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NY Post: Omar’s Consultant Denies Affair; Her Husband Wants Divorce Sep 04, 2019

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Two more developments have surfaced in the case of Representative Ilhan Omar’s mysterious marital history and, court papers allege, extra-martial high jinks.

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Biden Says “Details Are Irrelevant”; Voters Don’t Seem to Mind Sep 04, 2019

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Joe Biden’s explanation for his misstating nearly every detail of the “war story” he has repeatedly told on the campaign trail was jaw-dropping. Even if he got them wrong, said Biden, “the details are irrelevant.” He added: “[My gaffes have] nothing to do with judgment of whether or not you send troops to war, the judgment of whether you bring someone home, the judgment of whether you decide on a healthcare policy.”

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Secret Pentagon Program Given Power Over the Press Sep 03, 2019

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The Trump administration has authorized the Department of Defense to begin testing advanced military technology to fight “fake news” and to thwart “large-scale, automated disinformation attacks,” according to an article published by Bloomberg.

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Aramco IPO Plans Pushed Forward Before Oil Prices Drop Further Sep 03, 2019

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (shown), known as MBS, just relieved his energy minister, Khalid al-Falih, of his duties concerning the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of his country’s primary asset, ARAMCO (officially, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company). Plans for that offering, first announced in 2018, were to raise $100 billion for the country’s sovereign wealth fund so it could invest the funds to diversify the economy away from its dependence upon oil revenues and bring it into the 21st century.

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Hurricane of Lead Hits Chicago Over Labor Day, 43 Shot, Eight Dead Sep 03, 2019

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The criminal element worked over Labor Day weekend in the City of the Big Shoulders. Police in the gun-controlled city counted 43 people shot, eight fatally.

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Woman Throws Molotov Cocktail Into Citizenship and Immigration Services Office Sep 03, 2019

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A woman was arrested on August 30, after tossing a lit Molotov cocktail into the lobby of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office in Oakland Park, Florida. Oakland Park is in Broward County, about four miles north of Fort Lauderdale. Fortunately, the fuse disconnected from the bottle and it didn't ignite.

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Are Google, Amazon, Apple Smart Speakers Carrying On Secret Surveillance? Sep 03, 2019

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The founder of a major venture capital firm in Silicon Valley and former executive at Time Warner and AOL believes surveillance is the main objective of voice-commanded “smart speakers” such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Home, and others.

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Boris Johnson Threatens to Purge Tory Rebels Unless They get on Board His Brexit Train Sep 03, 2019

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As Great Britain inches closer to another Brexit deadline, the country’s politicians are making moves in advance of what promises to be a raucous two-months until the October 31 leave date. While most lawmakers in the UK — including Prime Minister Boris Johnson (shown) — favor having some sort of deal that lays out a trade and border security agreement with European Union prior to the separation, some hardliners are insisting that Great Britain leave the European Union on October 31, with or without a deal in place.

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Sanders to Introduce Plan to Have Federal Government Pay Off Medical Bills Sep 03, 2019

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After a woman at an August 30 town hall in Florence, South Carolina, asked Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): “Is there anything in your [healthcare] plan that would actually work for people that are drowning right now for their medical debt?” he replied:

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Angry Birds Movie 2 — Global-warming Propaganda for Tots Sep 03, 2019

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Can’t kids just be kids anymore? Of course not; they must be drafted into service as climate-change agents and social-justice warriors for the United Nations.

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