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• Horrible New Sculpture Unveiled in US City... How Was This Ever Approved?

  14-01-2023 23:24
  Just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the city of Boston has unveiled a new sculpture meant to honor the civil rights leader.
  According to WCVB-TV, the statue was revealed on Friday in a ceremony attended by dignitaries and members of King’s family. The outlet described it as “the largest monument in the country dedicated to racial equity.”
  You would expect a moving and inspiring monument. Perhaps something akin to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Court Votes to Remove Voting Machines from Election, Turns to Paper Ballots and Hand Counting Only

  14-01-2023 23:18
  A county in Arkansas is joining a growing number of localities turning against electronic voting machines and going back to paper ballots as more and more Americans come to distrust the reliability and safety of voting machines.
  A Cleburne County quorum court voted last week to end the use of the electronic vote machines and go back to reliable paper ballots, requiring all future elections to be hand counted, according to KARK-TV.
  “These voting machines, which are really just computers, do
  
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• Californians urged to 'stay vigilant' as forecasters warn of 2 new storms

  14-01-2023 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Californians should brace for flooding and possible landslides as “heavy to excessive rainfall” is expected this weekend and into next week, forecasters said.
  
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• This Has Never Been Done Before: Unique Alliance Forms to Bring Down Big Tech's Shadowy Partnership

  14-01-2023 22:22
  An anti-trust lawsuit has been filed against major media outlets by a partnership of plaintiffs that includes some independent news organizations and critics of the government’s approach to the COVID-19 vaccine.
  The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
  The suit targets the Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp., which formed what they dubbed the Trusted News Initiative.
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• Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and husband struck by a car in Portland

  14-01-2023 22:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., was briefly hospitalized Friday night after she and her husband were hit by a car in Portland, according to her spokesperson.
  
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• Virginia Beach man arrested after machine gun, illegal firearms found in his home, police say

  14-01-2023 22:11 via cnn.com
  A 35-year-old Virginia Beach man has been arrested after officials discovered illegal firearms and weapon paraphernalia in his home, including a machine gun, according to police.
  
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• DeSantis Scores Major Victory After Going Nuclear on NHL's Discriminatory Event

  14-01-2023 22:00
  The first step in the leftist strategy to erode the foundation of the United States is to undermine excellence.
  Ever since the Olympics way back in ancient Greece, excellence has been showcased with athletics. Woke forces are determined to undermine that tradition and, in doing so, Western tradition at large.
  The National Hockey League has decided to play along. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not.
  According to Fox News, the NHL posted an ad on LinkedIn promoting a job fair event in Florida. The e
  
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• Texas man allegedly admits to murdering and mutilating his new wife

  14-01-2023 21:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Texas man allegedly admitted to authorities that he murdered and mutilated his wife, according to a news release published by the Waller County Sheriff's Offi
  
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• 'There Is POWER in Prayer!': NFL Star Taken Off Ventilator After Almost Drowning to Save His Kids

  14-01-2023 21:41
  Perhaps every parent’s worst nightmare is the thought of their child somehow being killed.
  No doubt that former Arkansas Razorback and Cleveland Browns star Peyton Hillis was willing to give his life for the sake of his kids on Wednesday, Jan. 4, and he very nearly did, according to TMZ.
  A request for prayer for Peyton’s recovery was made public by his uncle, Greg Hillis, via his Facebook account, and KNWA-TV reporter Alyssa Orange picked it up on her Twitter account.Peyton Hillis&rs
  
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• Man's Murder Conviction Vacated After 25 Years in Prison, Major Problem Found in 'Expert' Testimony

  14-01-2023 21:26
  A Minnesota man who served nearly 25 years in connection with his wife’s death walked out of prison on Friday after authorities vacated his murder convictions and allowed him to plead guilty to manslaughter, citing a problem with expert testimony from a doctor whose statements in other cases have also come under scrutiny.
  Thomas Rhodes, who is now 63, was convicted in 1998 of first- and second-degree murder in the death of his 36-year-old wife, Jane Rhodes, who fell overboard and drowned o
  
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• Matt Gaetz says George Santos should go through House ethics process but should not be shunned

  14-01-2023 20:31 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Saturday that fellow Republican Rep. George Santos, the embattled New York congressman who has admitted to lying about parts of his biography and faces federal and local investigations into his campaign finances, "will have to go through the congressional ethics process" but shouldn't be shunned by his colleagues as it plays out.
  
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• Oklahoma Killer's Chilling Last Words Revealed Before He Was Executed

  14-01-2023 20:16
  An Oklahoma death row inmate was executed this past week, and now his chilling last words before being executed have been revealed.
  According to Fox News, Scott James Eizember was executed by lethal injection on Thursday after being convicted of the 2003 murder of an elderly couple.
  On October 18, 2003, Eizember broke into the home of AJ and Patsy Cantrell in order to spy on his ex-girlfriend who lived across the street. When the Cantrells returned home, Eizember shot and killed Patsy before pro
  
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• Biden Admin Calling on Illegal Aliens to Snitch on American Citizens in Exchange for Massive Reward

  14-01-2023 20:02
  Shady is as shady does. And the Biden administration is about as shady as it gets.
  On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security announced an expedited deportation “relief” process for illegal immigrants who report their employers, according to the Post Millennial.
  To put it another way, illegal immigrants are to be rewarded for ratting out the American citizens who hire them.
  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas labeled business owners who hire illegal immigrants as &ldqu
  
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• California deputy shot and killed, leaving behind pregnant wife

  14-01-2023 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  A California deputy was shot and killed in the line of duty Friday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
  
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• White House says more documents with classified markings were found at Biden's Delaware home

  14-01-2023 19:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  More classified documents from the Obama administration were found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence this week — in addition to the two batches that
  
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• Breaking: Biden's Nightmare Continues As Third Batch of Classified Documents Is Found

  14-01-2023 19:40
  An already hairy situation for President Joe Biden appears to be on the verge of getting even worse.
  According to multiple outlets, including Fox News and The New York Times, the president’s attorneys have confirmed that a third batch of classified documents has been discovered in his Wilmington, Delaware, home.
  The original batch of classified documents was found Nov. 2 — a week before the fall midterm elections — at Biden’s former office in the Penn Biden Center for Dip
  
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• Baltimore man who stood trial 4 times in killing is freed after charges are dismissed

  14-01-2023 19:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  Baltimore, Maryland's newly elected top prosecutor dismissed all charges against a Black man who stood trial four times in a 2015 killing despite his repeated
  
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• Rapper Meek Mill says he was pardoned by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf for 2008 charges

  14-01-2023 19:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rapper Meek Mill says he was pardoned by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf for 2008 drugs and firearms charges that he served prison time for in 2017, according
  
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• If You Thought December's Arctic Blast Was Bad, Something Much Worse Could Be Barreling Toward America

  14-01-2023 19:18
  A blast of arctic weather has Siberia in a deep freeze that some forecasters say could come to North America within a week or so.
  The Siberian town of Zhilinda hit a low of 79.8 degrees below zero Fahrenheit Tuesday, setting a record for January, according to The Washington Post.
  The reading was Siberia’s lowest temperature since 2002 and was accompanied by other weather stations that show readings of 76 degrees below zero or even lower.The temperature in some parts of Russia today is -54&
  
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• AOC Attempts to Justify Using Gas Stove Despite Democrats Pushing for Ban - Doesn't Help Her Case One Bit

  14-01-2023 19:10
  Apparently, the dangers posed by gas stoves don’t really count if you rent your apartment.
  I know, I was stunned by this news, too. After all, we’ve been told ranges powered by natural gas are such a threat to the indoor environment that President Joe Biden’s administration, spearheaded by Democrats, is considering a ban on manufacturing or importing them.
  And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat who happens to be the most prominent booster of the Green New Deal
  
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• Lone Man Taking Fight to the ATF by Himself, Goes Full Hero Mode for Your Second Amendment Rights

  14-01-2023 18:57
  A Wyoming man is suing the U.S. government after it denied his application to make an M16.
  The M16 is classified as a machine gun and is therefore illegal to own.
  The ban is set forth in the Firearm Owners Protection Act, which stipulates that any machine gun that wasn’t registered by 1986 cannot be owned by a civilian. The M16 is still in use in the military.
  However, Jake Stanley DeWilde of Watipi, Wyoming, has taken issue with FOPA and claims it is a violation of the Second Amendment.
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• Disney Employees Back DeSantis Plan That Will Cost the Woke Giant $700M

  14-01-2023 18:35
  The union representing Walt Disney World’s firefighters has expressed support for Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ plan to strip Disney of their special district, which the company has been allowed to self-govern.
  In April 2022, DeSantis signed a bill that would dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Since its creation in 1967, Disney has been allowed to essentially self-govern the 25,000-acre district in most ways.
  According to the Orlando Sentinel, the district provides its own p
  
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• Biden Seeing Red: Jim Jordan Announces First Investigation as Chairman of Judiciary Committee

  14-01-2023 18:01
  The Biden administration may soon receive its first taste of accountability in Congress.
  The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, is beginning its first investigation under the new Republican majority.
  The committee is probing President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents and the Justice Department’s actions in response to the development, according to Fox News.
  Jordan’s committee kicked off the investigation with a Friday letter to Attorne
  
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• Victory claims over small Ukrainian town expose rift among Russian forces

  14-01-2023 17:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  A rare Russian claim of military victory in eastern Ukraine has laid bare a bitter rift between Moscow's military chiefs and the head of a private mercenary
  
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• Pro-America Ex-NBA Star Now Wanted for Terrorism by Government

  14-01-2023 17:43
  Basketball star Enes Kanter Freedom says his former nation has a bounty on his head and has declared him a terrorist.
  Freedom, who adopted the last name in 2021 when he became a U.S. citizen, played 11 years in the NBA and developed a reputation as one of the more outspoken athletes on human rights issues.
  In response, the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has put him on a wanted list for terrorism and is offering up to 10 million Turkish Lira, which comes to about $500,0
  
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• Half of State's Sheriffs Defy Gun Ban - Tell Lib Gov. to Pound Sand

  14-01-2023 17:33
  One state’s attempt to ban the AR-15 may be dead in the water after dozens of sheriffs made it clear they’ll have no part in enforcing the law.
  At least 74 different county sheriff’s departments in Illinois have expressed their inability to enforce a gun control law signed into effect by the state’s governor earlier this month, according to ABC News.
  The law bans firearms deemed by the state legislature to be “assault weapons,” a politically charged term used
  
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• Missouri lawmakers adopt stricter dress code for women in state House

  14-01-2023 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives this week adopted a stricter dress code for women as part of a new rules package, and now requires them to cover their shoulders by wearing a jacket like a blazer, cardigan or knit blazer.
  
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• Hunter Claimed to Own Home Where Classified Docs Were Found - Report

  14-01-2023 17:20
  What’s worse than being a vice president and keeping errant classified documents you weren’t supposed to have locked up in a garage next to a Chevrolet Corvette? Keeping both locked up in a house owned by your drug-addicted, influence-peddling son.
  On Thursday, it was first reported that a second batch of classified documents from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president were found “at a storage space in the garage” of the Biden family’s Wilmington, Delawa
  
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• Human skeleton found in building on UC Berkeley campus

  14-01-2023 16:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  A human skeleton was discovered Tuesday in an unused building on a University of California, Berkeley, campus, officials said.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Might Get Major Snub from Royal Family After Private Conversations Exposed - Report

  14-01-2023 16:47
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex could face new consequences from the royal family after the release of Prince Harry’s tell-all book.
  Members of the family have discussed barring the dissident royals from King Charles’ coronation in May in the wake of Harry’s media tour promoting his book “Spare.”
  “There have been discussions among the family, including Edward and Anne,” a royal insider told the UK’s The Sun in a story published Wednesday. &ldqu
  
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• Couple taking care of 4-year-old girl is under arrest and face charges in her disappearance, officials say

  14-01-2023 16:36 via cnn.com
  
  A married couple who police say was caring for a 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma has been arrested and charged after the child's disappearance, investigators said.
  
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• Activists Claim Cops Murdered BLM Co-Founder's Cousin, Then the Body Cam Footage Comes Out

  14-01-2023 16:20
  Following a Jan. 3 traffic accident at a busy intersection in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles witnesses say he caused, Keenan Anderson, 31, tried to flee the police. According to witnesses, Anderson showed signs of being under the influence of drugs, including extreme paranoia and agitation. Police issued multiple warnings he would be tased if he continued to resist. He failed to comply after numerous requests by the officer and was ultimately tased. Anderson was transported to an area ho
  
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• Firefighter Found Dead in His Bunk - Tragedy Labeled 'Completely Unexpected'

  14-01-2023 16:10
  A 46-year-old Washington state firefighter was found dead in his bunk Thursday morning only hours after returning from a call.
  “It is with deep sadness, that Clallam County Fire District 3 must inform the local and fire service community of the Line of Duty Death of one of our officers this morning, Captain Charles ‘Chad’ Cate,” Fire Chief Ben Andrews wrote in a Facebook post on the page of Clallam County Fire District 3.“Captain Cate was discovered deceased in his
  
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• Liar-in-Chief: 21 Ridiculous Made-Up Stories Biden Has Told as President

  14-01-2023 15:38
  It should not be surprising that Joe Biden — the man who launched his presidential campaign based on a big lie about Donald Trump — has told several tall tales since becoming president.
  You may recall in Biden’s video announcing his candidacy in 2019, the Democrat accused Trump of describing white nationalists who engaged in violence at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 as “very fine people.”
  He said just the opposite.Trump’s defense team must expose t
  
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• Woman Saves Man Caught in Terrible Blizzard Crying for Help, His Hands Frozen Into Fists

  14-01-2023 15:26
  The ideal Christmas, for many, is time spent with family and friends inside, out of the elements, safe and warm and fed.
  For Sha’Kyra Aughtry and her family, Christmas 2022’s theme had a name: Joe White.
  The family from Buffalo, New York, was experiencing the incredible blizzard Christmas Eve safe inside their home when Aughtry heard a heartbreaking sound. Someone was crying for help, and when she looked out the window, she saw a man bent over, in pain in the freezing weather and bru
  
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• Thank You for Smoking? GOP Revokes Nearly Two-Decade-Old Rule from the Pelosi Era

  14-01-2023 15:12
  As Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives, the smell of success seems to be a lot like cigar smoke.
  Smoking in most places inside the Capitol was banned in 2007 during the reign of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to Fox News.
  Despite the ban in most places in the vast structure, members were allowed to smoke in their offices. Former Speaker John Boehner of Ohio was among the most prolific smokers, often consuming more than a pack a day, Fox News noted.
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• A mental health tech company ran an AI chat experiment on real users. Nothing’s stopping apps from conducting more.

  14-01-2023 15:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  ChatGPT was used by the emotional support chat app Koko to write responses for real users. Controversy came quickly after the experiment was announced.
  
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• LSU Gymnastics enhancing security after fans of TikTok star Olivia Dunne disrupt meet

  14-01-2023 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  The head coach of Louisiana State University's gymnastics team said there will be added security when it travels to an away meet after an incident last week where fans of Tigers gymnast and TikTok influencer Olivia Dunne disrupted a meet against the University of Utah earlier this week in Salt Lake City.
  
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• Popular AI Chat Bot Gives Unsettling Answers When Asked Basic Questions

  14-01-2023 14:56
  Popular chatbot ChatGPT appears to generally favor left-leaning positions when asked about a variety of cultural and political issues, according to queries of the software by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
  The chatbot, which acquired over 1 million users in its first week of being made available to the public, attempts to mimic human conversation by learning from example conversations provided by researchers, according to Reuters. The DCNF prompted the software to consider a series of cultura
  
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• Over 100 bills target LGBTQ rights in 2023 so far

  14-01-2023 14:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The bills continue what advocates have called a troubling trend of states attempting to limit gender-affirming care for minors, while a new slate of bills targets drag performers.
  
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• Treasure Hunters Rushing to American River After Hearing What Miner Revealed

  14-01-2023 13:36
  Ask people what you might find buried in the muck at the bottom of New York City’s East River and they likely would say “mob boss” before thinking of mammoth bones.
  But several groups of treasure hunters have taken to the waterway in recent weeks after hearing a guest on Joe Rogan’s podcast claim that a boxcar’s worth of potentially valuable prehistoric mammoth bones was dumped into the river in the 1940s.
  Despite a lack of evidence to support the story, treasure se
  
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• Best Buy, Dunkin' and Starbucks changed their rewards programs. Then came the backlash

  14-01-2023 13:03 via cnn.com
  
  If you want to earn rewards points at Best Buy, you'll have to take out a Best Buy credit card to be able to redeem them.
  
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• Americans are spending an extra $72 a month on food because of inflation

  14-01-2023 12:02 via cnn.com
  
  From rent and groceries to utilities, families are paying a lot more every month as they try to keep up with inflation.
  
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• 'Identity politics': Republicans have long viewed supporting diverse candidates differently than Democrats

  14-01-2023 12:01 via cnn.com
  
  Lori Chavez-DeRemer sat in the gallery of the House nearly two decades ago with her mom and her twin daughters -- tourists peering down at lawmakers on the floor of the chamber.
  
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• China's 'Zero-COVID' Policy Collapses as Country Admits the Grim Truth

  14-01-2023 11:45
  China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed.
  The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19 since Dec. 8, the National Health Commission announced.
  It said those “deaths related to COVID” occurred in ho
  
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• Concerns over Santos' backstory were known prior to the election

  14-01-2023 04:34 via cnn.com
  
  Concerns over Rep. George Santos' backstory became louder over the summer and into the fall campaign season, and issues surrounding the recently elected Republican congressman from New York had not been a secret, a GOP source told CNN on Friday.
  
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• Law Professor Blows Up Biden's 'Corvette' Excuse, Explains How POTUS May Have Set Trap for Himself

  14-01-2023 04:15
  President Joe Biden may have thought that he had a brilliant response to the classified documents scandal now engulfing his presidency, but one law professor says otherwise.
  We have seen a number of excuses so far regarding the revelation that Joe Biden took classified documents with him at the end of his term as vice president in 2017.
  Rep. Hank Johnson (D – Ga.) suggested that the documents may have been planted, while other leftists have excused Biden’s “error” because
  
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• Father of one of the Idaho students killed says surviving the grief comes 'one day at a time'

  14-01-2023 04:07 via cnn.com
  
  Since the November slayings of four University of Idaho students, Ben Mogen says he has been going through life "one day at a time."
  
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• McCarthy Is About to Release the Truth About January 6: 'The Public Should See What Happened'

  14-01-2023 03:53
  Fox News host Tucker Carlson praised House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for promising to release 14,000 hours of video footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, incursion at the Capitol building.
  “I think the public should see what happened on that day,” McCarthy told reporters during a press conference Thursday. “I watched what Nancy Pelosi did, where she politicized it. … I think the American public should actually see what happened instead of a report that’s written for a politi
  
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• Trump denies raping E. Jean Carroll in newly unsealed deposition

  14-01-2023 03:04 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump denied sexually assaulting former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll and said he never pressured a woman to have sex with him in a deposition transcript that was unsealed Friday.
  
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