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'Why is he screaming?' Social media delivers brutal takedown of Trump's speech

President Donald Trump’s high-energy delivery of fabricated numbers drew laughter and applause from social media users Wednesday night.

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It's clear that Trump is no longer rational

I couldn’t sleep last night because I kept thinking about Trump’s response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner. Something about it kept worrying me.

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Trump DOJ’s flawed cases against protesters 'not surviving the courtroom': legal experts

President Donald Trump's allies, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, have been threatening opponents of his mass deportations with aggressive prosecu...

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#BBC King Charles pours 'perfect pint' at new brewery w.st/86XB7
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I prefer Murphy's Stout Ale, but Guinness is a close second.


'Total fiction': CNN fact-checker demolishes 8 'wild exaggerations' in Trump's speech

President Donald Trump delivered a nationally televised address carried by all major networks, and repeated many claims that have already been widely debunked.

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Trump press secretary’s distortions becoming increasingly outrageous: historian

President Donald Trump has had five White House press secretaries altogether: four during his first presidency — Sean Spicer, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephanie Grisham and Kayleigh McEnany — and Karol...

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Trump reveals who really set up his 'bizarre' primetime address after cameras turned off

Donald Trump delivered a rare televised address on Wednesday evening, and according to a report from the Daily Beast, the president made it clear when the cameras were not rolling who was really respo...

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New report on Trump and Epstein reveals details of close bond over 'pursuit of women'

With every fresh disclosure, Donald Trump’s connection to trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appears increasingly intimate.

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Economists warn of missing data as they urge caution on better-than-expected inflation report

Inflation unexpectedly fell to 2.7% in November, according to the just-released report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but economists, while cheering the drop from 3%, also are warning that data ...

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West Africa: West Africa Bar Association Condemns Military Coups and Calls for Restoration of Democratic Order in the Region: [FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia -- The West Africa Bar Association (WABA), a leading regional organization representing legal professionals across West Africa, has issued a strong condemnation of recent military interventions in governance, warning that such actions pose a severe… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPtS… #WestAfrica #Democracy #MilitaryCoups #WABA #LegalProfessionals


The FTC is reportedly investigating Instacart’s algorithmic Eversight pricing.

A recent investigation by Groundwork Collaborative, Consumer Reports, and More Perfect Union found that Instacart was charging customers different prices for the same products, from the same store, at the same time.

That has apparently raised some eyebrows at the FTC, which, according to Reuters, is now probing the company’s AI-powered pricing tool.

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Today is the feast day of Monk-martyrs Patermuthius and Coprius, and Martyr Alexander the Soldier, of 4th century #Egypt cromwell-intl.com/travel/egypt… #travel #history


Advice from IR Approved Author Lee Woodman: “Creativity and commerce make a great combination: art improves the image of artists and business owners and promotes related businesses like restaurants, shops, transportation.”

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NASA Astronaut Lee Morin to Retire After 30 Years of Innovation nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ast… #NASA #JohnsonSpaceCenter #Astronauts




5 Simple Marketing Strategies for Your Book Series

As consumers, we often go for a sure thing – name brands, established retailers, familiar movie stars, etc. – because we like what they offer and we know what to expect.
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Microsoft made another Copilot ad where nothing actually works

How the Copilot hallucinated Christmas.

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Stephen Miller's hard-line Mexico strategy morphed into deadly boat strikes (Washington Post)

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