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• Seattle fires cop who mocked victims, deaths on Twitter, but the city’s police problem remains
  
  
• Herschel Walker again says he didn't pay for an abortion, but that's not all he's denying now
  
  
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• Finger-pointing becomes Russia's national sport as Kherson line collapses
  
  
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• 'Don't know how else you would define it,' Maggie Haberman says when asked if Trump is a racist
  
  
• Biden pardons all prior federal marijuana possession charges, begins process to decriminalize
  
  

ICYMI: Major stories from the past week you won't want to miss:

• Herschel Walker says forget about him holding gun to his wife’s head because Jesus
  
  
• 'Call a crackhead': John Kennedy throws out the dog whistle, goes full GOP in new racist ad
  
  
• Abbott admits he lied during debate, acknowledges mayor's office did contact him about busing
  
  

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