If tonight’s 60 Minutes has you interested in reading more about ballot harvesting and election fraud, boy do I have a book for you!
Spoiler alert: it involves both Republicans and Democrats
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JUST IN: California state bar counsel seeking John EASTMAN's disbarment:
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And so, it begins…
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BuzzFeed announced they are replacing their thousands of content writers with ChatGPT-3… stock is up over 100% today 
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Arizona lawmakers vote to exempt themselves from state public record laws. Wow. wmicentral.com/news/legislatu
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From the Editorial Board:
Mike Pompeo’s embrace of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Jamal Khashoggi's murder is revolting. wapo.st/3XEzjTk
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Afghanistan’s winter of all winters - freezing weather has killed more than 120 Afghans in the past 2 weeks, and tens of thousands of livestock. We travel to the legendary #Salang Tunnel w/ #Afghanistan #BBCnewsTen
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The editor of asked me a simple question: Who runs Charlotte? The answer is, it's complicated. Here's why. #ncpol #cltcc #charlotte
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Update: A Nevada judge ruled today that Las Vegas police can search devices seized from home of reporter Jeff German, who was murdered in September. The judge also declined to sanction LVMPD for not disclosing it already searched his phone:
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Today we remember #MedalofHonor recipient Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller () killed in action on this day in 2008. SSG Miller distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. cmohs.org/recipient-deta
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Happy to share the best kind of news tonight.
So many worked hard to make this happen. And many more of you shared Wasi’s story over and over. Thank you.
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classified documents found in former VP Selina Meyer’s home
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In the last six months, Gannett has laid off or bought out almost every journalist at the St. Cloud Times, a newspaper covering a metro area of 200,000. In May, there were 9 employees — by January, only one reporter was left.
Now, there are 0. My story:
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Statement from Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan
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A lawyer for Mike Pence discovered about a dozen documents marked as classified at Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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In this video, she is described as a reporter. She's not a reporter. She works for the city of Winston-Salem.
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Did you miss last Thursday’s Police Input Session?
Don’t worry you can find it here,
youtu.be/iqz-MIxE_Bk
Also, remember tomorrow you can meet the finalists! Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m at Salem Lake Marina (815 Salem Lake Road)
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Hello twitter, I want to talk today about the state of the press relations in the United States. You may or may not know, but it is increasingly rare for your local journalist to be able to simply call an official to ask questions.
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Former Special Agent In Charge Of The New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Charged With Violating U.S. Sanctions On Russia | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice
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Good story here from the O.G. on how Charlotte used to be run, and how it's run today.
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Today we remember Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Z. Beale killed in action on this day in 2019. SFC Beale was assigned to 1st Battalion, .
Memorial Wall: greenberetfoundation.org/memorial/joshu
De Oppresso Liber! 🇺🇸
#specialforces #greenberet #greenberetfoundation #rememberthefallen
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News outlets join to oppose gag order in Idaho stabbing case
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BREAKING w/: A Texas National Guard soldier assigned to the border shot a migrant on Sunday morning. According to doc we obtained, injuries are not life-threatening, and there's no indication the migrant was armed.
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There's a lot of other 4th Circuit/SCOTUS case law that upholds and reinforces the public's right to court proceedings.
Despite that, WBTV is having to spend time and $$$ hiring lawyers to, once again, fight for the public's access to records we have a right to see! #OpenGov /end
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It's troubling that the exhibits were sealed in the first place.
The 4th Circuit case law is clear on this -- including a 2006 case on this VERY issue. The public absolutely has a right to access exhibits admitted as evidence in trials #ncpol #opengov #opencourts 2/
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Big news: Richard Trumper, director of state disaster recovery, headed to @ReBuildNC_gov apparently to right the ship. Still uncertain whether he will supervise Laura Hogshead, who's responsible for program failures
pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2023/01/19/sha @NCPolicyWatch @nc_governor #ncga #ncpol
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Shake up at ReBuild NC: Richard Trumper, who successfully managed state disaster relief, headed to beleaguered agency shar.es/afwFaJ via #ncpol #ncga #ncgov #HurricaneMatthew
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Quick update on this:
State Auditor Beth Wood’s offense was the evening of Dec. 8. #ncpol
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Just in: NC Auditor Beth Wood was charged with a misdemeanor for a hit and run, leaving the scene and property damage in December. She'll appear in court Jan. 26. #ncpol
Story:axios.com/local/raleigh/
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Today we remember Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting killed in action on this day in 2008. SSG Whiting was assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, . Memorial Wall: greenberetfoundation.org/memorial/justi De Oppresso Liber! 🇺🇸
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Just in: NC Auditor Beth Wood was charged with a misdemeanor for a hit and run, leaving the scene and property damage in December. She'll appear in court Jan. 26. #ncpol
Story:
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Today we remember Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck killed in action on this day in 2004. MSG Hornbeck was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Memorial Wall: greenberetfoundation.org/memorial/kelly De Oppresso Liber!
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The journalism community needs to celebrate the work of - hyperlocal reporter covering the North Shore of LI for Patch - who's produced huge scoops on the George Santos story (while LI's daily paper, where I worked for 10 years, has been MIA)
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Before starting a new job, cooks, waiters and bartenders pay around $15 for an online class in food safety.
In taking the class, the workers — largely unbeknown to them — are funding a nationwide lobbying campaign to keep their own wages from increasing.
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Today we remember SSG Joshua R. Townsend who died from a non-combat related accident on this day in 2009. We also remember CW2 Jonathan Farmer killed in action on this day in 2019. SSG Townsend was assigned to . CW2 Farmer was assigned to . #DOL
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BBC News: "Mursal Nabizada: Gunmen kill former Afghan MP at home in Kabul"
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Today we remember SFC Benjamin B. Wise killed in action on this day in 2012. We also remember SSG T. Lee killed in action on this day in 2014. SFC Wise was assigned to 1st SFG(A). SSG Lee was assigned to (Airborne). De Oppresso Liber!
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Today we remember WO1 John M. Wirka, who died by suicide on this day in 2021. WO1 Wirka was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He is survived by his wife, daughter, family, and teammates. #DeOppressoLiber #greenberet #greenberetfoundation #burdenbearer
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This sheriff’s office was recently the subject of a year-long investigation by ProPublica and WWNO/WRKF, which found that JPSO rarely sustains complaints against its deputies.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: President Biden's lawyers found more classified documents at his home this week than previously revealed.
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