Wednesday on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” host Chuck Todd defended CNN after they retracted a report on Russia and three staffers resigned. Todd said the White House’s “war on the media” is a “war on the truth.” Partial transcript as follows: TODD Welcome back. Tonight—well, not just tonight—but I’m obsessed with the White House’s war on the press and on media. Let’s be clear about this, that war is nothing less than a war on the truth. Do we get it right all the time? Nope, we don’t. And when we don’t, we run a correction, and in some cases, people lose their jobs. That’s what just happened at CNN. CNN took responsibility for its mistakes. At this network, we’ve done it quite a few times publicly as well. But because we try to get it right. We take what we do seriously, because trust, viewers and readers’ trust is all we have, and without that we’re nothing. We all know we get fired for not telling the truth. And of course that’s the point, isn’t it? Of course, the White House attacks, delegitimizes the media to create running room for its version of events. It’s as old as media itself.
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Breitbart News Daily: Blue-Collar Conservatism
On the Thursday edition of Breitbart News Daily, broadcast live on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 from 6AM to 9AM Eastern, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow will continue our discussion of the Trump administration’s agenda. Author Henry Olsen will discuss his groundbreaking new book reassessing the life and legacy of President Reagan, The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism. Read the review by Breitbart’s James Pinkerton here. Former UN Ambassador John Bolton will discuss the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion to clear the lower courts’ stays on Trump’s travel ban, allowing that foreign nationals lacking a “bona fide” relationship with someone in the United States could be banned. He’ll also discuss North Korea’s state media outlet calling Trump’s America First policies an “American version of Nazism.” Attorney Robert Barnes will offer his insights into Gov. Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. SiriusXM host David Webb will preview his upcoming show and weigh in on the news of the week. Live from London, Rome, and Jerusalem, Breitbart correspondents will provide updates on the latest international news. Breitbart News Daily is the first live, conservative radio enterprise to air seven days a week. SiriusXM Vice President for
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Jeff Bridges: ‘I’m Rooting for Trump to Do Well by Our Country’
“The health of our children is a wonderful compass that can tell us if our country is going the right direction,” he said. “That means we’re off course, so I’m rooting for the president to get on course.”
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Pinkerton — Ronald Reagan, Working Class Hero: New Book Speaks Loudly to Donald Trump’s America
In his new book, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism,” author Henry Olsen argues that Republicans today are getting the Reagan record wrong. In misremembering Reagan’s life, they misapprehend Reagan’s legacy. Olsen’s book proves that Reagan was an enemy of LBJ’s Great Society, but not of FDR’s New Deal.
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Pinkerton — Ronald Reagan, Working Class Hero: New Book Speaks Loudly to Donald Trump’s America
In his new book, “The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism,” author Henry Olsen argues that Republicans today are getting the Reagan record wrong. In misremembering Reagan’s life, they misapprehend Reagan’s legacy. Olsen’s book proves that Reagan was an enemy of LBJ’s Great Society, but not of FDR’s New Deal.
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Watch: Hugh Jackman Plays Circus Inventor P.T. Barnum in First Trailer for ‘The Greatest Showman’
“No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.”
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Watch: Jackie Chan Seeks Vengeance in ‘The Foreigner’ Trailer
Jackie Chan is out for some Bryan Mills-style revenge in the first trailer for The Foreigner, released online this week.
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Virginia Man Charged with Filming Woman in Target Dressing Room
Police in Henrico County, Virginia, have arrested a 23-year-old man and charged him with taking video of a woman and a child in a Target dressing room.
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Erick Erickson’s The Resurgent Turns Against Evan McMullin: A Tragedy in 10 Headlines
The Resurgent, a blog run by “Never Trump” pundit Erick Erickson, has published its first hit piece on Deep State cheerleader Evan McMullin, ending a nearly 3/4-year bromance between Erickson and the failed spoiler candidate in 2016’s presidential ele…
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GOP Senators Request FBI’s Surveillance Warrants from ‘Russia Interference’ Probe
Senior Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have requested that the FBI and Department of Justice turn over applications for any warrants to monitor the communications of U.S. citizens associated with the investigation into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 presidential election. The applications would have been submitted under the Obama administration. According to news media accounts, applications were made to conduct surveillance against members of President Donald Trump’s election campaign. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a panel member of the Committee, made the request as part of the probe into alleged Russian interference as well as the circumstances surrounding the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. In the letter, the senators wrote that they are seeking any warrant applications that the FBI submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA or FISC), the court’s responses, as well as “all final, signed FISA applications that the FBI and the Justice Department submitted to the FISC; and the FISC’s responses to the final, signed applications.” The letter referred to a Guardian report from January that the FISA court turned down applications to monitor four Trump campaign members. On April 11, the Washington Post cited “law enforcement and
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