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• Judge denies Trump Org and former CFO's motion to dismiss tax fraud indictment

  12-08-2022 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  A New York state judge denied the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg's motions to dismiss tax fraud charges during a hearing Friday.
  
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• Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib Reportedly Raked in Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Rental Income as She Pushed for 'Nationwide Cancellation' of Rent

  12-08-2022 23:54
  
  Congresswoman and “squad” member Rashida Tlaib, while vocally calling for the cancellation of rent and casting a negative light on landlords, was reportedly seeing rental checks from her own tenants to the tune of “up to $100,000” during the COVID19 panic.
  The Michigan lawmaker’s most recently filed annual financial disclosures on Thursday showed that she collected at least $15,000 and up to $50,000 in rental income from a Detroit property she owns in 2021, accordin
  
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• CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin will exit network after 20 years

  12-08-2022 23:50 via cnn.com
  
  Jeffrey Toobin said Friday that he will depart CNN, where he served most recently as chief legal analyst, putting an end to a 20-year run at the network in which he provided no-holds barred commentary and suffered a setback over a scandal in which he inadvertently exposed himself to co-workers on a video call.
  
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• Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant, property receipt show agents found trove of classified docs

  12-08-2022 23:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The property receipt of items recovered by the FBI after searching Trump's home shows agents recovered a trove of top secret and other classified documents.
  
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• Netflix hit 'Never Have I Ever' cements itself as a multicultural phenomenon

  12-08-2022 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  The show’s overarching themes can resonate with all sorts of people of color across different diasporas.
  
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• Arizona Announces It's Building Its Own Border Wall: 'The Governor Is Done Waiting for the Biden Administration to Act'

  12-08-2022 23:31
  
  Arizona GOP Gov. Doug Ducey announced Friday that his state has begun filling in gaps in the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
  On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order ending construction on the wall the Trump administration was building on the nation’s southern border, leaving many gaps.
  “Arizona has had enough,” Ducey said in a news release.
  “We can’t wait any longer. The Biden administration’s lack of urgency on border security is a
  
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• Health officials believe poliovirus is likely circulating in the NYC area

  12-08-2022 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Poliovirus has been detected in wastewater samples in New York City, suggesting likely local circulation of the virus, according to state and local health officials.
  
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• Beach Umbrella Turns Into Lethal Weapon in Freak Accident, Leaves 63-Year-Old Woman Dead

  12-08-2022 23:22
  
  Tragedy struck a South Carolina beach community this week when a woman died in a freak accident.
  Tammy Perreault, 63, of Surfside Beach, was impaled by a flying beach umbrella in Garden City, Horry County, at about 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday and died less than an hour later, WMBF-TV reported, citing authorities.
  A gust of wind carried the umbrella until it hit Perreault in the chest, authorities said.
  After being struck, she was treated by off-duty medical professionals until an ambulance arri
  
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• China-Controlled TikTok Accused of Using Child Porn for 'Training': Trafficking Survivor Speaks Out

  12-08-2022 23:09
  
  Multiple sources from inside TikTok are saying the same thing — the fastest-growing social media platform in the world has a child pornography problem.
  TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, came under intense scrutiny after an Aug. 4 report from Forbes detailed the testimony of two former TikTok moderators.
  According to the moderators, the platform saves uncensored, sexually explicit images and videos of children, distributing them to employees for training purposes. Essentiall
  
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• The Full Search Warrant and Property Receipts from the Mar-a-Lago Raid Have Been Released

  12-08-2022 22:39
  
  Copies of the full search warrant and property receipts from the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid were released Friday.
  Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Flordia, the warrant was obtained by Human Events.
  Listed in the property receipts are an executive grant of clemency for former President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Roger Stone, information related to French President Emmanuel Macron (although Macron is not named) and numerous additional sensitive documents.EXC
  
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• The Democrats' bill is a political win. But that doesn't mean it will help voters.

  12-08-2022 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Congressional Democrats vote on Medicare, drug prices, climate in Inflation Reduction Act. But the bill might not help voters.
  
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• Breaking: Actress Anne Heche Declared Dead 1 Week After Crash, Report

  12-08-2022 22:14
  
  Actress Anne Heche has been declared dead one week after a devastating car accident in Los Angeles left her with severe injuries, according to multiple outlets.
  The news was confirmed Friday by a family representative, The Guardian reported.
  “We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother and a loyal friend. Anne will be deeply missed, but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing
  
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• As Indiana authorities work to determine cause of deadly house explosion, utility company reports no natural gas leaks

  12-08-2022 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  While authorities in Evansville, Indiana, work to determine what caused a deadly house explosion earlier this week, a utility company said preliminary information indicates there were no natural gas leaks at the time.
  
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• Breaking: FBI Lists 11 Sets of Classified Documents Recovered in Mar-a-Lago Raid - Report

  12-08-2022 21:01
  
  The FBI agents who raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Monday reportedly recovered 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked “top secret.”
  However, the 45th president stated on Truth Social on Friday that he had declassified the documents.
  The Wall Street Journal reported that it had reviewed a three-page list of what was seized by the FBI.
  “The list includes references to one set of documents marked as ‘Various classified/TS/SCI d
  
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• CDC Quietly Admits Defeat, Rolls Out Radical Change to COVID Guidelines

  12-08-2022 20:49
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it was loosening several requirements for coronavirus mitigation that had been in place since the inception of the pandemic.
  The announcement represents a major change in the way the government has been dealing with the COVID-19 virus for more than two years, The New York Times reported.
  In its updated guidance, the agency relaxed both its quarantine and social distancing policies.CDC is updating its guidance to help you bett
  
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• Trump supporter who called Capitol cops 'weasels' on Jan. 6 sentenced to prison

  12-08-2022 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Capitol rioter Glen Simon who pushed against a police line on Jan. 6 before storming the building was sentenced to eight months in federal prison.
  
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• Breaking: DeSantis Press Sec Pushaw Announces Resignation, But She's Not Going Far

  12-08-2022 20:37
  
  Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fiery press secretary, Christina Pushaw, announced Friday that she is leaving her position with the state to serve on the governor’s re-election campaign.
  Pushaw tweeted a copy of her resignation letter, effective immediately, writing, “Now, the gloves are off.”
  “It has been a great honor to serve the people of Florida under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration,” Pushaw’s letter to Chief of Staff Ja
  
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• Armed Clerk Fatally Ends Drunken Assault After Assailant Becomes Violent

  12-08-2022 20:21
  
  A convenience store altercation ended when a store clerk utilized his Second Amendment rights.
  A man who entered a Houston convenience store and allegedly assaulted a clerk was shot dead on Tuesday evening.
  Houston Police are describing the shooting as a self-defense case, according to KPRC-TV.
  Speaking at the scene of the incident, one Houston Police officer revealed what investigators had learned.
  Police said that the assailant, an unidentified 36-year-old man, entered the Lavender Food Mart i
  
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• Thousands of Chinese Dredgers Are Closing the Gap Between Mainland and Taiwanese Island

  12-08-2022 20:14
  
  If — or when — Chinese troops invade Taiwan, will Xi Jinping be able to walk the People’s Liberation Army across a land bridge onto Taiwanese soil?
  Maybe, if Beijing has its way. As it stands now, though, China is doing a good enough job of erasing the boundary created by the sea.
  According to a report this week from TaiwanPlus News, a fleet of Chinese dredgers was again found illegally mining sand from the seabed in the waters between the island of Xiamen, under Chinese contro
  
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• Consumers still don't feel great about the economy, despite lower gas prices

  12-08-2022 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Consumer sentiment in August continued to rebound from its June trough, but Americans' feelings about the economy remain profoundly depressed from a year earlier, weighed down by uncertainty about inflation and the job market.
  
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• 2 Months Prior to Raid, FBI Had Already Secured Docs - What Changed?

  12-08-2022 19:53
  
  After FBI agents and technicians raided his Mar-a-Lago home, former Donald Trump issued a flurry of posts on Truth Social over the course of several hours while the raid was in progress.
  In one of the now-viral posts, Trump assailed the DOJ and FBI, explaining that his legal representatives had shown the boxes of documents to the authorities and agreed with them to establish a secured area within the former president’s residence for the documents to be safely stored.
  “In early June,
  
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• Buyer, Seller of 'Sex Slave' Sentenced to Combined 25 Years

  12-08-2022 19:39
  
  On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced the sentences of two men convicted of sex trafficking-related offenses regarding the sale and purchase of a 19-year-old “sex slave” in Texas.
  “After repeatedly selling the victim for commercial sex, Mr. Juarez advertised her as a  ‘slave’ on a fetishism website, where he offered to sell her to the highest bidder,” according to a previous DOJ statement.
  “Mr. Hubert, screen name ‘The Darkest Lord,&
  
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• Account bearing Ohio standoff suspect's name encouraged violence against FBI in posts on Trump social media platform

  12-08-2022 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  An account bearing the name of Ricky Shiffer, the man authorities say they killed after he tried Thursday to breach an FBI field office in Cincinnati, made posts on the social media platform founded by Donald Trump referencing the attempt to storm the office and encouraging others online to prepare for a revolutionary-type war.
  
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• Bidenflation's Latest Victim Is Breakfast as Food Prices Skyrocket to Highs Not Seen Since 1979

  12-08-2022 19:26
  
  As the inflation crisis continues, the price of breakfast foods are now on the rise.
  In July, the price of eggs reached a 46.8 percent price increase since last year, according to the analytics from Information Resources Inc.
  Eggs are normally considered a good grocery option if you still want to eat nutritiously but save money, Business Insider reported.
  Other basic groceries have also gone up in price due to inflation.
  From July 2021 to July 2022, frozen dinners and entrées increased ne
  
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• Salman Rushdie, Prominent Author Who's Faced Death Threats from Muslims, Stabbed Onstage During Event

  12-08-2022 19:03
  
  Author Salman Rushdie, who faced death threats and even a “fatwa” from Iran over his work, was attacked on Friday just as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
  Rushdie was at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua when a man attacked him on stage, punching and stabbing him, according to The Associated Press, whose reporter witnessed the attack.
  The 75-year-old author fell to the floor while the attacker was restrained.
  Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, wh
  
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• Criminal case against Trump Organization and ex-CFO Weisselberg can proceed, judge rules

  12-08-2022 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New York judge set an Oct. 24 trial date for the criminal case against the Trump Organization and its former chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.
  
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• Anne Heche No Longer Expected to Survive, But Doctors Are Keeping Her on Life Support for an Important Reason

  12-08-2022 18:22
  
  Anne Heche could possibly die a week after her tragic car crash in California, according to her representative.
  Currently in a coma, Heche may die from smoke inhalation after being trapped in her car, which caught fire when she crashed into a house, the Daily Mail reported, but doctors are keeping her on life support for another crucial reason.
  The rep told Fox News on Thursday evening that doctors are seeing if Heche’s organs can be harvested to help save other people’s lives.
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• Global experts race to understand rare cases when monkeypox leads to death

  12-08-2022 18:18 via cnn.com
  
  Out of tens of thousands of monkeypox cases around the world this year, there have been a dozen deaths linked to the virus, and for the first time, some of them have been outside Africa, in countries where the virus doesn't usually spread.
  
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• US Agriculture Takes Devastating Blow - Mysterious Fire Destroys Grain That Would Have Fed Americans

  12-08-2022 17:44
  
  An old mill belonging to Grain Craft in Pendleton, Oregon, was destroyed Wednesday morning due to a fire that broke out at the facility.
  Grain Craft is the third-largest flour miller in the country and employs 22 people, according to the East Oregonian.
  Just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, authorities received reports that black smoke was emanating from the Pendleton Flour Mills.
  The reports indicated that while smoke emerged from the area, there were no visible flames originating from the site, Pendl
  
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• Polio detected in New York City wastewater

  12-08-2022 17:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Officials found poliovirus in New York City wastewater, the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced Friday.
  
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• Aluminum Mill Producing 20% of US Supply Can't Afford Their Electric Bill - This is Biden's Energy Crisis

  12-08-2022 17:36
  
  More than 600 workers at America’s second-largest aluminum mill have begun the process of losing their jobs because Century Aluminum cannot afford the electric bill.
  Layoffs are expected to finish later this month, according to the Hancock Clarion.
  In a letter to employees in June, the company said it must “be able to purchase reliable, affordable electric power.”
  But that’s not the current reality, the company said.
  “The cost required to run our Hawesville, KY, fac
  
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• Rock Guitarist Found Dead, Son Charged in Killing

  12-08-2022 17:28
  
  Guitarist of the punk rock band Teenage Head, Gordon “Gord” Lewis, was found dead in a downtown Hamilton, Ontario, apartment.
  Lewis was located by Hamilton police on Sunday, one suspect has been arrested and police have told the media there are no other suspects at this time according to The Hamilton Spectator.
  Lewis’ son 41-year-old Jonathan Lewis was charged with second-degree murder after the body was located.
  “Gordon was born and raised in Hamilton and is best known a
  
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• Report: Biden Administration Pushed Twitter to Ban Prominent Vaccine Skeptic Journalist

  12-08-2022 17:17
  
  A journalist who was banned on Twitter for 11 months prior to being reinstated alleges the Biden administration wanted him censored because of his skeptical comments about the COVID-19 vaccine.
  In August 2021, Alex Berenson was banned from Twitter for allegedly violating its COVID misinformation policy, as noted by the Daily Mail. Berenson did not take kindly to the action. He sued Twitter in December and in July was reinstated. He said Twitter admitted that he should not have been banned.
  But n
  
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• Saudi 'Goodwill Ambassador' Dies Mid-Speech

  12-08-2022 17:05
  
  A Saudi Arabian businessman shockingly collapsed and died while giving a speech at a conference in Egypt.
  Muhammad Al-Qahtani was speaking at the Arab-African Conference in Cairo on Monday when he suddenly fell over backward, the New York Post reported.
  Abdullah Elshrif, an Egyptian YouTuber, wrote that Al-Qahtani passed away after security took him to another room, News.com.au reported.
  The cause of his death is still unknown.
  Al-Qahtani’s collapse and death was caught on video and has be
  
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• Video: Neighborhood Rocked by 2nd Earth-Shaking Explosion in 5 Years, 3 Killed This Time

  12-08-2022 16:51
  
  Three people were killed and others were injured in a house explosion Wednesday in Evansville, Indiana.
  The explosion occurred at 12:58 p.m in the 1000 block of North Weinbach Ave., the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
  The blast damaged 39 homes and left 11 of them “uninhabitable,” Evansville Fire Department Chief Mike Connelly said, according to the newspaper.
  Connelly said the fire department had not yet confirmed the number of homes that were occupied at the time of the ex
  
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• Over 100 Warning Labels Added to Books After Shocking Porn in Schools Report

  12-08-2022 16:42
  
  A Florida school district has placed warning labels for parents on more than 100 books containing LGBT and raced-based content, according to Fox News.
  Collier County public schools in Southwest Florida began adding warning labels to books in the district library after the February release of a report on pornography in schools, Fox News reported Thursday.
  The “advisory notice to parents” stickers are placed on books in the school’s library and online catalog.
  “This Advisor
  
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• Cruz Confronts FBI Dir. Wray Over Leaked Document Showing Agency's Anti-Patriotic Guidance

  12-08-2022 16:41
  
  GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas questioned FBI Director Christopher Wray over a leaked document published last week which instructs bureau officials to look for patriotic symbols to identify potential “militia violent extremists.”
  Project Veritas reported an FBI whistleblower provided the document labeled for “FBI Internal Use Only.”
  Among the symbols featured in the document are the Betsy Ross flag, the Gadsden flag and the Gonzales battle flag.BREAKING Via Project Veritas: F
  
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• Pentagon confirms DC Mayor renewed request for National Guard assistance with migrants arriving in city

  12-08-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser renewed her request for the National Guard to assist with the ongoing arrival of migrant buses arriving from Texas and Arizona.
  
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• Biden administration has engaged directly with Syrian government to try to bring Austin Tice home

  12-08-2022 16:16 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration has had direct engagements with the Syrian government in an effort to secure the release of detained American Austin Tice, according to a source familiar and a senior administration official.
  
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• In the Way

  12-08-2022 16:06
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post In the Way appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Opinion: The unlikely team trying to make Trump follow the law

  12-08-2022 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  Give it up for the archivists.
  
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• Climate Crisis Chronicles, Vol 2: When back-to-back hurricanes devastate a Honduran community

  12-08-2022 16:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  A local activist struggles to help the poor residents hit hardest by unprecedented storms.
  
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• The Biden Admin Is Seething Over One Particular Twitter Account

  12-08-2022 16:00
  
  The Biden administration is seething over an opposition research Twitter account run by the Republican National Committee that draws attention to President Joe Biden’s public gaffes, according to Politico.
  The RNC Research account shares videos of Biden, White House staffers and prominent Democrats that paint them in a negative light as part of the Republican Party’s messaging strategy.
  Democratic strategists have accused the account of lying and view it as the most toxic account on
  
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• Report: Biden Isn't Paying One Cent for Vacation Stay at $20 Million Beachfront Mansion

  12-08-2022 15:55
  
  A new report says President Joe Biden and a family entourage that includes son Hunter Biden are having their summer vacation at the home of a prominent Democratic donor and are not paying for their stay.
  The Bidens are staying at a $20 million mansion on Kiawah Island in South Carolina, owned by Democratic donor Maria Allwin, according to the New York Post.
  The president arrived in South Carolina on Wednesday and is expected to stay until Tuesday, The Associated Press reported, citing Feder
  
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• Trump Wanted the American People to See the Truth About Docs - Then the FBI Came for Them: Former WH Official

  12-08-2022 15:43
  
  Kash Patel, a former Federal Prosecutor and Department of Defense official under former President Donald Trump, has revealed a key flaw in the Biden Department of Justice’s claims following the FBI raid on Trump’s estate at Mar-a-Lago.
  Patel explained that reports of classified materials found at the Palm Beach property are misleading because the documents were already declassified.
  “Trump declassified whole sets of materials in anticipation of leaving government that he though
  
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• Johnson & Johnson to end sales of baby powder with talc globally next year

  12-08-2022 15:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer.
  
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• FBI to adjust 'security posture' after man fires nail gun into Cincinnati field office

  12-08-2022 15:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FBI has boosted security after a man fired a nail gun at one of the agency's buildings in Cincinnati in an attack that ended in his death during a confrontation with police.
  
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• Chris Pratt Mocks 'Woke Critics' After His Pro-America Show's Massive Success Proves Them All Wrong

  12-08-2022 15:20
  
  A month after the Amazon Prime Video series first premiered, “The Terminal List” is still making waves as its main star mocked left-leaning critics for their harsh reviews.
  Actor Chris Pratt took to Instagram on Monday, sharing a Daily Mail article that reported the show brought in 1.6 billion minutes in its first week despite the “woke critics.”
  According to Nielsen’s Top Ten list, “The Terminal List” was the second most-streamed show in the United Stat
  
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• Trump Calls for the 'Immediate' Release of Mar-a-Lago Documents: 'The World Is Watching'

  12-08-2022 14:59
  
  Hours after a federal judge gave the Justice Department a deadline to establish former President Donald Trump’s stance on releasing the search warrant used to raid Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump made his position abundantly clear.
  In a pair of posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he wants the warrant to be made public.
  “Not only will I not oppose the release of documents related to the unAmerican, unwarranted, and unnecessary raid and break-in of my home in Palm Bea
  
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• We Finally Know Something the Unhinged FBI Went Looking for at Mar-a-Lago: Report

  12-08-2022 14:42
  
  In a brief statement at the Department of Justice on Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he had personally signed off on the FBI’s request to seek a warrant to search Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate.
  He also revealed the DOJ had filed a court motion to unseal the search warrant that had authorized the raid along with the list of items agents had removed from the residence.
  In a statement posted late Thursday night on
  
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