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• Political treasurer says Santos campaign listed him as overseeing political accounts without his authorization

  25-01-2023 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  A lawyer for a Wisconsin-based political treasurer said Wednesday that officials in embattled New York Rep. George Santos' campaign listed him as the new treasurer of several Santos-affiliated campaign committees without his authorization.
  
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• Man Charged with Murder After Disturbing Attack on 82-Year-Old Home Depot Worker: 'It's Almost Beyond Comprehension'

  25-01-2023 23:44
  
  Police in Hillsborough, North Carolina, believe they have finally caught the culprit responsible for the death of an elderly Home Depot employee.
  Terry McMillian Jr. was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of 82-year-old Gary Rasor, who was assaulted back in October and later died of his injuries.
  According to the town of Hillsborough, McMillian was charged with first-degree murder and robbery. He is being held without bond.
  Surveillance footage of the Oct. 18 incident showed the as
  
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• Charges dropped against Afghan soldier who was detained seeking asylum at US border with Mexico

  25-01-2023 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  Criminal charges have been dropped against an Afghan national who served with the US military in Afghanistan and was apprehended after fleeing to the US by crossing the southern border with Mexico.
  
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• Woman Gets Christmas Card Month Late and Finds Contents Missing - She Has 1 Question About USPS

  25-01-2023 23:32
  
  A woman has written an article describing how she recently received a Christmas card in the mail a month after the holiday, only to find the contents of the envelope missing. Now, she has a serious question for USPS.
  On Wednesday, Kylee Griswold published an article in The Federalist detailing her United States Postal Service story. When collecting mail, she came across a Christmas card that she had never received. But, instead of an actual card, it was an open, mangled envelope with the card mi
  
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• Whoopi Suggests that Biden Might Have Declassified Discovered Documents - There's Just One Problem

  25-01-2023 22:49
  
  Whoopi Goldberg suggested that President Joe Biden might have declassified the classified documents found in his possession in a Tuesday segment of “The View.”The host of the talk show brought up the powers of presidents and vice presidents to declassify documents.
  “Presidents and vice presidents can declassify these,” Goldberg said of the documents found in Biden’s personal possession.
  “If these guys can declassify — presidents and vice presidents can d
  
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• Police Officer Resigns After Facebook Post on Traditional Marriage Landed Him on Leave

  25-01-2023 22:38
  
  There must be a surplus of first responders in Georgia since cities can get rid of them for believing the Bible.
  First, there was the fire chief canned by Atlanta for his self-published book on how men should do better as husbands and fathers.
  Now there’s a police officer quitting the Port Wentworth Police Department after harassment — including suspension — for Biblical beliefs he put on Facebook.
  I assume fire and police departments want upstanding people of integrity and cha
  
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• National Archives considering asking past presidents and vice presidents to look again for classified materials

  25-01-2023 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama turned over their classified records to the National Archives upon leaving office, representatives for each of the four leaders told CNN, after classified materials were discovered in yet another former top official's home.
  
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• Cold Case Murder of Mother and Daughter Gets Major Break Decades Later

  25-01-2023 22:27
  
  A 64-year-old man was arrested Monday in connection with the double homicide of an ailing Harlem woman and her developmentally disabled daughter nearly 29 years ago.
  New York police said Larry Atkinson was arrested on murder charges in the killing of 57-year-old Sarah Roberts and her 27-year-old daughter Sharon on Feb. 20, 1994, WPIX-TV reported.
  The two women had been strangled in a bedroom, according to the report.
  Atkinson, an ex-convict, was the boyfriend of Celeste Cornelius, a healthcare a
  
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• 'Sanctuary City' Mayor Calls Immigration Crisis 'Unfair': 'When My House Is Burning Down ...'

  25-01-2023 22:18
  
  If New York Mayor Eric Adams’ “house is burning down,” Joe Biden is the arsonist.
  In an appearance Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Adams fielded a question from host Joe Scarborough that was probably aimed at drumming up sympathy for the “sanctuary city” mayor related to the illegal immigration tide that’s reached his city.
  Instead, the answer turned into a damning indictment of the Biden administration’s immigration policies &mdash
  
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• Watch: Biden Can't Even Make It 2 Minutes Into Statement Without Making Blunder - 'Embarrassing'

  25-01-2023 22:07
  
  President Joe Biden has been caught making a rather embarrassing blunder during a speech — yet again.
  This latest gaffe came during a speech Tuesday at the White House in which Biden announced his plan to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to aid that country in its war against Russia.
  The president could not make it two minutes into his remarks without a major stumble.
  He turned to acknowledge the work of the two men standing behind him, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of
  
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• Nearly 27% of Louisiana state inmates are held beyond their release dates, US Justice Department says

  25-01-2023 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  The Louisiana department of corrections is keeping more than a quarter of inmates behind bars past their scheduled release date, the US Justice Department said in a report Wednesday.
  
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• Biden Announces Major Shipment is Heading to Ukraine - Will This Escalate Russian Tensions?

  25-01-2023 21:55
  
  Another week in President Joe Biden’s America almost always means a new military aid shipment to Ukraine.
  This week’s shipment is shockingly different, and some believe it could be a significant escalatory move that could send Russian President Vladimir Putin over the edge.
  Fox News reported Wednesday that Ukraine will soon receive “‘hundreds’ of tanks” from a handful of countries to ramp up its defensive capabilities in the face of a possible Russian escalati
  
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• Democratic Congressman Admits His Speech Was Written by Artificial Intelligence

  25-01-2023 21:46
  
  When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking.
  The brief two-paragraph speech read by the Massachusetts Democrat on the floor of the U.S. House on Wednesday was generated by the online AI chatbot ChatGPT. His staff said they believe it’s the first time an AI-written speech was read in Congress.
  Auchincloss said he prompted the system in part to “write 100 word
  
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• Tesla Owners Experience Major Buyer's Remorse After Losing Thousands of Dollars Overnight: 'Cheated and Robbed'

  25-01-2023 21:08
  
  Tesla is slashing its prices hoping to pick up more customers as sales of its electric vehicles stagnate, but some customers are feeling ripped off after taking ownership of their new cars only to have prices slashed by thousands weeks later.
  Early in December, Tesla began offering steep discounts on EVs to spur flagging sales. The company began offing incentives of between $3,750 and $7,500 on models for customers who took possession by Dec. 31.
  The move was seen as a sign that buyers were losi
  
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• Pentagon announces Howard University as the first HBCU to lead university-affiliated research center

  25-01-2023 21:02 via cnn.com
  
  The Pentagon has chosen Howard University to lead a university-affiliated research center, its first partnership with a historically Black college or university, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced this week.
  
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• Woman Pleads Guilty After Sending Deadly Bioweapon to Trump

  25-01-2023 20:59
  
  A Canadian and French citizen pleaded guilty Wednesday to nine biological-weapon-related counts for sending then-President Donald Trump a ricin-laced threatening letter at the White House in September 2020 and eight similar letters to Texas law enforcement officials, the Department of Justice announced.
  Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, sent the letters from Canada before driving to a Buffalo, New York, border crossing in September 2020, where she was caught with weapons including a loaded g
  
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• Op-Ed: Despot Departs - Freedom Can Ring in New Zealand with Jacinda Ardern Out

  25-01-2023 20:54
  
  Joy to the anglophone world, Jacinda Ardern has resigned!
  New Zealand’s long totalitarian nightmare is coming to an end. With elections set for this fall, Kiwis have a chance at reclaiming freedom.
  Of the West’s most ruthless COVID despots, there was no premiership more detestable than Ardern’s. Ardern was essentially the anti-Ron DeSantis. Whereas DeSantis withstood fierce attacks over his bold and ultimately brilliant leadership during COVID, Ardern may have taken the cake as
  
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• Dog Found Wandering with Tragic Note on Collar, Now Rescue Is Earnestly Trying to Find Her Owner

  25-01-2023 20:53
  
  Oftentimes when an animal is abandoned and the story makes it to social media, it doesn’t take long for name-calling, condemnation and accusation to fill up the comments. But sometimes, instead of anger and scorn, compassion and grace take over.
  That’s what’s happening after the story of Lilo the dog in Tennessee came out, and hopefully it will lead to even more blessings than it already has.
  The McKamey Animal Center in Chattanooga posted the heartbreaking story Tuesday.
  It sa
  
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• Elizabeth Warren: Crypto giants are 'collapsing under the weight of their own fraud'

  25-01-2023 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  Senator Elizabeth Warren, a longtime crypto critic, warned recent turbulence in the digital asset space will only continue unless a host of regulators strengthen protections for investors.
  
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• McCarthy Completely Annihilates Reporter Questioning His Decision to Remove Schiff and Swalwell from Committee

  25-01-2023 20:37
  
  At a Tuesday news conference, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy stomped all over, jumped up and down on and then set fire to a reporter who questioned his decision to remove Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both of California, from the House Intelligence Committee.
  Who knew McCarthy was capable of delivering such an epic smackdown?
  The reporter in question was Lisa Desjardins of PBS, who talked over the speaker as she badgered him about his removal of Schiff and Swalwell from the Intel
  
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• Updated boosters are cutting the risk of getting sick from Covid-19 by about half

  25-01-2023 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  The updated boosters are cutting the risk that a person will get sick from Covid-19 by about half, even against infections caused by the rapidly spreading XBB.1.5 subvariant.
  
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• Too many companies botch mass layoffs. Here's how they should approach them

  25-01-2023 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  You commute to the office only to find your security badge no longer works.
  
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• Dual citizen of France and Canada who mailed ricin to President Trump pleads guilty

  25-01-2023 19:58 via cnn.com
  
  A dual citizen of France and Canada pleaded guilty on Wednesday to sending letters containing homemade ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House and eight Texas law enforcement officials.
  
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• American Dead Along with His Fiancee, 2 Relatives After Horrid Discovery in 'Do Not Travel' Area of Mexico

  25-01-2023 19:58
  
  A missing Ohio architect has been identified as one of four gunshot victims found last week in a part of Mexico where Americans are discouraged from traveling.
  DNA tests conducted this week identified the remains of the male victim as Jose Gutiérrez of Cincinnati. He had traveled to the Mexican state of Zacatecas to visit his fiancee, WXIX reported.
  The four bodies were found near a bullet-riddled van believed to be the one used by the victims, WKRC-TV reported.
  “The van’s tir
  
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• Op-Ed: Irresponsible 'Green' Energy Agenda Led to Christmas Nightmare for Over 1 Million Americans

  25-01-2023 19:56
  
  “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse” — Clement Clarke Moore, 1837
  Know why no creature was stirring, not even a mouse? It was dark and cold in the house. Over 1.6 million people were without power on Christmas Eve 2022 in the U.S. Most of those affected were in the eastern half of the country, with half of all those located in North Carolina and Tennessee.
  Know why they were cold and in the dark? The e
  
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• Obamacare sign-ups soar to record 16.3 million for 2023

  25-01-2023 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  A record 16.3 million people flocked to the Affordable Care Act exchanges for 2023 coverage, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Wednesday.
  
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• Dogs attack and kill boy, injure mother on Tribal land in Idaho, authorities say

  25-01-2023 19:37 via cnn.com
  
  A young boy was killed and his mother injured after the pair was attacked by four dogs in Fort Hall, Idaho, according to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.
  
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• Exclusive: Goldman Sachs says even a near-default on US debt could spark a recession and market mayhem

  25-01-2023 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  A full-blown debt ceiling crisis has the potential to stop the US economy in its tracks, according to the top economist at Goldman Sachs.
  
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• How Microsoft could use ChatGPT to supercharge its products

  25-01-2023 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Is ChatGPT the new Clippy?
  
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• How M&M's is making the most of its spokescandies controversy

  25-01-2023 19:22 via cnn.com
  
  Over the past year, M&M's has been the subject of Fox News tirades and criticism from a small segment of fans — first for changing the Green M&M's footwear and more recently featuring female M&M characters on its packaging for International Women's Day.
  
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• Are you Gen Z and concerned about money? We want to hear from you.

  25-01-2023 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly three quarters of Gen Zers say this rough economic environment (aka higher debt, record housing costs, and punishing inflation) has made it harder to save money. But even as economists warn of a bumpy road ahead, some Zoomers are just saying This is Fine.
  
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• Tyre Nichols had 'extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating,' according to preliminary autopsy commissioned by family

  25-01-2023 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  Tyre Nichols, the Black man who died two weeks ago after a confrontation with Memphis Police, suffered "extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating," according to preliminary results of an autopsy commissioned by attorneys for his family.
  
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• Does Obama Still Have Classified Documents? His Office's Comment Doesn't Look Good

  25-01-2023 18:32
  
  There’s an epidemic happening. Evidence demonstrates this particular epidemic has been festering for years but was discovered only recently.
  However, it’s not a biological agent or a disease that’s spreading. Instead, it’s the revelations of how some of our most prominent elected officials handled, or mishandled, classified documents.
  It started with the outrageous FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in South Florida’s Mar-a-Lago Club in August.
  T
  
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• Ted Cruz Thinks He Might Know Where More Biden Classified Docs Are, Calls on DOJ to Search New Location

  25-01-2023 17:59
  
  Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz reacted to the FBI’s discovery of six new classified “items” during a 12-hour search Friday of President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, residence on his popular podcast, “The Verdict.”
  Following the search, Biden attorney Bob Bauer said in a statement that several of the “items” dated back to Biden’s days in the Senate.
  In his podcast on Monday, Cruz called on the Justice Department and the FBI to expand thei
  
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• DeSantis Receives Prestigious Award First Given to Abraham Lincoln - Outraged Protesters Mob Event

  25-01-2023 17:50
  
  Protesters in Philadelphia turned purple Tuesday at the thought of one of the nation’s most prominent red state governors coming into their deep-blue state to receive an award.
  The Union League, which was founded in 1862 and awarded its first gold medal in 1863 to then-President Abraham Lincoln, this year honored Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, sending protesters into orbits of anger, according to Newsweek. On its website, the Union League said it was “founded in 1862 as a patriotic socie
  
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• Biden's top economist is stepping down. See the list of contenders to replace him

  25-01-2023 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  The White House is considering a number of senior officials in the federal government to replace top economist Brian Deese, including Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
  
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• 'Queen of Pop' Hit with Shocking Child Trafficking Accusations, Hosting 'Experiments' on Vulnerable Kids - Report

  25-01-2023 17:05
  
  Madonna is being accused of child trafficking stemming from her adoption of four Malawi children and her charity in African country, according to a new report.
  According to a report in the Nyasa Times, the Ethiopian World Federation wants the government of the African nation of Malawi to investigate Madonna.
  The report said the federation has fears of “human trafficking and social experiments,” as well as “homosexual and transgender” concerns.
  The report said the group wa
  
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• 'Jesus Always Wins': Video of Frail Woman, 77, Getting Baptized Serves as Evergreen Reminder

  25-01-2023 16:53
  
  Those who were baptized as a youth or an adult may remember the day of their baptism well.
  Perhaps the opportunity was extended to publicly share the story of their journey to Jesus and the joy of accepting him as Lord and Savior.
  Then came the excitement of making the public profession through baptism, and that uncanny peace that comes with knowing he’ll never leave nor forsake those who follow him, no matter what life throws at them.
  On Sunday, Pastor Ryan Burton King of Grace Baptist Ch
  
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• Here's what Boeing blames for its big loss

  25-01-2023 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  Boeing reported a $650 million operating loss in the fourth quarter, surprising Wall Street analysts who had expected the aircraft giant to turn a profit.
  
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• Watch: Democratic Senator's Taylor Swift Joke Falls Flat in Ticketmaster Site Crash Hearing

  25-01-2023 16:27
  
  It feels like, after the 23 years of radical divisiveness that have defined 21st century American politics, our two major parties have found a single cause they can get behind: the plight of the Swifties.
  The “Swifties,” for the uninitiated, are Taylor Swift’s mega-fans. Not just the ones who’ll tap a toe along to a Swift song on the radio or even who know all of her lyrics. I’m talking about the type that bought all of the vinyl, cassette and CD special editions of
  
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• Man Who Transformed Himself Into 'Alien' Hits Problem as He's 'Barred from Restaurants'

  25-01-2023 16:19
  
  A thirtysomething tattoo artist who has undergone multiple body-mutilating surgeries to transform himself into a “black alien” laments that he has been “barred from restaurants” and has trouble securing employment because of his terrifying appearance.
  Despite this, Anthony Loffredo says he’s only 46 percent complete with his radical metamorphosis, which he has coined the “Black Alien Project.”
  “If I want to eat at a restaurant, sometimes the server
  
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• Co-Creator of 'Sesame Street' Dies at 93

  25-01-2023 16:18
  
  Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children’s education TV series “Sesame Street,” has died. He was 93.
  Morrisett’s death was announced Monday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit he helped establish under the name the Children’s Television Workshop.
  No cause of death was given.
  In a statement, Sesame Workshop hailed Morrisett as a “wise, thoughtful, and above all kind leader” who was “constantly thinking about new ways” to educate.S
  
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• Listen: Callers of 'The Breakfast Club' Blast 'Creep' Biden When Asked Should He Run in '24

  25-01-2023 16:00
  
  Joe Biden and morning radio show “The Breakfast Club” have a bit of a history, as you might be aware of.
  That history, more or less, began in May of 2020, where it was the scene of then-candidate Biden’s ugliest racial gaffe on the campaign trail. (Which says a lot; remember, this was a guy who got in trouble for waxing lyrical about a different era of “civility” in Washington where he could work with segregationist Dixiecrats, then, just months later, told an audie
  
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• Listen: Callers of 'The Breakfast Club' Blast 'Creep' Biden When Asked if He Should Run in '24

  25-01-2023 16:00
  
  Joe Biden and morning radio show “The Breakfast Club” have a bit of a history, as you might be aware of.
  That history, more or less, began in May of 2020, where it was the scene of then-candidate Biden’s ugliest racial gaffe on the campaign trail. (Which says a lot; remember, this was a guy who got in trouble for waxing lyrical about a different era of “civility” in Washington where he could work with segregationist Dixiecrats, then, just months later, told an audie
  
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• Amazon warehouse workers walk out in first UK strike

  25-01-2023 15:51 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England went on strike Wednesday, the first time employees of the US tech giant have walked out in the country.
  
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• Schiff and Swalwell Furious as They're Officially Booted from House Intelligence Committee: 'Integrity Matters'

  25-01-2023 15:41
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has rejected a Democratic Party request that Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California remain as members of the House Intelligence Committee.
  The panel is one of the few in which the House speaker has total control over its members, according to The Washington Post.
  McCarthy on Tuesday released a letter he sent to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejecting a return of Schiff and Swalwell to the panel.
  “I appreciate the loyalty you have t
  
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• Groomers

  25-01-2023 15:34
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Groomers appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• ABC News Joins Rest of the Pack in Cutting Costs - Election Predictor on the 'Chopping Block': Report

  25-01-2023 15:21
  
  Changes appear to be on the way at ABC as studio bosses plan to review ways to cut costs as revenue falls.
  One of the victims of these potential cutbacks could be the elections statistician Nate Silver and his controversial election predictor FiveThirtyEight.
  According to left-leaning news site The Daily Beast, ABC’s news division head Kim Godwin is putting Silver’s site under review, with individuals close to the situation warning that it is on the “chopping block.”
  This
  
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• Clinton, Obama and both Bushes turned over all classified records, representatives say

  25-01-2023 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama turned over their classified records to the National Archives upon leaving office, representatives for each of the four leaders told CNN, after classified materials were discovered in yet another former top official's home.
  
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• Candidates to become top Biden economist include Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard, Treasury official Wally Adeyemo

  25-01-2023 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  The White House is considering a number of senior officials in the federal government to replace top economist Brian Deese, including Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
  
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