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GOP House Candidate Arrested On Harassment Charge

Topeka’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Republican political candidate for the District 2 Congressional seat of Kansas has been arrested by local law enforcement after allegedly harassing a county court official numerous times. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office announced on social media on Nov. 22 that 44-year-old Michael A. Ogle was arrested on Nov. 21 on charges of interference with …

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Farming Groups: Deportations Will Wreck Food Supply

Reuters reports: U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally. So far Trump officials have not committed to any exemptions, according to interviews with farm and worker groups and Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom …

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Musk Admits That X Throttles Links To News Outlets

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform is restricting the visibility of and access to external sources of information. User Paul Graham, who has nearly two million followers, blasted “Twitter’s biggest flaw” was the “deprioritization of tweets with links in them” …

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GOP Senators Rebel Against Trump’s Labor Sec Pick

Punchbowl News reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks have largely enjoyed public deference from Senate Republicans and from conservatives generally. Not Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.). Trump picked the Oregon Republican, who lost her reelection bid on Nov. 5, to be his Labor secretary. It immediately prompted criticism from conservatives who see Chavez-DeRemer as too close to labor unions. It’s a …

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Lankford: “Absolutely” Teach Bible Lessons In Schools

The Hill reports: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that the Bible should “absolutely” be taught in schools as both a “historical” and “cultural” document. Lankford joined CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” where he was asked about Oklahoma requiring schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons. “As a historical document, as a cultural document, it absolutely should …

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Charlotte Intl Airport Workers Vote To Begin Strike

The Associated Press reports: Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike during a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages. Several hundred workers were expected to walk off the job and continue the work stoppage throughout Monday. Most of them earn between $12.50 and $19 an hour, which is well …

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Homan: We’ll Defund States That Battle Deportations

“If you have a governor who says, ‘I’m not going to cooperate’ – then federal funds should be slashed to that state, and I mean hugely so that the people of that state understand that the governor is the responsible party. “And that is going to happen. I guarantee President Trump will do that. This administration has turned this world …

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