Tag Archives: Parkland

Mediaite reports: After Dinesh D’Souza’s disgusting tweets going after teenage survivors of a school shooting, people genuinely wondered if D’Souza was lined up to speak at CPAC this week. The organization says he is and was not. The Speakers page has D’Souza’s photo on it, but CPAC’s Twitter account says that’s from the archives, they’re taking it down, and his …

The Hill reports: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) on Tuesday lashed out at a “disgusting group of idiots” who made up the claim that students appearing on TV as survivors of last week’s deadly high school shooting were actors. A staffer for Florida state Rep. Shawn Harrison (R) said that the two high schoolers who survived the tragedy pictured in …

The Miami Herald reports: To honor the victims of last week’s school shooting, Major League Baseball teams intend to wear Marjory Stoneman Douglas caps on Friday for the start of spring training games in Florida and Arizona. The league’s official cap company, New Era, is making the special caps for players to wear when play begins in both the Grapefruit …

PBS reports: The White House is expected to respond today to the latest charges in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to speak with reporters at 2 p.m. ET. The special counsel charged an attorney Tuesday with lying to federal investigators about his interactions with Rick Gates, a …

The New York Times reports: One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links to Russia released hundreds of posts taking up the gun control debate.  “This is pretty typical for them, to hop on breaking news like this,” said Jonathon Morgan, chief executive of New Knowledge, a company that …

The New York Daily News reports: Just 45 miles from where the mournful families broken by the latest school shooting laid their loved ones to rest, the President of the United States slipped on a white polo shirt, put a matching white cap on his head and set out for the golf course. The President arrived at the Trump International …

Last night Chelsea Clinton fired back at Jim Hoft, the homocon founder of the fake news site Gateway Pundit, who is part of the now-widespread right wing attacks on the survivors of the Parkland massacre. Hoft is taking particular aim at “astonishingly articulate” Parkman survivor David Hogg, whom Hoft accuses of having been “coached” by his retired FBI father because …

The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reports: Multiple deaths were reported Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and authorities reported a suspect in custody. Coral Springs Mayor Skip Campbell, whose city contracts fire service in Parkland, confirms there were “multiple fatalities.” A television news helicopter report showed several people on gurneys being placed into into fire rescue ambulances …