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• Kerido: One of the Biggest Stories of the Year Went Virtually Unreported by Establishment Media

  11-05-2022 23:56
  
  Did you hear that Israeli spies saved the life of a U.S. general by foiling an Iranian assassination plot?
  Probably not. But don’t feel bad — nobody else in America did, either. The legacy media in the U.S. reported very little (or not at all) on what should be one of the most important stories of the year. In Israel, however, news outlets erupted with the explosive story.
  At the end of April, Israeli Mossad agents operating inside Iran apprehended and interrogated a man named Mansou
  
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• This California desert could hold the key to powering all of America's electric cars

  11-05-2022 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Salton Sea Basin feels almost alien. It lies where two enormous chunks of the Earth's crust, the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate, are very slowly pushing past one another creating an enormous low spot in the land. It's a big, flat gray desert ringed with high mountains that look pale in the distance. It's hot and, deep underground, it is literally boiling.
  
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• Biden's 'Ultra-MAGA' Attack Blows Up in His Face for a Second Time When Shot at Senator Goes Awry

  11-05-2022 23:41
  
  It probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
  With his presidency already a failure and the November midterms sizing up to be a bloodbath for his party, President Joe Biden decided Tuesday to take another shot at rolling out what he probably is hoping will be the slur that turns the tide of politics in his favor.
  But like most Biden ideas, it started out bad and keeps getting worse — for him, anyway.
  During his embarrassingly disjointed speech on the inflation that’s infuriating A
  
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• National Archives poised to release more Trump documents to Jan. 6 committee

  11-05-2022 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  The National Archives is poised to turn over yet another batch of documents to the House's investigation into the January 6 insurrection, according to a new set of letters released by the agency on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump Officials Prep for Huge Border Move After Nov. Red Wave, Announce Unheard of New Ways to Lock Down Border

  11-05-2022 23:11
  
  A coalition of border policy experts and think tanks has outlined a 15-point platform to reverse President Joe Biden’s porous southern border policy, reforming the US immigration system in the name of security and national integrity.
  Border policy experts such as former DHS Secretary Chad Wolf and Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott are among the officials supporting the plan.
  The group includes a dozen former Trump officials, as well as leading public policy organizations in border states an
  
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• The GOP claims our work is 'sexualizing' kids. But what we teach can save them.

  11-05-2022 23:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  The GOP's argument that teaching young kids about sex sets them up to be "groomed" ignores the fact that when kids learn that anything “down there” is shameful, they are less likely to report abuse.
  
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• Bedoya confirmed as Federal Trade Commissioner

  11-05-2022 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya. The 51-50 vote was along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie.
  
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• 'WJ Live': We Were Right: Bill Gates Makes Massive COVID Confession

  11-05-2022 23:01
  
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• Elite Hollywood Lawyer Acting as Hunter Biden's 'Sugar Brother' Setting Up 'Redemption' Documentary

  11-05-2022 22:46
  
  An elite Hollywood lawyer has reportedly taken the reins of Hunter Biden’s public relations and is planning moves to rehabilitate the image of the disgraced drug addict known for shady business dealings with foreign powers.
  Kevin Morris has lent more than $2 million to the president’s troubled son, acting as a “confidant” for Biden, who is currently under IRS investigation for potential tax fraud.
  Morris, who has taken on the role of Biden’s de facto “sugar br
  
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• Letts: Police Could Soon Have a Powerful New Role if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

  11-05-2022 22:11
  
  The phrase “turnabout is fair play” comes to mind regarding the Supreme Court’s leaked decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
  In the late ’80s and early ’90s, pro-life demonstrators peacefully blocked the entrances to abortion clinics, resulting in their arrests. But now, with the Roe decision on the verge of being overturned, the question has to be asked: What will police officers do now with those who either perform abortions or seek abortions in states where abortion
  
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• Guardians-White Sox game postponed due to Covid

  11-05-2022 22:04 via cnn.com
  
  Due to multiple positive Covid-19 tests within the Guardians organization, Wednesday afternoon's game between Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox has been postponed, Major League Baseball officials announced.
  
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• Documents Show George Soros Is Making a Major Push to Get Stacey Abrams Elected

  11-05-2022 22:04
  
  Billionaire financier George Soros has donated more than one million dollars to help Democratic former Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams have a second chance at becoming the state’s governor.
  News of Soros bankrolling Abrams’ second gubernatorial bid was first reported by Fox News.
  Soros’ campaign financing vehicle Democracy PAC II donated $1 million to One Georgia Inc., Federal Election Commission records show.
  One Georgia Inc. is a leadership committee formed to assist Abrams
  
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• Analysis: Trump's influence is resurgent

  11-05-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's moment of potential accountability won't come for a month, when the House committee documenting the effort to overturn the last election holds made-for-TV hearings.
  
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• Air Force disciplines crew for Martha's Vineyard landing

  11-05-2022 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  The US Air Force disciplined the crew of a "Hurricane Hunters" WC-130 Hercules aircraft after they landed at Martha's Vineyard in late March to pick up a personal motorcycle, the 403rd Wing announced in a statement Wednesday.
  
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• Air Force disciplines crew for landing at Martha's Vineyard to pick up motorcycle

  11-05-2022 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  The US Air Force disciplined the crew of a "Hurricane Hunters" WC-130 Hercules aircraft after they landed at Martha's Vineyard in late March to pick up a personal motorcycle, the 403rd Wing announced in a statement Wednesday.
  
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• Judge Lifts Contempt Ruling Against Trump, Orders Fine to Be Paid

  11-05-2022 21:39
  
  A New York judge said Wednesday that he would completely release former President Donald Trump from a contempt of court finding, but Trump’s legal team must provide more information about its search for documents sought by state Attorney General Letitia James.
  Judge Arthur Engoron also said the former president still must pay $110,000 in fines, The Associated Press reported.
  On April 25, the judge found Trump in contempt of court for failing to fully comply with documents subpoenaed by Jam
  
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• Locals Work Together to Save Suicidal Woman: Officer Dives to Grab Her Leg as She Jumps Off Bridge

  11-05-2022 21:33
  
  The day before Mother’s Day, a woman in Saginaw, Michigan, was contemplating ending it all. Several people spotted her inching her way along the outside railing of the Rust Street Bridge and stopped to try to help.
  Local Dion Mason stopped and tried to engage with the woman, asking her what was the matter and pleading with her not to jump.
  “What’s wrong? What’s wrong?” he said in the video he posted to Facebook. “You all right? Girl, you gotta come on up, up o
  
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• Op-Ed: I Was Part of the 1% Used to Justify Abortion, But My Birth Mom Made a Courageous Choice

  11-05-2022 21:23
  
  I recently celebrated a birthday.
  But that birthday could’ve easily been aborted.
  I am the 1 percent that is used 100 percent of the time to justify abortion. My birth mom, despite experiencing the horror and violence of rape, courageously rejected the further violence of abortion.
  I’m someone who was conceived in rape but adopted in love. I’m someone with loving parents who chose me despite how I came to be. I’m someone with 12 siblings (nine of whom were also adopted) i
  
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• Federal Judge Hands DeSantis a Crucial Win in His Battle Against Disney

  11-05-2022 21:23
  
  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging legislation pushed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to dissolve a special district set up to benefit the Walt Disney Co.
  The Republican made the move after Disney went on the offensive against him and the state legislature over the state’s Parents Rights in Education law, which forbids classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and limits sexual education after that to age-appropriat
  
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• Pro-Abortion Mob Shows Up for Protest Outside Nancy Pelosi's House

  11-05-2022 20:59
  
  Pro-abortion protesters arrived at the home of a high-ranking government official on Tuesday.
  But they weren’t targeting a Republican or a Supreme Court justice who appears to support the draft ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade.
  Instead, they were targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
  The activists are demanding that Pelosi take action to halt the potential ruling, accusing the Democratic Party of failing to defend the legal right to abortion.HAPPENING NOW: Abortionists are cur
  
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• Reducing harmful air pollution has led to a surprising effect — more hurricanes in the North Atlantic

  11-05-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  As the US and Europe worked for decades to reduce air pollution for the sake of public health and the planet, scientists found an unintended and challenging consequence: an increase in tropical storms in some regions.
  
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• Reducing harmful air pollution has led to a surprising effect -- more hurricanes

  11-05-2022 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  As the US and Europe worked for decades to reduce air pollution for the sake of public health and the planet, scientists found an unintended and challenging consequence: an increase in tropical storms in some regions.
  
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• America's response to addiction relies on fixing this website

  11-05-2022 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  At a psychiatric hospital in Michigan, Dr. Cara Poland's patients were handed a sheet of paper to find follow-up care. The hospital had entered local ZIP codes on a website — run by the nation's top substance use and mental health agency — and printed the resulting list of providers for patients to call.
  
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• The electric Ford F-150 Lightning is the best version of America's top truck

  11-05-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Ford F-150 Lightning may be the best pickup truck the company has ever made. All it took was making it completely electric, something that, not long ago, might have seemed off-brand for a traditional truck company like Ford.
  
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• The electric Ford F-150 Lightning is the best version ever. Period

  11-05-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  The Ford F-150 Lightning may be the best pickup truck the company has ever made. All it took was making it completely electric, something that, not long ago, might have seemed off-brand for a traditional truck company like Ford.
  
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• Abortion Terror Group Claims Responsibility for Firebombing of Pro-Life Center, Vows More Attacks if Demands Go Unmet

  11-05-2022 19:48
  
  After a pro-abortion riot turned violent in Wisconsin, a far-left activist group took responsibility for the attack and vowed to take further action.
  According to Fox News, rioters threw a Molotov cocktail into a Wisconsin Family Action building in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Police said when the cocktail failed to start a fire, rioters ignited a separate fire at the office.
  Photos showed the damage inside one office in the building. On the outside, someone spray painted the threat, “If
  
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• Lincoln Project Founder Melts Down, Defends Groomer in Embarrassing Twitter Tantrum

  11-05-2022 19:13
  
  Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt spent the weekend furiously rage-tweeting, lashing out at his political critics and claiming he’s the victim of a coordinated attempt to ruin his supposedly solid reputation.
  But it wasn’t a Trump Republican that set up the establishment political consultant for a full weekend of Twitter trash-talk.
  Most of Schmidt’s ire was reserved for Meghan McCain, the daughter of the deceased senator, whose presidential campaign he worked for in 200
  
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• Priest Sends Message to Pro-Abortion Vandals After Multiple Area Churches Are Hit: 'This Won't Stop Us'

  11-05-2022 19:02
  
  A Catholic church based in Houston, Texas, changed its hours of operation in response to attacks by pro-abortion vandals who desecrated church premises.
  “It’s very unfortunate that people would desecrate the church like this, take their frustration out on the church,” Father Peter Damian Harris of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church told KRIV-TV.
  The church will now open 30 minutes before confession and mass and close immediately after, opening later at 4 p.m. for confession and 5:
  
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• Outrage After 'Dangerous Criminal' with Long Rap Sheet Shoots NYPD Officer: 'Why Wasn't He in Jail?'

  11-05-2022 18:54
  
  A man denounced by New York City’s police commissioner as a “dangerous criminal” who had been free to roam the streets despite pending charges shot a police officer Tuesday night.
  Rameek Smith, 25, who was wounded in a subsequent shootout with police, died early Wednesday, according to the New York Post.
  New York Mayor Eric Adams noted that Smith, who at the time was on probation for a 2016 robbery in Staten Island, had been arrested for criminal possession of a firearm in Marc
  
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• On Same Day Florida Sen. Rick Scott Said Biden Is Unwell, Biden Calls Him the Senator from Wisconsin

  11-05-2022 18:44
  
  There is one truth out there that is self-evident: Joe Biden is unfit to serve as president.
  On Tuesday, Florida Sen. Rick Scott went ahead and stated it plainly.
  “Let’s be honest here. Joe Biden is unwell,” Scott said in a statement.
  “He’s unfit for office. He’s incoherent, incapacitated and confused. He doesn’t know where he is half the time. He’s incapable of leading and he’s incapable of carrying out his duties.”
  Fox News reported o
  
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• What's getting pricier at the grocery store

  11-05-2022 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  Inflation may be slowing just a bit, but food prices are on fire.
  
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• US inflation slowed last month for the first time since August 

  11-05-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace than in previous months.
  
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• Inflation slows for the first time since August 

  11-05-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  US inflation took a breather last month for the first time since August. Prices still increased, but at a slower pace than in previous months.
  
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• New Inflation Numbers 'Hotter Than Expected' One Day After Biden Tried to Shift Blame

  11-05-2022 18:14
  
  Another month has ended, and the new inflation numbers have been released.
  CNN noted that President Joe Biden is “on the defensive” over rampaging inflation as it continues to burn through Americans’ wallets. In April the Consumer Price Index posted an 8.3 percent increase after an 8.5 percent increase in March, according to CNBC.
  The increase topped the prediction from Dow Jones that April would only show an 8.1 percent increase.
  The CPI has a so-called core measure that elimi
  
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• 'Harbinger' Author Cahn Warns in New Film America Experiencing God's Judgment, But There Is Still Hope

  11-05-2022 17:54
  
  New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Cahn offers a sober view of where the United States stands in his new documentary film, “The Harbingers of Things to Come,” set for release in theaters this week, but he says there is still hope.
  The film is based, in part, on his 2012 blockbuster book, “The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future,” and his 2020 followup, “The Harbinger II: The Return.”
  Cahn, who is a Jewish bel
  
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• Flight Aborted Just Before Takeoff After Passengers Receive Disturbing Photos on Their Phones

  11-05-2022 17:34
  
  Nine people were detained in Israel Tuesday after multiple passengers aboard a Turkish airline that was scheduled to depart from Israel received images of plane crashes on their phones.
  Police said nine Israelis from a village in northern Israel are suspected of sending the photos “which could be interpreted as constituting a threat to carry out an attack,” according to the Times of Israel.
  All of those detained are around the age of 18, police said.
  The captain of the Turkish Anadol
  
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• Clues in New Satellite Photos Point to Troubling Nuclear Development in China, Experts Say

  11-05-2022 17:24
  
  Late last year, a Pentagon report warned that China was developing new attack submarines that could prevent anyone from coming to the rescue if China chooses to attack Taiwan.
  Now, satellite images are making experts wonder if that report’s warning has become a reality.
  Reuters reported that satellite images show a vessel, which could be either a new type of nuclear-powered attack submarine or an upgraded version of an existing submarine.
  The new submarines are expected to include vertical
  
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• The hypocrisy of Elon Musk's free speech routine, from someone he blocked on Twitter

  11-05-2022 17:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter's presumptive new owner Elon Musk says he will bring Donald Trump back. But the Tesla billionaire is far from a free speech icon.
  
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• Passenger with Zero Flight Experience Successfully Lands Plane After Pilot Goes Down

  11-05-2022 16:53
  
  A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast, and the passenger safely landed the plane with the help of air traffic controllers.
  “I’ve got a serious situation here,” the man said Tuesday afternoon, according to audio on LiveATC.net, a website that broadcasts and archives air traffic controller communications.
  “My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to f
  
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• Supreme Court Suffers Another Major Roe v. Wade Leak - It Looks Great for Pro-Lifers

  11-05-2022 16:48
  
  Last week, Politico published a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The draft showed that the court could strike down the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
  Now, as the court is set to meet on Thursday, Politico has published more leaked information — and it is good news for pro-lifers.
  The outlet reported Wednesday morning that Alito’s draft opinion is still the on
  
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• Trump Celebrates Key Primary Win for One Endorsed Candidate, Suffers a Loss Out West

  11-05-2022 16:45
  
  A Republican who was backed by former President Donald Trump won a hotly competitive congressional primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, but another Trump candidate lost in Nebraska, marking the first setback for Trump in the 2022 primary season.
  Last week, Trump’s candidates carried all of their races as Ohio and Indiana Republicans voted.
  In West Virginia on Tuesday, Trump-backed Republican Rep. Alex Mooney defeated Republican Rep. David McKinley in the 2nd Congressional District primary,
  
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• 4 takeaways from the Nebraska and West Virginia primaries

  11-05-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump's candidate will win in West Virginia House primary but fall short in Nebraska governor race
  • Full results: Nebraska | West Virginia
  
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• 4 takeaways from Nebraska, West Virginia primaries

  11-05-2022 16:27 via cnn.com
  
  • Trump's candidate will win in West Virginia House primary but fall short in Nebraska governor race
  • Full results: Nebraska | West Virginia
  
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• Blast from the Past

  11-05-2022 16:09
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Blast from the Past appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Biden Tries to Calm Nation About Inflation, But His Foolish Babbling Just Creates More Anxiety

  11-05-2022 15:35
  
  The comedy of errors that is Joe Biden’s botched presidency sputtered on during a rambling speech he gave on Tuesday while discussing inflation.
  At one point, a confused Biden said the No. 1 “strength that we’ve built is inflation.”
  The career politician spouted the gibberish during a speech discussing the nation’s flailing economy.
  “The No. 1 threat is the strength — and that strength that we built is inflation,” the president declared.Biden: &ldq
  
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• Bill Gates Announces He Has COVID, Then Makes a Vaccine Statement

  11-05-2022 15:18
  
  Billionaire Bill Gates announced Tuesday that he has been infected by the coronavirus, but said there’s nothing to worry about due to the vaccine he champions.
  “I’ve tested positive for COVID. I’m experiencing mild symptoms and am following the experts’ advice by isolating until I’m healthy again,” Gates wrote in a Twitter post.I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing and great medical care.
  — Bill Gates (@BillGat
  
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• The electric Ford F-150 Lightning is the best version of America's best-selling truck

  11-05-2022 14:59 via cnn.com
  
  The Ford F-150 Lightning may be the best pickup truck the company has ever made. All it took was making it completely electric, something that, not long ago, might have seemed off-brand for a traditional truck company like Ford.
  
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• Watch: Psaki Gives Green Light to Protesters to Break Federal Law Outside SCOTUS Justices' Homes

  11-05-2022 14:05
  
  Since the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade leaked early last week, leftists have been panicking over the prospect of being barred from killing babies in the womb.
  Some have gone as far as to publish the addresses of the conservative Supreme Court justices, and activists have descended upon their houses to protest.
  Despite the fact that this behavior is against the law, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday the Biden administration has no problem w
  
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• Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they'll stay high for a long time

  11-05-2022 13:15 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. But it's not the only cause of the spike.
  
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• US gas prices at a record, and they'll stay high

  11-05-2022 13:15 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a major reason that US drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. But it's not the only cause of the spike.
  
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