Franklin Graham Responds to CNN Reporter Lighting Marijuana Bong Live on Air

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Rev. Franklin Graham responded to CNN’s New Year’s Eve story on marijuana in a post on Facebook.

“I wish this were #fakenews, but CNN seems to now be promoting drug use!” he wrote.

During CNN’s year-end broadcast, reporter Randi Kaye was in Denver, where marijuana is legal for recreational use.

“Their New Year’s Eve ‘coverage’ of pot use in Colorado was disgraceful,” Graham continued. “Their reporter, Randi Kaye, excitedly — and shamelessly — held a joint, lit a bong, oohed over a special gas mask used by stoners, and laughed about not knowing where she was. All while wearing marijuana leaf earrings.”

During the broadcast, Kaye said she was witnessing “New Year’s Eve, Denver-style!” and seemed disoriented, Fox News reported.

“We have a crippling drug epidemic in our nation that is destroying families and lives. I think this reporter and the producers should be fired and CNN should apologize for promoting pot use,” Graham concluded. “If you agree, let CNN know by tagging them in the comments below or commenting on their Facebook page.”

There are currently 19,581 comments on Graham’s post.

Graham was not the only one angered by the coverage as Twitter users expressed similar sentiments.

“CNN is trying to trademark the debauchery as its brand for New Year’s Eve coverage,” Media Research Center President Brent Bozell said, according to Fox. “I mean that quite seriously.”

TheBlaze also covered the pot-themed report on “The Glenn Beck Radio Program.”

“It was very helpful, especially if your kids are watching and they’re not familiar with how to actually take a bong hit,” host Pat Gray said.

According to a 2014 USA Today report, marijuana products are stronger today than they’ve been in the past.

“Marijuana increases the risk of psychosis, in which people lose touch with reality and may experience delusions, hallucinations and paranoia,” Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse told USA Today in 2014. “Colorado police have reported two deaths this year related to psychosis-like episodes in pot users.” (For more from the author of “Franklin Graham Responds to CNN Reporter Lighting Marijuana Bong Live on Air” please click HERE)

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NYT Reporter: Political Activists Exploiting Sexual Harassment Claims for Own Gains

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On “The Story,” Sandra Smith interviewed the author of a New York Times report that said money-wielding “partisans” are seeking to “exploit sexual harassment claims.”

Reporter Kenneth Vogel said there may be a partisan element to “exploited” stories of sexual misconduct for the purpose of political gain.

Smith said the report may lead to the public questioning the “integrity of the #MeToo movement” that brings attention to sexual harassment victims.

Vogel said that Media Matters founder David Brock, a former conservative writer turned progressive activist who Smith said “declared war on Fox News,” is one of the figures in his report.

He said Brock and other operatives helped funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to famous feminist attorney Lisa Bloom in order to “push more female victims into the spotlight.” (Read more from “NYT Reporter: Political Activists Exploiting Sexual Harassment Claims for Own Gains” HERE)

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Chelsea Clinton Wishes Church of Satan ‘Happy New Year’

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Chelsea Clinton gave a warm holiday greeting to an unusual group when she wished The Church of Satan a “Happy New Year” in a tweet Tuesday.

Clinton found herself in a Twitter conversation with The Church of Satan, model Chrissy Teigen, the restaurant Hooters and various assorted accounts after she tweeted encouragement to Teigen . . .

Clinton replied that users tagged her and The Church of Satan’s twitter account in multiple threads in 2017. Clinton tagged The Church of Satan in her tweet, and the group responded.

That is when Clinton wished the most well-known Satanic organization in the U.S. a “Happy New Year.” The Church of Satan for its part responded in kind.

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School Hit With Lawsuit Over Sickening Actions by Cruel Teachers Against Disabled Child

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Three Pennsylvania teachers are the focus of a federal lawsuit alleging they engaged in bullying against a fifth-grade student in a conversation inadvertently captured on an answering machine message heard by the girl’s mother.

According to the suit filed by Beth Suhon, her daughter’s teacher called in 2015 to leave a message but failed to disconnect the line before moving on to a cruel private conversation about the disabled student, the New York Post reported.

The teacher and two colleagues at Claysville Elementary School allegedly disparaged the student, mocking her physical appearance and perceived lack of viable career options.

WTAE released the voicemail message, in which one teacher is heard saying that the student’s “teeth are crooked.”

According to the lawsuit, the educators also claimed that the student had “no strengths” and no real prospects upon leaving school.

“She could be a good coal miner,” one teacher said.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the student has a developmental disorder known as Turner syndrome.

Suhon said her daughter has repeatedly been the target of bullying by students, noting that the remarks by teachers presented a new challenge.

“It was very difficult for me to tell my child, who has been bullied by her peers for years, that she was now being bullied by her teachers,” she said in an interview with WPVI.

In his court report, special education hearing officer Michael McElligot described the “nearly unfathomable, and frankly heartbreaking” disparagement recorded in the message.

He wrote that the teachers mocked the student’s “mathematics ability, physical appearance, and classroom behavior, punctuating these crass comments with derisive laughter.”

McElligot’s conclusion revealed that the teachers mocked other special-needs students in the recorded remarks.

They engaged in “unconscionable” deprecation of “children who clearly have significant disabilities,” he wrote.

Suhon’s lawsuit names McGuffey School District for alleged discrimination.

In addition to the comments by the teachers, she also mentions the district’s apparent decision to cancel without notice a special education program that could have benefited her daughter. Without that plan, Suhon argues that the girl — who is now in eighth grade — fell further behind her peers.

McElligott presided over a related complaint earlier this year, ruling against the district based on the evidence presented in the voicemail. He sided with the district, however, in response to Suhon’s claim that it displayed “deliberate indifference” in the decision to suspend the special-needs program.

As of the latest reports available, the district had not publicly responded to the lawsuit.

Immediately following the crude remarks left on her answering machine, the mother said she removed her daughter from the school in favor of online classes. The following school year, she said she “reluctantly” decided to re-enroll her in one of the district’s public schools. (For more from the author of “School Hit With Lawsuit Over Sickening Actions by Cruel Teachers Against Disabled Child” please click HERE)

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Todd Palin Is Seen for the First Time Since Being Attacked by His Son Track

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Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was seen for the first time since being attacked by his 28-year-old son Track in December 2017.

“Trailering snowmachines to trailhead for trek out to the cabin… perfect way to usher in the new year! May 2018 be a year of breakthrough, joy & victory for all!” former Gov. Palin wrote in a Monday Instagram post.

In the photo, Todd Palin can be seen sporting a black eye and a cut on the bridge of his nose, the result of an attack that resulted in three criminal charges for his eldest son.

As noted by the U.K. Daily Mail, Todd Palin had shied away from the public eye in the wake of the family conflict that began after his son Track Palin broke into the family home in late 2017.

According to an incident report from the Wasilla Police Department, Track, who wasn’t welcome on the property, began arguing with his father about a truck on Dec. 16, 2017.

Then, Sarah Palin reportedly called 911 and told the operator that her son was “freaking out and was on some type of medication.”

According to the arrest affidavit, “Track told him he was (going to) come anyway to beat his a–,” after his father had told him he would not be allowed to drive the family truck while intoxicated from alcohol and pain medication.

The threat prompted Todd Palin to reportedly pull out a pistol in an attempt to protect himself and his family.

The Western Journal reported that Track witnessed the gun through the window of the home and attempted to goad his dad into shooting him.

However, Todd Palin told police that he couldn’t bring himself to fire the weapon at his son.

Track Palin then broke into the home through a window and reportedly struggled with his father.

He disarmed his father, before taking him to the ground and striking him in the head multiple times.

Todd Palin was able to escape the house with his wife and was reportedly seated in a car outside the home when police arrived.

After the attack, the eldest Palin son held police off from inside the home for at least 15 minutes. He reportedly called the officers “peasants” and demanded that they disarm themselves before the standoff ended, resulting in Track Palin’s arrest on charges of first-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree assault.

The U.K. Daily Mail reported that Track Palin is now under house arrest after walking free from a pretrial facility five days after the attack when his friend, Kaleb Westfall, posted his bail of $5,000. (For more from the author of “Todd Palin Is Seen for the First Time Since Being Attacked by His Son Track” please click HERE)

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Teenager Murders His Family Members on New Year’s Eve

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A 16-year-old New Jersey boy gunned down his parents, sister and a family friend just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, turning the family home into a bloodbath that his brother and grandfather managed to escape, investigators said Monday.

The teenager shot and killed his father, mother, sister and a family friend who also lived in the Long Branch, New Jersey home, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a statement. Police were called to the home around 11:43 p.m., and the suspect was taken into custody without incident, Gramiccioni said.

“We are confident that this is a domestic incident that is completely isolated,” Gramiccioni said. “It’s a terribly tragic incident.”

The boy’s name was not released, but the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office identified the deceased as: Steven Kologi, 44; Linda Kologi, 42; Brittany Kologi, 18; and Mary Schultz, 70. Schultz was identified as a “family acquaintance” by the prosecutor’s office.

The suspect’s brother and grandfather also were at the home at the time of the shooting but were able to escape unharmed, Gramiccioni said during a Monday news conference. (Read more from “Teenager Murders His Family Members on New Year’s Eve” HERE)

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New Abortion Device Can Murder Your Baby ‘in Just Three Minutes’

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Unlike pro-life and religious organizations, the feminist movement has rejected the idea of helping women with unplanned pregnancies to overcome the obstacles in their paths and ensure a healthy life for them and their children. Instead, they’re actively pushing to normalize the murder of unborn babies and promoting the most efficient ways to do it.

A new abortion device called SofTouch, which was featured in feminist magazine Glamour on Sunday, can kill an unborn baby up to 12-weeks gestation “in just three minutes.” Less developed babies can apparently be killed in a mere 60-seconds.

“You’ve probably never heard of it, but recently a device that has the power to transform the abortion process hit the health care scene,” boasts Glamour. “It fits in the palm of a doctor’s hand and doesn’t require an electric suction machine or an operating room or fasting the night before. A patient doesn’t need to be sedated and there are and no limits on her lifestyle either before or after the procedure. In fact, she can get the entire procedure done in her lunch hour and go right back to work. It’s nonsurgical, noninvasive and is nearly 100 percent effective. It can be completed in 60 to 90 seconds if the patient is less than six weeks pregnant and in about two or three minutes if she’s between six and 10 weeks.”

The device was first developed in 2011 by Doctor Joan Fleischman, a Harvard-trained physician, according to earlyabortionoptions.com, and is described as “today’s most natural and least invasive option for early abortion.” (Read more from “New Abortion Device Can Murder Your Baby ‘in Just Three Minutes'” HERE)

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Netflix? Hide This Release From Your Kids

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Here’s the premise of the latest Netflix release, described as a dark teen “romance” called “End of the F—ing World.”

A skinny 17-year-old named James who thinks he may be a psychopath and whose goal is to kill someone meets a 17-year-old rebellious and foul-mouthed classmate Alyssa whom he chooses to be his first victim . . .

The just-released trailer, parent alert for language and sexual situations (yes, on the trailer!), shows James punching his father in the face, apparently knocking him out, and stealing his car so he can run off with Alyssa. She wants the road trip to find her real father. He decides to take it so he can kill her.

James doesn’t feel anything. He once put his hand in a deep fryer just so he could. He has already killed lots of animals, including cats.

Thinking of watching this one with the kids? Prepare for some uncomfortable moments. Thinking of giving unrestricted access to Netflix to the kids? Remember, this is not “Leave It to Beaver” – not even close. (Read more from “Netflix? Hide This Release From Your Kids” HERE)

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MSNBC Host Runs Abusive Work Environment

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MSNBC Host Chris Matthews runs an at times openly derisive and brazenly sexist news operation that has led at least some staffers to describe themselves as victims of “battered wives syndrome,” according to three of his show’s guests and two former producers who spoke exclusively to The Daily Caller.

Two former NBC producers independently alleged Matthews would rate the looks of his female guests on a scale and said Matthews was so abusive that staff joked about being battered women. The interviews in total paint Matthews as a tyrant liable to fly off the handle at the slightest mistake, who was eager to objectify women and made inappropriate sexual comments appear to be a matter of course for someone in his position.

Both former NBC producers requested anonymity out of concern for their future careers. One is actively seeking a job in media and the other still works closely with MSNBC. One expressed fears about being labeled a “troublemaker” and cited the string of former Fox News women who have all but disappeared from television.

“Sadly, I know other women who won’t even be an anonymous source regarding Chris [Matthews] because they’re that concerned about the door closing on career opportunities in media,” the producer concluded.

According to the two producers, whose combined time at the network nearly spans the existence of “Hardball,” Matthews frequently objectified his female guests and staffers, inappropriately commenting on their appearance and clothing. Matthews would allegedly use pet names like “cutie” and “sweetie pie” to refer to female guests and was constantly making uncouth and “boorish” remarks about women. (Read more from “MSNBC Host Runs Abusive Work Environment” HERE)

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Do You Remember These New Year’s Eve Hosts From the Past?

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As the end of 2017 draws near, many Americans will be watching the famous Times Square Ball Drop on their televisions, counting down the final seconds until the New Year.

ABC’s “New Year’s Rockin Eve” television special has become synonymous with the holiday and has become the flagship program covering New Year’s Eve festivities. However, Dick Clark wasn’t the first, or most prominent person to have helped millions of Americans welcome in the new year.

So before we close the curtain on 2017, let’s take a look back at some of the most memorable guests to have hosted New Year’s Eve specials.

The first name to appear on MeTV‘s list is Guy Lombardo.

Lombardo, also known as “Mr. New Year’s Eve,” effectively began the tradition of using media to help celebrate New Year’s Eve with the masses.

On Dec. 31, 1956, Lombardo and his big band the “Royal Canadians” debuted their black-tie television parties. However, it wasn’t the first time Lombardo celebrated the event in front of an audience as he hosted an annual radio broadcast for 27 years prior to televising the event.

While Lombardo was essentially the godfather of New Years Eve programming, he wasn’t the most recognizable name on the list — that honor goes to George Carlin.

NBC tasked Carlin with hosting their newly created “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special to ring in 1974.

The broadcast famously took place aboard the Queen Mary and saw memorable musical performances from Tower of Power, The Pointer Sisters, Linda Ronstadt and Billy Preston.

As noted by MeTV, the night would mark the final time NBC produced the annual special before transferring the rights to ABC who placed Clark as the show’s host.

After the switch to ABC, Clark’s “New Years Rockin’ Eve” struggled to pull in favorable ratings as the show was a direct competitor of the already established Lombardo and his “Royal Canadians.”

However, when the big band leader passed away in 1977, Clark’s program took the top spot in New Years Eve programming, but not without competition from network rival CBS.

Their program, “Happy New Year, America,” ran from 1979 until 1995 and was primarily hosted by singer Andy Williams. However, other celebrities such as Gladys Knight, Terry Bradshaw and Brent Musburger would step in to cover the ball drop.

CBS’ special wasn’t the only program that experimented with multiple celebrity guests. “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” also saw its own array of alternate hosts.

One prominent example of celebrity replacements was “Dukes of Hazzard” actor John Schneider and “Happy Days” actress Erin Moran who welcomed in the 1980s.

Moran and Schneider hosted alongside performances by The Village People, Chic and Blondie.

However, Clark remained the prominent host of the special until 2007, when it was announced that “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest would take over hosting duties due to Clark’s deteriorating health.

This year’s edition of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” is set to air on Dec. 31 at 8:00 p.m. EST. The special will be hosted by Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy and will feature performances by Nick Jonas, Camila Cabello and Sugarland. (For more from the author of “Do You Remember These New Year’s Eve Hosts From the Past?” please click HERE)

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