“Back up, you creep.” That’s what Hillary Clinton suggests in her forthcoming memoir she wanted to say to then-candidate Donald Trump, during a close-quarters debate last October. In that second presidential debate, the Republican nominee famously paced around his Democratic rival. In an audio excerpt of Clinton’s book aired Wednesday on MSNBC, Clinton spoke in […]
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Trump Calls On The Country To “Heal” Following Angry Speech In Phoenix
President Trump called on the nation to “heal” in a wide-ranging speech to an American Legion convention in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, hours after delivering divisive remarks at a campaign-style rally in Arizona. “It is time to heal the wounds that have divided us, and to seek a new unity based on the common values […]
Four Confederate Statues Removed From The University Of Texas’ Campus
The University of Texas has removed four Confederate monuments overnight in the wake of violent clashes in Virginia earlier this month. A statue of General Robert E Lee was among those taken down from the Austin campus early on Monday. Monuments to Confederate figures are symbols of “modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism”, the college said. […]
Trump Takes In Eclipse From White House Balcony With Family
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed Monday’s once-in-a-generation solar eclipse from the White House. The couple stood with their son, Barron, on the Blue Room Balcony — while wearing special protective glasses — to take in the eclipse as it made its way through the Washington area. Trump took off the glasses momentarily, […]
Thousands Of Counter Protesters Shut Down Free Speech Rally In Boston
More than 10,000 demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans forced a small group of conservatives to cut short a “free-speech rally” in Boston, in a repudiation of racism a week after deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. About 25 conservative rally-goers gathered on Saturday at Boston Common park, but abruptly left about 90 minutes after the event […]
Frank Serpico And Other NYPD Rally In Support Of Collin Kaepernick
NEW YORK — A former New York City police officer, whose claims of police corruption in the 1970s were chronicled in an Al Pacino movie, joined dozens of current and former officers Saturday at a rally in support of getting quarterback Colin Kaepernick a job in the NFL. An exhibit on the Black Lives Matter […]
Six Flags Over Texas Amusement Park Takes Down Confederate Flag
The Six Flags Over Texas theme park has for decades flown a Confederate flag, among others, over the entrance to its park — until Friday. Six Flags spokeswoman Sharon Parker told the Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas, Friday that the company has decided to pull down the Confederate flag and instead fly six American flags over […]
Six Officers Shot, One Fatally In Separate Attacks
Three people were in custody Friday night, including a “strong suspect,” after one police officer was fatally shot and another suffered grave injuries in Kissimmee, Fla., south of Orlando. At a press briefing, Police Chief Jeff O’Dell said police Officer Matthew Baxter succumbed to his wounds, and Officer Sam Howard was in critical condition, but […]
Family Mourns American Victim Of Barcelona Attack
The father of a Northern California man identified as the American citizen killed in the deadly truck ISIS terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, says his only consolation is that 42-year-old Jared Tucker likely died happy. His father, Dan Tucker, said he had not seen his son happier than he had been in the last year. […]
CIA Warned Barcelona About Impending Terror Attack
The CIA warned local police in Barcelona two months ago that the city’s popular tourist area, Las Ramblas, could be the target of a terrorist attack just like Thursday’s deadly vehicular attack, a Spanish newspaper reported. The warning from the American intelligence agency followed repeated vehicular attacks across Europe — including in London, Nice, Berlin and Stockholm, El Periodico reported, […]
ISIS Desperation Will Lead To More Attacks Worldwide
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) claimed responsibility Thursday for two deadly van attacks on crowds of civilians in two Spanish cities, the jihadis’ latest acts of violence following an extensive history of strikes against foreign targets perpetrated by the group or those inspired by it. As ISIS loses its once expansive foothold in Iraq […]
At Least 13 People Murdered In Latest Terrorist Attack
A van drove into a crowd of people on a popular pedestrian street in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, killing at least 13 people and injuring at least 50, Catalan Interior Minister Joaquim Forn says. Regional police are describing the deadly incident on Las Ramblas boulevard as a terrorist attack but emphasized they do not know […]