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• Why Wendy's mascot has a new gray hairdo

  27-08-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The Wendy's mascot has a new hairdo on its Canadian social media sites -- all in support of one of the nation's veteran journalists.
  
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• Wendy's in Canada has given gray hair to its iconic red-headed mascot. Here's why

  27-08-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The Wendy's mascot has a new hairdo on its Canadian social media sites -- all in support of one of the nation's veteran journalists.
  
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• Here's why Wendy's in Canada has given its iconic red-headed mascot gray hair

  27-08-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  The Wendy's mascot has a new hairdo on its Canadian social media sites -- all in support of one of the nation's veteran journalists.
  
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• Electric Only: 2 More States Fall in Line with California, Set to Ban Sale of Gas and Diesel Cars

  27-08-2022 23:16
  
  The states of Washington and Massachusetts had trigger laws on the books that were to be enacted automatically if the California Air Resources Board banned the sale of new gas-powered cars.
  On Thursday, that’s precisely what happened. The CARB adopted a new set of rules requiring 35 percent of all new cars sold in California to be either electric or plug-in hybrids by 2026. That will ramp up to 68 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2035.
  Subsequently, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced t
  
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• Report: Americans Could See Mass Power Shutoffs - Experts Sound Off on Alarming New Data

  27-08-2022 22:48
  
  Alarming new data shows that millions of American households have overdue utility bills, sparking concern that large-scale power shutoffs could be coming for residential customers.
  According to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, over 20 million households are behind on their utility payments.
  NEADA executive director Mark Wolfe called the number of families at risk “historic,” according to Fox Business.
  He said the total amount owed on utility bills at the end of 2
  
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• RNC spokesperson Paris Dennard no longer working for party

  27-08-2022 22:38 via cnn.com
  
  Republican National Committee spokesperson Paris Dennard is no longer working for the party, according to the committee's chief of staff.
  
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• Federal Court Rules on California's Abortion-Funding Mandate for Churches

  27-08-2022 22:19
  
  A California mandate requiring churches to pay for elective abortions has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court.
  The mandate came from the California Department of Managed Health Care, a regulatory body governing managed health care plans, and forced churches to include elective abortions in their health insurance plans.
  The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, however, ruled that the mandate was unconstitutional, saying the state had not shown a good rea
  
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• White mulberry leaf linked to congressman's wife's 2021 death

  27-08-2022 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  Lori McClintock died in what the Sacramento County Corner determined was an accident. On the section of the form that asks the coroner to "describe how injury occurred" it lists "subject ingested white mulberry leaf." Death after consuming this leaf was "unusual," according to the experts.
  
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• Officials urge residents to evacuate after Oregon wildfire triples in size

  27-08-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  A southwestern Oregon wildfire burning since mid-August spread rapidly from Friday to Saturday thanks to strong winds, more then tripling its total burned acreage in one day and prompting evacuation orders, fire officials said.
  
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• The USDA is sprinkling fish-flavored vaccines from the sky to fight rabies

  27-08-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... an oral rabies vaccine, dropped from the sky.
  
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• Abbott Doubles Down on Plan to Handle Thousands of Illegal Border Crossers

  27-08-2022 21:18
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is accelerating the state’s busing to New York City of foreign nationals who’ve entered the U.S. through the southern border.
  The majority coming in are believed to not have valid asylum claims and to be bypassing federal immigration law, and instead of being deported are being released into the U.S. under new Biden administration policies, attorneys general who’ve sued the administration argue.
  Rather than have the 5,000 people being apprehended a day in
  
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• Suspect arrested in connection with assault and robbery of off-duty officer

  27-08-2022 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the assault and robbery earlier this week of an off-duty officer in the Bronx, the New York Police Department said in a news release Friday.
  
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• Photo of Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate in Confederate uniform at Army War College unearthed

  27-08-2022 21:06 via cnn.com
  
  Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, posed in a Confederate military uniform in a 2013-14 faculty photo at the Army War College, a picture obtained by obtained by Reuters shows.
  
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• Michigan governor declares emergency after refinery fire threatens fuel supply

  27-08-2022 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has enacted a state of energy emergency following an electrical fire at a BP refinery in Indiana that threatens to disrupt fuel supply, the governor's office said Saturday.
  
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• Texas has bused nearly 9,000 migrants to NYC and DC as an affront to Biden's immigration policies

  27-08-2022 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  Texas has bused nearly 9,000 asylum seekers to New York City and Washington, DC in recent months, as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to highlight his criticism of the Biden administration's immigration policies.
  
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• Op-Ed: Think School Choice Means Education Freedom? Think Again

  27-08-2022 20:04
  
  I was an exhibitor and speaker at a home school convention several weeks ago in Round Rock, Texas.
  I estimate that over 90 percent of the parents with whom I spoke are against what is commonly referred to as “school choice” (meaning vouchers, education savings accounts and tax credits).
  Home school parents are wise. For the most part, they survive on one paycheck, realize their child should not be “educated” by the civil authorities, and proactively seek and then grow in
  
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• Op-Ed: As Democrats Pat Themselves on the Back Over 'Climate Wins,' Red Wave Grows

  27-08-2022 19:20
  
  Faced with historically high inflation and a struggling economy, what do Democrats do? Fight climate change, of course! Expand the IRS, of course!
  After signing the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” into law, President Joe Biden celebrated “the biggest step forward on climate ever.” Other Democrats welcomed the new army of IRS agents ready to make American taxpayers miserable.
  Then there’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who commented that the “Democrats’
  
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• Mattress in a Box Caused Horrific Injuries to Baby; Mom Says: 'Little Paper Cuts All Over the Back of Her Legs'

  27-08-2022 19:14
  
  Fiberglass used in a mattress is being blamed for illnesses suffered by a California child.
  Vanessa Gutierrez is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against Zinus Inc., which made a bed-in-a-box mattress Gutiererez bought in 2019.
  The lawsuit claims the fiberglass can escape, leading to health problems that include skin and respiratory tract irritation and persistent environmental contamination, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  In May 2019, Gutierrez, of Sacramento, saw a spike in sores and rashe
  
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• Beloved Musician and His Wife Found Dead on Dirt Road, Mysterious Circumstances Point to One Thing

  27-08-2022 18:56
  
  An elderly California musician and his wife were found dead last weekend in the Mojave Desert.
  Larry and Betty Petree of Bakersfield apparently ran out of gas and became stranded on a dirt road east of California City, more than 60 miles from their hometown. They were found with their vehicle on Sunday afternoon, according to KGET-TV.
  Larry’s body was in the driver’s seat of the car; his wife was found outside, leaning against a rear tire.
  The couple had been married more than 60 yea
  
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• Perdue Issues Alert on Frozen Chicken: No Longer Available on Store Shelves, Immediately Throw It Out

  27-08-2022 18:44
  
  Customers who went to a BJ’s Wholesale Club and bought frozen gluten-free chicken breast tenders may want to check their freezers after the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a warning about some bags of the product.
  Some bags may have contamination in the form of blue dye and small pieces of clear plastic, according to the USDA.
  A recall was not requested because Perdue Foods withdrew the product and it is no longer available for purchase.
  However,
  
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• US Returning to the Moon: Artemis I Set to Launch Monday

  27-08-2022 18:37
  
  The unmanned test launch of the Artemis I set for Monday will see the most powerful American rocket since the 1970s carry an unmanned Orion module to the moon and back.
  During the 42-day voyage, NASA will flight-test the critical components of the Space Launch System as well as the integrated spacecraft/payload element and the Orion module that will carry astronauts to the moon in the coming years.
  The project has not come cheap.  NASA’s Inspector General Paul Martin warned Congress i
  
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• In Biden's Attempt to Own the Right, He Might Have Just Ended the Careers of 3 Vulnerable Democrats

  27-08-2022 17:58
  
  On Thursday, President Joe Biden spoke in Maryland in support of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore. In doing so, however, he may have consigned three House Democrats to defeat.
  That’s because, yet again, Biden told the crowd in Rockville, Maryland, that he wanted to ban so-called “assault weapons.” This was hardly a surprise.
  What was a bit of a shocker — one which makes us think the president might have his White House handlers eventually backtrackin
  
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• Father of Marine Killed in Kabul Bombing Spent One-Year Anniversary at Arlington ... Joe Biden Spent It Cruising with Jay Leno

  27-08-2022 17:50
  
  The father of a Marine killed in last year’s terrorist bombing in Afghanistan castigated President Joe Biden for using the one-year anniversary of the Kabul attack to tape a playful segment about cars with comedian Jay Leno.
  Thirteen American services members were killed in the Aug. 26, 2021, blast, including Marine staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, whose father spent Friday at Arlington National Cemetery, where his son lies, as a form of remembrance.
  Biden taped a segment for an upcoming “J
  
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• A Chipotle in Michigan becomes the company's first location to unionize

  27-08-2022 17:23 via cnn.com
  
  Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Michigan, voted to unionize Thursday, becoming the first of the fast-casual chain's 3,000 locations to organize.
  
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• Europeans See Pillar of Flame Rise Across Russian Border, Get a Sobering Reminder About What's Coming

  27-08-2022 17:10
  
  While European nations are struggling to prepare for a cold winter with natural gas supplies choked off by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, reports have begun to trickle in that Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas company, is burning off massive amounts of natural gas daily.
  The BBC has reported the natural gas plant of Portovaya, near the Finnish border with Russia, is burning off an estimated $10 million worth of gas each day. According to the report, experts say that gas previously would ha
  
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• Watch: 'Water Police' Scouring Neighborhoods for Sprinklers Looks Like Something out of Dystopian Nightmare

  27-08-2022 16:09
  
  Residents of southern California having endured some of the most stringent pandemic rules are now faced with draconian water restrictions due to the state’s severe drought.
  The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, just north of Los Angeles, has taken some of the most drastic measures.
  Some high-profile celebrities who own property in the area — like Sylvester Stallone, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Hart, and Kim and Kourtney Kardashian — have made headlines for using far in excess of th
  
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• Waukesha Parade Suspect Dragged Out of Court After Stubborn Outburst

  27-08-2022 16:00
  
  The Wisconsin man charged with killing six people in a November 2021 vehicular massacre struggled with deputies and argued with a judge in a Friday courtroom outburst.
  Darrell Brooks also warned Waukesha County Sheriff’s Deputies against touching him. The deputies eventually escorted him out of court.
  The disturbance began shortly after a prosecutor said that Brooks had been asleep for 40 minutes of court proceedings, according to WITI-TV.The man charged with Waukesha vehicular massacre ar
  
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• New Orleans man wrongfully convicted of rape released from prison after 36 years; others could be next

  27-08-2022 15:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A New Orleans man spent 36 years in prison for a 1986 rape he did not commit before he was finally released Thursday. Sullivan Walter, 53, was exonerated Thursday, more than three-and-a-half decades since he was mistakenly identified as the perpetrator of a 1986 home invasion and rape, which occurred in a dark room, according to Innocence Project New Orleans (IPNO), a nonprofit that helps the wrongfully convicted. "This is not just about individuals and their choices, but the systems that let th
  
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• Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant workers say Russians 'torture' them to keep silent ahead of IAEA visit

  27-08-2022 15:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian workers at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) have said Russian soldiers occupying the plant are "torturing" them to keep them silent ahead of a visit from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Ukraine’s nuclear company Energoatom said Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has pushed for weeks to gain access to the site as shelling has threatened the integrity of the plant’s infrastructure and Europe’s nuclear security.  It remains unclear when th
  
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• Compromises in Democrats' climate bill will hit communities facing most pollution hardest, critics say

  27-08-2022 15:03
  
  Critics question whether the Inflation Reduction Act will help people of color and low-income communities as much as intended.      
  
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• World 'less safe' with Afghanistan under Taliban: 'Hostile medieval death cult' complicates global security

  27-08-2022 15:00 via foxnews.com
  
  This article is part of a Fox News Digital series examining the consequences of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan one year ago this week. The international security landscape is more fragile one year after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and the U.S. withdrew its last military forces, according to national security experts.  "The principal concern about Afghanistan for the United States is that the Taliban is a hostile regime that is hunting down American allies, that ha
  
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• Nearly 50 more migrants pour into NYC from Texas, 14 hotels now used for housing

  27-08-2022 14:49 via foxnews.com
  
  Another bus carrying approximately 50 illegal migrants arrived in New York City Saturday from Texas, with another bus expected later in the morning. Migrants transported to New York City were mostly young men, as well several women. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent more than 1,500 migrants to the Big Apple in a bid to draw attention to the ongoing immigration crisis on the southern border. New York officials said this week that the city is using 14 hotels to provide housing to the new arrivals. 5
  
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• Justice for Gabby Petito's family remains elusive one year after the murder of 'America's Daughter'

  27-08-2022 14:26 via foxnews.com
  
  If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. One year after the murder of 22-year-old travel blogger Gabby Petito, her grieving family is still fighting for justice in courts on opposite ends of the country. Her suspected killer, 23-year-old ex-fiance Brian Laundrie, refused to cooperate with police, then ran away and took his own life days after she was declared missing. A little more than a week later, the FBI f
  
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• Review: The 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness is a tougher trucklet

  27-08-2022 14:25 via foxnews.com
  
  The Subaru Forester is trying to stay ahead of the backpack pack. From the Ford Bronco Sport to the Toyota Rav4 Adventure and Mazda CX-50 Meridian it seems like everyone is following Subaru’s hiking boot prints these days by adding off-road compact SUVs to their lineups. Now Subaru is literally upping its game with the new Forester Wilderness, which features new equipment and an increased ride height to improve its rough road capability. It’s the second model from the growing Wildern
  
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• Rescued baby dolphin nursed to health

  27-08-2022 14:21
  An injured baby dolphin, found almost drowning on the eastern coast of Thailand, is making vast improvements thanks to a team of volunteers (Aug 27)      
  
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• Fauci owes Americans answers about COVID-19 origin, and House GOP is determined to get them

  27-08-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  This week Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, announced he will be retiring at the end of the year. While Fauci’s federal career is coming to an end, congressional oversight of his efforts to possibly conceal the origins of COVID-19 is just getting started.The American people have many questions for Fauci, and we are determined to get answers. For the past two years, Republicans on t
  
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• Coalition of Republican women take immigration crisis head on with visit to southern border hotspot

  27-08-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of Republican women from across the country are joining together to address the growing crisis at the nation's Southern border amid reports of the ongoing horrors facing migrants, especially women and children, as they attempt to make the perilous journey north to the U.S. The group, brought together by the Winning For Women Action Fund (WFW AF), the political arm of the conservative women's advocacy group Winning For Women, and POLARIS National Security, a Republican n
  
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• Afghanistan can be stabilized and America's first step should be with mining

  27-08-2022 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  One year after ending the failed war in Afghanistan, the United States is in a stronger position. Without boots on the ground, we have more resources to counter Russia and China, while maintaining the capability to take terrorists off the battlefield. Afghanistan, though, is struggling. But there is a path forward that helps the Afghan people while further strengthening America.  Western mining can do what Western militaries never could: put Afghanistan on the path of self-sufficiency. Afgh
  
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• Fed symposium closes, Little League World Series, MTV VMAs: 5 things to know this weekend

  27-08-2022 13:08
  
  The Federal Reserve's symposium wraps up, the Little League World Series is set to crown a new champ and more news to start your weekend.      
  
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• 'AGT' contestant Drake Milligan on being called 'the new Elvis of country' and his Texas roots

  27-08-2022 13:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Drake Milligan, an aspiring country artist from Fort Worth, Texas stepped out onto the "America's Got Talent" stage, in front of four distinguished judges, a crowd of thousands and millions watching at home to show the world that he was ready to break into country music. With his band beside him, he wanted to "come out swinging" with his own original song, "Sounds Like Something I’d Do," and the response he received was not something that the rising country artist could have ever predicted
  
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• The founder of AriZona Iced Tea had never been to the state. Here's how the name stuck

  27-08-2022 11:31 via cnn.com
  
  When Don Vultaggio was considering names for his new iced tea business three decades ago, he wanted something that connoted a "warm and healthy environment."
  
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• The founder of AriZona Iced Tea had never been to the state

  27-08-2022 11:31 via cnn.com
  
  When Don Vultaggio was considering names for his new iced tea business three decades ago, he wanted something that connoted a "warm and healthy environment."
  
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• The question I kept asking myself as I struggled through Jared Kushner's memoir

  27-08-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  With Trump news everywhere, Jared Kushner's New York Times reviewed memoir "Breaking History" won't help the Florida transplant. But Saudi Arabia will be happy.
  
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• Concert goers thought the man might carry out a mass shooting. Police now say it was something else.

  27-08-2022 11:30
  
  Police accused a Washington man of plotting a mass shooting at a concert. The truth may be more benign but concert goers' concerns were real.      
  
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• Key lesson from Columbine massacre wasn't heeded during Uvalde response

  27-08-2022 11:02 via cnn.com
  
  • Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo
  
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• Oklahoma state board affirms decision to downgrade accreditation for 2 school districts over violating law on race and gender teaching

  27-08-2022 10:46 via cnn.com
  
  Two school districts in Oklahoma will remain under a downgraded accreditation status after they were accused of violating a state law that bars certain types of teachings on race and gender, despite educators' calls on Thursday to lift the punishment they say is hurting teachers and students.
  
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• What the movement to scrap the SAT misses about the reality of high school

  27-08-2022 10:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  SAT test day isn't fun. But colleges can evaluate students and applications for admissions more fairly if we take them. The push to scrap standardized tests is misguided.
  
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• What’s in William Barr's unredacted memo deserves more outrage

  27-08-2022 04:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  The contents of the memo and the hand that Merrick Garland's Justice Department had in keeping it from being released are disturbing
  
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• Minnesota lawyer is accused of beating his ex-wife to death in front of their kids

  27-08-2022 03:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Minnesota lawyer accused of beating his ex-wife to death in front of their children has been charged with second-degree murder.
  
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• NAACP Trying to Get 'Cowboys for Trump' Co-Founder Barred from Holding Public Office

  27-08-2022 03:00
  
  The NAACP is supporting efforts to bar a New Mexico-based county commissioner from public office, alleging that the “Cowboys for Trump” co-founder has sought to disenfranchise voters — including people of color — and stoke insurrection.
  The nation’s oldest civil rights organization urged a state district court judge to remove and disqualify Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin from holding future public office, noting that Griffin’s presence at the Jan. 6, 2
  
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