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• Christian Teacher Thrown in Jail: 'I Am Here Today Because I Said I Would Not Call a Boy a Girl'

  06-09-2022 23:53
  An Irish secondary school teacher was imprisoned Monday for refusing to obey a court order that went against his Christian beliefs.
  Irish broadcasting company RTE reported secondary school teacher Enoch Burke was sent to Mountjoy Prison after Judge Michael Quinn determined he was guilty of contempt of court.
  Wilson’s Hospital School in Multyfarnham, County Westmeath, Ireland, placed Burke on paid administrative leave after he refused to refer to a male student with the pronoun “they,
  
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• Eliza Fletcher's Family Breaks Silence After Discovery of Her Body

  06-09-2022 23:41
  The family of a woman who was kidnapped and killed in Memphis last week has spoken out about her tragic death.
  Police confirmed they had identified Fletcher’s body Tuesday morning, the New York Post reported. In a statement, her family mourned the loss of a “special” woman.
  “We are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss,” the statement said. “Liza was such a joy to so many — her family, friends, colleagues, students, parents, members of her Se
  
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• Op-Ed: The Bible Has the Diagnosis for the Evils in the World - And the Cure

  06-09-2022 23:40
  The necessity for all citizens and governing authorities to possess a proper understanding of sin cannot be overemphasized. Whether you believe man is basically good or that man is basically depraved informs one’s worldview and premise in policymaking.
  Stated again slightly differently, not only does the teaching of Scripture regarding this subject relate specifically to our personal lives, but it is also foundational to the professional understanding of policymakers, law enforcement offic
  
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• Dramatic Illinois snake parade highlights this problem

  06-09-2022 23:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sometimes, roads close because of rain. Sometimes, roads close because of snow. And sometimes, roads close because of snakes.
  
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• The Average American Retiree Gets $1,670 from Social Security - Take a Look at How Big Joe Biden's Check Is

  06-09-2022 23:28
  Eighty-seven years after the Social Security program was signed into law in August 1935, an average of 66 million Americans are receiving a benefit check each month.
  One of those Americans is a guy who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.: our 46th president, Joe Biden.
  Biden, 79, and his wife Jill Biden, 71, are among the 66 million Americans who collect a Social Security check each month, according to a report by Sean Williams, writing for The Motley Fool.
  The program has be
  
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• 'Dissing the President': Democratic Senate Candidate Skips Town the Day Biden Shows Up in Telling Move

  06-09-2022 23:12
  There was a message in Milwaukee on Monday — and it wasn’t the one Joe Biden was trying to spit out.
  The national headline news from the president’s Labor Day visit to Wisconsin, of course, focused on his attacks on “MAGA Republicans” — though conservative media found the typically unintelligible Biden gaffe.
  But there was a more telling sign from the festivities that should signal voters nationwide about just how toxic Biden is outside liberal strongholds.
  De
  
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• Revealed: Fetterman Appointee Expressed 'Love' for Notorious Cop Killer

  06-09-2022 22:54
  Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in the state, appointed a supporter of a convicted murderer and extremist to the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons earlier this year.
  Celeste Trusty received Fetterman’s nod as secretary of the state board in January, according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
  The political operative has expressed her “love” and support for convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, referring to him as her “buddy”
  
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• Biden's Cabinet hasn't changed, a sharp break from Trump

  06-09-2022 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  When President Joe Biden met with senior members of his administration on Tuesday, the 24 officials sitting around the table were identical to the ones Biden gathered 17 months ago for his first Cabinet meeting.
  
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• Las Vegas Police Release Photos of Suspect in Murder of Investigative Journalist, Ask Public for Help

  06-09-2022 22:43
  Police released new photos on Monday of a man suspected of murdering a Las Vegas investigative journalist.
  According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 69-year-old investigative reporter Jeff German was found dead outside his home around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
  Police said the veteran journalist died from multiple sharp force injuries. He had spent 40 years in the news industry.
  On Monday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shared images of the suspected murderer. The man wa
  
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• Joe Rogan Brutally Mocks Kamala Harris by Putting Her in Costume on Poster for Upcoming Comedy Show

  06-09-2022 22:21
  Joe Rogan, podcaster, comedian and influencer, has set the standard for ridiculing leftist politicians once again.
  On a promotional poster for his upcoming comedy show in Columbus, Ohio, Rogan has featured an image that brutally mocks Vice President Kamala Harris, savagely reminding audiences of Harris’ lengthy history of selectively applied justice.
  Where others have used rhetoric and reporting to describe Harris’ sordid and contradictory history in law enforcement in great detail,
  
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• US government warns ransomware attacks on schools may increase

  06-09-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Ransomware attacks on schools in the US may increase as children return to school and cybercriminals see more extortion opportunities, federal officials warned on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Unified School District grappled with a significant ransomware attack.
  
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• A ransomware gang is targeting US schools and cyberattacks may increase, feds warn

  06-09-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Ransomware attacks on schools in the US may increase as children return to school and cybercriminals see more extortion opportunities, federal officials warned on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Unified School District grappled with a significant ransomware attack.
  
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• Solomon: Twitter Whistleblower Gives Alarming Look Inside Big Tech, And Elon Musk Pounces

  06-09-2022 21:58
  The last week of August was a busy one for Elon Musk’s and Twitter’s lawyers.
  In July, Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s internal chief of security, also known as “Mudge,” filed a whistleblower complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission in which he accused the company of having dangerously lax security standards.
  Not one to waste time, Musk is leveraging the complaint, asking the Delaware court to rely on Zatko’s allegations to help extricate him from his obl
  
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• Divine Judgment: Did You Notice What Happened 1 Year to the Day Before the COVID Plague Struck NYC?

  06-09-2022 21:49
  This article was sponsored by Charisma Media.
  Best-selling author Jonathan Cahn, in his new documentary film, “The Harbingers of Things to Come,” identified some astounding correlations in dates related to New York state’s very liberal abortion laws and when the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
  Cahn’s documentary is based in part on his 2012 blockbuster book, “The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America’s Future,” and his 2020 follow-up,
  
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• 'Armed and Dangerous Children' Create Need for Emergency Restrictions After Dem County's Deadliest Month Ever

  06-09-2022 21:36
  In the wake of what they called the deadliest month in county history, a group of Maryland officials has declared a temporary curfew for children.
  “You should know — and I believe this is absolutely astounding — that August was the single deadliest month in Prince George’s County’s history,” Angela Alsobrooks, the county executive, said during a news conference on Monday.
  Alsobrooks said juvenile crime arrests have more than doubled since the summer of 2021 in
  
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• Biden Mocked for Minuscule Crowd 2 Days After Trump Drew Thousands in the Same State

  06-09-2022 21:21
  President Joe Biden was mocked last week for the sparse number of supporters he drew to his campaign speech only days after former President Donald Trump drew thousands to his rally in Pennsylvania — Biden’s home turf.
  Despite the spectacle of Biden’s vein-popping, red-faced, fists of fury speeches where he labels MAGA voters as terrorists, he doesn’t seem to be able to fill a venue with supporters.
  On Labor Day, for instance, “Scranton Joe” Biden visited West
  
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• Biden convenes Cabinet meeting to tout summer accomplishments

  06-09-2022 21:13 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged his Cabinet secretaries to swiftly implement key pieces of legislation as he seized the opportunity to tout his administration's recent legislative successes just two months before the midterm elections.
  
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• What should be keeping Liz Truss awake at night

  06-09-2022 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  Liz Truss has a lot on her plate. The United Kingdom is heading for a recession. Workers are going on strike as inflation erodes their living standards. And millions of people and thousands of businesses need immediate relief from soaring energy bills to get through the winter.
  
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• Suspect in Kidnapping and Murder of Eliza Fletcher Hit with Charge That Is Punishable by Death

  06-09-2022 20:50
  The man thought to be responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher may soon face the death penalty.
  Police believe Fletcher, a Memphis, Tennessee, schoolteacher, was abducted by Cleotha Abston, 38, on Friday.
  On Monday afternoon, police found Fletcher’s body near the apartment complex of Abston’s brother, Mario Baston, 36. The next morning, police announced they would be charging Abston with first-degree murder and murder in perpetration of kidnapping, WREG-TV reported
  
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• Lawyer for Russian accused of laundering asks for inclusion in prisoner swap talks

  06-09-2022 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  A lawyer for a Russian man accused of money laundering who was extradited to the US last month has lobbied Moscow to include his client in prisoner exchange negotiations with the US government.
  
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• Juul to pay $438.5 million settlement over underage marketing

  06-09-2022 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  E-cigarette maker Juul will pay $438.5 million to 34 states and territories in a settlement following a two-year investigation into the company's marketing and sales practices, according to announcements from several states on Tuesday.
  
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• Dick Morris: Judge's Mar-a-Lago Ruling Gives Dems a Wake-Up Call from Their Indictment Pipe Dream

  06-09-2022 20:19
  A ray of light has burst forth from the chambers of U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon making a Trump indictment very unlikely.
  At last, we find a jurist with a real-world understanding of the stakes involved and the meaning for the country of a possible criminal proceeding against the former president.
  Until Cannon’s ruling granting Trump’s lawyers’ request for the appointment of a special master to review the documents seized in the Mar-a-Lago raid, I felt that the ca
  
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• Federal Judge Reveals 'Incumbent President' Biden Ordered FBI Access to Mar-a-Lago Documents

  06-09-2022 19:49
  From the moment the media began reporting on the FBI raid of President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago, the Biden administration’s consistent claims of the sitting president’s ignorance and deliberate detachment from the Trump investigation have rang somewhat hollow to many.
  On Monday, a ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon halting the Justice Department review of the documents and effects seized from Mar-a-Lago has confirmed what many of us already suspected.
  
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• CVS is making a big bet on house calls

  06-09-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  CVS believes that the future of health care is house calls from doctors.
  
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• 'Blatant Hypocrisy': Squad' House Member Spends Thousands in Taxpayer Funds for Personal Security

  06-09-2022 19:18
  Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley has spent thousands more on private security with taxpayer dollars despite opposing a measure granting U.S. Supreme Court Justices more security and pushing to defund police, federal records show.
  The Massachusetts congresswoman and “Squad” member shelled out over $24,300 between March 1 and May 31, 2022, for “security service,” according to the latest House disbursement records.
  At the same time, Pressley voted against a June bill extendin
  
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• Three Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Florida After Boat Landing - But They're Not From Cuba

  06-09-2022 19:03
  Border Patrol agents in Florida took three illegal migrants from China into custody Saturday after the group’s boat landed on the shore in a suspected smuggling attempt.
  The group washed up in Hillsboro Beach, according to a tweet posted by Miami Sector Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar.
  In less than a week, Border Patrol reported over 150 encounters by boat of mostly Cubans, according to Slosar’s twitter.Three Chinese nationals were taken into #BorderPatrol custody after making la
  
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• Video: Hilarious Dog Moves at the Speed of Light Through Home

  06-09-2022 18:57
  Animals always know how to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
  Sapphire, an adorable Pomsky dog — a cross between a Pomeranian and a Siberian Husky — went viral on TikTok for a serious case of the zoomies.
  In the video, the pooch ran around at a fast speed, always somehow stopping before running into a wall.
  The TikTok is captioned, “Just another day of my morning ZOOMIES.”@sapphie_the_pomsky Just another day of my morning ZOOMIES#queenofzoomies #doglover #dogs #happydo
  
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• Trump SPAC faces looming deadline to keep deal alive

  06-09-2022 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  The controversial deal to take former President Donald Trump's social media platform public faces a crucial deadline this week to keep the transaction alive.
  
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• 'Tolkien Is Turning in His Grave': Elon Musk Gives Brief-but-Blistering Review of Amazon's New 'Lord of the Rings' Series

  06-09-2022 18:33
  Amazon’s much anticipated and expensive “Rings of Power” series is out, but many are berating it, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
  Taken generally from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” universe, the series cost roughly $715 million to makes (combining the production budget, as well as the cost to buy the rights), the Wall Street Journal reported.
  But Musk and others have berated the series.
  “Tolkien is turning in his grave,” Musk t
  
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• 'Tolkein Is Turning in His Grave': Elon Musk Gives Brief-but-Blistering Review of Amazon's New 'Lord of the Rings' Series

  06-09-2022 18:33
  Amazon’s much anticipated and expensive “Rings of Power” series is out, but many are berating it, including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
  Taken generally from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” universe, the series cost roughly $715 million to makes (combining the production budget, as well as the cost to buy the rights), the Wall Street Journal reported.
  But Musk and others have berated the series.
  “Tolkien is turning in his grave,” Musk t
  
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• Nancy Pelosi Already Has Her Eyes on Another Job if GOP Wins House Majority in Midterms: Report

  06-09-2022 18:26
  With the November midterm election fast approaching, many are predicting that the GOP will take over control of the House. That would displace the current Democratic speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
  Pelosi reportedly has another job in mind if this happens. The California Democrat would like to be appointed as the next U.S. ambassador to Italy, Fox Business reported Monday.
  The report quoted unidentified sources as saying President Joe Biden might be holding the ambassadorship open for her.
  T
  
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• News Anchor Suffers Stroke on Live TV: 'I'm Sorry, Something Is Going on with Me This Morning'

  06-09-2022 18:09
  An Oklahoma news anchor suffered a stroke in the middle of a live news broadcast on Saturday morning and had to cut her broadcast short.
  Julie Chin, an anchor of Tulsa’s NBC affiliate KJRH, was reporting on the attempted launch of NASA’s Artemis I rocket when she began to stumble over her words, NBC News reported.
  Later, Mike Sington, an NBC Senior Executive tweeted about the incident.
  “Tulsa news anchor Julie Chin has the beginnings of a stroke live on the air. She knew someth
  
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• Groups race to recruit poll workers amid fears of shortages. Here's how you can help

  06-09-2022 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  In the spring of 2020, Abhinand Keshamouni was stuck at home in a suburb west of Detroit. The pandemic had driven his high school classes online, and he fretted about the state of the country.
  
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• 16-Year-Old Goes Missing, Then Gets Arrested in Connection to Murder

  06-09-2022 17:56
  One day after a 16-year-old from Washington who had been declared missing was found, he was arrested in connection with a murder.
  Gabriel Davies, 16, of Olympia, and another 16-year-old were charged in the death of a 51-year-old man in Orting, a small town about 30 miles from Mount Ranier. Police have not made the victim’s name public, according to KING-TV.
  The station reported that the man who was killed was the former fiancé of Davies’s mother, citing sources it did not name
  
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• Watch: FL Teen's Song About 1st Amendment Climbs the Charts, 'There Is a Hunger Out There for This Kind of Music'

  06-09-2022 17:25
  With a patriotic song about the First Amendment, Florida teen Colt Jaxon has begun to rival country music star Blake Shelton for one of the most-streamed songs.
  The 16-year-old Jaxon won the 2021 Constituting America nationwide First Amendment-themed songwriting contest with his song titled “1A,” the Washington Examiner reported.
  After winning the contest, the organization paid for Jaxon to also professionally record the song.
  By the end of August, the song ranked in the top 10 strea
  
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• Adam Kinzinger Bites Off More Than He Can Chew, Instantly Hit with Cease and Desist

  06-09-2022 17:05
  Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois continues to suffer from pathological Trump Derangement Syndrome, as evidenced by his vindictive Twitter trolling.
  On Monday, Kinzinger was hit with a cease-and-desist order after accusing a private citizen of fraudulently collecting federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, which numerous small-business owners received during the 2020 coronavirus shutdowns.
  Alex Bruesewitz, a pro-Trump political strategist, urged the outgoing congressman to retract hi
  
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• The Flame Thrower

  06-09-2022 16:59
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post The Flame Thrower appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Newsom Turns on Radical Green Lobby, Favors Nuclear Plant as Clean Energy Transition Brings 'Unprecedented Stress'

  06-09-2022 16:59
  Once, nuclear power was seen as the greatest enemy of the environmentalist movement. For some of the old-timers, it still remains the ultimate bogeyman.
  Others, however, are reconsidering it as a source of clean energy — to the point where California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is keeping the state’s lone nuclear plant open.
  According to TheBlaze, Newsom signed a bill Friday that extended a $1.4 billion loan to the Diablo Canyon plant in San Luis Obispo.
  The reason? Good ol’ cli
  
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• Biden to convene Cabinet to tout summer accomplishments

  06-09-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will urge his Cabinet secretaries on Tuesday to "swiftly implement" key legislation, seizing another opportunity to tout his administration's legislative successes just two months before the midterm elections.
  
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• 'Hard Work Pays Off': Country Music Star Luke Combs Reaches Into His Pocket and Starts Counting Bills After Spotting Young Fans' Signs

  06-09-2022 16:42
  Country music star Luke Combs came to Bangor, Maine, to sing. He left after having taught some powerful lessons.
  On Friday, Combs took special note of two young fans who had worked hard to make it there, according to WABI-TV in Bangor.
  Bo Fenderson, 12, and his friend, Tanner Hale, wanted to attend, but had to hold up their end of a parental bargain to get there.
  “I prayed for it to happen. I hoped, I prayed, and it happened,” Bo told the station.
  “The concert was brought
  
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• The growing division among public health leaders over how to pivot Covid messaging

  06-09-2022 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  At this point in the Covid-19 pandemic, much of the United States has slowly moved away from following or enforcing mitigation measures. Most public schools plan to keep masks optional this fall. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends staying at least 6 feet away from other people to reduce the risk of exposure.
  
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• The battle to get workers back to the office heats up

  06-09-2022 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  The battle to get employees back into the office is about to get a little more heated.
  
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• Russia says China will start paying for gas in rubles and yuan

  06-09-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's Gazprom said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement to start switching payments for gas supplies to China to yuan and rubles instead of dollars.
  
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• Authorities Close 3 US Beaches After Swimmer Is Attacked

  06-09-2022 15:46
  A woman was attacked by a shark on Saturday in Maui, Hawaii, resulting in the closure of three beaches until Monday.
  A 51-year-old tourist from France was bitten around 4 p.m. off Maui’s Paia Bay, on the north side of the island, according to Hawaii News Now.
  The woman was transported in critical condition to Maui Memorial Medical Center, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department.
  She was reportedly 100 yards from shore and was thought to be snorkeling at the time of the
  
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• Memphis Police Discover Body in the Vicinity of Eliza Fletcher Crime Scene

  06-09-2022 15:32
  Although a body has been located near the Memphis location where police believe Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped Friday, the body has not been identified.
  The body was found near the apartment of Mario Abston, 36, who is the brother of the man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping Fletcher, according to The New York Times.
  Police said Cleotha Abston, 38, the suspect, had been seen in the area after Fletcher’s abduction.
  Mario Abston was arrested on drug and weapon posession charges, according to
  
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• GOP Eyes 146-Year-Old Rule That Could Cut Biden Officials' Pay to $1 If They Refuse to Testify

  06-09-2022 15:02
  GOP Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona is floating the idea of using the Holman rule, dating back to 1876, to force Biden administration officials to comply with congressional oversight if Republicans retake control of the House and the Senate in the November midterm elections.
  Just the News reported Saturday, “The arcane rule had fallen out of sight for decades, but in 2017 House Republicans revived it to allow any federal bureaucrat’s salary to be cut to $1 in an effort to force spending c
  
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• Vegan Restaurant Flops, Owners Left with No Choice But to Close Down and Begin Selling Meat

  06-09-2022 14:42
  Moral posturing in food choices sounds fine on paper, but it turns out it doesn’t exactly pay the bills — at least not at a well-known British vegan restaurant.
  According to the U.K. Daily Mail, The Mango Tree, in the English town of Taunton, about 150 miles southwest of London, is closing for a bit of renovation. When it opens back up in the fall, it won’t just be the space inside that will change.
  The menu has also been renovated — and it now includes meat.
  Yes, heresy.
  
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• The battle to get workers back into the office is heating up

  06-09-2022 14:14 via cnn.com
  
  The battle to get employees back into the office is about to get a little more heated.
  
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• Summer is over. And the battle to get workers back to the office is heating up

  06-09-2022 14:14 via cnn.com
  
  The battle to get employees back into the office is about to get a little more heated.
  
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• Can You Hear What Biden Meant by 'Rededudenedefet' in Latest Word Slur?

  06-09-2022 13:55
  Joe Biden needs a translator.
  Granted, the president’s native language is English. We think. He certainly doesn’t seem to understand the nuances of it — but then, it’s not like changing tongues would make any difference.
  Take Biden’s Labor Day speech to workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Biden was bragging about reducing the deficit this year. Granted, those deficits were exacerbated by spending associated with the COVID pandemic, but that’s not going to stop hi
  
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