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• Man Requests Police Ride-Along But Is Thrown in Cuffs After Cops Take a Closer Look

  24-07-2022 22:56
  
  Police in La Vergne, Tennessee, arrested an unsuspecting man accused of child rape on Tuesday.
  Twenty-three-year-old Joshua Murrey had requested a ride-along with police when officers ran a routine background check on him, the La Vergne Police Department said in a Wednesday post on Facebook.
  The results from the background check showed that Murrey had two sealed indictments related to child rape.
  Officers then called Murrey to meet with K9 officer Justin Darby at the police station. When Murrey
  
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• Man Shot, Wife in Custody After Active Barricade Situation at Luxury Hotel; 'Free Her' Begins Trending After Major Twist in Case

  24-07-2022 22:39
  
  What began as a situation involving a woman barricaded in a hotel room has morphed into a Twitter campaign to free Baltimore-area resident Shanteari Weems, who admits she shot her husband.
  The incident began Thursday night at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
  According to a police affidavit, the smoke detector went off in Weems ‘ hotel room and is believed to have been triggered by a gun being fired.
  A hotel staff member who responded “observed blood on the wall”
  
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• Rep. Zeldin's Attacker Reveals Who Was Behind Attack After Some Suggest NY's Dem Gov Contributed to Assault

  24-07-2022 22:37
  
  David Jakubonis, the man facing federal charges for getting on stage with a weapon in his hand last week and moving toward Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, has told investigators who was behind his actions:
  And it turns out it was Jakubonis alone — with some fuel from the whiskey he’d been drinking, according to Fox News.
  Jakubonis told investigators he didn’t even know who was speaking when he confronted Zeldin, according to Fox, which cited a criminal c
  
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• White House Redefining Recession, Standard Indicator Will Be Ignored for a 'Holistic' View

  24-07-2022 22:23
  
  With The Washington Post blaring that “Big Tech is bracing for a possible recession,” the Biden White House is redefining the word.
  A recession is traditionally defined as two consecutive quarters in which the nation’s Gross Domestic Product shrinks. A new report Thursday will assess the results of the second quarter. Shrinkage took place in the first quarter, and with inflation running at 9.1 percent, there’s not a lot of hope for economic good news.
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• Pit Bull Owner Under Arrest After Pack of 7 Viciously Maul Elderly Man

  24-07-2022 21:57
  
  A 47-year-old Texas man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 71-year-old man who was fatally mauled by dogs on Monday.
  The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said Samuel Cartwright of Fresno, Texas, is the owner of seven dogs, pit bull mixes, that attacked Freddy Garcia when Garcia was walking to a nearby store, according to Fox News.
  After the attack, Garcia was airlifted to a Houston area hospital, but he died there.
  Garcia “did nothing to provoke these animals. It wa
  
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• Climate Activists Block Tour de France Route, Race Poised for Chaos Until Furious Spectators Literally Drag Them Away

  24-07-2022 21:08
  
  Climate change activists tried to block the Tour de France on Saturday, but were hauled off the road by spectators even before the police could respond.
  The annual spectacle has drawn protests earlier this month that have involved smoke bombs and protesters trying to glue themselves to the pavement.
  On Saturday, eight members of Dernière Rénovation (Last Renovation) tried to stop the race during the 20th stage between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadouron, according to the Daily Mail.
  
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• Biden's effort to spur economic competition

  24-07-2022 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  "The economy, stupid" became a campaign mantra because, as today's inflation furor demonstrates, it moves voters. But some big economic issues lack immediate political punch.
  
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• Analysis: Biden's effort to spur economic competition

  24-07-2022 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  "The economy, stupid" became a campaign mantra because, as today's inflation furor demonstrates, it moves voters. But some big economic issues lack immediate political punch.
  
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• Woman's Property Becomes 'Public Bathroom' After Homeless Camp Takes Over Neighborhood

  24-07-2022 20:58
  
  The homeless crisis in riot-torn Portland, Oregon, is now turning residential areas into what one resident called a “nightmare neighborhood.”
  Homelessness has increased in southeast Portland, according to KGW-TV.
  “I’m living in a nightmare neighborhood,” said Christina Hartnett.
  “I want to cry. I just want my house back,” Hartnett, who has lived in the area for about five years, said. “My lawn is now becoming a public bathroom.”
  “It is
  
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• Suspected Palestinian Terror Smugglers End up Swimming for Dear Life After Israeli Vessel Opens Fire

  24-07-2022 20:52
  
  On land and sea, Israeli forces on Sunday battled Palestinians waging war against Israel.
  On the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli forces sank a boat believed to be smuggling material to Hamas terrorists off of the Gaza Strip, according to the Times of Israel.
  The boat was confronted after it entered a prohibited area along the southern coast of Gaza.
  “Navy soldiers called via loudspeakers to [the vessel], and when it did not respond to the calls, the soldiers fired in accordance with the open-fi
  
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• UK Buckling, Passengers Forced to Walk the Rails After Heat Disables Train

  24-07-2022 20:40
  
  Footage shared on social media showed train passengers in the United Kingdom walking down the rails after high temperatures disabled their locomotive.
  The incident occurred at around 6 p.m. Tuesday — considered 2022’s hottest day in the U.K., according to The Independent. The passengers had been traveling from London’s Stansted airport on the Stansted Express.
  Greater Anglia, the rail company that runs the train, said that the train’s breakdown was due to issues with the
  
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• This reporter tried to expose Harvey Weinstein's crimes 20 years ago. His account is finally out

  24-07-2022 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  Long-time New Yorker media reporter Ken Auletta heard whispers of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse of women 20 years ago — but he couldn't write the story because sources were unwilling to go on the record.
  
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• This reporter tried to expose Harvey Weinstein's crimes 20 years ago

  24-07-2022 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  Long-time New Yorker media reporter Ken Auletta heard whispers of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse of women 20 years ago — but he couldn't write the story because sources were unwilling to go on the record.
  
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• Video: Jill Biden Gets Nasty Greeting on Street as Man Says Joe Is Worst POTUS and 'You Owe Us Gas Money'

  24-07-2022 20:21
  
  Many Americans are deeply unhappy with the Biden administration. This has rarely been made more evident than in a recent video of a man yelling at First Lady Jill Biden about gas prices and the shoddy job her husband has been doing.
  During a visit to a Connecticut ice cream store, Biden was jeered at, the New York Post reported.
  “Your husband is the worst President we ever had,” an unnamed man shouted at Biden on Wednesday. “You owe us gas money.”
  
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• Al Gore: People Not 100% Sold on Climate Change Are Just Like the Cops During Uvalde Shooting

  24-07-2022 20:12
  
  In casting about for a new way to denigrate those who disagree with him on the subject of climate change, former Vice President Al Gore settled on the embattled police force of Uvalde, Texas.
  In the aftermath of the May 24 school shooting at Robb Elementary School, the police response has been excoriated by parents and public officials.
  Gore said those who disagree with him and believe climate change is not the dominant issue of our time, deserve similar scorn.
  “Climate deniers are really
  
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• State Dept 'Bureaucrat' Who Proclaimed 'Kindness' Cheers High Gas Prices Crippling American Families

  24-07-2022 19:48
  
  As gas prices are still sky-high, one State Department office tweeted that he actually prefers high has prices because it means less driving and lower carbon emissions.
  “I prefer high gas prices = less driving, less CO2,” Senior State Department Foreign Service Officer Alan Eyre tweeted on Friday on a now-deleted Twitter account, Fox News reported.
  According to Fox, Eyre was responding to a Twitter post from President Joe Biden about prices going down from the previous peak.
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• 'They're Just Trying to Hide Him': Greg Gutfeld Suspects Something Wrong with Timing of Biden's COVID Diagnosis

  24-07-2022 19:38
  
  Fox News host Greg Gutfeld on Friday trained his skepticism on the subject of President Joe Biden’s health and diagnosed a possible sympathy ploy.
  “I don’t question the diagnosis at all. I just questioned the timing of it,” he said on the Fox News show “The Five.”
  Biden announced Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19.
  “I mean, first you had that wacko cancer gaffe from two days ago, right? In which the media rushed to the defense: ‘Oh, no, he ha
  
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• Biden's Covid symptoms are improving 'significantly,' doctor says

  24-07-2022 19:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden's Covid symptoms "continue to improve significantly," his doctor said in a letter Sunday. Dr.
  
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• Subway Offering 'Free Sandwiches for Life,' But Is This Deal Taking It Too Far?

  24-07-2022 19:14
  
  Anyone in the mood to rent out a prime piece of their flesh to advertise for Subway can get $50,000 worth of gift cards in a deal Subway calls “Subs for life.”
  The deal is part of a Subway block party scheduled for Wednesday in Las Vegas, according to a Subway release.
  On its website, Subway provided the terms of the deal.
  One person who gets a 12”x12” Subway Series tattoo inked on his or her sternum or back will win “Subway footlong sandwiches for life awarded as $
  
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• Biden's condition continues to improve with sore throat now predominant symptom, President's physician says

  24-07-2022 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's "symptoms continue to improve significantly," following his Covid-19 diagnosis Thursday, the President's physician wrote in a Sunday letter.
  
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• Alert: Get Ready for More Zuckerberg Testimony - Meta CEO Summoned to Federal Court

  24-07-2022 19:07
  
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be forced to testify again after a new lawsuit accusing him of violating consumer privacy laws relating to a scandal from over six years ago.
  According to Gizmodo, Washington D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine sued Zuckerberg in May for his involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  In the lawsuit, Racine alleged Meta, known as Facebook at the time, violated consumer privacy laws in 2015 by sharing user data with a British political consulting firm called Cambr
  
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• Jan. 6 panel will weigh subpoenaing Ginni Thomas if needed, Cheney says

  24-07-2022 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots will weigh subpoenaing Virginia "Ginni" Thomas if she does not agree to a voluntary interview with the
  
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• A chain-reaction motorcycle crash leaves 6 people injured during the Helping Heroes Freedom Ride

  24-07-2022 19:02 via cnn.com
  
  A charity motorcycle ride on an Indiana freeway abruptly ended when a car cut between riders, setting off a chain-reaction crash that injured six people, officials said.
  
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• Intel Committee Member - US Enemies Could Target Individual Americans with Advanced Bioweapons

  24-07-2022 18:50
  
  Americans need to up their game to protect their DNA in a world where customized bio-weapons are not just the stuff of science fiction, one lawmaker said Friday.
  Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke about DNA security and privacy at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, according to the Washington Examiner.
  “There are now weapons under development, and developed, that are designed to target specific people,” Crow said.
  “Tha
  
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• Analysis: 'Imposter Christianity' is threatening US democracy

  24-07-2022 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross. Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield. All throughout the crowd, people wave "Jesus Saves" banners and pump their fists toward the sky.
  
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• Trump's election plot was eye-opening. And the Senate is finally paying attention.

  24-07-2022 18:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House Jan. 6 committee hearings have raised two overarching questions. And Trump's Jan. 6 plotting proved these 19th-century election laws are time bombs.
  
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• Buttigieg on GOP opposition to codifying same-sex marriage: 'Our marriage deserves to be treated equally'

  24-07-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded Sunday to Republican opposition to codifying same-sex marriage, criticizing House Republicans for opposing a bill to do just that hours after he was in a room with them talking about transportation policy.
  
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• Farmers Look at Rio Grande and See Terrible Sight for First Time in 40 Years

  24-07-2022 18:00
  
  Part of the Rio Grande River that flows through Albuquerque, New Mexico — and supplies farmers in the area — has run dry amid a drought slamming the Southwest.
  “We’re pretty much out of water at this point,” Jason Casuga, CEO of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, told The Washington Post in an article published Friday.
  Casuga noted that although some parts of the river run dry between the spring snowmelt and autumn rains, the section of the river near Albuq
  
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• DeSantis Isn't Playing Nice - Trolls Biden Hard in Latest Speech Ahead of Potential 2024 Showdown

  24-07-2022 17:31
  
  President Joe Biden has COVID and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wished him a “speedy” recovery on Friday, while also wishing the U.S. a recovery from Biden.
  DeSantis, campaigning for re-election as Florida’s chief executive, was present at the conservative group Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa on Friday, and his fiery remarks have many wondering if he will become an official 2024 presidential contender, the Washington Examiner reported.
  But regardless of wh
  
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• Watch: Crowd Gasps as Woman Collapses During Lee Zeldin's Live Press Conference

  24-07-2022 17:01
  
  Thursday’s campaign swing through the Rochester, New York, area was anything but ordinary for Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin, the GOP candidate for governor in the Empire State.
  While he was speaking, Zeldin was confronted on stage by David Jakubonis, 43, who was carrying a double-pointed, knife-like weapon. Zeldin grabbed his attacker and stopped any assault as bystanders then rushed in to help.
  But the excitement didn’t stop there.
  After the attack in the Rochester suburb of Perinton,
  
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• 'All These Other Guys Are Cheating': Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Forging Missing Wife's Ballot

  24-07-2022 16:02
  
  A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to a forgery charge involving his missing wife’s 2020 election ballot.
  Barry Morphew pleaded guilty to forgery in a Thursday hearing in Chaffee County hearing, according to KKTV-TV in Colorado Springs. More serious charges, including attempting to influence a public servant, were dropped in return for his guilty plea.
  According to KKTV-TV, Morphew admitted to law enforcement that he had mailed a ballot intended for his wife, Suzanne Morphew.
  Suzanne Morphe
  
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• First Children in US Test Positive for Monkeypox, CDC Chief Says Both Had Contact with Gay Men

  24-07-2022 15:18
  
  Two children in the U.S., a toddler in California and a non-resident infant in Washington, D.C., have been diagnosed with monkeypox, according to news reports.
  Officials from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced the cases on Friday.
  According to Axios, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky broke the news during a virtual event with The Washington Post. Both children had been in contact with “individuals who come from the men-who-have-sex-with-men community, the gay men’s
  
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• 4 inmates captured within hours of escaping Tennessee detention center

  24-07-2022 15:05 via cnn.com
  
  Four inmates who escaped a minimum-security housing unit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are back in custody, just hours after their getaway Saturday, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Justice: Trump Preps Plan for Military Members Booted Over Vaccine - Restoration, Apology, and Even More

  24-07-2022 14:29
  
  Former President Donald Trump is calling to restore the service of military service members booted over the coronavirus vaccine.
  Trump made the proposal Saturday in a speech at the conservative group Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida.
  “We have to abolish all COVID mandates and lockdowns,” Trump said. “Rehire every patriot who was shamefully fired from the military, with an apology — we have to give them an apology. And all of their back pay
  
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• Supreme Court's climate change ruling complicates the push for sweeping student debt cancellation

  24-07-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  A recent Supreme Court decision that limits the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to fight the climate crisis could also hamstring President Joe Biden's authority to cancel federal student loan debt.
  
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• Hope for Justice: Lee Zeldin Attacker Arrested on Federal Charge

  24-07-2022 13:52
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York State Police arrested the 43-year-old U.S Army veteran charged with attacking Republican U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York on stage Thursday at a campaign event.
  FBI agents, state police personnel and Monroe County sheriff’s deputies were photographed escorting 43-year-old David Jakubonis from his apartment on Saturday, the U.K. Daily Mail reported.
  Jakubonis faces charges of assaulting a member of Congress using a dangerous weapon, the U.S.
  
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• What the Fed and Madonna have in common 

  24-07-2022 13:51 via cnn.com
  
  Since its founding in 1913, the US Federal Reserve has fought to achieve three goals: maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates. But that's about all that's remained consistent in the central bank's 109-year legacy of monetary policy.
  
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• The 'catastrophic' high cost of insulin is financially straining diabetes patients

  24-07-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Insulin is an essential drug to treat diabetes. Despite existing for over 100 years, 'evergreening,' supply chain issues, and more are keeping insulin costs high.
  
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• State legislators look to Mexico for direction in fight for abortion rights

  24-07-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  State legislators have turned their attention to their neighbor to the south for guidance and direction about how to navigate a newly restrictive legal
  
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• In the waters off Mexico, fishing this vital sea creature is banned. It's still happening.

  24-07-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sea cucumbers, which clean the bottom of the sea, are endangered from intense overfishing, yet criminal networks still sell it in the U.S., China and Asia.
  
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• Baseball great David Ortiz's Hall of Fame induction highlights a big problem

  24-07-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Steroid use and baseball went hand in hand for years, but National Baseball Hall of Fame voters give some greats a pass while scapegoating others.
  
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• Top US Officer Reveals the Frightening Way China Has Developed as Pacific Threat

  24-07-2022 08:43
  
  The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia.
  U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the number of intercepts by Chinese aircraft and ships in the Pacific region with U.S. and other partner forces has increased significantly over that time, and the number of unsafe interactions has risen by proporti
  
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• Kid Rock fans trash North Dakota venue after concert is canceled over weather conditions

  24-07-2022 06:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Musician Kid Rock was forced to cancel his concert at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot Friday evening because of high winds, prompting attendees to begin trashing the venue. The performance was nixed at the last minute, after more than two hours of fans watching Night Ranger perform for the opening act. There was reportedly wind and lightning on the outskirts of town, which had delayed Knight Ranger's show. Fans were captured on video hurling beer cans and bottles toward the stage following
  
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• Ukrainian military attack leaves 54 Russian soldiers dead, 3 tanks destroyed, government says

  24-07-2022 06:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine’s military delivered a successful attack on a Russian ammunition depot in Southern Ukraine Saturday night, leaving 54 Russian soldiers dead and destroying at least three tanks. Operational Command "South" announced the assault on three Russian T-62 tanks, three "Grad" MRLS, one Msta-B howitzer, and other armored and military vehicles, the Kyiv Independent reported. The attack occurred on the 150th day of the Russia-Ukraine War — which many experts believed would only last 48
  
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• Lawrence Jones pushes back on Left 'pouncing' on COVID in news again: 'We're done with it'

  24-07-2022 06:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Lawrence Jones declared that Americans are "done" with COVID-19 despite its resurgence in the news Saturday on "Cross Country."  LAWRENCE JONES: With COVID back in the headlines, it seems like the Left is pouncing on the opportunity. After more than two years, Dr. Fauci was asked whether he thought people were taking COVID as seriously as they should right now. He said, "No, of course not." He went on to say, "In general, the public, in wishing that this thing was behind us an
  
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• The Left does not think the First Amendment applies to the Right: Rep Jim Jordan

  24-07-2022 05:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, revealed the Left's double standard on free speech Saturday on "Unfiltered with Dan Bongino." REP. JIM JORDAN: They don't think that the First Amendment rights apply to you and [me]. Think about what they've said about your free speech rights. The Left today says if you don't agree with them, you're not even allowed to talk — and if you try, we're going to call you racist, and we're going to try to cancel you.  ELON MUSK SCARES LIBERALS, TWITTER AS HE PURSUES
  
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• Trump drops major hints on possible 2024 presidential run, in culture war-tinged TPUSA speech

  24-07-2022 05:12 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump Saturday hinted at a 2024 presidential run in a speech full of culture war rhetoric and attacks on his political enemies, including President Biden, the January 6 Committee and more.  The address was the keynote on the second day of the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. Trump's speech followed one Friday night by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's considered along with Trump one of the foremost potential GOP 2024 contenders.  Teasing his own possible
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. leaves open possibility father could announce run for presidency before midterms

  24-07-2022 04:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr. Saturday did not take the possibility that his father could announce a 2024 presidential before November run off the table, as speculation swirls about whether former President Donald Trump will announce his candidacy.  "I don't know. I mean, that's gotta be sort of up to him," Trump Jr. told Fox News Digital when asked if the former president could announce before the midterms. "He's gonna see what he wants to do, how he's feeling. I think he's pretty honest with himself a
  
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• Dan Bongino: The Pelosis, Bidens and Obamas never have to worry about any 'real accountability'

  24-07-2022 04:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Dan Bongino ripped political elites for claiming to be "public servants" while not having to worry about any real accountability on "Unfiltered with Dan Bongino." DAN BONGINO: What's the best job in the United States? What's your dream job? If you had the choice right now to snap them fingers, you could pick it right now. What's the job? Doctor? Actor? Professional athlete? I'm going to answer that for you right now. The best job in America — drum roll, please — is obvi
  
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• Arizona Border Patrol agents arrest two American citizens for smuggling Mexican immigrants, drugs into US

  24-07-2022 04:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Border Patrol agents in Arizona have arrested two United States citizens for allegedly smuggling five Mexican citizens across the southern border while they also possessed methamphetamine and fentanyl.  "Tucson Station agents responded to Sasabe, AZ, after border camera operators spotted suspected criminal activity," Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector John Modlin tweeted Saturday.  Modlin added, "Two U.S. citizens were arrested for attempting to smuggle five M
  
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