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Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges — Weeks after the 2020 election, a Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West traveled to the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a frightened Georgia election worker who was facing death threats …
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Kanye West, Donald Trump and the effort to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia — On the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2021, President Donald Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a futile, last-ditch attempt to reverse his electoral loss in the state precisely two months prior.


Two election workers break silence after enduring Trump backers' threats — Death threats from angry Trump supporters forced Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman, a 62-year-old grandmother, to flee her home of 20 years. Some messages called for her hanging; one urged people to “hunt” her.
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Trump blasts Netanyahu for disloyalty: “F**k him” — Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public. Not anymore. “I haven't spoken to him since,” Trump said of the former Israeli prime minister.
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Trump slams Israel's Netanyahu for congratulating Biden — “Nobody did more for Bibi. And I liked Bibi,” Trump said. “But I also like loyalty... Bibi could have stayed quiet. He has made a terrible mistake.” — JERUSALEM — Former President Donald Trump lashed out with profanity …
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Judge says Texas abortion law's enforcement mechanism unconstitutional — The enforcement mechanism for Texas's abortion ban, which is the most restrictive in the nation and effectively outlaws the procedure, violates the Texas constitution, a state judge ruled Thursday.
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Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect — The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed …
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The Supreme Court isn't well. The only hope for a cure is more justices.
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Supreme Court allows lawsuits against Texas anti-abortion law to proceed
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The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
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Inflation surged 6.8% in November, even more than expected, to fastest rate since 1982 — Inflation rose 6.8% from a year ago in November, slightly higher than estimates according to the consumer price index released Friday. — Excluding food and energy, the CPI increased 4.9%, in line with expectations.
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Prices climbed 6.8% in November compared with last year, largest rise in nearly four decades, as inflation spreads through economy — Over the past few weeks and months, policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House have backed away from the message that inflation is just temporary
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American Experiment, The Daily Caller, Althouse and Reuters


Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
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Washington Examiner and The Federalist

Inflation Rising at Fastest Pace in Nearly 40 Years, New Data Shows
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Trump campaign lawyer authored two memos claiming Pence could halt Biden's victory — A Donald Trump campaign lawyer wrote two legal memos in the week before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that claimed then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to refuse to count presidential electors …
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What can happen to Mark Meadows and other Trump advisers who are ignoring Jan. 6 subpoenas?
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Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
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Now It's the Supreme Court's Turn on Trump's Jan. 6 Records
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Covid Malaise — Why do Americans say the economy is in rough shape? Because it is. — Offices remain eerily empty. Airlines have canceled thousands of flights. Subways and buses are running less often. Schools sometimes call off entire days of class. Consumers waste time waiting in store lines.
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From Tucker with Love — The best thing that could be said about Tucker Carlson's love letter to Vladimir Putin on his show Tuesday is that it didn't sound any better in the original Russian. It sounded much more like a work of translation than anything original, because we've been hearing it all from Russian state TV for years.
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British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange — LONDON — A British High Court ruled Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. — The 50-year-old Australian will remain …
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Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
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Budgetary Effects of Making Specified Policies in the Build Back Better Act Permanent — This letter responds to a request from Senator Graham and Congressman Jason Smith for a projection of the budgetary effects, including the effects on interest costs, of a modified version of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
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Governor Hochul Announces Major Action to Address Winter Surge and Prevent Business Disruption as COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise Statewide — Hochul Shares New Yorkers' Frustration with Winter Surge, Says We Do Not Have to Be Here But We Are — Hochul Thanks More than 80% …
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Covid Live Updates: New York Issues Broad Mask Requirement for Indoor Sites
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1 big thing: OG meme hype dies down — GameStop and AMC are shedding that unprecedented Reddit day-trader chatter and those eye-popping stock swings — two defining factors for the meme stock cohort, Axios' Courtenay Brown writes. — Why it matters: The hype for the OG meme stocks …
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Economist group touts Build Back Better as inflation offset
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Trump's White House Passed Around a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy — The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol on Thursday released slides from a PowerPoint calling for former President Trump to declare a national security emergency in order …
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‘We will not be defeated’: 36 hours of Fox News covering its own Christmas tree fire — A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the giant tree in Manhattan. It became a major story. — For more than 36 hours after a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters …
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A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
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11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor (but None for You to Eat) — The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city. — The restoration of New York Harbor has reached …


Anti-Vax Republican Who Denied Michigan Election Certification Dies of COVID — R.I.P. — A local Michigan Republican official who refused to certify Joe Biden's presidential victory in his county and who vehemently opposed vaccines has died of COVID-19.
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William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies
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The Secret History of the U.S. Diplomatic Failure in Afghanistan — A trove of unreleased documents reveals a dispiriting record of misjudgment, hubris, and delusion that led to the fall of the Western-backed government. … On April 14th, President Joe Biden ended the longest war in United States history …
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Political Wire


Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows — President Joe Biden's overall approval rating stabilized at a low level of 41%, according to the CNBC All-America Survey. — Biden's approval rating on handling the economy and dealing with the coronavirus both declined.