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. December 2024 - News Times

You Can Fight (and Avoid) Your Landlord's Cleaning Fees

By News Here - 11:54
If you’re renting, you know that the security deposit is a big deal—the moment you decide to move out, the top priority is getting that money back. While this is usually a pretty straightforward process—you move your stuff out, give the place a solid cleaning, and you get your money back. Unfortunately, things don’t always go so smoothly. There are plenty of bad...

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‘I Dare You to Edit That In!’ CNN Interview With a Taiwanese Drag Queen Goes Off the Rails After She Dares Anchor to Touch Her ‘Pointy Boobs’

By News Here - 11:08
A New Year’s Eve interview between CNN’s Will Ripley and a Taiwanese drag queen went off the rails Tuesday when the latter dared the network’s international correspondent to touch her “pointy boobs” and then air the moment. CNN aired the interview in which Nymphia Wind, the winner of season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, discussed the end of the year and Wind’s plans...

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How to Write SMART Goals That Actually Help You Reach Your Fitness Dreams

By News Here - 10:54
If you have big aspirations for 2025—a big deadlift, a marathon, a change in the size of your body—I sure hope you haven’t translated them into the limited, pass-fail box-checking of a SMART goal. But that doesn't mean SMART goals are useless. You really need two types of goals: Dream Goals to inspire and motivate you, and SMART goals, which are a type...

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Laura Loomer Goes OFF on Elon Musk Advising Trump — Calls Out His ‘Off the Books’ Meetings With Iranian and Chinese Officials

By News Here - 11:07
Laura Loomer has entered the fray in the MAGA Civil War that has pitted Trump’s most loyal and nationalist following against Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and “technocrats” who have come out in favor of HB1 visas. Loomer appeared on Steve Bannon’s War Room, and was unsparing in her criticism of the technology moguls who suddenly hold such advisory sway over President-elect Donald Trump,...

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These Anker Soundcore Sport X10 Earbuds Are Cheaper Than Ever

By News Here - 10:54
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you're looking for earbuds that won’t fall out mid-workout, the Anker Soundcore Sport X10, now priced at $49.99 (down from $79.99), might be worth a look. According to price-trackers, this is the lowest price these earbuds have ever hit, and they...

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Dem Senator-Elect Tells CNN He’s Worried the History of Jan. 6 Has Been ‘Papered Over’ By Trump and His Fans: ‘It Does Break My Heart’

By News Here - 13:07
As Donald Trump prepares to take office in January, incoming New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim (D) said he’s worried that MAGA supporters have whitewashed the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. Kim, who was a representative on that day and helped clean up after the riots, spoke with Dana Bash Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union. “We are coming up on four...

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House Republican Tells ABC’s Jon Karl He Doesn’t ‘Speak In Conspiracy Theories’ When Asked to Respond to Steve Bannon’s Attacks on Elon Musk

By News Here - 12:07
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said he did not traffic in “conspiracy theories” on Sunday after ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked him to weigh in on attacks on Elon Musk by Steve Bannon. On ABC’s This Week on Sunday, Karl made note of MAGA infighting over foreign work visa programs that has consumed GOP politics for days. Friday and Saturday, Bannon launched attacks against Musk...

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Gavin Newsom Giddily Stirs the Pot on MAGA’s Foreign Work Visa Standoff: ‘Good to See Trump Embrace Elon’s Position’

By News Here - 11:07
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) seemed more than happy to stir the pot on what has become a full-blown MAGA civil war when he weighed in Sunday about supporting “hardworking immigrants.” “Good to see Trump embrace Elon’s position,” Newsom posted on Elon Musk’s X platform. “Hardworking immigrants should continue to be part of our great nation. From Silicon Valley to the Central Valley, we...

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‘This is Trump’s America!’ CO Man Arrested for Allegedly Strangling Reporter, Demanding to Know Citizenship Status

By News Here - 12:07
(AP Photo/Eric Gay) A Colorado man reportedly invoked president-elect Donald Trump in an attack last week, accused of shouting, “this is Trump’s America, now” while attempting to strangle Ja’Ronn Alex over the reporter’s citizenship status. On December 18th, Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested  in Grand Junction, Colorado after police say he followed the local TV reporter’s vehicle for approximately 40 miles. The...

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Jonathan Capehart Argues for More Legal Immigration But Says Those People Need to ‘Reinforce American Values’

By News Here - 11:07
MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart argued on Friday night for more legal immigration and called for people who are coming into the country for skilled labor jobs to embody “American values.” Capehart weighed in on this week’s MAGA infighting that resulted in Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy drawing ire from conservative immigration hardliners on the issue of foreign nationals taking American jobs. On H-1B...

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House Republican Demands Outing of Colleagues Who ‘Secretly’ Paid $17 Million in Taxpayer Money to Settle Sex Charges

By News Here - 11:07
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called this week for Congress to release the names of House members who have been accused of “harassment (sexual and other forms)” and used taxpayer money to settle the claims. Massie, a deficit hawk and libertarian-leaning Republican, posed to X on Thursday and wrote, “Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle...

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Use These Apps to Track All Your New Year’s Resolutions

By News Here - 10:54
What kind of New Year’s resolution you make depends on your unique goals—which means you need a way to track your progress that is just as unique. If your resolution is to cut back on social media use and your friend’s is to run a faster mile, you won’t measure success the same way, right? There are different apps out there that will...

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Bluesky Has Trending Topics Now (But You Can Disable Them)

By News Here - 10:54
As a holiday treat, Bluesky is finally adding trending topics to its site and app, although they're currently in beta. The feature is a Twitter (now X) classic and has been on Threads for about nine months, so it's a no-brainer for any new social media site trying to play catch up. However, Bluesky's implementation is a bit clever—it lets you disable the...

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AP Poll: Majority of ‘Exhausted’ Americans Have Tuned Out Politics Since Election – Including 7 in 10 Democrats

By News Here - 13:07
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A strong majority of all Americans and roughly 70 percent of Democrats have largely tuned out of political news coverage since the November election, according to a new poll. A Thursday survey conducted by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that people are generally “exhausted” after this year’s wild campaign, although more Democrats...

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CNN Reporter Questions Biden’s Agenda in Final Weeks – Could Be Remembered as ‘the Guy Who Was Just in Between the Trump Terms’

By News Here - 12:07
CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere called into question President Joe Biden’s agenda for his remaining 25 days in office, submitting that his legacy could be reduced to him being “the guy who was just in between the Trump terms” on Thursday. Dovere commented that Biden began his term in office as a leader with ambitious goals, but had retreated “into the bushes” since Vice...

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‘More Math Tutoring, Fewer Sleepovers’: Vivek Ramaswamy Scorches American Culture for Valuing ‘the Jock Over the Valedictorian’

By News Here - 12:07
Vivek Ramaswamy praised “immigrant parents” for producing achievers and denigrated “normal American parents” for producing a mediocre workforce in a tweet on Thursday. Ramaswamy, a billionaire son of Indian immigrants, submitted that “The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over ‘native’ Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of...

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The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols Suggests Trump’s Business Interests in Panama Are Fueling His Obsession With Seizing Canal: ‘Not Going To Happen’

By News Here - 16:07
The Atlantic staff writer Tom Nichols suggested President-elect Donald Trump is obsessed with seizing the Panama Canal because he has business interests in the region. Recently, Trump has threatened multiple times throughout the week to seize the canal from Panama’s government because of the fees on American ships moving through the route. Trump claimed American workers already paid for the waterway system when...

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‘GO TO HELL!’ Trump Fires Off Christmas Day Message Raging At Biden’s Pardons, Slamming ‘Radical Left Lunatics,’ And Mocking Trudeau

By News Here - 13:07
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President-elect Donald Trump fired off a Christmas day message on Truth Social taking aim at his political opponents and mocking foreign leaders. Trump first directed his Christmas message to the “wonderful soldiers of China” where he accused them of “illegally” operating in the Panama Canal while  “the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money.” Earlier this month,...

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ESPN Insider Adam Schefter Trashes Report Suggesting He’s Doing the Bidding of NFL Agent

By News Here - 12:07
ESPN ESPN insider Adam Schefter took exception to a report claiming he was in cahoots with the agent of former NFL coach Pete Carroll. On Wednesday, Schefter reported that Carroll was interested in returning to NFL sidelines. He last coached for the Seattle Seahawks in 2023. Not long after, ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio published his own report referencing Schefter’s scoop. According to Florio, Schefter...

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WATCH: Barstool’s Dave Portnoy Surprises Pizza Place With $60K Donation to Keep It Open

By News Here - 11:07
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy surprised a pizza place in Baltimore with a $60,000 donation to prevent it from shutting down. As part of his ongoing series of pizza reviews, Portnoy recently stopped at TinyBrickOven on Light Street in Baltimore. As owner Will Fagg was working behind the counter, he explained to Portnoy that his inability to acquire a liquor license meant the...

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Save Time and Air Fry Your Pumpkin Pie

By News Here - 11:54
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The air fryer is an indispensable part of my cooking arsenal these days. It makes quick work of anything I'd otherwise be oven roasting—like peppers, or salmon—and unless you have a huge toaster oven model, you can probably put it away if you need the counter space back. This year for the holidays,...

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