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United Air PR Disaster, Wells Clawback

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Friendly Skies: United Airlines has a public relations mess on its hands. On Sunday, a flight departing Chicago for Louisville was fully loaded when a supervisor announced, “We have United employees that need to fly to Louisville tonight. … This …

Tough Talk to Russia, Fox Moves on O’Reilly

Monday, April 10, 2017

Big Talk: The Trump administration is telling Russia to abandon its support for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad or face further deteriorating relations with the US. The US says that by supporting Assad, Russia is at least in part responsible for …

Coptic Churches Bombed, Change in Policy

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Terror: Two bombs at Coptic Christian Churches in Egypt during Palm Sunday services have killed at least 26 people today. The first explosion was at the St. George’s Church in the Nile delta city of Tanta, 50 miles north of …

Russians Angry, Swedish Truck Attack

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Bombing: The airstrike against Syria has caused a deterioration in the already tenuous relationship between the US and Russia. President Vladimir Putin called the airstrike an act of “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international …

US Missiles Hit Syria, Repubs Go Nuclear

Friday, April 7, 2017

Thin Red Line: The US fired volleys of missiles at targets in Syria in response to dictator Bashar al-Assad’s use of nerve gas in his country’s civil war. Military officials said they fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles aimed at destroying …

Trump Shocked by Assad, No Ad Zone

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Thin Red Line: President Trump said the use of nerve gas has changed his attitude toward Syria and its dictator Bashar al-Assad. Trump said he was shocked by the video of children and babies gasping for breath and dying from …

Syria “War Crime,” O’Reilly Sponsors Bail

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

ChemWar: The US State Department yesterday called the chemical attack in Syria “a war crime” and held the Syrian government and its Russian ally responsible. Incredibly, White House spokesman Sean Spicer also blamed President Obama for not being tough enough …

Chem Attack in Syria, Back Channel to Russia

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

ChemWar: A chemical warfare attack appears to have been carried out in northwestern Syria, killing at least 58 people and injuring dozens. The victims display signs of having been exposed to nerve gas. Witnesses were not certain whether the attack …

Weather Drenches Southeast, Streaming Assault

Monday, April 3, 2017

Stormy Weather: At least 10 tornadoes touched down yesterday in Texas and Louisiana as a major storm system moves into the Southeast. Trees snapped and trailer homes were tossed. A mother and her young child were killed. At least 10 …

Disaster and O’Reilly Spin

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Disaster Beat: More than 200 people are dead after a landslide buried a village in southwest Colombia. The Red Cross says another 220 people are missing and 200 are injured. — A 1000-foot South Korean cargo ship is missing in …