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• Alyssa Milano chooses Marianne Williamson fundraiser as first of 2020 cycle, to discuss 'soulful ache of the nation'

  TheBlaze Jul 16, 2019 | 22:34 pm

  Actress and activist Alyssa Milano will attend her first 2020 Democratic primary fundraiser soon, and she's chosen an unconventional candidate to start with. Milano will attend a fundraiser for Marianne Williamson, the author who gained significant name recognition during the[…]

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• Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at age 99

  Reuters: U.S. Jul 16, 2019 | 21:53 pm

  Former Justice John Paul Stevens, a Republican appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who later became an outspoken leader of the liberal wing as the court moved to the right, died on Tuesday at age 99.

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• Census plaintiffs seek sanctions against Trump administration for trial 'fraud'

  Reuters: U.S. Jul 16, 2019 | 21:52 pm

  Civil rights groups who successfully blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census are seeking sanctions against government officials, saying they brazenly hid the truth about the inquiry's origins during trial.

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• Trump calls for inquiry into Google's work with China

  Reuters: U.S. Jul 16, 2019 | 21:52 pm

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration would investigate whether Alphabet Inc's Google supports the Chinese government, following accusations that a company official refuted hours later at a Senate hearing.

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• ACLU files suit to block Trump rule to stop asylum-seekers

  Reuters: U.S. Jul 16, 2019 | 21:46 pm

  The American Civil Liberties Union sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping new rule that would bar almost all migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border of the United States.

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• U.S. inspector general to probe FAA helicopter oversight

  Reuters: U.S. Jul 16, 2019 | 21:45 pm

  The U.S. Transportation Department's inspector general said on Tuesday it will probe the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of doors-off helicopter operations after a New York crash in March 2018 that killed five people.

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• Media calls Gadsden flag a 'white supremacist' design in order to smear actor Chris Pratt

  TheBlaze Jul 16, 2019 | 21:11 pm

  Actor Chris Pratt was smeared by the media for wearing what they described as a "white supremacist" shirt, but it was the much more benign Gadsden flag design that gained popularity among Tea Party activists. The actor, best known for[…]

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• CNN invites a white supremacist on air to talk about Trump's tweets

  TheBlaze Jul 16, 2019 | 20:11 pm

  In an attempt to show viewers that white nationalists believe President Donald Trump is on their side, CNN decided to give one of them some air time to express how he felt about the president's recent tweets.Yes, instead of criticizing[…]

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• 'I WANT someone in office who gets mad at things that are anti-American': Graham Allen backs Trump's 'squad' tweets

  TheBlaze Jul 16, 2019 | 19:55 pm

  In this episode of "Dear America," BlazeTV host Graham Allen discussed President Donald Trump's controversial tweets about far-left House freshmen: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), otherwise known as "the squad.""The Democrat Congresswomen[…]

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• 'I abandon the chair!' Chaos erupts as Pelosi violates House rules before Democrat vote to condemn controversial tweet

  TheBlaze Jul 16, 2019 | 19:33 pm

  The U.S. House of Representatives erupted during deliberation over a vote to condemn President Donald Trump for a tweet that Democrats called racist. Republicans accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of violating the legislative rules when she criticized the tweets[…]

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