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It’s Embarrassing’: GOP Rep. Says Republicans Have Nothing to Run On
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) excoriated his own party during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax, lamenting that Republicans on the whole have little to show for their time in the House majority. “In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on, Chris. It’s embarrassing,” Biggs told Newsmax host Chris Salcedo. Salcedo echoed the sentiment: “The Republican party and the Congress of the Majority has zero accomplishments.”
(Mark Alfred/Daily Beast 1/5/24)
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Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) excoriated his own party during a Thursday appearance on Newsmax, lamenting that Republicans on the whole have little to show for their time in the House majority. “In my opinion, we have nothing to go out there and campaign on, Chris. It’s embarrassing,” Biggs told Newsmax host Chris Salcedo. Salcedo echoed the sentiment: “The Republican party and the Congress of the Majority has zero accomplishments.”
(Mark Alfred/Daily Beast 1/5/24)
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News Reporter Called to Report on Incident at Her Son’s School And Their Reunion Is Caught On Air
When a school shooting in Denver, Colorado, took place, Alicia Acuna, a Fox News reporter, didn’t just show up to cover the story. Her 17-year-old son was also a student there. And when Alicia spotted him safe in the crowd, her job as a mother took priority over her job as a reporter! Good reporters can tell a story and report from a scene without adding their thoughts, feelings or opinions. (Adam Staten/Good News Updates 4/14/23)
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When a school shooting in Denver, Colorado, took place, Alicia Acuna, a Fox News reporter, didn’t just show up to cover the story. Her 17-year-old son was also a student there. And when Alicia spotted him safe in the crowd, her job as a mother took priority over her job as a reporter! Good reporters can tell a story and report from a scene without adding their thoughts, feelings or opinions. (Adam Staten/Good News Updates 4/14/23)
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TV News Anchor Who Was Willing to Wait Gets Married for the First Time at 54
TV anchor Wendy Griffith from CBN got married for the first time at 54 years old. And she explains why she was willing to wait so long. Wendy Griffith, a television news journalist with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), writes about the value of waiting and trusting God in her book, You Didn’t Miss It!: God’s Best is Worth the Wait. Released in October 2023, her third book is based on her own story of finding love and marrying for the first time at 54. It serves as a follow-up to her second, You Are a Prize to be Won!: Don’t Settle for Less Than God’s Best from January 2014.. (Hally Wells/Good News Updates 12/28/23)
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TV anchor Wendy Griffith from CBN got married for the first time at 54 years old. And she explains why she was willing to wait so long. Wendy Griffith, a television news journalist with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), writes about the value of waiting and trusting God in her book, You Didn’t Miss It!: God’s Best is Worth the Wait. Released in October 2023, her third book is based on her own story of finding love and marrying for the first time at 54. It serves as a follow-up to her second, You Are a Prize to be Won!: Don’t Settle for Less Than God’s Best from January 2014.. (Hally Wells/Good News Updates 12/28/23)
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‘Fox & Friends’ Ignores Fox’s Own Reporting to Spin for Gianforte
Fox News reporters saw Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte attack Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Montana, but you wouldn’t know it from watching Fox & Friends. There was no mention of Fox’s own reporting until co-host Brian Kilmeade half-heartedly inserted: “By the way, on that body-slam, that Montana situation, Alicia Acuna was right there, eyewitnessed it.” (Andrew Kirell/Daily Beast 5/25/27)
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Fox News reporters saw Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte attack Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Montana, but you wouldn’t know it from watching Fox & Friends. There was no mention of Fox’s own reporting until co-host Brian Kilmeade half-heartedly inserted: “By the way, on that body-slam, that Montana situation, Alicia Acuna was right there, eyewitnessed it.” (Andrew Kirell/Daily Beast 5/25/27)
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How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer
Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home.
German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home.
German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers.
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Quote Byte: March 16, 2024:
The slate of MAGA Republicans that will be on North Carolina's ballot in November has the potential to be disastrous for the state's economic interests and its business leaders know it. They should use their considerable influence and act now if they want to stop it from happening. From the top of the ticket, where Republican primary voters picked an antisemitic, election-denying, misogynist and transphobic candidate for governor to selecting a home-schooling mom with no education experience for state superintendent, the choices are so concerning that business leaders took the unprecedented step of sounding the alarm. Perhaps most troubling for the fast-growing state, which CNBC ranked No. 1 for business two years in a row, is the nomination of Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson for the top job. Robinson, an acolyte of former President Donald Trump (who called him "Martin Luther King on steroids"), regularly disparages the LGBTQ community and believes a pregnant woman's body "is not her body anymore." He's made hateful comments about school shooting victims, Jewish people and also normalizes Hitler. If elected, Robinson would be the state's first Black governor but instead of breaking barriers, he is breaking the bounds of decency and humanity. He's an extremist, even by MAGA standards. The state has some recent experience with what happens when intolerance is written into law. If the Chamber and its allies are truly worried about the rightward shift of the state, they should publicly reject MAGA's attempts to roll back progress and get behind moderate Democrat and Republican candidates. --Mary Ellen Klas; Miami Herald; MAGA is taking over North Carolina - unless businesses stop it 3/16/24
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Shaw: Let local journalists do their jobs
Kudos to Forum reporter Robin Huebner for her excellent story on communications departments of local government entities. There is a need for these departments. They provide information, make leaders accessible, handle open records requests and televise government meetings. However, at a cost of nearly $1 million a year, Fargo’s communications department is bloated. It’s appalling that Fargo’s department is twice the size of Des Moines, Iowa, which has 85,000 more people than Fargo. Also, the salaries are too high, as Fargo employees make considerably more money than news personnel in Fargo’s private sector. (Jim Shaw/Inforum 12/30/23)
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Kudos to Forum reporter Robin Huebner for her excellent story on communications departments of local government entities. There is a need for these departments. They provide information, make leaders accessible, handle open records requests and televise government meetings. However, at a cost of nearly $1 million a year, Fargo’s communications department is bloated. It’s appalling that Fargo’s department is twice the size of Des Moines, Iowa, which has 85,000 more people than Fargo. Also, the salaries are too high, as Fargo employees make considerably more money than news personnel in Fargo’s private sector. (Jim Shaw/Inforum 12/30/23)
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On Thursday, the Justice Department released its report on the police response to the May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two teachers. It was a gut-wrenching examination of a disastrous event that was compounded by failure after failure. |
‘That Is Unbelievable!’ CNN’s Jim Acosta Stunned By Uvalde Parent’s Revelation Cops Are ‘Harassing’ Families
CNN anchor Jim Acosta was stunned when Uvalde parent Miguel Cerrillo revealed local cops are “harassing” families of children who were affected by the massacre. On Thursday, the Justice Department released its report on the police response to the May 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 students and two teachers. It was a gut-wrenching examination of a disastrous event that was compounded by failure after failure. (Tommy Christopher/ MediaIte/ 1/19/24) READ MORE>>>>> |
Dan Patrick’s threat to leave Biden off Texas ballots among long list of Fox News exploits
Nobody stirs things up on Fox News quite like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, whose latest eyebrow-raiser was a threat over the weekend to knock President Joe Biden off the 2024 ballot in Texas. While Patrick, 73, has no authority to do such a thing, the moment showed the attention-grabbing persona that he’s developed over decades as a politician, conservative radio host and former sportscaster. (Jeremy Wallace/Houston Chronicle 12/27/23)
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Nobody stirs things up on Fox News quite like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, whose latest eyebrow-raiser was a threat over the weekend to knock President Joe Biden off the 2024 ballot in Texas. While Patrick, 73, has no authority to do such a thing, the moment showed the attention-grabbing persona that he’s developed over decades as a politician, conservative radio host and former sportscaster. (Jeremy Wallace/Houston Chronicle 12/27/23)
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