Jake Tapper
Dad, husband, CNN Anchor of @TheLeadCNN and @CNNSOTU.
"Jake Tapper...I know; you don't like him. Who likes him? Who the hell can like him?"
- President Trump
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Prosecutors accuse Barr and Justice Department of politicizing investigations
Two prosecutors in the Justice Department will ratchet up the criticism of Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday with remarkable congressional testimony accusing senior Justice Department officials of politicizing DOJ investigations and the...
Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence
President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the prison sentence of his friend and former political adviser, Roger Stone, days before Stone was set to report to a federal prison in Georgia, according to the White House.
Ten Questions with Rod Lurie, Director of Operation Enduring Freedom film ‘The Outpost’
Rod Lurie is a West Point graduate and former Air Defense Artillery officer in the US Army. After his time in service he worked as an entertainment reporter and film critic. He then transitioned into film making by writing and directing his first...
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.@WeAreTheMighty: Ten Questions with @RodLurie, Director of Operation Enduring Freedom film ‘The Outpost’
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A Reporter’s Lonely Mission When the Writing Is on the Wall
His newspaper has withered under a hedge fund. His industry was in turmoil even before a pandemic. But Evan Brandt won’t stop chronicling his town.
This aviator just became the US Navy's first Black female fighter pilot
"Very proud of LTJG [Madeline] Swegle," a senior Navy official wrote. "Go forth and kick butt."
Untold No More
Listen now (50 min) | The day after his son was born on October 2, 2009, Jake Tapper watched a news report about a team of 53 American troops who were relentlessly attacked by 400 Taliban insurgents at the Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. “In...
TOTO: Pro-American Military Film ‘The Outpost’ Crushes The Competition
If you trust the corporate press you’d think Americans have all but given up on the whole patriotism thing. Night after night we see rioters tear down statues, hear major news channels reduce the Founding Fathers to “slave owners” and watch pundits...
Carl Reiner’s Final Performance Is a Fairy-Tale Ending
It began as a tribute to his son’s movie “The Princess Bride.” It ended up as the sweetest possible farewell.
Elissa Slotkin Is Sounding the Alarm. Will Democrats Listen?
She helped win Congress for the Democrats in 2018. Now she has a warning for her party.
Movie reviews: Hamilton and The Outpost
So this is different, eh?
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Review of @TheOutpostMovie: “one of the most visceral and gripping movies set during the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and in my opinion one of the best war movies of the past decade.”
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DOD knew K2 troops were exposed to cancer-causing toxins; VA continues to deny care
“The Department of Veterans Affairs continues to deny these illnesses are related and continue to deny benefits,” Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., said Thursday.
Carl Reiner, Perfect
The director and funnyman taught Steve Martin about film and comedy, but it’s Reiner’s advice on a completely different subject that he cherishes.
Reaction to DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic postings may offer way forward in Black / Jewish relations
The response to DeSean Jackson's anti-Semitic postings flips the script…and may offer a constructive way forward in Black-Jewish relations.
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Jake Tapper
CARR: Roger Stone, he’s quoted today as saying he’s praying for a commutation or a pardon from you. He has to report to prison....
TRUMP: He was framed...If you say he’s praying, his prayer may be answered. Let’s find out what happens.
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‘Hamilton’ Rules Disney+ Over July 4, but the VOD Success Story Is Rod Lurie’s ‘The Outpost’
Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical owned social media over the holiday weekend, but Rod Lurie's war movie found major success at a modest price.
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‘Hamilton’ Rules Disney+ Over July 4, but the VOD Success Story Is Rod Lurie’s ‘The Outpost’ – IndieWire
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'The Outpost' is new movie based on true story of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan battling the Taliban
Rod Lurie directs Orlando Bloom and Scott Eastwood in the new movie 'The Outpost' based on a true story of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan battling the Taliban.
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ABC7: Rod Lurie directs Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood in new movie 'The Outpost' based on true story of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan battling the Taliban
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Trump’s Impeachment Revenge: Alexander Vindman Is Bullied Into Retiring
The Army lieutenant colonel’s patriotism cost him his career.
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New Yorker: “in a final act of revenge,” WH made clear “Trump opposed Vindman’s promotion. Senior Administration officials told Esper and Ryan McCarthy, the Secretary of the Army, to dig for misconduct that would justify blocking Vindman’s promotion.”
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Tammy Duckworth: Tucker Carlson Doesn’t Know What Patriotism Is
Neither does President Trump.
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.@SenDuckworth: “It’s better for Mr. Trump to have you focused on whether an Asian-American woman is sufficiently American than to have you mourning the 130,000 Americans killed by a virus he claimed would disappear in February.”
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California & Florida hit one-day death records - CNN Video
CNN's Erica Hill reports.