Thursday on WABC’s “The Rita Cosby Show,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan said today’s “mother of all bombs” (MOAB) attack on an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan was also meant to send a “message” to North Korea. Buchanan said, “First, I think it is obviously a sign that Donald Trump is listening to his generals and is getting much tougher and is accepting their advice. This is meant to go into these tunnels and kill al-Qaida or ISIS right where they live. But let me say, Rita, this is a second message that’s being sent – and it’s to the North Koreans. The North Koreans, they have their tests, their atom bombs deep in tunnels, and I think what it is, is a message to them that we can get down in there and kill your people underground as well as above-ground – and so I would think that’s a message to North Korea as well.” (h/t Newsmax) Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
VIDEO: 4-Year-Old Girl Narrowly Avoids Stray Bullets at Barbershop
A disturbing video shows a little girl narrowly avoiding a few stray bullets at a barbershop in Arizona.
EPA Employee Uses Taxpayer Funds to Pay for $15,000 Worth of Gym Memberships
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee based out of Las Vegas paid for nearly $15,000 worth of one-year gym memberships for 37 people using a government credit card, documents show.
Public University Threatened to Punish Student Over His Refusal to Remove Trump Sign from Dorm Window
A student at the University of South Alabama is taking heat from administrators for failing to remove a Donald Trump sign from the window of his dorm room.
Jeff Sessions Rips Bureaucrats Refusing to Back Trump Policies, Touts Border Security Success
Attorney General Jeff Sessions joined syndicated Boston radio host Howie Carr on his broadcast Thursday, laying out the new path his Department of Justice is charting in the Trump era.
Trump Sending NSA McMaster to Afghanistan on Heels of MOAB Bombing on Islamic State
On the eve of the dropping a massive 21,600-pound bomb in Afghanistan targeting Islamic State (ISIS) fighters from Iraq and Syria hiding in an underground network in that country, Trump announced on Wednesday he is sending National Security Adviser Lt…
Brady Campaign Proud to Help ‘Designated Survivor’ Frame Gun Control Message
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is boasting of how they worked with the writing team of ABC’s Designated Survivor to help craft the gun control language used in the April 5 episode.
Kirsten Powers on Hillary Election Remarks: ‘Never In This Equation Is Hillary Clinton to Blame’ for Losing the Election
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Political Analyst and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers reacted to former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s remarks where she pointed to FBI Director James Comey, WikiLeaks, Russia, misogyny, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and the media as some reasons why she lost the 2016 election by stating, “Never in this equation is Hillary Clinton to blame for anything, and she was, after all, the candidate.” Powers said, “Never in this equation is Hillary Clinton to blame for anything, and she was, after all, the candidate. There were outside forces that were affecting the campaign, no question, but there were a lot of things, I think related to her candidacy that were problematic. And I don’t think this helps Democrats, frankly, to be looking back at this. I think people want to move on and not seem like sour grapes. It makes the audience she was talking to happy. This was Women in the World, very liberal women, and I think it makes the base happy, but I don’t think it’s helpful overall.” Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
CNN’s Tapper: Hillary ‘Doesn’t Seem to Have Done Enough Introspection’ – Putin Didn’t Keep You Out of Wisconsin
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” anchor Jake Tapper said that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s remarks where she placed some of the blame for her defeat on Vladimir Putin and FBI Director James Comey show “she doesn’t seem to have done enough introspection.” “[O]bviously, Putin, Comey, etc., there’s a whole list of reasons why she didn’t win, but she doesn’t seem to have done enough introspection. … There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of introspection when it comes to, no one — you know, Putin didn’t tell you, ‘Don’t go to Wisconsin.’ James Comey didn’t tell you, ‘Call one-quarter of the country deplorable.’” Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
Belichick: Deflate-gate ‘Ridiculous’
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick sat down for an interview that aired Thursday with CNBC’s Suzy Welch and finally shared his thoughts on “Deflate-gate” in a game of word association. Welch asked Belichick for the word he associates with “Deflate-gate,” and the coach responded “ridiculous.” The NFL suspended Belichick’s long-time quarterback Tom Brady for four games in 2016 over the suspicion of deflated footballs from the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. Welch also asked Belichick for his thoughts on winning. “The goal,” he replied. “There’s no medals for trying. This isn’t like eighth grade where everybody gets a trophy. We’re in a professional sport and it’s competitive to win. That’s what we do.” Follow Trent Baker on Twitter @MagnifiTrent