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Maverick Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on Sunday said the Democratic National Committee is rigging the 2024 primary season to ensure President Joe Biden secures the party’s nomination. Williamson, an author and self-help guru, entered the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination process in 2019, but her candidacy never connected with voters....

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The lottery, as the saying goes, is a tax on people who are bad at math. Occasionally, however, some of us get a very big deduction and a large refund check, to boot. Count Becky Bell among those lucky folk. According to KING-TV in Seattle, Bell -- a 36-year Boeing...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis might have been playing to an out-of-state crowd, but that didn't stop him from driving his points home. In an address Sunday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, the prospective presidential contender took aim squarely at the Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom....

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A veritable fleet of ambulances needed to be called in after a viral drinking trend rocked the small college town of Amherst, Massachusetts, over the weekend. Twenty-eight ambulances were called in on Saturday thanks to the popular TikTok trend involving "BORGs." "BORG" stands for "blackout rage gallons" and is a...

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CNN anchor Kasie Hunt gave birth to a baby girl at her home Wednesday -- one day before a scheduled cesarean section. The 37-year-old now-mother of two relied on her husband, Matthew Mario Rivera, to help deliver the baby on the floor of their bathroom after the network anchor unexpectedly...

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is responding to the criticism that he received for his choice of footwear during his visit to East Palestine, Ohio. Buttigieg visited the Ohio town two weeks ago in order to see the aftermath of the horrific train derailment that released toxic chemicals and put the...

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An NFL star is slamming comedian Jimmy Kimmel for a joke that he made regarding Jeffrey Epstein's client list. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said during a recent podcast interview that he wanted to know the names of clients for the late, notorious sex offender. “Did you hear about...

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Symbolism and microcosms are typically overplayed these days, but it's hard not to view this tragic story involving alleged illegal immigrants and a bald eagle as an incredibly fitting microcosm of Joe Biden's America. Stanton County in Nebraska was rocked with controversy last week when a pair of 20-year-old Honduran...

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When Emma Heming Willis married Bruce Willis in 2009, she obviously had no idea that barely more than a decade later, she'd be caring for a dementia patient. So it should come as no surprise that she's asking for a little help. What may be a little more surprising was...

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A real estate developer who has lived in Portland, Oregon, his entire life said he is moving away after he came to work over the weekend to find multiple bullet holes that had penetrated a window behind his chair. After seeing the decline of the once-great American city he has...

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A Texas man who allegedly broke into a home last week in El Paso and shot a dog found himself wounded and crying for help after the homeowner returned fire. Armed criminals often like to play the role of tough guy until they meet their match: A law-abiding citizen who...

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The Internal Revenue Service issued a new warning Friday to taxpayers about potential tax scams during the filing season. These scams can result not only in financial losses but also criminal charges for otherwise innocent Americans who unwittingly participate in illegal activities. According to a news release on the IRS...

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Whatever your feelings may be about former President Donald Trump, you can't deny that he has a flair for the dramatic -- and an uncanny ability to bestow nicknames. Now, Trump usually reserves his nicknaming for only his least favorite people ("Rocket Man" and "Pencil Neck" immediately come to mind),...

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In just one week, the surprise hit "Jesus Revolution" nearly doubled its box office total ticket sales from $15.8 million to $30.5 million. A double blessing seems to be a theme with the film about the Jesus movement in the late 1960s and 1970s, when hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions,...

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When seeing an animal in danger, a lot of people's first inclination is to jump in -- sometimes literally -- and help. It's an admirable, but oftentimes ill-advised, response. When one elderly woman spotted her wayward dogs chase geese on a nearby pond and fall through the ice on Sunday,...

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Making Marianne Williamson look practical, much less penetrating, isn't always easy. But when ABC News' Jonathan Karl sat down with the lone challenger facing President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party's nomination next year, he managed to pull it off. And Williamson had Hillary Clinton to thank for it. Outside...

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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has come clean about his active use of controlled substances. The dissident member of the British royal family disclosed that he's an active user of psychedelics during a livestreamed pay-per-view event with trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté on Saturday, according to the New York...

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Once is chance, twice is a coincidence and a third time is a pattern. A pattern has certainly emerged throughout the last two years in regard to President Joe Biden, 80, and his complicated relationship with the staircase leading up to Air Force One. Biden’s motor skills have been questioned...

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An Arizona sheriff has firmly vowed to enforce the law after an illegal immigrant savagely attacked a female border patrol agent. According to Fox News, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said that if the federal government chooses to not prosecute the attacker, his office will take charge of the case. "If...

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Time and time again, it has been proved that the best environment for a child to grow up in includes both a mother and a father. To be clear, the above statement of fact is not to imply that people who come from single-parent households can't succeed or thrive just...

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