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7-year-old Drew, who has Down syndrome, told everyone he wanted to be a UPS driver. UPS surprised him with a miniature version of their truck. cnn.it/3O8oOCy
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The most dangerous Trump cover-up isn't the one Liz Cheney called out today. It's the cover-up Kevin McCarthy is planning after November. My latest in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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What Trump has been credibly accused of is far worse than anything that Nixon ever did. There is, in fact, overwhelming evidence to show that Trump was guilty of trying to overthrow the government in a self-coup to perpetuate his power. wapo.st/3HWRdcV
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The 'booze buggy' dream team that kept our golfers well hydrated yesterday 🍻 @DoddieWeir5 @JillADouglas
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Yesterday was a pretty good day: NATO is stronger and Trump is weaker.
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“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” -– #AlbertEinstein.
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#HongKong authorities, citing “#security reasons,” have barred more than 10 #journalists from covering events & ceremonies this week marking the 25th anniversary of #HK’s return to #China, according to the #HongKongJournalistsAssociation.
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The @NFL insisted on an indefinite #suspension while @DeshaunWatson’s legal team argued there’s no basis for that punishment as both sides presented their cases in front of a retired #judge in #Delaware yesterday, 2 people in attendance said.
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#GeorgeWashingtonUniversity will keep Justice #ClarenceThomas’s #ConstitutionalLaw #class & won't him, despite backlash against his concurring opinion in #SCOTUS’s overturning of #RoeVsWade, the #university announced yesterday.
(What about #ethics issues?)
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The @US_FDA’s independent #vaccine #advisers voted 19-2 yesterday to recommend the agency authorize #COVID19 #booster formulations that target the #OmicronVariant, while acknowledging data gaps that persist on the shots’ efficacy over time.
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#VladimirPotanin, considered to be #wealthiest #oligarch in #Russia, who has been photographed playing #IceHockey w/#Putin, joins a growing list of those transferring — or, sailing — prized #assets to #Dubai as West tightens sanctions on #Russia’s economy.
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When #British handed #HongKong to #Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government & #freedoms of #assembly, ##FreeSpeech & #FreePress that aren't allowed on #Chinese #Communist-ruled mainland.
25 years later, those #romises are wearing thin.
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Attorneys for the #mother of a #dead #NorthCarolina man say #BodyCamera #footage shows a #police officer shot the #unarmed man 5 times after a chase, paused to call dispatch, & then shot him again.
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#Rabbi whose progressive #synagogue sued #Florida over bill to ban #abortions after 15 wks, arguing it infringes on #ReligiousLiberty, created initiative to help other #faith orgs & #atheists push back against #antiAbortion #laws in #US.
#1stAmendment
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As cases of #monkeypox virus surge in #US, the #Biden administration will start distributing the monkeypox #vaccine across the country, focusing on people most at risk & communities with the highest numbers of cases, @WhiteHouse officials said yesterday.
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A 101-yr-old man, known only as #JosefS, was #convicted in #Germany's #Neuruppin Regional Court of over 3,500 counts of accessory to #murder yesterday for working at #Nazis’ #Sachsenhausen #ConcentrationCamp during #WWII.
He got 5 years in #prison.
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#Filipino #journalist & @NobelPrize laureate @MariaRessa said in a speech yesterday the #Philippine govt shut down #Rappler, #news #website she co-founded that gained notoriety for reporting on Pres #RodrigoDuterte’s bloody crackdown on illegal #drugs.
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34-yr-old man was #gored by a #bison at @YellowstoneNPS, officials said.
He was walking w/his family on a boardwalk near #OldFaithful when a bull bison charged the group, according to the park. They didn't leave area & bison continued to charge & gore him.
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.@POTUS today pledged to boost #American #MilitaryOperations in #Europe as he seeks to project a picture of #strength & #unity among @NATO members while they grapple with #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.
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When 2 @NBCNews producers visited #StateFunded #CrisisPregnancyCenters in #Texas to seek counseling, counselors told them #abortions caused #MentalIllness & implied they may cause #cancer & #infertility.
@ACOG says that’s #medical #misinformation (#LIES).
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