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• Hunter Biden's Law License Administratively Suspended in State of Connecticut

  16-02-2023 23:43
  
  Hunter Biden’s Connecticut law license has been suspended.
  The administrative action isn’t related to the younger Biden’s history of drug use or insider business dealings.
  The president’s son failed to pay the $75 Client Security Fund fee required to practice law in the state.
  His license was administratively suspended in June, according to Connecticut Judicial Branch records obtained by Breitbart.
  The troubled member of the Biden political family has been previously susp
  
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• Biden remains 'healthy' and 'vigorous,' his physician says

  16-02-2023 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's physical Thursday was "straightforward" and the results will be released shortly, the White House said.
  
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• Another Transportation Disaster: Train Derails Carrying Hazardous Material Near Major City

  16-02-2023 23:28
  
  Residents of a small town outside Detroit, Michigan, are on edge after a train carrying hazardous material derailed Thursday morning causing a potential leak.
  The train, which crashed in Van Buren Township, is not thought to be causing any potential environmental issues as of yet, though emergency responders are remaining vigilant.
  According to WXYZ-TV, six train cars jettisoned off the track and have caused significant traffic problems in the local area.BREAKING – Train Carrying Hazardous
  
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• Power outage disrupts New York's JFK Airport Terminal 1

  16-02-2023 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  A power outage is disrupting flights at a John F. Kennedy International Airport terminal, the airport said Thursday.
  
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• Solomon: Musk Goes from Tesla Win to Massive Loss as Automaker Recalls 363,000 Cars

  16-02-2023 22:34
  
  Those who closely follow Elon Musk and Tesla had a strong sense that this was coming. While we regularly see social media memes about Teslas, the reality is that their self-driving features have the potential to kill.
  This recall is in response to far less-than-perfect Tesla technology that may have been rolled out too quickly. The report, entitled “Full Self-Driving Software May Cause Crash,” is direct and damning.
  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the
  
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• Bruce Willis' Family Announces He's Been Diagnosed with 'A Cruel Disease That Many of Us Have Never Heard Of'

  16-02-2023 22:11
  
  The family of legendary film star Bruce Willis announced on Thursday that the actor has officially been diagnosed with dementia following his retirement last spring.
  An initial diagnosis of aphasia abruptly ended a storied career that spanned decades and generated numerous hit films.
  In a statement, those closest to the 67-year-old said his condition has worsened into frontotemporal dementia.
   
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• Woman, 67, Hears Front Door Handle Shaking, She Finds an Armed Man and Shoots Him Dead: Deputies

  16-02-2023 22:09
  
  A Florida woman shot and killed an armed man who attempted to open her front door in the middle of the night, according to police.
  Deputies in Putnam County reported the incident occurred in the early morning hours Wednesday in the small town of Interlachen, about 30 miles east of Gainesville.
  A 67-year-old woman told deputies was home alone when she heard the handle to her front door turn and she made the decision to unlock it, according to a Facebook post by the Putnam County Sheriff’s O
  
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• Minnesota mother sentenced to life for killing her 6-year-old son calls judge ‘garbage,' video shows

  16-02-2023 22:06 via foxnews.com
  
  A Minnesota mother who was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022, told a judge she was innocent before calling him "garbage." Julissa Thaler was convicted of the first-degree murder of her son Eli Hart, who prosecutors said was shot nine times while sitting in a booster seat. The boy’s body was found by officers in the trunk of Thaler’s vehicle during a traffic stop. MINNESOTA BOY, 6, FOUND DEAD IN TRUNK, MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER:
  
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• 'You Lose Your Agency': Keanu Reeves Warns Against AI, Reveals Clause in All His Movie Contracts

  16-02-2023 21:56
  
  A-list actor Keanu Reeves is deeply worried about how artificial intelligence technology is affecting human artists and actors in this age of deepfakes, computer “de-aging” of actors, digital use of deceased actors, and outright replacement of human actors in our entertainment.
  The actor, perhaps best known as the hero who faced down the oppressive techo-tyranny in “The Matrix,” feels that human actors are losing their agency as the era of believable computer tech and dee
  
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• How is Musk doing at Twitter? Why are EVs getting bigger? And why so many meetings?!

  16-02-2023 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  In this week's "Nightcap," The New York Times reporter Mike Isaac evaluates Elon Musk's first 100 days at Twitter. Curbed writer Alissa Walker explains the issue with EVs getting bigger. And UNC Charlotte professor Steven Rogelberg explains to CNN's Jon Sarlin how to combat the trend of too many meetings. To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• John Fetterman Checks Himself Into Walter Reed Hospital for New Medical Disorder

  16-02-2023 21:42
  
  Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized for the second time in just over a week, according to news reports.
  Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Wednesday night to be treated for clinical depression, CNBC reported.
  “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” according to a statement issued Thursday by Fetterman’s chief of staff, Adam Jentleson.BREAKING: John Fetterman&rsq
  
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• Pilot Taken Hostage by Islanders, Shown Surrounded by Spears, Bows and Arrows

  16-02-2023 21:40
  
  A New Zealander commercial pilot has been taken hostage by a group of militants who demand their province’s independence from Indonesia.
  Pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens was taken prisoner by the West Papua Liberation Army as he sought to airlift a group of construction workers out of the unstable Papua province earlier this month, according to SBS World News.
  Mehrtens, a resident of Christchurch, was seized by a group of rebels as he sought to pick up 15 construction workers in the Nduga distr
  
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• Dem Lawmaker Puts His Ignorance on Display with Embarrassing Racial Attack on Clarence Thomas

  16-02-2023 21:26
  
  The word “embarrassing” barely begins to describe it.
  A Georgia Democrat who took the floor of the state Senate on Tuesday to attack a GOP proposal to honor Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with a statue on Capitol grounds in Atlanta ended up putting his own disgraceful ignorance on full display at the same time.
  And it summed up about everything there is to know about the modern Democratic Party.
  The politician was state Sen. Emmanuel Jones, who represents Decatur, according to
  
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• Los Angeles police say same suspect may be involved in two shootings in Jewish neighborhood within 24 hours

  16-02-2023 21:16 via foxnews.com
  
  For a second day in a row, a Jewish person was shot in Los Angeles after leaving a Shul, or synagogue, according to reports. The Los Angeles Police Department said at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, a man was walking to his home when a suspect, originally identified as a White male, fired multiple rounds at the victim from inside a vehicle before fleeing the scene. Police said the victim was struck in the arm and taken to a nearby hospital where he was listed in stable condition. LOS ANGELES SHERIFF CREA
  
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• The dark side of Bing's new AI chatbot

  16-02-2023 20:41 via cnn.com
  
  After asking Microsoft's AI-powered Bing chatbot for help in coming up with activities for my kids while juggling work, the tool started by offering something unexpected: empathy.
  
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• Don Lemon Utters 'Dumbest Thing Ever Said on CNN' - And Hilariously Cites Google as His Source

  16-02-2023 20:38
  
  CNN’s Don Lemon made a belittling comment about women on his low-rated morning show Thursday and cited Google as his source.
  In today’s society, overt sexism is not generally tolerated. In Lemon’s case, we can probably assume his comment was made with confidence and without fear of repercussion because he checks off enough diversity boxes.
  In any event, Lemon’s short tenure as a co-host of “CNN This Morning” has been an unmitigated disaster. The calamity conti
  
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• DeSantis Proposes 5-Point 'Digital Bill of Rights' to Protect Citizens from Big Tech

  16-02-2023 20:31
  
  On Wednesday, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his proposal called the “Digital Bill of Rights” aimed at protecting the people of Florida from big tech companies. This proposal is designed to safeguard citizens from the potential overreach of these companies and their harmful practices.
  By now, most of us have seen the “Twitter Files,” and if you haven’t, you should. It’s deeply concerning how rooted Big Tech has been in our politics, FBI, censor
  
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• Supreme Court removes oral arguments over Title 42 immigration policy from its calendar

  16-02-2023 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it has removed a case concerning a controversial Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 from its calendar.
  
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• Mortgage rates jump to 6.32%

  16-02-2023 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  Mortgage rates climbed higher for the second consecutive week, following four weeks of declines. Inflation is running hotter, making rates more volatile, with the expectation that they will move in the 6% to 7% range over the next few weeks.
  
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• Report: We Now Know Who Called 911 About Idaho College Murders, But No Name Revealed

  16-02-2023 20:23
  
  For months, people have speculated on who discovered the bodies of four murdered University of Idaho students on Nov. 13.
  NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield reported on her “Banfield” show Tuesday that sources revealed Ethan Chapin’s best friend, whom she did not name, discovered the bodies of Chapin and his girlfriend, Xana Kernodle, who were both 20.
  The bodies of the other two victims, Kaylee Goncalves, and Madison Mogen, both 21, were also discovered in the home. All four
  
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• Two-Time World Series Champion and Hall of Fame Broadcaster Dies at Age 81

  16-02-2023 20:15
  
  Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.
  McCarver’s death was announced by baseball’s Hall of Fame, which said he died Thursday morning in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was with his family.The Hall of Fame remembers 2012 Frick Award winn
  
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• Sam Smith, of Satanic Grammy Performance Infamy, Confronted on Streets of NYC: 'You're Evil!'

  16-02-2023 20:15
  
  Singer Sam Smith received an icy reception in New York City this week just days after he performed a satanic set at the Grammy Awards.
  Smith put on a show complete with devil horns as he and singer Kim Petras performed a single aptly titled “Unholy.”
  The production earned the duo a lot of flak online and numerous complaints to the Federal Communications Commission.
  Smith was in New York when a woman began shouting at him over the Grammys set, Newsweek reported.
  “You belong in h
  
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• Newly Adopted Rescue Dog Gets Loose, Then Rings Shelter Doorbell in the Middle of the Night

  16-02-2023 19:52
  
  Most people assume that a shelter dog’s biggest dream is to find a family of their own, and it’s true that many dogs deteriorate behaviorally when they’ve been in a shelter too long and the stress gets to them.
  But that’s not true of Bailey, a German shepherd and Siberian husky mix who made it clear that she loved the animal shelter she once called home.
  Animal Rescue League of El Paso in Texas posted about Bailey in September of last year, stating that she was their long
  
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• Biden's physical was 'straightforward' and doctor will release results soon, White House spokesperson says

  16-02-2023 19:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden's physical Thursday was "straightforward" and the results will be released shortly, the White House said.
  
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• Biden's age is a hot topic as he looks to extend his time in the Oval Office until he is 86

  16-02-2023 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  When President Joe Biden sets out for his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday morning, he'll be setting a new record -- as he does every morning -- as the oldest US president ever.
  
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• Household debt hits record $16.9 trillion

  16-02-2023 19:11 via cnn.com
  
  Americans continued to add to their debt at the end of last year — and grew their credit card balances at record rates, according to data released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  
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• Listen: Dodge Adds Ridiculous Fake Exhaust to Make EV Sound Like a Muscle Car

  16-02-2023 19:00
  
  Dodge has added a fake exhaust system to an electric vehicle that is supposed to offer its drivers a more authentic muscle car experience.
  The system does generate a sound, but it is anything but genuine — even if the car itself looks pretty sharp.
  Fox News reported the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Banshee electric concept car is on display at the Chicago Auto Show.
  Its sounds are created by a technology Dodge calls “fratzonic chambered exhaust.”
  Give it a listen:Who says an #EV c
  
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• Tesla Recalls 363,000 Vehicles Over Safety Concerns

  16-02-2023 18:59
  
  U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its “Full Self-Driving” system because it misbehaves around intersections and doesn’t always follow speed limits.
  The recall, part of a larger investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into Tesla’s automated driving systems, is the most serious action taken yet against the electric vehicle maker.
  It raises questions about CEO Elon Musk’s claims that he c
  
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• Trump's former national security adviser Robert O'Brien appears before federal grand jury

  16-02-2023 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien is appearing Thursday before a grand jury in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, where several Trump-related investigations are being conducted.
  
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• Inflation pushes up mortgage rates for second week in a row

  16-02-2023 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  Mortgage rates climbed higher for the second consecutive week, following four weeks of declines. Inflation is running hotter, making rates more volatile, with the expectation that they will move in the 6% to 7% range over the next few weeks.
  
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• 'Gutfeld!' Crushes MSNBC, CNN with Special Guest Roseanne Barr - But There's Even Better News

  16-02-2023 17:47
  
  Fox News host Greg Gutfeld hit it out of the park on Tuesday as his eponymous late-night show was the sixth-most-watched cable news program.
  The 11 p.m. ET episode of “Gutfeld!,” which featured un-canceled comedian Roseanne Barr as a guest, obliterated its competition. (Barr is set to host a comedy special on Fox Nation in the coming months.)
  “Gutfeld!” was watched by 2.2 million total viewers and grabbed 376,000 in the key 25 to 54 age demographic sought by advertisers,
  
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• Biden Under Fire After Referring to Governor by 'Racially-Charged' Term During Speech

  16-02-2023 17:40
  
  President Joe Biden is being criticized after calling the black Democratic governor of Maryland “boy” during remarks on Wednesday.
  “You got a hell of a new governor in Wes Moore, I tell ya,” Biden said in a speech to a group of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union members in Lanham, Maryland.
  “He’s the real deal, and the boy looked like he could still play,” the president said. “He got some guns on him.”
  Moore, 44, was a wide
  
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• Household debt hit record $16.9 trillion last quarter, as consumers loaded up credit cards

  16-02-2023 17:36 via cnn.com
  
  Americans continued to add to their debt at the end of last year — and grew their credit card balances at record rates, according to data released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  
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• Watch: 'South Park' Brilliantly Skewers the Hypocrisy of Harry and Meghan, Sending Them on 'Worldwide Privacy Tour'

  16-02-2023 17:04
  
  The long-running animated series “South Park” skewered Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry over their empty calls for privacy on Wednesday.
  The mockery of the couple was relentless, and it aired just a week after the show’s creators took on Kanye West (spoilers below).
  The episode, which is titled “The World-Wide Privacy Tour,” saw the (formerly?) royal couple go on a tour wherein they demanded privacy from the media.
  Much like in real life, the satirical Ha
  
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• Stocks slide as investors worry about more rate hikes

  16-02-2023 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  Inflation doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon. And that's weighing on Wall Street.
  
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• Candace Bure Remains Uncancellable as She Wins Big at Movie Awards, Touts 'Name of Jesus' on Cable TV

  16-02-2023 16:47
  
  For actress Candace Cameron Bure, success is sweeter when it comes after she was attacked for standing firm in her Christian beliefs.
  On Friday, Bure won two top prizes at the 30th annual Movieguide Awards in Los Angeles, which celebrate excellence in Christian entertainment.
  The “Full House” alum received the Grace Award for TV performance in “A Christmas…Present,” which her film production company produced in collaboration with the Great American Family network.
  
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• California's heavy rains deliver hope of a lifeline for one devastated industry -- rice

  16-02-2023 16:38 via cnn.com
  
  The fierce storms and heavy rain that have pounded California in recent weeks could be the lifeline that one industry -- and the communities that rely on it for their own survival -- desperately needs.
  
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• California's heavy rains deliver a lifeline for one devastated industry -- rice

  16-02-2023 16:38 via cnn.com
  
  The fierce storms and heavy rain that have pounded California in recent weeks could be the lifeline that one industry -- and the communities that rely on it for their own survival -- desperately needs.
  
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• Hundreds of Pallets of Plastic Products Erupt Into Flames, Sending Thick Black Smoke Into Sky

  16-02-2023 16:36
  
  A massive fire broke out early Thursday at a nursery in central Florida, burning thousands of plastic pots that sent flames and plumes of thick, black smoke into the air.
  The fire broke out about 2 a.m. at Nursery Supplies Inc. in Kissimmee, which is just south of Orlando in central Florida, authorities told news outlets.
  Hazmat teams from Osceola County and nearby Orange County were monitoring the air quality in the area.
  No evacuations of nearby homes or businesses have been ordered.
  Nearly 2
  
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• Women Outraged Catholic Church Denied Them Communion Because They Were Wearing Anti-Catholic Garb

  16-02-2023 16:23
  
  I trust that you, dear reader, are not stupid. So I’ll get straight to the point.
  You know what the rainbow flag stands for. You also know what the Roman Catholic Church’s position is on the vast majority of things the rainbow flag stands for.
  So imagine that, in a Colorado community, there’s somehow a minor uproar after a group of women were denied Communion at an Englewood church because they were wearing face masks with the rainbow flag on it.
  According to KDVR, Sally Odenhe
  
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• Biden appeals court nominee faces questions for role in school sexual assault case

  16-02-2023 16:16 via cnn.com
  
  The confirmation of President Joe Biden's nominee for a prestigious federal appeals court seat could be in jeopardy after he was grilled over his role representing an elite boarding school in a sexual assault case and a key Senate Democrat withheld his immediate support.
  
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• Fox News Dominates Weekly Ratings, Nearly Double MSNBC - And It's Really Bad for CNN

  16-02-2023 16:10
  
  Buoyed by coverage of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Fox News swept both the primetime and total day cable viewership categories for the first full week of the month — and it wasn’t even close.
  Fox averaged 2.5 million viewers for the week of Feb. 6-12, compared to 1.3 million for MSNBC and just 719,000 for CNN, according to Nielsen live-same-day data. according to Next TV.
  Fox News’ State of the Union coverage averaged 4.7 million viewers, which put Fo
  
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• Greta Thunberg Blasted for the Most 'I Hate Capitalism Unless It Benefits Me' Tweet of All Time - But Then It Gets Worse

  16-02-2023 16:00
  
  In her new book on the “climate crisis,” Greta Thunberg — the horror-movie Pippi Longstocking ventriloquist doll that simply won’t. go. away. — says that relying on capitalism and market economics to stop climate change is a “terrible idea.”
  “Leaving capitalist consumerism and market economics as the dominant stewards of the only known civilization in the universe will most likely seem, in retrospect, to have been a terrible idea,” Thunberg (
  
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• Buttigieg Blames Trump for Ohio Train Derailment but Leaves Out One Inconvenient Detail

  16-02-2023 15:46
  
  After a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hardly acted with alacrity.
  For 10 days, the nation’s top transportation official was silent, according to Fox News, after a Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
  On Tuesday, he broke his silence on the matter and let America know where the buck stopped: with Donald Trump.
  In a series of tweets, Buttigieg seemed
  
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• Spaceballs

  16-02-2023 15:39
  
  For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.
  The post Spaceballs appeared first on The Western Journal.
  
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• Former Biden Administration Official Charged with Multiple Felonies Released Without Bail

  16-02-2023 15:39
  
  Former Biden administration official Sam Brinton, who made headlines last year by being the White House’s first gender-fluid bureaucrat, appeared in court Wednesday to face charges that he stole luggage from the Minneapolis airport last year.
  Brinton, who was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition at the Energy Department at the time, was charged with a felony last fall after being accused of stealing a piece of luggage, according to KMSP-TV.
  Brinton h
  
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• Texas Attorney General Sues Biden Over 'Unlawful' Signing of Massive Spending Bill

  16-02-2023 15:38
  
  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Biden for what he describes as the “unlawful” signing of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.
  The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 bill, supported by just nine House Republicans, was passed days before Christmas with more than half of the members absent and voting by proxy.
  Paxton’s case contends that the U.S. Constitution mandates a quorum be present to vote on legislation, without which t
  
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• Dramatic Footage: Blackhawk Helicopter Plummets from the Sky, Killing All On Board

  16-02-2023 15:14
  
  Two members of the Tennessee National Guard were killed Wednesday when the helicopter they were riding in tumbled from the sky and exploded in flames in Huntsville, Alabama.
  The guard members were flying in a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter that went down around 3 p.m. near Highway 53 and Burwell Road, the Tennessee National Guard said in a news release Wednesday night.
  “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two Tennessee National Guardsmen, and our prayers are with their families during t
  
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• Not So Marvelous: Disney Is Dealt Brutal Blow by Disgustingly Raunchy Superhero Show

  16-02-2023 15:07
  
  The last couple of years have been a massive referendum on Disney’s preferred strategy of taking a beloved IP and just draining it dry of any clout and cultural heft it may have.
  A recent batch of Nielsen ratings focused on streaming shows in 2022 hammers that point home in powerful fashion.
  Nielsen took a look at streaming viewership numbers for 2022, and what it found was that Disney’s current strategy of running things into the ground is decidedly not paying off.
  To get
  
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• Biden Arrives at Walter Reed Hospital by Helicopter for Medical Tests

  16-02-2023 14:52
  
  President Joe Biden was undergoing a routine medical checkup Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, an event that is being keenly watched as the oldest president in history makes plans for an expected reelection campaign.
  The president arrived at Walter Reed by helicopter and entered the hospital around 9:15 a.m. for what is likely an array of tests.
  Biden, 80, last received a standard medical exam in November 2021.
  During that five-hour-plus visit, he went through a combinati
  
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