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• Did Someone Crack Kyrsten Sinema's Secret Side-Gig? Eagle-Eyed Social Media User Noticed 1 Thing

  15-12-2022 23:59
  One high-profile U.S senator has a thriving side hustle.
  Slate writer Christina Cauterucci went public with an account of purchasing a pair of high heels from newly minted Independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema on Thursday.
  Cauterucci bought the footwear from Sinema on Facebook Marketplace — where the senator was selling the item through her own personal Facebook account.
  The writer purchased the Badgley Mischka heels for $65 over Venmo, later arranging for their pickup.
  Other items sold by Si
  
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• Drollinger: Should You Argue from the Bible in a Secular World?

  15-12-2022 23:43
  Should a Christian political leader — or any believer, for that matter — avoid using the Scriptures as his or her authority if others do not view the Bible as authoritative?
  In a broader scope, above and beyond evangelism, should a believer argue from the Bible relative to policy matters in an increasingly secular America?
  Over the years, I have spent a considerable amount of time studying apologetical systems and evangelistic approaches in relation to political leaders. The Bible st
  
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• Josh Allen Partners with Charity to Give Life-Changing News to 2,600 People

  15-12-2022 23:38
  For most people, Santa Claus is depicted as a jolly, bearded elderly man in a red outfit, with a bag of toys slung over his shoulder.
  For many people this Christmas, Santa will actually look like this:QB1 #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/MsO8HWPn9b
  — Primetime Adam (@AdamZientek3) October 20, 2022For those who think “Bills Mafia” is an organized crime syndicate full of people named “William,” the above image is of Buffalo Bills All-Pro quarterback Josh Allen.
  The 26-year
  
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• Trump unveils plans to take on tech companies if he wins in 2024 in appeal to conservative base

  15-12-2022 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump vowed Thursday that if he is elected president again, he would ban federal money from being used to label speech as misinformation or disinformation, fire federal officials who have engaged in what he characterized as "domestic censorship," and punish universities engaging in "censorship activities" with cuts to federal funding.
  
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• Mom Wears Cat Costume to Teach School Board a Big Lesson: 'Reality Exists'

  15-12-2022 23:20
  She wore the costume of a house cat, but the message came through with a roar.
  A woman who caused a social media stir with a feline appearance before a school board meeting in Arizona in November took the cause to a national audience Tuesday on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” to make a point about the absurdity of the “transgender” craze sweeping the country at the moment.
  And make it clear that it has no place in the education system of the nation’s young
  
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• What are the effects of climate change? How they disrupt our daily life, fuel disasters.

  15-12-2022 23:18
  
  Climate change is real and its effects are spawning a climate crisis that impacts weather, wildlife, food supplies and other aspects of daily life.      
  
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• Two men and a sailboat vanished into open ocean. 10 days later, a miracle arrived

  15-12-2022 23:17
  
  Sailing their 30-foot boat to Florida was supposed to be an adventure. Then their phones stopped working, and no one knew where to find them.      
  
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• Exposed: Pete Buttigieg's True Location When US Was on Verge of Disaster from Rail Strike

  15-12-2022 23:13
  On several occasions in recent months, the U.S. has been on the verge of an economic meltdown due to strike threats from major railroad worker unions.
  The situation became so dire that it involved presidential intervention and presumably required all hands on deck — all hands besides Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
  Buttigieg, one of the Biden administration Cabinet members who should have been front and center during the heated back-and-forth negotiations, apparently had better th
  
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• Trump Announces Plan to Deal with 'Censorship Cartel' - It Would Happen Hours Into His Inauguration

  15-12-2022 23:06
  Former President Donald Trump has made a major policy announcement about what he intends to do to protect political free speech if he wins the 2024 election for president, and it is big.
  Trump said Thursday that he intends to ban the federal government from using the terms “misinformation” and “disinformation” to describe domestic political speech if he wins a second term in the White House, according to the New York Post.
  “If we don’t have free speech,”
  
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• Jan. 6 committee to finalize report on Capitol riot

  15-12-2022 22:53
  The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will hold its final meeting Monday Dec. 19, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long inquiry by asking the Justice Department to investigate potential crimes and voting to approve a final report. (Dec. 15)      
  
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• Waste Management Workers Spot Elderly Man Trapped Under Golf Cart Overnight: 'Nobody Saw Him'

  15-12-2022 22:49
  When Alex Galarza and Paulino Ortega set out for work Monday morning, it was a familiar task ahead of them following a familiar route. Both men are employees with Waste Management of Charlotte County, Florida, and have been driving garbage trucks for years.
  “I’ve been doing this 4 1/2 years. Paulino has been doing it for 15,” Galarza told WINK. “We get a lot of satisfaction out of doing what we do.
  “We help each other Paulino has, you know, his English is not great,
  
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• Pelosi Gets Heated Over Simple Question All Americans Deserve to Know Answer to: 'Don't Bother Me'

  15-12-2022 22:49
  Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won re-election last month for the 18th time last month. She’s been serving in the House since assuming office in June, 1987.
  But will she continue to serve for another two years, completing the term of the 118th Congress? Don’t ask me.
  Don’t ask her, either — it’s not a question she wants to answer, apparently.
  Reporters who didn’t know that, if there were any, found out during a Thursday news conference when someone had th
  
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• The U.S. might give Ukraine a Patriot battery. But it also needs to send this weapon.

  15-12-2022 22:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Ukraine-Russia war sees U.S. mull Patriot missile defense battery for Kyiv. But drones are changing the air offensive and the U.S. needs to send those as well.
  
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• The best tips ahead of busy holiday travel season

  15-12-2022 22:46
  The Associated Press spoke to travel expert Melanie Fish about best tips and tricks ahead of the holiday season. (Dec.15)      
  
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• Trump Gives Establishment News Harsh Wake-Up Call, Announces Major Lawsuit

  15-12-2022 22:34
  Fake news should not be applauded, former President Donald Trump says in a lawsuit filed against the Pulitzer Prize Board on Tuesday.
  Seething over media coverage of the disproven claims of Russian collusion that dogged the first two years of his administration, Trump said in the lawsuit that The Washington Post and The New York Times, which shared a Pulitzer for their reporting, should not be “rewarded for lying to the American public.”
  The Times and Post were jointly awarded the 2
  
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• WH reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests

  15-12-2022 22:31
  The Biden administration is again making free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges this winter. (Dec. 15)      
  
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• TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds

  15-12-2022 22:21 via cnn.com
  
  TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within minutes of them creating an account, a new study suggests, likely adding to growing scrutiny of the app's impact on its youngest users.
  
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• US intel agencies likely missed chances to investigate Covid pandemic's origin, House Democrats' report says

  15-12-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic investigators on the House Intelligence Committee have alleged that US intelligence agencies may have lost a critical opportunity to gather useful information on the Covid-19 pandemic's origins by failing to pivot its collection resources earlier. In a report released on Thursday morning, the Democrats also laid out perhaps the most detailed timeline to date of the litany of warnings the intelligence community offered the Trump administration in the early days of the pandemic.
  
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• Why Elon Musk might want to run Twitter into the ground

  15-12-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  Puck's William Cohan tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why Elon Musk might want to run Twitter into the ground. Plus, journalist Jacob Silverman predicts what could cause a true crypto apocalypse following the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried. And the Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz explains why American tech giants want to make TikTok the boogeyman. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• Elon Musk's 'wild man strategy,' the next crypto shoe to drop, and the TikTok boogeyman

  15-12-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  Puck's William Cohan tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why Elon Musk might want to run Twitter into the ground. Plus, journalist Jacob Silverman predicts what could cause a true crypto apocalypse following the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried. And the Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz explains why American tech giants want to make TikTok the boogeyman. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• Tech groups ask Supreme Court to rule on hot-button Texas social media law

  15-12-2022 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Two technology industry groups asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a hotly debated Texas law restricting social media platforms' ability to moderate content, potentially opening the door to a sweeping reinterpretation of First Amendment precedent.
  
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• Conservative Lawmaker Dies at 68, Special Election to Be Held

  15-12-2022 22:00
  Virginia Delegate Ronnie Campbell, a conservative with an extensive record of public service, died from cancer on Tuesday at 68.
  A special election will be held for his delegate seat, and according to WSET-TV, there’s a surprise contender.
  Campbell served as a state trooper, Rockbridge County supervisor and school board member in addition to his legislative work over the course of his illustrious career. He was also a husband, father and grandfather.
  The entirety of the statement posted to
  
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• Army Opens Investigation After Photo of High-Ranking Officer Wearing Animal-Themed Bondage Gear with Uniform Goes Viral

  15-12-2022 21:54
  The U.S. Army has launched an internal investigation to determine the origins of sexually explicit photos of servicemen that found their way on social media.
  The soldiers in question had taken photos of themselves wearing dog masks, chains, and leather along with parts of their regular army uniforms.
  According to USA Today, internal Pentagon email traffic revealed that the pictures have been traced back to a base gym in Hawaii.
  Army spokesman Maj. Jonathon Lewis released a statement regarding th
  
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• Niger welcomes US reengagement in Africa

  15-12-2022 21:51
  After 8 years without a US-African leaders summit, Niger President Mohamed Bazoum welcomes President Joe Biden's push to reengage the continent. (Dec. 15)      
  
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• 3 men sentenced for aiding Whitmer kidnap plotter

  15-12-2022 21:51
  A judge hands down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor (Dec. 15) (AP video: Mike Householder)      
  
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• Woke Disney Tanked at the Box Office for Three Years Straight, But Look What Its Competitor Has Been Doing

  15-12-2022 21:48
  How the house that Mickey Mouse built has fallen.
  Disney, which used to reign as the undisputed feature animation film box office king, now has lost its crown to Universal Studios, based on the box office totals over the last three years.
  “The Wrap’s” Scott Mendelson noted that Disney releases have grossed just over $1 billion worldwide during the period, while Universal’s animated films have taken in twice as much, $2.06 billion.
  Universal’s offerings over that tim
  
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• Man denies role in killing that led to life term

  15-12-2022 21:46
  A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified that he was with his girlfriend during crime, except for a few minutes when he left to sell drugs several blocks from the murder. (Dec. 15)      
  
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• Melania Trump Wastes No Time, Continues to Forge On with First Lady-Like Responsibilities

  15-12-2022 21:39
  You can take the classy woman away from the “first lady” title, but you can’t take the first lady out of a classy woman.
  Former first lady Melania Trump, who may very well be first lady again come 2024, went above and beyond the call of an everyday American citizen when she shared some Christmas festivities with foster care families in Palm Beach, Florida.
  The event took place on Sunday, at the Trump International Golf Club, according to Fox News.
  “I’m happy to shar
  
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• Harvard University names Claudine Gay president, first person of color in role

  15-12-2022 21:38
  
  Claudine Gay was named 30th president of Harvard University on Thursday, becoming the first person of color and second woman in the role.      
  
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• 'Mr. Wonderful' Goes Scorched Earth on FTX Founder During Congressional Hearing

  15-12-2022 21:29
  What does a shark do when it catches a whiff of another shark’s blood? It devours the injured shark.
  That’s basically what “Mr. Wonderful” Kevin O’Leary, one of the preeminent stars of investment show “Shark Tank,” did to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced Democrat mega-donor and fraudster who used to run cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
  O’Leary made several comments attacking Bankman-Fried during the Senate Banking Committee’s hearings on FTX&rsqu
  
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• Parents of slain UVA athlete call for gun control

  15-12-2022 21:21
  Parents of slain UVA student athlete speak out for gun control. (Dec. 15)      
  
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• Biden Administration Sues Arizona Governor Because He Did What the Federal Government Refused to Do

  15-12-2022 21:04
  Joe Biden’s failed presidency is spotlighted every day by the fact that unvetted illegal aliens flood the southern border every hour and little is done to deter this encroachment on U.S. sovereignty.
  In the latest slap in the face to Americans, the Biden administration is suing outgoing Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for trying to secure the border by placing shipping containers along parts of the U.S.-Mexico border in his state, which is under daily siege.
  This ad hoc wall was constru
  
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• Boaters who were missing for 10 days while sailing Atlantic rescued after massive search

  15-12-2022 20:55
  
  New Jersey boaters Kevin Hyde and Joe DiTomasso were reported missing at sea on Sunday and were in last contact with their families on Dec. 3.      
  
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• Former Twitter employee sentenced to more than three years in prison in Saudi spy case

  15-12-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  A former Twitter manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison.
  
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• As Hunter Biden Sells His Paintings for Up to $200K, Never Forget What Obama's Ethics Chief Had to Say

  15-12-2022 20:42
  Hunter Biden was seen on Friday at a New York City art exhibition where his artwork is on sale for sky-high prices.
  The hefty price tags and secret buyers combine to make Hunter Biden’s art sales an ethical swamp, according to a former director of the Office of Government Ethics.
  “The notion of a president’s son capitalizing on that relationship by selling art at obviously inflated prices and keeping the public in the dark about who’s funneling money to him has a shameful
  
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• Perverted: Kids Choir Performed for Male Strippers at School Board President's House Party - Report

  15-12-2022 20:27
  A California school district board president has resigned after irate parents told the board that the high school choir had been summoned to perform at a wild drunken party at the president’s home.
  Steven Llanusa resigned as president of the school board of the Claremont Unified School District in Los Angeles County on Saturday, one day after a fiery meeting about the incident, according to the Los Angeles Times.
  The Dec. 3 party at Llanusa’s home was not a fit place for students, ac
  
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• A journalist wanted to walk her dog. She went viral on TikTok for assisting federal raid.

  15-12-2022 20:27
  
  What started as a Wisconsin TV reporter taking her dog outside turned into much more. The journalist ended up helping out law enforcement officers.      
  
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• Virginia Beach reaches $3 million settlement over fatal police shooting of Donovon Lynch

  15-12-2022 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  The city of Virginia Beach has reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Donovon Lynch -- a 25-year-old man who was fatally shot by a police officer last year -- the city and the family said in a joint statement.
  
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• Wildlife officials update P-22's condition, next steps

  15-12-2022 20:13
  
  Deana Clifford and Ed Pert of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife talk about P-22's health and why he'll likely never be in the wild again.      
  
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• NASA launches series of flybys over the most volcanic place in the solar system

  15-12-2022 20:12
  
  NASA's Juno spacecraft maneuvered the first flyby of Jupiter's moon Io Thursday, kicking off its study of the most volcanic place in the solar system.      
  
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• As more men leave the workforce, women are stepping in to fill those jobs

  15-12-2022 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  A typical morning at the Schnitzler household starts with David and Allison feeding their 17-month-old Winston. Allison, 33, and David, 32, play with Winston as they both get ready to go to work.
  
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• Analysis: The fight for sacred Native American land

  15-12-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  A version of this story appeared in CNN's Race Deconstructed newsletter. To get it in your inbox every week, sign up for free here.
  
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• Wild winter storm slamming Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow in some areas: Live updates

  15-12-2022 19:34
  
  The massive storm that fueled blizzard conditions across the northern US and killer tornadoes in the South now set its sights on the Northeast.      
  
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• Clock ticking on defense bill, government funding

  15-12-2022 19:34 via cnn.com
  
  Hill leaders are hoping the Senate will be able to imminently pass a major defense policy bill and a stopgap government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week -- but timing for final passage of the two measures is unclear as lawmakers attempt to sort out last-minute issues.
  
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• Man indicted on suspicion of threatening Arizona state election official

  15-12-2022 19:32
  Joshua Russell of Ohio, 44, was indicted on Wednesday by a federal grand jury on suspicion of threatening an Arizona election official.      
  
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• 3 men sentenced seven to 12 years in kidnap plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

  15-12-2022 19:17
  
  Prosecutors said the men made threats that not only were emotionally and psychologically damaging to the governor, but also to democracy.      
  
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• Far-Left Terror Plot Disrupted in Georgia, 5 Arrested with Explosive Devices and Makeshift Tree Stands: Police

  15-12-2022 19:11
  Five activists were charged with domestic terrorism this week after alleged attacks on police cars and EMTs near a police training center’s proposed location in DeKalb County, Georgia.
  Authorities arrested five people between the ages of 20 and 25 in the area of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Wednesday, noting its participation in a joint task force to combat ongoing crime there.
  The GBI levied a domestic terrorism charge against ea
  
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• Taco Bell is testing two new Mexican Pizza varieties

  15-12-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  Taco Bell is spinning up new varieties of its popular Mexican Pizza.
  
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• Border Patrol Agents Confront DHS Chief Mayorkas to His Face in Heated Clash: 'You're Not Gonna Get Away with Pandering'

  15-12-2022 18:59
  Border Patrol agents confronted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a recent visit to El Paso, Texas, according to an agent in the room during the meeting who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  The agent, who requested anonymity because the individual was not authorized to speak, said a colleague confronted Mayorkas and accused him of making empty promises about helping with the surge in illegal immigration, falsely asserting that the border is “secure” an
  
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• 'It's being left in the dark,' mother of murdered Idaho student says of police investigation

  15-12-2022 18:57 via cnn.com
  
  The mother of one of the four college students killed near the University of Idaho last month expressed frustration over police communications on the status of the investigation into the murders.
  
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