Michael Laughlin / South Floridan Sun Sentinel Broward Sheriff Scott Israel makes a point to NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch during a CNN town hall meeting, Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel makes a point to NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch during a CNN town hall meeting, Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at the BB&T Center, in Sunrise, Florida. (Michael Laughlin / South Floridan Sun Sentinel) SEE MORE GALLERIES … [Read more...] about CNN holds town hall on Parkland shooting at BB&T Center
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Charles Barkley tells CNN he’s ‘angry and disgusted’ by Trump presidency
Charles Barkley has always been a bit of a political chameleon.The NBA legend is anything but a PC virtue signaler, but he is loudly invested in the cause of social and economic justice in America. He's hard to place. Barkley waved away the focus on Confederate statues after Charlottesville, criticized the Golden State Warriors for declining their White House visit, adamantly supports LGBTQ rights and admitted earlier this year that Roy Moore's Senate candidacy made him nervous in his home state of Alabama. If he had been giving President Donald Trump a chance to grow into the role of commander in-chief, it now sounds like Trump's time is up for Barkley. "Listen, I never talk bad about the president," Barkley said in a ranging interview on CNN's "The Axe Files" with David Axelrod. "I'm going to be factual. I've never been more angry and disgusted at this situation than I am now. It's turmoil every single day, the tweeting, the hiring and firing."Axelrod's interview with … [Read more...] about Charles Barkley tells CNN he’s ‘angry and disgusted’ by Trump presidency
CNN’s Jake Tapper fires Bible passage back at preacher’s ‘hooker’ tweet
As a presidential scandal unfolds around Donald Trump's alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, reactions from across the country offer a divided picture of how the American public views the significance of the drama plaguing the White House. While many on the left see the alleged affair and cover-up as yet another example of the president's questionable character, Trump supporters claim Daniels' story lacks credibility and feeds into a media-driven sideshow.Among Daniels' critics is Pastor Greg Locke, the outspoken founder of the Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee. In advance of Daniels' "60 Minutes" interview with Anderson Cooper on Sunday night, Locke tweeted disparaging remarks about the porn star. Leave it to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, a Jewish Philadelphia native, to put Locke's remarks in perspective. In a series of tweets, Tapper cited the Gospel According to Luke to call Locke's moral reasoning into question. Luke 7: https://t.co/k7GIY6NmVF— Jake … [Read more...] about CNN’s Jake Tapper fires Bible passage back at preacher’s ‘hooker’ tweet
Santorum on CNN: Students should learn CPR instead of crusading for gun control
A day after hundreds of thousands of young people rallied across America for gun control, Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum said their time would be better spent learning CPR. Santorum, the former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, said Sunday that students concerned about gun violence in their schools should learn how to revive wounded people instead of asking lawmakers “to solve their problems.”RELATED STORY: Philly-area rallies draw tens of thousands, including Biden, LenoSantorum's remarks on CNN’s “State of the Union" came less than 24 hours after an estimated 200,000 people took part in the student-led March For Our Lives in Washington to say "Enough is Enough" and demanding stricter gun control laws. There were concurrent student rallies in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and other cities across the nation. “How about kids, instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem," he said, "do something about maybe taking CPR … [Read more...] about Santorum on CNN: Students should learn CPR instead of crusading for gun control
Trump whacks CNN, ‘Amazon’ Washington Post, but they hit back
close Video Kurtz: Is Trump going overboard against the press? 'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz weighs in on President Trump's increased attacks on the media, including CNN, Jim Acosta and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. The president is once again on a tear against the press. He's been whacking CNN and the Washington Post, and so-called fake news in general, and getting plenty of pushback in return. While Donald Trump's disdain for the media is nothing new, I'm sensing a definite escalation in his tactics, and a growing willingness by some news organizations to accuse him of false statements. The president has used the press as a foil from the day he got into the race. As I detail in my new book "Media Madness," sometimes he does this as a political strategy; sometimes he's just venting, and at other times he's punching back at what he sees as unfair coverage. And there's no question the coverage has been overwhelmingly negative. But Trump also leaves his detractors an … [Read more...] about Trump whacks CNN, ‘Amazon’ Washington Post, but they hit back