In the days following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, many people took to social media to share their opinions. It wasn’t a good look for everyone, despite our laws on allowing freedom of speech. Career Strategist, Julie Bauke, shared why social media platforms can cost you a job and why you need to be careful before pressing the ‘post’ button.
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Following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, many on social media did not seek unity, rather, more division and attacks on the opposing party. Republican-leaning posts immediately calling the shooting a staged event done poorly by the Democratic party. And Democratic-leaning posts cracking jokes about the shooter failing to get the job done. While our nation struggles with a mental health epidemic, do we also struggle with having a stable moral compass? Counselor, Julius Dudics, talked about the connection between the two.
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Did you know: food insecurity is one of the biggest non-academic barriers to Connecticut college student success? According to 2023 data, 52% of CSCU students could not afford to eat balanced meals and 39% had to reduce the size of their meals because they did not have enough money to purchase more food. We spoke with CSCU Chancellor Terrence Cheng about providing affordable food options on the 17 campuses under the CSCU umbrella. We also talked about the recently approved, new Transfer Credit Alignment Policy.
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Monday’s busy “Connecticut Today” started a new week with host Paul Pacelli’s thoughts on turning down the heated rhetoric of the current campaign season (00:51). Quinnipiac University Law Professor John Pavia explained a judge’s decision to drop – for now – the federal classified documents case facing former President Donald Trump (11:49). University of New Haven Senior Criminal Justice Lecturer Ken Gray talked about Saturday’s assassination attempt against former President Donand Trump (21:48). Southern Connecticut State University associate professor of political science and urban affairs Dr. Jonathan Wharton discussed the prospect of “toning down” political rhetoric in the U.S. (33:04)
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CT GOP Chair, Ben Proto, joins Lisa Wexler from the Republican National Convention to talk about changes in the GOP platform.
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Former President Trump is the luckiest man alive following an assassination attempt during a rally this past weekend. A bullet grazed Trump’s ear when a gunman opened fire at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania. One rally goer lost his life and two others were injured. The 20-year-old shooter was killed by Secret Service. But the biggest question remains: how did someone with a gun end up on a rooftop within range of Trump?
We got perspective from former Fairfield Police Chief, Gary MacNamara. ((00:00))
We also spoke with former S.W.A.T. Team member, Jim Perez. ((18:33))
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There are a lot of bird lovers in Connecticut and today, we learned about the latest bird success story. Purple Martins are thriving this summer at 5 Connecticut Audubon locations; approximately 140 pairs are raising as many as 500 hatchlings! Tom Anderson, Director of Communications at CT Audubon, says it’s been an unusually great year for hatchling numbers. We found out why.
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Earlier this month, we learned Connecticut preserved a record number of farmland parcels in 2023. Commissioner of Department of Agriculture, Bryan Hurlburt, defined preserved land and how we protected so many acres despite many challenges facing local farms today.
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