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NEW Video From ICE Officer's Cell Phone of Confrontation in MN Before Shooting Shows the TRUTH - YouTube Added: Jan 9, 2026
NEW Video From ICE Officer's Cell Phone of Confrontation in MN Before Shooting Shows the TRUTH
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly is joined by Jesse Kelly, host of “The Jesse Kelly Show,” to break down new cell phone footage from the ICE officer involved in the Minnesota sho...
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President Trump Participates in a Meeting with Oil and Gas Executives
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Megyn Kelly Reacts to Anderson Cooper Refusing to Tell the Truth About New ICE Shooting Video on CNN
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Megyn Kelly reacts to Anderson Cooper refusing to tell the truth about new ICE shooting video on CNN.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly...
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VP Vance: "A tragedy of the making of the Far Left"
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"A tragedy of the making of the Far Left. They have radicalized a very small segment of the population...What our ICE officers are doing is deporting the mil...
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"Take Over America Without Firing a Shot" - Gen. Michael Flynn
Site: YouTube
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U.S. watching for signs Iran's protests could bring down regime Added: Jan 9, 2026
U.S. watching for signs Iran's protests could bring down regime
Site: Axios
The streets filled with protesters and the internet went dark.
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Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair approaches | The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA
Added: Jan 9, 2026Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair approaches | The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA
Site: The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA
The Santa Cruz Fungus Fair is set to run Jan. 9-11 in Santa Cruz.
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'Pluribus' a Direct Refutation of Collectivism Trend | National Review Added: Jan 9, 2026
'Pluribus' a Direct Refutation of Collectivism Trend | National Review
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Brigitte Bardot Was Punished for Being Right - WSJ Added: Jan 9, 2026
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This free open-source tool is the fastest way I’ve found to make diagrams
Added: Jan 9, 2026This free open-source tool is the fastest way I’ve found to make diagrams
Site: MUO
I stopped dragging boxes around. This open-source tool is quicker.
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What the US calls ‘milk’ could dominate dairy talks with Canada Added: Jan 9, 2026
What the US calls ‘milk’ could dominate dairy talks with Canada
Site: The Hill
If Canada spins the FDA’s rule to strengthen its regulatory defense, this debate will drag on until the cows come home.
Ottawa may be cheesing a little less hard later this year. A long-gestating standards of identity rule is due to be finalized soon by the Food and Drug Administration. It will clear the way for U.S. cheese producers to use ultra-filtered and micro-filtered milk without separately disclosing them as ingredients. This isn’t technical minutia. It’s going to change the tenor of U.S.-Canada dairy trade tensions just as negotiations get under way over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The rule permits cheese made with ultra-filtered and micro-filtered milk to be labeled simply as “milk” in standardized cheese and related products, so long as standard milk or nonfat milk appears on the ingredient panel and compositional requirements are met. The science is straightforward: filtration removes water and concentrates protein while preserving milk’s basic characteristics. What’s striking is not the substance of the rule, but its timing. Few trade issues have generated more friction between Washington and Ottawa than dairy. Canada’s supply management system tightly limits domestic production and relies on steep tariff-rate quotas to keep imports at bay. When the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement went into effect in 2020, Canada agreed to open up additional market access for U.S. producers and eliminate its controversial Class 7 pricing scheme, which had made it difficult for certain U.S. dairy products and ultra-filtered and micro-filtered milk to compete with lower prices in Canada’s market. But the ghost of Class 7 pricing past has never fully disappeared. This is where the Food and Drug Administration rule matters. Ottawa agreed — with caveats — to treat ultra-filtered milk as “milk,” not as a separate dairy category. By issuing a rule that treats ultra-filtered milk as being functionally equivalent to conventional milk for labeling purposes, the United States risks reinforcing Canada’s longstanding argument that its own dairy restrictions are simply legitimate internal regulations, not protectionist trade barriers. In other words, Washington may be strengthening the very regulatory narrative it has spent years contesting. Canada tightly controls how milk solids and proteins are used within its dairy regime, particularly at the provincial level. It has long defended these controls as product standards grounded in food regulation, rather than trade discrimination. The U.S. rule about what constitutes milk may lend some credence to this argument. That’s because it blurs a line between what the U.S. regards as scientific regulation at home versus what it condemns as disguised protectionism abroad. Embracing the more permissive U.S. definition of milk will make it easier for Canada to argue that its dairy regime also belongs on the regulatory side of that divide. Despite bravado from the Trump administration, no one should expect Canada to dismantle supply management to get the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement renewed. In fact, last summer, Canada’s Senate passed legislation to stop the government from negotiating it away in trade talks. Yet, innovation in the U.S. dairy sector, particularly with respect to the use of ultra-filtered and micro-filtered milk and milk protein concentrates, could still put pressure on Ottawa. As talks begin to modify the trade agreement, Washington should resist getting drawn into technical disputes over definitions of milk. The focus needs to stay squarely on market access: how quotas are allocated, who receives import licenses, whether tariff-rate quotas are underfilled by design and whether pricing formulas put foreign suppliers at a disadvantage. If, instead, Canada spins the Food and Drug Administration's rule on milk to strengthen its regulatory defense, this debate will drag on until the cows come home. Lelia E. Busch is a Siebel Scholar, Forte Fellow, and MBA candidate at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Marc L. Busch is the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.
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"Winter Is Not a Coincidence": The Deep Freeze We Dread Is Secretly Vital to How Life on Earth Survives
Added: Jan 9, 2026"Winter Is Not a Coincidence": The Deep Freeze We Dread Is Secretly Vital to How Life on Earth Survives
Site: The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
Cold weather is vanishing—and with it, something vital inside the world’s crops. Scientists are uncovering how the loss of deep winter chill is quietly disrupting flowering, pest control, and even plant memory.
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Megyn Kelly Lambasts New CBS Anchor for Crying on TV Added: Jan 9, 2026
Megyn Kelly Lambasts New CBS Anchor for Crying on TV as Top Producer’s Firing Shocks Newsroom
Site: The Hollywood Reporter
The former Fox News top anchor took issue with Tony Dokoupil's show of emotion upon returning to his hometown of Miami.
The former Fox News top anchor took issue with Tony Dokoupil's show of emotion upon returning to his hometown of Miami.
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President Trump hosts oil executives for Venezuela investment talks | Fox Business Added: Jan 9, 2026
President Trump hosts oil executives for Venezuela investment talks | Fox Business
President Donald Trump is hosting a group of top oil executives at the White House to discuss investment in Venezuela following the military's successful capture of the nation's dictatorial president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife over the weekend.  "Following the announcement of President Trump’s historic energy deal with Venezuela, American oil companies will come to the White House to discuss investment opportunities that will restore Venezuelan oil infrastructure," White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital Friday morning.  "The American people, energy companies, and the Venezuelan people will all greatly benefit from these new, unprecedented investments in Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, thanks to President Trump." Fox News Digital learned that the lengthy lineup of oil companies includes Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp. TRUMP TO MEET WITH OIL EXECUTIVES ABOUT VENEZUELA ON FRIDAY Trump will be joined by a handful of Cabinet members as well, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.  Trump announced a successful strike on Venezuela Saturday morning in a military operation that did not kill any U.S. military personnel, and led to the arrests of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on sweeping narcotics charges. The couple was transported to New York City and pleaded not guilty in the case during their arraignments Monday. MADURO'S REMOVAL COULD REVERSE DECADES OF ECONOMIC STRUGGLES FOR VENEZUELANS  They are being held at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.  Venezuela is an oil-rich nation, with Trump announcing shortly after the operation that the U.S. would "run" the South American nation, without going into details about what that would entail. He announced on social media Tuesday that Venezuelan oil will immediately be turned over to the U.S., including "between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America." MADURO'S CAPTURE PUTS CUBA'S VENEUZELAN OIL-DEPENDENT ECONOMY AT RISK "This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States," Trump wrote.  He added that through the deal, "Venezuela is going to be purchasing ONLY American Made Products, with the money they receive from our new Oil Deal." Trump told The New York Times Wednesday in a lengthy interview that he anticipated the U.S. will run Venezuela and extract oil from its reserves for years.  Chevron is currently the only U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela, Fox Business previously reported, while ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil had operations in the country before the regime nationalized their assets. The oil leaders are expected to discuss plans for investing in Venezuela to allow oil production to ramp up in the country.  GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Fox Business' Eric Revell contributed to this report. 
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Greenland should hold talks with the US without Denmark, opposition leader says | Reuters Added: Jan 9, 2026
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Trump to meet Machado, says it would be ‘great honor’ to accept Nobel Prize Added: Jan 9, 2026
Trump to meet Machado, says it would be ‘great honor’ to accept her Nobel Prize
Site: The Hill
President Trump said he looks forward to meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado next week, adding that it would be a “great honor” to receive her Nobel Peace Prize. M…
President Trump said he looks forward to meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado next week, adding that it would be a “great honor" to receive her Nobel Peace Prize. Machado told Fox News host Sean Hannity on his show earlier this week that she would like to give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize she won earlier this year. Trump, who was lobbying to win the prize himself before it was awarded to Machado, told Hannity on Thursday he'd be pleased to accept it from her. “I’ve stopped eight wars,” Trump said. “I think it’s been a major embarrassment to Norway. Now, I don’t know what Norway has to do with it, but that’s where the [Nobel Prize] committee is located, a lot of Norwegian people.” “Well, I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her,” Trump said in the interview with Hannity. Trump told reporters earlier this week that Machado does not have sufficient support or respect in Venezuela to lead her native country. The U.S. has backed acting Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez after Trump ordered a military operation in which U.S. forces captured Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to face drug charges. Trump said he believes Norway had something to do with the decision to award Machado with the prize over him, noting Norway denies this. “When you put out eight wars, in theory, you should get one for each war,” he said.
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ICE Shooting Creates New Crack in a Fractured Country | WSJ Politics Newsletter for Jan. 8 - WSJ Added: Jan 9, 2026
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UK Considers Blocking X Over Grok Deepfake Abuse / X Added: Jan 9, 2026
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Somaliland: Israel is not the issue
Site: The Hill
Since it broke away from the central government in 1991, Somaliland has boasted more than three decades of political democracy and economic stability.
In late December, when Israel established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Somaliland, it was actually not the first time it had done so. Israel had previously recognized the newly independent state of Somaliland in 1960, when it first won its independence from Britain. At that time, however, Israel was not alone. Thirty-four other states, including all five members of the United Nations Security Council, also recognized an independent Somaliland. Although it emerged from colonial domination as an internationally recognized independent state, Somaliland chose to merge with the former Italian Somaliland after it too became independent. The merger proved to be an uneasy one, however. The two formerly separate colonies had separate administrative, legal and educational systems, reflecting the influence of their former colonial overlords. Somaliland and Somalia also continued to maintain different police forces and different tax structures. Their respective elites also had little in common. Whereas the former British Somaliland inherited a strong democratic tradition from Britain, that was not the case in the former Italian colony. Indeed, within a decade after independence and merger, the new unitary state, dominated by its southern region that had been Italian Somaliland, never held a real presidential election after 1967, when Abdirashid Ali Shermarke took office. Shermarke was assassinated two years later, and Somalia has not had a truly democratic election since. Nor has Somalia had much stability in the last half-century. Wars with Ethiopia and Kenya, internal guerrilla insurrections, piracy and the rise of al-Shabab have transformed Somalia into a failed state. In contrast, since it broke away from the central government in 1991, Somaliland has boasted more than three decades of political democracy and economic stability. It has held multiple presidential and legislative elections. Nevertheless, although it exhibits all the characteristics of a unified state with functioning administrative governance, it has never been able to obtain international diplomatic recognition. Although it is not officially recognized as an independent state, Somaliland does maintain unofficial relations with several states; for example, it has offices in Washington and London among others. It has reached a variety of economic agreements with several countries, notably neighboring Ethiopia. So there is precedent for Somaliland obtaining recognition and a seat at the United Nations. That it chose to rupture its relationship with the Republic of Somalia years after agreeing to a merger is no different from the case of the United Arab Republic. In 1958, Egypt and Syria agreed to a merger intended to create a unitary state with a single president — Egypt’s Gamal abd-el Nasr — and a single legislature. The merger lasted barely four years, however — after a military coup, Syria opted for independence once more. The African Union has refused to recognize Somaliland and has condemned Jerusalem’s decision to establish formal relations with its capital, Hargeisa. It has called upon Israel to revoke its recognition of the breakaway state. Yet in May 1993 the African Union recognized Eritrea, which had bolted from Ethiopia after years of warfare. In 2011 it did the same for South Sudan, which had broken from Sudan, again after years of rebellion. Russia and China have also condemned the Israeli move. After all, Russia refuses to accept Ukraine’s independence, whereas China considers Taiwan a breakaway province. Yet they too have recognized Eritrea and Sudan. Russia recognizes Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which seceded from Georgia thanks to Russian military intervention. Moscow also recognizes as independent states the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, whose survival depends on the Russia’s military’s presence. The Arab League and Turkey have also condemned Israel for opening relations with Somaliland. Yet Turkey, alone among the rest of the international community, recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which owes its independence to the 1974 Turkish invasion of the island. Finally, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have condemned Israel’s new ties with Somaliland and have threatened to “target” any Israeli presence there. That is hardly a surprise. Jerusalem has made no bones about the fact that being able to operate from the Horn of Africa will enhance its ability to strike at the rebel group. The issue is not really Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, however. Rather it is why the international community, and if not all those states that had once recognized Somaliland — at least the western democracies — have not done so again. Like democratic Taiwan, which only a few small states recognize even though it maintains unofficial political, military and economic relations with numerous countries, notably the U.S. — Somaliland appears destined to remain an international pariah, despite demonstrating all the characteristics of a healthy, thriving, democratic polity. Dov S. Zakheim is a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and vice chairman of the board for the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He was undersecretary of Defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer for the Department of Defense from 2001 to 2004 and a deputy undersecretary of Defense from 1985 to 1987.
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President Trump says the US will not attack Venezuela again due to 'cooperation' | Fox News Added: Jan 9, 2026
President Trump says the US will not attack Venezuela again due to 'cooperation' | Fox News
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‘The Mattering Instinct’ by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein | Book Review - WSJ Added: Jan 9, 2026
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Nickolay Mladenov, US pick for Gaza board, has won Israelis' and Palestinians' trust | The Times of Israel
Added: Jan 9, 2026Nickolay Mladenov, US pick for Gaza board, has won Israelis' and Palestinians' trust | The Times of Israel
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Trump expected to announce Gaza Board of Peace next week: U.S. officials
Site: Axios
Around 15 world leaders are expected to be named to the board.
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Implications of Bella 1: Is Russia down for the count?
Site: The Hill
Trump — and by extension Ukraine — now hold all the cards.
Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t want you — or for that matter, President Trump — to know that Russia is in trouble — deep trouble. His regime is not in danger of collapsing, but his country — its economy, military and global influence — is stuck in the mud. Consider the curious case of the Bella One. Yesterday, after an 18-day pursuit evocative of a sea version of “Smokey and the Bandit,” the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy seized the rusting oil tanker in the North Atlantic that had fled the U.S. naval blockade of Venezuela. By then, it had been renamed the Marinera and re-registered as a Russian tanker based in the Black Sea port city of Sochi. It was even sporting a hastily painted tri-color Russian flag on its hull. Significantly, Moscow appeared to have dispatched a Russian nuclear-powered submarine to intercept the Marinera under orders to escort it back safely to Murmansk — a Russian sea port in the Arctic. Nukes or no, the plan failed. Instead, the pride of Putin’s Baltic Fleet could only watch as a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter and Navy assets tracked, chased and seized the tanker. This invites the question of what, if anything, the Marinera was transporting. The empty tanker began its voyage in Iran in August. If it was carrying something, then Putin was going to great lengths to try and prevent Team Trump from finding out its cargo. Navies rarely dispatch nuclear-powered submarines to safeguard empty oil tankers. If it was carrying illicit or nefarious cargo, it certainly wasn’t cases of Coors. We do, however, have clues. Previously, the Bella 1 and its then-owners — Louis Marine Shipholding Enterprises, S.A. — had been sanctioned by the Department of Treasury in 2024, “for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of," Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and specifically its Quds Force. Jason Brodsky, a Middle East expert and policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran, has pointed out that the Quds Force’s Unit 840 "has been historically active in Venezuela.” The unit is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of Iranian sponsored terrorist attacks overseas. In this vein, the Bella 1 could have been transporting arms and munitions for future Unit 840 operations in Latin America. Or it could have been shipping weapons and military assets — for example, Iranian-made drones, Russian built surface-to-air missile batteries, etc. — for use by the Maduro regime itself. Or perhaps, all of the above. We will know soon enough. The real question is why all of the Russian smoke and mirror gamesmanship over this one ship? Why dispatch a nuclear-powered sub to safeguard a can of rust? It doesn’t add up unless Putin is hiding something. Significantly, it may have had little or nothing to do with what was on board the Marinera and everything to do with Putin desperately trying to project a mirage of Russian military might. Negotiations between Team Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have produced letters of intent in Paris by France and Germany on Tuesday to provide Ukraine with post-war security guarantees. Regardless of what, if anything was on board the Bella 1, it tells us that Putin is panicking. Nor is this the first time of late. Putin also panicked ahead of Zelensky’s Dec. 28 meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. At that time, Putin’s smoke-and-mirrors gambit was to claim that the Ukrainians had targeted his personal residence in Valdai. Ultimately, after first biting, Trump dismissed Putin’s claims, saying on Air Force One, “I don’t believe that strike happened.” By pursuing these charades, Putin is foolishly is sending Team Trump a message that Russia is out of conventional cards. As the Institute for the Study of War continues to observe, Putin’s meatgrinder advances in Ukraine continue at only a snail's pace. Meanwhile, Ukraine has been able to advance in the vicinity of Pokrovsk — a key town in the Donbas that Putin had previously bragged was completely under Russian control. At home, Putin’s economy is veering into stagnation. Yes, Russian unemployment is historically low — 2.1 percent as of November 2025 — but that is what happens when you build up an entire army and kill or maim 1.2 million of your prime-age workforce in a self-defeating and failing special military operation. Combined with minimum projected GDP growth — only 1 percent after a 0.6 percent GDP growth rate in 2025 — Russia’s economy is in trouble. It is stuck, and it’s a humiliating comedown after 5.9 percent growth in 2021. Simply put, Putin no longer has the manpower to grow his economy. In turn, that means he cannot further grow his military, either. Defense spending is projected to be relatively flat over the next three years, peaking at 13.6 percent of GDP in 2026. Putin has run out of cards other to play, other than playing for time. Trump — and by extension Ukraine — now hold all of the cards. It’s time to play them and put Putin down for the count. Mark Toth writes on national security and foreign policy. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Sweet served 30 years as a military intelligence officer and led the U.S. European Command Intelligence Engagement Division from 2012 to 2014.
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This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why | ZDNET
Added: Jan 9, 2026This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why
Site: ZDNET
Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software. Besgnulinux, loaded with old-school charm, is the exception.
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Patient Zero | Gen. Michael Flynn
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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Nears Wikipedia’s Scale in Just Months - TipRanks.com Added: Jan 9, 2026
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Nears Wikipedia’s Scale in Just Months - TipRanks.com
Site: TipRanks Financial
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has grown quickly since its launch and now contains 5,615,201 articles, which is nearly 79% of the size of English Wikipedia’s 7,119,376 entr...
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Musk’s Behavior Remains “Unacceptable” Despite Limiting Grok Image Editing Rights to Subscribers - TipRanks.com
Site: TipRanks Financial
Elon Musk’s behavior was slammed as “unacceptable” today as his social media platform X limited the ability of its users to create images in the wake of criticism o...
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Bari Weiss' editing of Anderson Cooper '60 Minutes' story irks staffers: report | New York Post Added: Jan 9, 2026
Bari Weiss’ ‘intense’ hands-on editing of Anderson Cooper ‘60 Minutes’ Trump story irks staffers: report
Site: New York Post
One Veteran “60 Minutes” producer has reportedly been left “exasperated” by Weiss, with one person calling the level of review “abnormal.”
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JD Vance says footage proves ICE agent’s ‘life was endangered’ when he fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
Site: New York Post
“The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense,” the vice president said.
