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yahoo.com Constituent Asks Rep. Lauren Boebert If Her Gun Idea Is A ‘Cruel Joke’ Lee Moran 2–3 minutes Extremist Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) co-sponsoring of a bill to lionize the AR-15 rifle as America’s “national gun” was the subject of a scathing letter to The Denver Post this week. “Is this a cruel joke?” asked Boebert constituent Andy Wiessner, who noted the firearm’s use in many mass shootings. The letter denounced the rifle as a “weapon of war” that uses bullets “designed to tear human flesh to pieces by ‘yawing,’ tumbling or fragmenting in the body, thereby causing maximum internal bleeding and tissue damage.” Rep. Lauren Boebert is co-sponsoring a bill to lionize the AR-15 rifle as America’s “National Gun. Rep. Lauren Boebert is co-sponsoring a bill to lionize the AR-15 rifle as America’s “National Gun." “As we see almost nightly on TV, it has shredded the bodies of innumerable men, women, schoolchildren, and even babies,” Wiessner, who said he was a veteran of the Vietnam War, wrote. “These innocent victims are not ‘the enemy.’” ″‘Peace-loving’ America “does not need a ‘National Gun,’” he added. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) introduced the controversial bill in February. Boebert co-sponsored the measure with Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and serial fabulist Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). Santos on Wednesday was arraigned on 13 federal charges, including fraud and campaign finance violations. He pleaded not guilty. Boebert narrowly won reelection in November. Democratic 2024 rival Adam Frisch is outpacing her in campaign fundraising. Boebert’s love of firearms is a mainstay of her politics. She owned the gun-themed “Shooter’s Grill” restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, until last year. The venue has now been turned into a Mexican eatery.

yahoo.com How Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl's recruiting philosophy has changed over the years Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser 5–6 minutes AUBURN — Before coach Bruce Pearl took over Auburn basketball in 2014, the Tigers had made eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament since March Madness first debuted in 1939. Since Pearl's arrival, Auburn has reached the tournament four times, and it would've made it during the 2019-20 season, too, if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't shut the sports world down in March 2020. Other accomplishments Pearl boasts include leading the Tigers to at least 21 wins in five of their past six seasons, a No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll during the 2021-22 season and the program's first appearance in the Final Four in 2019. A hallmark of Pearl's success has been his adaptability. He didn't fear overhauling the roster when he came to the Plains in 2014 − he added four recruits and three transfers in his first offseason − and he didn't fear letting some later additions − Bryce Brown and Jared Harper are among some of the more notable − improve together. LOOKING AHEAD: What Auburn basketball's roster could look like next season, where Tigers can still improve NEW ASSISTANT: One big reason Auburn basketball's Bruce Pearl hired Corey Williams? His Texas ties “The Final Four team was all built on freshmen, sophomores (and) juniors all growing up and all going together, and I still would prefer to do it that way," Pearl said at an AMBUSH event in Atlanta last month. "But that’s just not the way (it is anymore)." Pearl is right on both fronts. The Tigers had a 10-man rotation during their run to the Final Four that consisted of three players in their fourth years with the program (Brown, Horace Spencer and Danjel Purifoy), three in their third years (Harper, Austin Wiley and Anfernee McLemore), three in their second years (Chuma Okeke, Malik Dunbar and Samir Doughty) and one in his first season at Auburn in J'Von McCormick, who joined the Tigers after spending two seasons in junior college. But Pearl is also right that things have changed. In the age of the transfer portal, coming to grips with the reality that some players may leave and throw off the layering of classes is needed. "If you look at the teams that have gone and advanced to the (NCAA) tournament, they're older," Pearl said. "And it's really, really hard — it's hard for freshmen to come in and play a lot and play early. So, sometimes freshmen come in and they're very promising, but they're not willing to wait around with the sophomores and juniors, where they can actually have impact. "So, we're going to have — and you'll see this in Power Five — there are going to be Power Five schools (that) are going to take one or two freshmen every year, instead of three or four. ... Half the freshmen are going to have to go somewhere else, and then get re-recruited out of the portal. I don't make the rules, but I've got to play with them." Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl claps for his team during warm ups during the first round of the 2022 NCAA tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., on Friday, March 18, 2022. Auburn Tigers defeated Jacksonville State Gamecocks 80-61. Pearl's change in philosophy and ability to adapt is best shown in the offseason before the 2021-22 campaign. The Tigers added Jabari Smith Jr as their lone freshman and went on to retool the roster with four transfers: Zep Jasper, KD Johnson, Wendell Green Jr. and Walker Kessler. Kessler went on to be a first-round pick in the 2022 NBA Draft and Green received second team All-SEC honors last season, along with Johni Broome, who transferred in from Morehead State last offseason. And since getting knocked out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in March, Pearl has already brought in Denver Jones from Florida International and Chaney Johnson from Alabama-Huntsville. "We’ve got, on average, about 3.5 (players) per team, per year, entering the transfer portal nationally," Pearl said. "... It forces us to have to continue really hard in the months of April and May to not only work with your players and help them finish up their spring conditioning and basketball and academics ... (but to also) then recruit to replace guys you didn’t think you were going to have to replace. And didn’t want to replace. ... "We’re just going to bring in really good guys that we think can help us continue to be competitive. It just forces us to work a little differently." Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18. This article originally appeared on Montgomery Advertiser: How

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yahoo.com Alabama senator on white nationalists in the military: 'I call them Americans' Zoë Richards ~3 minutes Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., appeared to defend white nationalists in a recent interview by suggesting they should not be barred from serving in the military, prompting his office to clarify the remarks. In an interview published this week by Birmingham-based radio station WBHM, Tuberville criticized the state of the military and said Democrats were to blame. "We are losing in the military — so fast — our readiness in terms of recruitment," said Tuberville, a member of the Armed Services Committee. "And why? I can tell you why. Because the Democrats are attacking our military, saying we need to get out the white extremists, the white nationalists, people that don’t believe in [President Joe Biden's] agenda." Asked whether he believed white nationalists should be allowed in the military, Tuberville said: “They call them that. I call them Americans.” A spokesperson said Wednesday that Tuberville’s comments were an expression of his skepticism that white nationalism was an issue among service members. "Sen. Tuberville’s quote shows that he was being skeptical of the notion that there are white nationalists in the military, not that he believes they should be in the military," Steven Stafford said in a statement first shared with AL.com. Stafford separately told NBC News that Tuberville "has kind of a sarcastic sense of humor" and that "he was expressing doubt about this being a problem in the military." "I think if people hear his tone of voice, it’s clear what he’s saying," Stafford said, adding that Tuberville was "referring to this specific training issue that lots of other people, lots of other senators have talked about." The Defense Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night. Tuberville has expressed opposition to training that aims to rid the military of extremists. At a March 28 hearing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Tuberville suggested Austin had put service members through "hell" by requiring "a mandatory training to root out extremists." Austin responded that the military has "always had regulations against extremist behavior." A Pentagon report from 2020 that was made public the next year detailed examples of white supremacy in the military without providing an estimate of the number of white supremacists in the services and called for changes in recruiting methods to identify any applicants’ possible ties to domestic terrorism. Months later, Austin ordered new steps to address the threat posed by extremism in the military.

saturdaydownsouth.com Hugh Freeze talks up new Auburn QB Payton Thorne, compares him to former Ole Miss QB Spenser Davis ~3 minutes Hugh Freeze is extremely excited about the addition of transfer quarterback Payton Thorne. In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Freeze called out some of the traits that Auburn was pursuing when it went after Thorne in the portal. He also compared Thorne to former Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace. “I loved his maturity. I think he brings a level of leadership to that room that is needed,” Freeze said on McElroy and Cubelic In The Morning. “I kind of relate him to when I got to Ole Miss the first time and we signed Bo Wallace. He wasn’t just the most flashiest, but boy he could run the RPOs and make good decisions and run it when he needed to a little bit. Freeze also said he remains excited about Robby Ashford and Holden Geriner. He indicated Auburn would have a 3-man quarterback competition this offseason. Thorne joins Auburn after starting for Michigan State for the past 2 seasons. Thorne had a better 2021 than he did in 2022. The Spartans offense sputtered as a whole last season as they struggled to replace Kenneth Walker in the back field. Auburn will be hoping Thorne can re-capture his 2021 form this upcoming season. That year, he threw for 3,232 yards and 27 touchdowns. He also averaged 8.7 yards per attempt.

si.com CFB Expert: 'I think Jarquez Hunter is a star' Zac Blackerby 2–3 minutes College football experts expect Jarquez Hunter to have an incredible season. Almost everyone close to the Auburn football program expects running back Jarquez Hunter to have a solid season in the first year of Hugh Freeze's system. Now, his name and the excitement to watch him play have spread to national media. PFF College football analyst Max Chadwick spoke highly of what he expects out of Hunter this season with a better system and a revamped offensive line when he appeared on the Locked On Auburn Podcast. "The bread and butter of this Auburn offense could be the run game and I know it sounds a little bit weird saying that when tank Bigsby was just drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars but I think Jarquez Hunter is a star and is a guy that has been a little bit overshadowed obviously with Bigbsy there," Chadwick said. "I'm really excited to see what he can do next year." Hunter scored an offensive PFF grade of 79.8 during the 2022 season. his run grade was 82.7. With another year of development, paired with a larger role, his production could take a huge jump. "A lot like what you see with Robby Ashford, the ceiling with this guy is absurd," Chadwick said. "He made some Georgia defenders look stupid on some plays." Hunter will lead a talented room with guys like Damari Alston, Brian Battie, and Jeremiah Cobb. Chadwick said, "Jarquez Hunter is a guy that could easily become one of the superstar running backs in college football."

auburnwire.usatoday.com Auburn's campus 'feels like home' to 5-star WR Perry Thompson JD McCarthy ~2 minutes Five-star wide receiver Perry Thompson may be committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide but the Tigers have not stopped recruiting him. In a recent interview with Christian Clemente of Auburn Undercover, he spoke about Auburn’s continued efforts to recruit him. Buy Tigers Tickets “Really the coaches building a bond with me and making me feel like family,” Thompson said about Auburn. “Everything on campus just feels like home, it feels good. Oh yeah, we built a strong bond. Every day I come up to campus we can just connect and there’s a strong relationship there.” When Thompson committed to the Crimson Tide back in June the old staff has not extended him an offer. Hugh Freeze and Co. quickly changed that, extending him an offer in January and making him a priority target. Since then he has visited four times and is set to return to the Plains on June 16 for an official visit. He’s hoping it will give him a chance to see Auburn on a “day-to-day basis” and the coaches “outside of football.” While Auburn is making a push, Alabama will not let him go easily, he has been to Tuscaloosa numerous times since committing and has an official visit with them set up for June 2. It’s easy to see why both programs are prioritizing the 6-foot-3, 202-pounder out of Foley, Alabama. He caught 87 passes for 1,059 yards and nine touchdowns last season. Thompson is the No. 28 overall player and No. 6 wide receiver in the 247Sports Composite ranking. He is also the No. 3 player from Alabama. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion

Looking at Auburn’s quarterback competition following spring ball Updated: May. 10, 2023, 8:07 p.m.| Published: May. 10, 2023, 7:38 p.m. Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze talks QB battle at Regions Tradition By Nubyjas Wilborn | nwilborn@al.com A recurring theme since late November when Hugh Freeze became the Auburn football coach is that when he identifies an issue, he does his best to address it quickly. As discussed on Wednesday, Hugh Freeze used the transfer portal and high school recruiting to add nine linemen to an offensive line group. Freeze was open to signing an experienced quarterback from the portal if there was a proper fit. The first-year Tiger coach landed a potential starting quarterback for those linemen to protect when Payton Thorne left Michigan State to commit to Auburn. Thorne arrived two days after former quarterback T.J. Finley entered the transfer portal. Robby Ashford welcomed the change to compete in the fall for the starting role, reacting to Thorne’s signing. Ashford tweeted, “Iron sharpens Iron,” less than 20 minutes after Thorne tweeted about his commitment to Auburn. Freeze told reporters at Tuesday’s 2023 Regions Pro-Am fundraiser in Birmingham that he valued how Ashford handled the situation while praising Thorne. “His (Thorne) leadership, experience, toughness, and football IQ impressed our staff. He has won football games in a very good conference, and I think it elevates that room,” Freeze told reporters before he teed off with golf partner Ernie Els. “I’ve said it’s all about competition, and again, I want to say: I’m excited about Robby. I’m excited about Holden Geriner. I look forward to the competition that will make us all the better if handled correctly.” It’s easy to assume that Thorne will win the starting competition with his 5,911 yards, 46 touchdowns, and 21 interceptions during three seasons at Michigan State. Ashford completed 49.2% of his passes last season compared to a career 61.5% for Thorne. Ashford threw for 1,613 yards while struggling with accuracy on seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. Ashford’s passing numbers and experience don’t compare with Thorne’s. However, Ashford rushed for over 700 yards last season with seven touchdowns. Ashford’s dual-threat ability gives him a chance to make the potential camp battle one to watch. Can Ashford stave off Thorne and upcoming redshirt freshman Geriner? We won’t find out until the end of fall camp. Ashford seems confident and ready to take control of the offense if called upon. “I feel more comfortable in the pocket. I feel more relaxed,” Ashford said after A-Day at Jordan-Hare. “Last year, I was kind of uptight, playing off raw ability. I feel like every single day; I found something to get better at. And Coach Freeze definitely challenged me, and I appreciate that because he’s taught me so much already in such a short time. Just being able to go out there and just him challenging me, it’s been really good for me.” Nubyjas Wilborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group.

auburnwire.usatoday.com 247Sports has an early bowl prediction for Auburn Daniel Locke ~2 minutes In a 247Sports article written by Brad Crawford, a bowl game prediction was made for every college football team and he has Auburn returning to bowl season after missing out last season. Crawford predicted the Auburn Tigers to take on the Memphis Tigers in the Birmingham Bowl. The two teams faced off in the same game in 2015 and Auburn took on the Houston Cougars in the first edition of the game played at Protective Stadium in 2021. Buy Tigers Tickets The Tigers crushed Memphis 31-10 in their previous meeting but came up short in 2021, losing 17-13 to the Cougars. Despite hiring a new coach and bringing in new faces at key positions such as quarterback, wide receiver, offensive and defensive line and defensive back, a lot of skepticism still surrounds the Auburn program. After having back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1998-99, Auburn has turned the page and is looking to reclaim its spot as a perennial contender in the SEC. Memphis has gone 6-6 and 7-6 respectively in the last two seasons. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion

si.com Auburn is getting a high upside wideout in Caleb Burton Andrew Stefaniak ~3 minutes Caleb Burton could develop into a monster on the Plains. Auburn recently landed former Ohio State Buckeye Caleb Burton in the transfer portal. This is an excellent addition for the Tigers as Burton was a highly touted recruit out of high school but was held down by injuries his first year in college. Jay Stephens, host of the Locked On Buckeyes Podcast, joined the Locked on Auburn Podcast to discuss Burton. Locked on, Auburn host Zac Blackerby asked Stephens his thoughts on Burton's skill on the field, and this was his response, "The slot role is where Burton is best suited. Especially when you weigh at what is it, five-foot-eleven 169-pounds at Ohio State? Very slender frame. So even if he's going to be playing the slot, you want him to beef up a little bit and gain at least at minimum ten pounds; to kind of be able to withstand the hits from the linebackers during the catches he makes over the middle cause if he doesn't, he could get broken in half because those hits are going to be pretty brutal. I think he's going to be a slot guy. One thing I love when I watch him play is how good he is at high-pointing the ball, catching the ball in traffic, and using two hands to bring the ball down. I do believe that at 169-pounds, if he wasn't able to do that, he probably wouldn't have gone to Ohio State; just being honest with you. Because if you're small like that, you have to have some really exceptional traits, and that's one of the ones he has. He's just a slot guy. If he gains enough weight, he could be outside, but I don't think it's going to happen. Probably a slot guy going forward. Probably a really good one in a couple of years." It sounds like Burton has a high upside and could really help out this Auburn football team. Burton has a ton of eligibility left, so he has a few years to develop, but he could potentially be an upgrade to the Auburn receiver room right now. Ohio State has a knack for recruiting stud wideouts, so we know the potential Burton has; he just had to find it, and hopefully, the Auburn coaching staff can help him. It will be exciting to watch the former high four-star recruit revive his college football career on the Plains.

saturdaydownsouth.com Hugh Freeze to Robby Ashford on Auburn QB competition: ‘Life is not easy’ Ginny Boulton ~3 minutes Hugh Freeze makes no apologies for creating a culture of competition at Auburn. In fact, the head coach is quite straightforward when it comes to competition between the players for positions. After a poor showing in the spring game, Auburn recently added former Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne from the transfer portal. It was a surprising move for some, especially incumbent Tiger QB Robby Ashford. Ashford had one pass for 29 yards alone in the spring game for the Tigers. The QB took the addition in stride, posting on social media: “Let’s work. Iron sharpens iron!! War Eagle.” For his part, Freeze is focused on the good of the team and not the feelings of individual players. When asked by the media how Ashford might feel about another player being added to the room, Freeze was direct in doling out some life advice. “Life is not easy,” he said, per WVTM 13’s Ryan Hennessy. “It’s an unrealistic expectation if you think you’re not going to have 4 quarterbacks. Obviously, with TJ leaving, we had to get another one. I’m not going to go into the season, nor will I next year or the year after (without 4). We’re going to sign 4 quarterbacks, and every single year it’s going to be a competition.” "Life is not easy"- Auburn HC Hugh Freeze on adding QB Payton Thorne to the roster pic.twitter.com/eKb4F9BU2P — Ryan Hennessy (@RyanWVTM13) May 10, 2023

‘F–king Disgrace’: CNN Gifts Trump Primetime Campaign Rally Network insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone were distraught that the former president had free rein to “spew lies” during the ill-advised town hall Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Getty Images CNN invited Donald Trump to lie on its airwaves for over an hour on Wednesday night. The evening was billed as a town hall, but played more like a campaign rally for the former president, who steamrolled and repeatedly mocked moderator Kaitlin Collins, pushing a torrent of misinformation about the 2020 election, the multiple investigations into his conduct, and pretty much everything else he commented on. One CNN insider who spoke to Rolling Stone called the evening “appalling,” lamenting that the network gave Trump “a huge platform to spew his lies.” Collins tried her best to correct Trump as he spoke. And immediately after Trump went off-air, CNN anchor Jake Tapper led a parade of pundits and fact-checkers to counter his dissembling and pan his performance. Nevertheless, the town hall was “a ******* disgrace,” in the words of another network insider. “1000 percent a mistake [to host Trump]. No one [at CNN] is happy.” “Just brutal,” added one of the network’s primetime producers. A CNN spokesperson defended the network’s decision to host Trump — and Collins, the host who tried to stop his steamroller of lies. Collins “exemplified what it means to be a world-class journalist. She asked tough, fair and revealing questions. And she followed up and fact-checked President Trump in real time to arm voters with crucial information about his positions as he enters the 2024 election as the Republican frontrunner,” the spokesperson said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “That is CNN’s role and responsibility: to get answers and hold the powerful to account.” But Team Trump didn’t seem to feel that the boss wasn’t held to much of anything. Even before the conclusion of the town hall’s first hour, the reactions within Trump’s circle were universally joyous. Some close aides to the ex-president were almost baffled that the night went that well for them, according to sources in and close to the campaign. “We want to thank CNN for their generous donation to President Trump’s campaign!” one Trump adviser said late on Wednesday. “[Trump] should literally do this every night,” one operative working closely with the Trump 2024 team said about an hour into the live event. “Nightly CNN hits!” For Trump’s political lieutenants, the evening served as a dose of vindication of his and his staff’s plans to heavily saturate the kinds of major media outlets that GOP rivals like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have largely avoided, people familiar with the plans say. “Part of the idea is to bury Ron [in the media], and to laugh at him for being so weak that he can’t even stand up to CNN,” another person close to Trump says. “To just completely swamp him.” The strategy is similar to Trump’s past tactics — which long predate his presidency — of flooding the press and the tabloids with so much of his presence, even (and perhaps especially) in times of scandal or crisis. “Control the agenda,” as sources with direct knowledge of Trump’s past directive put it. Trump himself was certainly energized by the audience in New Hampshire, which CNN filled with his supporters. During one exchange in which Collins tried, and failed, to get him to take a side in the war in Ukraine — or at least to condemn Vladimir Putin — the crowd applauded his deflections. Collins ultimately moved on after the former president refused to give straight answers to any of her questions, instead pushing his well-worn talking points about the conflict. “The audience was stacked with his voters,” lamented the same CNN insider who called the evening “appalling.” The tone was set early, with Trump lying about the 2020 election results, and then simply lying some more when Collins tried to push back. When Collins asked Trump if he had any regrets about Jan. 6, 2021, Trump continued to spout election falsehoods and boasted about his crowd size. “A lot of the people here probably were there,” he said. “It was a beautiful day.” The town hall event took place just a day after Trump was found liable for sexual battery and defamation in a civil case brought by author E. Jean Carroll. Trump attacked Carroll and mocked the allegation to Collins on Wednesday. “I have no idea who the hell she is,” Trump said. The audience burst out in laughter. Carroll wasn’t the only woman Trump bashed. He took aim at Collins throughout the town hall, accusing her of having an “agenda” and talking over her throughout the event. “You are a nasty person, I’ll tell you,” Trump said as Collins was trying to get him to respond to a question about why he kept classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Again, the audience burst out in laughter. “I thought she was great. Unflappable,” a CNN insider told Rolling Stone of Collins’ performance. The town hall was soaked in controversy from the moment CNN announced it last week. Trump had not appeared on the network since 2016. Since that appearance, Trump has presided over one of the most racist and demagogic presidential administrations in recent memory and overseen a violent attempt to overthrow the democratic process while continuing to hawk the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. While Trump remains the clear frontrunner to land the Republican 2024 nomination, CNN treating Trump him like a respectable candidate has raised concerns that his past behavior is being swept under the rug in favor of primetime ratings. “Putting him onstage, having him answer questions like a normal candidate who didn’t get people killed in the process of trying to end the democracy he’s attempting to once again run, normalizes what Trump did,” former Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone wrote in an op-ed for Rolling Stone. “It sends a message that attempting a coup is just part of the process; that accepting election results is a choice; and that there are no consequences, in the media or in politics or anywhere else, for rejecting them.” Fanone, a contributor at CNN since his retirement from law enforcement, wrote about his “countless conversations with its employees, producers, hosts, journalists, camera operators, etc.,” many of whom experienced professional and personal harassment at the hands of Trump and his supporters. Collins herself was a frequent protagonist in clashes between Trump and members of the media. “In a recent trip to CNN’s Washington, D.C., bureau, I sat silently in the green room as guests, anchors, and employees filtered through and clamored about how outrageous it was that CBS would give Marjorie Taylor Greene an interview on its prestigious 60 Minutes series. Good question? I hope my fellow CNN employees have the balls to raise those same questions with the network executives,” Fanone wrote. Fanone isn’t alone. Adam Kinzinger, a CNN commentator and former Republican congressman, tweeted that the town hall was “an absolute joke” shortly after it ended. One CNN insider who spoke to Rolling Stone said they hope there is pushback for the decision to bring Trump on the air again. They added that they “have to assume” the move was the brainchild of new CEO Chris Licht, who has reportedly moved to bring in conservative viewers while flirting with right-wingers. The town hall on Wednesday may have brought in ratings, but it didn’t do so by putting out anything resembling truth, decency, or anything else legitimate journalistic entities strive to transmit to the public. The final question Collins asked Trump was whether he would accept the results of the 2024 election. Trump brushed her off one last time. “If it’s an honest election, I will,” he said. “So not committing to accepting the 2024 election results or acknowledging what happened in 2020?” Trump simply waved his hand at her. Once again, the audience laughed. i have not watched cnn in years but tonight was the very last straw for me. trump is the same old piece of garbage he aways was and he has not chnaged. he will never change. he needs to be in prison. but it will be a cold day in hell before i ever watch them again. they would have to make some huge changes anyway.

i will give gaetz this much he appears to be changing for the good but it will be a minute before i trust him. he took up for aoc so i bet you guys are done with him now tho you seemed to be ok with him when all the mess was floating what was happening. watch and see if the right does not turn on him.

this is what the right has stooped to. pure trash. if you defend trump you are trash. period. hell we all know what he is now. but hey vote for him again by all means........

yahoo.com Donald Trump Goes Completely Off the Rails at CNN Town Hall Christopher Wiggins 6–8 minutes Kaitlsn Collins and Donald Trump Despite a cacophony of criticism preceding the night for legitimizing the twice impeached, indicted, and found liable for sexual abuse and defamation former president, CNN hosted a bizarre town hall event with Donald Trump on Wednesday evening. Kaitlan Collins moderated the conversation, which predictably went off the rails immediately. Trump repeated gripes and lies that he has told continually since the 2020 election, claiming it was stolen from him. Collins introduced him after noting that on Tuesday, he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation of writer E. Jean Carroll. During her time as White House correspondent, Trump called Collins “nasty” and questioned her credibility, and he did so again during the program. “You still have not publicly acknowledged the 2020 election results,” Collins asked, wondering why people should trust him to be back in the job. “Unless you’re a very stupid person, you saw what happened,” he replied. For much of the evening, Trump rambled about a “rigged election,” “the Twitter Files,” and other nonsensical strung-together words. Collins allowed Trump to go on without effective interruption as he jumped from one topic to another throughout the conversation. “We want to give you a chance tonight to acknowledge the results,” Collins tried to interject, but Trump continued to speak over the journalist in his typical combative manner. When Collins could get a word in edge-wise, Trump paused long enough for her to finish speaking but continued his diatribes. When Collins repeatedly said there was no evidence of election fraud, seemingly in an attempt to fact-check Trump in real time, he mocked her to chuckles from the audience. “You’re supposed to say that [and] I’m glad you say that but look, that was a horrible election, and unless somebody is very stupid — and I know you very well, you’re not stupid at all — but you perhaps were given an agenda or have an agenda,” he replied before moving to the border. Trump called the day of the Capitol insurrection on January 6 a “beautiful day” and described the people assembled there as having “love in their hearts.” He said, “Crazy Nancy Pelosi and the Mayor of Washington were in charge of security,” and claimed that he offered to send in military assistance when his supporters had overrun the Capitol Police force protecting the premises. Trump, who has been accused of unwanted sexual advances by dozens of women, called the mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, a “lovely lady” sarcastically. At one point, he pulled out a prop. He had a printed list of Tweets he claimed were evidence that he was demanding peace during the insurrection. He described his social media platform, Truth Social, as far superior to Twitter as he continued reading old tweets. Trump called the Capitol Police officer that protected the House Chamber and shot insurrectionist Ashley Babbit, a “thug.” Trump said he’d pardon “a large portion” of the January 6 rioters and then obfuscated by mentioning “Portland,” Antifa,” and “BLM.” “I will say in Washington, D.C., you cannot get a fair trial,” Trump said in response to a question about whether he would pardon members of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy. “I never met this woman, I never saw this woman,” Trump said about Carrol and then proceeded to mock her story. “Getting rid of Roe v. Wade was an incredible thing for pro-life because it gave pro-life something to negotiate with,” Trump said regarding the Dobbs decision, which ended abortion protections for Americans. To him, the rights of pregnant people appear to be part of a negotiating position. “Deals are being made, deals are going to be made [on abortion rights], “he said. “By doing it, things are happening that are very, very positive,” he said, adding that he’s “for the exceptions.” At one point, Collins, who had a challenging time wrangling the former president and could not correct him throughout the show, attempted to fact-check him, leading to a moment of fireworks. “You’re a nasty person,” he said, as the sympathetic audience approved. Throughout the show, Trump made admissions that legal experts afterward discussed as potentially problematic for future legal proceedings he is facing. Reaction to the CNN event online was swift and plentiful. “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” wrote Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat, on Twitter. “They have lost total control of this “town hall” to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of January 6, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim. The audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.” \u201cCNN should be ashamed of themselves.\n\nThey have lost total control of this \u201ctown hall\u201d to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim.\n\nThe audience is cheering him on and laughing at the host.\u201d — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1683764617 Others were critical of CNN’s new CEO Chris Licht who recently fired out anchor Don Lemon after moving him from his primetime show to daytime. “CNN CEO Chris Licht said he wouldn’t allow anyone on his network that said it’s raining when it’s not,” wrote CNBC media reporter Alex Sherman. “But he’s let someone on now who says it’s raining when it’s not, and he added hundreds of people to applaud when he does it.” \u201cCNN CEO Chris Licht said he wouldn't allow anyone on his network that said it's raining when it's not.\n\nBut he's let someone on now who says it's raining when it's not, and he added hundreds of people to applaud when he does it.\u201d — Alex Sherman (@Alex Sherman) 1683764255 Harvard Law School instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo summed up the night writing, “This is one of the [most] disgusting things I’ve ever seen in TV, and CNN should be ashamed.” She added, “The audience applauding sexual assault, the dehumanizing rhetoric calling immigrants diseased, the lies about abortion, and the election denial. It’s a conflagration of reality.” \u201cThis is one of the disgusting things I've ever seen in TV and CNN should be ashamed. The audience applauding sexual assault, the dehumanizing rhetoric calling immigrants diseased, the lies about abortion, and the election denial. It's a conflagration of reality.\u201d — Alejandra Caraballo (@Alejandra Caraballo) 1683766197

people stilldying in record numbers. and screw you i am a five point vet and i enlisted/ and if you still want to get on me for my typing then have the common decency to use red ink.

GOP Senator Admits Biden Probe Lacks ‘Hard Proof’ to Support Hype Justin Baragona 5–6 minutes Fox Business Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) seemed to admit on Wednesday that the GOP doesn’t have the “hard proof” linking President Joe Biden to any criminal scheme involving his family’s business affairs, adding that people will just have to “infer what’s happening” on this issue. Johnson’s remarks came on the same morning that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) unveiled new details supposedly supporting his panel’s allegations about the president. However, despite Comer’s claiming that this would make “Watergate look like jaywalking” and would be “judgment day” for Biden, his report didn’t match the hype. While Comer previously said he’d identify multiple policy decisions made by the president that were tied to his family members’ foreign financial transactions, Comer provided no evidence on Wednesday to back those claims. In fact, the latest report didn’t show any payments made directly to Biden—either as president or vice president. Comer was unable to name any specific Biden policies influenced by foreign money at his Wednesday presser, instead pointing to the president placing “China first and America last” while saying his committee would “get into more of those later.” Along with Comer and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Johnson has led the charge for several years on a probe of the Biden family—most especially the president’s son Hunter. During a Wednesday morning appearance on Fox Business Network’s Mornings With Maria, Johnson boasted of a “volume of evidence” the House Republicans had gathered on the Biden “crime” schemes. White House Goes on Offense Against GOP’s Biden Attack Dog “It makes clear the corruption within these agencies, but it also makes clear the corruption of the mainstream media who will largely ignore and minimize it,” Johnson told pro-Trump host Maria Bartiromo. At the same time, the Wisconsin lawmaker acknowledged that it would be difficult for the committee to actually prove its case, suggesting they’d have to rely on insinuation, innuendo, and conservatives distrust of the media. “People that commit criminal acts try not to leave a paper trail. So it's very difficult to piece this all together, particularly when you have the leftists, the progressives and the mainstream media doing everything they can to undermine your investigation,” he declared. “On the bank records, you're not going to see [a] bribe to change this policy. You have to infer what's happening here. You have to take a look at the bulk of the evidence,” Johnson exclaimed, adding: “Again, you have to infer these things, you’re not necessarily going to get necessarily hard proof, but there is such a huge body of evidence.” The senator went on to complain that “the media will do the exact same thing that they did” when he and Grassley first tried to link Biden to foreign financial entanglements before the 2020 election. “They’ll just say, ‘Oh, there's no proof of a crime here.’ You can say it's circumstantial,” he grumbled. “You don't have these people writing on a piece of paper, ‘10 percent to Vice President Biden.’ They do it cryptically, '10 percent to the big guy.’ That’s how criminals operate. They do it cryptically.” Johnson wasn’t the only Republican on Wednesday to admit there may not be any fire behind all the smoke. During a Fox News appearance on Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX)—who also sits on the oversight committee—was unable to say Republicans could connect any Biden policy to foreign money transactions. “I think that could very well possibly happen,” was the best Fallon could muster. A GOP Chairman’s Tricky Hypocrisy on ‘Political’ Probes Additionally, Republicans were hit with another setback on Wednesday afternoon when the FBI refused to hand over an informant file that Grassley and Comer claim outlines “an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions.” Citing a “highly credible whistleblower,” Grassley and Comer have suggested the file would show Biden took bribes while he was vice president. Yet, in an interview with Newsmax last week, Grassley admitted their claims could be “untrue.” The White House, meanwhile, has recently gone on offense. Prior to Comer’s press conference on Wednesday, White House spokesman Ian Sams issued a blistering statement to The Daily Beast. “Congressman Comer has a history of playing fast and loose with the facts and spreading baseless innuendo while refusing to conduct his so-called ‘investigations’ with legitimacy,” Sams said. “He has hidden information from the public to selectively leak and promote his own hand-picked narratives as part of his overall effort to lob personal attacks at the President and his family.”

blow me. i am pointing out the horror of what you guys are allowing right now. hey lets count the days until another mass shooting happens at the movie or grocery store or church. it is coming and this crap will never end. no you are insane because you do not care as long as you have you army gun. but thanx for the insult because you have nothing concerning facts so you think it is ok to insult folks when those facts are not available. you cannot prove me wrong. what makes it worse is if jesus came up to you today he would smack you upside the head fred. real christians would not be down with all the murders going on. you know i might be insane or i might just be acting like it to get a point across. you need to go buy more lipstick because you are probably getting low.