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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 18, 2022

'The end is near for Donald Trump' with criminal referrals and bankruptcy looming: former GOP lawmaker

Look, Donald Trump is in deep trouble," he continued. "I don't think anything can rescue him. But I do think that he can use these criminal referrals as a way to rally his base."

"But the end is near for Donald Trump. His next bankruptcy is looming, you can see it coming on the horizon. I don't even think that this will save him.

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-criminal-referral/

'The end is near for Donald Trump' with criminal referrals and bankruptcy looming: former GOP lawmaker

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) stated that he didn't want to see a criminal referral against Donald Trump coming out of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6th riot at the Capitol, but that Trump's future looks grim based upon ...

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 18, 2022

Legal expert singles out criminal referral most likely to lead to a successful Trump conviction

Because so much of Trump's conduct was public, so much of it is on videotape. There are so many conversations leading up to January sixth, including the entirety of his perpetuation of the big lie," she elaborated. "There is an entire trajectory of evidence here that could be used.

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-conviction/

Legal expert singles out criminal referral most likely to lead to a successful Trump conviction

Appearing on MSNBC early Sunday morning, former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade broke down the probabilities that Donald Trump could actually see an indictment and then have to appear in a courtroom based on the criminal referrals expected from the House select committee looking int...

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 18, 2022

ABC host corners Greg Abbott: Biden has never said the border is open but you and Trump have

https://www.rawstory.com/greg-abbott-open-border/

ABC host corners Greg Abbott: Biden has never said the border is open but you and Trump have

ABC host Martha Raddatz asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) if his rhetoric was leading migrants to believe the U.S. border is open. “You talk about the border wall, you talk about open borders, I don't think I've ever heard President Biden say, we have an open border come on over,” Raddatz said du...

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 18, 2022

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

https://www.rawstory.com/in-hit-beijing-funeral-homes-with-sick-workers-struggle-to-keep-up/

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

By Ryan Woo and Winni Zhou BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Funeral homes across China's COVID-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. After ...

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 17, 2022

New petition pressures US House members not to seat GOP insurrectionists in 2023

Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) "are ineligible to hold future public office," the petition argues, "having voiced support for and helped facilitate the deadly insurrection on our nation's Capitol on January 6th, 2021

https://www.rawstory.com/new-petition-pressures-us-house-members-not-to-seat-gop-insurrectionists-in-2023/

New petition pressures US House members not to seat GOP insurrectionists in 2023

A pair of progressive advocacy groups launched a petition on Friday to pressure the U.S. House of Representatives not to seat returning members who supported the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.The petition, led by Free Speech for People and MoveOn, takes aim at three Republican members of Con...

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 16, 2022

Ukraine Says Russian Airstrikes Hit Power Plants, Forcing Freezing Blackouts
‘MASSIVELY ATTACKING’

At least two civilian deaths were also reported in the missile blasts, Ukrainian officials reported.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukraine-says-russian-airstrikes-hit-power-plants-forcing-freezing-blackouts

Ukraine Says Russian Airstrikes Hit Power Plants, Forcing Freezing Blackouts

At least two civilian deaths were also reported in the missile blasts, Ukrainian officials reported.

The Daily Beast

𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 16, 2022

Russian Spacecraft Docked to ISS Hits 86F After Coolant Leak
MOSCOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

The temperature inside a Russian spacecraft attached to the International Space Station shot up to 86 degrees after a major coolant leak, the Russian space agency said Friday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/iss-temperature-hits-86-degrees-in-soyuz-22-spacecraft-after-leak

ISS: Temperature Hits 86 Degrees in Soyuz-22 Spacecraft After Leak

The Soyuz-22 started spraying fluid out into space on Wednesday.

The Daily Beast

𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 16, 2022

Kremlin TV Stars Combust as Russians Admit War Is Aimless
DAZED AND CONFUSED

Putin’s media darlings are promptly melting down as more Russians realize they “don’t understand what they’re doing” in Ukraine.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-state-tv-stars-flip-out-as-russians-admit-putins-war-in-ukraine-is-aimless

Kremlin State TV Stars Flip Out as Russians Admit Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Aimless

Putin’s media darlings are promptly melting down as more Russians realize they “don’t understand what they’re doing” in Ukraine.

The Daily Beast

𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 16, 2022

Republicans get cold feet on McCarthy's 'inappropriate' plan to boot Democrats off committees

"McCarthy has vowed to kick Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) off the Intelligence Committee and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off the Foreign Affairs Committee, but he may face opposition from his own side," reported Andrew Solender and Alayna Treene.

https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-mccarthy-2658971438/

Republicans get cold feet on McCarthy's 'inappropriate' plan to boot Democrats off committees: report

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𝓛𝔂𝓷𝓷𝓮 ✅Dec 16, 2022

Iranians hit streets again as protests enter fourth month

https://www.rawstory.com/iranians-hit-streets-again-as-protests-enter-fourth-month/

Iranians hit streets again as protests enter fourth month

Dozens took to the streets Friday in Iran's restive southeast, footage shared by rights groups showed, as a wave of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death entered a fourth month.Protesters in Zahedan, the Sistan-Baluchistan provincial capital, chanted "Death to the dictator", taking aim at supreme ...

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