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AP Washington Investigations Editor (dwilber AT ap.org) Writing "American Spectacle" for Simon and Schuster. Author of "Rawhide Down." bit.ly/3FqbE27
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People in Trumpworld declined to say who was in the video choir of Jan. 6 defendants Trump shared. But The Post identified five of the 15: Four were charged with assaulting police, using weapons, including against Officer Sicknick, who died the next day.
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It should have been one of the happiest days of newlywed Samantha Miller’s life. But five hours after saying “I do,” the 34-year-old bride died when she was hit by an alleged drunken driver in Folly Beach, South Carolina, as she left her wedding reception.
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Reminder: Republicans raised the debt limit three times under Trump without once imposing conditions
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A rescue dog fell asleep from exhaustion right on the ruins of a residential building destroyed by a Russian missile in Uman after hours of searching through the rubble.
23 people died, including 4 children, as a result of the Russian attack.
Photo Yan Dobronosov
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“Does that mean you’re taking the Fifth?”
Congress questions the head of the DEA over 's recent reporting
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By the end, Tucker Carlson’s main advertiser was MyPillow.
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Not mentioned in this story about Disney layoffs is the slashing that's taken place at , one of the world's most venerated media brands, now hollowed out by Disney to a shell of its 135-year old self
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He helped launch one of the first voter registration drives in Mississippi and provided financing for the Freedom Riders.
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist, dies at 96
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The new Hulu doc “Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK” is an eye-opening peek into the inner workings of a century-old racist organization.
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FBI released part of its file on NBA great Bill Russell today (some of this had been previously reported and released). A short thread on that's in there
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Media reporters today :
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Monday media meltdown:
Anchor Tucker Carlson out at Fox News $FOXA
Anchor Don Lemon fired from CNN $WBD
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell ousted from NBC $CMCSA
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“I would prefer him to be in the race right now. In fact, I encouraged him to get in the race right now,” said Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who hosted a visit by DeSantis to Washington last week" via
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury selection will begin Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
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Absolutely disgraceful that Biden appointed this guy sec of state and then signed a deal excluding the Afghan government and then demanded they release 5000 Taliban fighters.
What the hell was Biden thinking.
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Biden's foreign policy reversed two decades of effort and is now turning Afghanistan into a terrorist haven... And almost no talk about from the Left today.
The party of grown-ups is taking the day off for the Sabbath, maybe.
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somewhere he's screaming at an underling PUT IT BACK PUT IT BACK while becoming the literal corn cob meme in front of everyone
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This is what happens to your launchpad when you think it would be funny to launch to the world's largest rocket on 4/20, instead of when it's ready.
It will probably be at least a year before the FAA will approve another Starship launch.
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Bestselling novelist Richard North Patterson explains why he had trouble finding a publisher for his new book: because he is white and two of his main characters are Black.
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'The Champagne of Beers' leaves French producers frothing | AP News
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There have been 17 mass killings so far this year in the U.S. with 88 lives lost. The pace of the killings, each one involving firearms, sets a record pace not seen since 2009. bit.ly/41tZ3Ui
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i know it is not 2015/6 anymore, but for those in the gop media elite and operative class who truly believe to their bones that all professional Democrats would prefer to run against Trump than DeSantis, i think this holds up well:
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In the space of a single week, four young, unarmed Americans were shot after simple, everyday mistakes. One died
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NEW: "AP’s reporting on Guidry and other judges in the New Orleans bankruptcy underscores how tightly woven the church is in the city’s power structure" - fascinating report by
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Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with 'Justice for All' song (from by )
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Exclusive: Election denier Mike Lindell offered $5 million to anyone who could prove him wrong. An arbitration panel just ruled he must pay.
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Extremely successful exploded spaceship today
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The inclusion of an ebullient applause channel on the official SpaceX feed of the Starship launch, and the way the cheering (presumably by employees) only got more ecstatic when the ship tumbled out of control and exploded, is a hallmark of our times.
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The country doesn’t have a 25th Amendment for positions besides the president and vice president. Perhaps we need one.
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World Press Photo of the Year.
*Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press, documented Russia's attack on Mariupol maternity ward.
*The woman shown, Iryna Kalinina, later died. Her baby, named Miron, was stillborn.
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POTUS announces he will request funds to contribute $500 million to the Amazon and other climate-related activities over the next five years to support Brazil’s new effort to end deforestation by 2030
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Fun fact: This is the very same rule that was used to block distribution of the New York Post story about Hunter Biden, the greatest First Amendment violation in American history.
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.@dellcam received this explanation for the suspension after he reported on the hack of Matt Walsh's Twitter account for @WIRED
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NEW: Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg was released from jail today after serving 100 days for tax fraud in fringe benefits scheme.
So, what’s next for the retired exec? Will he remain loyal or become a star witness against the ex-president.
My latest ⬇️
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