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• Netflix Begins Layoffs After Disastrous Report

  05-05-2022 23:56
  
  In yet another indication that “wokeness” is a mind virus destroying everything it touches, look no further than Netflix — the once high-flying entertainment conglomerate that’s now faltering.
  Just four months after its launch, Tudum — the streaming giant’s editorial website — laid off at least 10 staffers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
  The site had hired a “small army of journalists — mostly women and people of color” — wh
  
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• Franklin Graham Obliterates Biden's Claim That the 'Right' to Abortion Comes from Being a 'Child of God'

  05-05-2022 23:49
  
  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said abortion was an inherent right God gave everyone.
  One day later, the Rev. Franklin Graham swiftly debunked that claim.
  Biden made the comment during a news conference at the White House.
  “This is about a lot more than abortion. … This reminds me of the debate with Robert Bork. Bork believed the only reason you had any inherent rights was because the government gave them to you,” the president said.
  He was referring to former President Ron
  
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• Alabama officer, escaped inmate had 2-year relationship that included visits, calls: sheriff

  05-05-2022 23:42
  
  Assistant Director for Corrections Vicky White, 56, and inmate, Casey White, 38, vanished Friday after they left together from an Alabama jail.      
  
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• Schumer plans vote to codify abortion rights

  05-05-2022 23:36
  The Senate is gearing up for a vote on legislation that would codify abortion rights into federal law. The procedural vote scheduled for Wednesday will mostly be symbolic, given that Democrats lack the needed 60 votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. (May 5)      
  
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• Emory University students told to shelter in place

  05-05-2022 23:31
  Emory University urged people on its main campus to shelter in place for several hours Thursday after a nearby high school was placed on lockdown. (May 5)      
  
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• Dow plunges more than 1,000 points in Wall Street's worst day of the year

  05-05-2022 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Wildfires and straight-line winds that have ravaged New Mexico for a month have created a major disaster, President Joe Biden declared, unlocking critical federal aid as the state continues to battle the largest wildfire burning in the United States.
  
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• AP Top Stories May 5 P

  05-05-2022 23:11
  Here's the latest for Thursday, May 5: Senate prepares to vote on abortion; Storms hit Texas and Oklahoma; $6.5 billion pledged to Ukraine; AP finds more than 2,200 dams in poor condition.      
  
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• Op-Ed: They Drove Away God, But Here's How to Reclaim Our Culture for Christ

  05-05-2022 23:10
  
  Actions have consequences.
  The actions of anti-God ideologues driving God out of our schools, government and public square are having tragic consequences. This is the theme of our new book, “Tragic Consequences: The Price America is Paying for Rejecting God and How to Reclaim Our Culture for Christ.”
  The tragic consequences of rejecting God include abortion, gun violence, human trafficking, child abuse, pornography, drug and alcohol abuse, censorship, corruption, gutter politics, sid
  
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• Psaki Confirms: Biden Meant It When He Called Large Portion of Americans an 'Extremist Group'

  05-05-2022 22:55
  
  On Wednesday, Joe Biden falsely characterized MAGA Republicans as the “most extremist” political group in U.S. history. Later that day, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that Biden meant what he said.
  The name-calling started on Wednesday morning, when Joe Biden sent up a test balloon for a new way to attack conservatives, Republicans and Trump supporters by calling them “ultra MAGAs.”
  It isn’t likely his new sobriquet will be echoed by many, but later
  
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• Two unlikely sources helped police close in on predator stalking a Virginia city

  05-05-2022 22:54
  
  In the final weeks of 1979, a psychic's advice and a child's watchful eye helped officials close in on the Stocking Mask Rapist in Staunton, Virginia.      
  
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• No Thanks: Ohio Democrat Senate Campaign Rejects Help from Toxic Lincoln Project

  05-05-2022 22:49
  
  Remember the Lincoln Project?
  Looks like they’ve worn out their welcome with the progressive Democrats that backed the group in 2020.
  The group bragged that it’s planning to run hit pieces in Ohio targeting JD Vance, a populist conservative who secured the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate earlier this week.
  In a bizarre word salad identifying races in which the hit piece group plans to interfere, the Lincoln Project identified Vance as a “Hawlesque advocate” who would suppo
  
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• Op-Ed: Schumer Thinks He Has a Slam Dunk, But It Could Be a Magnificent Opportunity for Republicans

  05-05-2022 22:45
  
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will hold a vote on a bill codifying abortion’s legality so that voters, he contends, can “see where every senator stands.” Schumer believes this is a political slam dunk for Democrats, but it presents a magnificent opportunity for Republicans to make their case.
  Though many conservatives have rightly avoided prematurely celebrating Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft decision, many also seem frightened of debating the underlying issue
  
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• Cinco de mayo: ¿Cómo el día festivo se volvió más popular en los Estados Unidos que en México?

  05-05-2022 22:38
  
  El Cinco de Mayo conmemora un momento esencial en la historia de México. Y aun asi su celebración es más grande los EEUU que en México.      
  
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• Fox News' Shannon Bream Highlights How Strong Faith Empowered 'Mothers and Daughters of Bible'

  05-05-2022 22:20
  
  Fox News anchor Shannon Bream has followed up her bestselling book “Women of the Bible Speak” with her new, “The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak.”
  The latest work looks at women from both the Old and New Testaments through the lens of family relationships, the “Fox News @ Night” personality and chief Fox legal correspondent told The Western Journal.
  “There are some [stories] of faithful, beautiful, courageous families in the Bible,” Bream
  
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• AP: Number of high-hazard dams growing

  05-05-2022 22:11
  A new Associated Press analysis has found the number of high-hazard dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition increasing across the U.S. (May 5)      
  
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• The AP Interview: Lukashenko admits war 'drags on'

  05-05-2022 22:01
  
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he didn't expect Russia's war in Ukraine to "drag on this way" in a sit-down interview with The Associated Press. (May 5)      
  
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• Veteran Lives Matter

  05-05-2022 21:52
  
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• 'Large and dangerous' tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma; South faces more severe weather

  05-05-2022 21:52
  
  Damaging tornadoes swept through Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday night. Portions of the South face more severe weather today.      
  
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• 40-year-old Arizona father arrested after taking part in fight at son's high school

  05-05-2022 21:39
  
  Willie Smith, 40, admitted to fighting with the teen, court records say. Smith told officers he believed he could have handled the situation better.      
  
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• Airbnb CEO: Current office designs are outdated

  05-05-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  Airbnb recently told employees they can work remote permanently, but when they do return to the office it'll likely look different.
  
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• Alabama jail official visited inmate before escape

  05-05-2022 21:34
  
  An Alabama sheriff said Wednesday a jail official visited a murder suspect in prison before helping him escape last week and her actions suggest their plan had been in the works for some time. (May 5)      
  
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• House GOP Leader Lands in Fresh Batch of Hot Water: New Audio Reveals He Talked About Removing Trump via 25th Amendment

  05-05-2022 21:33
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, speaking two days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion, dismissed invoking the 25th Amendment against then-President Donald Trump because it “takes too long” and told colleagues he wanted “to reach out to” Democrat Joe Biden, according to a leaked audio recording.
  The Jan. 8, 2021, recording was obtained by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, reporters for The New York Times, and provided to CNN and others. Martin and Burns wrot
  
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• AP Explains: Medical abortion next battle

  05-05-2022 21:31
  The battle over access to medication abortions will only grow if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision (May 5)      
  
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• Op-Ed: Have Our Politicians Been Spinning the Facts on Ukraine?

  05-05-2022 21:30
  
  Are the Biden administration and many in the establishment media spinning misinformation about Ukraine? The implications of not questioning the current approved narrative are dangerous for a free society and could lead to a broader war.
  My attention was drawn to the topic by an article authored by Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service. He wrote that the truth about the Ukraine war has been distorted by both government officials and many in the media. He might be corre
  
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• Biden's Attempt to Lower Gas Prices Blew Up in His Face; His Next Plan Is Primed to Make Things Catastrophically Worse

  05-05-2022 21:28
  
  Timing is everything, and President Joe Biden’s is awful.
  The administration that has been at war with the American fossil fuel industry since literally Day 1, when Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline and the thousands of jobs it supported, has decided fossil fuels are kind of good to have around.
  And, being the Biden administration, it’s doing it at exactly the wrong time for the American consumer.
  According to a CNN report Thursday, the Biden administration will be going into t
  
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• News helicopters captured video of tornadoes in Oklahoma. Now, the storms move east

  05-05-2022 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Tornadoes, flash flooding and hail threaten a wide section of the South as they push east Thursday, a day after the same line of severe storms spawned reported tornadoes -- snapping power lines, tearing apart buildings and enticing storm-chasers -- in Texas and Oklahoma.
  
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• Zoo sloth gets treats for 6th birthday party

  05-05-2022 20:56
  A two-toed sloth had a birthday party recently at the Phoenix Zoo. To celebrate, he was given roses to munch on and a treat made of biscuits, apples and zucchini. (May 5)      
  
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• Michigan State Police seizes voting machine as it expands investigation into potential breaches tied to 2020 election

  05-05-2022 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Michigan State Police has expanded its investigation into whether third parties gained unauthorized access to voting machine data after the 2020 election, and is now examining potential breaches in at least one new county, CNN has learned.
  
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• SCOTUS Justices Take Extreme Action as Court Comes Under Attack from Radical Leftists

  05-05-2022 20:43
  
  As threats against United States Supreme Court justices grow in the wake of a leaked decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the court is being forced to increase precautionary measures.
  According to WTTG reporter Lindsay Watts, workers erected a wall of “tall, non-scalable fencing” around the Supreme Court on Wednesday night.Tall, non-scalable fencing about to go up around Supreme Court. Crews are starting on the back end. There are just a few protesters in front of the court righ
  
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• Hero Hiker Leads Rescuers to Critical Rollover Crash Deep in Woods After Fruitless 2-Hour Search

  05-05-2022 20:10
  
  Those who work and live in rural areas know just how tricky it can be to find an exact location. In the city, it’s difficult for an accident to go unnoticed — but in remote areas, it’s difficult for an accident to be noticed.
  Thanks to an unnamed hero hiking in the woods near Timber, Oregon, at least one person is alive after a serious car accident.
  A call came in on the morning of April 30 to report an accident in the heavily forested area near Timber. Banks Fire Crews, Washin
  
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• College students expect to make $103,880 after graduation – almost twice the reality

  05-05-2022 20:07
  
  Today's college students expect to make around $103,880 in their first, post-graduation jobs – but the average starting salary is actually $55,260.      
  
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• Elon Musk Expected to Serve as Temporary CEO of Twitter Upon Completion of Deal

  05-05-2022 19:54
  
  Elon Musk may assume an ever greater role at Twitter than previously thought.
  The billionaire and entrepreneur is planning to serve as the temporary CEO of the social media platform, according to Thursday reporting from CNBC.
  Musk will lead the company for a few months, presumably before selecting a permanent CEO he trusts to execute his vision for the company.Elon Musk is planning to take over as temporary CEO of Twitter after he finalizes the acquisition.
  Legend.
  — Pomp(@APompliano) May
  
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• 77 Years Later, U.S. Soldiers Replace Woman's Birthday Cake They Took from Home in Italy During WWII

  05-05-2022 19:51
  
  On April 29, 1945, a group of U.S. soldiers was in Vicenza, Italy, after a battle with German forces, when they spotted a cake cooling in the window of a home.
  The 88th Infantry Division spotted the cake and apparently could not resist the temptation, making off with the sweet treat.
  What they didn’t know was that a mother had lovingly prepared the dessert for her 13-year-old daughter’s birthday.
  Meri Mion, the daughter, and her family were taking refuge in their attic at the time, a
  
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• Bird flu is taking a toll on eagles, wild birds

  05-05-2022 19:36
  The avian flu is more widespread this year and affecting more wild bird species compared to the last outbreak in 2015, officials say. Many raptors that contract it die. (May 5)      
  
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• Yale employee who was missing since early February found dead on Long Island shore

  05-05-2022 19:32
  
  Anton Sovetov, 44, was last seen by colleagues at Yale on Feb. 4. His body was found on a Long Island shore on Wednesday.      
  
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• It's Cinco de Mayo, and avocado prices are soaring

  05-05-2022 19:29 via cnn.com
  
  Bad news for guacamole lovers, especially on Cinco de Mayo -— avocado prices are through the roof.
  
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• Chuck Schumer Announces Date for Senate Abortion Vote

  05-05-2022 19:21
  
  The Senate will vote next week on legislation that would codify “abortion rights” into federal law as Democrats mount their response to the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling.
  The procedural vote, scheduled for Wednesday, will mostly be symbolic and once again show the limits of the Democratic majority in the 50-50 Senate.
  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer does not have the necessary 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster and move
  
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• Shock Video: Biden-Endorsed Plan Literally Has Girls Across US Removing Their Breasts | The Report

  05-05-2022 19:16
  
  The following is a transcript of the above episode of The Western Journal’s new video series “The Report.” 
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  Desperate and running out of options, Beverly – a mother in Oregon – sent an email to UCLA psychiatrist Miriam Grossman that read “urgent need help.”
  Beverly believed her daughter – a 15-year
  
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• What to know about Supreme Court abortion case leak: Ex-Army lawyer leads investigation as questions swirl

  05-05-2022 19:15
  
  Latest updates into the investigation of the Supreme Court opinion leak: As search for suspect continues, experts suggest how the probe could proceed.      
  
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• Elon Musk Takes Giant Step Toward Finalizing Twitter Acquisition by Securing a Massive Pile of Cash

  05-05-2022 19:14
  
  Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk has raised more than $7 billion in equity commitments from 19 investors to back his purchase of Twitter.
  The 19 include the tech billionaire’s friends, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted Thursday.
  Also among the investors are Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, cryptocurrency exchange Binance and venture capital giants Sequoia Capital, Fidelity In
  
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• Geraldo Rivera Loses It When Greg Gutfeld Lays Out His Pro-Life Stance: 'You Insulting Punk!'

  05-05-2022 19:11
  
  The unbridled emotion unleashed across America by the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision showing that justices could overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion flared on Fox News’ “The Five” Wednesday as Greg Gutfeld and Geraldo Rivera clashed in a debate that began with principles and devolved into insults.
  It started when Rivera declared that the justices nominated by former President Donald Trump — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett &mda
  
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• Alabama officer Vicky White, escaped inmate Casey White had 'special relationship,' sheriff says

  05-05-2022 19:10
  
  Alabama authorities say officer Vicky White and escaped inmate Casey White had a "special relationship" before the pair disappeared together.      
  
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• Woman Stranded in Drainage Flume Calls 911 as Water Rapidly Rises: 'I'm About to Be Swept Away'

  05-05-2022 18:59
  
  A lot of people who get themselves into tricky situations are hesitant to ask for help, and often passers-by or other people who spot the person in distress will call it in themselves.
  But one woman in Oklahoma City realized she was in over her head on Monday when the water level in a drainage flume she was in started to rise, rapidly, and she couldn’t get out.
  So she called 911 and explained her predicament. For some reason, she was stuck near a tunnel close to NW 39th and Youngs, off I-4
  
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• Rep. Paul Gosar spends most on travel even as he rails against 'bloated' government

  05-05-2022 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar boasts he's been "relentless" in seeking to restore fiscal responsibility and "common sense" when it comes to the "bloated" federal government.
  
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• Paul Gosar spends most on travel even as he rails against 'bloated' government

  05-05-2022 18:39 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar boasts he's been "relentless" in seeking to restore fiscal responsibility and "common sense" when it comes to the "bloated" federal government.
  
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• California Bill Would Turn State Into an Abortion Destination, Lure Pregnant Women There with Travel Funds

  05-05-2022 17:50
  
  If Roe v. Wade is overturned when the Supreme Court rules on a Mississippi law in the coming weeks — as a leaked draft opinion from the court suggested it will be — you would think little would change in the state of California.
  After all, overturning the 1973 decision would simply send the decision back to the states, and California has one of the most abortion-friendly slate of laws on the books. The state pays for some abortions via its Medicaid program, according to The Associate
  
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• A double-dip recession might be hard for the Fed to avoid

  05-05-2022 17:49 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Reserve finally seems prepared to whip inflation. The last time the Fed faced surging prices like this, it jacked up interest rates and the US economy endured multiple slowdowns. Do Americans need to fear a repeat of the early 1980s?
  
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• Cat Stranded for Weeks on 7th Floor of Bombed-Out Building Finally Rescued, Thanks to Local Heroes

  05-05-2022 17:28
  
  The internet loves cats — and that certainly worked in the favor of one particular feline who found herself condemned to death at the top of a bombed-out building in Ukraine.
  Eugene Kibets has a heart for animals, especially ones that desperately need rescuing, so when he found out about a cat stranded on the seventh floor of an apartment building in Borodyanka, Kyiv, he had to do something.
  According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, the cat had already been there for weeks, somehow survivi
  
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• A major disaster is declared in New Mexico, unlocking federal aid as wildfires threaten thousands of homes

  05-05-2022 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  Wildfires and straight-line winds that have ravaged New Mexico for a month have created a major disaster, President Joe Biden declared, unlocking critical federal aid as the state continues to battle the largest wildfire burning in the United States.
  
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• China's economy is going backwards

  05-05-2022 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  China's gigantic services sector just contracted at the second sharpest pace on record as Covid lockdowns hit businesses hard.
  
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