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   Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas) died on Sunday evening after testing positive   
   for COVID-19 late last month.   
      
   "Congressman Ron Wright passed away peacefully at the age of 67 on Feb.   
   7, 2021," Wright's campaign said in a statement on Monday. "His wife   
   Susan was by his side and he is now in the presence of their Lord and   
   Savior."   
      
      
      
      
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   Former Trump Campaign Aide and Staunch Pro-Life Advocate Charged With   
   Receiving, Distributing, and Possessing Child Pornography   
      
      
   Ruben Verastigui, 27, who worked on Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign,   
   was previously employed as a senior digital strategist for the Senate   
   Republican Conference and Republican National Committee.  He was also   
   the digital media coordinator for the anti-abortion group Students for   
   Life of America. He left the Republican Conference in July of 2020 to   
   become the communications manager for the nonprofit group Citizens For   
   Responsible Energy Solutions.   
      
   Verastigui was taken into custody following an 11-month investigation by   
   MPD’s Youth and Family Services Division, the Internet Crimes Against   
   Children Unit, the Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children   
   Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations. The arrest was first   
   flagged by journalist Jared Holt, who also posted several horrific and   
   disturbing excerpts from the criminal complaint filed.   
      
   The details are graphic.   
      
   According to that public document, Verastigui allegedly told another   
   person in April of 2020 that he was “into” sexually assaulting babies.   
      
   “So you like babies, huh,” a person asked Verastigui in a chat   
   conversation.   
      
   “My absolute favorite,” he replied.   
      
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   Death Vader's war hawk daughter is too liberal for the Gestapo party now ?   
      
      
   The establishment wing of the GOP won a rare and dramatic victory   
   Wednesday night when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) beat back an attempt by   
   Donald Trump’s staunchest allies to knock her from power as retribution   
   for voting to impeach the former president just three weeks earlier.   
      
   The 145-61 vote in favor of keeping Cheney in leadership, conducted by   
   secret ballot, followed a marathon closed-door “family discussion” in   
   the basement of the Capitol Visitor Center, where dozens of House   
   Republicans lined up to voice their frustrations with the Wyoming   
   representative, the most powerful GOP woman in Congress, and called for   
   her removal as conference chair, a role that entails leading the party’s   
   messaging efforts.   
      
      
      
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   Both ExxonMobil and BP announced Tuesday that they had sustained major   
   losses in 2020 amid low demand for oil due to the coronavirus pandemic.   
      
   Exxon posted $22.4 billion in losses for 2020, posting a loss of $20.1   
   billion for the fourth quarter.   
      
   According to Reuters, this was Exxon’s first annual loss.   
      
   BP reported $20 billion in losses for 2020, including nearly $1.4   
   billion in the fourth quarter.   
      
   Chevron, meanwhile, announced last month that it had lost $5.5 billion   
   in 2020, including $665 million in the fourth quarter.   
      
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