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• Bill Ackman will repay investors $4 billion after his SPAC fails

  12-07-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman will close his special purpose acquisition company and return $4 billion to investors after failing to find an adequate target company to take public.
  
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• Watch: Pretentious Berkeley Professor Can't Handle 1 Question from Sen. Hawley

  12-07-2022 23:39
  
  Khiara Bridges might be a law professor at Berkeley, but on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley was teaching the lessons.
  During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the legal aftermath of the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade in June, the Missouri Republican opened up his line of questioning on an area of human biology any 10-year-old is familiar with.
  And the law professor couldn’t give a straight answer.
  Check out the video here. It’s got to be seen to be believed:
  Hawley, a former at
  
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• Young Boy Saves Nanny and Painter After Four-Alarm Fire Breaks Out in $3 Million Home

  12-07-2022 23:21
  
  A young family had just moved into a gorgeous home in Hingham, Massachusetts, making the $3.2 million dollar home their own — but now there’s nothing left but a brick chimney.
  Neighbor Chris Moran told WCVB-TV that the nice young couple and their boy had just moved in and had almost finished renovating the 6,000-square-foot home when disaster struck.
  On Monday around lunchtime, the young boy noticed a fire had started and quickly alerted his nanny. He also had the wherewithal to reca
  
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• 'That Was the Last Straw' - Conservative Disney Producer Breaks Silence About Woke Company Narrative

  12-07-2022 23:16
  
  Few companies have embraced wokeness with as much zeal as Disney. The company has leaped headlong into America’s culture war to become one of the most activist corporations in the United States.
  Disney management’s public battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the state’s Parental Rights in Education law — which critics disingenuously called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — drew national attention to the company this spring.
  Videos from company meeti
  
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• Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to buy the company — while accusing him of 'trashing' it

  12-07-2022 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter is suing Elon Musk to force the tech titan to commit to his bid to purchase the company for $44 billion.
  
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• Josh Hawley accused of transphobic line of questioning during sharp exchange with law professor

  12-07-2022 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri was accused by a law professor of engaging in a line of transphobic questioning during a hearing Tuesday on the legal consequences of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
  
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• Covid hospitalizations double since May, driven by BA.5

  12-07-2022 22:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hospitals across the country are bracing for another surge in Covid-19 patients as the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5 sweeps the nation.  “Statewide,
  
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• Senior ISIS Leader in Syria Killed While Riding His Motorcycle by US Drone Strike

  12-07-2022 22:46
  
  The United States killed the leader of the Islamic State’s Syria branch in a Tuesday morning drone strike in northwest Syria.
  The United States Central Command drone strike outside of Jindayris killed Maher al-Agal — one of ISIS’ top five leaders — and seriously wounded one of his senior close associates, U.S. Central Command announced in a news release.
  “Extensive planning went into this operation to ensure its successful execution. An initial review indicates ther
  
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• Does Chris Pratt's New Navy SEALs 'Terminal List' Series Contain an Anti-Vax Mandate Message?

  12-07-2022 22:41
  
  There is certainly a lot of negativity among the reviewing class about the new Amazon Prime “The Terminal List” series starring Chris Pratt.
  One intriguing question that arises from it is whether the filmmakers were seeking to communicate an anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate message.
  Minor spoiler alert: I’m about to reveal some aspects of the plot, but these are early revelations in the series, so I don’t think I’m giving much away.
  Something that is not mentioned in b
  
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• Two Boys, Ages 10 and 14, Questioned in Beating Death of Senior Citizen in Dem-Run Paradise with Soros DA

  12-07-2022 22:35
  
  In yet another example of the rampant violence plaguing Democrat-run cities, a group of juveniles beat a 73-year-old man to death on June 24 in Philadelphia.
  Now, two young brothers have surrendered to police for questioning as “persons of interest” in the incident, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  The boys — ages 10 and 14 — turned themselves in to the Philadelphia Police Department’s homicide unit on Monday in connection with the murder of James Lambert.
  Ne
  
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• White House seeks to keep focus on the economy with summit as Biden heads to Middle East

  12-07-2022 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome a group of state and local officials to the White House on Wednesday as the administration seeks to draw attention to key elements of President Joe Biden's cornerstone legislative achievement.
  
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• 'Satan 2' Nuke Touted by Russian Space Director Just 1 Day After NYC Nuke PSA

  12-07-2022 22:29
  
  According to the head of Roscosmos, the State Space Corporation of Russia, his country is preparing to serially produce the Sarmat nuclear missile.
  “Sarmat. The world’s most powerful nuclear missile with a global range is preparing for new tests and serial production,” Dmitrii Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, posted on Telegram.
  This nuclear missile is also known as “Satan-2” and previously made headlines when Russia touted it as a missile that could destroy “h
  
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• Watch: Ohio AG Exposes Biden's Story About 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Who Got an Abortion

  12-07-2022 22:06
  
  Joe Biden’s story of a ten-year-old girl who had to travel out of state for an abortion due to Ohio’s new abortion law is collapsing, and with the latest revelation from Ohio’s top law enforcement officer, the story now looks to be a complete fabrication.
  Last Friday, Biden used the story of a young rape victim who was forced to flee Ohio because of the state’s restrictive abortion laws to bolster his radical abortion agenda.
  Now Biden looks foolish for pushing the left&r
  
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• 'They're Ready to Shoot' - Former Republican Gubernatorial Candidate and Kids Put at Gunpoint by SWAT After Fake Call

  12-07-2022 22:03
  
  Former Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Kandiss Taylor and her family were victims of an overnight swatting call.
  “My children were woken up from their bed. Trauma doesn’t even begin to explain what just happened at my house. I have it all on video,” Taylor said in a video shared on Twitter early Tuesday morning.I was just swatted. pic.twitter.com/MtBhXJCpuT
  — Kandiss Taylor (@KandissTaylor) July 12, 2022The former Republican candidate said that someone phoned h
  
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• South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh expected to be indicted on murder charges in slayings of his wife and son, sources say

  12-07-2022 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  A grand jury is expected to indict embattled South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh on murder charges in last year's slayings of his wife and son, sources told NBC News on Tuesday, the latest twist in the sprawling scandal engulfing a local legal dynasty.
  
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• Surveillance Footage Shows 'SkyKing' Airline Worker Jacking Commercial Plane for Fatal Joyride

  12-07-2022 21:40
  
  How can it be this easy to steal a commercial airliner?
  Newly released surveillance camera footage shows how an airline ground service agent stole an Alaska Airlines’ Q400 Turboprop from the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2018.
  Video shows how Richard Russell entered the aircraft’s cabin door after towing it in the direction of the runway.
  The footage was provided to KOIN-TV last week.
  The 29-year-old man quickly closed the plane’s door, soon announcing
  
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• Senate confirms Biden's pick to lead ATF

  12-07-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Steve Dettelbach as President Joe Biden's pick to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
  
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• Senate confirms Steven Dettelbach as ATF director, overseeing enforcement of gun laws

  12-07-2022 21:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the first permanent leader of the agency since 2015.
  
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• Trump Reveals His True View of 'Bulls*** Artist' Elon Musk as Twitter Deal Falls Apart

  12-07-2022 21:30
  
  Former President Donald Trump took aim at Elon Musk in a Saturday rally in Alaska.
  Trump likened Musk to a “b******* artist” after the megabillionaire’s agreement to buy Twitter all but fell apart.
  “Elon is not going to buy Twitter … Where did you hear that before? From me,” Trump said. Trump had previously expressed his skepticism that Musk would end up buying Twitter.Former President Donald Trump says Elon Musk is “not going to buy Twitter and he&rsqu
  
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• Trump Reveals His True View of 'B******* Artist' Elon Musk as Twitter Deal Falls Apart

  12-07-2022 21:30
  
  Former President Donald Trump took aim at Elon Musk in a Saturday rally in Alaska.
  Trump likened Musk to a “b******* artist” after the megabillionaire’s agreement to buy Twitter all but fell apart.
  “Elon is not going to buy Twitter … Where did you hear that before? From me,” Trump said. Trump had previously expressed his skepticism that Musk would end up buying Twitter.Former President Donald Trump says Elon Musk is “not going to buy Twitter and he&rsqu
  
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• White House tries to get ahead of June inflation report that it expects to be elevated but 'out of date'

  12-07-2022 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  White House officials on Tuesday acknowledged June's Consumer Price Index report is expected to show elevated inflation but argue the figures included in the report don't reflect a recent drop in energy prices and are therefore "out of date."
  
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• The Jeep Wrangler plug-in hybrid just outsold all of Toyota's plug-ins combined

  12-07-2022 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  It might surprise you to learn that the best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in America is, of all things, a Jeep Wrangler, the burly, boxy SUV engineered for hard off-road driving.
  
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• Progressive pro-Israel group takes on AIPAC in Democratic primary fight

  12-07-2022 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  The contentious Democratic House primary in Michigan's 11th District, which pits two incumbents against each other after the state redrew its congressional map, has quietly become one of the key battlegrounds in the party's evolving rift over Israel and overlapping debates about its broader ideological direction.
  
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• Op-Ed: Biden v. Trump II - The 2024 Matchup Neither Party Really Wants

  12-07-2022 20:56
  
  If you’re not particularly concerned about the immediate future of the United States, or if you don’t really think who’s president has much to do with it, the next two years ought to be a fascinating and tantalizing experience.
  It’s likely to be that way for the rest of us too, except we’ve also doubled down on which individual, or at least which party, we want to win the presidency in 2024.
  Here’s the rub: The Democratic and Republican candidates with the big
  
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• Heroes Rescue Visually Impaired Man and Guide Dog Who Fell Into Harbor at Night: 'Sheer Fear and Panic'

  12-07-2022 20:37
  
  Engaged couple Isabella Scott and Ezrick Marines were enjoying the holiday weekend in Boston when a misstep nearly took Marines’ life.
  Both Scott and Marines are visually impaired, and Marines has a guide dog named Brutus who helps him navigate the world.
  The trio were out at Fan Pier Park one evening, enjoying the Boston Harbor, when Marines and Brutus found their way to a section where there was a gap in the guardrail.
  Scott was filming a live TikTok video as Marines stepped off the pier
  
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• Little league teams have pulled out of a state championship after a gunfire scare at a game

  12-07-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Little league teams have pulled out of the North Carolina state championship tournament after gunshots erupted during a weekend game, their organizers said Monday in social media posts.
  
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• Scrutiny falls on Unification Church after Shinzo Abe's assassination

  12-07-2022 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, also known as the Unification Church, has condemned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s killing.
  
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• Brain-eating amoeba that infected a swimmer in Iowa is increasingly found in northern states

  12-07-2022 20:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Naegleria fowleri bacteria, which attacks the brain, can be found in warm fresh water. More cases have been observed at northern latitudes since 2010.
  
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• Op-Ed: Real Change Does Not Begin with the Left or the Right

  12-07-2022 20:14
  
  Real change does not begin with the left. Real change does not begin with the right. Real change does not begin from the top down. Real change does not begin from the bottom up. Real change begins from the inside out.
  Real change in society is a result of real change in individuals, and real change in individuals occurs when they repent from sin and cry out for the Lord Jesus Christ. Therein they receive the indwelling Holy Spirit who regenerates man’s depraved nature (cf. Romans 8:9, Acts
  
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• AOC's Attempt to Play Victim Backfires Badly When Her Comparison Falls Apart

  12-07-2022 20:12
  
  Even for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, this is taking “me too” way too far.
  The mainstream media’s favorite far-left lunatic has been going overboard since last week attempting to justify the pro-abortion protesters who drove Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh out of a Washington, D.C., restaurant on Wednesday.
  But a Twitter post the Democratic congresswoman from New York published Monday in which she claimed to have been victimized as much as the justice ended up making her loo
  
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• Elon Musk's politics trigger strong reactions from Tesla customers

  12-07-2022 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Jason Simon placed an order for a Tesla Model 3 this April, eager to own an electric vehicle.
  
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• First batch of James Webb Space Telescope images and data released by NASA

  12-07-2022 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  NASA revealed the first batch of photos and data from the James Webb Space Telescope, offering views of the Carina Nebula and other never-before-seen images.
  
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• Lake Mead’s latest surprise? A sunken World War II-era vessel

  12-07-2022 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Higgins landing craft has emerged in the shrinking waters of Lake Mead, believed to be a World War II surplus vessel used in service at the lake before it sunk.
  
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• Outspoken Liberal 'Yellowstone' Actress Charged for $96,000 in Workers Comp Fraud

  12-07-2022 19:45
  
  An actress from the hit show “Yellowstone” has been charged with workers compensation fraud.
  Actress Q’Orianka Kilcher had been illegally collecting about $97,000 in disability benefits while also working on the TV show, the Association Press reported.
  Kilcher is known for her four episode stint as Angela Blue Thunder in the show. She also played Pocahontas in the 2005 movie “The New World,” as well as acting in the 2019 “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.”
  
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• Outspoken Liberal 'Yellowstone' Actress Arrested for $96,000 in Workers Comp Fraud

  12-07-2022 19:45
  
  An actress from the hit show “Yellowstone” has been charged with workers compensation fraud.
  Actress Q’Orianka Kilcher had been illegally collecting about $97,000 in disability benefits while also working on the TV show, the Association Press reported.
  Kilcher is known for her four episode stint as Angela Blue Thunder in the show. She also played Pocahontas in the 2005 movie “The New World,” as well as acting in the 2019 “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.”
  
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• Poll Reveals the Biggest Reason Preventing Americans from Buying Electric Cars

  12-07-2022 19:36
  
  While electric cars have increased somewhat in popularity, a recent survey found many Americans still have serious reservations.
  According to a poll from Consumer Reports conducted between Jan. 27 to Feb. 18, a large majority of Americans stopped short of saying they would “definitely” buy or lease an electric vehicle if they were purchasing a vehicle today.
  Overall, 14 percent of the 8,027 respondents said they would “definitely” buy or lease an electric vehicle. Another
  
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• Alternate States of America

  12-07-2022 19:30
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Alternate States of America appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Texas Dad Sends Two Robbery Suspects to the Hospital After His Car Is Targeted While Infants Are Inside

  12-07-2022 18:30
  
  A Texas father shot two teen suspects late Monday after they attempted to rob his family’s vehicle with two infants in the back seat, according to authorities.
  The Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident just after midnight in the Houston area, KRIV-TV reported.
  The family had just arrived home when the two suspects “walked up to their SUV, and opened a rear door where their 1-yr-old was seated,” Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a statement.
  But the fathe
  
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• Wandering 2 Year Old Exposes Family Secret, Police Shocked at What Family Was Hiding Inside Museum

  12-07-2022 17:52
  
  Police in Carson City, Nevada, arrested a 41-year-old man on child neglect and endangerment charges on June 30 after officials discovered that he was living with his wife and children in the museum he worked at — along with a stockpile of drugs and firearms.
  The Carson City Sheriff’s Office made the discovery after receiving reports of Wilbert Calhoun’s 2 year old wandering outside the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada and crossing East Ann Street unattended, KRNV-DT r
  
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• Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis in 70 years. How did it get here?

  12-07-2022 17:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sri Lanka’s worsening economic crisis erupted this week with the dramatic storming of the presidential palace and prompting the resignation of its president
  
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• Biden admin may offer 2nd Covid booster shot to all adults

  12-07-2022 17:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Biden administration may offer a 2nd COVID booster shot due to the BA.5 variant.
  
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• Texas Lawmaker Announces Uvalde School Hallway Video Will Be Released Despite Objection From District Attorney

  12-07-2022 16:59
  
  Surveillance video from the Robb Elementary School hallway where police waited as a gunman opened fire in a fourth-grade classroom will be shown this weekend to residents of Uvalde, a Texas lawmaker leading an investigation into the massacre of 21 people said Tuesday.
  The 77-minute video, which officials say ends before law enforcement finally breached the classroom May 24, does not contain images of children. It has received renewed attention over the past week as anger mounts in Uvalde over an
  
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• Foolishly Overlooked Problems with Renewables are Contributing to Texas's Energy Crisis

  12-07-2022 16:44
  
  In a state known for oil, residents had better pray the wind picks up fast — or else they’re going to be having some serious electricity problems.
  On Sunday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which runs Texas’ electrical grid, warned that without voluntary energy reduction measures, the electrical grid in the state wouldn’t be able to reliably meet demand.
  The reason? It wasn’t windy enough.
  (Here at The Western Journal, we’ve documented how renewable
  
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• Federal judge blocks Arizona's 'personhood' abortion law, which gives legal rights to unborn

  12-07-2022 16:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A federal judge in Phoenix on Monday blocked a 2021 state “personhood” law that gives all legal rights to unborn children.
  
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• Sprinkler system installed to protect Yosemite's iconic Grizzly Giant sequoia

  12-07-2022 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  With giant sequoias under threat from a wildfire spreading at Yosemite National Park in California, firefighters are in a race to protect them and a nearby community as more dry hot weather bears down on the region.
  
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• Jill Biden Forced to Apologize After Her Comment About Latinos and Tacos Sparks Backlash

  12-07-2022 16:25
  
  Jill Biden apologized Tuesday for saying Latinos are “as unique” as San Antonio breakfast tacos during a speech to the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.
  “The first lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community,” tweeted Jill Biden’s spokesperson, Michael LaRosa.
  The first lady flew to San Antonio Monday to address the annual conference of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights an
  
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• Trump Bests Biden in Poll That Could Be a 2024 Omen

  12-07-2022 16:18
  
  More Americans would like to see former President Donald Trump run in 2024 than President Joe Biden, but neither candidate enjoys broad support for a potential presidential campaign, a new Politico poll found.
  Of all registered voters, 35 percent reported that Trump should “definitely” or “probably” run, whereas just 29 percent reported the same answers for Biden, the poll showed.
  However, the poll is not all positive for Trump, as both men have staunch opposition to thei
  
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• Analysis: Republicans are desperate to keep Trump from announcing for president before the midterms

  12-07-2022 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  Republican leaders are trying to send a not-so-subtle signal to Donald Trump these days: Do NOT announce for president before the November midterm elections.
  
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• Former 'Ministry of Truth' Head Turns on Biden Admin: 'Just Rolled Over to the Critics'

  12-07-2022 16:04
  
  Let’s say you’re the former leader of an Orwellian-named arm of the federal government that got canned almost as soon as it was announced because of the blowback it created. We’ll call you N. Jankowicz. Nah, that’s too complicated of a pseudonym. Let’s go with Nina J.
  You, Nina J., need to launder your reputation, stat. Not only did your Disinformation Governance Board get shut down, but you were exposed as little more than a partisan hack with a cringeworthy sideli
  
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• Why King Dollar's rally isn't reason to cheer

  12-07-2022 15:49 via cnn.com
  
  The US dollar is rising at a blistering clip, reaching its strongest level against other major currencies in almost two decades.
  
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