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• Sam Bankman-Fried will be extradited to the US tonight, Bahamas AG says

  21-12-2022 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried will be extradited to the United States Wednesday night, Bahamas Attorney General Sen. Ryan Pinder confirmed.
  
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• Man accused of terrorism in New York subway shooting to change plea to guilty

  21-12-2022 23:31
  
  The man accused of setting off smoke bombs and shooting 10 people on a New York subway earlier this year is set to change his plea to guilty.      
  
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• Zelenskyy huddles with Biden as Ukraine war rages

  21-12-2022 23:16
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington and met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, thanking America for its support in fighting off Russia's invasion and hoping for continued aid. (Dec. 21)      
  
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• Tucker Carlson Ratings Blowout: Late Night Rerun Ratings Utterly Humiliate CNN

  21-12-2022 22:55
  This just in — three of CNN’s news programs are beating Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
  Okay. Let’s rephrase that in a way different from what the legacy leftist media might say.
  Tucker Carlson’s 1 a.m. rerun — rerun!!! — beat every news show in the CNN lineup except for three, according to The Daily Wire.
  A rerun. At 1 o’clock in the morning.
  And it gets worse if you’re a CNN executive. In the key age demographic desired by adver
  
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• Kari Lake Election Challenge Trial Reveals Major Confession - Is This a Game-Changer?

  21-12-2022 22:29
  Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer testified Wednesday during GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s election challenge trial that the individual polling locations did not tally the total number of votes cast in the midterm elections, a seeming violation of state law.
  Lake attorney Bryan Blehm asked Richer whether the county knew on Election Day the total number of ballots submitted by voters.
  One of the allegations in Lake’s lawsuit is that the total number of ballots the coun
  
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• Musk Strikes Again, AOC Hit with Brutal Fact Checks After Trying to Own GOP on Economics

  21-12-2022 22:27
  New York progressive firebrand Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might have graduated from Boston University with a double major in international relations and economics, but one of her latest tweets suggests that she might have slept through much of the economics part.
  On Monday, Ocasio-Cortez must have believed she had a real zinger against Republicans when she retweeted a stat from the GOP’s official Twitter account citing a recent statistic regarding how many people are currentl
  
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• Hospital Evacuated After Senior Citizen Shows Up with WWI Explosive, Doctors Have to Cut Open His Abdomen to Get to It

  21-12-2022 22:00
  Doctors in Toulon, southern France, were surprised when an 88-year-old patient arrived Saturday evening with an 8-inch artillery shell in his rectum.
  The patient’s arrival caused a bomb scare, prompting the hospital to evacuate patients.
  “An emergency occurred from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Saturday that required the intervention of bomb disposal personnel, the evacuation of adult and pediatric emergencies as well as the diversion of incoming emergencies,” a representative for Ho
  
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• Mexican Cartels Will Win Big When Title 42 Ends, According to Experts

  21-12-2022 21:21
  International drug cartels stand to benefit greatly after the termination of the Title 42 coronavirus border control policy.
  Retired Drug Enforcement Administration agent Derek Maltz is predicting that Mexican cartels will capitalize on a tidal wave of illegal migration after Title 42’s planned expiration, according to Fox News.
  “They’re just going to take advantage of the volume of distractions to our brave men and women on the front lines, and they’re just going to cont
  
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• New Minister Threatens 73-Year-Old Chaplain for Refusing to Take Off 'Offensive' Cross, Then Things Take a Radical Turn

  21-12-2022 21:09
  U.K. Chaplain Derek Timms found purpose and meaning in being a part of the staff of the Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull, England.
  Truly he would have been well equipped to minister to those in the hospice care center, given the fact he knew one of the most painful losses a person can ever experience — the passing of his wife.
  The 73-year-old former businessman experienced that loss in early 2022.
  Since Timms is a Christian chaplain, he liked to wear a cross, according to Christian Concern.
  
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• Rand Paul Performs 'Scary' Version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' Blasting 4,000-Plus-Page Spending Bill

  21-12-2022 20:59
  Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky always has just the right way to highlight the outrages of the U.S. Senate, and this year he has a “scary” poetic Christmas tribute to how obscene the latest omnibus spending bill really is.
  Paul, an ophthalmologist by trade, posted his cautionary tale to his Twitter account on Tuesday, warning the nation about just how badly this new budget bill will impact the country.
  His version of the venerable holiday epic is titled “Twas the Week Bef
  
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• First on CNN: Commerce Department launches grant program to help female and minority entrepreneurs

  21-12-2022 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  The Commerce Department is launching a nearly $100 million grant program to help tens of thousands of female and minority entrepreneurs jump-start and scale their businesses, targeting structural barriers those groups face.
  
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• Commerce Department launches grant program to help female and minority entrepreneurs

  21-12-2022 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  The Commerce Department is launching a nearly $100 million grant program to help tens of thousands of female and minority entrepreneurs jump-start and scale their businesses, targeting structural barriers those groups face.
  
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• Overall crime in NYC is up 23.5% this year, but shootings and homicides are down, NYPD says

  21-12-2022 20:32 via cnn.com
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that shootings and homicides have decreased in New York City over the past year, despite an overall rise in major crime categories.
  
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• Ariz. Election: Katie Hobbs Just Weaseled Out of Her Testimony - She Won't Even Set Foot in Court

  21-12-2022 20:31
  Democratic Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs seems to have an aversion to speaking in public — certainly so when Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is in any way involved.
  Hobbs’ attorneys filed a motion Monday to quash a subpoena by Lake’s legal team to have her testify in court in the GOP candidate’s election challenge trial, which began Wednesday.
  Hobbs is, after all, in charge of overseeing elections as Arizona’s secretary of state.
  State Superior Court J
  
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• Op-Ed: Dobbs Doesn't Give States Free Rein on Abortion - They Must Abide by the Constitution and Protect Life

  21-12-2022 20:27
  Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision last June, California, Vermont and Michigan have passed ballot measures to enshrine “abortion rights” in their state Constitutions.
  But Dobbs was not a carte blanche for the states to make any laws they like on abortion. No way! Supreme Court scrutiny is still required.
  The states were given responsibility — not absolute permissiveness. Big difference.
  Dependency does not confer ownership or ki
  
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• Elon Musk Announces When He's Stepping Down as Twitter CEO and What He'll Do After

  21-12-2022 20:25
  Twitter and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Tuesday evening that he would step down from his role once he finds a successor.
  “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job,” the 51-year-old tycoon wrote in a Twitter post replying to a poll he had previously shared asking users if he must step down.
  Musk said that after he resigns as Twitter CEO, he will “just run the software & servers teams.”
  Musk shared the original poll in a Sunday po
  
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• New Book Reveals Joe Biden's Reaction to Secret Letter Trump Left Him in Oval Office - This Is Shocking

  21-12-2022 20:18
  The 2020 presidential election was one of the ugliest political battles in the history of this country.
  It was held amid a pandemic and civil unrest across the country and was plagued by widespread claims of voter fraud.
  Given the hostile atmosphere surrounding the election, one would think that Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the men at the center of the fight, would be sworn enemies and have absolutely nothing good to say about (or to) each other.
  However, a new book suggests that while there may
  
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• Sen. Rick Scott Demands Answers After Discovering Staggering 'Lie' from Biden Admin

  21-12-2022 19:47
  With President Joe Biden in the White House, there hasn’t been much to brag about regarding the U.S. economy.
  But that hasn’t stopped the Biden administration from hyper-focusing on little slivers of good news, such as its insistence that job growth under Biden has remained strong despite the overall disastrous economy.
  Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott is crying foul on that particular narrative after a recent bombshell report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia revealed th
  
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• RNC announces dates for 2024 convention

  21-12-2022 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Republicans will flock to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15-18, 2024, for their national convention to formally select their party's next presidential nominee, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Republican National Committee.
  
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• Elon Musk Says Struggling Twitter Is 'Headed Towards the Ground at High Speed'

  21-12-2022 18:12
  Elon Musk is defending his massive cost-cutting at Twitter as necessary for the social media platform to survive next year, due in part to debt payments tied to his $44 billion takeover of the company.
  “This company is like, basically, you’re in a plane that is headed towards the ground at high speed with the engines on fire and the controls don’t work,” Musk told a late-night audience on a Twitter Spaces call Tuesday.
  That’s after Musk said earlier on Tuesday that
  
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• Franklin Graham Gives Christian Music Star Amy Grant a Reality Check Straight from the Bible After Her Gay Wedding Announcement

  21-12-2022 18:01
  God’s Word admonishes us many times that one cannot serve both God and man.
  James 4:4 states, “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
  Christian music icon Amy Grant should take this verse into serious consideration as she continues to use her vast platform to support godless perspectives.
  The Kennedy Center honoree has made headlines recently i
  
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• Officials Reveal Details in Gruesome Shark Attack in Hawaii: 'Something Red Around the Shark's Gills'

  21-12-2022 17:51
  A horrifying incident straight out of a movie took place off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Maui when a shark attack led to a woman’s tragic demise.
  The victim, a 60-year-old woman from Washington state, was snorkeling with her husband off Maui on Dec. 8 when she went missing.
  Investigators have concluded that the woman was the victim of a fatal shark attack, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a Facebook post Friday.
  The husband told authorities he had encount
  
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• 50 states sign up for Walmart's opioid settlement framework

  21-12-2022 17:51 via cnn.com
  
  Walmart said it has reached settlement agreements with all 50 US states as part of a $3.1 billion nationwide opioid settlement announced last month.
  
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• Biden administration offers to release Tamiflu from Strategic National Stockpile

  21-12-2022 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  With an early and severe flu season straining resources, the Biden administration says it will release the prescription antiviral Tamiflu from the Strategic National Stockpile to states and territories that request it.
  
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• Dow surges thanks to strong earnings and confident consumers

  21-12-2022 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Here comes the Santa Claus market rally.
  
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• Video: Cop and Good Samaritans Rescue Great-Grandmother and 3-Year-Old Pinned Under Car

  21-12-2022 17:31
  On Sunday, tragedy struck in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Tampa, Florida.
  An 80-year-old great-grandmother and her 3-year-old great-granddaughter were returning from some grocery shopping when a car backed over them, pinning them underneath.
  The driver of the Toyota Camry claims he thought he’d backed over a storm drain and didn’t see the woman pushing the stroller while he was backing out.
  The Tampa Police Department shared the harrowing details of the accident on thei
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried seeks bail deal while being extradited to US

  21-12-2022 17:31 via cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are negotiating with federal prosecutors in New York on a bail arrangement that would enable him to avoid detention, people familiar with the matter told CNN.
  
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• West Virginia poultry farm now has largest solar energy system in the state, equipped with 1,400 solar panels

  21-12-2022 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A West Virginia poultry farm is now equipped with 1,400 solar panels, the largest such system so far in the state, a company said. Solar Holler said it installed the panels at Oak Tree Farm in Hardy County. The company partnered with Davis Hill Development, Skyview Ventures and West Virginia Poultry Partners on the project, which will provide the farm with 941,371 kilowatt hours of energy per year. DO SOLAR PANELS ALWAYS SAVE ON ENERGY BILLS? Thirty-party power purchase agreements allow companie
  
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• Disaffected Democrats turn to DeSantis over party's intolerance, wokeness: 'Feel condescended to, abandoned'

  21-12-2022 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Lifelong Democrats in Florida are rejecting their party's woke politics and supporting Governor Ron DeSantis instead, according to one report from Bari Weiss's new media outlet, The Free Press ("FP"). "DeSantis Democrats," described various reasons, from rising inflation and COVID lockdowns to their party's intolerance for different viewpoints and embrace of identity politics, as reasons for voting for the Republican in their state's November red wave. These ex-Democrats felt "condescended to" a
  
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• Deandre Ayton, Suns coach exchange words in heated moment on bench during loss to Wizards

  21-12-2022 17:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton and head coach Monty Williams got into an animated conversation on the bench during a 113-110 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Ayton, whose relationship with Williams has appeared rocky in the past, could be seen gesturing toward someone on the bench as Williams angrily spoke to his center.  "It was the whole team in those moments," Williams said after the game, according to the Arizona Republic. "It wasn't just Deandre, it was the whole gro
  
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• 2 women, who were allegedly assaulted by a nurse while unconscious in ICU, file lawsuit against CO hospital

  21-12-2022 17:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital's management didn't do enough to prevent the abuse. The lawsuit — which is proposed as a class action suit — alleges St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction and SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare, the companies that ran the hospital, knew or should have known about the action
  
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• GOP Reps Already Have a Backup Plan Should McCarthy Fail, But It's Not Perfect

  21-12-2022 17:23
  A group of GOP representatives approached House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, telling him he should “be ready” for the Speaker of the House bid, should Kevin McCarthy fail to nail down enough votes, according to Politico.
  The lawmakers spoke with Scalise to discuss the possibility that McCarthy could fall, and they believe he would be a good consensus leader if things do not go McCarthy’s way, GOP lawmakers and aides told Politico.
  Over the last month, demands have b
  
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• Attacks against US churches spiked following Roe v. Wade reversal: report

  21-12-2022 17:22 via foxnews.com
  
  Dozens of Christian churches have been targeted with "pro-abortion hostility" since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a new reporting that documents increasing vandalism against houses of worship. "Criminal acts of vandalism and destruction of church property are symptomatic of a collapse in societal reverence and respect for houses of worship and religion — in this case, churches and Christianity," argued the report, published by the Family Research Council and titled
  
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• Yankees name Aaron Judge captain as slugger braves cold weather with his dog

  21-12-2022 17:20 via foxnews.com
  
  The New York Yankees on Wednesday named Aaron Judge the 16th captain of the franchise as the team held a press conference to finalize the slugging outfielder’s new nine-year contract. Judge received the captainship eight years after Derek Jeter retired. The Hall of Famer was named captain in June 2003 – eight years after Don Mattingly retired. Other Yankees captains include Ron Guidry, Willie Randolph, Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Roger Peckinpaugh, Rollie Ze
  
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• Former West Virginia elementary school counselor sentenced 25 years for child pornography

  21-12-2022 17:18 via foxnews.com
  
  A former elementary school counselor in West Virginia who admitted to possessing child pornography and posing as an 18-year-old on social media to communicate with girls was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday. Federal prosecutors said that beginning in January 2020, Todd C. Roatsey of Elkview persuaded two girls to record and send him numerous sexually explicit videos, and he reciprocated. Roatsey also used his Snapchat account to communicate with girls he knew through his position as a Pinc
  
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• Powerful Earthquake Rocks California, Roads Buckle

  21-12-2022 17:17
  California State officials confirmed that a 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurred Tuesday morning at 2:34 a.m.
  In a Tuesday afternoon news conference at the State Operations Center, officials noted that the quake was centered about 8 miles off shore of Ferndale, California.“I’ll start off by saying, interesting to note, that the earthquake early warning system, which is the new system that we have, was able to actually push out alerts 10 seconds in advance of the earthquake shaking to so
  
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• 119 deaths reported while using electric bikes and e-scooters, US National Transportation Safety Board finds

  21-12-2022 17:14 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 119 people died while riding electric scooters or e-bikes from 2017 through 2021, according to a study by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. The agency, which investigates traffic crashes but has no regulatory authority, used its research to call for better data collection on "micro mobility" deaths and injuries. Multiple government agencies have jurisdiction over e-scooters and e-bikes, and the NTSB recommended they all gather data to create a more accurate
  
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• Enrollment in West Virginia's public higher education institutions stays mostly flat

  21-12-2022 17:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Enrollment in West Virginia’s public higher education institutions remained mostly flat this fall compared to the same period last year. The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission says enrollment at the state’s community and technical colleges rose from 15,555 in 2021 to 15,770 in 2022. Public four-year institution enrollment dropped from 57,102 in 2021 to 56,303 in 2022, a 1.4% decline. WEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOPING TO BECOME TEACHERS CAN SEEK SCHOLARSHIP First
  
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• Idaho murders: University adding more campus security personnel in spring semester

  21-12-2022 17:02 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho will be bolstering its security presence on campus and adding several services for students returning to school for their spring semester, as investigators hunt for answers in the still-unsolved Moscow murders.  Students who choose not to return to the Moscow, Idaho, campus for the spring semester in January have alternative options of virtual and online classes, or courses at the university’s other campuses in Bois
  
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• 31-Year-Old Super Bowl Champion Reportedly Placed in Hospice: 'It's Not Looking Good'

  21-12-2022 17:02
  Denver Broncos running back Ronnie Hillman is receiving hospice care as he fights a rare cancer, his friends, family and former teammates confirmed Tuesday.
  “Broncos Country please pray for Ronnie Hillman — he’s in hospice and not doing well,” wrote former Broncos offensive lineman Orlando Franklin in a Tuesday post on Twitter.
  “He’s got bad liver cancer and he’s in hospice now,” Derek Wolfe, a former Broncos defensive tackle, said Tuesday on The D
  
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• This is what the crisis along the US border looks like

  21-12-2022 16:25 via cnn.com
  
  As a Trump-era migration policy remains in limbo, so are the lives of thousands of migrants waiting across the United States border, many sleeping out in the cold in encampments or overcrowded shelters, hoping to cross to request asylum.
  
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• GOP Lawmaker Abruptly Quits with 2 Years Still Left in His Term

  21-12-2022 16:21
  Republican state Sen. Dallas Heard of Oregon has tendered his resignation despite having two more years left in his term, citing the “ever-growing movement of evil rising that is determined to take our children’s hearts and minds away from their parents.”
  He made his announcement in a one-sentence letter Thursday to state Senate Republican Leader Tim Knopp, saying his resignation is effective Jan. 1, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.BREAKING: Oregon state Sen. Dallas Hea
  
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• Biden Administration Taps Into Strategic National Stockpile as Bare Shelves Plague Pharmacies

  21-12-2022 16:11
  The Biden administration said Wednesday it will release doses of prescription flu medicine from the Strategic National Stockpile to states as flu-sickened patients continue to flock to hospitals and doctors’ offices around the country.
  This year’s flu season has hit hard and early. Some people are even noticing bare shelves at pharmacies and grocery stores when they make a run for over-the-counter medicines as cases have spiked. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate
  
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• Monitor Your Kids' Social Media: Thousands of Teen Boys Extorted After Sending Explicit Photos

  21-12-2022 16:03
  Federal law enforcement officials are warning parents about a relatively new extortion tactic that criminals are using to prey upon children.
  Three federal law enforcement agencies and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children issued a public safety alert Tuesday regarding a national increase in “sextortion” crimes.
  The schemes often involve fraudulent social media accounts manipulating teens into sending sensitive images of themselves to the extortionists.
  The FBI has r
  
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• It Looks Like Twitter and the FBI Broke These Laws - And the Legal Penalty Might Be Massive

  21-12-2022 15:49
  Thanks to a new dump of “Twitter Files,” fresh from the archive in San Francisco, we now know just how deeply embedded the FBI was within the social media giant.
  The question is, did those involved break a major federal law by violating the constitutional rights of individuals who were censored on the platform?
  In case you missed it, here’s the TL;DR version of the latest revelations to come out of Tweetville, courtesy of journalist Michael Shellenberger:
  The FBI had an inordin
  
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• Watch: Rep Matt Gaetz Takes GOP Leadership to Wood Chipper- 'I've Had Enough McFailure'

  21-12-2022 15:38
  There are those who believe that, despite the Republican Party’s failings in the 2022 midterm elections, it’s not time for a change — particularly now that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is poised to become House speaker.
  Don’t count Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz among those who don’t want to rock the boat. In a blistering speech delivered to Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest this week, Gaetz slammed McCarthy as part of the “McFailure” that led to th
  
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• B-2 nuke bomber fleet is temporarily grounded due to safety issue

  21-12-2022 15:03 via cnn.com
  
  The Air Force's fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers is temporarily grounded after one of the aircraft had an in-flight malfunction earlier this month.
  
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• 'A Disastrous Effect' - Landmark SCOTUS Case Could Give Big Tech Even More Power, Experts Warn

  21-12-2022 14:38
  A Supreme Court case challenging Section 230, which has unilaterally protected tech companies from legal action in the past, could potentially lead to “disastrous” changes regarding how companies suggest content to their users, according to some experts.
  In 2015, 12 shooters killed 130 people in Paris in a coordinated terror attack, and several of the victims’ relatives filed a lawsuit against Google claiming that the company’s algorithms created a rabbit hole radicalizin
  
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• Liberals Will Hate What Research Co. Just Found Out About American's Thoughts on Musk

  21-12-2022 14:24
  On Monday, a market research company presented some solid data regarding the national drama Twitter has become.
  Elon Musk’s progressive opponents will not be pleased with the results of the HarrisX poll.
  Watching the way the billionaire runs Twitter is the equivalent of watching someone using a laser pointer to play with a cat. He keeps people on the social media platform scrambling, trying to keep up with all the developments.
  Twitter has released so much consequential material since Musk
  
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• Rand Paul Wheels Out Pelosi-Schumer's 4,000+ Page Spending Bill on Cart, Shows Just How Absurd It Is

  21-12-2022 13:56
  Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul is known for, each year around Christmastime, highlighting the wasteful and thoughtless ways the federal government sees fit to spend your money. Well, he should consider himself lucky this year: Santa brought him a present big enough it had to be wheeled out onto a stage for all to see.
  Unfortunately, “Santa” in this case is the triumvirate of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They
  
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