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• Will Joe Biden Be Missing from One State's Primary Ballot? DNC Chair Slams 'Mind-Boggling' Move

  04-02-2023 23:53
  
  Amid all the infighting in the Republican Party about whom to back in the 2024 election, a civil war has also broken out in the Democratic Party, and it may derail President Joe Biden’s 2024 hopes.
  The fighting was sparked by a move by Biden to upend the primary calendar for the upcoming election cycle.
  According to Fox News, the Democratic National Committee is pushing to have South Carolina hold the first primary, as opposed to New Hampshire, in an attempt to give more initial representa
  
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• 6-year-old boy with pepperoni pizza craving orders $1,500 from Grubhub on dad's phone

  04-02-2023 23:22
  
  What happens when a 6-year-old Michigan boy decides to order $1,500 worth of Grubhub food when his parents aren't looking? Lots of leftovers.      
  
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• Ivanka Trump Worries Fans Following Her Mother's Death - Something's Changed

  04-02-2023 22:53
  
  Supporters of former first daughter Ivanka Trump are expressing concerns about her well-being after her mother’s death.
  Observers have noticed a much thinner version of Trump on social media, and have finally begun speaking up about it.
  “Love you but you need to eat. Not looking well at all,” one fan commented on Trump’s Instagram account, according to SheFinds.
  “Don’t get me wrong it’s not body shaming, I’m just concerned. You’re always beau
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Nuclear on AOC in Scathing Tweets, Challenges Dem to Debate

  04-02-2023 22:18
  
  Two of the titans of the House from opposing parties recently engaged in a war of words that will set up some interesting future committee meetings where the two serve together.
  “Titans” may be a bit of a tongue-in-cheek description, but the two are certainly favorites of the biased media, for very different reasons.
  One, Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, is treated by the press as a Washington pariah and is constantly the object of ridicule and attack for some of her
  
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• New York City directive to potentially involuntarily commit someone suffering a mental health crisis can proceed, court rules

  04-02-2023 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  A New York City directive allowing first responders to enforce a state law that allows them to potentially involuntarily commit people experiencing a mental health crisis can proceed after facing legal challenges by mental health advocates, a judge has ruled.
  
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• People Are Officially Selling Jars of Tom Brady Sand and One Might Go for Over $100,000

  04-02-2023 21:52
  
  The word “fan” is derived from “fanatic,” and few stories better exemplify those etymological roots than this one.
  Tom Brady, the recently retired NFL quarterback, obviously accumulated quite a few devoted fans during a decorated 23-year career.
  It’s easy to see why so many football fans gravitated toward Brady. The man knew how to win (despite some setbacks) — and did so at a historic clip.
  Brady is the only player in NFL history to win seven Super Bowls, qui
  
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• First Biden's Son, Now Biden's Cabinet: Top-Level Official Under Congressional Investigation for Secret Chinese Dealings

  04-02-2023 21:37
  
  Things just seem to be going from bad to worse for President Joe Biden’s administration these days, as now a member of his cabinet is under federal investigation.
  The member in question is Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who is now under investigation by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee for his secretive dealings with the Chinese government.
  On Thursday, Fox News reported that GOP Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky sent a letter to Kerry informing him of the i
  
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• Video shows moment US shot down suspected Chinese spy balloon after Americans reported sightings Saturday

  04-02-2023 21:32
  TV footage shows the suspected surveillance balloon as it appeared to be hit. Earlier on Saturday, Americans had reported sightings.      
  
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• Breaking Update: Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down

  04-02-2023 21:15
  
  China’s spy balloon was shot down Saturday afternoon over the Atlantic Ocean not far from Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.
  The balloon was downed shortly after 2:40 p.m. Eastern Time.
  Video of the balloon sinking in the sky from its 60,000-foot elevation did not appear to show debris falling from the balloon. The Biden administration had cited fear of debris as a reason not to shoot down the balloon earlier in the week.Chinese spy balloon shot down. #ChineseSpyBalloon pic.twitter.com/2LNUUf
  
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• Congressman Whips Out Poster Board, Lets Loose with 1 Question About Man on It

  04-02-2023 20:56
  
  A Republican congressman made waves at a House Judiciary Committee meeting when he asked one simple question about an illegal immigrant who had been deported six times.
  On Wednesday, the committee held a hearing to discuss the security of the southern border. Texas Rep. Troy Nehls tore into the Biden administration’s irresponsible border policies that have allowed dangerous people to cross the border and harm American citizens.
  As an example, he held up a poster board with an image of Marl
  
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• Chaos Breaks Out in the Middle of NBA Game - 5 Players Ejected After Major Brawl

  04-02-2023 20:40
  
  Five players were ejected Friday night after a fight during the NBA game between the Orlando Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
  The fight broke out at the end of the third quarter as Austin Rivers of the Timberwolves and Mo Bamba of the Magic began swinging at each other.
  By the time the chaos was finished, Rivers, Jaden McDaniels and Taurean Prince of the Timberwolves were ejected, as were Bamba and Jalen Suggs from Orlando, according to CNN.Full replay of the the Timberwolves-Magic fight th
  
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• Democrats approve revamped 2024 calendar, upending decades of tradition

  04-02-2023 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  • Exclusive: Supreme Court justices used personal email for sensitive court business, sources say
  
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• Americans reported spy balloon sightings Saturday as US officials planned fate of Chinese balloon

  04-02-2023 20:22
  Americans used cameras and cell phones to capture the trajectory of the balloon as it headed toward the Atlantic.      
  
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• At Vanderbilt University, calls to acknowledge campus origins on Native lands go ignored, students say

  04-02-2023 20:14
  
  As a growing number of U.S. institutions adopt statements acknowledging their roots on Indigenous lands, some, like Vanderbilt University, resist.      
  
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• Military Will Likely Move on Chinese Surveillance Balloon Within Hours: Report

  04-02-2023 20:04
  
  The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday issued a temporary flight restriction off the coast of South Carolina banning airplanes from flying through the restricted area.
  The action was interpreted to mean that the U.S. military is set to shoot down a Chinese balloon that drifted southeast across America this week.The FAA has issued a TFR (type of NOTAM) off the coast of South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/O1bVP8Hd4J
  — Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) February 4, 2023
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• Trump's Legacy Is Haunting Democrats: Newsom Furious After Judge Delivers Crushing Defeat

  04-02-2023 19:54
  
  Progressives think the U.S. Constitution is outmoded. They believe the Holy Bible is a fantasy. They want to erase any and all traditions that interfere with their globalist utopian delusions.
  These days, when they don’t get their way, they blame it on Donald Trump.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is the poster boy of the progressive movement. Like all good progressives — who may as well be bees in a hive — Newsom is blaming Trump by calling Judge Cory Wilson, a Trump appointee
  
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• Family of Woman Decapitated by Gate at National Park Awarded Over $10 Million in Damages

  04-02-2023 19:53
  
  The family of a Ugandan woman who was decapitated by a metal gate at Utah’s Arches National Park has been awarded more than $10 million in damages.
  Twenty-five-year-old Esther Nakajjigo, a renowned activist and reality TV star back in her home country, was killed on June 13, 2020, while on a vacation with her husband, Ludovic Michaud.
  After getting married only months earlier, the couple had been traveling to national parks throughout eastern Utah, according to the Associated Press.
  The pa
  
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• Train derailment in northeastern Ohio causes massive fire, evacuations

  04-02-2023 19:39
  
  About 50 cars of the train derailed in East Palestine, near Ohio's border with Pennsylvania. There were no immediate reports of injuries.      
  
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• Superbowl LVI was crypto's coming out party. This year, the party's over

  04-02-2023 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Super Bowl LVI was the crypto world's coming out party. Buzzy firms made bold pitches last year, and shelled out millions of dollars on ads encouraging viewers not to be afraid of this new-fangled digital investment — and for God's sake don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
  
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• Ranchers Warn of Disease That Could 'Decimate' Cattle Industry - Biden's Open Border to Blame

  04-02-2023 18:56
  
  The biggest victim of President Joe Biden’s border crisis, livestock experts are warning, may not even be able to vote — and may not be human at all.
  According to Fox News, ranchers are sounding the alarm over the possibility that open borders could bring an outbreak of a dangerous disease that could “decimate” cattle, pigs, sheep and other cloven-hooved animals.
  In an interview published on Friday, Todd Wilkinson, the president-elect of the National Cattlemen’s Bee
  
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• 2 arrested in California shooting that killed 6, including mother and 10-month-old

  04-02-2023 18:33
  
  Angel Uriarte, 35, and Noah Beard, 25, were arrested and charged each with six counts of murder in connection with the Jan. 16 shooting.      
  
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• Dog Can't Stand and Is Euthanized After Routine Visit to Groomer: Owner Takes Legal Action

  04-02-2023 18:30
  
  Ladybird was a small, gray dog from Springfield, Missouri, who is now at the center of a big controversy after a strange series of events that ended with her death.
  Julie Lawson and her mother found the abandoned dog years ago.
  “We found her at the Norwood, Missouri, truck stop, where she had a fresh groom and she was left with a bag of food and a toy,” Lawson told KOLR-TV. “My mom fell in love with this little dog and she decided to keep her.”
  Lawson’s mother passe
  
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• Man Gets Exactly What He Asked for After Leaving MTG Threatening Voicemails, Daring Her to Press Charges

  04-02-2023 18:21
  
  Be careful what you wish for, as they say. You just might get it.
  That’s certainly the case with Joseph Francis Morelli, a New York man who left threatening voicemails for Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and dared her to press charges.
  Not only that, he double-dog dared her, giving his full name in the messages. Lo and behold, he got what he was hoping for — and now faces up to five years in prison as a result.
  According to Business Insider, Morelli, 51, pleaded guilty to sen
  
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• Why did we get a monster jobs report if the economy is slowing?

  04-02-2023 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  The economy wasn't supposed to add half a million jobs in January.
  
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• Analysis: Why did we get a monster jobs report if the economy is slowing?

  04-02-2023 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  The economy wasn't supposed to add half a million jobs in January.
  
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• Chinese Surveillance Balloon Exhibits Shocking Trait That Nobody Expected

  04-02-2023 17:43
  
  Remember when you were a child and you would let go of a balloon, just to see it zig-zag, go up and down and do a couple loops?
  No? Oh, right. That’s because that’s not normal.
  As you’ve assuredly heard by now, there’s a peculiar balloon making its way over the continental United States.
  If you were to believe the Chinese, it’s merely a “civilian airship used for research” that blew off course, and why wouldn’t you believe them?
  Just in case you do
  
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• Gautam Adani lost half his wealth in a flash. Here's what happened

  04-02-2023 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Less than two weeks ago, Gautam Adani was the fourth-richest person in the world. With a personal fortune estimated at $120 billion, the self-made Indian industrialist was wealthier than either Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.
  
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• Wife pays tribute to 'selfless' Marine veteran who died treating people in Ukraine

  04-02-2023 17:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The wife of a Marine veteran-turned-medical volunteer who was killed in Ukraine paid tribute to her “selfless” husband Saturday.
  
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• Cameras Catch Biden Beelining Toward Young Girl for Creepy Moment Before Speech

  04-02-2023 17:07
  
  Creepy Uncle Joe is back at it again.
  In another bad-viral moment featuring a young child, President Joe Biden dragged a girl on stage during an event in Philadelphia on Friday.
  During a speech that was mostly notable for Biden’s inability to correctly pronounce the word “recalibration” and his failure to mention the supposed Chinese spy balloon currently over U.S. airspace, Biden also had “creepy Joe” trending again, thanks to his weird behavior with the child.Cree
  
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• Crushing Cold Envelops Northeast - Triple Digit Negative Wind Chill Recorded

  04-02-2023 16:57
  
  Arctic air descended into the Northeast on Saturday morning, bringing dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills that dropped between minus 45 and minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit in many areas.
  Atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, the overnight wind chill was measured at minus 108 degrees, according to the weather observatory at the peak of the Northeast’s highest mountain (6,288 feet), which is famous for its extreme weather conditions.
  “This is ju
  
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• A dog was abandoned on a cold night. This New York community rallied to find her.

  04-02-2023 16:46
  
  A dog was abandoned in the Herkimer Humane Society parking lot on a cold night. A Facebook post inspired the community to help find her.      
  
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• Biden administration restores protections for Alaska's Tongass forest

  04-02-2023 16:41 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration has restored protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the world's largest intact temperate rainforest, sometimes called, "America's Amazon."
  
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• Smithsonian Museum Kicks Out Students Over What They Had on Their Hats: Attorney

  04-02-2023 16:39
  
  The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum may soon find itself in legal troubles after security at the museum allegedly forced a group of students to remove their pro-life hats.
  Located in Washington D.C., the National Air and Space Museum prides itself for having “the world’s largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts.”
  Some of their notable pieces of history include the 1903 Wright Flyer and the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia.
  A group of st
  
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• GOP Representative to Retire from Congress, Will Not Run for Office of Any Kind in 2024

  04-02-2023 16:23
  
  Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana announced Friday that she will leave politics when her current term ends.
  In saying she won’t seek re-election in 2024, Spartz, 44, becomes the first member of the House to announce retirement in the current election cycle, according to NBC News.
  Spartz was elected to Congress in 2020 after a political career that began in 2017 in the Indiana state Senate.
  “It’s been my honor representing Hoosiers in the Indiana State Senate and U.S. C
  
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• Gloves off: Conservatives fight the NHL in a culture war clash

  04-02-2023 16:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  The National Hockey League finds itself on thin ice with some conservatives as a new target in the U.S. culture war.
  
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• Biden Attempts to Tout Job Numbers, Gets Fact-Checked Hard by Musk's New Twitter Feature

  04-02-2023 16:05
  
  “There you go again” was a line Ronald Reagan famously employed against then-President Jimmy Carter in their presidential debate in 1980, and he would be able to use it just as effectively against President Joe Biden and his fanciful claims now.
  Biden and the White House staff, presumably, just couldn’t help themselves in embellishing the administration’s jobs record after a good January jobs report was released Friday.
  “In my first year as president, we saw the lar
  
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• City of Billings Responds After Reports of Explosions Over Montana

  04-02-2023 15:52
  
  Frayed nerves snapped in Montana on Friday after a social media report claimed there were explosions over Billings.
  The people of Billings and other Montana communities had spent some of the week knowing that overhead, a Chinese spy balloon was watching them for some unknown purpose.  As the balloon hovered, President Joe Biden was accused of dithering by rejecting repeated calls to shoot down the object.
  All of that set the stage for Friday, when a Twitter user shared a harrowing video, wh
  
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• City of martyrs asks, `How many more?'

  04-02-2023 15:51
  Surrounded by officers with clubs and pepper spray, Tyre Nichols called out in vain for his mother. When Chase Madkins was pulled over by an unmarked car, he instinctively called a fellow activist. (Feb. 4) (AP Video shot by Allen Breed)      
  
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• Hollywood Star Morgan Freeman Shows Up at Local Police Department to Help Select New Officers

  04-02-2023 15:41
  
  Actor Morgan Freeman found a role he wanted to repeat, and the Gulf Shores Police Department in Alabama took him up on it.
  Freeman owns property in Gulf Shores, according to WPMI-TV. In October 2021, he joined the police and several community residents as they conducted an oral screening of potential candidates for the department.
  Freeman, an Academy Award winner, reprised the visit last week, the department posted on its Facebook page.Actor Morgan Freeman paid a visit to the Gulf Shores Police
  
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• Watch: Bill Maher Hilariously Roasts Woke Mob, Compares Them to Mao's Red Guard

  04-02-2023 15:38
  
  HBO host Bill Maher on Friday compared “woke” mobs on Twitter to the Red Guard of the 1966 Cultural Revolution in China.
  “I asked ChatGPT, ‘Are there any similarities between today’s woke revolution and Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution of the 1960s?’” Maher said on his show. “And it wrote back, ‘How long do you have?’”
  “We do have our own Red Guard here, but they do their rampaging on Twitter,” Maher added whi
  
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• Pentagon Confirms a Second Chinese Surveillance Balloon Has Been Spotted

  04-02-2023 15:33
  
  A second Chinese spy balloon has been spotted in the Western Hemisphere, the Pentagon revealed Friday.
  “We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon representative Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told Fox News in a Friday night interview.
  The announcement came amid a furor over a Chinese spy balloon that had been drifting above Montana earlier in the week.
  A representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Fr
  
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• Ford Mustang Mach-E has a mile of wires it doesn't need. That's a big deal

  04-02-2023 15:26 via cnn.com
  
  Ford showed this week that it's not going to be as easy for traditional automakers to catch Tesla in the race to build the better electric vehicle, despite what Tesla's doubters think.
  
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• Mount Washington wind chill: New Hampshire summit fell to minus 108 F, likely lowest recorded

  04-02-2023 15:23
  
  The summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, dropped to a mark that is likely the lowest wind chill ever recorded in the United States.      
  
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• Two Defense Company Employees Mysteriously Found Dead at Facility During Night

  04-02-2023 15:22
  
  Two people were found dead at a Northrup Grumman facility in Utah this week, with few details being released about the incident.
  Utah TV station KUTV-TV is reporting the employees were “killed,” but offered no details to support that contention. It said autopsies of the employees, whom it calls “victims,” would be performed.
  Roxanne Vainuku, a representative of the West Valley City Police Department said police responded to the defense contractor’s facility shortly
  
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• Indiana man dies after falling from Puerto Rico cliff while filming a TikTok video

  04-02-2023 15:14 via cnn.com
  
  An Indiana man died after falling from a cliff in Puerto Rico while trying to make a video for TikTok, according to his family.
  
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• Republicans elevate 'parental rights' as top issue while looking to outflank each other heading into 2024

  04-02-2023 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  Republican presidential hopefuls have begun casting themselves as impassioned defenders of "parental rights," turning schoolbooks and curricula, doctors' offices, and sports leagues into a new political battleground as they work to distinguish themselves ahead of the 2024 GOP primary.
  
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• Driver Mows Down Doctor Riding His Bike, Then Gets Out and Stabs Him to Death: Police

  04-02-2023 14:41
  
  A California man was killed Wednesday in a rage-filled incident that has officials trying to find a motive.
  In the final moments of his life,  Dr. Michael Mammone was riding his bicycle north on the Pacific Coast Highway near Dana Point, according to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
  He was struck from behind by a northbound car and flung to the pavement.
  At that point, police allege that Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, of Long Beach got out of his vehicle and stabbed
  
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• NFL Player Shares Special Guest That His Wife Will Be Bringing to the Super Bowl

  04-02-2023 14:25
  
  Super Bowl LVII was always going to be a family affair for the Kelce family.
  After all, brothers Travis and Jason Kelce will face off (not literally, as both play on offense) when their respective teams clash in the 57th iteration of the NFL’s biggest game of the year.
  Travis, a perennial Pro Bowl and All-Pro tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Jason, a perennial Pro Bowl and All-Pro center for the Philadelphia Eagles, will both be seeking their second ring, lending some extra juice
  
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• Why the 'Crypto Bowl' won't be back this year

  04-02-2023 14:20 via cnn.com
  
  Super Bowl LVI was the crypto world's coming out party. Buzzy firms made bold pitches last year, and shelled out millions of dollars on ads encouraging viewers not to be afraid of this new-fangled digital investment — and for God's sake don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
  
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• Super Bowl LVI was the crypto world's coming out party. This year, the party is over

  04-02-2023 14:20 via cnn.com
  
  Super Bowl LVI was the crypto world's coming out party. Buzzy firms made bold pitches last year, and shelled out millions of dollars on ads encouraging viewers not to be afraid of this new-fangled digital investment — and for God's sake don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
  
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