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• Americans Seized, Held Hostage by Environmental Protesters

  05-11-2022 22:45
  Ten American tourists who were taken hostage on Thursday by an indigenous group protesting oil spills have been released.
  They were among a group of 248 people held hostage aboard a riverboat in Peru, according to the Independent.
  In addition to the Americans, 228 Peruvian citizens and a few British, Swiss, Spanish and French nationals were on the boat and were taken captive, CBS News reported.
  “We were just all freed. We have boarded a boat and are on our way to [the city of] Iquitos,&rdq
  
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• At least 38 were injured in a Manhattan apartment building blaze that was caused by a lithium-ion battery, officials said

  05-11-2022 21:39 via cnn.com
  
  At least 38 people were injured in a Manhattan apartment building fire Saturday morning, which authorities believe was caused by a lithium-ion battery connected to a micromobility device.
  
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• NHL Commissioner Disqualifies Player Who Admitted Bullying Someone in Middle School

  05-11-2022 21:27
  NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday that Mitchell Miller is not eligible to play in the league, one day after the defenseman signed an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins.
  The 20-year-old Miller was selected by Arizona in the fourth round of the 2020 draft, but the Coyotes relinquished his draft rights for bullying a black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school.
  The Bruins signed Miller after spending several weeks during an evaluation period with the player.
  
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• At least 38 injured in blaze at NYC apartment high rise caused by lithium ion battery

  05-11-2022 21:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  At least 38 people have been injured in a fire at a New York City high-rise apartment building in Midtown, according to the FDNY.
  
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• Official Complaint Filed Against PBS White House Correspondent - She Now Stands Accused of Illegally Voting

  05-11-2022 20:55
  A complaint has been filed against Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for “PBS NewsHour,” accusing her of illegally voting in Florida.
  The complaint was filed by the American Accountability Foundation, a research group whose mission is to “shine light on waste, corruption, and malfeasance in the federal government.”
  The Washington Examiner reported that the group filed the complaint last week and called for the Florida Department of State to investigate Alcindor.
  
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• As election nears, some conservative groups have ramped up anti-trans campaign ads

  05-11-2022 20:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the last leg of what has been a heated midterm election cycle, some conservative groups have ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting
  
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• Watch: Tucker Explains Why Biden Has a Different Definition of 'Democracy' Than Us -- And Why It's Scary

  05-11-2022 20:28
  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden took his last stab at making “democracy” a midterm issue.
  So far, that feint hasn’t worked. For a few weeks, the administration’s saber-rattling about “mega-MAGA Republicans” and the threat they posed to the American people got a little bit of traction.
  Then, people realized that inflation, crime, the economy and illegal immigration were still real things and the whole “threat to democracy” piffle was discarded as
  
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• Twitter 'Blue Check' System Upended, Musk Rolls Out New Program

  05-11-2022 20:27
  Twitter has announced a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk works to overhaul the platform’s verification system just ahead of U.S. midterm elections.
  In an update to Apple iOS devices available in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K., Twitter said users who “sign up now” for the new “Twitter Blue with verification” can receive the blue check next to their names
  
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• Watch: Act of God Unfolds Directly Behind Fetterman as He Slams Trump and Praises Obama

  05-11-2022 20:16
  As Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman took his place behind the podium during a rally in Pittsburgh on Saturday, it was a scene out of Campaign Rally 101.
  Sunshine. Big crowd. A row of American flags fluttering in a mild November breeze.
  Not for long.
  As Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, began his pitch to voters to urge them to support him instead of Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, things did not go quite according to the script.
  “Today, Dr. Oz is going to be standing
  
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• Facts first: Your guide to the election deniers in midterm races

  05-11-2022 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Election deniers are running for important offices around the country in the November 8 midterms. And some of them will win.
  
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• Facts first: Your guide to the election deniers

  05-11-2022 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  Election deniers are running for important offices around the country in the November 8 midterms. And some of them will win.
  
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• Here's a List of Companies Elon Musk Has Scared Off from Advertising on Twitter for Now

  05-11-2022 19:54
  Need a quick list of companies that don’t support free political speech? I’m the bearer of good news, made possible courtesy of Elon Musk.
  Musk, you doubtlessly know, finalized his takeover of Twitter last month. In just over a week since, a number of companies have put a pause on advertising buys on the social media platform, apparently concerned that Elon’s promise to uphold free speech on the platform makes it unpalatable.
  According to reports from both the New York Post and
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Paul Pelosi Should've Been a Gun Owner and Shot His Attacker'

  05-11-2022 19:42
  One conservative offered security advice to Paul Pelosi after the San Francisco resident was attacked in a home invasion last week.
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that the 82-year-old Pelosi could’ve used a gun to defend himself.
  “Paul Pelosi should’ve been a gun owner and shot his attacker,” Greene said at a Trump rally in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday, according to The Hill.Paul Pelosi was brutally attacked just like many Americans are every single day in Joe Bid
  
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• An Ohio man is charged with a hate crime, accused of attacking an Asian-American student and blaming him for Covid-19

  05-11-2022 19:38 via cnn.com
  A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college student because of his race in 2021 -- an attack in which the defendant allegedly blamed the student for Covid-19 and threatened to kill him, authorities said.
  
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• Two teens arrested in the shooting of Washington Commanders player Brian Robinson, police say

  05-11-2022 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  Two teens were arrested this week in connection with an attempted armed robbery in August where NFL player Brian Robinson Jr. sustained two gunshot wounds, the Metropolitan Police Department said in statement.
  
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• NBC's Paul Pelosi Video Memory-Holed, Clip Mysteriously 'Expires' Hours After Being Uploaded

  05-11-2022 18:43
  Americans were shocked last week to hear that Paul Pelosi had been brutally attacked in his San Francisco home by a mentally ill man named David DePape.
  But ever since the story broke, getting the facts about what occurred between the two men has been hindered by misinformation and what’s starting to look like a concerted effort to conceal the truth.
  During the Friday morning broadcast of NBC’s “Today,” national correspondent Miguel Almaguer reported some startling new in
  
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• Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologizes after Elon Musk's team begins mass layoff days after $44 billion takeover

  05-11-2022 18:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for growing the company "too quickly" one day after Elon Musk's team laid off approximately half of the
  
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• Surveillance plane helping take fentanyl pills off the streets faces extinction

  05-11-2022 18:12 via cnn.com
  
  GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who also serves as a pilot in the Air National Guard, is sounding the alarm about plans to cut funding for a little-known military surveillance aircraft that law enforcement officials tell CNN is an essential tool for dismantling drug trafficking organizations and has helped them take tens of thousands of illegal fentanyl pills off the streets last month alone.
  
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• 'I Never Was Scared': NFL Legend Cites Christian Faith as Source of Strength Through Cancer Battle

  05-11-2022 18:00
  Avert your eyes if you’re a Baltimore Ravens fan, because there’s about to be a whole lot of praise heaped on one of the most iconic Pittsburgh Steelers of all time.
  Four-time Super Bowl champion and two-time Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw recently opened up about his battle with cancer and how he handled it. It’s a story that everyone should listen to:During today’s show, Terry Bradshaw shared that he has been battling cancer over the past year. As of today, he is cancer
  
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• TikTok Star Slapped with Charges Over Disrespectful Action She Filmed at the Grand Canyon

  05-11-2022 17:46
  This is really quite disrespectful.
  A TikTok social media influencer is facing criminal charges after a stunt in which she hit a golf ball into the Grand Canyon.
  The administrators of the Grand Canyon National Park posted on Facebook about the scenario, emphasizing that the person responsible will face criminal charges.The careless litterer hit a golf ball and threw a golf club near Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Oct. 26, according to park administrators.A TikToker faces cr
  
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• Officials are searching for a missing Missouri paraglider

  05-11-2022 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Officials are searching a section of the Missouri River for a paraglider who has been missing for over a week.
  
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• Dem Senator Eviscerates Biden for 'Offensive and Disgusting' Coal Plant Comments Just Days Before Midterms

  05-11-2022 17:18
  President Joe Biden on Saturday was criticized by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democratic antagonist and ally, for being “cavalier” and “divorced from reality” after vowing to shutter coal-fired power plants and rely more heavily on wind and solar energy in the future.
  The powerful coal-state lawmaker said Biden’s words “ignore the severe economic pain” for people from higher energy prices and are why Americans “are losing trust” in Bide
  
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• Cow Kills Young Livestock Veterinarian; Community Devastated at Circumstances of Her Death

  05-11-2022 17:17
  A 25-year-old veterinarian was killed Thursday when an unexpected action by a cow she was examining led to injuries that caused her death.
  Chiara Santoli was killed at a farm in Custoza, Italy, according to a translation of the report by the Italian-language Verona Sera.
  “A tragic accident, a very rare fatality, took the life of a girl who loved animals, precisely because of an animal. It is a heartbreaking story, for which I extend my deep condolences to her family, to all those who loved
  
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• Elon Musk Signals Hard Times Are Ahead With Subtle Change on Twitter

  05-11-2022 16:55
  Elon Musk, who began his Twitter reign last week with a joking reference to himself as “Chief Twit,” has taken on a darker tone in his Twitter profile.
  Musk, now at the center of the storm over perceived changes at Twitter, as well as massive employee layoffs, has changed his location to “Hell.”
  Musk has tried to wage his private battle against misinformation by telling his followers that content moderation is alive and well on the social media platform.
  “Again, to
  
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• Pelosi May Already Have Her Replacement - A Family Member Who Has Never Held Elected Office

  05-11-2022 16:42
  With Nancy Pelosi nearing what could be the end of her reign as House Speaker if Republicans regain control of that chamber of congress, there is speculation that the era of one Pelosi could give way to another.
  The speculation has been simmering in the background for months. It was January when Mark Barabak wrote in the Los Angeles Times that Christine Pelosi might follow in her mother’s footsteps.
  “Republicans seem exceedingly likely to win control of the House in November. It seem
  
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• Centuries-Old Ethnic Tensions Threaten to Boil Over in Europe as 'Kremlin Tool' Acts

  05-11-2022 16:30
  Representatives of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo on Saturday resigned from their posts in protest over the dismissal of a police officer who did not follow the government’s decision on vehicle license plates.
  Earlier this week Pristina authorities dismissed a senior Serb police officer in northern Kosovo, where most of the ethnic Serbs live, who refused to respect the decision to change vehicle license plates in Kosovo to ones issued by Kosovo. The shift has ignited volatile issues ab
  
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• Watch: MSNBC's Joy Reid Delivers Ridiculous 40-Second Word Salad to Excuse Bidenflation's Impact on Midterms

  05-11-2022 16:25
  It’s hard to imagine a political issue that rouses the public more than inflation.
  But MSNBC on-air host Joy Reid doesn’t think so, claiming that concerns over inflation are actually a manufactured narrative.
  Reid claimed as much in a Friday MSNBC segment.Joy Reid: Republicans “taught people the word inflation. Most people…have never used that word ever in their lives…”pic.twitter.com/qzFVMN7z0K
  — Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 4, 2022The progres
  
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• MSNBC Unexpectedly Fires Host Who Blamed 'White Owners' and 'White Coaches' for NFL Injuries

  05-11-2022 15:54
  An MSNBC weekend host with a history of anti-white comments has been abruptly fired by the network after she was embroiled in another controversy.
  Tiffany Cross, the now-former host of the “Cross Connection,” was let go Friday, just weeks after she insinuated that “white owners” and “white coaches” were to blame for the botched handling of Tua Tagovailoa’s concussion injury Sept. 29.
  According to Variety, MSNBC decided to not renew Cross’s contract
  
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• 'I am One of Them': Lara Trump Lets Loose on Democrats Lumping White Suburban Women Into One Box

  05-11-2022 15:28
  The Democratic fixation on abortion as the only issue of interest to women will cost them at the polls, Lara Trump said Thursday.
  The Fox News contributor, who is the wife of Eric Trump, was reacting to a report in The Wall Street Journal that the GOP now has a 15 percentage point advantage with the demographic group of white suburban women. That represents a 27-point swing from the Journal’s August polling.
  Democrats spent heavily on campaign ads addressing abortion, thinking th
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel Threw Fit When Execs Made Request - Now Admits They Were 'Right' After Paying the Price

  05-11-2022 15:15
  ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel now admits his network’s executives were right when they advised him to not make then-presidential candidate Donald Trump such a focus of his, at times, very harsh humor.
  “Naked Lunch” podcaster Phil Rosenthal asked the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host on Thursday if ABC executives ever asked him to be more of an equal opportunity jokester to minimize the risk of losing viewers.
  The comedian conceded that was “hinted at” by the n
  
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• Iranian Revolutionary Guard Announces Launch of New Type of Rocket

  05-11-2022 14:19
  Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Saturday launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, state TV reported, seeking to demonstrate the hard-line force’s prowess even as anti-government protests rage across the country.
  Iranian state TV said the Guard successfully launched the solid-fueled rocket — what it called a Ghaem-100 satellite carrier — and aired dramatic footage of the rocket blasting off from a desert launch pad into a cloudy sky. The report did not
  
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• 5 people found dead in a Maryland home after a reported shooting, authorities say

  05-11-2022 14:06 via cnn.com
  
  Five people were found dead in a southern Maryland home Friday afternoon after gunfire was reported there, authorities said.
  
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• Fact check: Biden's midterms pitch includes misleading claims

  05-11-2022 14:00 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has been back on the campaign trail, traveling in October and early November to deliver his pitch for electing Democrats in the midterm elections on Tuesday.
  
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• The movement to ban TikTok: What the midterms could mean for the future of the app

  05-11-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The effort to ban TikTok is gaining more supporters, and it could become stronger after the midterm elections.
  
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• Get them on social media and keep it authentic, Gen-Z consultants advise candidates

  05-11-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  After Gen Z voters turned out in record numbers in 2020, consulting firms hope to help candidates reach an electorate skeptical of more traditional appeals.
  
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• Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb

  05-11-2022 12:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  On a recent Friday morning, more than 100 renters facing eviction filed through Arizona Judge Anna Huberman’s court in what’s becoming a typical day for her,
  
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• Queerbaiting deserves to be called out. But not like this.

  05-11-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Netflix "Heartstopper" star feeling pressured to come out as bisexual shows how accusations of queerbaiting can be harmful to the LGBTQ community.
  
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• Ballot measures will determine the fate of abortion access in these five states

  05-11-2022 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Millions of voters will soon determine the fate of abortion access in a handful of states, including Michigan, which could become the first to make an abortion
  
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• Why Costco and Trader Joe's stopped selling your favorite food

  05-11-2022 11:58 via cnn.com
  
  Chances are, you've been there: You head to Trader Joe's to buy caramel popcorn, churro bites and roasted gorgonzola crackers, or to Costco for its Kirkland Signature mini peanut butter cups and take-and-bake pizza.
  
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• Selena Gomez deconstructs her own image in her new doc, “My Mind & Me”

  05-11-2022 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Selena Gomez documentary on mental health on Apple TV+, "My Mind & Me," about her bipolar diagnosis, advocates transparency but doesn't fully offer it.
  
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• Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as foreign-owned farms guzzle water to feed cattle overseas

  05-11-2022 09:04 via cnn.com
  
  Workers with the water district in Wenden, Arizona, saw something remarkable last year as they slowly lowered a camera into the drought-stricken town's well: The water was moving.
  
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• Deadly Tornado Swarm Ravages Small American Towns

  05-11-2022 08:25
  Residents in northeastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma began assessing weather damage on Saturday, working to recover and thankful to have survived after tornadoes tore through the region, killing at least one, injuring others and leaving homes and buildings in ruins.
  Shelbie Villalpando, 27, of Powderly, Texas, said she was eating dinner with her family on Friday when tornado sirens prompted them to congregate first in their home’s hallways, then with her children, aged 5, 10 and 14, i
  
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• Globalist Group 'The Elders' Is Working to Make the UN Even More Powerful

  05-11-2022 06:24
  The United Nations needs to be more muscular and united if it wants to remain a central player in tackling the world’s multiple escalating crises, a group of elder statesmen founded by Nelson Mandela said Friday.
  Former world leaders in the group known as “The Elders” told Associated Press executives that the U.N.’s most powerful organ, the Security Council, needs to address the paralyzing impact of its vetoes, and the secretary-general of the 193-member world organizatio
  
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• Jan. 6 committee extends subpoena deadline after Trump doesn't hand over documents

  05-11-2022 02:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Jan. 6 committee gave former President Trump an extra week to comply with a subpoena requesting documents relating to last year's attack on the Capitol.
  
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• House January 6 committee gives Trump more time to turn over subpoenaed documents

  05-11-2022 02:09 via cnn.com
  
  • Steve Bannon appeals contempt of Congress conviction
  • Amy Coney Barrett denies request to challenge Biden's student loan forgiveness plan but program remains blocked
  
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• A fugitive from New York was arrested after a federal inspector spotted him while on vacation at Walt Disney World

  05-11-2022 01:59 via cnn.com
  
  Federal official Jeff Andre was vacationing at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom near Orlando last month when he spotted a man who looked familiar.
  
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• Biden Quietly Scrubs 5 Key Words from US Nuclear Doctrine

  05-11-2022 01:12
  A radical shift in U.S. nuclear policy was quietly revealed in the latest Nuclear Posture Review, released to the public on Oct. 27.
  What was most striking was the omission of a key phrase found in three previous nuclear reviews, including former President Donald Trump’s 2018 review.
  According to The Washington Times, the 2022 document omits a role for the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a “hedge against an uncertain future.” According to nuclear policy experts, the change could m
  
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• Op-Ed: Biden Signals the Retreat, US Cruise Missile Program Now Being Dismantled

  05-11-2022 00:31
  President Joe Biden’s administration plans to dismantle the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile program (SLCM-N) that the Trump administration developed in 2018.
  The Department of Defense released the recommendation in its National Defense Strategy on Oct. 27. The department claims that SLCM-N is unnecessary because the U.S. already has the “means to deter limited nuclear use.”
  The Biden administration presented three documents: the National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Re
  
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• Elon Musk to the Rescue: GOP Candidate Shares How He Got His Twitter Back in 41 Minutes

  05-11-2022 00:22
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• 'Blood Moon' Will Rise Over America on Election Day

  05-11-2022 00:09
  Is it an Election Day red wave that reaches all the way into space?
  Not quite, but as the polls in Eastern states such as New York state open Tuesday, the moon will be glowing red in the sky as a rare “blood moon” occurs.
  To be clear, the phenomenon has nothing to do about the circumstances of any political party’s message being in alignment with the mood of the voters.
  As noted by CBS, a “blood moon” takes place as part of the final phase of a total lunar eclipse,
  
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