Omar Zahran
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As the NBA opens up to newer wealth types in the ownership ranks, have we gone off the rails in regards to the types of characters that are brought into the league? Aaron Bollwinkel joins me to discuss.
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👷♂️The old cement tower near Hudson’s Riverfront Park will be torn down by the end of the month.
Trump has shattered the safeguards inside the Justice Dept. Former Obama ethics counsel @NormEisen says there needs to be a buffer between a President and federal law enforcement agents
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𝙰 𝙶🌻🌻𝙳 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚜!! 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙵𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚘𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚝 #𝙲𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜... #𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚠 🦋 #𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚠𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚠 🦋☕️💙🧜♀️ #ClimateConcord #FlashbackFriday
Donald Trump doesn't even believe his own lies about mail-in voting. But that isn't stopping him from pushing legislation like the "SAVE America Act" to make it harder for you to vote and hold him accountable.
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Author: Fight for the Future @fightfortheftr This sucks, but we are so far from giving up. Link in bio to rally for the @Internet Archive and against ebook spying and erasure. #booktok #authorsoftiktok
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