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• Austin Tice's parents tell CNN they received support from Biden for efforts to get him home

  03-05-2022 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria nearly a decade ago, told CNN they received support from President Joe Biden on efforts to bring their son home.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Flashes Hand Gesture Leftists Have Dubbed a 'Symbol of Hate' During Met Gala

  03-05-2022 22:46
  
  On Monday night, celebrity elites made their way to New York City for the annual Met Gala. Most years, the headlines coming out of this event revolve around the outlandish and exorbitantly expensive outfits.
  But this year, the most shocking part of the night was much darker.
  During her appearance on the red carpet, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flashed a hand sign that has been described by many on the left as a symbol of white supremacy.Hillary Clinton flashes the “white power
  
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• Mike Rowe Says Truckers He Knows Are Paying $1,200 Per Tank and Aren't Buying the 'Putin Price Hike'

  03-05-2022 22:25
  
  America’s favorite dirty jobs commentator says people he’s had on his television shows are sending him sad videos of themselves at fuel pumps.
  “I get videos almost every day now from people we’ve featured on ‘Dirty Jobs’ and on ‘How America Works,'” Mike Rowe, host of both programs, said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
  “They are just sending me videos of them at the gas pump. And some of them
  
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• Body in barrel discovered at Lake Mead is likely a gunshot murder victim from decades ago, police say

  03-05-2022 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  The plunging water level in Lake Mead -- the country's largest reservoir, besieged by drought -- unveiled another disturbing discovery over the weekend, police say: a body in a barrel.
  
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• The disturbing reason why the myth that Hitler had Jewish roots endures

  03-05-2022 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russian FM Lavrov says Hitler had Jewish roots in misplaced smear on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
  
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• 'Wow, that's a big diamond!': State park visitor's perseverance pays off

  03-05-2022 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  It's the size of a pinto bean. It's the color of brown coffee. And it's rough and roundish. But in the end, a diamond is a diamond.
  
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• Biden Attempts to Turn Supreme Court Leak Into a Political Win by Issuing Appalling Statement

  03-05-2022 21:47
  
  This had to be what the leaker was looking for.
  Monday night’s bombshell of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion did irreparable damage to one of the few remaining bastions of institutional trust in American politics, and indisputably poisoned an already politicized judicial system.
  But President Joe Biden’s response was, if anything, even worse.
  A three-point statement from the White House on Tuesday contained not one word of condemnation for whoever was behind the leaked document.
  
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• Lake Powell officials take unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels

  03-05-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell.
  
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• Lake Powell officials take unprecedented, emergency steps to delay water releases as level plummets

  03-05-2022 21:30 via cnn.com
  
  The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell.
  
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• Report: FBI Likely Getting Involved in Supreme Court Roe v. Wade Leak

  03-05-2022 20:25
  
  According to a report, the FBI might participate in investigating the recent leak of a Supreme Court draft majority opinion published Monday by Politico.
  Chief Justice John Roberts ordered the Marshal of the Court to open an investigation into the leak.BREAKING – Chief Justice on #SCOTUS leak: pic.twitter.com/a346EUHjoD
  — Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) May 3, 2022According to CBS News legal correspondent Jan Crawford, the FBI might also be involved in the Roberts-ordered probe.Chief J
  
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• Chief Justice Issues Scathing Statement Confirming Roe v. Wade Bombshell Opinion

  03-05-2022 20:11
  
  Chief Justice John Roberts issued a scathing statement on Tuesday, sharply criticizing the Supreme Court insider responsible for leaking a monumental draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
  The text of a draft opinion that would strike down federal rights to abortion was published by Politico on Monday night.
  Roberts’ statement confirms the veracity of the document, although confidential deliberations on the ruling aren’t yet law.
  “This was a singular and egregious breac
  
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• Red Tsunami: Black Support Explodes 7x for GOP, Hispanic Support Soars, Setting Up Landslide in November

  03-05-2022 19:54
  
  A newly released poll signals a stunning and unprecedented drop in minority support for Democratic candidates. And considering the pollster’s liberal political bias, the results are all the sweeter.
  The Marist poll conducted April 19-26 by live telephone interviewers asked voters which party’s candidate they would favor in their district if the congressional election were held today.
  The survey found that since September, Hispanic support for generic Democrats fell from 54 perce
  
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• Good Samaritans Help Officers Rescue Woman after Car Flips and Plunges into Delaware River

  03-05-2022 19:45
  
  When a car ended up flipped in the Delaware River on Thursday afternoon, it was all hands on deck for the rescue, with both police and bystanders responding to the incident.
  Around 1:00 p.m., a car ran through the metal barrier on Freedom Pier in Gloucester City, New Jersey. It turned upside-down and hit the water, sinking.
  “Detective Sergeant Carlos Depoder, Officer Sean Gartland, and Officer John Bryszewski Jr. jumped into the Delaware River and extricated a female from the vehicle,&rdqu
  
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• A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in March

  03-05-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  The US labor market remained on fire in March with a record 4.5 million workers quitting their jobs, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday.
  
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• 5 Things Conservatives Should Know About SCOTUS Draft to Overturn Roe v. Wade

  03-05-2022 19:36
  
  Late on Monday night, left-wing news site Politico perpetrated an unprecedented leak of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision when it published the working draft of a decision that would overturn the landmark 1973 abortion ruling, Roe v. Wade.
  In its May 2 article, Politico revealed the text of the draft decision written for the majority by Justice Samuel Alito, who in no uncertain terms exclaimed that “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.”
  Justice Alito went on to say that it
  
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• New retirement bills let older workers put even more into their 401(k)s

  03-05-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  If a popular piece of retirement legislation makes it to President Biden's desk this year, it would give older 401(k) participants the opportunity to contribute more to their nest egg and possibly bolster their tax-free savings.
  
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• Woke Vancouver Mayor Takes Stand Against Attack on Mosque... Carried Out by Muslim Teens

  03-05-2022 19:29
  
  As Ramadan worshippers were leaving a Surrey, British Columbia, mosque last Wednesday night, a car sped by and threw a substance, which turned out to be water, at them.
  Shortly afterward, the vehicle returned and “repeatedly feigned trying to run the congregants over,” according to Vancouver City News.
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police immediately began an investigation into this anti-Islam attack.
  Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart condemned the attack in a Twitter post. He wrote that
  
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• Florida Department of Education Data Shows Attempt to Indoctrinate Students Overwhelmingly Aimed at Youngest

  03-05-2022 19:14
  
  The Florida Department of Education found over 70 percent of math text books submitted for K-5 grade levels did not align with the state’s standards or that they contained prohibited topics.
  Think of that; the woke left cannot even keep their crazy ideology out of textbooks on a subject that should be among the least political of all.
  The good news is that publishers are driving by the bottom line and some have already announced they will remove offending material rather than los
  
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• Capitol Police Officer Fires Gun in Congressional Office Building; Investigation Underway

  03-05-2022 18:56
  
  A U.S. Capitol Police officer fired a gun inside a break room in a House office building on Tuesday and was promptly suspended — the latest stain for a police department struggling to regain the public’s trust following the Jan. 6 incursion and a recent communications failure that triggered an evacuation.
  The agency said the officer discharged the firearm at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Cannon House Office Building. Its Office of Professional Responsibility launched an invest
  
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• Biden nominates new top US general in Europe

  03-05-2022 18:52 via cnn.com
  
  Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the current head of US Army forces in Europe and Africa has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the top US general in Europe as head of US European Command, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday.
  
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• Disheartened Democrats Admit Their Efforts Against 'Unstoppable' Ron DeSantis Are Futile

  03-05-2022 18:51
  
  Democratic insiders speaking to Politico acknowledged there are concerns within the party that whoever wins its gubernatorial primary election likely won’t be able to unseat incumbent Republican Florida Gov. Ronald DeSantis in November.
  “DeSantis seems unstoppable. He has $100 million in the bank, and we have three Tier B candidates I think a lot of people lack confidence in,” a Democratic fundraiser told the outlet on the condition of anonymity. “I could be wrong, but I
  
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• Biden is 'not prepared' to call for change to filibuster to protect abortion rights

  03-05-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade and said a woman's right to have an abortion is "fundamental, but added that he wasn't ready to call for an end to the filibuster to push for abortion rights legislation.
  
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• Alito's long legal career has featured criticism of Roe and abortion rights

  03-05-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  The publication of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade has elevated Justice Samuel Alito's legal views of abortion into the center of a white-hot political debate.
  
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• Hochul taps Rep. Antonio Delgado to be New York lieutenant governor

  03-05-2022 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado to be the state's new lieutenant governor.
  
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• These companies will help staff in red states bypass abortion bans

  03-05-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Millions of women in more than 25 states face an abortion ban if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized the procedure nationwide. For many of those women, employers' benefit packages may be the only way they can soon afford a legal abortion.
  
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• Largest Chinese Aircraft Carrier Fleet Ever Assembled Seen Near US Navy Base: Report

  03-05-2022 18:03
  
  The largest Chinese aircraft carrier group ever assembled is conducting combat training near a U.S. naval base in Japan, multiple Chinese media sources reported on Tuesday.
  China’s aircraft carrier “Liaoning,” as well as seven other vessels, are reportedly undertaking a naval expedition in close proximity to Nagasaki, Japan, and the U.S. Navy base at Sasebo, according to a Tuesday report from China’s Observer News translated by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The U
  
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• Capitol Police officer suspended after discharging weapon in House office building

  03-05-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  A US Capitol Police officer was suspended on Tuesday after discharging a weapon in the breakroom of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, according to a department spokesperson.
  
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• Biden says 'a woman's right to choose is fundamental'

  03-05-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published Monday night would be the worst nightmare scenario for supporters of abortion rights.
  
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• $750,000 settlement reached with DC attorney general in case involving funds used in 2017 Trump inauguration

  03-05-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump Organization and the Presidential Inaugural Committee will pay a total of $750,000 to settle with the Washington, DC, attorney general's office over allegations they misspent money raised for former President Donald Trump's inauguration.
  
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• Colleagues of corrections officer are 'devastated' after she's accused of helping murder suspect escape from jail

  03-05-2022 17:35 via cnn.com
  
  As the search for an Alabama inmate and corrections official stretches into a fifth day, Vicky White's family and colleagues are trying to make sense of how someone on the brink of retirement with "an unblemished record" is now the subject of a warrant and accused of helping a man charged with murder escape from jail.
  
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• Libs Attack Trump for Getting 1 Name Wrong While Biden Talked Gibberish 30 Seconds Straight Last Week

  03-05-2022 17:33
  
  Serious question: If leftists want to get into a fight with conservatives over whether President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump is exhibiting more evidence of senility, do they think this will work out well for them?
  Apparently so. On Saturday, at a rally in Nebraska, Trump mixed up the name of the candidate he endorsed for Senate in Ohio, J.D. Vance. Instead, he called him “J.D. Mandel,” confusing the candidate’s last name with the last name of his closest challeng
  
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• Another Food Processing Plant Catches Fire Amid Bizarre String of Incidents Across US

  03-05-2022 17:23
  
  Two more food processing plants exploded in flames this weekend.
  All this comes at a time when experts are talking about global food shortages as the nasty surprise in store for the world in 2022.
  No one was injured in the fire at a Perdue soybean plant in Norfolk, Virginia, according to WAVY-TV, and the cause had not yet been determined.
  “Chesapeake firefighters battled an industrial fire this evening at Perdue Farms in the South Norfolk area,” The Chesapeake Fire Department posted
  
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• Chaos Hits the Steps of the Supreme Court as Shrieking Abortion Advocates Call to 'Shut it Down'

  03-05-2022 17:13
  
  The grandeur of the U.S. Supreme Court’s columns served as a backdrop to raucous, screaming protests Monday night after a draft opinion was reportedly leaked that – if it becomes the final opinion of the court – would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
  Protesters angry that the lives of unborn children could be spared waved signs and screamed, only to find that they were confronted by a small knot of pro-life protesters, according to The Washington Post.
  
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• Woke Teachers Get Nasty Surprise After Parents Elect Conservative Board

  03-05-2022 17:05
  
  An Ohio school district won’t be having Diversity Day this year after school board members said enough “political indoctrination” was enough.
  The Forest Hills School District board voted 4-0 Sunday with one abstention to ban Turpin High School from having the event during school hours or in any shape if school or taxpayer resources were being tapped, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  During the meeting, School Board President Linda Hausfeld read from parent emails that indi
  
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• Game Changer? Police Make Big Announcement in JonBenet Ramsey Case Over 25 Years After Notorious Murder

  03-05-2022 16:57
  
  More than 25 years after the murder of little JonBenet Ramsey, a petition drive announced Saturday by her father has sparked a response from the police agency that has investigated the case since 1996.
  JonBenet was 6 years old when she was reported missing on Dec. 26, 1996. Her murdered body was found in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, along with a ransom note demanding $118,000. The girl had suffered a massive blow to the head and died of strangulation, officials d
  
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• Dems Call for Abolishing Filibuster, Packing Court After Report Roe v. Wade Will Be Overturned

  03-05-2022 15:53
  
  Well, that didn’t take long.
  Shortly after Politico reported Monday night that the Supreme Court would vote to strike down Roe v. Wade when it issues its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, numerous top Democrats called for the Senate to abolish the filibuster in order to pass legislation that would federally codify Roe v. Wade into law or pack the Supreme Court with justices who would overturn the ruling.
  (Here at The Western Journal, we’ve long held Roe
  
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• SCOTUS Experts Shocked at Reported Leak of Abortion Ruling: 'Original Sin for Judicial Ethics'

  03-05-2022 15:27
  
  It didn’t take long after Politico first reported the Supreme Court would strike down Roe v. Wade in its forthcoming decision on a Mississippi abortion law — and published a draft of the court’s opinion in the case, an unprecedented move — that the left began fuming.
  Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court, pushing against the barriers. Democratic leaders went on the offensive, calling the ruling illegitimate, promising action in Congress and using the report to ral
  
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• Review: 'Doctor Strange' enters the multiverse, in what might be the most insanely Marvel movie yet

  03-05-2022 15:22 via cnn.com
  
  "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" might be the most insanely Marvel movie ever, for good and ill. Unleashing the infinite possibilities of the multiverse throws open the studio's toy chest, but the anything-goes aspects of that can be alternately thrilling, disorienting and occasionally, a little silly. All told, this sequel proves highly entertaining, if not quite worthy of the pent-up demand for it.
  
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• Tucker Carlson Needs Only a Single Picture to Respond to New York Times 'Bombshell' Hit Piece on Him

  03-05-2022 15:05
  
  Tucker Carlson is getting the last laugh after The New York Times published a 20,000-word hit piece on the ratings kingpin, slamming him as a “racist nationalist.”
  On Sunday, Carlson tweeted a viral photo of himself gleefully snickering while flaunting the Times’ “bombshell” front-page story on the Fox News sensation.
  The article was part of a disdainful, four-part series on Carlson titled “American Nationalist” (as if that’s a bad thing).
  If a pic
  
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• Pelosi and Schumer Have Complete Meltdown After Reported Overturn of Roe v. Wade Leaks

  03-05-2022 14:58
  
  With a shot at former President Donald Trump along the way, the two top Democrats in Congress on Monday vented their outrage at the prospect that the Supreme Court might overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
  A draft opinion reported by Politico that was purportedly authored by Justice Samuel Alito called for a new standard that would allow states to set their own rules for abortion.
  Although justices draft opinions to share among each other – and no final ruling is exp
  
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• Ulta Beauty apologizes for 'very insensitive' email about Kate Spade

  03-05-2022 14:55 via cnn.com
  
  Ulta Beauty is apologizing for sending a newsletter to customers with a subject line containing a "very insensitive choice of words."
  
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• Sticky Fingers Gang

  03-05-2022 14:45
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Sticky Fingers Gang appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Pfizer Cashes in on COVID Vaccine, Announces Soaring Profits Smashed Expectations

  03-05-2022 14:12
  
  COVID-19 vaccine and treatment sales helped Pfizer breeze past Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations, as the drugmaker’s profit grew 61 percent.
  The coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty, which has been Pfizer’s top seller for about a year, brought in more than $13 billion in sales in the first quarter. The pill treatment Paxlovid, which launched late last year, brought in another $1.5 billion.
  All that helped company revenue swell 77 percent, compared to last year’s quarter,
  
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• Just in Time for the Midterms, Dr. Birx Warns of Potential Summer COVID Surge

  03-05-2022 13:58
  
  Dr. Deborah Birx, best known for her role as the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force during the Trump administration, joined Margaret Brennan, the host of CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to tout her new book, “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of the Trump Administration.”
  While it’s labeled on Amazon as the No. 1 best-selling book in epidemiology, it doesn’t appear to be flying off the virtual shelves. As of Tuesday afternoon EDT, the
  
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• Hogan will call for a GOP 'course correction' from Trump during speech at Reagan Library

  03-05-2022 13:42 via cnn.com
  
  Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan will call for a "course correction" for the Republican Party following the Trump administration during a speech Tuesday night, according to prepared remarks obtained by CNN.
  
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• Health Department Investigator Killed by Pack of Vicious Dogs while Looking Into Dog Attack Claim

  03-05-2022 13:35
  
  When a report came in of a vicious pack of loose dogs in Franklin County, Alabama, the sheriff’s office was alerted.
  A woman walking in the area had reportedly been attacked by seven loose dogs and had to receive treatment at the hospital, where she stayed at least through the end of April.
  When an Alabama Department of Public Health employee went to investigate on Friday, tragedy struck again.
  “The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman after a
  
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• Mitt Romney Vacations in Town Where Trump Lives, Wears Disguise to Hide Himself When He Goes in Public: Book

  03-05-2022 13:05
  
  Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah really likes to go to Florida, including one particular town where he’s not so certain that the folks there like him very much.
  That’s because the town in question is Palm Beach, where a former international businessman who is also a former president owns a very large estate and commands a very large following.
  And so, when Romney travels to his vacation home in Palm Beach, he reportedly wears hats on the assumption that no one will recognize him a
  
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• Finnish group ditches Russian-built nuclear plant plan

  03-05-2022 10:59 via cnn.com
  
  Finnish-led consortium Fennovoima said on Monday it had scrapped a contract for Russia's state-owned Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in Finland, citing delays and increased risks due to the war in Ukraine.
  
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• Appalachian voters shouldn't buy any of what J.D. Vance is selling

  03-05-2022 10:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  In Ohio's Senate primary, J.D. Vance's campaign strategy is to use polarization and stereotypes to win voters, which goes against what Appalachia has traditionally stood for.
  
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• Georgia DA investigating Trump's election interference will look into fake Electoral College certifications

  03-05-2022 04:56 via cnn.com
  
  The Atlanta-area district attorney who's investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election said her office will look into the fake Electoral College certifications that Trump backers put forward in Georgia.
  
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