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• Waukesha Judge So Unsettled by Staredown She Calls a Break: 'Frankly, It Makes Me Scared'

  21-10-2022 23:56
  The judge of the accused Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade killer’s trial removed him from the courtroom again for disruption Friday before saying she had never dealt with a more difficult trial case.
  Judge Jennifer Dorow called an early trial break for lunch after Darrell Brooks loudly argued with her over a supposed letter he wanted to submit as evidence, despite not bringing it into the courtroom, and accused the prosecution of lying about his criminal history. When she returned, Br
  
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• US officials made lucrative stock trades while preparing for Covid-19, WSJ reports

  21-10-2022 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of federal officials made lucrative stock and mutual fund trades in early 2020 as the government was preparing for the onslaught of Covid-19, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
  
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• FBI found documents containing classified intel on Iran and China at Mar-a-Lago

  21-10-2022 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FBI found documents containing classified intelligence regarding Iran and China at ex-President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, say two people familiar with the matter.
  
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• 'Black Adam' is a wooden CGI fest embodying everything wrong with superhero films

  21-10-2022 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Black Adam” has a lot riding on Dwayne Johnson’s muscled shoulders. But as the credit scene proves, this Marvel knockoff is more Justice League than Avengers.
  
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• More questions than answers surround the deaths of four friends found dead in an Oklahoma river

  21-10-2022 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The desperate pleas appeared online shortly after the four friends disappeared last week — a man asking if anyone had seen his cousins.
  
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• A gruesome quadruple killing is rocking a small Oklahoma town. Here's what we know.

  21-10-2022 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The desperate pleas appeared online shortly after the four friends disappeared last week — a man asking if anyone had seen his cousins.
  
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• Graham asks SCOTUS to block a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury investigating 2020 election interference

  21-10-2022 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block a subpoena from the Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
  
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• Huge Win for DeSantis and Parental Rights in Education Bill - Judge Tosses Out Another Challenge

  21-10-2022 23:13
  For the second time in about a month, a lawsuit challenging Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation restricting teaching on “gender identity” and sexual orientation in schools has been dismissed by a federal judge.
  U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by students, parents and several civil rights groups and refused their request for a preliminary injunction to stop the law from being implemented. The judge gave the plaintiffs until
  
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• Obama readies for the campaign trail by hitting the airwaves across country

  21-10-2022 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  A series of top Democratic campaigns across the country have released ads with the same surrogate this week: Former President Barack Obama.
  
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• 'There Was Just Constant Screaming': Wife Escapes After Husband Allegedly Kidnaps, Stabs and Buries Her Alive

  21-10-2022 22:58
  Just before 1 a.m. Monday, residents of a home on Stedman Road in Lacey, Washington, were woken by loud banging at their front door, according to a news release from the Lacey Police Department.
  They opened it to find a woman who was dirty, severely bruised and stabbed, with duct tape still clinging to her. She begged them for help, saying that her estranged husband was trying to kill her.
  When police officers arrived, 42-year-old Young An threw herself at them and begged for help.
  “When Y
  
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• Mass Child Labor in Our Own Country? Major Car Supplier Facing Government Crackdown

  21-10-2022 22:51
  Hyundai, one of the biggest auto manufacturers in the world, has found itself under investigation for child labor violations in its supply chain.
  The company is planning to sever ties with two of its Alabama suppliers after it came to light that they reportedly were employing minors as young as 12, Reuters reported.
  The suppliers are a Hyundai-controlled metal stamping plant in Luverne, Ala., called SMART Alabama, LLC, and the Korean-operated SL Alabama, according to the report.
  According to the
  
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• 3 things that will help reduce the sting of high inflation

  21-10-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  There's really nothing nice to say about inflation when it comes to your bottom line.
  
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• Fetterman Releases Report Saying He's in Good Health - FEC Reveals Who Doctor Really Is

  21-10-2022 22:34
  For months, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has faced serious questions about his post-stroke health in his U.S. Senate race. Those questions remain despite the recent release of a “medical report” on his condition.
  Since he returned to the campaign trail after suffering a stroke in May, Fetterman has been delivering slurred and halting speeches filled with verbal miscues and lapses into incoherence.
  Just this week, for instance, he delivered this word salad during
  
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• Stuck in limbo, families of people missing after Hurricane Ian endure an agonizing wait for news

  21-10-2022 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Families of people who went missing during Hurricane Ian are unable to begin grieving a loss that hasn’t been confirmed, yet increasingly doubtful their loved ones will return.
  
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• Oath Keepers leader never directly instructed followers to enter Capitol on January 6, former agent testifies

  21-10-2022 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  An attorney for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes argued Friday that despite his client's "rhetoric and bombast," he never instructed his followers to enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and never activated the so-called quick reaction force the far-right group had amassed in the Washington, DC, area.
  
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• Watch: First for MLB Postseason, Brothers Face Off as Pitcher and Batter - Father Looks Torn Between Them

  21-10-2022 21:49
  Is this every father’s dream — or worst nightmare?
  Two brothers played on opposing Major League Baseball teams during Wednesday’s National League Championship Series, and their father was present at Petco Park in San Diego to watch his sons face off.
  Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola took the mound in a game in which he would face San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola. According to the New York Post, it was the first time in baseball history that two brothers had
  
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• Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie's cause of death could take weeks to determine, official says

  21-10-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  A ruling on the cause and manner of death of a Princeton University student may take weeks, a county prosecutor's spokesperson said Friday, after her body was discovered near campus tennis courts following a dayslong search.
  
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• 20-year-old Princeton student's cause of death could take weeks to determine, official says

  21-10-2022 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  A ruling on the cause and manner of death of a Princeton University student may take weeks, a county prosecutor's spokesperson said Friday, after her body was discovered near campus tennis courts following a dayslong search.
  
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• Kevin Spacey trial wrongly put #MeToo on the stand

  21-10-2022 21:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anthony Rapp-Kevin Spacey verdict exonerates Spacey in child sex abuse suit. But it unfairly implicates #MeToo and hurts silent survivors.
  
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• Several States Are Rejecting Mandatory COVID-19 Shots for Kids - Do You Live in One?

  21-10-2022 21:02
  As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the recommended list of vaccines for children, many states are rejecting the recommendation.
  The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously decided on Thursday to add COVID-19 shots to children’s immunization schedule, which some schools and states use to create their vaccination requirements.
  Many states, however, have laws in place that prohibit schools from requiring the COVI
  
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• Grey Poupon wants in on Olivia Wilde's salad dressing scandal

  21-10-2022 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Grey Poupon wants in on Olivia Wilde's salad dressing scandal.
  
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• High School Athlete Dies Suddenly at 16, Remembered for His 'Everlasting Smile'

  21-10-2022 20:22
  A community in New York has come together to support the family of a local high school student who died suddenly Oct. 14.
  Jack Aidan Strehl, 16, was a junior at Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, where he was thrower for shot put and discus on the track and field team.
  His cause of death has not been released.
  A GoFundMe campaign organized by Jennifer Sullivan had raised more than $74,000 by Friday morning toward funeral expenses and financial expenses associated with the death.
  “Some
  
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• 'I will not yield': Biden prepares for debt ceiling showdown

  21-10-2022 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  • Biden contradicts with victory laps on deficit reduction and student loan relief, experts say
  • Student loan forgiveness was 'dangled in front of us:' How 700,000 borrowers were cut out of Biden's plan
  • 3 things that will help reduce the sting of high inflation
  
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• The Left Is Wrong: The Big Lie About Poverty

  21-10-2022 20:00
  This story is exclusive content for subscribers of The Western Journal.
  In just a few years, extreme poverty — the most severe type of poverty wherein people are unable to meet their most basic needs — could be all but extinct across the entire world.
  That is, as long as the left accepts the reason why.
  Researchers Ronald Bailey and Marian L. Tupy detailed the soon-to-be extinction in the 2020 book “Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know.”
  According to the pair,
  
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• Apple's industrial design chief to depart company three years after Jony Ive

  21-10-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Apple's industrial design chief who most recently oversaw the design of products including the iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac computers is leaving the company.
  
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• Breaking: Jan. 6 Panel Issues Subpoena to Trump, Claims He 'Personally Orchestrated' Efforts

  21-10-2022 19:46
  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to former President Donald Trump.
  The nine-member panel — made up of seven Democrats and two fiercely anti-Trump Republicans — issued a letter to Trump’s lawyers demanding his testimony under oath by Nov. 14 and outlining a request for a series of corresponding documents, including personal communications between the former president and members of Congress.
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• California mental health workers vote to end 10-week strike

  21-10-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  A 10-week strike by about 2,000 therapists and other mental health professionals in Northern California ended with a ratification vote announced Friday.
  
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• Roslyn Forms In East Pacific, On Track To Strike Mexico As Powerful Hurricane

  21-10-2022 19:38
  The brief break in tropical activity across the eastern Pacific Ocean has come to an end with the formation of Tropical Storm Roslyn south of Mexico. AccuWeather forecasters say the storm, the season’s 17th named system, can take a similar path to Orlene from earlier in the month, striking the western coast with heavy rain and damaging winds as a hurricane.
  Roslyn, which originated as Tropical Depression 19-E on Wednesday evening, is the first named storm to roam the East Pacific since Ju
  
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• Massive Storm To Target Central US With Blizzard Conditions, High Winds And Severe Weather

  21-10-2022 19:30
  A substantial flip-flop in the weather pattern will allow a major storm to unfold smack dab in the middle of the United States this weekend and persist into early next week. The storm’s variety of adverse weather conditions could lead to a multitude of travel problems and will pose some risk to lives and property from the Rockies to the Great Plains, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
  Everything from strong, dry winds to severe thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain, hail and even to
  
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• Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Greg Gutfeld Crush Competition in Key Demographic That'll Determine History

  21-10-2022 19:30
  Fox News stars Tucker Carlson and Greg Gutfeld are steamrolling their cable news competition in both total viewership and among the key 25-to-54 age demographic.
  Carlson dominated this all-important demo with 485,000 viewers tuning in for “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Tuesday night, Mediaite reported.
  Trailing closely behind was his colleague, with 393,000 viewers for “Gutfeld!” in that demographic.
  “The Five,” which Gutfeld also co-hosts, came in third place wi
  
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• Tropical Rainstorm To Soak Part Of Northeastern US

  21-10-2022 19:23
  A coastal storm full of tropical moisture is poised to unload drenching rain and trigger gusty winds in southern New England and along part of the mid-Atlantic coast, AccuWeather meteorologists say.
  The storm will arrive following a spectacular start to the autumn weekend. For people living along or venturing to the mid-Atlantic coast and southern New England, Saturday will easily be the better of the two weekend days for outdoor plans.
  Conditions will start to deteriorate on Sunday, but how we
  
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• Doctor Sounds the Alarm, Says He's 'Never Seen This Level of Surge' in Illness Among Young Children

  21-10-2022 19:20
  As fall continues and winter is on its way, a surge in respiratory illnesses is already underway among children, and hospitals are starting to fill up quickly.
  Throughout 33 states, there are reports of a rapid rise in respiratory syncytial virus, CBS News reported.
  “It’s going to be a rough winter. I mean, we’re already seeing our numbers spike over the last few weeks with over 550 E.R. visits per day,” Dr. Daniel Guzman of Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, T
  
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• First Responders Remain 'Florida Strong' In Ian Aftermath

  21-10-2022 19:09
  First responders in Florida have undergone a massive physical and psychological toll over the past two weeks. Ever since Hurricane Ian hit the state’s southwestern coast, emergency workers on the front line have been drained by the thousands of rescue missions and scenes of despair, tirelessly working in places such as Fort Myers, which was ravaged by the Category 4 storm.
  However, volunteers and government employees alike have remained steadfast in their commitment to Florida residents,
  
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• Republican Politician Springs Into Action, Ends Up Dying in House Fire After Heroically Saving Wife

  21-10-2022 18:59
  Tom Emberton, a former Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge, died Thursday in an early-morning house fire, right after rescuing his wife from the blaze.
  Officials say the fire was discovered around 3:30 a.m. at Emberton’s home in Edmonton, Kentucky.
  Emberton, who was in his late 80s, got his wife out of the house safely, but turned around and went back inside, CBS News reported.
  He did not make it out of the house after that.
  “He heroically rescued his wife and got her to safety. Then he
  
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• Steve Bannon's prison sentence is the start of accountability for Trump Jan. 6 allies

  21-10-2022 18:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bannon is the only adviser to former President Trump who has been held criminally accountable. The significance of that should not be understated.
  
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• The IRS just increased the amount you can contribute to your 401(k) in 2023

  21-10-2022 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  The IRS on Friday announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans for 2023.
  
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• Voter fraud case dismissed against Miami defendant

  21-10-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  A Florida judge on Friday dismissed the case of a Miami man who was arrested on charges related to election fraud in August, saying state prosecutors acted beyond their authority.
  
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• Just When You Thought Jan. 6 Investigations Were Over, Biden's DOJ Asks for More Than $34 Million to Continue

  21-10-2022 18:41
  The Biden administration’s Department of Justice has asked Congress for more than $34 million in additional funding to finance its investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion, according to NBC News.The DOJ pleaded for that funding in its 2023 budget request, saying U.S. attorneys’ offices would have to cut budgets to pay for Jan. 6 prosecutions otherwise, the outlet reported.
  The department’s investigation already has resulted in more than 870 arrests related
  
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• Breaking: Judge Decides Steve Bannon's Sentence

  21-10-2022 18:34
  Political strategist Steve Bannon, a senior White House adviser to former President Donald Trump, was sentenced to four months in prison and a $6,500 fine by a federal judge on Friday for ignoring a subpoena from the House committee that is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
  “The sentence I am imposing reflects the fact that there can be more culpable ways to be in contempt of Congress than Mr. Bannon’s conduct. But I do believe Mr. Bannon does have some culpability h
  
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• Substantial Warmup To Unfold Across Central, Eastern US

  21-10-2022 18:11
  AccuWeather meteorologists say warmer air will spread across much of the central and eastern United States into this weekend and make the winter like chill that unfolded earlier this week feel like a distant memory.
  A southward dip in the jet stream caused temperatures to plunge through a large portion of the country on Tuesday and Wednesday. This led to a daily record low temperature of 16 degrees being recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Tuesday morning, breaking a record set back in 1972.
  And Ce
  
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• New Poll Shows Exactly Where Americans Stand on Sex-Change Surgeries, Puberty Blockers for Kids

  21-10-2022 18:05
  An overwhelming majority of Americans believe minors should have to wait until they’re 18 to undergo transgender-related medical procedures, including puberty blockers, a poll released Friday found.
  Among likely voters in the general election next month, 78.7 percent said minors should be required to wait until they reach adulthood before they can undergo puberty blockers and permanent sex-change procedures, according to the Trafalgar Group/Convention of States Action poll.
  The Biden admin
  
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• Former Keystone Pipeline Worker Rips Biden, Tells Him Who Is Really Responsible for Gas Prices

  21-10-2022 18:05
  President Joe Biden wants higher fossil fuel prices; he just wants you to forget that fact until after Election Day.
  So, on Wednesday, Biden announced his plan for driving down gas prices — a plan that may have some small, temporarily effect, because that’s the only effect he wants it to have.
  He may be fooling some voters — honestly, I doubt it — but one person who isn’t buying it is a former Keystone XL pipeline welder, Neal Crabtree.
  “I don’t know how
  
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• Biden Asked Why Dems Don't Want to Be Seen with Him, Gives Answer So Incoherent People Ask What Language It Is

  21-10-2022 18:05
  One wonders who thought it was a good idea for President Joe Biden to show up in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, to campaign for Senate candidate John Fetterman on Thursday. From start to finish, the coverage of the event was a walking, talking argument for invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office — immediately.
  The title of a story about the day published on HotAir should give you some idea of how it went: “The Biden-Fetterman rally is every bit as coherent as you&r
  
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• Sotomayor speaks about the new dynamic of having 4 women on Supreme Court

  21-10-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday said having four women on the Supreme Court -- the first time the high court has had so many female justices -- has had an impact on the "quality of the conversation."
  
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• Sonia Sotomayor says Clarence Thomas is one of few justices 'who knows practically everybody in our building'

  21-10-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday said having four women on the Supreme Court -- the first time the high court has had so many female justices -- has had an impact on the "quality of the conversation."
  
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• Watch: 'AOC Has Got to Go': Town Hall Overwhelmed by Protesters, Then the Lights Go Out

  21-10-2022 17:42
  Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a large crowd of protesters on Wednesday during a town hall discussion in her New York district.
  The event, held at a Boys and Girls Club in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, was meant to be a chance for Ocasio-Cortez to listen to her constituents as people were given a chance to say their piece.
  However, the town hall turned a bit rowdy when the protesters began shouting her down.
  Video of the event, shared by Freedom News TV, began with a man que
  
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• Passengers say they were smashed into the floor and ceiling of a plane during 'nightmare' turbulence

  21-10-2022 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  A "nightmare" transatlantic flight hit such violent turbulence that it left at least 12 people injured with passengers recounting how they were smashed into the plane's ceiling and thrown to the floor.
  
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• School Vaccine Mandates Instantly Erupt Into 'Definitive Midterm Election Issue' After CDC's 'Atrocious' Vote

  21-10-2022 16:50
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday voted unanimously to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule for 2023. The new schedule calls for children to take their first vaccine at the age of six months.
  To be clear, the CDC did not itself institute a nationwide school COVID-19 vaccine mandate with this vote. Following the vote, the CDC issued a statement that said “CDC only makes recommendati
  
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• Red November?

  21-10-2022 16:32
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Red November? appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Tucker Carlson: This is Why Dems Are So Petrified of Kari Lake

  21-10-2022 16:15
  Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is freaking the Democrats out. She’s been branded an extremist and an “election denier” by the left — and even some on the right. What’s more, she’s leading in the polling averages.
  Is it the extremism that’s spooking the liberals and the media? Not at all, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson says.
  Instead, it’s the fact that Lake was once one of them: a member of the media.
  Lake is one of a number of candid
  
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