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• 'Fearless' and 'never blinks': The lawyer behind Biden's classified documents strategy

  23-01-2023 23:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden was facing the prospect of an imminent federal investigation after the discovery of classified documents at his former Washington office in November -- and it was up to Bob Bauer, his personal attorney, to break the news to the White House, two sources familiar with the matter said.
  
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• Doctor Warns of 'Stroke Season' He and Other Physicians Are Noticing

  23-01-2023 23:51
  
  Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, a Canadian family physician, warned last week that there is a “stroke season” that follows “flu season.”
  Bhardwaj, who is also a medical school professor at the University of Calgary, told CBC Calgary News host Rob Brown, “I didn’t know about this either until last year, but it turns out that after flu season, about three or four weeks later, there is a stroke season. And like you said, most of Canada is getting down off of a big hump of flu.
  
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• Report: Trump to Make Big Move - This Set Him Apart in 2016

  23-01-2023 23:46
  
  Will he or won’t he (return to Twitter)?
  According to a report from Rolling Stone magazine, Trump apparently plans to return the Elon Musk-owned social media platform — there’s just the matter of a few contractual obligations that need some ironing out first.
  Trump has reportedly told his inner circle that he doesn’t want to renew his contract with Truth Social’s parent company, TMTG, per Rolling Stone’s sources.
  That contract binds Trump to timed exclusivity
  
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• M&M's Cuts Woke Mascots After Tucker Carlson Joke but Adds Candy-Coated Kamala Wannabe

  23-01-2023 23:30
  
  Remember last year when Tucker Carlson mocked M&M’s for changing the Green M&M’s heeled shoes to sneakers, in a rather amusing segment, saying that they made the Green M&M “less sexy”?
  Well, he has now come for M&M’s once again, and this time, the company is taking the hit.
  On January 13, Forbes reported that Tucker Carlson had once again taken a shot at M&M’s in response to a new woke advertising ploy on Twitter that featured all-female M&
  
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• Former high-level FBI official charged in alleged schemes to help sanctioned Russian oligarch and conceal payments from ex-Albanian intel employee

  23-01-2023 23:26 via cnn.com
  
  The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office was charged in two separate indictments Monday for allegedly working with a sanctioned Russian oligarch after he retired and concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from a former employee of an Albanian intelligence agency while he was a top official at the bureau.
  
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• EV Discord: Tesla Owners Punishing Peers Who Park at Superchargers Without Charging

  23-01-2023 23:23
  
  Some Tesla owners are getting a charge they never expected.
  Owners of the electric automobile might seem to be a community of like-minded people — with money to spend and a willingness to adopt the EV lifestyle regardless of its evident pitfalls.
  But when it comes to Tesla owners who abuse the company’s Supercharger power stations, there’s no camaraderie to be found — just a sneaky way of getting revenge.
  According to InsideEVs, a publication dedicated to the electric veh
  
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• Disney exec made 6 figures a day for the 3 months he worked there

  23-01-2023 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  Few top executives have ever failed in a job so quickly — or so lucratively — as Geoff Morrell.
  
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• DOJ to monitor new anti-abortion bills in state legislatures

  23-01-2023 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Upcoming state-level pushes to further restrict abortion access will be on the radar of the US Justice Department, top DOJ officials said Monday as they touted the work the Biden administration has sought to do to shore up abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade reversal last year.
  
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• Fox Weatherman Who Was Viciously Beaten on Subway Asks 5 Damning Questions After Attack

  23-01-2023 22:20
  
  The barbarians continue to wreck the blue cities.
  That was evident when Fox News weatherman Adam Klotz appeared Monday morning on “Fox and Friends,” still showing signs of the beating he took at the hands of several youths on a New York City subway early Sunday.
  And he had questions about safety in New York.
  Riding a subway car with perhaps two dozen passengers, Klotz interfered with the group as they set the hair of another passenger, an elderly man, on fire. The group then turned o
  
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• Family Shocked After Dad's Sudden and Unexplained Death at 30: 'We Need to Know Why He Collapsed'

  23-01-2023 22:00
  
  A young man was surprisingly found deceased in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, Sunday with no apparent signs of illness, according to a report.
  Jason Wragg Sheffield, who was only 30 years old at the time of his death, leaves behind two children, and a stepchild, according to The Star. His GoFundMe also said that he leaves behind a fiancee, his mother and brothers.Jason Wragg Sheffield: Family’s shock over unexplained sudden death of popular dad, aged 30 | The Star https://t.co/deyNZJ
  
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• Firefighter and Marine Corps Veteran Dies Unexpectedly: He Was a 'True Public Servant'

  23-01-2023 21:44
  
  An Ohio firefighter and Marine Corps veteran died suddenly over the weekend.
  “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of one of our own. Firefighter Joshua Fanti passed away unexpectedly early this morning,” the Thompson Fire Department said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
  Fanti was a father, husband, son and brother.
  The Thompson Fire Department said he was a “true public servant” and “his service will not be forgotten.”
  “Our condolences go ou
  
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• Gay Dads Who Allegedly Pimped Out Their Adopted Sons Are Now the Lowest Rung in a Jail Full of Hardened Criminals

  23-01-2023 21:36
  
  A horrifying story out of Georgia involving a gay couple who allegedly sexually abused and pimped out their adopted sons came to light last week and sent a shock through the nation. Now we are learning how the two defendants are facing a form of jailhouse justice.
  In July of 2022, police in Walton County, Georgia, arrested William and Zachary Zulock, a gay couple and prominent LGBT activists, after they discovered evidence that the couple was creating child pornography using their adopted childr
  
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• Trump schedules events in Northeast and Southeast this weekend

  23-01-2023 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump will make a stop Saturday in Salem, New Hampshire, ahead of a campaign event in South Carolina, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
  
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• Trump adds stop in New Hampshire ahead of Saturday campaign event in South Carolina

  23-01-2023 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump will make a stop Saturday in Salem, New Hampshire, ahead of a campaign event in South Carolina, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
  
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• Trump adds stop in key state ahead of South Carolina campaign rally

  23-01-2023 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump will make a stop Saturday in Salem, New Hampshire, ahead of a campaign event in South Carolina, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
  
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• House Democratic whip's daughter arrested at protest and charged with assaulting police officer

  23-01-2023 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark's daughter was arrested and charged with assault after an encounter with police during a protest in Boston on Saturday, according to a press release from the Boston Police Department.
  
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• Top Democrat Burns Himself Trying to Defend Biden on Classified Docs After His Own Inconvenient Words Resurface

  23-01-2023 20:52
  
  Dick Durbin tried to say all the right things — but got most of them wrong.
  In an interview on Sunday, the Illinois senator acknowledged that President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents was “unacceptable,” but still tried to argue that it was “different” from former President Donald Trump’s battles over classified documents from his administration.
  But point by point, he only proved that the Biden story is much, much worse.
  During the “S
  
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• Oath Keepers members found guilty of seditious conspiracy

  23-01-2023 20:51 via cnn.com
  
  Three members of the Oath Keepers and a fourth person associated with the far-right militia group were convicted of seditious conspiracy by a Washington, DC, jury on Monday for their role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
  
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• The short and very lucrative career of one former Disney PR boss

  23-01-2023 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  Few top executives have ever failed in a job so quickly — or so lucratively — as Geoff Morrell.
  
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• Argentina and Brazil are discussing a common currency. Don't hold your breath

  23-01-2023 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  The two biggest economies in South America are starting talks to create a common currency. Analysts are skeptical.
  
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• College Football Star Who Recently Transferred to Georgia Arrested on Felony Charge

  23-01-2023 20:31
  
  A wide receiver who recently transferred to national champion Georgia from Mississippi State was arrested Monday on felony and misdemeanor charges.
  Rodarius “Rara” Thomas was booked around 4 a.m. on a felony charge of false imprisonment and a misdemeanor count of family violence battery, according to Clarke County jail records.
  He spent more than eight hours in jail before being released on $1,850 bond shortly after noon.
  Jail records showed the 20-year-old Thomas was arrested by Uni
  
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• 'That's God': Family Overjoyed to Find Son Who Had Been Lost at Sea Clinging to Makeshift Raft

  23-01-2023 20:30
  
  Dylan Gartenmayer has spent much of his 22 years of life in the water, since before he was even born. His family has made Key West their home for generations, and swimming, diving, and fishing are in their blood.
  Dylan’s mother, Tabitha Gartenmayer, said his first taste of spearfishing was when she was pregnant.
  “As natives of Key West, we love the ocean,” she told WTVJ. “I was spearfishing with Dylan in my belly.”
  “I do a lot of deep free diving, so I like to
  
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• Tyre Nichols' family has watched video of his arrest by Memphis police just days before his death, city officials say

  23-01-2023 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Tyre Nichols' family is expected Monday to view footage of his arrest earlier this month, giving them a first opportunity to see what happened before he was taken in critical condition to a hospital, where he died days later.
  
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• Maya Rudolph is the new face of M&M'S. Polarizing spokescandies are taking a 'pause'

  23-01-2023 19:51 via cnn.com
  
  After causing outrage by making over the Green M&M and launching a special bag featuring its new Purple character in honor of International Women's Day, M&M'S says it is taking a step back from its candy reps — sort of.
  
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• Kamala Harris Omits Key Word from Declaration of Independence During Heartless Speech

  23-01-2023 19:43
  
  There are some who would argue that there is no more important doctrine in the founding of the United States of America than the Declaration of Independence.
  (Some would say it’s the Bible, and that’s more than fair.)
  Whether it’s a passage from Scripture or a quote from the Declaration, you would hope that this nation’s highest elected officials would know both intimately, given the historical significance of both.
  But, perhaps that’s not fair. Elected officials li
  
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• Tyre Nichols' family to watch video of his arrest by Memphis police days before his death

  23-01-2023 19:35 via cnn.com
  
  Tyre Nichols' family is expected Monday to view footage of his arrest earlier this month, giving them a first opportunity to see what happened before he was taken in critical condition to a hospital, where he died days later.
  
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• High School Cafeteria Worker Arrested After Disturbing Discovery in the Food She Was Selling, Police Say

  23-01-2023 19:05
  
  A Louisiana woman has been arrested after police said she was selling food laced with marijuana while working in a school cafeteria.
  Tymetrica Cohn of Kentwood was charged with possession and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in a drug-free zone, Chief Jimmy Travis of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said Friday in a post on the office’s Facebook page.
  Travis said Cohn was arrested following an investigation th
  
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• Restaurant Kicks Out Fox News Analyst Over His Conservative Political Views

  23-01-2023 18:55
  
  In a Sunday morning appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Gianno Caldwell, a political analyst for the network, reported that he and his friends had been asked to leave Paradis Books and Bread — a North Miami, Florida, restaurant — the previous morning.
  In the video below, Caldwell said he and several new friends were discussing politics when the owner approached the table to say “she’d been listening to their conversation” and they
  
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• Silk Reveals Trump Is Covering Costs of Diamond's Funeral: 'This Is What a President's Supposed to Do'

  23-01-2023 18:40
  
  Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway of the pro-Trump duo “Diamond and Silk” unexpectedly passed away earlier this month at her North Carolina home at the age of 51. Far too soon.
  Few would argue Hardaway’s status as one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest fans, and as her sister Rochelle “Silk” Richardson revealed during a celebration of life ceremony for Diamond on Saturday, the love between Hardaway and Trump was nothing less than reciprocal.
  Not o
  
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• Throne of Lies

  23-01-2023 18:27
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Throne of Lies appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Dems Raging as DeSantis Confirms Florida Is Where Woke Goes to Die: 'There's No Plan. There's Nothing'

  23-01-2023 18:15
  
  Whatever it is that you think of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s hard to argue, at the very least, that he hasn’t done a commendable job taking the fight straight to the left.
  Whether it’s taking on the woke indoctrination taking place in schools, the pathetic politicization of Disney World and pro sports, or the general tyranny of the Biden administration, DeSantis has been coming up with win after win after win against these titans of far-leftism.
  DeSantis’ momentum has
  
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• Former Senior FBI Official Arrested for Allegedly Working with Russian Oligarch

  23-01-2023 17:55
  
  A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped a Russian oligarch, in violation of U.S. sanctions.
  He was also charged, in a separate indictment, with taking cash from a former foreign security officer.
  Charles McGonigal, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York from 2016 to 2018, is accused in an indictment unsealed Monday of working with a former Soviet diplomat-turned-Russian interpreter on behalf of
  
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• Man Who Heroically Thwarted Mass Shooter in Intense Struggle Speaks Out: 'It Was Primal Instinct'

  23-01-2023 17:44
  
  A 26-year-old coder who was taking a turn watching the front door of his family’s dance studio had no idea what was coming as the Lunar New Year celebration was coming to an end Saturday night at the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alahambra, California.
  Then Brandon Tsay heard metal hitting metal and turned to see a man holding a pistol, according to The New York Times.
  “He was looking at me and looking around, not hiding that he was trying to do harm. His eyes were menacing,&rdquo
  
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• Key indicator flashes recession warning sign

  23-01-2023 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  A key barometer for the health of the economy continues to flash a recession warning sign, indicating a downturn is in store for the US in the near future.
  
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• 'You Don't Know the God That I Know': NFL QB Speaks Out for First Time After Life-Changing News

  23-01-2023 17:26
  
  Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr spoke out for the first time since being unceremoniously benched for the final two weeks of the NFL season.
  In a moving speech last week at ChurchLV in Las Vegas, the devout Christian said he does not feel sad or defeated because his football career took an unexpected downturn.
  Carr, who has preached the Gospel at churches in California and elsewhere, said his recent struggles only strengthened his faith and belief that God is using him for a higher purpo
  
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• House GOP keeps up attacks on IRS with bill to abolish the agency

  23-01-2023 17:09 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican-controlled House has made the Internal Revenue Service a political target after Democrats bolstered the agency with new funding last year.
  
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• Ford plans 3,200 job cuts in Europe as it moves some work to the US

  23-01-2023 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  Ford plans to cut 3,200 jobs across Europe and move some product development work to the United States, Germany's IG Metall union said on Monday, vowing action that would disrupt the carmaker across the continent if the cuts go ahead.
  
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• Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego announces Senate bid in challenge to Kyrsten Sinema

  23-01-2023 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona on Monday announced his campaign for US Senate, setting up a potential 2024 clash with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who recently switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent.
  
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• Watch: One Bite from This Deadly Lizard, And You May Only Have Hours to Live - Do Not Pet This

  23-01-2023 16:40
  
  Most people have the common sense to know that petting a Komodo dragon isn’t a good idea.
  If you’re the exception to the rule, a demonstration of the reptile’s potent venom may be enough to give you pause.
  A time-lapsed recording of the effects of a Komodo bite showed a flank of meat decomposing in gruesome fashion. During the experiment, broadcast on Animal Planet, the meat wasted away over the course of three days.Effects of a Komodo Dragon biteCredit: u/Akaki111 pic.twitter.
  
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• Dallas Cowboys Coach Under Fire Over 'Incident' with Cameraman After Painful Playoff Loss

  23-01-2023 16:27
  
  After the Dallas Cowboys ended their season with a thud Sunday, head coach Mike McCarthy was stalking off the field when a cameraman apparently came too close for his comfort.
  An image of McCarthy appearing to stiff-arm the camera lens of KXAS-TV cameraman Noah Bullard became a symbol of the ugly reality that the Cowboys had lost a game they could have won.
  Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy appears to push a cameraman away while walking off the field following his team’s 19-12 loss t
  
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• Economic barometer warns that a US recession could come soon

  23-01-2023 16:14 via cnn.com
  
  A key barometer for the health of the economy continues to flash a recession warning sign, indicating a downturn is in store for the US in the near future.
  
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• ALERT: Read This Before You Take Any Action - ATF Hid a Trap in New Firearm Rule

  23-01-2023 16:14
  
  President Joe Biden and the Democrats may not be able to get any kind of sweeping gun legislation through Congress, but they can try to make life as difficult as they can for law-abiding gun owners — and that, one prominent gun-rights attorney says, may have led to a massive trap thanks to a new rule from the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
  In a Jan. 13 media release, the Department of Justice announced it was submitting a rule to the Fede
  
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• Researchers Want You to Cut Down on Coffee to Combat Climate Change, According to Latest Study

  23-01-2023 15:57
  
  Power to the pods.
  That’s one of the bottom lines of a study by Canadian researchers to determine the climate change impact of the essential ingredient to surviving morning — coffee. Another major conclusion they reached — that may seem hard to swallow — was that saving the planet might require a lot less coffee.
  Coffee is a big deal globally. The British Coffee Association estimated about 2 billion cups of coffee a day are consumed. The website coffee-rank claims that in
  
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• Protesters Swarm Brett Kavanaugh's House After Dark, Chant 'Cut His Time Short'

  23-01-2023 15:53
  
  Pro-abortion activists protested outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home Sunday on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade shouting “rapists should not rule the court.”
  The anniversary falls only days after thousands of pro-life activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the Supreme Court overturning Roe in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022.
  Protesters with Our Rights D.C., a group that organizes left-wing protests, stood on the s
  
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• ESG beat Wall Street in one important way last year

  23-01-2023 15:50 via cnn.com
  
  ESG funds — investments that evaluate companies using environmental, social and governance factors — just survived a tumultuous 2022. They also managed to perform in line with the general market while doing so, and attract new money — a good sign for the future of responsible investing.
  
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• Salesforce under siege from top activist hedge fund

  23-01-2023 15:39 via cnn.com
  
  Software giant Salesforce, one of the 30 stocks in the venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average, had a miserable 2022. Now the company is under attack from a big hedge fund that wants to shake things up at the company that owns Slack.
  
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• Top House Democrat's Son Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting a Police Officer and Vandalizing a Monument

  23-01-2023 15:35
  
  The son of House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark was arrested in Boston on Saturday night after allegedly painting anti-police slogans on a monument and then assaulting an officer while being taken into custody.
  According to a Boston police news release Sunday, 23-year-old Jared Dowell of Melrose, Massachusetts, was arrested during an anti-police protest.
  Clark has described Dowell as “non-binary,” and in a tweet Sunday, she referred to him as “Riley” and “my daught
  
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• ESG funds had a terrible year but traders kept investing anyway

  23-01-2023 14:42 via cnn.com
  
  ESG funds — investments that evaluate companies using environmental, social and governance factors — just survived a tumultuous 2022. They also managed to perform in line with the general market while doing so, and attract new money — a good sign for the future of responsible investing.
  
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• Spotify to cut 6% of its workforce

  23-01-2023 14:19 via cnn.com
  
  Spotify said Monday that it will cut 6% of its workforce to reduce costs, joining tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft in slashing headcount as the global economy slows.
  
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• Another Big Tech Company Announces Layoffs - 6% of Workforce Getting Axed

  23-01-2023 14:09
  
  Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it’s cutting 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 jobs, becoming yet another tech company forced to rethink its pandemic-era expansion as the economic outlook weakens.
  CEO Daniel Ek announced the restructuring in a message to employees that was also posted online.
  As part of the revamp involving a management reshuffle, “and to bring our costs more in line, we’ve made the difficult but necessary decision to reduce our number of emp
  
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