ADDED: Judging from Tapper’s own reporting at the top of “The Lead,” violence broke out in numerous places in Ferguson Monday night, but not where he protested a heavy police presence. Maybe that’s a coincidence, but it is worth pointing
Just because he served as the CEO of one of the world’s leading corporations doesn’t make Steve Ballmer stiff and reserved. On Monday afternoon, the new Los Angeles Clippers owner slam-dunked his entrance at the Clippers Fan Festival. Exiting the
(Language Warning) Last night while watching the news coverage of Ferguson civil unrest, hip hop mogul Sean John Combs aka ‘Diddy’ posted an Instagram message for President Barack Obama. “This sh-t ain’t right,” Diddy said. “Obama, get on a plane
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles argued that his city does not have a city of racial animus or a racial divide on Tuesday’s “NewsNation” on MSNBC. “There’s not a racial divide in the city of Ferguson” he said. And “there’s 22,000
Democrats are using the unrest in Ferguson, MO as a way to gin up the vote for the midterms, according to radio host Rush Limbaugh. “The Democrats are using Ferguson, Missouri to try to ramp up black turnout for the
Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera and Harris Faulkner got into a dust up Tuesday over Rivera’s contention that racial divisions will dominate the judicial process in Ferguson, MO. “There’s no doubt in my mind but that a grand jury will
HOUSTON, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas recently apprehended a number of illegal immigrants, two of whom were previously-deported convicted sex offenders from Central America. A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) spokeswoman from the Del Rio
The facts behind the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO are still coming in, but rap star Nelly is already on the scene to make his voice heard. Ryan J. Reilly, a Huffington Post reporter, captured Nelly in
Talk radio host Larry Elder criticized Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) recent comments on the militarization of the police on Tuesday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “I get the idea of making sure that [the] Republican Party is embracing black people and trying
President Barack Obama has done great things on race, according to Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski. During a conversation about the tough situation Obama finds himself in with the ongoing situation in Ferguson, MO, co-host Joe Scarborough pointed out the
Umar Lee, a taxi driver in Ferguson, MO who also works as independent journalist blamed “out of town professional protesters” for inciting violence in the city on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart.” He reported that locals seem to have
SAN DIEGO — Cities and states across the country have been facing great debate over minimum wage rates, including the city of San Diego. Monday, San Diego’s Democrat majority City Council acted as many suspected it would in overriding Republican
Monday on CNN while Jake Tapper was walking with protesters in Ferguson MO, a demonstrator behind the host held up an ominous hand made spray painted sign reading “ISIS Here.” Police later confronted some protesters with tear gas and flash
The Leader of the Free World is a deer in the headlights … and that’s a good thing. Displaying some constructive leadership in Ferguson would not have been hard for President Obama. As civil unrest bubbled up (we all saw
During an appearance on MSNBC on Tuesday, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) questioned why so many of the elected officials in Ferguson, Mo. are white, deeming leadership’s racial make up to be “troublesome.” “Here you have the mostly white police
AUSTIN, Texas–Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for Governor,Greg Abbott, appeared on the Fox News program Fox & Friends on Saturday to discuss the border crisis, and was also asked for his reaction to Friday’s indictment of current Texas Governor
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) warned lawmakers against using the crisis in Ferguson, MO to push their own agenda, during a Tuesday appearance on FNC’s “Fox & Friends.” “The first thing I do is don’t try to capitalize on this tragedy
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown” on Tuesday, Missouri Highway Patrol Cpt. Ron Johnson, who has spearheaded the on-the-ground security effort in Ferguson, MO, criticized some of the media. According to Johnson, some of the activity by the
JERUSALEM — Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel on Tuesday afternoon, breaking the temporary 24-hour ceasefire more than six hours before it was set to expire, according to IDF spokesman Peter Lerner. The rockets landed
The Washington Redskins defensive backfield took to the grass at FedEx Field on Monday Night Football in a “hands up” gesture in support for slain teenager Michael Brown and the protestors on his behalf in Missouri. The nothing-to-hide body language
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of protesters demanding Pakistan’s prime minister step down prepared Tuesday to march on parliament in the capital, as authorities beefed up security to prevent possible violence. The demonstrators, who have camped out in Islamabad in two
“Praise be to God, each day we conquer the American Jews like our conquests over the Jews of Israel. Your brother, Sofian” One should know several things about “Brother Sofian”: his full name is Sofian Zakkout; he is a Palestinian
HOUSTON, Texas — The Texas economy, a shining star on the national level, continues to outpace the rest of the country. According to a recent Texas Workforce press release, 46,600 non-farm jobs were added in Texas during July alone. In a
HOUSTON, Texas — President Obama is following the lead of Texas Governor Rick Perry by deploying more federalized troops from the Texas National Guard (TNG) to help Border Patrol Agents. Approximately 60-75 soldiers of the Texas National Guard were recently
DALLAS, Texas — It is one of those sci-fi collides with real life moments like in “The Giver,” Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel where freedoms are traded in for the public safety, only here it’s the Dallas City Council and it’s
