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• Something Interesting Is Happening Under Trump's Newest Tweet Just Hours After Reinstatement

  20-11-2022 23:54
  After taking a public poll that drew over 15 million voters in 24 hours, Twitter owner Elon Musk decided, based on popular demand, to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s suspended Twitter account.
  Invoking the Latin phrase “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” which translates to “the voice of the people is the voice of God,” Musk announced less than 30 minutes after the poll officially ended that the 45th president’s account would be brought back online.
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• Family and Fans Rocked as Beloved Star of Kids' Show Dies Suddenly

  20-11-2022 23:00
  Anyone who can lay claim to being a 90’s child undoubtedly had some experience with the beloved live action show “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.”
  Sadly, that means anyone who can lay claim to being a 90’s child woke up on Sunday to some somber news.
  Jason David Frank, best known for his portrayal of Tommy Oliver in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” franchise, died at the age of 49.
  His death was confirmed by his representative Justine Hunt to multiple outlets,
  
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• 17-Year-Old Hero Swoops Into Action After Officer Is Shot Right in Front of Her - Unmatched Bravery

  20-11-2022 22:46
  Ava Donegan never set out to be a hero.
  Back on Oct. 1, she and her boyfriend were in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, for some shopping, according to KMBC-TV.
  Then came the gunfire. Then came the wounded police officer. Then came the moment the training her father instilled in her kicked in.
  For her actions that day, the 17-year-old was honored Thursday by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.You can tell by the look of astonishment on her face at the standing ovation she received how humble loca
  
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• Kanye West's Twitter Drops 8 Words Just 1 Month After Ban - Is Ye Back?

  20-11-2022 22:42
  On Sunday, one of Twitter’s more high-profile posters dipped his toe in the social media waters just to see what might happen.
  “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked,” rapper Kanye West, known as Ye, tweeted Sunday afternoon.Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked
  — ye (@kanyewest) November 20, 2022West’s tweet comes one day after the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump.Freedom of speech is everything; if you cannot speak your mind,
  
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• CBS Comes Crawling Back, Ends Childish Boycott After Just Two Days

  20-11-2022 22:41
  Friday evening, a CBS News reporter announced on air that the network had decided to boycott its tweeting operations “out of an abundance of caution,” citing the turmoil at the company following rounds of mass layoffs and resignations.
  Hilariously, in under 48 hours, the outlet was back on Twitter, and its return generated brutal mockery given that it appeared the network fell for what turned out to be blatantly false hype that Twitter’s backend would fail without its once-bloa
  
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• Donald Trump is at his weakest political position in years

  20-11-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is giving it another go. He announced last week that he's trying to become only the second man (after Grover Cleveland) to be elected to non-consecutive terms as US president.
  
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• Analysis: Donald Trump is at his weakest political position in years

  20-11-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump is giving it another go. He announced last week that he's trying to become only the second man (after Grover Cleveland) to be elected to non-consecutive terms as US president.
  
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• Alaska's Election Results Still Being Counted, Murkowski Holds Razor-Thin Lead Over Her Trump-Backed Opponent

  20-11-2022 22:16
  Alaska’s new voting system is continuing to show its weaknesses as incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski maintains a less than 2,-000-vote lead over Kelly Tshibaka even as the new “ranked-choice voting” results have to be applied.
  Despite that Election Day was Nov. 8, Alaska was still accepting absentee ballots until Friday. But that doesn’t even take into account the tabulation of the new ranked-choice cotes, the counting of which won’t even start until Wednesday.
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• Republicans Have a Huge Realization About Waukesha Killer's Judge

  20-11-2022 22:05
  The judge who oversaw the trial of Waukesha parade murderer Darrell Brooks might soon find herself up for a promotion.
  Judge Jennifer Dorow presided over proceedings colored with disruptions on the part of Brooks, who represented himself in the October trial.
  Viewers of the televised trial praised Dorow’s patience and administration of a difficult trial, in which Brooks was routinely removed from the courtroom for constant interruptions.
  Wisconsin Republicans have questioned if Dorow would
  
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• Trump Leaves Biden in the Dust Again, Surpasses Record He's Been Working on for 15 Years After Twitter Engineers Intervene

  20-11-2022 21:45
  With a bit of a boost from the engineers at Twitter, former President Donald Trump now stands Trump Tower tall on Twitter more than doubling the number of followers of President Joe Biden.
  Biden’s Twitter account was created in March 2007 and has 36.5 million followers.
  As of 3:26 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Trump’s account had 86.9 million followers. Twitter owner Elon Musk noted that there was some behind-the-scenes help to restore Trump’s massive following.Twitter engineeri
  
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• Judge Makes Huge Ruling in Epstein Litigation and Hands Anonymous 'John Does' Worst News of the Case

  20-11-2022 21:22
  Names of some individuals connected to either Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell will be released after a judge on Friday ruled that eight people named “John Doe” in court documents should be identified.
  There is one exception. An individual called “John Doe 183″ in court documents will remain anonymous for now, Judge Loretta A. Preska ruled,  according to Insider.
  The individual was named over and over in Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial, but Preska said she
  
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• One person killed in rollover of bus chartered by Brandeis University, school says

  20-11-2022 21:10 via cnn.com
  
  One person was killed in a bus rollover accident late Saturday, according to Brandeis University, which chartered the bus. The accident happened near the Brandeis campus in Waltham, Massachusetts.
  
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• Collapsed FTX owes nearly $3.1 billion to top 50 creditors

  20-11-2022 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has filed for US bankruptcy court protection, said it owes its 50 biggest creditors nearly $3.1 billion.
  
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• 4 Days After Trump Campaign Kickoff, Ted Cruz Drops Major 2024 Announcement

  20-11-2022 20:37
  On Saturday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas unveiled his plans for the 2024 elections.
  “I’m running for re-election in the Senate. I’m focused on the battles in the United States Senate,” Cruz said after addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, according to the Washington Examiner.
  “We need to stand and fight against these policies that are inflicting so much harm on Americans across this country,” he said.Ted Cruz said on Saturday that he w
  
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• Watch as Police Station Teeters on the Edge of Collapse After Sinkhole Opens Underneath it in West Virginia

  20-11-2022 20:04
  As a giant sinkhole in Hinton, West Virginia, keeps growing, the literal foundations of law and order in the community could very well collapse.
  The Hinton Police Department’s offices are at the edge of the sinkhole, which is creeping closer and closer to the building which police had to abandon “a few months ago,” the New York Post reported, as it was told by a police department clerk.
  The sinkhole appeared in June when a 90-year-old water pipe beneath the road collapsed, acco
  
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• Video from Inside Plane Records Fatal Moment of Impact with Airport Firetruck

  20-11-2022 19:53
  Two people were killed Friday after a plane struck a firetruck while taking off in Lima, Peru.
  The Latam Airlines plane hit the truck Friday afternoon at Jorge Chávez International Airport, according to the BBC.
  In addition to the two firefighters who were killed, a third was reported in critical condition.
  Peru’s Health Ministry said 20 passengers were treated for injuries, with two considered to be seriously hurt.
  Video of the incident was posted on social media, including one vid
  
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• Watch: What Just Happened in Russia? Massive Fireball Erupts Outside Russia's Second Largest City

  20-11-2022 19:22
  A massive fireball rose into the Russian sky Saturday after a natural gas pipeline exploded.
  The explosion took place in Vsevolozhsk, which is east of St. Petersburg, according to the New York Post. St. Petersburg is Russia’s second-largest city.
  Gov. Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad Region, offered an explanation for the explosion.
  “Firefighters and rescuers extinguish a fire caused by a gas pipeline depressurization between Berngardovka and Kovalevo,” he said on
  
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• American Airlines Plane Suffers Significant Damage After Slamming Into 'Multiple' Birds on Approach Into Kansas City

  20-11-2022 19:13
  An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 suffered multiple bird strikes while on approach to Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday.
  Despite the bird strike causing significant damage, no injuries were reported by any of the crew or the passengers, according to SimpleFlying.
  The flight took off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport at 8:17 p.m. local time. After the plane began its descent towards Kansas City’s runway, the crew declared that the plane had received a bird strike.
  They were
  
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• 14-Year-Old Girl Stalked by Mountain Lion, Ends Up Taking It on with No Weapon

  20-11-2022 18:31
  A teenage girl in Reno, Nevada, survived a close call with a mountain lion by taking a textbook approach to facing down the predator.
  The 14-year-old girl was walking her Great Pyrenees dog on the morning of Nov. 10 when she saw the mountain lion giving her the eye as it approached, according to KTVN.
  “It happened in a neighborhood that’s pretty populated,” Ashley Sanchez, a public information officer for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, said, according to Newsweek. “Mo
  
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• Watch: Ayatollah Khomeini's House Goes Up in Flames as Iranians Cheer

  20-11-2022 18:21
  Protesters torched the former home of the Islamic cleric who founded Iran’s Islamist dictatorship on Thursday.
  Anti-regime protesters burned the building, which has served as a museum for several years.
  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini formerly lived in the structure in question, according to the BBC.
  One video posted to Twitter showed the structure on fire while protesters walked around it.The home (now museum) of Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, set on fire by Iranian prot
  
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• 18 Injured and 5 Dead in Horrific Nightclub Shooting - Suspect in Custody

  20-11-2022 17:58
  Five people were killed late Saturday as gunshots were fired in a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub.
  Eighteen people were wounded in the shooting, which took place inside Club Q, in Colorado Springs. It is not clear if all 18 people wounded were struck or injured by gunfire.
  According to CNN, after allegedly opening up fire, patrons at the club were able to subdue and disarm the suspect.
  A single suspect was in custody and being treated at a local hospital, Colorado Springs Police Department Lieutenant P
  
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• RNC Had Roving Attorneys Quietly Monitoring Maricopa Voting Centers, One Has Finally Released His Damning Finds: Report

  20-11-2022 17:41
  With the first round of counting over, and the battle just barely beginning, some preliminary shots are being fired in what is expected to be a bruising post-election struggle over which ballots should be counted in the race to become Arizona’s governor.
  Media organizations have proclaimed Democrat Katie Hobbs the winner, although the gap between her and Republican Kari Lake is less than 20,000 votes, which means even in the best of times, a recount would be held.
  But these are not th
  
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• Kinzinger says he doesn't think McCarthy will 'last very long' if he becomes House speaker

  20-11-2022 17:37 via cnn.com
  
  GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois lambasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday, saying he does not think the California Republican will last long if he's elected House speaker next year.
  
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• Death Row Inmate Mutilated After Unsettling 'Psychiatric Disturbance'

  20-11-2022 17:30
  Tennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges’ fellow prisoner Jon Hall warned long ago that he was at risk due to severe neglect by prison authorities, having spent three decades in solitary confinement with very little human contact or interaction.
  In a federal lawsuit Hall filed in 2019, complaining that he too had been in solitary for nearly six years with no viable way to leave, he said of Hodges: “He’s suffered the most adverse unnecessary & wanton neglect, deprivals, &
  
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• US is increasing pace of hypersonic weapons development to chase China and Russia, senior admiral says

  20-11-2022 17:17 via cnn.com
  
  China and Russia are driving the US to develop hypersonic weapons faster as the Pentagon seeks to increase the pace of testing and research and avoid falling behind, a senior Navy admiral responsible for US efforts said.
  
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• Get ready for the most expensive holiday travel season ever

  20-11-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  For travelers getting ready to make their first holiday trips since before the pandemic: prepare for sticker shock.
  
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• Get ready for sticker shock this holiday travel season

  20-11-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  For travelers getting ready to make their first holiday trips since before the pandemic: prepare for sticker shock.
  
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• Opinion: Joe Biden and Elon Musk, at opposite ends of leadership equation

  20-11-2022 16:06 via cnn.com
  
  "If at eighty," novelist Henry Miller wrote, "...you have your health, if you still enjoy a good walk, a good meal (with all the trimmings), if you can sleep without first taking a pill, if birds and flowers, mountains and sea still inspire you, you are a most fortunate individual and you should get down on your knees morning and night and thank the good Lord for his savin' and keepin' power."
  
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• Reality Stars to Be Sentenced After Greed-Driven Scheme Implodes

  20-11-2022 15:40
  Todd and Julie Chrisley were driven by greed as they engaged in an extensive bank fraud scheme and then hid their wealth from tax authorities while flaunting their lavish lifestyle, federal prosecutors said, arguing the reality television stars should receive lengthy prison sentences.
  The Chrisleys gained fame with their show “Chrisley Knows Best,” which follows their tight-knit, boisterous family. They were found guilty on federal charges in June and are set to be sentenced by U.S.
  
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• SEC Filing Keeps Trump from Posting to Twitter for Hours, But There's an Ingenious Way Around It

  20-11-2022 15:31
  Elon Musk reinstated former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account on Saturday. Due to a prior agreement, Trump may have to wait hours before he can repost his Truth Social messages on Twitter, but there is an exemption that may allow him to bypass this rule.
  Musk made the announcement on Saturday after taking a poll asking Twitter users if he should let the former president back on the platform.
  Ultimately, 51.8 percent of more than 15 million users voted “Yes” in support of
  
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• Biden Rocked on Morning of 80th Birthday as He Receives Worst News Possible

  20-11-2022 15:09
  President Joe Biden isn’t going to happy to find out about his 80th birthday present from Elon Musk.
  Former President Donald Trump was reinstated on Twitter on Saturday, one day before Biden became an octogenarian.
  It’s not clear if Biden learned of the politically momentous decision to restore Trump’s Twitter account on Saturday night, when Musk confirmed Trump’s return in his own tweet.
  If not, it’s likely that Biden will learn of Trump’s access to his fable
  
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• Christians Finding Major Success as New 'Religious Strategy' Spreads

  20-11-2022 15:07
  One is an ordained pastor in Brooklyn, the other a single mother and children’s book author in New Jersey. Both drive for Lyft. Both share the word of God as roving preachers.
  Pastor Kenneth Drayton and Tomika Reid try to inspire passengers through spiritual guidance on the road as part of what they see as mobile Christian ministries.
  “You don’t always have to go to a church or sanctuary to experience the restoration and the power of God,” said Drayton, a minister who als
  
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• Twitter was already in disarray. Trump's return will only make it more chaotic

  20-11-2022 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  With his decision on Saturday to restore the personal Twitter account of former President Donald Trump nearly two years after it was permanently banned, Elon Musk could plunge Twitter deeper into chaos — and that may be the point.
  
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• Meet another Musk with a business venture of her own -- and it's all about romance

  20-11-2022 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  Tosca Musk strides onto the red carpet at a Regal Cinemas, statuesque in a white pant suit and glistening burgundy silk top.
  
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• SCOTUS Asked to Hear Bizarre Dispute Between Jack Daniel's and a Dog Toy Company

  20-11-2022 13:49
  The company that makes Jack Daniel’s is howling mad over a squeaking dog toy that parodies the whiskey’s signature bottle. Now, the liquor company is barking at the door of the Supreme Court.
  Jack Daniel’s has asked the justices to hear its case against the manufacturer of the plastic Bad Spaniels toy. The high court could say as soon as Monday whether the justices will agree. A number of major companies, from the makers of Campbell Soup to outdoor brand Patagonia and jeans mak
  
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• Joe Biden celebrates his 80th birthday

  20-11-2022 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden turns 80 years old on Sunday, becoming the first octogenarian to ever serve in the highest office of the United States.
  
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• South Africa Hits Big Problems While Trying to Transition Away from Coal

  20-11-2022 08:13
  Living in the shadow of one of South Africa’s largest coal-fired power stations, residents of Masakhane fear job losses if the facility is closed as the country moves to cleaner energy.
  The country relies on coal to generate about 80 percent of its electricity, South Africa plans to reduce that to 59 percent by 2030 by phasing out some of its 15 coal-fired power stations and increasing its use of renewable energy. Its target is zero carbon emissions by 2050.
  After receiving pledges of $8.5
  
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• Texas woman arrested after smuggling endangered spider monkey in box she claimed held beer

  20-11-2022 08:06 via cnn.com
  
  Talk about monkey business.
  
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• Football loss inspired this North Carolina man to buy a winning $150,000 lottery ticket

  20-11-2022 07:04 via cnn.com
  
  A North Carolina man turned the pain of his favorite football team's loss into the joy of a $150,000 Powerball win.
  
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• Op-Ed: If Republicans Want to Get Serious About Winning Elections, They Need to Take These 3 Steps

  20-11-2022 06:12
  After a big red wave was expected in this midterm election, things did not go quite so well for Republicans.
  Democrats retained control of the Senate while Republicans barely won back the House majority.
  While there is plenty of debate over exactly what is to blame for the Republicans’ performance, here are three key takeaways from last Tuesday.
  1. Massive amount of mail-in ballots
  It is commonly known by now that Democrats tend to excel with mail-in ballots while Republicans usually do be
  
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• Breaking: Ariz. AG Takes Action - Ballots Reported in Black Duffle Bags - Officials Broke Election Laws - State Demands Names

  20-11-2022 04:23
  Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright — with the Elections Integrity Unit — wrote a letter to the Maricopa County officials Saturday demanding an accounting for the widespread ballot tabulation and ballot printer problems seen during the general election on Nov. 8.
  Among the most troubling issue raised in the letter directed to Thomas Liddy with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office was the apparent co-mingling of ballots in black duffle bags at at least one pollin
  
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• Did Elon Musk Lay a Trap for Cheating Democrats? 'Some Interesting Lessons to Clean Up...'

  20-11-2022 04:01
  “We don’t make mistakes — we just have happy accidents,” is one of the most iconic quotes from legendary artist Bob Ross.
  It’s a quote that might be hitting close to home for new Twitter head honcho Elon Musk, after an innocent little poll may have inadvertently exposed some of Twitter’s most annoying issues — bot and troll accounts, as well as bot farms.
  The poll in question was certainly going to be a polarizing one, given that it involved former Presi
  
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• Elon Musk Announces Trump Account Is Being Reinstated Before Issuing a Powerful Latin Phrase

  20-11-2022 02:03
  Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since the Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021.
  Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding a poll that asked Twitter users to click “yes” or “no” on whether Trump’s account should be restored. The “yes” vote won, with 51.8%.
  “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox
  
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