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September 16th, 2014
06:59 PM ET
U.S. Strategy on ISIS: Destroy them in Iraq, disrupt them in Syria
CNN’s Brooke Baldwin spoke with David Lesch, Middle East History Professor at Trinity University, about the U.S. Strategy on ISIS. David Lesch is the author of "Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad about the United States’ strategy against ISIS".
September 16th, 2014
06:29 PM ET
“Scandal” Star Joins Anti-abuse Campaign
Kerry Washington joins the AllState Foundation's "Purple Purse" project geared towards halting financial abuse against women. Using her fame, the Emmy-nominated actress has come up with a purple purse for women, now a strong symbol of financial independence. Kerry Washington says the project hopes to educate the public in general. CNN's Brooke Baldwin spoke with Mioshi Johnson, wife of retired NFL player Chris Johnson about this campaign.
On Twitter
“Ideas have gone on vacation in the Republican Party, partly because they can't be expressed in Twitter and all twitter.com/i/web/status/1…MYfMH20
“Trump's goal has been to make it a personal nightmare and politically not viable to oppose him in the Republictwitter.com/i/web/status/1…iSZR6FHb
State and federal authorities should come up with guidelines on religious exemptions for vaccine mandates, bioethictwitter.com/i/web/status/1…BN
“It's not honest. … Instagram in particular,” author Jean Twenge says as WSJ reporting revealed researchers twitter.com/i/web/status/1…/FfjWlaxCZe
Posts from Gabby Petito’s social media starkly contrast with police body camera footage of her and her fiancé befotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…ul1gS
