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Bob Dole, Old Soldier and Stalwart of the Senate, Dies at 98 — Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders. — Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation …
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Bob Dole, longtime public servant and WWII veteran, dies — In a memoir, Dole wrote that his experiences in World War II defined his life. — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of fellow military veterans, died Sunday morning.
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Politico, Washington Examiner and Fox News


Bob Dole, Longtime Senator, Republican Leader, Dies at 98 — The Kansas native who was grievously wounded in battle during World War II fought his way back to health and eventually served 36 years in Congress — Bob Dole went from the plains of Kansas to the battlefields of Italy …
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USA Today, CBS News and Associated Press


Bob Dole, former Kansas senator, dead at 98 — Bob Dole, a son of the Kansas Dust Bowl who survived a crippling barrage of Nazi fire on an Italian hillside to lead his party in the U.S. Senate, but who fell short of his highest ambition, the presidency, died Sunday. — He was 98.
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Bloomberg


CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother — The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York. — The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid …
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The Western Journal, The Hill, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Fox News, The Guardian, Associated Press, RedState and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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Sexual misconduct allegation leveled against fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo — A former co-worker of Chris Cuomo made a sexual misconduct allegation against the former CNN anchor, who was fired Saturday for misleading the cable network about the extent of the role he played trying to mitigate …
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HotAir, Mediaite, RedState, Louder With Crowder, Fox News and Trending Politics

CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal

Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after aiding governor brother and other ‘new allegations’
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Mediaite, BizPac Review, The Daily Beast, Al Jazeera, KVEO-TV and Poynter


Mississippi Gov. Reeves: ‘No guaranteed right to an abortion’ in Constitution — ‘This has been a watershed moment in American history,’ GOP governor says, as decades of abortion rights precedence under review — Gov. Tate Reeves reacts to Biden's solution to high gas prices
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Why the threat to Roe may not save Democrats in 2022
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Washington Examiner

Supreme Court justices on abortion, during confirmation and from the bench
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Washington Examiner

Critical Moment for Roe, and the Supreme Court's Legitimacy
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RedState


Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame — Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the 2020 presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden.
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Phil's Newsletter


White Supremacists Stage Bizarro Rally in Downtown D.C., Find Themselves Stranded — Though they intended to “reclaim America,” members of Patriot Front had more than enough trouble reclaiming their own ride. — WASHINGTON, D.C.—A group of white supremacists stormed through downtown Washington …


U.S. congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting … A U.S. congressman on Saturday posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers were killed in a shooting at a Michigan high school.
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Slate and WEB OF EVIL


Trump social media group raises $1 billion from undisclosed investors — Donald Trump's social media startup on Saturday announced that it secured $1 billion in new investment as part of its ongoing efforts to become publicly traded via a blank check company.
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Don't Denigrate Adoption to Defend Roe — America's adoptive families are instruments of love. — From the moment I listened to the oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, I had a sinking feeling that we were about to have a cultural argument about adoption.
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Acceptable Takes, Insider and New York Post
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Barrett is wrong: Adoption doesn't ‘take care of’ the burden of motherhood
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Althouse


Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation — An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country's population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire


Fact check: Biden tells inaccurate story about his 1973 meeting with Israeli prime minister — Washington (CNN)President Joe Biden has a favorite story about his long relationship with Israel. For decades, he has been publicly recounting his 1973 meeting with then-Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir …
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Twitchy and The Western Journal


Trump Accidentally Posts Statement Blasting His Own ‘Stupid’ Election Lies — WHOOPS — Twice-impeached former President Donald Trump blasted out a brief statement on Saturday night that appeared to unintentionally refute his own long-running (and bogus) claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
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The Guardian and Slate


Why Is Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts Acting Extra Crazy? — The billionaire's son has blustered into the culture wars, signaling a potential run for higher office. — Billionaire's scion and Nebraska governor Pete Ricketts set a high watermark for controversy during his first six years in office.
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Raw Story