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• Amber Heard Just Set Herself Up for Another Depp Lawsuit Less Than 2 Weeks After Verdict

  14-06-2022 23:58
  
  Actress Amber Heard lost big earlier this month, both at the hands of a Fairfax County, Virginia, jury and in the court of public opinion.
  Nevertheless, she came out swinging in her first interview since the verdict, claiming to stand by everything she said in her testimony — to her “dying day.”
  This may not be the smartest strategy considering her loss in court means she already owes her former husband $8.35 million. Heard was ordered to pay $10 million in compensatory damages
  
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• Family of 13-year-old boy killed by San Antonio police want officer charged with murder, attorney says

  14-06-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A lawyer representing the family of a 13-year-old boy who was killed by a San Antonio police officer earlier this month called for the officer’s arrest and
  
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• Op-Ed: The Bible Is Shouting in Response to LGBT Enthusiasts' 'Pride Month'

  14-06-2022 23:41
  
  As LGBT enthusiasts celebrate their gay pride during the entire month of June, no document shouts louder in response than the Old Testament book of Leviticus.
  When considering homosexual behavior, many people avoid discussing God’s clear directives in Leviticus. It makes them uncomfortable. And so this week we examine what God says about marriage, homosexuality and deviant sexual behavior in the Bible study “The Book of Leviticus and Gay Pride Month.”
  By way of introduction, a
  
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• Mitch McConnell Announces He'll Vote for Gun-Control Bill Backed by All 50 Senate Democrats

  14-06-2022 23:31
  
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he is in support of a bipartisan framework on gun safety and would likely vote for legislation that reflects the framework.
  This announcement makes McConnell the 11th Republican to voice support for the bipartisan framework on gun safety that has been under negotiation for the past several weeks, The Hill reported.
  “For myself, I’m comfortable with the framework and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework ind
  
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• 165,000 people in west Texas could be without water for days amid heat wave after main breaks

  14-06-2022 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  A water main break in west Texas could leave the 165,000 residents in and around Odessa with little or no water for 48 hours, officials said Tuesday, just as a
  
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• FDA advisers back Moderna’s Covid vaccine for older kids

  14-06-2022 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  An FDA advisory panel endorsed Moderna's Covid vaccine for teens and schoolchildren. Tomorrow the panel will vote on vaccines for the youngest children.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani blasts Trump aides over claim he was drunk on election night

  14-06-2022 22:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani denied Tuesday that he was drunk when he urged former President Donald Trump to declare victory on election night as votes were still being counted.
  
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• A 2nd inmate who escaped through a Missouri jail ceiling has been captured. But a 3rd fugitive is still nowhere to be found

  14-06-2022 22:57 via cnn.com
  
  After 10 days on the run, a Missouri jail inmate who disappeared through a ceiling has been caught -- but authorities are still looking for another escapee.
  
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• Those pushing Ukraine to concede territory need to listen to Putin's recent words

  14-06-2022 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia-Ukraine war has Putin comparing himself to a tsar as the Russian military struggles against Kyiv. That comparison is risible, but scary.
  
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• Putin comparing himself to Peter the Great isn't just risible. It's dangerous.

  14-06-2022 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia-Ukraine war has Putin comparing himself to a tsar as the Russian military struggles against Kyiv. That comparison is risible, but scary.
  
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• Twitter Employees Are About to Come Face-to-Face with Elon Musk for the First Time

  14-06-2022 22:39
  
  Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will speak to Twitter employees during a Thursday company-wide meeting, according to an internal email.
  Workers at Twitter can submit any questions they have for the celebrity entrepreneur on Wednesday, the email from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal stated, according to Insider.
  Twitter’s chief marketing officer will moderate the virtual meeting. During the call, Twitter employees could ask Musk questions regarding concerns they’ve expressed in recent weeks.
  
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• FDA approves first alopecia treatment for condition that causes sudden hair loss

  14-06-2022 22:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Can hair grow back after alopecia? FDA approved first alopecia treatment for people suffering from a rare autoimmune disorder that causes sudden hair loss.
  
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• 'It's Killing Her!': Young Mother Saves Pet in Alligator's Jaws by Screaming and Pulling Dog Free

  14-06-2022 22:13
  
  Stephany Pineda, Will Ubario and their 4-month-old son of Plantation, Florida, have two French bulldogs they love dearly. Like many dogs, the two Frenchies enjoy chasing after iguanas and running around in their yard — but on June 8, that went very wrong.
  Pineda was first alerted to the fact that something was wrong when she heard her mother screaming.
  She went outside to see their dogs down at the fenceline near the water. While their yard is completely fenced in with a chain-link fence,
  
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• Gas Prices Drop to 1978 Levels After Manager Makes Decimal Error, Ends up Fired

  14-06-2022 22:08
  
  Some heroes don’t wear capes.
  At least, that was the situation in the eyes of lucky California motorists who chanced into a reprieve from crushing gas prices under President Joe Biden.
  The manager of a Sacramento County gas station programmed the pumps to sell premium gasoline for 69 cents a gallon on Thursday.
  John Susina didn’t realize that he had placed a decimal point in the wrong place when programming the pump, according to WRAL. As such, the gas sold for less than a dollar ins
  
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• Tesla Catches Fire After 3 Weeks Sitting at Wrecking Yard, Fire Dept. Has to Literally Dig a Pit to Put It Out

  14-06-2022 21:40
  
  The Biden administration has continually attempted to push electric vehicles as the future of transportation, but the latest instance of an electric car catching on fire is a reminder they are not a magical solution.
  On Friday, the Sacramento, California, Metropolitan Fire Department shared video on Twitter of its crews responding to a Tesla that had caught fire after sitting unused for three weeks.
  “Crews arrived to our first Tesla fire,” the department wrote. “It was involved
  
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• Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he supports framework deal on guns

  14-06-2022 21:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he is “comfortable” with the contours of a bipartisan deal on gun legislation and will back it
  
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• Trump’s pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler’s power grab in Capitol riot

  14-06-2022 21:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for governor in Pennsylvania compared the Jan. 6 attack to historical events staged by the Nazis, saying that he saw "parallel
  
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• Trans Bishop Forced Out of Church After Devastating Allegations Surface

  14-06-2022 21:11
  
  Live by wokeness, die by wokeness.
  A little over a year ago, the Rev. Megan Rohrer was all over the news as the first transgender bishop of any major denomination. On May 8, 2021, the Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed her as the head of roughly 200 congregations in California and Nevada, The Washington Post reported.
  (While Rohrer was born female, she uses the pronouns “they/them” and identifies as trans; as The Federalist noted at the time
  
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• Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife Breaks Silence with First Televised Interview, Issues a Warning to Women

  14-06-2022 21:06
  
  The woman who knows Hunter Biden the most is speaking out on her marriage to President Joe Biden’s son.
  Kathleen Buhle was interviewed in a Tuesday profile with ABC News’ “Good Morning America.”
  Biden’s ex-wife will reveal new details of her marriage in an upcoming book, “If We Break: A Memoir of Marriage, Addiction and Healing.”
  Buhle, who was married to the younger Biden for 24 years, divorced the troubled lawyer and lobbyist in 2017.
  Ten years into th
  
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• After Pulling Car Over, Officer Prays for Passenger, Then Places Cross in His Hand

  14-06-2022 20:59
  
  Not everyone has pleasant experiences when they’re stopped by police. Even the most law-abiding citizens can get pulled over for things they are unaware of.
  But cops often have the choice to exercise grace, and according to one woman, the amount of grace shown in one memorable interaction was nothing short of amazing.
  Ashlye V. Wilkerson, Ph. D., is a speaker, author, success coach and daughter. She recently lost her father, Anthony “Tony” Geddis, to cancer, but in one post she
  
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• Zoo Guests Watch as Gorilla Chases Stray Dog That Got Into Exhibit: 'Run run run!'

  14-06-2022 20:47
  
  Guests at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park were witness to an unintended interspecies exhibit that took place in the gorilla enclosure on Sunday.
  One visitor shared a video with KUSI-TV showing the tense moments that followed after a large shepherd mix somehow ended up in the exhibit facing off with a gorilla at about 4 p.m.
  While the dog didn’t appear to have any interest in rushing the huge gorilla, the gorilla appeared very interested in chasing off the intruder and threw handfuls of dirt
  
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• A Warning To Pet Owners: Man Shares Video Of 'Close Call' Encounter between Coyote and Cat

  14-06-2022 20:40
  
  There’s a decent amount of controversy over whether or not cats should be allowed to roam outside. They can make enemies of neighbors with their propensity to poop wherever they please, make sounds at all hours of the night and kill off local wildlife.
  Many cats get hit by cars or attacked by wildlife, making life on the streets for many cats short and violent.
  But one recent video is another great reason to keep your feline indoors. A homeowner in Surfside, Texas, recently caught an inter
  
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• Opinion: The Senate's framework on guns isn't politics as usual. It's a sea change

  14-06-2022 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Lawmakers in the US Senate announced this weekend that they have reached an agreement on a bipartisan framework charting a path forward on national efforts to stem gun violence.
  
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• FL Man in Cuffs After Showing Video to Police, Had No Idea It Shows Him Abusing a Corpse

  14-06-2022 20:31
  
  A 51-year-old Florida man is in custody after he accidentally implicated himself in a missing-persons case.
  According to the UK’s Daily Mail, William Redden has been charged with abusing the corpse of 38-year-old Stephanie Lynn Shenefield, who was reported missing earlier this month.
  Police said Shenefield was last seen on June 3 in Bradenton, Florida. At 1:20 am on that day, she reportedly took an Uber to Redden’s home in Palmetto, Florida, which is across the river from Bradenton.
  
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• BLM Chapter Co-Founder Arrested After Outrageous Attack Using Cockroaches

  14-06-2022 20:25
  
  Call it a buggy but mostly peaceful protest.
  According to The Washington Times, Black Lives Matter chapter co-founder Clyanna Lightbourn is facing charges after hundreds of cockroaches were released into an Albany, New York, courtroom last week during the arraignment of four activists.
  The roaches were smuggled into the courtroom as part of a planned protest against the original charges, the state court system said, according to the Times.
  (Here at The Western Journal, we’ve chronicled how
  
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• New blood test could indicate how immune you are to Covid

  14-06-2022 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  A newly developed blood test that measures the activation of T cells in the body could help doctors gauge how much immunity a person has against Covid-19.
  
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• Kavanaugh's Neighbor Speaks Out on 'Horrific' Situation Cause by 'Aggressive' Pro-Abortion Advocates

  14-06-2022 20:19
  
  Pro-abortion protesters have been creating a ruckus in the neighborhood where Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s residence is located, a neighbor told Fox News.
  The neighbor, opting to stay anonymous, told Fox that the activists would show up approximately twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at around 7 p.m., disturbing locals nearby who were trying to put their children to bed.
  “It’s a horrific experience,” the neighbor told the outlet. “It’s not
  
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• How a Supreme Court opinion could impact abortion rights

  14-06-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Within weeks, the Supreme Court will issue an opinion in a blockbuster abortion case that will give the conservative majority the opportunity to reverse the court precedent enshrining a right to the procedure.
  
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• Retiring into a bear market: What to do, what to avoid

  14-06-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  The market rout has been painful for investors. But the sting may be especially sharp for anyone who has recently retired or is planning to in the next year or two.
  
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• Retiring in a bear market: What to do, what to avoid

  14-06-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  The market rout has been painful for investors. But the sting may be especially sharp for anyone who has recently retired or is planning to in the next year or two.
  
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• They felt like the world left them behind: Raising young children in a pandemic

  14-06-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Rohit Kumar Rai and his wife have both lost family members in India to Covid-19, so they know how serious the disease can be. That's why they have been living so carefully in Texas until their 4-year-old son can be vaccinated as well.
  
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• Russia Posts All-Time Record Oil Revenue and Fresh High for National Currency as Biden's Sanctions Prove Impotent

  14-06-2022 19:30
  
  It has been 110 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. However, despite the international community heavily sanctioning Russia in response, Russia’s oil revenue and currency are doing well.
  Revenue from Russia’s fossil fuels has soared, the New York Times reported.
  Just in the first 100 days of its war on Ukraine, Russia earned about 93 billion euros, about $97 billion, from exports of oil, gas and coal, the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air found, according to the Times.
  Rough
  
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• Digital License Plates Roll Out with Cool New Features, But There's a Big Catch That Might Stop You

  14-06-2022 19:14
  
  Motorists in Michigan can now install digital license plates that users can control via smartphone on their vehicles.
  State authorities granted the tech company Reviver permission for their digital license plates to be sold and used by motorists in the state, the California-based company announced in a Friday news release.
  Michigan has joined California and Arizona in permitting the legal sale and registration of the digital license plates, MLive reported.
  According to Reviver’s website, t
  
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• Court rejects civil rights group's effort to free elephant in Bronx Zoo, ruling she is not entitled to same rights as a 'person'

  14-06-2022 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that an elephant at the Bronx Zoo is not a "person" and that the civil rights group fighting for her release to a sanctuary is not entitled to do so on her behalf.
  
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• Man Opens Fire at Kids Summer Camp, Police Immediately Respond with Lethal Force

  14-06-2022 19:03
  
  Police in a town outside Dallas, Texas, helped avert a tragedy Monday morning after a gunman opened fire inside a facility hosting a children’s summer camp.
  The incident occurred at the Duncanville Fieldhouse, a sports complex on 1700 S. Main Street, Duncanville, according to a Monday news release from the Duncanville Police Department.
  There were around 250 children and staff within the facility when it went into lockdown after the first few gunshots. Children between the ages of 4 to 14
  
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• White House Press Secretary Laughs and Deflects When Don Lemon Asks the Tough Question About Biden

  14-06-2022 18:49
  
  During an appearance on CNN Monday night, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was pressed about President Joe Biden’s health. She had no interest in addressing it.
  The question came from CNN host Don Lemon, who has historically been very friendly to the Biden administration.
  “Does the president have the stamina, physically and mentally do you think, to continue on even after 2024?” Lemon said.
  Jean-Pierre began to laugh in apparent disbelief and responded to Lemon in
  
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• January 6 Committee Abruptly Postpones Hearing in Unusual Move

  14-06-2022 18:32
  
  The House Committee investigating events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has unexpectedly postponed hearings that were set to take place on June 15.
  The hearing was set to take place at 10 a.m. on June 15, but will now be held on June 16, NBC News reported. It is unclear why there has been this postponement.
  The witnesses supposed to testify at this hearing were former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, former acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue and former assistant attorney gene
  
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• Parker: If Ukraine War Caused Inflation, Why Aren't Other Countries Suffering from It Like Biden's US Is?

  14-06-2022 18:15
  
  President Joe Biden spoke in Los Angeles the other day and addressed the issue foremost on the minds of Americans today — inflation.
  And in the spirit of a tried and true liberal, he blamed everyone in the world for a problem that he is responsible for.
  Apparently, our president believes that Vladimir Putin is running America.
  “We’ve never seen anything like Putin’s tax on both food and gas. … Putin’s price hike is hitting America hard. … I’m doi
  
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• Disney's New 'Toy Story' Spin-Off Banned in 14 Countries Over LGBT Content: Report

  14-06-2022 18:14
  
  Disney’s new movie “Lightyear” comes out in theaters on June 17 but will not be showing in 14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries.
  The film has been banned in these countries due to LGBTQ+ content, Reuters reported.
  The animated movie depicts a same-sex couple who share a kiss, which led to the United Arab Emirates banning the film, NPR reported.
  The film “is not licensed for public screening in all cinemas in the UAE, due to its violation of the country’s media cont
  
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• The tired corporate critique of Pride Month misses the point

  14-06-2022 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gay Pride Month 2022 will feature marches, parades and a corporate backlash that hurts gay rights and acceptance across the political spectrum.
  
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• Report dives into Latinos’ trust in science, representation in STEM

  14-06-2022 18:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  Latinos' views about science, health, Covid doctors and Hispanic representation in STEM are the focus of a new Pew Research report surveyingover 3700 Hispanics.
  
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• BREAKING: Lackland Air Force Base Under Lockdown, Active Shooter Reported

  14-06-2022 17:46
  
  Yet another active shooter situation occurred in the United States on Tuesday.
  According to the official social media accounts of Joint Base San Antonio — a series military bases located in San Antonio, Texas — an active shooter situation has taken place outside of Lackland Air Force Base.ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT (REAL WORLD) – Security forces and local law enforcement are currently responding to reports of gunshots heard off-base in the vicinity of Joint Base San Antonio – L
  
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• S&P 500 falls for a fifth day, slips deeper into bear market territory ahead of Fed decision

  14-06-2022 17:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Stocks give up earlier bounce, S&P 500 is about little changed
  
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• Capitol Police Dispel Democrats' Jan. 5th Conspiracy Theory, Declaring There Was Nothing 'Suspicious' About Tour

  14-06-2022 17:28
  
  Police have determined there was nothing suspicious about a tour of two Capitol office buildings that a House Republican gave to about 15 people the day before Jan. 6, 2021.
  Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia, was showing his constituents around, Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a letter sent Monday.
  Manger’s letter to Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois, the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, came a few weeks after the House committee investigating the in
  
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• Report: Desperate Biden Considers Reversing Trump Policy Aimed at Punishing China

  14-06-2022 17:27
  
  The Biden administration may remove tariffs on some Chinese goods, reversing a policy of former President Donald Trump.
  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo first indicated the idea was under consideration, according to RealClearPolitics.
  “We are looking at it,” she said in an interview with CNN. “In fact, the president has asked us on his team to analyze that. And so we’re in the process of doing that for him, and he will have to make that decision.”
  She indicated tari
  
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• Don't pick up folded dollar bills because they may contain fentanyl, Tennessee sheriff says

  14-06-2022 17:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities in Tennessee are warning residents not to pick up discarded folded dollar bills because they may contain fentanyl.
  
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• D'Souza Challenges Barr to Debate Him Over Claims Contained in '2000 Mules'

  14-06-2022 17:02
  
  Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza is challenging former Attorney General William Barr to a debate over the findings in D’Souza’s documentary “2000 Mules” that questioned the integrity of the 2020 general election.
  D’Souza threw down the gauntlet after Barr laughed when referring to the movie during a recorded deposition that was aired by the House January 6 committee Monday.
  “My opinion then, and my opinion now, is that the election was not stolen by
  
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• Tuesday primaries in S.C., Nevada bring more tests for Trump

  14-06-2022 16:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump's revenge tour lands Tuesday in South Carolina, where another round of Republican primaries will test his clout as he weighs another White House
  
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• While Biden Praises Police in Public, Look Who's Been Quietly Showing Up at the White House

  14-06-2022 16:27
  
  Like his failed presidency, Joe Biden’s pro-police rhetoric is hollow political theater.
  While the Biden administration has publicly distanced itself from the toxic “defund the police” movement amid terrifying nationwide crime waves, it has quietly hosted numerous “defund the police” activists, according to White House visitor logs viewed by Fox News.
  In December, anti-police activist Carmen Rojas visited the White House, according to visitor logs.
  Rojas, the race-h
  
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• Jan. 6 committee says it has the goods — and I believe them. How it could still fail.

  14-06-2022 16:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The next January 6 commission hearings are on Thursday. So far, the House committee has done a good job holding Trump's feet to the fire. Can it keep this up?
  
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