Eminem sticks it to NFL at Super Bowl

 

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Eminem sticks it to NFL in Super Bowl halftime show
Marshall Mathers took a knee in solidarity with banished quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s stance against racism and police violence during a bombastic, hip hop throwback performance.

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Jim Jordan: Trump "right on target" to suggest executions for Clinton campaign aides
The congressman from Ohio dropped in on Fox & Friends over the weekend for a wee bit of inflammatory rabble-rousing.

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BOMBSHELL: Democrats score HUGE win ahead of midterms
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: WOW.

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On Parkland anniversary, Biden urges Congress on gun control
Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Biden says his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence and urges the nation to uphold the "solemn obligation" to "keep each other safe."

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Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters
The Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing between the US and Canada, reopened late Sunday after police cleared and arrested a lingering group of protesters demonstrating against COVID vaccine mandates.

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Rudy Giuliani reportedly in talks to testify before 1/6 committee
Rudy was subpoenaed by the committee last month along with three Trump attorneys involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election: Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, and Boris Epshteyn.

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DeSantis digs in on redistricting fight... against fellow Republicans
Republicans in the Florida House and Senate have proposed a map that would largely preserve the political status quo, while DeSantis wants to break up a Democratic-leaning district to dilute the African-American vote.

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Ron Johnson under fire for throwing Wisconsin kids to the wolves
United Rural Democrats: Wisconsin is waking up to the horrors of their Republican senator, but we all need to do our part to flip this Senate seat blue!

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John Eastman claims attorney-client privilege over thousands of pages sought by 1/6 investigators
Eastman, a close ally of Donald Trump amid his effort to subvert the 2020 election, has attempted to shield more than 10,000 pages of emails and counting from congressional investigators, citing attorney client or attorney work-product privileges.

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Melania Trump charity event for foster kids under investigation for potential fundraising violations
Say what you will, but this family is never not on brand.

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Donald Trump used a Secret Service agent's phone to call Melania Trump after the Stormy Daniels allegations broke
The former first lady apparently was refusing calls from the disgraced ex-president's personal phone, so he, uh, called an audible.

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Biden calls out lack of Black head coaches in NFL in Super Bowl interview
"It’s not a requirement of law, but it’s a requirement, I think, of just some generic decency," the president said.

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Elite Canadian soldiers took part in convoy protests

11 injured in random stabbing spree in Albuquerque

Flight attendant subdues unruly passenger with coffee pot blows

Russian cleared to skate at Olympics, but medals will be withheld

Yes. Seriously.

130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine

US halts avocado imports from Mexico after cartel threat

Hong Kong 'overwhelmed' as COVID infections hit record

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Detroit getting EV-charging road to power vehicles wirelessly

Team Fluff wins 2022 Puppy Bowl

Basic income pilot program expands access to immigrant families

Erin Jackson 1st Black woman to win Olympic speed skating gold

Judge quashes right-wing scheme to bankroll trucker protest

 

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Canadian judge blocks money for truckers from US right-wing Christian fundraising site
GiveSendGo has raised $9 million for truckers entering their third week of protests against vaccine mandates and other COVID precautions at the US-Canadian border.

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Biden warns Putin US will "impose swift and severe costs on Russia" if Ukraine is invaded
The warning comes as US officials say a Russian invasion could begin "at any time."

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Shop the brand that ditched Ivanka less than 2 weeks into the Trump presidency
Neiman Marcus: Get only the best from the company that did the right thing.

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Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected as crisis brews
Some airlines have canceled or diverted flights to Ukraine amid heightened fears that an invasion by Russia is imminent despite intensive weekend talks between the Kremlin and the West.

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Former White House press secretary said Trump "would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too"    [Stephanie Grisham]
Lemmings gonna lemming.

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Virginia GOP Gov. Youngkin apologizes after mixing up Black women lawmakers
State Sen. Louise Lucas sent out a tweet with pictures of herself and colleague Mamie Locke, saying, "Study the photos and you will get this soon!"

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Afghans protest US move to unfreeze $3.5 billion for 9/11 victims
Protesters who gathered outside Kabul’s grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of Afghans killed during the last 20 years of war in Afghanistan.

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BOMBSHELL: Democrats score HUGE win ahead of midterms
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: WOW.

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Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid
Although the Emergency Rental Assistance Program has paid out tens of billions of dollars to help avert an eviction crisis, some tenants who received help are finding themselves threatened with eviction again — sometimes days after getting federal help.

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"Highly pathogenic" bird flu hits US farm
The highly pathogenic strain detected in Indiana turkeys is known as H5N1 and was first spotted in wild bird populations in North and South Carolina last month.

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Faith leaders demand NFL move next Super Bowl from Arizona over "racist" voter suppression
A coalition of more than 400 religious leaders and others from around the nation have called on the NFL to change the planned location of next year’s Super Bowl from Arizona because of the state’s series of "racist" "voter suppression" laws.

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Hillary Clinton debuts new hat to mock Trump's document shredding
The recent reports that Trump"never stopped ripping" up documents while he was president, flushed some down the toilet, and absconded with classified material when he left office, made Clinton tip her new, hilarious hat while trolling her old rival.

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Florida school bus driver transporting 40 kids arrested for DUI

China orders Finnish athlete to delete pics of Olympic Village flooding

QAnon, 'time-traveling' grifter running for statewide office in Ohio

Yes. Seriously.

Protests grow across Canada as police struggle to reopen key bridge

French 'freedom convoy' rolls into Paris protesting pandemic measures

After COVID, risks of heart problems remain elevated for up to a year

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GoodGoodGood: Hope created by Parkland shooting activists lives on 4 years later

Louisville launches guaranteed income program with 'no strings attached'

NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface

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Democrats score huge win for women's rights

 

Breaking: US evacuates embassy in Ukraine over fears of a Russian attack

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Virginia Democrats defeat GOP's 20-week abortion ban bill
Democratic senators have successfully leveraged their razor thin majority in the upper chamber to beat back the latest assault on women's reproductive rights.

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Biden and Putin to speak Saturday as invasion of Ukraine looms
With tensions sky-high and troop deployments taking place across eastern Europe, the two leaders agreed to the high stakes call late Friday.

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Shop the brand that ditched Ivanka less than 2 weeks into the Trump presidency

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Canadian judge orders anti-mandate border blockade removed
The so-called "freedom convoy" of Canadian truckers has brought border traffic to a standstill and disrupted supply chains in defense of their right to endanger the health and lives of those around them.

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Background checks complete for 4 SCOTUS candidates, Biden says
The Washington Post also confirmed that FBI interviews are underway with people related to or acquainted with three potential nominees to replace Justice Breyer, who announced his retirement last month.

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QAnon extremists pivot to local and state races to aid Trump in '24
The conspiracy theory wing of the MAGA cult believes the disgraced former president is waging war against the "deep state" and child sex traffickers. Now they're trying to win local and state offices that control elections.

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Pentagon deploying 3,000 more US troops to NATO allies
The move comes as American and European leaders expect Russian forces to invade Ukraine at any moment.

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BOMBSHELL: Democrats score HUGE win ahead of midterms
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: WOW.

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Biden unfreezes $7 billion for Afghan humanitarian aid, 9/11 victims
The reserves were seized to prevent the Taliban from looting them after the fall of Kabul. Biden's executive order will make $3.5 billion available to relieve severe food shortages in Afghanistan.

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Supreme Court denies challenge to New York vaccine mandate for teachers
A handful of educators tried to derail the state's plan to protect students and teachers on religious grounds, but the Supreme Court declined to hear their case, allowing the mandate to remain in place.

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California Democrats introduce COVID-19 vaccine mandate bill
With Republicans fighting the kinds of vaccine requirements that eradicated 20th century diseases from measles to polio to chicken pox, Democrats in will use legislation to keep people safe.

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Biden releases comprehensive strategy to counter China's expansion
The White House outlined its official Indo-Pacific policy initiatives, warning that time is running out to act before China secures hegemony across south and east Asia.

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Ted Cruz says book banning targets "porn," but can't cite one example

Students at NY high school taunt Black opponent with monkey noises

Absurdly long table for Putin-Macron negotiations finally explained

Yes. Seriously.

Previously unknown CIA domestic data collection program exposed

One woman killed, multiple officers injured in Arizona shooting

Hillary Clinton trolls Trump over document flushing scandal

Climate change whiplash: record heat follows record rain in California

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House Democrats introduce bill paving way for staffers to unionize

Women behind huge increase in Black-owned businesses

Animal rights activists winning the war over cage-free eggs

Spinal implant cures paralysis as patients recover ability to walk again

GOP officials plot dystopian pregnancy database

 

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Oklahoma Republicans introduce bill to create a database for tracking women considering abortions
The GOP's war on women has entered a frightening, dystopian phase.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump adviser Peter Navarro called out for his "un-American" plan to steal the election
The MAGA minion fell to pieces explaining his clearly criminal ideas about how American elections work.

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BOMBSHELL: Democrats score HUGE win ahead of midterms
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: WOW.

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Trump denies report he flushed printed paper down White House toilet
Satire is dead, buried, and apparently lodged in the pipes.

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Biden warns Americans in Ukraine to leave, says sending troops to evacuate would be "world war"
The president issued the warning during a wide-ranging new interview with NBC News.

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Republican Senate candidate ignites outrage with new ad in which he wields a gun against President Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Mark Kelly
It must be noted that Kelly's wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, previously survived a would-be assassin's gunshot to the head.  [JIM LAMON ARIZONA REPUBLICAN]

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1/6 investigators find glaring "gaps" in Trump White House call logs
The logs don't reflect all the calls that investigators then-President Trump was making that day, raising obvious concerns about what's being concealed.

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Lauren Boebert still refuses to "tone it down"
United Rural Democrats: She's digging her own political grave, and we need to take advantage! Could you spare $7 to fund our grassroots rural organizing project today?

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Fire company suspended after alleged racist remarks, mocking of 8-year-old girl killed in police shooting
2022, y'all.  PENNSYLVANIA

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Judge rebukes RNC's "legitimate political discourse" language at 1/6 sentencing
The RNC may soon regret throwing their lot in so publicly with the Capitol insurrectionists.

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Trump remains in contact with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
The disturbing information was revealed in journalist Maggie Haberman's much-anticipated book about the former president.

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Republican deputy attorney general resigns in Virginia after posts surface of her applauding 1/6 rioters
Monique Miles resigned from her position Thursday after Facebook posts surfaced showing she had applauded 1/6 rioters and falsely claimed that Trump won the 2020 presidential election.

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16-year-old charged for bomb threats to mostly Black schools

Couple used foster care system to find sex-trafficking victims

80-year-old’s missing Wordle alerts daughter to naked intruder

Three US-Canada border crossings cut off by anti-vax protests

Family misses chance to see dying mother because of trucker protest

Yes. Seriously.

Putin's superyacht abruptly leaves Germany amid sanction warnings

Russian President Vladimir Putin's yacht Graceful.Marcus Brandt/picture alliance via Getty Images

• Vladimir Putin's yacht Graceful left Hamburg before finishing repairs, German media reported.

• It is speculated Graceful made an abrupt exit to avoid Western sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine.

• The luxury superyacht is said to be worth at least $100 million.

A yacht named Graceful and said to belong to Russian President Vladimir Putin left port in Hamburg abruptly before finishing repairs, according to reports from German media.

It is unclear what prompted the move, but the $100 million yacht's relocation from German waters to Kaliningrad, part of Russian territory, came amid fears the West would impose sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine.

While Moscow has continuously denied any plans to invade its neighbor, it has gathered over 100,000 troops at positions all around Ukraine and has even sent six assault ships into the Black Sea, moving more combat power toward the former Soviet territory.

The US and UK have warned of sanctions on Russian elites, and President Joe Biden has threatened to sanction Putin personally should Russia decide to attack Ukraine. He has also deployed troops to Eastern Europe to support NATO members and has put thousands of US troops on "heightened alert" as tensions rise.

Some have speculated that sanctions could target certain luxury assets. Graceful was spotted on a public maritime-traffic-tracking site sailing for Kaliningrad.

Russia begins major military drills as Ukraine tensions intensify

Trump's 'historic' trade deal with China goes bust

Even on the day two years ago that the trade deal was inked, there was skepticism that China would live up to its pledge to spend $200 billion more on U.S. goods and services.

But a new study finds China didn’t even spend an additional dime on U.S. products.

Capitol Report (June 2020): Trump asked China’s Xi to buy U.S. farm products to help him win re-election, Bolton book says

Also see (June 2020): Bolton book adds urgency to Trump bid to depict himself as a China hawk and to paint Biden as a Beijing apologist

Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics examined the so-called Phase 1 agreement inked during the administration of former President Donald Trump.

China agreed to buy at least $227.9 billion of U.S. exports in 2020 and $274.5 billion in 2021, for a total of $502.4 billion over the pact’s two years, he noted. In reality: U.S. exports of covered goods and services to China over the two years totaled $288.8 billion.

There were many reasons for this failure. The trade war that preceded the trade pact, finalized in January 2020, meant that U.S. goods exporters started in a hole, Bown said.

Another reason for the failure was the fatal crash of two Boeing BA, -0.04% jets, which led the U.S. airplane maker to halt 737 Max production and led China to cancel orders.

Also see (January 2022): Boeing stock gains after $1.4 billion order from China Airlines

The pandemic was another big factor, as it slammed services exports, as well as travel and education. Financial-services exports and charges for intellectual property were down slightly in 2020, though Bown said they may improve over the longer term.

U.S. agricultural exports, which were politically significant, did recover from the trade war but also fell shy of commitments under the deal, Bown said.

Bown conceded that the deal wasn’t a total washout. “The deal did halt his spiraling trade war. And several of its elements should be kept, notably China’s commitments to remove technical barriers to U.S. farm exports, respect intellectual property, and open up its financial services sector,” he said. But the main lesson of the phase one agreement, according to Bown, was that different terms for the trade relationship are still needed.

Opinion: Trump negotiated a bad trade deal that Biden perplexingly continues

White father and son charged for chasing, shooting at Black FedEx driver in Mississippi

Star Russian Olympic skater tests positive for banned substance

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GoodGoodGood: Youth training to defend Amazon rainforest

New COVID-19 test gives results in just 5 minutes

7 steps for having the most productive workday

Resort built in protected area to be demolished, Spanish court rules

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