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Jordan Klepper Left Stunned By Bizarre New Conspiracy Theories At Trump Event
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Inmate Humiliates Russia’s Shadow Army by Casually Taking Cab Home
Spencer Platt/GettyPrisoners recruited by Russia’s Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine seem to be increasingly realizing they’ve been duped, and that no one ever counted on bringing them back alive.One inmate recruited by the group back in November has absconded from his team in Ukraine’s Luhansk region and fled to Russia by bus and ride-sharing app, where he says he is now hiding out in fear of revenge.“We thought we’d be equal with the hired fighters, that we wouldn’t be any different, but in rea
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Putin was addressing a government meeting about restoring destroyed housing and infrastructure in regions of southwest Russia that border Ukraine. Ukraine does not claim responsibility for strikes inside Russian territory but has described them as "karma" for Moscow's invasion, which has razed Ukrainian cities and systematically targeted the country's energy infrastructure, leaving people frequently without power and water in the depths of winter.
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Wagner troops wouldn't 'stop coming' and climbed over bodies of dead comrades like something out of a 'zombie movie,' says Ukrainian soldier
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- INSIDER
Alina Habba is withdrawing as Trump's lead attorney for E. Jean Carroll's rape claim. Last month, a federal judge sanctioned her $1 million for bad lawyering.
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Journalist Reports Pro-MAGA GOP Insiders Secretly 'Can't Wait Until This Guy Dies'
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- The Daily Beast
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Hundreds of Chinese Americans protest in Dallas against 'discriminatory' Texas Senate bills
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- Washington Post
A conservative judge who helped stop Trump on Jan. 6 wants to finish the job
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Republican House Oversight Committee disbands Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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- The Daily Beast
MAGA Radio Host Tells Trump: ‘Nobody Cares’ About Your ‘Grievances’
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