CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl was almost speechless after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene compared President Joe Biden and Democrats with pedophiles during the controversial 60 Minutes interview that aired on Sunday. The network’s flagship news magazine has taken heavy fire over the weekend for interviewing the extremely controversial Republican congresswoman. Chief among criticisms was that this would be “platforming” and “normalizing” MTG’s “extremism.” One example of the commentary described by such critics was when, almost exactly a year ago, Greene called Democrats “the party of pedophiles” in a Real America’s Voice interview. Stahl brought that up in Sunday’s interview.“The Democrats…
Author: town gist
George Conway predicted former President Donald Trump will try stirring up violence and chaos again to deflect and distract people from the legal peril he faces. Conway joined Morning Joe on Monday to discuss the Washington Post’s latest reporting that the Justice Department has gathered more evidence of obstruction to use against Trump in connection with the Mar-a-Lago documents scandal. Since this development comes amidst Trump’s other escalating legal quandaries, Conway assessed “the question is how he deals with that, and I don’t think he’s going to deal with it well.” “I don’t think he’s capable of dealing with it…
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) dismissed calls for gun control just days after three children and three adults were shot and killed at an elementary school in his district in Nashville.On Monday, a woman shot her way through The Covenant School and began the rampage that ended when officers entered the school and killed her. The shooting prompted calls from liberals to implement stricter gun control measures. Conservatives, meanwhile, said the focus should be on mental health and fortifying schools. Ogles appeared on Friday’s edition of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News to discuss.“CBS has decided it’s not worth mentioning that…
A year after being hit by a car and fracturing his skull and spine, a Nashville basketball player is working to get back out on the court.Doctors gave his family a grim prognosis about his recovery, including saying he might not ever eat or breathe on his own. Now, through hard work, the young man is walking with a walker and on his way to realizing his dream of playing ball again Torrian Poore, who played for his Knowledge Academy team before his injury, suffered a punctured lung, a cracked skull, a break in his leg, and various other serious…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke about visiting the site of a Civil War battlefield on the day that the news about Donald Trump’s indictment broke, calling it a “complete irony.”Greene spoke at a Republican Lincoln Day dinner Thursday where she talked to the crowd about learning of the grand jury indictment against Trump. Clips from the event were shared on Twitter via PatriotTakes. “Congressman (John) Joyce and I — he was taking me on a tour of Gettysburg. And I have to tell you the complete irony is we were there today at the worst battle of the Civil…
Andy McCarthy, a conservative legal commentator for Fox News and National Review as well as a former federal prosecutor, condemned the impending indictment of Donald Trump as a “classic abuse of power” on Friday, drawing special attention to the fact that it would include 34 counts. During a morning appearance on America’s Newsroom, McCarthy told hosts Bill Hemmer and Shannon Bream that he believed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was bringing a “nonsense case” against the former president: I think another thing that we haven’t focused too much on is they’re saying there are 34 charges here? Now, this doesn’t…
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell included her guest Rep. Adam Schiff on the list of people fundraising off of the Donald Trump indictment as she asked him about whether it has “become too political” on Friday. Mitchell spoke with the California Democrat about the Trump indictment on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, and at the end of the conversation trudged into the question about politicization and fundraising.Mitchell asked whether the indictment has become “too political” and noted that Trump has been fundraising off the situation. “Donald Trump is raising, you know, a fortune. More than a million dollars, a million and a half…
Former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal hit back at Republican criticisms of the indictment of Donald Trump that seek to downplay the charges. Trump was indicted Thursday on 34 counts by a grand jury in Manhattan. While none of the counts have been revealed publicly, reporting in recent weeks indicates at least some of them could relate to the alleged falsification of business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, who said she had an affair with Trump. The payment was made the month before the 2016 election.However, the sheer number of counts potentially indicates Trump…
Two Black teens from New Orleans may have made mathematical history by proving the Pythagorean theorem by using trigonometry.In a presentation at one of the nation’s most esteemed math societies, the girls claimed they’ve done something that no academic in the past 2,000 years has done. Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society’s Annual Southeastern Conference on Saturday, March 18. While both young ladies authored the research, only Jackson presented in this special session for undergraduates in the study of mathematics and statistics. The young ladies were motivated by their teachers who stressed the…
After an accident that sent her husband into a coma, Sarah has to decide whether to tell him the truth or keep hiding her double life – a conundrum that has tormented her for 19 years. “Sarah, tell me where you are right now! I want the truth!” Chuck yelled into the phone while running from his office building elevator to his car and dashing inside, throwing all his things into the back carelessly.”I’m… I’m running some errands,” Sarah stuttered, not understanding her husband’s sudden anger. “I’ve had it with you!” Chuck screamed again, placing his phone on speaker and…