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• NYC declares state of emergency over migrants

  07-10-2022 23:51
  New York City's Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent by Republican politicians from southern border states. Adams says the demand being put on the city is "not sustainable." (Oct. 7)      
  
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• Texas officer fired after shooting teenager

  07-10-2022 23:31
  Texas police officer fired just days after shooting and wounding a teenager who had been sitting in his car eating a hamburger. (Oct. 7)      
  
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• Cubans struggle amid Hurricane Ian destruction

  07-10-2022 23:24
  Ten days after Hurricane Ian passed through the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio, many residents remain without a roof over their heads and with little hope of any aid coming their way.      
  
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• Levin: DOJ Charging Hunter Biden with Lesser Crimes Is Setup to Go After Trump

  07-10-2022 23:20
  Conservative commentator and former top Department of Justice official Mark Levin argued Thursday that a leak about Hunter Biden possibly facing criminal charges raises red flags concerning the DOJ prosecuting former President Donald Trump.
  The Washington Post reported Thursday, based on unnamed sources, that federal prosecutors have “sufficient evidence to charge” President Joe Biden’s son “with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase.”
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• Four key takeaways from first week of historic Oath Keepers trial

  07-10-2022 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Analysis: One major difference between the trial for Alex Jones and the Oath Keepers revives court transparency question
  
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• Brother of suspect in the murder, kidnapping of a California family arrested: What we know

  07-10-2022 23:13
  
  Alberto Salgado was arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy and destroying evidence after the kidnapping and killing of a California family of four      
  
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• Conservative Leader Calls Out Trudeau Right to His Face, Parliament Goes Wild: 'High-Carbon Hypocrisy'

  07-10-2022 23:11
  Politicians around the world trying to make decisions about climate change could learn a thing or two from Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Canadian Conservative Party, who just went toe-to-toe with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  In a sparring match between Poilievre and the prime minister, Poilievre soundly rebutted Trudeau’s increased tax on carbon emissions, pointing out the untenability of such a tax plan and Trudeau’s own hypocrisy in fighting climate change, but also frequen
  
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• AP Top Stories October 7 P

  07-10-2022 23:06
  Here's the latest for Friday, October 7: President Biden, Wall Street differ on strong US jobs market; New York mayor declares emergency due to migrants; Nobel Peace prize to human rights advocates; Rare pink diamond sold for $50 million.      
  
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• Report: Cyber Experts Find Chinese Infiltration of US Election Software, But Things Take Sick Turn After Call from Washington FBI Office

  07-10-2022 22:53
  On Monday, The New York Times published a condescending story about “a group of election deniers” who had gathered “at an invitation-only conference in August at a secret location southeast of Phoenix” and “unspooled a new conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential outcome.”
  The story involved Konnech Corp., a small election software company based in Michigan, which the group claimed “had secret ties to the Chinese Communist Party and had given the Ch
  
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• Core 'Scooby-Doo' Character Is Now Being Portrayed as LGBT

  07-10-2022 22:38
  The radical gay lobby has claimed another kid’s cartoon victim.
  This time, after a 20-year campaign by activists, it has been officially announced that the Scooby-Doo character Velma is a lesbian.
  Producers of Prime Video’s latest Scooby-Doo kiddie cartoon, “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” officially confirmed that Velma Dinkley, the brainy Scooby-Do super sleuth, is a lesbian.
  To confirm the claim onscreen, in the new cartoon special, Velma is seen getting overheated and go
  
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• Why good news for the economy is bad news for stocks and the Fed

  07-10-2022 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  It's not the fall that kills you, as the saying goes — it's the sudden stop at the bottom.
  
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• Another supply chain crisis: Barge traffic halted on Mississippi River by lowest water levels in a decade

  07-10-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  The lowest water levels in the Mississippi River in a decade, caused by a severe Midwest drought, have closed the vital channel to barge traffic at a crucial time of the year for the transport of crops from the nation's heartland.
  
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• Family Gets Devastating News: Body of Man Last Seen Clinging to Tree Is Found 90 Miles Away from Where Hurricane Ian Crossed Florida

  07-10-2022 22:18
  Craig Steven Markgraff Jr., a construction worker and the “best big brother ever,” was last seen clinging to a tree as rising waters from Hurricane Ian lashed areas dozens of miles inland from Florida’s Gulf Coast.
  One of the storm’s first publicly identified victims in Florida, the 35-year-old man’s body was found this week by rescue crews near his home in Zolfo Springs, the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office said.
  The central Florida town is about 90 miles away
  
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• Why the U.S. ordering a $290 million supply of a radiation sickness drug is no cause for alarm

  07-10-2022 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Although President Joe Biden warned of nuclear "Armageddon," that's not why the U.S. purchased a supply of a radiation sickness drug, the federal health agency said.
  
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• Entire Police Force for Uvalde School District Gets Bad News Months After They Failed to Act

  07-10-2022 22:14
  The Uvalde, Texas, school district suspended its entire police force following the May school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
  Texas Department of Public Safety troopers will step in to provide security, according to a statement from the school district.
  Lt. Miguel Hernandez, who was leading the department in the aftermath of the shooting, and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School DistrictnDirector of Student Services Ken Mueller were also placed
  
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• Mayor and 19 Others Killed in Shocking Attack, Then Cartel Leader Uploads Revealing Video

  07-10-2022 22:02
  In a video posted on social media, a man claiming to be a Mexican drug cartel leader says an attack that killed 20 people, including a mayor, was in fact aimed at him.
  Authorities said Friday they were investigating the authenticity of the video attributed to José Alfredo Hurtado, a leader of the Familia Michoacana cartel.
  Better known by his nickname “The Strawberry” — a slang term used in Mexico to denote someone with high-end tastes — the man in the video wears
  
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• White House, World Leaders Scramble to React to Biden's Provocative Nuclear Comments

  07-10-2022 21:46
  President Joe Biden’s warning that the world is at risk of a nuclear “Armageddon” was designed to send the unvarnished message that no one should underestimate the extraordinary danger if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine, Biden administration officials said Friday.
  The president’s grim assessment, delivered during a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday night, rippled around the globe and appeared to edge beyond the boundaries of current U.S.
  
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• When marijuana is on the ballot, it wins

  07-10-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Marijuana, at times, seems to be a third rail in American politics. While most Democrats are ardent defenders of abortion rights and gay rights, many party lawmakers are less vocal about decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana. It was only Thursday when President Joe Biden decided to pardon all people convicted of federal marijuana possession.
  
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• Analysis: When marijuana is on the ballot, it wins

  07-10-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Marijuana, at times, seems to be a third rail in American politics. While most Democrats are ardent defenders of abortion rights and gay rights, many party lawmakers are less vocal about decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana. It was only Thursday when President Joe Biden decided to pardon all people convicted of federal marijuana possession.
  
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• Mandela Barnes has signaled support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE -- despite ad claiming otherwise

  07-10-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Wisconsin Democratic Senate nominee Mandela Barnes has previously signaled his support for removing police funding and abolishing ICE according to a review by CNN's KFile, despite claiming otherwise in a recent ad in which he speaks directly to the camera to defend his record on those issues.
  
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• Gas Stations Run Dry as Europe Refinery Strike Wreaks Havoc on Supply Line

  07-10-2022 20:57
  Europe’s ongoing energy crisis has been exacerbated by worker strikes at French refineries that have left gas stations in parts of the country struggling to get fuel, Reuters reported Friday.
  Workers of the CRT trade union have walked out over pay and other issues, disrupting operations at two refineries and two storage facilities of the French petroleum firm TotalEnergies, according to the report.
  Two ExxonMobil refineries in the country have faced similar issues.
  Between the strike and u
  
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• NYC mayor declares state of emergency over influx of migrants

  07-10-2022 20:45 via cnn.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams has declared a state of emergency to help respond to the city's migrant crisis, which he told reporters Friday will cost the city $1 billion this fiscal year.
  
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• Updated Covid boosters are 'most important thing' Americans can do for their health, official says

  07-10-2022 20:42 via cnn.com
  
  About 11.5 million people in the United States have gotten an updated Covid-19 booster, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but more people need to prepare for fall and winter by getting their shots now, health officials said Friday.
  
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• 'Incredible Heroes': Nurses and Therapist Stop Crazed Rampage as Teen Allegedly Attacks, Strangles Newborns

  07-10-2022 20:28
  There are times when people go on such insane rampages, acting so utterly opposed to anything we would consider human, that it’s difficult to understand what could possibly be the motivation behind the act other than evil.
  This particular incident has people wondering just that and positing that mental illness or drugs must be at play.
  The case in question took place at the Odessa Regional Medical Center in Odessa, Texas, on Monday at around 6:30 p.m.
  Marcus McCowan Jr., an 18-year-old, wa
  
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• 11 Pro-Life Activists Charged by Biden's DOJ, While Pro-Abortion Activists Face No Charges for Attacking Pregnancy Centers

  07-10-2022 20:06
  In what is being called an inequity of justice, the United States federal government has brought criminal charges against eleven pro-life activists who blocked access to an abortion facility in Tennessee last year.
  Meanwhile the Department of Justice cannot account for its apparent failure to pursue and prosecute pro-abortion extremists who have engaged in violent attacks nationwide against pro-life pregnancy centers, agencies and even churches since May.
  The inconsistency is remarkable. Some ar
  
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• Outrage Erupts After Police Reveal Suspect in Woman's Murder Had Just Been Released from Jail Despite Facing 5 Charges

  07-10-2022 19:55
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin joins a growing legion of New Yorkers who are furious about the rampant crime waves being incentivized by the state’s cashless bail laws.
  “When do we say it’s time to start sticking up for law-abiding New Yorkers instead of sticking up for criminals?” Zeldin said at a news conference on Thursday. “When is enough, enough?”
  The former congressman was reacting to the tragic killing of Keaira Hudson, a 40-year-old mom
  
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• Biden administration issues rules to curtail China's access to microchip technology

  07-10-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration on Friday imposed sweeping new curbs designed to curtail China's access to technology critical to the manufacturing and operations of its military power.
  
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• Sheriff Tells Homeowners How to Handle Looters Post-Hurricane: 'Shoot Him So He Looks Like Grated Cheese'

  07-10-2022 19:40
  In an interview on Fox News about the looting in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said that Floridians have a right to protect their homes, even if they have been damaged from the hurricane.
  “People have a right to be safe in their homes. They have a right for their property to be safe, even when part of their home may be torn away and these looters, that’s unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable,” Judd said on Fox News during Friday morning&rs
  
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• 17-Year-Old's Funeral Procession Interrupted by Deadly Crash and Gunfire

  07-10-2022 19:27
  A funeral procession for a 17-year-old who died of a suspected drug overdose was violently interrupted by a collision that killed a 12-year-old and critically injured his 6-year-old brother, according to authorities in Akron, Ohio.
  Two episodes of gunfire followed the crash.
  The crash came Thursday afternoon as the procession, led by a marked police cruiser, made its way through the city. One of the drivers fled on foot, authorities said, and at least one shot was fired, injuring another person.
  
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• Judge Gives Elon Musk a Twitter Ultimatum and Just Three Weeks to Decide

  07-10-2022 19:24
  In order to avoid a trial, Delaware Chancery Court ruled on Thursday that Elon Musk has to close his deal for Twitter by Oct. 28.
  Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick said in the ruling that if Musk’s deal to acquire the social media platform is not closed by that date, then the parties must schedule a November trial with her, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  The original trial date was set for Oct. 17 after McCormick denied Musk’s requests to delay the trial and instead granted Twitter&r
  
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• NYC Mayor Declares State of Emergency Over Migrants, Calls for Federal Legislation to Distribute Them Across the Country

  07-10-2022 18:55
  New York City’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Friday after thousands of migrants have been sent to the city from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable.”
  “A city recovering from an ongoing global pandemic is being overwhelmed by a humanitarian crisis made by human hands,” Mayor Eric Adams said. “We are at the edge of the precipice. … We need he
  
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• Democrats Are Shaking After Pollster's Bombshell: 100% of Polls Show...

  07-10-2022 18:52
  In many Latino households, the father is in charge. One of his most important duties is the passing down of tradition, ensuring that the family values and cultural norms carry on into future generations.
  A 1997 study on Latino families found the father is responsible for ensuring children “practice and explore” Latino values and “perpetuate the customs and traditions into the next generation.”
  One such tradition successfully preserved in many Latino households is the act
  
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• The US job market remains robust, but is showing signs of cooling

  07-10-2022 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its latest monthly jobs report on Friday morning, all eyes will be on whether the labor market is showing signs of loosening up — one of many crucial factors that will help the Federal Reserve determine its next steps in its fight against decades-high inflation.
  
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• Report: Twitter Offered Musk 10-Figure Discount if He Promised 2 Things Would Never Change

  07-10-2022 18:34
  Political strategist Steve Bannon said he’d heard from “very close sources” that Twitter offered Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk a major discount on his purchase of the social media platform if he would agree to two terms.
  The first term, according to Bannon, was that Musk keep the company’s ban on former President Trump and other conservatives in place, and the second was that he retain the current management team.
  The world’s richest man rejected the offer, Bannon
  
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• Tesla set to deliver long-delayed electric trucks to Pepsi in December

  07-10-2022 18:28 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that production of its Semi truck has begun, and deliveries to one customer, Pepsi, will occur in December.
  
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• New York Judge's Bombshell Marriage Ruling May Establish Playbook for a Sexual Deviant's Paradise

  07-10-2022 18:19
  For all those who don’t believe the slippery slope on marriage and the family is real, I give you New York Civil Court Judge Karen May Bacdayan.
  Bacdayan’s name is — well, was — mostly unknown outside of small legal circles in New York State. She was appointed to her seat in the Bronx County Housing Court in 2018, almost three decades after her graduation from the University of Kentucky Law School in 1990, according to legal database Trellis.
  No offense to Bacdayan,
  
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• Biden's student loan forgiveness application is coming soon. What you need to know

  07-10-2022 18:13 via cnn.com
  
  The application for President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is expected to go live as soon as this week.
  
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• 'A Win for the Rule of Law': Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Administration's LGBT Bathroom Mandate

  07-10-2022 18:11
  A federal judge in Texas ruled that the Biden administration overstepped in issuing protections for LGBT employees by allowing them to use bathrooms based on their gender identity.
  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released guidance in 2021 aiming to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination in the workplace, allowing them to use bathrooms and pronouns that correspond with their gender identity.
  U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas Matthew Kacsmaryk
  
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• Watch: Teachers Told to Pack Up After Viral Video Exposes Them Intentionally Terrorizing Children

  07-10-2022 17:45
  Several workers have been fired after a video circulated on social media of two adults scaring children at a Mississippi daycare.
  The incident took place at the Lil’ Blessings Daycare and Learning Center in Hamilton, Mississippi, according to WCBI-TV.
  The video shows adults in masks screaming at the children and asking them if they have been bad.
  At various times in the video, children run to get away, scream, or try to hide under a table.This woman should be arrested pic.twitter.com/wfxbu
  
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• Scenes of Horror Hit Las Vegas Strip as Man Goes on Deadly Stabbing Rampage

  07-10-2022 17:31
  An attacker with a large kitchen knife killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip before he was arrested Thursday, police said.
  Three people were hospitalized in critical condition, and another three were in stable condition, according to Las Vegas police, who said they began receiving 911 calls about the stabbings around 11:40 a.m. across the street from the Wynn casino and hotel.
  Yoni Barrios, 32, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on two cou
  
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• With Haiti Paralyzed by Protesters, Former Elections Minister Warns What the UN Might Do in the Chaos

  07-10-2022 17:08
  Haiti’s government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday.
  The official, who was not authorized to speak about the issue publicly, said a formal request in writing has not yet been submitted.
  It wasn’t clear if the request would mean the activation of United Nations peacekeeping troops, whose mission
  
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• Kanye Talks to Tucker Carlson, Says He Was Warned Against Wearing MAGA Hat, Kim Kardashian Was Clinton Shill

  07-10-2022 17:04
  Just in case there were still any bridges left unburnt after Kanye West appeared at a Paris fashion show alongside black conservative commentator Candace Owens wearing a shirt that said “White Lives Matter,” the rap legend effectively torched them in an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that was aired Thursday night.
  In the sit-down, West said his handlers and “so-called friends” told him to stay away from supporting Donald Trump and that wearing a “Make
  
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• King Charles' Cryptic Nickname for Meghan Revealed

  07-10-2022 16:47
  King Charles III has a secret nickname for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, according to a new book.
  The king calls the dissident royal “Tungsten,” according to an excerpt of “The New Royals” previewed in ET Online Tuesday.
  The nickname refers to one of the hardest metals used in human engineering and chemistry.
  The substance is considered useful for manufacturing bullets and missiles, according to the BBC.
  Charles reportedly coined the nickname as a nod to what he saw as
  
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• 'Seems Like Just Yesterday': US Oil Industry Mocks Biden After OPEC Announces Production Cuts

  07-10-2022 16:40
  After members of OPEC+ gave President Joe Biden the double-barreled middle finger on Wednesday by announcing they would be cutting oil production by 2 million barrels per day, U.S. oil industry trade groups couldn’t resist the temptation to mess with him a little over the snub.
  In one post, the U.S. Oil & Gas Association pointed out that Biden had only one option left: increase domestic oil production.
  The trade group joked that “Life comes at you pretty fast …”OPEC
  
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• Watch: Mom Shows Up to School Board Meeting in Outfit Drag Queen Wore to Event for Students

  07-10-2022 16:32
  If a parent activist can make news by showing up in an inappropriately revealing outfit at a school board meeting — dull affairs, comprised almost entirely of adults — what was a drag performer doing in the same outfit in the district’s public schools, “entertaining” students?
  Plenty of people would like to know the answer, not the least of them Kimberly Reicks. She’s the founder of conservative parent activist group Iowa Mama Bears, according to the Des Moine
  
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• Man Shows His Mechanic New Electric Truck He Bought, He's Alarmed When He Looks Underneath the Plastic

  07-10-2022 16:24
  President Joe Biden and his administration are acting as if a transition away from fossil fuels and into electric vehicles will happen just because they want it to.
  However, with electric vehicles, there’s a wide gap between the rhetoric about them and the reality of their operational limitations.
  In August, Car and Driver estimated electric vehicles make up only about 1 percent of America’s 250 million cars, SUVs and light-duty trucks, although EV sales have increased.
  As they conti
  
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• Beg Back Better

  07-10-2022 16:22
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Beg Back Better appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Cate Blanchett's epic performance in 'TÁR' moves a conversation forward about power and cancel culture

  07-10-2022 16:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The film, directed by Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett, seeks to ignite a conversation about power dynamics, cancel culture and complicity.
  
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• Bartiromo: Biden Admin's Red Tape Killing Fossil Fuel Industry While Americans Pay at Pump

  07-10-2022 16:17
  Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo said the Biden administration’s energy policies are contributing greatly to the nation’s high gas prices.
  Appearing on the Fox News program “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday, Bartiromo argued that the OPEC+ countries agreeing this week that they would be cutting oil production by 2 million barrels per day caught President Joe Biden’s team by surprise.
  She noted that Biden had traveled to Saudi Arabia just three months a
  
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• Seattle-Area Elementary School Reportedly Canceling Halloween: If Some Students Don't Celebrate It, Nobody Can

  07-10-2022 16:16
  An elementary school in the Seattle area reportedly has ended celebrations for Halloween over concerns that it is an “exclusionary” holiday.
  According to the Jason Rantz Show on radio station KTTH, Principal John Simard of Brookside Elementary in Lake Forest Park, Washington, informed parents in an email that the school no longer will allow any Halloween celebrations.
  Simard reportedly said in the email: “Many see Halloween as a fun candy-filled holiday. They enjoy the communit
  
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