook Monday night.
  
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• Several structures damaged by fast-moving fire near Albuquerque, New Mexico, official says

  12-04-2022 04:59 via cnn.com
  
  Evacuations are in progress in New Mexico's Valencia County due to a fast-moving fire approximately two miles in length that is affecting a "few thousand people," according to fire officials.
  
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• Brian Stelter Invites Yale Researcher to Dunk on Fox News, It Totally Blows Up in His Face

  12-04-2022 03:04
  
  A Yale researcher on Sunday lambasted CNN for its partisan coverage when host Brian Stetler wanted him to say the same about Fox News.
  Yale assistant professor Joshua Kalla appeared Sunday on the CNN show “Reliable Sources.” Kalla was part of a study that paid Fox viewers to watch CNN.
  After hearing researcher David Broockman, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, speak about the study, Stelter then touted his version of its conclusion.
  “F
  
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• Two New Countries Set to Join NATO In Devastating Blow For Vladimir Putin

  12-04-2022 02:43
  
  Two countries are slated to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s geopolitical position.
  The (London) Times quoted U.S. officials who indicated that Finland and Sweden would apply to join the alliance this summer. The officials said that discussions regarding membership have accelerated with their Finnish and Swedish counterparts since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  They expected that Finland would apply to join in June,
  
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• Four Pinocchios: Biden Says You Couldn't Own a Cannon When 2nd Amendment Was Written - That's a Lie

  12-04-2022 02:40
  
  During a Monday speech in the White House Rose Garden, President Joe Biden was attempting to justify his crackdown on guns in the United States.
  In doing so, he repeated a blatant lie he previously told on the campaign trail.
  “At the very beginning, the Second Amendment didn’t say, ‘You can own any gun you want, big as you want,'” Biden said. “You couldn’t buy a cannon when, in fact, the Second Amendment passed.”BIDEN: “You couldn’t buy a can
  
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