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Joe Lieberman Floats Haley As No Label’s Candidate

The Messenger reports: Joe Lieberman is open to Nikki Haley being a potential candidate for the third party effort No Labels. Lieberman, founding chairman of No Labels and former senator, told Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Monday that he hasn’t had direct conversations with Haley about a third party run, but he wouldn’t be surprised if some No Labels …

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Liz Cheney: Yes, I’m “Contemplating A Third Party Run”

The Washington Post reports: Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do “whatever it takes” to prevent the former president from returning to office. “Several years ago, I would not have contemplated a …

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Arkansas Rules Cenk Uygur Ineligible For 2024 Ballot

The Associated Press reports: Arkansas election officials on Monday said online news personality Cenk Uygur, who was born in Turkey, can’t appear on the state’s Democratic presidential primary ballot next year. The determination comes weeks after Uygur proclaimed that he had become the first naturalized citizen on a presidential ballot after filing paperwork with the state and the Arkansas Democratic …

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New Jersey Defies Feds With Highway Warning Signs

Gothamist reports: New Jersey transportation officials have posted quirky, holiday-themed highway safety warnings for drivers, even though the federal government ordered the state to remove similar signs last year. “Only Rudolph should be lit, drive high get DUI,” one of this year’s digital signs reads. “Reckless drivers are worse than fruitcake,” says another. In 2022, the Federal Highway Administration told …

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Oxford University’s 2023 Word Of The Year Is “Rizz”

The Oxford University Press reports: After over 30,000 language lovers around the world got involved to help refine our shortlist of eight words, we are pleased to announce that the Oxford Word of the Year 2023 is rizz. Through head-to-head competitions over a four-day voting period, the public narrowed down our shortlist of worthy contenders to four finalists: rizz, Swiftie, …

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Eric Swalwell: McCarthy Will Be Gone By “End Of Year”

The Messenger reports: Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is predicting Republicans will move to expel Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after George Santos got the boot from Congress. “With Santos gone, you’re hearing it here first: the next GOP member to leave Congress” will be Kevin McCarthy, Swalwell posted to X. “No way he stays. A guy who kidney punches his colleagues …

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Former US Ambassador Accused Of Spying For Cuba

The Associated Press reports: A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Manuel Rocha, 73, was arrested in Miami on Friday on a criminal complaint and more details about the case are expected …

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Tsunami Warning Given After 7.6 Quake Hits Philippines

The Associated Press reports: A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the coast of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao and Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. The quake struck at 10:37 p.m. and was measured at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on the magnitude and …

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Major Egg Producers To Pay $18M In Price-Fixing Case

Courthouse News reports: A 12-year-old federal antitrust case against the nation’s largest egg producers came to a tentative close on Friday, after a jury delivered a verdict awarding four food corporations $17.7 in damages. Jurors in awarded Kraft, Kellogg’s, General Mills and Nestle the money after a two-day damages trial in Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse, the second half of a …

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Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Dies At Age 93

CBS News reports: Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who blazed a trail as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, died Friday, the Supreme Court said. She was 93 years old. O’Connor died of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness, the court said in a statement. She withdrew from public life in 2018 …

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Leonard Leo Firm Got $21M From Leo-Linked Outfit

Politico reports: Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo’s consulting firm received $21 million in 2022 from a group that is a pillar of Leo’s aligned nonprofit network, according to a new tax filing. That group, The 85 Fund, is part of an umbrella of nonprofits under investigation by the Washington, D.C. attorney general for potentially violating tax laws. The tax filing, …

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Erdogan: Israel Should Face Gaza War Crimes Trial

Reuters reports: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Israel must be held accountable in international courts for what he called war crimes it committed in Gaza, the Turkish presidency said. Israel has mounted an offensive by air and ground against Hamas militants in Gaza in which more than 15,000 people have been …

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LIVE VIDEO: Memorial Service For Rosalynn Carter

Axios reports: An Atlanta memorial service for the late first lady Rosalynn Carter on Tuesday will feature a host of dignitaries, including her 99-year-old husband, former President Carter. The 1pm ET service will be at the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University, where Rosalynn Carter was a fellow in the women’s studies department for decades. President Biden and …

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Hunter Biden Willing To Testify Before House Committee

CNN reports: Hunter Biden’s lawyers have told the House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify on December 13 in their inquiry into his actions — but only if he can do so publicly, according to a letter Hunter Biden’s legal team sent to the committee that CNN obtained. “We have seen you use closed-door sessions to …

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Iowa Evangelical Leader: Trump’s Biggest Hurdle Is Nobody Wants Their Kid To Grow Up To Be Like Him

“The No. 1 hurdle for Donald Trump is I’ve never met a dad or a mom or a grandpa or a grandma who have told me they want their son or daughter, grandchild to grow up to be like him. That’s a big deal. “And then because I don’t endorse you, to throw me under the bus, my family under …

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Melania To Attend Rosalynn Carter Service By Herself

Fox News reports: Former first lady Melania Trump is expected to join her contemporaries and other leaders at a memorial tribute service for the former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Trump will be joined by other living former first ladies – including Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush – the Carter Center said Monday in a news release announcing the …

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Southwest Passenger Opens Emergency Exit And Flees

New Orleans’ CBS affiliate reports: The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said a man at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, allegedly escaped through the emergency hatch and ran out onto the tarmac Sunday night. The plane was still parked at the terminal and had yet to push back from the gate for takeoff. Witnesses told media that the …

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NYC Landlords Crack Down On Fire-Prone E-Bikes

Gothamist reports: The most unwanted tenants these days in New York City buildings are electric bikes. An increasing number of landlords and management companies are putting the kibosh on residents keeping e-bikes in apartments and bike rooms, even if they meet international safety standards. The crackdown comes as illegal or dangerous lithium batteries used in some e-bikes, scooters and mopeds …

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Haaretz Editor Condemns “Venal” Musk’s Israel Visit

The Hill reports: The editor in chief of Israeli news outlet Haaretz blasted Elon Musk’s visit to Israel, calling the tech billionaire a “blatant antisemite and publisher of antisemitism” amid backlash over antisemitic content on X. “Blatant antisemite & publisher of antisemitism Elon Musk should be persona non grata in Israel,” Haaretz editor-in-chief Esther Solomon wrote in a post on …

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NBC News: Israel-Hamas Ceasefire May Be Extended

NBC News reports: A senior Arab official with “direct knowledge of negotiations” confirms to NBC News that there will be a truce extension. Details were still being finalized and the deal could still collapse, the source added. Yesterday, Hamas released 17 hostages, including a 4-year-old American, Abigail Edan. In exchange, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners, all of whom are minors, …

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