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Record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border...
Trump’s reelection support is 50-50 in Texas, Biden and O’Rourke lead the Democrats, UT/TT Poll says
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www.texastribune.org Trump’s reelection support is 50-50 in Texas, Biden and O’Rourke lead the Democrats, UT/TT Poll says Ross Ramsey 6-7 minutes Half of the registered voters...
AOC signals she'd support Biden if he was Dem nominee: 'Absolutely' must beat Trump
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Alexandria Ocasio Cortez shone in her first Sunday morning news program interview. She was clear, to the point, energetic, and likable. She's going to be a big force in American politics for a...
‘He’s just a psychotic’: Letterman looks back with regret on his dozens of Trump interviews
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‘He’s just a psychotic’: Letterman looks back with regret on his dozens of Trump interviews ...The December 1987 episode launched a decades-long on-screen dance between the two men....
This viral Schwarzenegger deepfake isn't just entertaining. It's a warning.
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By Ben Collins The video starts like dozens of others on YouTube — with former “Saturday Night Live” star Bill Hader offering up a celebrity impression, this time of Arnold Schwarzenegger....
Young Turks founder: Voting for Biden over Trump would be 'no-brainer'
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Young Turks founder: Voting for Biden over Trump would be 'no-brainer' thehill.com The founder and host of the left-leaning online show "The Young Turks" said Friday there is no...
Founders Offer Wisdom for Protecting America from Fake News
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In the early moments of the American republic, the nation’s sovereignty and security presented no small worry to the founders. In the 1790s, independence was in its fragile infancy, a nascent...
Woman charged with raping female roommate at Susquehanna University
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A Bronx co-ed has been charged with raping her female roommate at Susquehanna University, police said. Pratigya Thakur, a 19-year-old sophomore, was arrested Monday on charges of rape, indecent...
Army Tweets 'How Has Serving Impacted You?' Gets Thousands of Responses About the Horrors of War
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On Friday, the United States Army asked Twitter users how the service impacted their lives, likely as part of a Memorial Day campaign. The sad responses are a poignant and timely...
Opinion Donald Trump In revering Trump, the religious right has laid bare its hypocrisy
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he annual anachronism known as the National Prayer Breakfast attracted its usual array of clergy, military, and political leaders in Washington on 7 February. Most prominent of all, of course,...
Massive Victory For Religious Freedom Over Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate
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In a sweeping and dramatic victory for religious freedom, that the establishment media has refused to cover and Google has all but hidden from search results, a federal court in Fort Worth,...
ABC News Interview Airing Sunday Night Makes Trump look bad
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7 years ago
Not new, and not news to those who have observed the past 3 or 4 years, but still one gets the feeling that George Stephanopolous' ABC News interview with President Trump, which will air in it's...
How social media is shaping what people know — and don't know — about the Hong Kong protests
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By Arjun Kharpal, CNBC Social media has played an important role in Hong Kong’s anti-government protests over the past few days with protesters planning their moves via apps and...
Louis Levi Oakes, last Mohawk Code Talker receives a hero’s tribute when laid to rest in Akwesasne
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On Saturday, June 1, hundreds of Akwesasnoron, joined by representatives from the US military and Canadian Armed Forces laid Louis Levi Oakes, the last remaining Mohawk Code Talker from World War...
Knox County DA 'looking into' detective's church sermon calling for execution of LGBTQ people
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In the hourlong sermon based on an Old Testament passage, Detective Grayson Fritts, also a pastor at All Scripture Baptist Church in Knoxville, told his congregation June 2 that he believes that...
Senate expressly condemns anti-Semitism, after Democrat-led House 'can't bring itself' to do the same
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The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday explicitly and unequivocally condemning anti-Semitism, after the Democrat-controlled House abandoned a similar effort in March in...
Welcome to My "COMING OUT PARTY"!
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CAUTION: Trump language tossed about here. https://www.facebook.com/UncleYohnnie/videos/1924070950982925/?t=0 If language offends, but, actions do not, perhaps, you might be better served to...
Big businesses paying even less than expected under GOP tax law
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Federal tax payments by big businesses are falling much faster than anticipated in the wake of Republicans’ tax cuts, providing ammunition to Democrats who are calling for corporate tax...
Trump judicial nominee withdraws amid GOP opposition
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Michael Bogren, a Trump judicial nominee, is withdrawing from consideration amid a Republican backlash, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Bogren, who was nominated to the...