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Georgia’s State Election Board dismissed its yearslong investigation into alleged election fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, more than two years after conspiracy theorists — and then-President Donald Trump — claimed that Freeman and her daughter had committed election fraud in the 2020 presi

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Georgia poll workers targeted by Trump cleared of false election fraud claims

Years after their lives were turned upside down by conspiracy theorists, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were was officially cleared by Georgia authorities on Tuesday.er her life was turned upside down by conspiracy theorists, Ruby Freeman was officially cleared by Georgia authorities on Tuesday.

03:52 PM - Jun 21, 2023

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A Florida emergency management official confirmed that the state had transported migrants from Texas to Sacramento recently, defending the controversial flights as voluntary even as California investigators considered whether the movements broke the law.
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08:56 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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Moms for Liberty, the racist, homophobic, transphobic group that has pushed to bully trans kids, cancel critical race theory (CRT), and ban books about MLK and Ruby Bridges, has been labeled an extremist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Moms for Liberty | Southern Poverty Law Center

Moms for Liberty is a far-right organization that engages in anti-student inclusion activities and self-identifies as part of the modern parental rights movement. The group grew out of opposition to public health regulations for COVID-19, opposes LGBTQ+ and racially inclusive school curriculum, and ..

08:55 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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Chris Licht’s departure marks the failure of his mandate to recalibrate the network’s political sensibility toward the center. It’s now clear that it meant sanitizing the screen in deference to the Republican front-runner, writes Erik Wemple in Opinions.
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Opinion | Chris Licht departure marks failure of CNN's shift to the center - The Washington Post

Licht attempted to recalibrate CNN's political sensibilities, a disaster that played out in plain sight.

08:53 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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GOP’s booming support for guns is turning off millennial, Gen Z Republicans
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Mass violence is changing how millennial and Gen Z Republicans see gun restrictions - POLITICO

About a quarter of young Republicans in one poll said they strongly or somewhat supported an assault weapons ban.

08:52 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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Happy Indictment Day!!

08:50 PM - Jun 08, 2023

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The National Eating Disorder Association has disbanded its long-running, telephone helpline. NEDA has fired the small group of human staff that coordinated and ran the helpline, effective June 1. In lieu, the nonprofit plans to offer people seeking help access to an AI-powered chatbot named “Tessa”

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Eating Disorder Helpline to Replace Human Staff With AI Chatbot

NEDA has shuttered its long-standing phone line and fired all its staff following unionization. In lieu, there will be "Tessa."

02:51 PM - May 26, 2023

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Ken Paxton's impeachment case involves an alleged affair. His wife, a state senator, may vote on his political fate
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Lawmakers push to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Paxton is accused of playing a role in the decision by an ally to put a woman on his payroll with whom the attorney general was having an affair.

02:51 PM - May 26, 2023

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N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for Public Education
'It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life out of public education,' said the Democratic governor.
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N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for Public Education – The 74

'It’s clear that the Republican legislature is aiming to choke the life out of public education,' said the Democratic governor.

07:25 AM - May 26, 2023

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The media keeps calling this a negotiation but when a bank robber pulls a gun and demands the contents of the bank safe, that is not a negotiation over how much money the teller should fork over.
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Debt Limit Update: The GOP Admits to Extortion

The media continues to normalize dangerously abnormal GOP behavior.

07:24 AM - May 26, 2023

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Experts say even from a distance, gun violence can take a toll on your mental health.
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Mass shootings take a toll on Americans' mental health, even from a distance, experts say - CBS News

"We're going to create an entire generation of people with increased mental health problems," one psychologist warned.

07:23 AM - May 26, 2023

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"DeSantis, who has moved to stop history lessons in FL that might make students uncomfortable and who attacked an AP African American Studies course as lacking 'educational value,' dismisses slavery as a 'personal flaw' of the Founding Fathers."
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DeSantis's bad Founding Fathers book vanished online. We got a copy. - The Washington Post

Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has attacked history lessons in Florida, dismisses slavery in his 2011 book as a “personal flaw” of the Founding Fathers.

07:22 AM - May 26, 2023

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Firefighters who risked their lives fighting wildfires were paid less than $3 an hour by a federal contractor that broke labor laws, investigators say
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Firefighters Were Paid Less Than Legal Minimum by a Federal Contractor

The workers spent an average of 70 hours a week fighting wildfires but were only paid a daily rate of $250 or less.

07:20 AM - May 26, 2023

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The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a Minneapolis county illegally kept more money than it should have when it sold 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler’s one-bedroom condo over unpaid taxes
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US Supreme Court: Hennepin County illegally kept surplus from sale of woman's home - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News

The nation's highest court has sided with a Minnesota woman in her property rights battle against Hennepin County.

07:18 AM - May 26, 2023

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Bob Beauprez, the longtime treasurer for the American Conservative Union, resigned over "unsettling" concerns about funding Matt Schlapp's legal defense in a sexual assault lawsuit.
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thedailybeast.com

Top Matt Schlapp Deputy Quits American Conservative Union Over ‘Unsettling’ Concerns

The longtime treasurer for the American Conservative Union raised concerns that Schlapp used the group to fund his defense in a sexual assault lawsuit, New York Magazine reported.

07:17 AM - May 26, 2023

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Kevin McCarthy spread the lie.

Seven homeless men have come forward to say they were part of a group of men recruited at a Poughkeepsie homeless shelter to act as veterans that had been displaced from a Newburgh hotel in order for a non-profit organization to perpetrate a fraud on the public.
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Homeless men recruited for veteran hotel scam - Mid Hudson News

POUGHKEEPSIE – Seven homeless men have come forward to say they were part of a group of men recruited at a Poughkeepsie homeless shelter to act as veterans that had been displaced from a Newburgh hotel in order for a non-profit organization to perpetrate a fraud on the public. The men told Mid..

12:20 PM - May 19, 2023

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GOP Senator Defends White Nationalists: ‘I Call Them Americans’
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08:51 AM - May 16, 2023

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law barring the state’s colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and limiting how race can be discussed in many courses
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DeSantis defunds diversity and inclusion programs at Florida colleges - The Washington Post

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that would bar the state’s colleges and universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and limit how race can be discussed in some courses.

08:48 AM - May 16, 2023

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Two days after CNN pulled in more than 3.3 million viewers for its widely criticized town hall with Donald Trump, CNN found itself in fourth place among cable news networks in primetime. Worse yet, it finished behind MAGA channel Newsmax.
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thedailybeast.com

CNN Loses to Newsmax in Primetime Ratings Two Days After Trump Town Hall

On Friday night, the network barely pulled in 10 percent of the audience it drew for a widely derided town hall with former President Donald Trump.

08:45 AM - May 16, 2023

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Op-Ed: President Joe Biden made headlines condemning White Supremacy during his address at Howard University. But, do his critics realize that condemning racism and White Supremacy has been his core mission?
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No, Joe Biden Was Not Pandering By Condemning White Supremacy At Howard University Commencement - HBCU Pulse

This is an audio transcript of the “Randall’s Thoughts” segment of HBCU Pulse Radio on SiriusXM. To hear the audio version of this commentary, click below! Yes, so on today’s Randall’s Thoughts I want to talk about commencement season. Commencement season is an amazing time in coll..

08:44 AM - May 16, 2023

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Five high-profile House Republicans who signed onto the no-earmarks pledge in 2021 have requested a combined 45 projects totaling $175.9 million in federal spending in the 2024 fiscal year.

They include Reps. Lauren Boebert, Byron Donalds, Lance Gooden, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andy Harris.
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Five Republican Signers of ‘No Earmarks Pledge’ Are Requesting More Than $175 Million in Earmarks - The Messenger

Reps. Lauren Boebert, Byron Donalds, Lance Gooden, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andy Harris all previously vowed not to seek the federal money.

08:43 AM - May 16, 2023

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A small group of moderate Democratic lawmakers has quietly reassured its House GOP counterparts that it can help protect McCarthy’s gavel if his right flank revolts over a debt agreement.

If conservatives responded to a McCarthy-Biden deal by forcing a full House vote on ousting the California Re

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Centrist Dems are plotting a save-McCarthy strategy for the debt fight - POLITICO

If the speaker cuts a deal that alienates conservatives, some Democrats are willing to help save his gavel.

08:42 AM - May 16, 2023

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Why didn't this cause an uproar and have the beltway media forcing McConnell and every other Republican to respond to why dumbass Tuberville is flat out saying its ok to have white nationalists in the military?!?!?
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Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations | WBHM 90.3

Sen. Tommy Tuberville defends his hold on DOD nominations, and speaks about his bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports and his…

09:38 AM - May 10, 2023

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Moms for Liberty is a vile racist terrorist group
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Opinion | A Tennessee teacher planned a Mother’s Day class. Then came the MAGA rage. - The Washington Post

One more example of how reactionary culture-warriors perpetually manufacture new enemies to hunt.

09:37 AM - May 10, 2023

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Santos, 34, surrendered to federal authorities in the morning and is expected to appear in a federal courthouse in Central Islip, on Long Island, later Wednesday.
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George Santos charged with crimes including money laundering, theft of public funds - The Washington Post

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has been charged with federal crimes after a months-long investigation and is expected to appear in court on Long Island Wednesday.

09:36 AM - May 10, 2023

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Pres. Biden issues statement after shooting at mall in Allen, Texas.

"Too many families have empty chairs at their dinner tables. Republican Members of Congress cannot continue to meet this epidemic with a shrug."

11:56 AM - May 07, 2023

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How Gov. Ron DeSantis deploys the state police to enforce his political agenda -- from helping plan the migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard to rounding up felons who voted.
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08:28 AM - May 05, 2023

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Republican Kari Lake’s lawyers were sanctioned $2,000 by the Arizona Supreme Court in their unsuccessful challenge of her defeat in the governor’s race last year to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
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08:21 AM - May 05, 2023

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Texts show Brett Favre and a partner sought then-President Trump's help as they worked to bring a concussion drug to market—but the company would later become ensnared in the Mississippi welfare scandal after receiving $1.7 million in TANF funds.
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Favre, Partner Sought Trump’s Help Funding Concussion Drug

Phil Bryant’s texts reveal that Brett Favre and his partner sought Trump's help in funding a drug company named in the TANF scandal.

08:52 PM - May 04, 2023

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Horse racing-Kentucky Derby goes on after four horse deaths at facility
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Horse racing-Kentucky Derby goes on after four horse deaths at facility

(Reuters) - A series of horse deaths at Churchill Downs cast a shadow over the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, which kicks off the prestigious Triple Crown thoroughbred racing series on Saturday. The Louisville racetrack said it was working with regulators to investigate after four horses died ..

08:40 PM - May 04, 2023

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