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• DeSantis Announces 20 People Have Been Arrested on Felony Election Fraud Charges: 'Now They're Gonna Pay the Price'

  18-08-2022 23:25
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that 20 serious felons will face arrest for allegedly illegally voting in the state’s elections.
  “The state of Florida has charged and is in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud,” DeSantis said at a news conference.
  DeSantis and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are identifying those charged as convicted murderers and sex offenders who voted without receiving restoration of voting rights fr
  
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• Ex-Obama Official Gets Taught a Lesson After Claiming Trump Staff Should Have Complied with 'Direct Order from the FBI'

  18-08-2022 23:05
  
  For a damning picture of the modern left, it doesn’t get much clearer than this.
  The Democratic Party, which spent the 2020 presidential election year trashing the police and cheering on rioting mobs wreaking havoc on American cities is now desperately trying to rebrand itself for the midterm election year as the party of loyalty to federal law enforcement agencies hellbent on pursuing former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
  But as a Twitter post published Wednesday by a member o
  
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• Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Left Staggering Amount of Weaponry Behind for Taliban to Seize: Official Report

  18-08-2022 22:52
  
  It has been one year since the beginning of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the full impact of it is still being calculated. In a new report from the inspector general, it has been revealed that the U.S. government left behind more than $7 billion worth of military equipment.
  The report, which covers the period from April 1, 2022, through June 30, 2022, was released on Tuesday. It outlined some of what was left behind as U.S. troops left the region and the Taliban quickly took over.
  Acc
  
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• A Conservative Group Put These Messages on Billboards to Publicly Troll Dems Ahead of Midterms

  18-08-2022 22:22
  
  Citizens for Sanity, a conservative nonprofit organization, is spending millions to assail its ideological opponents ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
  The group is fighting what it calls the “woke ideology of sheltered white liberals” with television, print and billboard ads in contentious congressional districts, according to Politico.
  The campaign includes a video ad depicting a male athlete competing in a girls’ track meet.
  “Unfortunately, this competition
  
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• A monumental case looks to crack open the world of auto-warranty robocalls

  18-08-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  No sentence in the English language may be more infuriating than the following 12 words: "We have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
  
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• Black Family Sued Woke School After Learning Teacher Wanted Daughter to Have a 'Real Life' Slavery Experience

  18-08-2022 22:06
  
  A black woman whose initial attempt to sue the Los Angeles Unified School District over a 2017 school project designed to teach students about slavery firsthand is trying again.
  In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Rashunda Pitts alleged the school district discriminated against her daughter, identified in the suit as S.W., according to KNBC.
  The first version of the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2019, according to Justia U
  
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• Mother of Two Jumps Out of Shower and Grabs Her Gun When She Hears a Home Invader

  18-08-2022 21:55
  
  A Wisconsin mother demonstrated the importance of self-defense on Monday morning.
  According to WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, a mother of two who asked not to be identified was in the shower when she heard screams coming from the living room.
  Her two children, ages 12 and 14, were reacting to a strange man breaking into the home, she said.
  When the mother heard the commotion, she said, she immediately jumped out of the shower and grabbed her gun.
  The mother said the family’s two pit bulls atta
  
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• Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorists Are Claiming This Photo Is Proof of 'Hoax'

  18-08-2022 21:34
  
  Another conspiracy regarding the manned exploration of the Earth’s moon has landed. And the substance of this persistent claim is that a reflection in the mirrored visor of an Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 proves the moon landing was a hoax.
  The astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission, commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, were the last human beings to set foot on the lunar surface as Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbited above them.
  In a video pos
  
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• Forget the Trump Nuclear Codes Rumor - Clinton Allegedly Lost Nuclear Codes for Months During Lewinsky Scandal

  18-08-2022 21:23
  
  A second official in the Bill Clinton administration has claimed the Democrat lost the codes used for launching nuclear weapons as President.
  Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson accused Clinton of losing the nuclear launch codes in a Thursday tweet.
  The retired Air Force officer served as Clinton’s military aide during his presidency and was responsible for carrying the “nuclear football” intended for an emergency launch of the United States’ nuclear arsenal.
  He
  
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• Suspect in Rushdie's stabbing pleads not guilty to attempted murder and assault

  18-08-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  The man accused of stabbing award-winning author Salman Rushdie and injuring another speaker on stage in New York state last week pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault.
  
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• Former Trump Org. CFO pleads guilty for role in tax fraud scheme and agrees to testify against company

  18-08-2022 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a 15-year-long tax fraud scheme, and as part of the deal he has agreed to testify against former President Donald Trump's real estate company at trial.
  
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• Numerous areas of flash flooding likely across the Southwest through the weekend

  18-08-2022 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  The desert Southwest, an area dealing with long-term megadrought, is bracing for a moderate risk of extreme rainfall which could lead to flash flooding as we head into the weekend.
  
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• Breaking: Brian Stelter Finally Gets the Boot, CNN Cancels Notoriously Unreliable 'Reliable Sources'

  18-08-2022 20:12
  
  It appears Humpty Dumpty has sat on the wall for the last time.
  Brian Stelter confirmed that his “Reliable Sources” CNN show is being canceled in a Thursday statement to NPR.
  “It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at a time when it has never been more consequential,” said the struggling weekend host. The host also said he’s leaving the network.
  Stelter said that he would say more about his departure from CNN in Sunday’s show &mdash
  
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• Liz Cheney Received a Call Directly from Joe Biden the Night She Got Trounced in Primary: Report

  18-08-2022 20:05
  
  After losing the Wyoming GOP primary, Rep. Liz Cheney reportedly received a call from President Joe Biden.
  Biden reached out to Cheney after she lost to Harriet Hageman, whom former President Donald Trump endorsed, Bloomberg reported.
  Cheney, an outspoken critic of Trump, lost the primary by 37 points on Tuesday night.
  Following the report that Biden called Cheney in the aftermath of losing the primary, neither the White House or Cheney’s office have commented on the conversation.
  But Chen
  
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• Federal Appeals Court Rules Transgenderism Is Protected as a Disability

  18-08-2022 18:59
  
  A federal court has ruled that transgender people are protected from discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  On Tuesday, in a majority opinion from the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the court ruled that, “In light of the ‘basic promise of equality … that animates the ADA,’ we see no legitimate reason why Congress would intend to exclude from the ADA’s protections transgender people who suffer from gender dy
  
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• Op-Ed: Stop Calling Every Republican Who Disagrees with Trump a 'RINO'

  18-08-2022 18:54
  
  Lindsey Graham and Mike Pence are not the same as Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney.
  Far too many Trump supporters lump any Republican who criticizes Trump into the same category — but it’s not quite that simple.
  Like any other president — more broadly, like any other human being — Donald Trump is not perfect and has made some mistakes. I happen to think that as president, Trump’s pluses outweighed his minuses and history will ultimately be kind to him, but that doesn&rsqu
  
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• College Football Player and Brother of NFL Veteran Dies Suddenly

  18-08-2022 18:44
  
  A 22-year-old college football player at Florida International University in Miami died unexpectedly Wednesday night.
  School officials announced the death of Luke Knox — the younger brother of Buffalo Bills tight end Dawson Knox — on Thursday.We are saddened by the sudden passing of Luke Knox, a member of the FIU Football program.
  We send our thoughts and prayers to Luke’s family, friends and teammates during this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/07tHUiBByj
  — FIU Athletics
  
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• Watch: Grandma, 80, Bullied by Trans Activists after YMCA Banned Her for Reporting What She Saw

  18-08-2022 18:34
  
  Local police had to be called on transgender activists who gathered this week to intimidate an 80-year-old Washington state woman who refused to knuckle under to their radical agenda.
  The raucous scene took place Monday in Port Townsend, on the state’s Quimper Peninsula, according to the Peninsula Daily News. It required Port Townsend police as well as Washington state troopers to keep under control.
  And it was all because transgender bullies wanted to shut down an elderly woman determined
  
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• All of Massachusetts now in drought

  18-08-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  The flash drought conditions expanded and intensified in New England over the past week, according to the latest report from the US Drought Monitor. Extreme drought — level 3 out of 4 — now covers parts of eastern Massachusetts, Connecticut and the entire state of Rhode Island.
  
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• Mike Pence Says He'd 'Consider' Delivering 'Unprecedented' Testimony to Jan. 6 Committee

  18-08-2022 18:04
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence has indicated that he might be willing to testify before the House Jan. 6 Committee as it continues to look into the events of the incursion that occurred at the U.S. Capitol last year.
  “If there was an invitation to participate, I would consider it,” Pence said at New England Council and Saint Anselm College’s “Politics and Eggs” event on Wednesday morning, WMUR-TV reported.
  “But you’ve heard me mention the Constitution
  
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• Biden officials accelerate monkeypox vaccine effort

  18-08-2022 17:41 via cnn.com
  
  Top Biden administration officials are set to announce new steps Thursday to accelerate the US response to the spread of monkeypox amid high demand for vaccines and treatments.
  
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• 9/11 Museum Forced to Close After Pandemic 'Annihilates' Funds, Meanwhile NY State Gives $600M to NFL Team

  18-08-2022 17:41
  
  Why did former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and those around him have to be evicted from political office before they started making sense?
  When he was the chief executive of the Empire State, Cuomo mishandled the COVID-19 epidemic by forcing nursing homes to take back infected patients, then covered up the number of COVID-19 deaths in said homes. He hung on in spite of this, but was eventually dislodged from office by a series of sexual harassment and bullying accusations.
  Now, Cuomo has at least
  
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• Bed Bath & Bonkers: Retailer's shares plunge following wild surge

  18-08-2022 17:32 via cnn.com
  
  The saga of struggling retailer Bed Bath & Beyond keeps getting curiouser and curiouser.
  
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• Sole survivor of lightning strike near White House grappling with survivor's guilt

  18-08-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Amber Escudero-Kontostathis is the only survivor of a deadly lightning strike outside the White House earlier this month, and despite going through something so life-changing, she said she's recovering quickly.
  
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• Early Morning Doughnut Eaters Get Startling Shock When RV Crashes Through Shop Window, Several Injured

  18-08-2022 17:04
  
  Some doughnut shoppers got the scare of their lives on Monday.
  It was just a typical morning of jelly bliss until an RV had an unfortunate crash into Winchell’s Donut House in Lakewood, Colorado, according to KUSA.
  The vehicle was traveling “northbound on Pierce Street when it went to make a left onto Colfax,” KCNC-TV stated.
  Lakewood Police Department public information officer Ty Countryman reported that while some in the shop were injured, there were no “life-threateni
  
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• 'Dazzling displays': Aurora borealis might be visible across northern US tonight

  18-08-2022 16:54
  
  Keep an eye to the sky Wednesday night: The aurora borealis, aka northern lights, may be making a rare appearance.      
  
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• Texas National Guard Locks Border Gate, Then Border Patrol Throws It Open to Let Illegal Immigrants Stream Through

  18-08-2022 16:53
  
  In an incident replete with symbolism, a video shows Biden administration agents opening a gate that the Texas National Guard had closed to keep illegal immigrants out of the country.
  Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shared the video Wednesday on his Twitter account.
  “For the first time, we witnessed the TX National Guard close & lock a gate on private property at a major crossing area in Eagle Pass, denying entry to migrants who just crossed illegally & expected to be let in. Border
  
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• Zelenskyy to meet with Turkish president, UN chief as fighting rages near power plant: Ukraine live updates

  18-08-2022 16:52
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to host U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Updates.      
  
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• Wisconsin school district bans staff from displaying pride flags, preferred pronouns

  18-08-2022 16:34
  
  The ban prohibits staff from displaying items officials consider "political," likepride flags, and Black Lives Matter and We Back the Badge signs.      
  
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• Texas school district pulls over 40 books, including the Bible, from shelves amid review

  18-08-2022 16:19
  
  Parents, politicians and community members have been challenging books around the country at higher rates in recent years.      
  
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• The US is investing millions to stop gun deaths. Is it going to the right communities?

  18-08-2022 16:14
  U.S. cities are investing in local programs to curtail shootings, but a new report finds many are failing to address the root causes of gun violence.      
  
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• Number of migrants at U.S.-Mexico border again predicted to smash previous records

  18-08-2022 16:12
  
  Though the number of migrants encountered at U.S.-Mexico border fell in July, overall border numbers are on pace to break last year's historic high.      
  
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• 'Extremely rare' brain-eating amoeba infection suspected in Nebraska child's death

  18-08-2022 16:04
  A child in Nebraska has died from a suspected rare infection of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, health officials said.      
  
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• Republican Senator Sends Letter Straight to the FBI After Whistleblowers Warn of 'Deeply Rooted Political Infection'

  18-08-2022 16:02
  
  Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says the FBI follows the politics instead of the evidence because of pervasive political bias within the agency.
  Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, made his feelings known in a Wednesday letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
  He noted in the letter that the continued lack of response “continues to erode trust in the FBI.”
  “Starting on May 31, 2022, I’ve written three letters to you regarding po
  
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• High-Ranking Disney Exec Jumps Ship to Join Major Conservative Company

  18-08-2022 15:33
  
  Eric Caballero is moving from one of the wokest names in media to one of the most conservative.
  On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Caballero, a veteran of the Walt Disney Co., was joining The Daily Wire as chief marketing officer.
  The move comes as the conservative outlet — best known as home to commentators such as Ben Shapiro, who co-founded the company, and Matt Walsh — seeks to solidify its move as an entertainment provider.
  “Among other projects, Caballero
  
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• Watch: Rachel Maddow's Replacement Is Even Worse, Suffers Major Gaffe Within Seconds of 1st Episode

  18-08-2022 15:27
  
  Was it a glitch or was it a sign of things to come?
  On Tuesday, Alex Wagner, the pundit who’s replacing Rachel Maddow in the 9 p.m. time slot on MSNBC Tuesday to Friday, helmed her first show. It was a busy day, obviously, with the ongoing disputes over the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s home last week and Rep. Liz Cheney’s looming primary defeat in Wyoming, inter alia.
  At nine sharp, Chris Hayes, host of the 8 p.m. program “All in with Chris Hayes,&r
  
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• Giuliani appears before Atlanta grand jury, queer conversion therapy continues: 5 Things podcast

  18-08-2022 15:19
  
  Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani appeared for 6 hours before an Atlanta grand jury, queer conversion therapy is still a thing: 5 Things podcast      
  
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• Pilot who died after exiting plane midflight appeared 'visibly upset' over emergency, NTSB says

  18-08-2022 14:28
  
  Charles Hew Crooks, 23, said he felt sick and needed air, federal investigators said. He was found dead after exiting the flight.      
  
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• Cheney Could Find Herself Under Federal Investigation for Major Problem with Concession Speech

  18-08-2022 14:13
  
  On the surface, it seemed like the most surprising aspect of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary defeat on Tuesday was how big the margin was.
  Because of Cheney’s prominent role in the Jan. 6 witch hunt, many commentators, as well as former President Donald Trump, predicted she would lose when forced to face her state’s Republican voters.
  According to Politico, with 99 percent of the votes counted, Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Harriet Hageman won 66.3 percent to Cheney&rsq
  
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• Taiwan drills simulate response to Chinese attack

  18-08-2022 13:36
  Taiwan's Air Force on Thursday conducted anti-air drills with missiles and cannons simulating a response to a Chinese missile attack. (Aug.18)      
  
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• Why junk food stocks are surging

  18-08-2022 13:32 via cnn.com
  
  People are stressed out and exhausted. The past two and a half years, full of public health crises, recession and inflation, have been so eventful that news of a possible alien invasion barely even made a blip. Nights are sleepless and days restless, and we need an extra boost to keep us going. 
  
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• Video of large waterspout off northwest Florida

  18-08-2022 12:35
  A large waterspout formed Tuesday morning off Destin in northwest Florida. (Aug. 18)      
  
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• China dims lights in Chengdu subway to save power as heat soars

  18-08-2022 10:52 via cnn.com
  
  Metro stations in Sichuan province's capital city Chengdu have dimmed their lights to save electricity, leaving some travelers in partial darkness as China grapples with a power crunch amid a record heat wave.
  
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• Several dead in Russian strike on Kharkiv dormitory

  18-08-2022 08:27
  A Russian strike on a dormitory in Kharkiv late Wednesday killed at least seven people and injured 16. Russian forces continue attacks on Ukraine's second largest city and its surrounding region in the northeast, inflicting casualties and damaging civilian infrastructure. (Aug. 18)      
  
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• Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee

  18-08-2022 08:27
  Millions of people are at risk of losing their homes, land and everything they have in Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation with a population of 160 million. (Aug. 18)      
  
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• NYC's Steinway Tower is world's 'skinniest'

  18-08-2022 07:16
  New York architecture firm SHoP Architects designed Steinway Tower, which earns the title of "the most slender skyscraper in the world" due to its logic-defying ratio of width to height (Aug. 18) (AP Video: Aron Ranen)      
  
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• Dodge unveils battery-powered Charger Daytona

  18-08-2022 06:31
  Dodge unveils a battery-powered Charger Daytona SRT concept car (Aug. 18)(AP video: Mike Householder)      
  
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• The Jordan River: rich in holiness, poor in water

  18-08-2022 06:22
  The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River making it a symbolic and spiritually significant waterway to many. But the status of the sacred river has raised concerns with its dwindling water levels, pollution and political tensions. (Aug. 18) (AP Video: Omar Akour, Nebi Qena)      
  
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• Why the Inflation Reduction Act will not reduce inflation: Former Trump economist

  18-08-2022 05:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Trump economist Steve Moore explained why the Inflation Reduction Act will not reduce inflation Wednesday on "Hannity."  SEN. JOHNSON LABELS THE DEMOCRATS' INFLATION REDUCTION ACT 'ORWELLIAN': 'IT WILL NOT REDUCE INFLATION' MOORE: This inflation is just a killer. It's what destroyed Jimmy Carter when he ran against Ronald Reagan and lost, what, 45 states or something like that. So – but the important thing for people to understand is the reason it's a lie that this bill is goin
  
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• Hannity outlines what's motivating midterm voters ahead of November

  18-08-2022 05:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The Trafalgar Group's chief pollster Robert Cahaly and Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt discuss the upcoming midterm elections and what issues voters are most concerned about on Wednesday's "Hannity." ROBERT CAHALY: I think it's going to be a street fight down to the end, but I don't think anybody should be writing off the Republican candidates just because they're down in the polls. This is very early in an election cycle and we haven't even gotten to Labor Day. And, you know, this is typical
  
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