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Robbie Gramer
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    He's not dead, he left the consulate we have evidence OK, he has disappeared OK, he may be dead OK, he's dead but we didn't do it OK, he's dead, but it was a rogue group who worked for us OK he's dead and we did it, but it was only because a 1 vs. 15 fight broke out
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    Trumps’ “VOICE” Hotline set up for people to report on crime from illegal aliens was reportedly overloaded with calls about space aliens
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    Smirnoff's new ad campaign
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    Thanks to a near-broken confirmation process, the US does not have a U.S. Ambassador in: - Israel - Egypt - Lebanon - Oman - Kuwait - No confirmed top USAID official for the Middle East for nearly 3 years -No State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism for nearly 2 years
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    NEW: Democratic senators Shaheen and Reed ask Pentagon watchdog and Justice Department to investigate Elon Musk's contacts with Russians given Musk's security clearance and SpaceX defense contracts:
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    !!! Now Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Eliot Engel says the State Inspector General was fired after opening an investigation into Secretary Pompeo “Mr. Linick’s firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation”
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    SCOOP: There is a new dissent cable filed by scores of State Dept officials after Capitol Hill violence. They rebuke Pompeo for not condemning Trump & urge him to consider 25th amendment consultations. Largely unprecedented move in State's ~232 yr history
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    Am told by State Department official familiar with the matter that Finland is not part of Russia
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    🚨 New Pew poll: 74% of Americans view the war in Ukraine as important to US national interests 43% describe it as “very important” 59% of Americans describe the war in Ukraine as important to them *personally* when asked
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    Ronald Neumann, the former US ambassador to Afghanistan, told me: “There’s a difference between the Biden decision to leave, and the Biden execution of the decision. The decision to leave is arguably justifiable. The execution of that decision is a lamentable disaster.”
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    “Paying a porn star hush money would have ended any other presidency”
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    Trump: "No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly"
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    Today in dystopian medical care news: An Army veteran has his prosthetic legs repossessed after the VA refused to pay for them. He earned a Bronze Star in both Vietnam and Iraq
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    This screenshot is from an episode where Lisa Simpson goes Washington and sees how petty and dysfunctional US political leaders are after witnessing one take a bribe, so she tears up her essay on what makes America great