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The 2024 election should be remembered as the election when political polls lost their relevance. The truth is, pollsters earned the public’s ire by pretending to deliver essential, objective political information while actually distorting data for their own purposes. It is more dramatic to generate political stories about the ebbing and flowing of hotly contested races.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived; the 20-year-old had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school. Also on this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67. Related Articles National News | Trump hosts Apple CEO at Mar-a-Lago as big tech leaders continue outreach to president-elect National News | Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review National News | Biden’s commutation in ‘kids for cash’ scandal angers some Pennsylvania families National News | Mysterious googly eyes go viral after appearing on public art in Oregon National News | Drones, planes or UFOs?

The Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight WRGBDon’t Miss The Last Meteor Shower Of The Year The Weather ChannelHow to watch the Geminid meteor shower 2024 live online tonight (Dec. 13) Space.comA buffet of weather drama (including a meteor shower!) awaits Western WA this weekend The Seattle Times

MIAMI — When Malachi Toney first arrived at American Heritage three years ago as a freshman, he came with a nickname from his youth league play. “He was called, ‘Baby Jesus,’ and I said there is no way I was going to call a kid that,” said American Heritage coach Mike Smith, following the Patriots’ 40-31 victory over Orlando Jones in Friday night’s Class 4A state championship game.

General Daily Insight for December 14, 2024 The planets are pulling our attention every which way today. The Moon is in mercurial Gemini, magnifying our ability to see both sides of things. We can be very receptive when the Moon trines Venus in Aquarius, though we may get a bit cagey when the Moon then squares Saturn in Pisces.

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