Hillary Clinton Attack on NRA Called 'Exploitative' as Vegas Shooting Was Still Unfolding
Hillary Clinton's attack on the NRA on social media, while the aftermath of the Las Vegas concert massacre was still unfolding, was slammed by critics who called it "ignorant, irrelevant and exploitative," Fox News reported. ... "It is very easy for Mrs. Clinton to criticize and to come out, but I think we need to remember the only person with blood on their hands is that of the shooter, and this isn't a time for us to go after individuals or organizations. I think we can have those policy conversations but today is not that day."... Read More
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Trump Stands Up to the Castro Regime
In withdrawing personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, the Trump administration took a limited and reasonable retaliation for attacks on U.S. diplomats in Havana. It could, and should, have gone further, but the actions at least convey to the ruthless Castro regime that it now deals with a government that will stand up for U.S. interests. The withdrawal will affect over 50 percent of the diplomatic personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Havana considered “nonessential.” It comes weeks after the State Department announced that at least 21 American diplomats—it is thought to be more—have been harmed with ... Read More
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CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican’
A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Sunday night. “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing,” wrote Geftman-Gold on Facebook, perhaps referring to Sandy Hook. “I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters.” ... Later Monday, CBS announced that Geftman-Gold had been fired. Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nev. opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 country music concert goers from ... Read More
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Trump Trusts Tillerson on NKorea
President Donald Trump has confidence in Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his diplomatic strategy with North Korea, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday — a day after Trump appeared to undermine Tillerson's efforts. "He does, yes," Sanders told reporters at the daily press briefing, adding she believes the two have spoken since Trump tweeted Sunday that Tillerson was "wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man," and that he should "save your energy." State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert later responded diplomatic channels are open "for now" but "won't be open forever." ... Read More
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‘Joined in Shock and Grief’: Trump Calls for Unity After Las Vegas Massacre
President Donald Trump, saying the nation is “joined together today in sadness, shock, and grief,” announced he will travel Wednesday to Las Vegas to visit the families of at least 59 people killed in the Sunday night shooting there, as well as survivors and first responders. In White House remarks lasting just over five minutes Monday morning, Trump called the shooting “an act of pure evil,” asked for unity, and praised police who quickly converged on the gunman’s nest in a 32nd-floor hotel room. “I want to thank the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and all of the first responders for ... Read More
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