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Trump Supporters, Critics Spar In Tense Focus Group Footage
"We say what we want people to hear rather than trying to learn," said GOP pollster Frank Luntz in response to the chaotic clips.
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Elon Musk's X fights Australian watchdog over church stabbing posts
Elon Musk's X said Saturday it will fight an Australian watchdog's order to take down content related to the brutal stabbing of a priest during a live-streamed Sydney church service."The Australian censorship commissar is demanding *global* content bans!"
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Ken Buck Rips 'Moscow Marjorie' Taylor Greene For Sinking Below 1 Wicked Level
The former Colorado representative knocked Greene for "acting completely irresponsibly" with her talk on Ukraine.
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Weekend job: Trump hits campaign trail on days off from trial
Donald Trump on Saturday will hold his first campaign rally since his criminal trial in New York began, with the North Carolina crowd likely to hear the ex-president reiterate fiery outrage at the unprecedented legal proceedings.Denouncing an alleged political "witch hunt," Trump has repeatedly complained the trial -- the first of a former US president -- has impeded his ability to campaign.
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US House to vote on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid package
The US House of Representatives is poised to hold a crucial vote on Saturday on a major aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan -- and a possible ban of TikTok.President Joe Biden and Democratic lawmakers in Congress have been pushing for a major new weapons package for Ukraine for months.
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India pushes Maoist rebel strongholds on road to democracy
A narrow winding road through an untamed forest has proven a blow to a decades-old Maoist rebellion that is one of India's longest and deadliest insurgencies.- 'The state has arrived' - The Naxalite rebellion, as the Maoist movement is known, began in the 1960s as a revolt against the exploitation of marginalised rural Indians.
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'Early-stage' AI begins to make waves at China sex toy expo
Among the rows of vibrators, rubber torsos and leather harnesses at a Chinese sex toys exhibition in Shanghai this weekend, the beginnings of an AI-driven shift in the industry quietly pulsed.Sistalk Technology, a Beijing-based company that made phone software before pivoting to the adult industry, also has a feature on its app that allows an AI "girlfriend" to control a toy.
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