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• Federal watchdog is probing Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis 

  09-09-2022 23:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  A team from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General arrived in Jackson, Mississippi, last week to begin a review of the city's water.
  
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• Exclusive: Gen. Flynn Drops Bomb on QAnon - What if It's Really...

  09-09-2022 23:47
  Former National Security Advisor and retired three-star Gen. Michael Flynn shared his thoughts on the QAnon movement in an exclusive interview with The Western Journal on Friday.
  Flynn expressed his belief that the origins of QAnon have links within the United States government, strongly rejecting insinuations from the establishment media that he’s connected to the conspiratorial movement in any way.
  “This whole QAnon thing — I’ve been very public and outspoken about it &
  
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• Ohio man who stalked and threatened actor Eva LaRue and her daughter for more than a decade is sentenced to prison

  09-09-2022 23:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man who, for more than a decade, stalked actor Eva LaRue and threatened to rape and kill her and her daughter was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
  
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• Oberlin College to pay $36 million to bakery owners who said they were falsely accused of racism

  09-09-2022 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Oberlin College and Conservatory will pay a $36.59 million judgment to a local bakery that filed a defamation lawsuit, claiming the bakery's owners were
  
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• Dem Official Suspected of Murdering Journalist Once Told Elizabeth Warren That Republicans 'Want Us at Each Other's Throats'

  09-09-2022 23:20
  A Nevada Democratic official who has been accused of murdering a journalist once accused Republicans of trying to set Americans “at each other’s throats.”
  Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas-based investigative reporter Jeff German, according to KSNV-TV.
  The violent crime is shocking, indeed. And while Telles is innocent until proven guilty, it is notable that he has claimed his pol
  
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• Exclusive: Gen. Flynn Exposes Ex-CIA Officer Who Helped AP Smear Flynn

  09-09-2022 22:49
  Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who served as national security advisor to former President Donald Trump, spoke with The Western Journal in an exclusive interview on Friday about a recent article alleging that he has worked with “extremist” groups.
  Flynn directly addressed and refuted the Associated Press article that argued he is “building a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas” and included him being described by an “expert on authoritarianism and fasc
  
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• Best Reason Ever to Get Concealed Carry Permit: Bail Reform Bill May Spell 'End of Days' for Dem City

  09-09-2022 22:38
  The state of Illinois will soon implement a new bail reform law that will instantly release — with no bond — people arrested for crimes including second-degree murder, drug dealing and drunken driving.
  The woefully misnamed “SAFE-T Act” that will take effect on Jan. 1 will eliminate cash bail for a long list of offenses in the Land of Lincoln.
  The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act, passed in 2021, is styled as a “reform” of policing, pretri
  
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• China's Hatred of Christians Extends Beyond Its Border, Pastor and His Congregation Seeking Asylum Being Tracked by CCP

  09-09-2022 22:28
  As a Christian, I believe it is my duty to pray for my brothers and sisters in bonds, whether they be the physical restraints that keep believers imprisoned or the immense pressure of authoritarian states so threatened by their citizens’ allegiance to Christ that they micromanage their every move.
  In communist China, followers of Christ have been subject to both kinds of earthly bondage for decades, despite the regime’s insistence that the atheistic state protects religious freedom.
  
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• FDA Shuts Down Investigation Into Lucky Charms Illness - Reports of Mystery Sickness Still Rolling In

  09-09-2022 22:14
  They were promised a “magically delicious” experience.
  Instead, fans of one of America’s most popular breakfast cereals started complaining earlier this year of experiencing symptoms that would gag a leprechaun.
  The suspect cereal is General Mills’ Lucky Charms, a sugary-sweet concoction of glazed oat bits mixed with colorful, crunchy little marshmallows cut in cute little shapes: “hearts … moons … stars … clovers,” as the cereal’s t
  
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• VP Harris attacks 'activist court,' says the loss of rights post-Roe has led to ‘suffering’

  09-09-2022 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press, Vice President Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court took away an “established right” on abortion.
  
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• Federal civil rights charges won't be filed against a Kansas police officer who killed teenage driver

  09-09-2022 21:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal prosecutors announced Friday that they will not pursue criminal civil rights charges against a Kansas police officer who fatally shot a teenager in 2018 during a wellness check.
  
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• Calls to suicide prevention lifeline rose 45% after launch of new number

  09-09-2022 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  After the summer launch of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline number, calls to the lifeline increased 45% compared with the same time last year, and the majority of those calls were connected to a counselor, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.
  
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• 'The most remarkable person': Women leaders laud queen's example

  09-09-2022 21:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II encouraged high-profile women in public service, according to a few who crossed her path.
  
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• Banned Fan Vindicated After Final Results of Investigation Into Alleged Racism at Duke Volleyball Game Are Revealed

  09-09-2022 21:20
  A Duke University volleyball player’s claim that a fan racially abused her during an Aug. 26 contest at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, doesn’t line up with the evidence, BYU officials said Friday.
  Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson claimed she heard a spectator call her a racial slur as she served in match last month.
  In an Aug. 28 statement on Twitter, Richardson said that “my fellow African-American teammates and I were targeted and racially heckled throughout the ent
  
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• Mournful Silence Outside Buckingham Palace Broken as Britons Erupt into 'God Save the King'

  09-09-2022 20:35
  As crowds of Britons stood vigil outside of the gates at Buckingham Palace in London, their sorrow for the death of the longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II, hung heavy in the air.
  But, then, quavering voices thick with emotion began to sing, breaking the mournful silence.
  The chorus spread, filled with a mixture of grief, grim determination and national pride.
  The lyrics they sang have gone unheard for over three generations: “God Save the King.”
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• Cameras Catch Biden Pulling Out Card When Signing Queen Elizabeth's Condolence Book - Was He Copying It?

  09-09-2022 20:25
  President Joe Biden visited the British Embassy in Washington on Thursday to pay his respects and condolences upon the death of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch in history.
  This was an expected and routine gesture on the part of the leader of a nation that shares such a warm friendship with the late queen’s realm, but what was perhaps not expected — or, at least, what we would hope we should not expect from the American head of state — wa
  
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• It's Official: 18 Counties Declare Southern Border Crisis an 'Invasion'

  09-09-2022 20:17
  Van Zandt County in northeast Texas is the 18th county to declare an invasion at the southern border.
  Its county commissioners and Judge Don Kirkpatrick signed a resolution expressing support for Gov. Greg Abbott “to take necessary action to stop the chaos on our border.”
  The resolution states that “the health, safety, and welfare of Texas residents are under an imminent threat from the unprecedented levels of illegal immigration, human trafficking, and drug smuggling coming ac
  
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• With a Cane and Holding Her Trusty Handbag: Last Images of Queen Elizabeth II Show She Did Her Duty Until the End

  09-09-2022 20:07
  “Dutiful” has been the word constantly used in describing Queen Elizabeth II after her death Thursday at age 96. Nothing depicts this better than the last photos taken of the queen, just 48 hours before her death, as she swore in new British Prime Minister Liz Truss with the ancient ceremony known as “kissing of hands.”
  Many tumultuous months for the British government resulted in the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigning and Truss forming a new government as
  
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• Las Vegas reporter remembered as fearless force after elected official, angry at journalist's work, is arrested in his death

  09-09-2022 20:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  A veteran Las Vegas journalist, allegedly killed due to his investigative work, was a fearless force who took on the mob and spent decades exposing government
  
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• 'Flatten the Curve' Gets Rebooted for Newest Crisis

  09-09-2022 19:58
  It seems that many bad policies that start out in Europe eventually make their way over to the United States as soon as Washington can comfortably predict how people will respond.
  If there’s any doubt, they use establishment media fear-mongering to condition those who don’t tend to think for themselves or question things too deeply. This will assist in the desired result.
  The familiar expression “flatten the curve” may very well be getting rebooted at an establishment med
  
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• Pentagon to Troops: If We're Not Paying You Enough to Feed Yourselves, Apply for Welfare

  09-09-2022 19:49
  The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation.
  The U.S. Army cites the higher prices on a range of goods because of inflation in its recently released official guidance.
  “With inflation affecting everything from gas prices to groceries to rent, some Soldiers and their families are finding it harder to get by on the budgets they’ve set and used before,” the guidance written by Sgt. Maj.
  
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• NYC mayor under new pressure to break Trump's golf deal with city, scrap Saudi-backed event

  09-09-2022 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  A little more than a month before a Saudi-backed women's golf series is scheduled to hold a New York City tournament at a course run by former President Donald Trump's company, top City Council officials are pushing Mayor Eric Adams' administration to void the city's contract with the Trump Organization and scrap the event.
  
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• King Charles III pays tribute to his 'darling mama' as he leads Britain in mourning

  09-09-2022 19:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Britain entered a period of national mourning Friday led by King Charles III, who addressed the country after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
  
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• Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Clinton and others as ‘political manifesto’

  09-09-2022 19:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  A judge dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director Comey, Adam Schiff and others as a grievance-filled "political manifesto."
  
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• Watch live: King Charles III proclaimed as British monarch

  09-09-2022 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  Watch live coverage as King Charles III is proclaimed Britain’s monarch during a meeting with the Accession Council.
  
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• Railway workers prepare for a strike, say they're at a breaking point

  09-09-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Freight railroads have been around since the 19th century, but you can't run a 21st century economy without them.
  
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• Massive rail strike could deal a blow to America's economy

  09-09-2022 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Freight railroads have been around since the 19th century, but you can't run a 21st century economy without them.
  
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• Full speech: King Charles III promises ‘lifelong service’ after death of Queen Elizabeth II

  09-09-2022 19:17 via nbcnews.com
  King Charles III made his first public address from Buckingham Palace as British monarch following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, vowing to share his mother’s “promise of lifelong service.”
  
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• Tesla Considers Building Factory That's 'a License to Print Money' in the US, But First Wants a Big Tax Break

  09-09-2022 19:16
  Tesla wants to build a lithium refinery on Texas’ gulf coast in order to more easily supply a key component for its electric car batteries. But the company told the state it would need local tax breaks to do so, Reuters reported.
  Such a facility would be “the first of its kind in North America,” Tesla said in its application filed with the Texas Comptroller’s Office on Aug. 22.
  The factory, which would be built in the vicinity of Robstown, near Corpus Christi, would proce
  
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• 'Hypocritical': Sanctuary City Officials Blame Border States for 'Crisis' of Illegal Immigration

  09-09-2022 19:00
  A Washington, D.C., councilwoman who blamed the governors of Texas and Arizona for turning the U.S. capital into a “border town” wrote the city’s sanctuary city policy instructing officials not to comply with federal immigration law.
  On Thursday, as Washington, D.C., officials declared a public emergency after nearly 10,000 people have been bused from the southern border to the U.S. capital, councilwoman Brianne Nadeau blamed the governors of Texas and Arizona, saying they &ldq
  
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• Illegal Immigrants Push DC Mayor to Take Emergency Action 1,449 Miles From Border

  09-09-2022 18:15
  Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday declared a public emergency over several thousand foreign nationals arriving in the nation’s capital from the southern border after the Pentagon twice rejected her request to activate the National Guard to provide assistance.
  Bowser announced the emergency at a news conference in response to the governors of Arizona and Texas busing to the nation’s capital nearly 10,000 foreign nationals who illegally crossed the Mexican border into the
  
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• Oberlin College to pay $36.59M to bakery owners who claim they were falsely accused of racism

  09-09-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  When three Black Oberlin College students were accused of shoplifting by the owners of an Ohio bakery, the small liberal arts school that was once a stop along the Underground Railroad supported the students and called for a boycott.
  
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• Men convicted of Michigan governor kidnapping plot sent private investigator to juror's workplace

  09-09-2022 17:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Attorneys for two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent private investigators to a juror's workplace.
  
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• Here's what US consumers splurged on in 2021

  09-09-2022 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  After spending 2020 cooped up as a fast-spreading, deadly virus limited most aspects of everyday life, American consumers splurged in 2021, shelling out an average of $3,568 on entertainment, according to data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  
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• Consumers spent big on having fun in 2021

  09-09-2022 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  After spending 2020 cooped up as a fast-spreading, deadly virus limited most aspects of everyday life, American consumers splurged in 2021, shelling out an average of $3,568 on entertainment, according to data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  
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• Trump wants a special master, but he should be careful what he wishes for

  09-09-2022 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  DOJ appeals Trump FBI raid special master to review documents seized at Mar-a-Lago. Why the Justice Department could lose.
  
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• Queen's Bodyguard: American Tourists Didn't Recognize Monarch, But She Had the Perfect Response When They Handed Her a Camera

  09-09-2022 17:32
  With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, the British people and many more around the globe are commemorating the life of a monarch that was marked by duty, steadfastness and dignity.
  But for those who were closest to Her Majesty, like her former bodyguard Richard “Dick” Griffin, the queen was not just a monarch and global figure, but also a kind person with a “lovely sense of humor.”
  Griffin served as the queen’s royal protection officer. During the Plati
  
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• Man Arrested After Allegedly Beheading a Young Mother in the Middle of the Street in Broad Daylight

  09-09-2022 17:21
  In an act of extraordinary brutality, a man in the San Francisco Bay Area beheaded a young woman in the middle of the street Thursday in front of witnesses.
  Law enforcement officials told KABC-TV reporter Dan Noyes that the crime took place around 11:50 a.m in San Carlos, a city between San Francisco and San Jose.
  “BEHEADING INVESTIGATION: Lt. Eamonn Allen of San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office short on details: no specifics on TRO or domestic violence calls to address. ‘Stabbing
  
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• Joe Biden Won't Appreciate This Dem Senate Contender's Comment About 2024

  09-09-2022 17:21
  Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan said in an interview Thursday he thinks there needs to be “new leaders” when asked if President Joe Biden should run again in 2024.
  “You just listed off his performance, do you think he should run again in 2024?” a reporter for WMFJ-TV, a station in Youngstown, Ohio, asked Ryan in the sitdown interview.
  “My hunch is that we need new leadership across the board,” said Ryan, an Ohio congressman. “I think it’s time
  
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• Tesla considering lithium refinery in Texas, seeks tax relief

  09-09-2022 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla Inc (TSLA) is considering setting up a lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, as it looks to secure supply of the key component used in batteries amid surging demand for electric vehicles.
  
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• Biden calls out Republicans who took credit for infrastructure legislation they opposed

  09-09-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized Republican lawmakers who voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill last year but have taken credit for projects made possible by the $1.2 trillion law.
  
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• Vegan Activist Attacked By Dog, Immediately Runs to McDonald's for Ultimate Revenge

  09-09-2022 17:04
  A social media influencer from Argentina said he gave up his vegan lifestyle after he was bitten by a dog.
  According to The U.S. Sun, Mariano de la Canal had amassed more than 455,000 followers on Instagram as a vegan influencer.
  However, he told an Argentinian news outlet that an attack from a canine on the street caused him to rethink everything, according to the Daily Star.
  “I stopped being a vegan because a dog bit me, so I got angry and said: ‘I’m campaigning for the anima
  
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• Police Hunting for Two Suspects Over 'Terroristic Threats' Against 'A Number of White People'

  09-09-2022 16:52
  Turmoil and fear continued to stalk the city of Memphis on Friday as police sought two men over what they termed “terroristic threats.”
  Last week, a mom was robbed after she and her baby were kidnapped at gunpoint. Days later, the kidnapping and killing of 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher convulsed the Tennessee city until a suspect was arrested in connection with her death. On Wednesday, a day of violence erupted in shootings that led to the arrest of Ezekiel Kelly, 19, after a spree in w
  
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• Employers need workers. That's good news for these people

  09-09-2022 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  With nearly two job openings available for every job seeker, the shortage of workers in the United States has many employers over a barrel in the fight to acquire and retain talent. But for candidates who are typically overlooked by hiring managers, the labor shortage offers an opportunity.
  
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• Twitter Says a Whistleblower's Complaint Is Inaccurate. So Why Did It Offer Him $7 Million to Keep Quiet?

  09-09-2022 16:27
  Just days before whistleblower Pieter Zatko filed a complaint about behavior at Twitter, the company agreed to a $7 million settlement in June that included a nondisclosure agreement, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
  Zatko, also known online by the pseudonym “Mudge,” was still able to file the whistleblower complaint in spite of the requirement in his severance package to not disparage Twitter or speak publicly about his time there due to exceptions made for whistleblower c
  
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• First, He Took on Radical Islamic Terrorists and Won. This Time It Was the Democrats

  09-09-2022 16:26
  Alek Skarlatos, a Republican nominee for Congress in Oregon, was cleared this week of violating campaign finance law, months after a Democratic-aligned group filed a complaint alleging he improperly funded his campaign with money from a nonprofit he also controlled.
  “Democrats have created a false controversy to smear Alek Skarlatos,” campaign manager Ross Purgason said in a statement.
  “The (Federal Election Commission) has dismissed these false allegations.”
  Skarlatos, w
  
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• Stamps, seals and cereal boxes: What changes now that Charles is king?

  09-09-2022 16:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Queen Elizabeth II’s death, her portrait, insignia or initials will be phased out and replaced by those of King Charles III.
  
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• Incredible Discovery in Montana: 2,700-Year-Old Papyrus with Biblical Name Written on It Returned to Israel

  09-09-2022 16:00
  A 2,700-year-old piece of papyrus with Hebrew script upon it that had spent decades in Montana is back in Israel.
  The scrap is not much larger than a postage stamp and has four lines upon it, according to CBN.
  The document came to the attention of researchers in 2018 when a photograph of it was found by Israeli researchers examining antiquities, according to Israel Today.
  The scrap has the Biblical name “Ishmael” in its opening, which reads, “To Ishmael send …” The
  
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• NFL Kicks Off the Season by Violating US Flag Code: 'Disrespecting Our Flag Is Not Patriotic'

  09-09-2022 15:45
  The NFL kicked off its season with controversy over how the American flag was used as part of pregame ceremonies.
  During the playing of the national anthem before the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, a mammoth flag replica was unveiled on the field.
  While that is a common sight before games, it is a violation of the U.S. flag code, which reads, “The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.”
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• Are They Hiding Something? Biden Admin Moves to Stay Trump Special Master

  09-09-2022 14:49
  The ugly saga of the FBI’s unprecedented and unjustified raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence continued on Thursday.
  The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is scrambling to prevent transparency about documents seized Aug. 8 when 30 to 40 FBI agents ransacked Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
  In the latest move, the DOJ on Thursday filed an appeal of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s Monday decision to appoint a special master
  
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