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Steve Bannon, newly released from prison but still on the hook for conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges thinks the drastic service cuts the richest man in the world and his wealthy sidekick are salivating for – in order to give themselves fat tax cuts - are not radical enough.

This truly makes my head hurt. Give women pain meds, and then report them to authorities for testing positive for those same drugs? Oy. Via USAToday: Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat.

The NYPD issued a bulletin yesterday emphasizing the heightened risk environment for health care executives following last week's killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Via 6ABC.com: Now, there are growing concerns the action could inspire copycats. Viral posts online have listed the names and salaries of several health insurance executives, multiple "Wanted" signs featuring corporate executives have been posted throughout Manhattan and users on social media continue to celebrate Thompson's death, according to the bulletin. The warning signs come as a sea of social media posts indicate that shooting suspect Luigi Mangione might be viewed as a "martyr" who could inspire extremists to action. "Health care CEOs should not feel safe," the posters read, using the same "deny, defend, depose" slogans seen on the bullet casings used to kill Brian Thompson. Wanted posters for healthcare CEO’s are popping up in NYC.

As Conover recently wrote, Donald Trump’s decision to name the woman his son just dumped smacks of a payoff to keep her quiet and out of the country. It’s certainly not because Guilfoyle is “supremely qualified to represent the United States and safeguard its interests abroad,” as he claimed. This is a woman who was pushed out of Fox News “following a human resources investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior including sexual misconduct,” as per HuffPost.

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Russell Taylor, a California man who pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to obstruct the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress to certify President Biden's 2020 victory, wanted to go to Donald's inauguration so badly that he asked the court for permission. Well, now Congressional Republicans are inviting Russell, now a felon who was armed with a knife and a tactical vest on Jan.