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"Buttigieg maintained a social media presence during his time in Portugal and made it seem like he was traveling in the United States."
reports on Pete's Labor Day vacay as rail unions neared a strike
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Chairwoman of the national libertarian party, Angela McArdle, condemns efforts to ban TikTok, defends rights of Americans to use social media platform owned by Chinese communists. Statement:
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Yes, that really is Kyrsten Sinema selling designer clothes and bike gear on Facebook —
No excuse now for my not having time to sell my daughter’s Little Bodens online now….but rate of return prob a little diff than Sinema’s “like new” stilletos
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Despite Summit Invitation, Biden Keeps Up Pressure on Rwanda
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These are all NFTs and you need a crypto wallet to buy them, but the Trump Campaign has already paired with Tor "to get you set up in a couple of minutes during the checkout process. It’s so easy and fast."
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So the Trump trading cards are NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Odd time to get into the crypto side of things.
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New Poll on Housing 🧵 87% of Americans worry about high house prices. 76% say now is a *bad* time to buy a house. Nearly 7 in 10 parents worry if their kids & grandkids will be able to afford a home #CatoPolls
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"We must correct this wrong," says of Japanese imprisonment of Lt. Ridge Alkonis
He urges to act, promising, if Defense Dept doesn't, Congress will
"DoD may or may not like whatever legislation we put in place in order to do it," Lee warns. "It'll happen."
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Trump made his big announcement on Truth…
A “Trump Digital Trading Card” collection:
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On the floor now, speaking on behalf of Ridge Alkonis, a 34-year-old Navy lieutenant imprisoned in Japan.
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America and its nascent private space-exploration industry is uniquely positioned to win the second race to the moon and harvest and exploit its natural resources. But it must summon the resolve to dedicate itself to that project.
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Congress's Tom Lantos Human Rts Commission announces Thurs. hearing on "The Perilous State of Religious Freedom" in #Nicaragua
co-chaired by + Rep. Chris Smith w/witnesses: , E. Acevedo, C. Ljungquist
humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/hearing
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Ortega’s Brutal Catholic Crackdown – Where’s the Outrage? | #religiousfreedom advocates, lawmakers call on Pope Francis, Biden to do more to stop the systematic jailing, silencing of priests and clergy | RealClearPolitics realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/
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Happy Honda Days!
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Hawley Bill to Ban TikTok on Government Devices Passes Senate Unanimously
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Congrats, !
Shaq has been named our 2022 Ed Block Courage Award recipient by his teammates.
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WH's Deese: We Need A "Secure, Long-Term Funding Of The Government" So We Don't Create Economic Uncertainty
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The art here reminds me that Trump wanted to be wheeled out of Walter Reed after his bout with COVID, per book, then jump out of the wheelchair and pull open his dress shirt to reveal a Superman logo underneath.
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Trump, alongside a video depicting himself as a superhero with lasers shooting out of his eyes, says he’s making “a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow”
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Trump, alongside a video depicting himself as a superhero with lasers shooting out of his eyes, says he’s making “a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow”
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Original December 1st story: realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/
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Earlier this month, RCP first reported how GOP operatives saw Trump’s handling of COVID as a way to “get to the right” of former president in a primary. DeSantis now:
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.@GovRonDeSantis calls for Florida Grand Jury over COVID-19 vaccines washex.am/3VWlsa1
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Watch Live: White House Press Briefing With Karine Jean-Pierre
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went down a youtube rabbit hole of best mike leach moments and uncovered a gem i had zero idea about.
ladies & gentlemen, here's mike leach giving a weather report.
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BREAKING: Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, Senator Marco Rubio, and Democrat Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi have introduced legislation to ban TikTok from operating in the U.S.
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New Suffolk/USA Today poll on 2024:
GOP Primary
DeSantis 56
Trump 33
General Election
Biden 47 - Trump 40
DeSantis 47 - Biden 43
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Fauci on presidents he served:
-Reagan "had many, many good qualities"
-Bush: They had "warm close relationship"
-Clinton: "It was very, very good working with him"
-W: "A phenomenally good experience"
-Obama: "Extraordinarily, brilliant person"
-Trump: An "unfortunate situation"
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CNN had Pete Buttigieg on for nearly 13 minutes this morning to discuss gay marriage, but could not be bothered to ask him a single question about news reports that he's flown 18 times on private jets at taxpayers' expense.
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Today, Sens. and introduced legislation to codify the hostage and wrongful detainee flag that many families developed together.
A big thank you to all, especially Sarah Levinson Moriarty, for making this happen.
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We haven't moved past Donald Trump's comments that he "sent in the FBI” to prevent Governor Ron DeSantis from losing the 2018 gubernatorial race due to “voter fraud." Read our latest records request here:
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TIM KAINE told me the deported veterans bill that passed the House last week hasn't been discussed in the Senate.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges
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White House won't turn upcoming African summit into referendum on China ( tells me it's not an attempt "to compare or contrast")
But Amb. Johnnie Carson, who will serve as Biden's special rep, is under no illusions about China
A leaked diplomatic cable from 2010:
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RCP's Wegmann To National Security Advisor: Will President Biden Have Any Message To African Leaders About China?
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NEW in Semafor Media: Joe Biden's White House is less concerned about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter than many Democrats, reports.
Biden's team has never cared much about the platform and isn't about to start now
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Jake Sullivan tells me admin did a security assessment before releasing Viktor Bout, and "in this case, we believe we can manage those challenges"
He adds "there's no shortage of arms traffickers and mercenaries in Russia" who pose a threat to the US and international order.
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