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In a shocking tragedy, Columbus Blue Jackets player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, have died, the NHL team announced Friday morning on X. 

Surgeon General Murthy said parenting can be hazardous to your health. Mom and Dad join he long list of victims in this country. You thought you heard everything, but no, you haven’t. An advisory issued Wednesday by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation’s doctor, said parents, in particular, are under dangerous levels of stress. The report […] The post Surgeon General: Parenting Can Be Bad for Mental Health But Government Is Here to Help appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Harsh criticism was leveled at CNN’s Dana Bash after her interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris aired Thursday night, with critics slamming Bash’s “softball questions” and her attempts to provide answers for Harris within her questions. Before the interview aired, CNN hosts tried to promote the interview as if Harris would be asked tough questions; CNN host Richard Quest declared, “Vice President Harris is in the hot seat on a bus tour in Georgia. She’s sitting down with our own Dana Bash alongside her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, in what’s the first exclusive interview with the Democratic Party presidential team since the historic switch from President Biden.” CNN correspondent Eva McKend gushed, “This is a real test now, how she can do when pressed on certain issues.” But it was anything but that, as Bash asked questions such as the following, in which she offered Harris possible answers to the very questions being asked: Generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you’ve made — that you explained some of here — in your policy? Is it because you have more experience now and you’ve learned more about the information? Is it because you’re running for president in a Democratic primary? Or  questions such as these: I just have to ask you both about two standout moments, aside of course from the addresses that you both gave, but standout moments that were perhaps unexpected during the convention. You mentioned one of them, governor, a moment that you shared, that the world shared with your son, Gus. You were speaking. The camera caught him so incredibly proud of you, so emotional, saying, “That’s my dad.” To Harris: The photograph that has gone viral. You were speaking. One of your grand-nieces that you were just talking about was watching you accept the nomination. You didn’t explicitly talk about gender or race in your speech. But it obviously means a lot to a lot of people. And that viral picture really says it. What does it mean to you? Bash asked Harris about her changing her position on banning fracking and Harris spoke about her “values,” saying, “My values have not changed.” Bash asked Harris, “You insisted that President Biden is extraordinarily strong. Given where we are now, do you have any regrets about what you told the American people?” “No, not at all. Not at all, “Harris answered, before continuing, “He is so smart and — and loyal to the American people. And I have spent hours upon hours with him, be it in the Oval Office or the Situation Room. He has the intelligence, the commitment, and the judgment and disposition that I think the American people rightly deserve in their president.” Yet Bash wouldn’t follow up with the obvious question: Then why did you replace him? These are softball questions and she's still finding a way to word salad them. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2024 Dana Bash's lack of follow-up to virtually any difficult question was egregious tonight. A full-scale betrayal of her supposed journalistic profession. A half-dozen easy follow-ups would have totally fried Kamala's circuits. Bash knew it, which is why she didn't do it. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2024 Not a single Q on the Emotional Support Governor’s RADICAL trans policies. — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 No Qs on the Emotional Support Governor abandoning his unit as they deployed to Iraq, or to his false claims of holding a rank he did not earn, over and over and over again for 20 years including to this day — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 The exchange on the border! The LIES she was allowed to offer, unchallenged. Breathtaking. — Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) August 30, 2024 A competent journalist would ask any of 15 tough follow-up questions. Instead, we had the propagandist @DanaBashCNN https://t.co/OGhbpvp03v — Mollie (@MZHemingway) August 30, 2024 How was there not a single question on Ukraine, China, or the cartels — Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) August 30, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris lied on Thursday during her first interview as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee about her past remarks on her support for banning fracking. Harris made the false claim during an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash when asked about her support for the multi-trillion dollar Green New Deal and her pledge in 2019 when she said: “There is no question I’m in favor of banning fracking.” When asked if she still supported banning fracking, Harris responded: “No, and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020, that I would not ban fracking. As vice president, I did not ban fracking. As president, I will not ban fracking.” Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. Bash highlighted Harris’s 2019 remarks about her unequivocal support for a ban on fracking, to which Harris responded: “In 2020 I made very clear where I stand. We are in 2024, and I have not changed that position, nor will I going forward. I kept my word, and I will keep my word.” When asked why she changed her view, Harris said to be “clear” that her “values have not changed.” However, Harris lied about what she said on the debate stage in 2020. Harris dropped out of the 2020 presidential race in late 2019 — before any of the voting in the primary started — after failing to get any traction among voters. After then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked her as his running mate, she appeared in one vice presidential debate against Mike Pence in October 2020. During that debate, Harris never stated that she would not ban fracking; she said that Biden would not ban fracking. “Joe Biden will not end fracking,” Harris said. “He has been very clear about that.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI Several minutes later, Harris said: “Alright, so first of all, I will repeat, and the American people know, that Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact.” WATCH: 2024 Kamala on if she would ban fracking: “No and I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020.” 2019 Kamala: “There’s no question that I’m in favor of banning fracking.” 2020 Kamala on the debate stage: “Joe Biden will not ban fracking. That is a fact.” pic.twitter.com/SapEoflUht — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) August 30, 2024