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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley.

It's Friday, December 9th, and this is your morning wire afternoon update.

The FBI says there have been reports of attacks against at least five electricity substations

in Washington State and Oregon in November. The incidents followed what appeared to be

deliberate attacks on two substations in North Carolina, the resulted in the loss of power for

tens of thousands of residents.

President Biden has suffered some blowback from his own party to his agreement on a one-for-one

swap of WNBA star Britain Griner for infamous Russian arms dealer Victor Bout, known as the

Merchant of Death. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez called it a deeply disturbing decision.

Saying, quote, the Russians and other regimes that take American citizens hostage cannot pretend

that there is an equivalence between the British Griners of the world and people like Victor Bout,

the so-called Merchant of Death.

Paul Whalen, the former Marine who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years,

told CNN this week that he doesn't understand why the Biden administration hasn't done more to

free him. Saying, quote, I am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release,

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