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• Don't let the title fool you: Why Netflix knows exactly what it's doing with 'Enola Holmes'

  04-11-2022 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Best new family movies on Netflix? How 'Enola Holmes 2' turned Millie Bobby Brown into a dual threat — with a little help from Sherlock Holmes and Henry Cavill
  
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• Musk Reveals Activists and Advertisers Are Doing 'Massive' Damage to Twitter: 'They're Trying to Destroy Free Speech'

  04-11-2022 23:47
  The Elon Musk era of Twitter has begun with chaos and cuts.
  “Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists. Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America,” Musk tweeted FridayTwitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with
  
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• Los Angeles City Council Adopts IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition, Jewish Organizations Commend

  04-11-2022 23:11
  LA — The Los Angeles City Council’s 11-0 vote on Tuesday to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)’s Working Definition of Antisemitism has drawn widespread praise. 
  Rabbi Meyer H. May, executive director of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, said, “The unanimous L.A. City Council vote to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism is a clear and powerful statement by the council that anti-Semitism has no place in our ci
  
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• 'Ready to party': Zeldin and Stefanik plot New York Republican revival

  04-11-2022 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Lee Zeldin’s bid for New York governor was considered a longshot, but days before the election the Republican pitched tightening polls against Gov. Kathy Hochul.
  
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• ICYMI: Chuck Norris Endorses 10 GOP Candidates and Issues Major Warning About America

  04-11-2022 22:57
  This Hollywood and meme legend has something to say about the future of his country. And it’s not the typical drivel you’d expect from Tinseltown.
  Actor, philanthropist and martial artist Chuck Norris outlined his endorsements of 10 different Republican candidates in an October WorldNetDaily article.
  The action movie star is backing 10 GOP candidates who are running in the most competitive swing state contests in the midterms, though Norris did also shout out Democrat-turned-Independ
  
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• Abraham Accords-focused NGO Plans To Combat Jew-hatred With Holocaust Education

  04-11-2022 22:51
  <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/prod-zenger-storage/image/20221104/feat_e6747f4c-1421-438f-a59f-db8ef5a51ffe.jpg" alt="March Against Antisemitism, in Danvers, MA, on September 28. Danvers' community members march against antisemitism to reclaim the Rail Trail bridge over Route 114 that neo-Nazis tarnished on the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. CARLIN STIEHL FOR TH BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES
   
   
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  October 27th marked the fourth anniversary
  
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• After Car Crashes into Creek, Heroes Hear Gurgling, Jump in and Cut Driver Free from Wreckage

  04-11-2022 22:17
  There are places in every town that the locals know require a little extra care to navigate. Whether it’s a blind corner, a tricky turn or a perilous pothole, features like these can cause major issues during poor conditions or for those not familiar with the terrain.
  On Wednesday afternoon, a car in Merced, California, careened off the slick road and into Bear Creek.
  “With all the rain we had today, the roadway was still wet at the time of the collision and alcohol is involved,&rdqu
  
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• NBC Posts Shocking New Details on Paul Pelosi Attack Case - Then They Scrubbed the Entire Thing

  04-11-2022 22:03
  In another strange twist to the unfolding narrative regarding the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, last week, NBC deleted a story Friday that aired on “Today,” stating it “did not meet [the network’s] reporting standards.”
  NBC’s Miguel Almaguer filed the report in which he stated that when San Francisco police responded to a call about a break-in at the Pelosi residence early last Friday morning, Paul opened the door for them
  
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• Elon Musk Locks Doors on Twitter HQ, Employees Panic and File Lawsuit as Mass Layoffs Await

  04-11-2022 21:52
  Forget Casual Fridays. Friday was Layoff-Lockout day at Twitter.
  Employees were to be notified by email that very same day whether or not they were out of a job, according to The Washington Post.
  “We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward,” new CEO Elon Musk said late Thursday in an email, according to the Post.
  A lawyer who
  
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• House Republicans Release 1,000-Page Report Showing FBI Is 'Rotted at its Core' - Page 5 Includes Message to All DOJ Employees

  04-11-2022 21:45
  With growing concerns that the FBI has been overstepping its bounds, the House Judiciary Committee has released a lengthy report highlighting its questionable behavior.
  The 1,050-page report outlines several key points that the committee requested more information on or deemed important, imploring FBI personnel to take on the role of whistleblowers.
  According to the Judiciary Committee, this is the most comprehensive look at the Bureau’s transgressions and looks to provide accountability t
  
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• Dems Spent $19 Million Promoting GOP Candidates Whom Biden Now Says Are a Threat to Democracy

  04-11-2022 21:41
  President Joe Biden took a second pass at labeling Republicans a threat to democracy on Wednesday, and it went about as well as his blood red-lit address in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia in September.
  On Wednesday night in a speech from Union Station near Capitol Hill, the president said there are hundreds of GOP 2020 “election deniers” on the ballot in the midterms.
  They must be defeated because they pose an existential threat to the United States of America, he argued.
  
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• Labor Secretary says Congress needs to block rail strikes without new deals

  04-11-2022 21:36 via cnn.com
  
  Labor Secretary Marty Walsh says he hopes negotiators between railroads and some rail unions can reach new labor deals and avert a possible strike. But he said without a deal he expects Congress will step in and impose contracts on the unhappy rank-and-file union members.
  
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• Twitter Users Notice Important Object Missing from in Front of Biden During Speech

  04-11-2022 21:35
  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden delivered yet another divisive and rhetorically dangerous speech against his political adversaries.
  He warned of the threat posed by Republican “election deniers” and said they may not be willing to blindly accept the results of the upcoming midterm elections.
  However, Twitter users were quick to point out that something was notably absent from Biden’s speech.Why was there No Presidential Seal on Biden’s Podium last night? pic.twitter.com
  
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• Solomon: Elon Musk Triggers WARN Law with Mass Layoffs, Now Facing a Nightmare Situation

  04-11-2022 21:31
  For those who thought that $44 billion was going to be Twitter’s final purchasing price, this week is shedding new light on how expensive acquiring the platform will ultimately be for Elon Musk.
  On Thursday night, Musk was sued for a violation of the laws surrounding mass firings. As Fox News first reported, Twitter is being sued in the United States District Court in San Francisco in a class action lawsuit that includes five current or former Twitter employees as plaintiffs.
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• F-35s Launched, Air Force Scrambled After 180 Warplanes Appear on Radar

  04-11-2022 20:56
  If there was ever a story that highlights how international diplomacy is akin to a house of cards, look no further than the rising tensions around the Korean peninsula.
  According to multiple reports, including Reuters and Fox News, the South Korean military scrambled about 80 of its fighter jets after 180 warplanes popped up on its radar for about four hours on Friday.
  The 180 flights occurred near the shared military demarcation line that divides North and South Korea, the South’s militar
  
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• Phillies Player's Wife Becomes Local Legend After 100-Beer Pre-Game Stunt Goes Viral During World Series

  04-11-2022 20:24
  One wife of a Philadelphia Phillies player has established herself as a fan favorite through a gesture intended to reward the fans cheering on her husband in the World Series.
  Jayme Hoskins is the wife of Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins, according to the New York Post.
  The baseball wife bought 50 beers for fans present to cheer on her husband at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park before Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday, then went on to provide 100 beers to fans for Game 4 on Wednes
  
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• Leftist Narrative Crumbles as Pelosi Attack Suspect's Ex-Partner Reveals His Political Beliefs

  04-11-2022 19:58
  From the moment the story broke on Oct. 28 that Paul Pelosi had been attacked in the San Francisco home he shares with wife Nancy Pelosi — the speaker of the House and the third-most-powerful person in the country — the left was determined to tie the incident to Republicans and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.
  In a speech Wednesday, President Joe Biden tried to draw that line, saying, “The assailant entered the home asking, ‘Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?&r
  
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• Man Takes Hefty Kick to Pro-Life Sign; What Happens Next Shows God's Sense of Humor

  04-11-2022 19:36
  It seems like a one in a million chance, or maybe karma, or perhaps God was just looking down and telling this abortion supporter that his hate shall not pass. Either way, this video is hilarious.
  The video of a man who seems to be an opponent of the pro-life movement and who tried to kick down a church school’s pro-life political sign is going viral for showing one of the funniest chance incidents imaginable.
  In the video, first posted by Earl Boyea, Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, a man is
  
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• Georgia shoe manufacturer lays off most of workforce after Adidas stops Yeezy production

  04-11-2022 19:36 via cnn.com
  
  Okabashi, an Adidas manufacturing partner and family-owned footwear company in Buford, Georgia, has laid off 142 employees as a result of Adidas ending its partnership with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
  
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• Opinion: The US must free itself of political delusions about the border

  04-11-2022 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  During the recent political hysteria surrounding the US-Mexico border, I took a stroll around my new neighborhood in South Texas, near the Rio Grande. It was a nice day -- not too hot or humid.
  
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• Hunter Biden and Wife Spotted Shuffling to Urgent Care Amidst Probe into Shady Business Dealings - Report

  04-11-2022 19:15
  Thanks to the internet, we’ve all seen way too much of first son Hunter Biden. At this point it’s almost difficult to recognize Biden with his clothes on.
  Biden has a history of compulsively filming himself as he was going through the lowest points of addiction. Biden produced homemade pornography and videoed himself handling and using drugs. It’s disturbing to see anyone acting so rambling and intoxicated.
  When the disturbing footage was released, despite establishment media a
  
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• ESPN Host Goes Scorched Earth About Impending Red Wave: 'Too Many Lines Have Been Crossed'

  04-11-2022 19:03
  Where did it all go wrong for Democrats?
  Flashback to Jan. 20, 2021, and everything just seemed peachy for the Dems. Joe Biden had just been sworn in as president and the Democrats effectively had a majority in both chambers of Congress due to Vice President Kamala Harris being the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. (Democrats took an outright majority in the House.)
  But here in 2022? That inauguration may as well have happened in 1921. But what exactly happened?
  Yes, it’s easy to blame
  
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• Alex Murdaugh vowed to help her. She says he defrauded her again and again.

  04-11-2022 19:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pamela Pinckney was in the hospital, bruised and in pain from several broken bones, when a lawyer named Alex Murdaugh offered to help.
  
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• A gunshot was fired into a family home of a House candidate in North Carolina last month, injuring no one, police say

  04-11-2022 18:49 via cnn.com
  
  At least one gunshot was fired last month into the North Carolina home of a US House candidate's parents, injuring no one, according to police and the candidate, who referenced the incident on Twitter Thursday.
  
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• House January 6 committee interviewing Secret Service agents in Trump's motorcade on day of attack

  04-11-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  The House January 6 select committee is getting a window into former President Donald Trump's motorcade on the day of the US Capitol attack, interviewing on Friday the Secret Service agent who was in the lead car on January 6 and scheduling testimony from the driver of Trump's presidential vehicle as soon as next week, multiple sources tell CNN.
  
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• The Lawyer Was Stunned - It Took Justice Alito Only 2 Minutes to Destroy Affirmative Action Once and for All

  04-11-2022 18:42
  If Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s questioning of attorney David Hinojosa, who is defending the University of North Carolina’s use of affirmative action in admissions decisions, had been a chess game, I’m pretty sure the jurist would have announced, “Checkmate.”
  Like a tiger toying with a kitten, Alito very efficiently struck what just might have been a death blow to the university’s destructive “race conscious” admissions policy during oral a
  
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• Biden was 'expressing solidarity' when he said 'we're going to free Iran,' White House says

  04-11-2022 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden was "expressing solidarity" with protesters when he said at a campaign event late Thursday that "we're going to free Iran," a White House spokesman clarified on Friday.
  
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• Musk Takes Ownership of Twitter, Then Fans Notice What Happened to Ex-GF Amber Heard's Account

  04-11-2022 18:29
  It has been just over a week since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter. Apart from the many changes he is proposing and introducing to the platform, some have taken note of the fact that Amber Heard, ex-wife of Johnny Depp and ex-girlfriend of Musk, is no longer on Twitter.
  Heard and Musk dated in 2016 after her divorce from Depp. Their relationship was relatively quiet, according to Us Weekly.
  However, they broke up in 2017.
  They publicly acknowledged the split in a statement to Us Weekly.
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• Kellyanne Conway Talks 'Nasty Divorce' Between Trump and Pence, Expect Major Announcement Soon

  04-11-2022 18:14
  If there were any lingering doubts on the matter, a former Trump administration insider has confirmed that Donald Trump and Mike Pence aren’t buddy-buddy anymore.
  Former Trump White House advisor Kellyanne Conway touched on the relationship between the two Republicans in a Thursday Christian Science Monitor event.Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) on Donald Trump and Mike Pence: “They did fabulous things for this country together for four years. It was a nasty divorce in the end, but
  
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• Automaker Won't Build Electric Vehicles in US Because Workers Make More Flipping Burgers at McDonald's

  04-11-2022 18:11
  As car manufacturers begin to shift toward increasing electric vehicle production, Subaru announced on Wednesday that it will not be shifting its EV production to the U.S. due to the inflation that America is struggling with.
  Subaru just rolled out its first-ever EV earlier in 2022, according to Consumer Reports.
  But the production of the EV has remained in Japan and does not look to be coming to the U.S. anytime soon.
  With the overall inflation rate at 8.2 percent in September, wages have also
  
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• Arizona GOP Candidate Takes Lead for 1st Time Over Dem Incumbent: Poll

  04-11-2022 18:11
  Republican Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters took the lead over Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly for the first time Friday in an Emerson College poll.
  Masters was favored by 48 percent of respondents, taking a one-point lead over Kelly after months of trailing the incumbent, the poll found.
  Masters has been slowly climbing in popularity and was tied with Kelly in other recent polls, though Kelly has a one-point lead in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
  About 1 percent of voters wer
  
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• Trump aides eye third week of November for 2024 announcement

  04-11-2022 17:47 via cnn.com
  
  Top aides to former President Donald Trump have discussed the third week of November as an ideal launch point for his 2024 presidential campaign if Republicans fare well in the midterm elections next week, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
  
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• Puma's outgoing CEO could lead rival Adidas next

  04-11-2022 17:46 via cnn.com
  
  Adidas could snap up the boss of crosstown rival Puma to succeed outgoing CEO Kasper Rorsted.
  
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• Astros on the Brink of World Series Title After Stunning 'Play of the Year' Catch in 9th Inning Saves Game

  04-11-2022 17:32
  The Houston Astros have Chas McCormick to thank for a jaw-dropping catch in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, allowing them to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 5 of the World Series. The Astros are now up in the series 3-2.
  After Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly retired one batter, J.T. Realmuto came up to bat. With a 1-1 count, the Phillies catcher hit what looked like a dinger into right-center field.
  But outfielder McCormick made a fabulous catch at the wall to get the out.Chas M
  
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• Mixed bag for jobs: Employers keep hiring, but unemployment rises

  04-11-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its October jobs report later on Friday morning, it will be the last major read of the economy before the midterm elections — and it will cap a week of new data signaling that the white-hot labor market is showing only tentative signs of cooling off.
  
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• US sanctions two Haitian politicians accused of involvement in drug trafficking

  04-11-2022 17:18 via cnn.com
  
  The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two Haitian politicians accused of involvement in drug trafficking.
  
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• Kanye West Releases Bombshell Text Messages, Says He Was 'Drugged Out' of His Mind by Handlers

  04-11-2022 17:01
  Rap mogul Kanye West unveiled bombshell text messages Thursday indicating that celebrity fitness trainer Harley Pasternak threatened to have him “institutionalized again” and have him so drugged up he’ll “go back to Zombieland forever.”
  West, who now goes by the name Ye (a diminutive of his first name), made the shocking revelations via his Twitter account.
  “What should be obvious by now is that I was raised to stand for my truth regardless of the consequences
  
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• Biden Goes Off-Script During Speech and Makes Vow Likely to Start World War 3 If He Follows Through

  04-11-2022 16:56
  I rarely believe anything any politician says.
  That may sound cynical — it probably is cynical — but it’s true. No matter their motives, politicians can accomplish nothing if they can’t get into office and then stay there. That makes getting elected (or re-elected) the primary goal of any politician. That doesn’t mean that every politician will do or say absolutely anything in pursuit of that goal, of course, but it does mean that everything they do or say need
  
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• Report: Trump's Team Has Set a Date for 2024 Announcement

  04-11-2022 16:39
  Former President Donald Trump may be getting closer to officially announcing his presidential run in 2024, now that the midterms are close and will soon be over.
  According to Axios, those close to Trump have tossed around the idea of making an official announcement on Nov. 14.
  Nothing is confirmed, but at a rally in Iowa on Thursday, Trump teased the crowd with his comments, Axios noted.
  “In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it
  
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• Twitter staff claim Elon Musk is breaking US labor law

  04-11-2022 16:32 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk will begin laying off Twitter employees on Friday morning, according to a memo sent to staff. The email sent Thursday evening notified employees that they will receive a notice by 12 pm ET Friday that informs them of their employment status.
  
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• 'Miracle': Priest Driving to Church on Feast Day of Guardian Angels Escapes Death

  04-11-2022 16:20
  Father John Bok, 87, was on his way to celebrate mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Milford, Ohio, last month when something amazing happened that has shocked many, including Bok himself.
  Oct. 2 was the feast day of guardian angels, and what happened that morning was a poignant reminder of God’s grace and perfect timing — and the importance of not driving faster than your guardian angel.
  At about 8:40 a.m., when Bok was about to turn into the church parking lot in the white car he
  
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• FBI identifies source of New Jersey synagogues threat who "no longer poses a danger to the community"

  04-11-2022 16:19 via cnn.com
  
  An individual has been identified and interviewed in connection with a broad threat to synagogues in New Jersey, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
  
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• Gunshot Fired at Family Home of GOP Congressional Candidate, Barely Misses His Kids

  04-11-2022 16:11
  A mid-October shooting incident sent a bullet into a house where the children of Republican congressional candidate Pat Harrigan of North Carolina were staying at the time.
  Harrigan is in a contested race against Democratic state Sen. Jeff Jackson to represent North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District.
  On Oct. 18, one shot was fired through the window of a house in Hickory that belongs to Harrigan’s parents, Brandon Craft, Harrigan’s campaign manager, said, according to the
  
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• Dem Mayor Who Drove Drunk and Hit Another Car Gets to Keep Job

  04-11-2022 16:08
  Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Democrat Mayor Tom Henry was given a suspended year-long jail sentence Thursday after he drove drunk and crashed into another person’s car, Allen Superior Court Executive John McGauley confirmed to WPTA-TV.
  Henry pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner endangering a person, two days after the Oct. 8 crash, which damaged the woman’s car without injuring her, the outlet reported. He must also pay $3,000 in restitution, a $25 fine
  
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• Lying Biden Invoked Capitol 'Riot' to Rally Dems, But 1 Movie Shows the Real Story of What Happened on Jan. 6

  04-11-2022 15:57
  This article was sponsored by “Capitol Punishment.”
  President Joe Biden on Wednesday night decided to take another whack at the whole “Republicans are a threat to democracy” line that he tried to sell in September in front of a blood-red-lit Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
  His effort to marry the small number who engaged in violence on Jan. 6, 2021, to the whole of the Republican Party, or even a significant portion of it, didn’t play well then, and it’s no
  
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• Like a Rock

  04-11-2022 15:36
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Like a Rock appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Lib 'Political Terrorist' Allegedly Threatened to Skin GOP Candidate Alive - But Biden Warns of GOP Violence

  04-11-2022 15:26
  Even as President Joe Biden and others frame the American political scene as a torrent of one-way violence descending upon the political left from the political right, a case has emerged in Illinois showing that, as the song says, it ain’t necessarily so.
  “American democracy is under attack because the defeated former president … refuses to accept the will of the people,” Biden said Wednesday, according to CNN, later adding, “I believe the voices excusing or callin
  
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• FBI Investigating After Election Worker Notices Something Spilling Out of Mail-In Ballot Envelope

  04-11-2022 14:38
  What one elections official described as a “concerning unknown chemical” has been found inside an absentee ballot submitted in Adams County, Colorado.
  The ballot was at the county clerk’s office in Brighton — about 40 miles northeast of Denver — on Wednesday when someone noticed white powder spilling out of the sealed ballot, according to WUSA-TV.
  Hazmat units, paramedics, firefighters and other law enforcement agencies were called to the county offices Zygielbaum s
  
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• Fox's 'Kudlow' Continues Reign as #1 Business Show on TV, Destroys CNBC for 13th Month Straight

  04-11-2022 14:10
  Given how much the left already hates how successful Fox News is, this should cause a few more gaskets to blow this week.
  Not only does Fox clobber rivals like CNN and MSNBC in ratings overall and particularly the “coveted” 25-54 age demographic, but now their number one business show has held that position for a 13th consecutive month.
  But it gets better.
  That number one show is “Kudlow,” hosted by Larry Kudlow — a former member of the administrations of both forme
  
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• Rush Limbaugh's Widow Reveals What He'd Think About 2022 Midterms - The Left Will Hate This

  04-11-2022 14:07
  Radio icon Rush Limbaugh may be gone, but the conservative movement he helped shape lives on — and in an interview on Thursday, his widow told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade that the man with “talent on loan from God” will be smiling down from above when the Republicans win big next week.
  “He’d be thrilled to see what’s going to happen on Tuesday if we stay positive, we all get out and vote,” Kathryn Limbaugh said Thursday on the “Brian Kilmeade Sh
  
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