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In the event that President Trump runs for reelection in 2020, CNN has vowed to severely limit any live coverage. CNN anchor Don Lemon explained that “the Network feels that our viewers need to be protected from prolonged and unfiltered exposure to Trump’s lies and insults. We recognized that the type of coverage we gave him during 2016 allowed him unfettered access to suggestible voters and may have made the margin of difference needed for him to win over Secretary Clinton.” “By using taped and delayed excerpts instead of live coverage we feel more confident that we can better project...

MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell said it was "appalling" that the U.S. moved its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem without obtaining any concessions from Israel. Mitchell expressed astonishment at the Trump administration placing the blame for violence solely on Hamas, who instigated riots along the border in Gaza. White House principal deputy press secretary Raj Shah on Monday did not call for Israel to soften its response to the riots, leading Mitchell to decry the administration’s support for Israel. "I've never seen anything like that," Mitchell said. "Even the strongest supporters of Israel in administrations Republican and Democratic would at that point...

NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander asked the White House Monday if it believed Israel should "kill at will" during questions about violence at the Gaza Strip. White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said responsibility for the violence along the border fence "rests squarely with Hamas," the militant terrorist organization that governs the Palestinian territory. Mass protests have broken out again in response to the moving of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, recently recognized by the U.S. as Israel's capital. Alexander quoted French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who issued a statement Monday calling on Israel to use proportionate...

Mowing down school kids, concertgoers and other innocent people is a quintessentially American homicidal tradition that annually devours more lives than terrorism. For many of the sick, angry assailants, the weapon of choice is a military-style, semi-automatic assault rifle, purchased over the counter and made in Germany, where such assault-type weapons are banned for civilian use. German gunmakers Heckler & Koch and Sig Sauer are major suppliers of semi-automatic assault rifles designed to rapidly fire ammunition that can kill or maim people. While their primary customers for these guns are armies, the firms have also tapped into lucrative markets in...

Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border as the US opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, a move that has fueled Palestinian anger and drawn foreign criticism that it undermines peace efforts. Palestinian Health Ministry officials said 55 protesters were killed and 2,700 injured either by live gunfire, tear gas or other means. The bloodshed drew calls for restraint from France and Britain, and stronger criticism from others, with Turkey calling it "a massacre". The White House declined to join in urging Israel to exercise restraint and pinned the blame on Gaza's Hamas group....

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is pushing a peace deal and hyping its possible benefits as Israeli forces use lethal force against Palestinian protesters in Gaza. On Monday alone, Israeli troops killed 16 Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy and a man in a wheelchair, and some 500 protesters were injured, at least 200 by live bullets. The UN has been investigating Israel's use of force against the Palestinians, of whom more than 60 have been killed since March 30 when the protests started. The Palestinians are protesting what they see as an occupation of their lands by Israel, and...

Miami police officer who was caught on camera trying to kick the head of a man in handcuffs has been arrested and charged. ....In a video taken later while Suazo was in the hospital awaiting medical review after complaining of chest pains, Suazo berates Figueroa for unsuccessfully trying to kick him in the head. “Missed on the kick. Learn how to aim my boy,” he said. “If I wanted to kick you, you know, I would have kicked you right,” replied Figueroa. ...The Miami Fraternal Order of Police is standing by Figueroa, releasing a statement late Tuesday saying, in part:...

The truth has come to light regarding the failure of Broward county fake leadership and the lies they told regarding the Obama era instituted "Promise" program. You know, the program where juvenile deliquents get a "second chance" in schools. The program Scott Israel said was awesome but that Broward school superintendent insisted was not a part of Nikolas Cruz's world. Now the Miami media, thanks to dogged journalistic inquisitiveness (oh, wait, no, it was a statement of culpability released quietly by the school district) is now reporting the truth. The truth is that Nikolas Cruz WAS referred to the program....

It’s over for Colton Haynes and Jeff Leatham. The pair have split after six months of marriage, a source confirms to Us Weekly....

Analysis: 4 reasons why Trump faking a doctor's note matters White House and source deny Trump's ex-doctor's 'raid' claims Trump's ex-doctor on 'raid': I feel raped Analysis: The surreal tales of Trump's 2 former doctors Listen to Bornstein in 2016 double down on Trump's health Trump team prepares for showdown with Mueller Pompeo took a dig at Tillerson GOP candidate aims gun at teen in campaign ad Opinion: Trump's no 'idiot.' He's something worse. GOP senate candidate doubles down on 'Chinaperson' remarks Opinion: Cohen's learning truth about Trump GOP Senate hopeful defends calling Mitch McConnell 'cocaine Mitch' Kanye West just...

Looking at the local media tv in a Miami today, it is apparent the news about Kanye West has become too important to ignore. Miami media is celebrity-centric, it basically is thrilled with anything about the Kardashian clan or rappers and hip hop. So what is the focus? Not Kanye's point that blacks are being done an historic disservice by the Democrat party. Nope. Instead, the chant from the groupthink is that Kanye erred in his opinion that slaves became mentally conditioned to accept their status in the Democrat Party ruled antebellum South.

Despite the appearance of numerous witnesses and statistics indicating that FaceBook, Google, and Twitter use algorithms that have diverted traffic away from conservative voices, Democrats at the House Judiciary Committee hearing examining the "Filtering Practices of Social Media Platforms" asserted that it's a "hoax" and that "it is a legitimate business practice to prevent unauthorized use of the media for politically unacceptable purposes." Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) argued that "hiding the posts and texts of persons expressing incorrect views is not censorship. The posts are still in the system. Conservatives have not been blocked from having their say. For Republicans...

The memos are out from former FBI Director James Comey, and one of the big takeaways is how useful a tool Valerie Jarrett's daughter, Laura Jarrett, could be for the Hillary Clinton campaign while she was employed at CNN. CNN, it seems, helped orchestrate the set-up of President Trump when it pressed the then-FBI director to have a meeting with Trump so that the matter could be leaked and the press would have a credible reason to report as news all the otherwise slimy opposition research contained within the Steele dossier. Up until then, Fusion GPS, the purveyor of the...

... video, recorded on a white customer’s cellphone video, galvanized people around the country who saw the exchange as modern-day racism. In the week since, the men have met with Starbucks’ CEO and have started pushing for lasting changes... ...Nelson wondered if he’d make it home alive. “Anytime I’m encountered by cops, I can honestly say it’s a thought that runs through my mind,” Nelson said. “You never know what’s going to happen... ...Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who’s black, said in a Facebook post that arresting officers “did absolutely nothing wrong,” and added that Nelson and Robinson were disrespectful to...

NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd has a wife who’s active in Democratic Party strategic communications, and sometimes donates to Democrats. In 2012, Kristian Denny Todd contributed $2,500 to Sen. Tim Kaine. Todd never felt any need to disclose this during his three recent Kaine interviews on NBC (August 7, September 18, and October 23). But Maverick Mail & Strategies, the firm Mrs. Todd founded in 2007 with fellow James Webb aides Steve Jarding and Jessica Vanden Berg, did heavy lifting for openly socialist Bernie Sanders for President this year. Open Secrets shows a bill for $1.992 million made...

Tuning in this morning. Trump was in Miami yesterday. Trump met with local business leaders...Some hispanic and women. During the meeting, Trump spoke the truth about unemployment--blacks and Hispanics are benefiting Bigly from the economy. Miami media is focused like a laser beam on issues affecting minorities. Every perceived problem in either one of those demographic groups is highlighted. Today, the day after the visit, I haven't seen ONE SINGLE MEDIA outlet report or repeat the good economic news for minorities. Granted, it is so early I haven't had time to look at the print rags. But tv "news" is...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 soundproof phone booth last year for the office of embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt, a congressional watchdog unit said on Monday. The Government Accountability Office said the EPA violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act. The law prohibits an agency from obligating more than $5,000 in federal funds to furnish, redecorate or make improvements in the office of a presidential appointee without first notifying appropriations committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The EPA also violated the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from...

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took an unnecessary charter flight in June that cost taxpayers over $12,000, the Interior Department’s internal watchdog said on Monday - travel linked to his visit to a professional hockey team in Nevada. The report from the department’s Office of Inspector General came amid mounting pressure on Trump Cabinet officials over their ethics and spending habits while in office. “We determined that Zinke’s use of chartered flights in fiscal year (FY) 2017 generally followed relevant law, policy, rules, and regulations,” the report said.

Mrjory Stoneman Douglas High will not allow gun rights advocate Charlie Kirk to speak on campus. “The school’s administration has met with the student organizers and advised them that non-school sponsored, student-initiated guest speaker assemblies/meetings are not permitted to take place on campus,” Cathleen Brennan, a Broward School District spokeswoman said in a statement late Thursday night. The decision came a day after Kirk, whose appearances on college campuses have drawn protests, announced on Twitter he had accepted an invitation from students to speak at the Parkland school, which was the site of a Feb. 14 shooting that left 17...

The cover for Time magazine's latest issue shows President Trump in a storm after the FBI raided the office of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. The cover shows Trump sitting in a chair with waves of water and papers flying around the room. The cover has the word: "Stormy." It links to an article titled, "Donald Trump Relied on Michael Cohen to Weather the Storm. Now The President Is On His Own."