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• Watch: Smiling Kari Lake Gently Tears Piers Morgan Apart in Must-See Interview

  09-02-2023 23:53
  
  Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake appeared a happy warrior while verbally jousting with British journalist Piers Morgan over her decision to challenge Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ victory in November.
  By the official tally, Hobbs won by about 17,000 votes, or 0.7 percent of the ballots counted.
  In her lawsuit, Lake pointed to the Election Day chaos in Maricopa County involving misconfigured ballot printers in the majority of voting centers, a lack of chain-of-custody doc
  
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• Rep. Donalds Live Fact Checks Former Twitter Execs Over Emails to Biden, DNC

  09-02-2023 23:29
  
  Before Elon Musk took over Twitter, the social media giant was one of the biggest meddlers of them all in our elections, and Florida Rep. Byron Donalds recently took the previous execs to task for their colluding with Democrats.
  Donalds who was elected to serve in Florida’s 19th Congressional District in the 2020 elections and who was a member of the state House of Representatives before that, quizzed Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of public trust and safety, about its collusion wi
  
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• Family of student who died during 2021 hazing incident sues Delta Chi fraternity for $28 million

  09-02-2023 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  The family of a 19-year-old Virginia college student who died during a hazing incident in 2021 is suing the Delta Chi fraternity and several others for $28 million, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.
  
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• 'Left to Die': Neglected Dog with Necrotic Paw Found in Trash Can, Ends Up Losing Leg

  09-02-2023 23:13
  
  All dogs require care, but different dogs require different sorts of maintenance, and sometimes people don’t do the sort of research necessary to know just what caring for their dog will entail before getting one.
  Many dog breeds require intense, regular grooming and haircuts. Without the proper care, the constantly growing coats of some breeds can get extremely matted and dirty, which can lead to all sorts of illnesses — but the case of one dog in Maryland is among the most extreme.
  
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• Trump's former national security adviser subpoenaed in special counsel probes of classified docs, Jan. 6

  09-02-2023 23:04 via cnn.com
  
  Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in both his investigation into classified documents found at former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence and the probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter.
  
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• CBS' Late-Night Show Finally Gets the Ax After Almost 30 Years, Replacement Announced

  09-02-2023 22:57
  
  “The Late Late Show” will end its three-decade run on CBS after the network decided to cancel it rather than replace current host James Corden.
  Deadline reported Tuesday that the host’s decision to walk away this coming summer has prompted the network to cancel the program outright.
  The show debuted in January 1995 and was hosted by Tom Snyder, the former host of the NBC late-night series “Tomorrow.”
  Craig Kilborn, the original host of Comedy Central’s “
  
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• A New Jersey council member was found shot dead in a car -- the 2nd such case in about a week

  09-02-2023 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  For the second time in about a week, a New Jersey council member was found shot to death in a car.
  
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• Lawmakers could give DeSantis new power over Disney

  09-02-2023 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  Florida lawmakers voted Thursday to give Gov. Ron DeSantis new power over the state's most iconic theme parks amid his ongoing feud with Disney.
  
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• DeSantis once expressed support for privatizing Social Security and Medicare giving his rivals an opening

  09-02-2023 22:49 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed support for privatizing Medicare and Social Security during his first campaign for Congress in 2012, giving political rivals who have pledged to protect the programs an opening to attack him ahead of DeSantis' expected run for president in 2024.
  
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• Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of Juneteenth,' becomes second Black American to have portrait hung in Texas statehouse

  09-02-2023 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Opal Lee, the 96-year-old Texan who successfully championed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, was honored on Wednesday with the unveiling of a portrait at the state Capitol.
  
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• Man who used Confederate flag against officer on Jan. 6 sentenced to 3 years in prison

  09-02-2023 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  A Delaware man who carried a large Confederate flag inside the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021, riot and was part of the mob that chased a US Capitol Police officer has been sentenced to three years in prison.
  
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• Women Gun Owners Respond to Biden's Massive Gun Grab: 'Joe, Come and Take It'

  09-02-2023 22:23
  
  A group of women responded Wednesday in a video posted by the NRA after President Joe Biden demanded millions of Americans be disarmed during his State of the Union address.
  Tuesday, Biden proposed a massive gun grab, and naturally, he did so as he politicized a tragedy. Biden recounted the actions of a young man who saved lives last month when he disarmed a madman with a handgun in Southern California.
  Biden hoisted up Brandon Tsay, whose heroism ended another potential rampage by the Monterey
  
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• Crypto Super Bowl ads have vanished, fake meat is fading, and shopping on Amazon is getting worse

  09-02-2023 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Allison Morrow tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why you can expect a lot less noise from 'Team Crypto' during Super Bowl LVII. Plus Bloomberg's Deena Shanker says plant-based meats are struggling to fulfill their promise. And New York Magazine's John Herrman details the ways shopping on Amazon has gone downhill. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• Tim Allen Confirms He's Returning to Screen as Disney Brings Back Iconic Role

  09-02-2023 21:39
  
  Tim Taylor. Mike Baxter. Santa Claus.
  Those have been some of the most iconic roles credited to renowned Hollywood actor and funnyman Tim Allen.
  And yet some would argue that Allen’s most iconic role is one in which you don’t see his face — the role of intergalactic Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear.
  That’s why so many fans and colleagues of Allen were appalled and confused when the conservative comedian didn’t land the role of Buzz Lightyear in the “Toy Story&rdquo
  
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• Senators introduce bill on US approach to ISIS detainee and displacement camps in Syria

  09-02-2023 21:29 via cnn.com
  
  A bipartisan group of US senators put forward a bill to give a senior official the ability to coordinate the US government's approach to ISIS detainee and displacement camps in Syria, where tens of thousands of refugees as well as those accused of being tied to the terrorist group are housed.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany Returns to Air After Maternity Leave, Scores Right Off the Bat with 1 Question for Biden WH

  09-02-2023 21:20
  
  She’s gone from dealing with the infants of the White House press corps to raising another infant of her own, but Kayleigh McEnany hasn’t lost a step.
  The former White House press secretary made her first return to Fox News’ “Outnumbered” on Tuesday to a warm welcome from her co-hosts and a message for new mothers everywhere.
  But she wasted no time in getting back into the news of the day — coming out right off the bat with a pointed question for the woman who
  
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• Biden homes in on Rick Scott as he challenges Republicans on Social Security

  09-02-2023 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  • Video: See how Scott responded after Biden attacked his plan• Opinion: The US could be on a political collision course no one wants
  
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• Scaros: Think Biden's State of the Union Was Horrible? That Won't Matter

  09-02-2023 21:07
  
  I look at the big picture in politics: What’s best for my country? And I think what’s best for the United States of America is for a worthwhile Republican to win the presidency in 2024, hopefully retaining the House and winning back the Senate in the process.
  In order to get there, we need to take a good, hard and — here’s the operative word — realistic look at our strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, we’re living in a bubble, and bubble-dwellers who insist we
  
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• The Disturbing Details in Case of Illegal Alien Allegedly Killed by Arizona Rancher

  09-02-2023 21:01
  
  The poet Robert Frost penned the line “good fences make good neighbors” back in 1914. Today he might have rephrased it to “secure national borders make safe citizens.”
  When national borders are undermined — as continues to be the case at the U.S. southern border — illegal immigrants are free to stream into the country. This can cause confusion for legal citizens. I’ve said it before: Confusion breeds fear.
  In the desert ranchlands of southern Arizona, th
  
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• Madonna Responds After Being Blasted for Grammys Face - And She Gets It Entirely Wrong

  09-02-2023 20:27
  
  As she has often done throughout her illustrious career, Hollywood megastar Madonna garnered all sorts of headlines with her appearance at Sunday’s Grammy Awards show.
  But these headlines weren’t about some bombastic performance, outlandish political grandstanding or a cryptocurrency scam.
  No. Rather, these headlines were about her literal appearance at the Grammys.
  When photos of Madonna from Sunday’s award festivities began circulating online, it didn’t take long for cr
  
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• 10 former NFL players sue league's disability program, alleging board 'engaged in repeated and substantial derelictions of their responsibilities'

  09-02-2023 20:26 via cnn.com
  
  A group of former NFL players is suing the league's disability benefit program, commissioner Roger Goodell and the disability board, accusing them of routinely denying disability claims.
  
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• Meta restores Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts

  09-02-2023 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts were restored on Thursday, allowing the former president to once again post on the social media platforms, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNN.
  
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• Florida High School Athletic Association removes all questions about menstruation from required medical evaluation form

  09-02-2023 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  The governing body of Florida high school athletics is holding an emergency meeting Thursday to reconsider a proposal that would require athletes to submit details of their menstrual cycles on medical forms needed for participation in school sports.
  
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• Biden's Grand Plan from SOTU Is Going to Backfire and Your Wallet Is Going to Pay the Price

  09-02-2023 19:30
  
  As President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address unfolded Tuesday, a theme emerged that can perhaps be best summarized as the following: You (the American people) pay too much while corporations and billionaires pay too little.
  The solution to this problem, according to Biden, is the heavy hand of government regulation and interference. Among the solutions he touted Tuesday night, some of which have already been passed into law, were the following: outlawing “junk” fees such
  
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• Alec Baldwin Doomed? One Detail Prosecutors Say Is on Video Will Likely Be His Downfall

  09-02-2023 19:06
  
  Alec Baldwin has denied any wrongdoing after the handgun he pointed at a cinematographer on the set of his film “Rust” went off, resulting in her death.
  The actor, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter last month, has insisted the revolver that killed Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 simply fired on its own.
  But prosecutors in the case have the benefit of having the horrifying moment on-camera.
  Also, according to statements released by the Santa Fe district attorney and provid
  
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• Rent for a Manhattan apartment remains mind-bogglingly high

  09-02-2023 18:51 via cnn.com
  
  Even as rents are cooling in some parts of the country, it has never cost more to rent a Manhattan apartment during the month of January as it did last month.
  
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• House Oversight chairman requests materials from Hunter and James Biden

  09-02-2023 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent his first official request on Thursday to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, and the president's brother, James Biden, for documents relating to their foreign business dealings.
  
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• Disney Announces Dramatic Restructuring, Slashes Thousands of Jobs on Same Day DeSantis Says 'There's a New Sheriff in Town'

  09-02-2023 18:18
  
  Reality is storming the gates of the Magic Kingdom.
  Highlighting the new, less-reverent world in which the company functions, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted on the same day massive layoffs were announced that Florida will no longer roll over for Disney to give the company a free ride, according to Fox Business.
  Disney’s sprawling resort complex in Central Florida has functioned as a largely self-regulating island under the auspices of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a status that is
  
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• Mortgage rates rise on inflation concerns

  09-02-2023 18:01 via cnn.com
  
  Mortgage rates rose this week after four weeks of declines, as a stronger-than-expected jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve would continue hiking its benchmark lending rate in its battle against inflation.
  
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• Police Recording Captures New Disturbing Details of How Mother Was Found the Night Her Children Were Murdered

  09-02-2023 17:58
  
  New information has been released in connection to a Massachusetts woman and her alleged murder of her children and suicide attempt.
  Recordings of calls between 911 dispatch and first responders reveal that Lindsay Clancy slit her own neck before jumping from the second floor of the Massachusetts home where she lived with her husband, Patrick Clancy, and their three children, according to the New York Post.
  Patrick Clancy came upon the scene after arriving home with dinner for the family on Jan.
  
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• Another Republican Shot Dead 1 Week After Councilwoman Killed in Same State

  09-02-2023 17:41
  
  Two Republican city council members in New Jersey have been slain in the last week after one was shot to death in the community of Franklin on Wednesday.
  Russell Heller, a 51-year-old GOP borough councilman in Milford, was shot to death in the parking lot of a building owned by the public utility provider PSE&G where he worked, NJ.com reported.
  Police said the victim was targeted by a disgruntled former employee, according to the report.
  The suspect, identified as 58-year-old Gary Curtis, la
  
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• Former Gender Clinic Worker Goes Public with Horrifying Testimony

  09-02-2023 17:17
  
  Jamie Reed, a former case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, said in a Thursday article that the clinic rushes children into irreversible sex change procedures, often against the wishes of parents.
  Reed, a self-identified “queer” woman who is married to a transgender person, worked at the clinic from 2018 until November 2022, during which time she became increasingly concerned about children being rushed onto cross-sex horm
  
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• Former NBA Center Throws Cold Water on LeBron James' Scoring Record: '0 Morals, 0 Values, 0 Principles'

  09-02-2023 16:55
  
  Former NBA center Enes Freedom ripped LeBon James as a low-quality person after the latter captured the league’s scoring record on Tuesday.
  James, 38, surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and now owns the record for most points scored during a career. His Los Angeles Lakers did lose at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder, but James ended the night with a career of 38,390 points.
  He celebrated by dropping an F-bomb on live television.
  Freedom, who changed his last name of Kanter after he became a vo
  
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• Award-Winning Legend with a Major Hand in 'Saturday Night Live' Has Died

  09-02-2023 16:41
  
  Eugene Lee, the six-time Emmy Award-winning production designer for “Saturday Night Live” who won three Tony Awards for his Broadway sets, including the complicated, greenified Emerald City of “Wicked,” has died. He was 83.
  Lee died Tuesday in Providence, Rhode Island, said Trinity Repertory Company, where he had been a resident artist since 1967 and designed sets for more than 100 productions.
  “Eugene Lee was a once-in-a-generation theater artist, one of the greate
  
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• Adidas Considers Axing Beyoncé as 'Inclusive' and 'Gender-Neutral' Clothing Line Tanks: Report

  09-02-2023 16:38
  
  A new report says buyers are giving the boot to a line of shoes and other items Adidas is marketing in partnership with pop star Beyoncé.
  The gap between expected sales and reality is about $200 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  A January 2022 Adidas news release hailed the arrival of what was ballyhooed as “a new rule-breaking, trail-blazing expression of performance wear” from Adidas and Ivy Park, a company owned by Beyoncé.
  One of the features promoted w
  
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• Mike Pence Makes Major Ad Purchase in Iowa - Are We Seeing Him Enter the 2024 Race?

  09-02-2023 16:32
  
  Former Vice President Mike Pence is stepping up his outreach in Iowa ahead of a possible 2024 presidential campaign by rallying conservatives against transgender policies in schools, like one adopted in an eastern Iowa district last year.
  The effort by Advancing American Freedom, a group formed by Pence in 2021 and financed by his supporters, will include digital ads, rallies, canvassing and perhaps radio and television spots. It comes as a federal court in Minnesota is scheduled next week to he
  
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• Watch: News Reporter Arrested While 'Doing His Job' at Governor's Press Conference

  09-02-2023 16:26
  
  A TV broadcast reporter was arrested on Wednesday while giving a live update at an Ohio press conference concerning a Friday train fire, according to NewsNation.
  Evan Lambert, a NewsNation journalist, was giving a report on Republican Governor Mike DeWine’s statements regarding an evacuation for the city of East Palestine, Ohio, when he was told to stop reporting in the middle of his live shot, NewsNation reported.
  A Friday train derailment caused a massive fire and led to the evacuation o
  
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• Eagles Star Receiver Credits God for His Unexpected Path to the Super Bowl: 'I Had Plans and God Had Other Plans'

  09-02-2023 16:18
  
  Wide receiver A.J. Brown was ready for the long haul and the big time as a member of the Tennessee Titans, for whom he was a growing star.
  Then came the April 2022 blockbuster. Tennessee traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles. He told Sports Illustrated that when he got the news, he cried.
  He’s not crying now. Brown turned out to be a key catalyst in helping the Eagles reach the Super Bowl, where they will play the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
  During a Monday interview session, Brown expla
  
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• TV Ratings for Biden's State of the Union Plummet to Historic Low as Americans Tune Out in Droves

  09-02-2023 15:59
  
  President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was a call for Americans to tune out, turn it off and turn on something else, if they ever watched it in the first place.
  Nielsen ratings show that 27.3 million viewers tuned in for the speech Tuesday night, according to Deadline.
  Last year, the 16 networks sampled by Nielson showed that 38.2 million people watched the address, giving Biden a 29 percent decrease for this year’s address.
  The ratings were the lowest for a State of the Uni
  
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• New GOP-led panel to hold first public hearing Thursday on alleged 'weaponization' of federal government

  09-02-2023 15:59 via cnn.com
  
  The GOP-led House committee on the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government kicks off Thursday with its first public hearing with a witness list that suggests Republicans on the committee will push a popular narrative among conservatives that has been disputed by federal officials.
  
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• Biden SOTU Has Lowest 'Very Positive' Ratings of Any President Since 1998: CNN Poll

  09-02-2023 15:35
  
  If you didn’t think President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night was any great shakes, join CNN’s polling cohort.
  According to a survey conducted by the cable news stalwart and SSRS, only 34 percent of respondents reacted very positively.
  While another 38 percent said they had viewed the speech “somewhat positively” for a net total of 72 percent positive, this is still generally low for presidents. The last time any president recorded a number be
  
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• MTG Torches Former Twitter Execs to Their Face for Allowing 'Child Porn,' Conservative Censorship

  09-02-2023 15:29
  
  Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia roasted three former Twitter executives Wednesday, saying they censored conservatives, allowed “child porn” on the platform and interfered in the 2020 and 2022 elections.
  Greene made the remarks during a contentious House Oversight Committee hearing on “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.”
  The purpose was to investigate th
  
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• Disney Announces Sequels Are in the Works for 3 Beloved Franchises

  09-02-2023 15:10
  
  Disney is working on sequels for “Toy Story,” “Frozen” and “Zootopia,” three huge hits as the entertainment powerhouse attempts to find its footing under newly returned CEO Bob Iger.
  The Walt Disney Co. is undergoing a “strategic transformation,” Iger said on Wednesday.
  That includes 7,000 job cuts announced this week and a renewed focus on core brands and franchises.Disney plans to cut 7,000 jobs.
  I guess Disney found out the meaning of go woke go
  
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• Houston Zoo's pelican enclosure was apparently vandalized after a slew of similar incidents at other zoos

  09-02-2023 15:02 via cnn.com
  
  Houston Zoo officials are investigating possible vandalism after an enclosure at the brown pelican habitat in the Children's Zoo was deliberately cut.
  
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• Southwest explains its meltdown to Congress

  09-02-2023 14:54 via cnn.com
  
  Congress is set to receive new evidence Thursday of internal chaos at Southwest Airlines over the Christmas holiday meltdown.
  
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• Netflix says 100 million households share passwords, and it's expanding its crackdown

  09-02-2023 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  Netflix has extended its crackdown on password sharing to Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.
  
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• Netflix cracks down on password-sharing

  09-02-2023 14:51 via cnn.com
  
  Netflix has extended its crackdown on password sharing to Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain.
  
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• Sum Dum Guy

  09-02-2023 14:50
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Sum Dum Guy appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Weekly jobless claims edged up last week, but the labor market remains robust

  09-02-2023 14:42 via cnn.com
  
  First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose last week to 196,000, a slightly higher total than the 190,000 that economists were expecting — but still a historically low number.
  
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• See It: Kevin McCarthy Goes Viral for 'Priceless' Facial Expressions Behind Biden During SOTU

  09-02-2023 14:27
  
  For those rolling their eyes at home during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, rest assured you weren’t alone. Some in the joint session of Congress that Biden addressed were doing it, too.
  Take House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who’s currently going viral for his facial expressions during the speech.
  While McCarthy had promised to not engage “in the theatrics of tearing up speeches” in a video posted on his Twitter account the morning of the St
  
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