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- ‘Hold On – Can You Just Say That Again?’ Stephanie Ruhle Can’t Believe T...
MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle had difficulty processing the Trump administration’s posture on the current ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The two countries exchanged fire on Thursday amid a pause in the conflict, which commenced when the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on Feb. 28. President Donald Trump referred to the latest U.S. strikes on the country as “a love tap.” Iran has restricted transit through the vital Strait of Hormuz, which it more or less controls at this point. On Thursday’s edition of The 11th Hour, Ruhle asked Peter Baker of The New York Times about the latest: RUHLE: Peter, what are you hearing from the White House tonight? Is there concern that the ceasefire could fall apart? BAKER: Well, there’s concern, but I think they seem very determined at this point to maintain the ceasefire, even as there’s plenty of fire, right? You know, missiles are flying, boats are being– RUHLE: Hold on – can you just say that again? Because that’s absolutely absurd. And we need to just punctuate where we are. Just say it again. BAKER: It’s a ceasefire with lots of fire going on. It’s now it’s relatively modest fire compared to what we saw earlier. And so they’re able to play it down a little bit, but they’re determined to maintain the idea anyway that they’re in a ceasefire. And they’re trying to basically find a path to get out of this. Earlier in the day, Trump took questions from reporters, one of whom asked about his decision to halt Project Freedom, a military effort to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump ended the endeavor after one day. The reporter asked if he would resume the project because of high gas prices. “Well, no gas prices have come down today. Have you looked? They’ve come down very substantially today,” Trump said, even though gas prices went up and stocks were down on Thursday. “You know what’s happened today? Gas prices are way down, and the stock market is way up today.” Watch above via MS NOW.The post ‘Hold On – Can You Just Say That Again?’ Stephanie Ruhle Can’t Believe Trump’s ‘Absurd’ Ceasefire Posture first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘What?!’ Megyn Kelly Blown Away When Tucker Carlson Reveals Jake Tapper’s ...Tucker Carlson blew Megyn Kelly’s mind on Thursday by revealing one of CNN host Jake Tapper’s old gigs. Carlson appeared as a guest on The Megyn Kelly Show on SiriusXM, where the two former Fox News hosts talked about, among other things, President Donald Trump’s war on Iran and the politicians and pundits who support it. That includes Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), who recently appeared on Tapper’s show, The Lead. In the segment, which Kelly aired, the two lawmakers touted their resolution “condemning antisemitic rhetoric from online personalities.” Lawler specifically accused Carlson of “promoting anti-Semitic hate speech.” “Your thoughts on that?” Kelly prompted Carlson. “It’s just amazing to see Jake Tapper abetting something like this,” Carlson responded. “I remember when he was a lobbyist for Hooters, thinking about becoming a journalist. He was literally a lobbyist for Hooters. I knew him well.” “What?!” Kelly incredulously responded. “Oh yeah, oh absolutely,” Carlson said as Kelly chuckled and replied, “I did not know that.” She added, “I mean, I could get behind it.” Last year, Tapper appeared on the Dedicated podcast, where he was asked about the Hooters gig, which made the CNN host chuckle. He was not quite a lobbyist, but rather a spokesperson at a public relations outfit working for Hooters. “I worked for a public relations firm called Powell Tate,” Tapper explained. “It was a bipartisan firm. And we worked for whatever clients we got. And Hooters, in the Clinton years, was being threatened with a lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for not hiring men as Hooters girls. And yeah, I worked on the Hooters case.” He added, “I was 24, 25, and working for a PR firm to pay the rent while I figured out what I wanted to do.” Tapper was quoted in a 1995 article about the case in The Baltimore Sun. “‘Hooters girls are the attraction of the restaurant,” the paper quoted him as saying while identifying him as a spokesman. “It might not be for everybody, but it’s honest work, the girls keep their clothes on.” Watch above via The Megyn Kelly Show.The post ‘What?!’ Megyn Kelly Blown Away When Tucker Carlson Reveals Jake Tapper’s Old Gig first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Trump Responds to Question About Virus Outbreak: ‘We Should Be Fine’President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had been briefed on the recent outbreak of hantavirus and believed that Americans “should be fine.” Trump spoke to press while visiting the Lincoln Memorial to inspect his renovation of the Reflecting Pool. A reporter asked the president if he had received briefings on the virus making headlines for killing at least three people on board a cruise ship currently anchored near the Canary Islands. The president confirmed that he had received briefings on the outbreak, telling press that his administration had “great people” studying the virus and that more details would follow. “Well, I think you’re going to be told everything, and you already have,” he said. “It’s very much, we hope, under control. It was the ship, and I think we’re going to make a full report about it tomorrow. We have a lot of people, a lot of great people studying it.” Trump added that the situation “should be fine, we hope.” When asked whether Americans should be concerned about a spread of the illness, the president continued to speak in vague terms, claiming his administration would try its best. “I hope not. I mean, I hope not,” he said. “We’ll do the best we can.” A World Health Organization official said on Thursday that the recent outbreak would not become another global pandemic. “This is not coronavirus. This is a very different virus. We know this virus. Hantaviruses have been around for quite a while. There’s a lot of detail that we know,” she said. “This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a Covid pandemic.” A passenger aboard the cruise ship experiencing the outbreak claimed that passengers were “not well-informed” about the virus, sharing a video he filmed of the boat’s captain announcing the death of a guest. In the video, the captain said: “This is my sad duty to inform you that one of our passengers suddenly passed away last night. Tragic as it is, it was due to natural causes, we believe. And also whatever health issues he was struggling with, I’m told by the doctor, were not infectious, so the ship is safe when it comes to that. The ship is safe. This gentleman, unfortunately, succumbed to natural causes. And like I say, we do what we can in order to continue in a safe and dignified way.” “It turns out we… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- NAACP Sues Tennessee Over Redistricting That Wiped Out State’s Only Majority-B...
AP Photo/George Walker IV The NAACP Tennessee State Conference filed a lawsuit after the state of Tennessee redrew its congressional districts to favor the GOP in all nine, eliminating the state’s only majority-Black district. On Thursday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the new district lines into law, becoming the latest state to join the trend initially pushed by President Donald Trump to engage in a nontraditional mid-decade redistricting. Multiple states, under both Republican and Democratic majority control, have since redrawn their lines in a variety of ways under their laws, some by gubernatorial executive orders, some by bills passed by legislatures, and some through voter ballot initiatives. It’s far from certain how the new district lines will truly play out in the midterms — several Republicans have expressed concerns that districts were drawn based on overly optimistic numbers from Trump’s 2024 victory that polls show the GOP may not be able to sustain in November — but it is clear that the new Tennessee districts carved up what had been a majority-Black district in Memphis, and distributed those voters among multiple other districts. Shortly after Lee signed the new districts into law, the NAACP Tennessee State Conference filed a lawsuit against the governor and legislature challenging the redistricting. In a statement announcing the lawsuit provided to Mediaite, Kristen Clarke, NAACP General Counsel, said: It is a direct attack on our democracy and our Constitution to dismantle majority-Black districts. A democracy without Black representation is not a democracy. Black communities in Tennessee have been silenced and brutalized for centuries. This is where the KKK was born and where MLK was assassinated. Black residents were faced with racial violence and legal suppression every single day. And to vote, they were met with poll taxes and literacy tests designed to keep them silent. We’re outraged that the State, rather than seeking a more just and fair system, is seeking to roll Tennessee back to a time when many of us didn’t have equal rights. We will fight this map, tooth and nail. The NAACP has previously filed other lawsuits this year challenging redistricting in other states, including Texas and Missouri. In the 15-page complaint, the NAACP argued that Tennessee had engaged in an “unlawful late-decade congressional redistricting in violation of clear and unambiguous Tennessee statutory law and the mandates of the Tennessee Constitution,” specifically citing a state statute that establishes that the… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Falsely Claims ‘The Stock Market Hit a New High’ After Dow Loses More ...President Donald Trump falsely claimed that the stock market had “hit a new high” on Thursday, while the Dow plunged over three hundred points. Trump spoke to press while visiting the Lincoln Memorial to inspect his renovation of the Reflecting Pool. A reporter asked the president about his pause on his operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, asking if he would resume the project due to high gas prices. “Well, no gas prices have come down today. Have you looked? They’ve come down very substantially today,” said Trump. “You know what’s happened today? Gas prices are way down, and the stock market is way up today.” The average price of regular gas nationwide rose slightly on Thursday, according to AAA, up from $4.536 a gallon on Wednesday to $4.558. The price of a gallon of gas before the war with Iran was around $3. The president repeated his false claim about the stock market, doubling down on the statement by asserting that not only had the market risen, it had hit its 59th new high during his tenure. “The stock market hit a new high. Nobody thought that was possible,” he said. “Stock market today for the 59th time since I’m president, hit a new high.” Trump then turned to press and construction workers to ask them if they had a retirement savings plan. “People that have 401ks– you guys have 401ks? You gotta like me. Does everybody have a 401k?” he asked. “‘Cause you gotta like Trump if you do. The 401ks are through the roof.” The stock market did not, in fact, hit a new high today. All three major indexes dropped. The S&P fell 28 points, the NASDAQ fell 32 points, and the Dow fell over 300 points on Thursday, bringing it back below 50,000 after its surge the previous day. Wednesday saw the Dow rise over 700 points, surpassing that 50,000 marker for the first time since February 12, a day after former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s viral moment touting the number. Watch above via C-SPAN 2.The post Trump Falsely Claims ‘The Stock Market Hit a New High’ After Dow Loses More Than 300 Points first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- ‘Such a Stupid Question’: Trump Snaps at ‘Horror Show’ ReporterPresident Donald Trump lost it on ABC News reporter Rachel Scott on Thursday for asking why he is focusing on renovations in Washington, D.C. amid the ongoing Iran war. The war, which is currently in a ceasefire – but apparently not really – has taken a backseat at times in the president’s public appearances and social media posts. Trump has repeatedly displayed renderings of what the renovated reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial will look like, as well as – and especially – mockups of his ballroom, which is being built where the White House’s East Wing stood until he had it demolished last year. The president has also floated the construction of a triumphal arch in the nation’s capital. Not surprisingly, Trump’s D.C. remodel has not helped his approval rating, which is being dragged down by the effects of the war. Oil and gas prices have surged since the conflict began on Feb. 28. Trump took questions from reporters near the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday night, where Scott, a senior political correspondent for ABC News, asked the president about his fixation on aesthetics as the war continues. Trump responded by snapping at the reporter: SCOTT: Mr. President, you are here against the backdrop of the war in a Iran. Why focus on all these projects right now with gas prices soaring? TRUMP: You know why? Because I wanna keep our country beautiful and safe. Beautiful also. This place was a disgusting place. It was– Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and we had a terrible, disgusting– you probably don’t see dirt. But I do. And you walked down this pond. If you would’ve walked down they’ll tell you better than anybody. They had to take 11 or 12 truckloads of garbage out of that lake, out of that water. And it sat there for years like that. And that’s not what our country’s about. Our country’s about beauty, cleanliness, safety, great people. Not a filthy capital. SCOTT: What is the status of– TRUMP: Such a stupid question that you asked. We’re fixing up the reflecting pond to the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument. And you say, “Why are you fixing anything up?” Because you can understand dirt, maybe better than I can. But I don’t allow it. [turns to aides] This is one of the worst reporters. She’s with ABC fake news and she’s a horror… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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