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Charlie Kirk Sent Message That 'Stopped Me Cold' Day Before His Murder, CNN Analyst Reveals Charlie Kirk Sent Message That 'Stopped Me Cold' Day Before His Murder, CNN Analyst Reveals
Charlie Kirk Sent Message That 'Stopped Me Cold' Day Before His Murder, CNN Analyst Reveals A day before he was killed, Charlie Kirk sent CNN analyst Van Jones a surprisingly conciliatory invitation, and Jones has now made it public. In a first-person CNN Politics piece published Friday, Sept. 19, Jones shared a direct message he says the 31-year-old conservative influencer sent him on X inviting a civil, on-air debate about crime and race.  The message read: “Hey, Van, I mean it, I’d love to have you on my show to have a respectful conversation about crime and race. I would be a gentleman as I know you would be as well. We can disagree about the issues agreeably.” …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Voters Nationally Prefer Harris Over Trump, New Poll Finds Voters Nationally Prefer Harris Over Trump, New Poll Finds
Voters Nationally Prefer Harris Over Trump, New Poll Finds Voters nationally prefer Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris over her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, a brand-new survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey shows. The seven-point margin (50 to 43) is largely due to race and gender, the FDU poll shows. The survey was conducted between Saturday, Aug. 17 and Tuesday, Aug. 20, using a voter list of registered voters nationwide carried out by Braun Research of Princeton, New Jersey.  Respondents were contacted by either live caller telephone interviews, or text-to-web surveys s…

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by Michael Mashburn & Cecilia Levine
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Fort Lauderdale's First Openly Gay Police Chief With PA Ties Fired For Discrimination: Report Fort Lauderdale's First Openly Gay Police Chief With PA Ties Fired For Discrimination: Report
Fort Lauderdale's First Openly Gay Police Chief With PA Ties Fired For Discrimination: Report "Which one is blacker?"  a native Pennsylvanian allegedly asked while handling promotions as an assistant chief of police in Florida, ABC News reports. Larry Scirotto, 48, was fired by City Manager Chris Lagerbloom last week after approximately six months on the job, according to the outlet citing a city of Fort Lauderdale news release. An investigation apparently showed he was bias in hiring whoever had the darkest skin tone. The firing comes after months of Scirotto — who is mixed-race — being complained about by his peers for hiring and promoting based on race as part of "an im…

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by Jillian Pikora