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Kathy Griffin is taking heavy criticism for a photo shoot in which she is holding a bloodied mask of President Donald Trump.

The comedian posed for the gory photos during a session with notoriously edgy photographer Tyler Shields.

In a Twitter post late Tuesday, Griffin said the image "is too disturbing," and that "it wasn't funny."

I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB

Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017

The photo shoot has been condemned by many on social media, including Trump himself.

Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. went on a social media tear, ripping Griffin for the tasteless photos.

Disgusting but not surprising. This is the left today. They consider this acceptable. Imagine a conservative did this to Obama as POTUS? https://t.co/QdghcbIjS7

Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 30, 2017

The #kathygriffin phony apology would be a lot easier to believe if there wasn't a video of her mocking the response she knew was coming.

Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 31, 2017

According to TMZ, Griffin joked with Shields on set they would need to move to Mexico after the photos were released or fear imprisonment.

In her Twitter post on Tuesday, Griffin said she was going to "take down the image."

"I went too far and I was wrong," she said.

CNN announced Wednesday afternoon that it had released Griffin from her New Year's Eve show host position.

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A year and a half ago, the world came together in Paris around the first-ever global agreement to set the world on a low-carbon course and protect the world we leave to our children.

It was steady, principled American leadership on the world stage that made that achievement possible. It was bold American ambition that encouraged dozens of other nations to set their sights higher as well. And what made that leadership and ambition possible was Americas private innovation and public investment in growing industries like wind and solar industries that created some of the fastest new streams of good-paying jobs in recent years, and contributed to the longest streak of job creation in our history.

Simply put, the private sector already chose a low-carbon future. And for the nations that committed themselves to that future, the Paris Agreement opened the floodgates for businesses, scientists, and engineers to unleash high-tech, low-carbon investment and innovation on an unprecedented scale.

The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created. I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack. But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this Administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; Im confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet weve got.

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During her tearful press conference Friday, Kathy Griffin compared her photo holding abloody Donald Trump headto Ted Nugents past comments that many interpreted as themusician joking about killingthe presidents predecessor.

In 2012, Nugent said, We need to ride into that battlefield and chop their [the Obama administrations] heads off in November. He also said, If Barack Obama becomes the next president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.

The musician called The Fox News Specialists on Friday to address Griffins comparison and defend his past statements.

On the idea that Griffins actions toward Trump and his concerning Obama were similar, he said, Its absolutely false.

Nugent said the Secret Service had looked into the matter. They concluded, absolutely conclusively, I did not threaten anybodys life, he said. According to the musician,Kathy Griffin and the whole left just repeat the lie that he threatened the presidents life.

Never happened, Nugent said.

Co-host Eboni Williams pressed Nugent on what he meant by comments made during a 2007 onstage rant, where he reportedly said, Obama, hes a piece of shit. I told him to suck on my machine gun. Hey Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch.

Nugent said in the Griffin situation, Trump and his family are just reacting to her vile actions, while his statement was just an outrageous metaphor.

Its good to see that everyone is condemning Kathy Griffins action, because it is nasty, he said. This is a world of terrorism where beheading is a reality.

Were talking apples and grenades here. I did nothing to harm anyone, he added. She came out with this symbolism that was truly vile.

So just to be clear, Nugent concludes that Griffinsunacceptable actions do notfall under the control of free speech. But hes totally cool with telling someone to suck on a machine gun. Thats just metaphor.

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George Clooney may have gotten some last-minute parenting advice on raising his first kids from the father of two former first children, Barack ObamaBarack ObamaDemocratic gubernatorial candidate touts progressive support in Virginia OPINION: Why President Trump should fear John McCain Report: Obama visited George, Amal Clooney in England MORE.

The former president paid a visit to Clooney and the actors wife, Amal, during a stop in England last month, according to People.

The couple reportedly welcomed twins, named Ella and Alexander, on Tuesday.

Obama, dad to 18-year-old Malia and Sasha, 15, reportedly stayed more than four hours at the Academy Award winners English estate in May.

Amal Clooney, a human-rights lawyer, gave birth to a "health, happy" pair on Tuesday.

"George is sedated and should recover in a few days," a spokesman tells People.

Its not the first time Obama and Clooney have hung out. The duo played basketball together following a 2012 fundraiser. Clooney, who supported Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonSchoolkids using Trump's words to bully classmates: report OPINION: Why President Trump should fear John McCain Man charged in attempt to obtain Trump tax records argues he 'encouraged' it MORE during last years White House race, is a big-time Hollywood political donor.

Obama has praised Clooneys humanitarian work, calling him a good man and a good friend.

Michelle ObamaMichelle ObamaThe Hill's 12:30 Report Report: Obama visited George, Amal Clooney in England Obamas buy their DC rental home MORE said in 2012 of the Gravity actor, Hes cute, too.

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During Barack Obamas presidency, conservative doomsday peddlers cashed in on the paranoia they helped spread, selling firearms, prepper food, and survivalist gear to the followers they convinced that the end was near. Now, these apocalypse hucksters are facing a dilemma in the form of Donald Trump. While most enthusiastically supported Trumps presidential runsome even hailing him as a saviorthe Trump presidency has been damaging to their bottom lines.

Gun sales, for example, havenosedivednow that far-right activists cant claim that Obama or Hillary Clinton is this closeto confiscating guns and rounding up gun owners.

Michael Snyder, a conservative pundit and prepper,wrote in December thatsales of emergency food and supplies have been crashing since Donald Trumps surprise election victory.

In fact, he wrote, it is like a nuclear bomb went off in the prepping community.

Its understandable that these merchants of doom would run into some problems following Trumps election. Many on the extreme Right predicted that Obama was dead set on imposing tyranny, cracking down on dissent, and crushing freedom, whether by invading Texas under the guise of the Jade Helm 15 military exercise or setting up death panels with a hidden provision of Obamacare.

Republican politicians and gun activists frequently warned voters that Obama was itching to do away with gun ownership.

Trump, quick to recognize the power of this fearmongering tactic,claimed on the campaign trail that Obama was thinking about signing an executive order where he wants to take your guns away. He alsoassertedfalselythat Hillary Clinton intended to abolish the Second Amendment, take your guns away, and take your bullets away.

Trump was far from the only Republican leader pushing this myth. Ted Cruzscampaignwarnedthat Obama wants your guns. In a mailer for the National Association for Gun Rights, Rand Paul egregiouslymisquoted Obamato claim that the president had said he would ban guns.

Without Obama or Clinton in the White House, gun activists have had to find new ways to scare people into stocking up on guns.

Now, they say, the threat isnt coming from the government, but from streets packed with anti-Trump protesters.

Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle AssociationtoldCPAC, one of the largest annual right-wing conferences, that militant leftists are rioting and committing acts of violence across the country. He warned that conservatives are being targeted as part of an anti-Trump purge.

Our long nightmare may not be over, he said. The fact is, it may just be beginning, because right now we face a gathering of forces that are willing to use violence against us.

Join the NRA, he said, to defend yourself against the violent left that seeks to bring their terror to our communities.

Jim Bakker, a televangelist notorious for his relentless promotion of prepper productsespecially buckets of survival foodhas warned viewers that those in the streets blaspheming Trump are demon-possessed and bent onviolence, potentially to the point of launching anew civil war.

If you want to be safe and theres rioting in your street, what are you going to do? Is your mom going to walk down through where theyre burning and killing and all? heasked.

Bakker also called on people who lived in Democratic areas of the country toprepare for the worstbecause God will punish their states for voting against Trump and the will of God.

If the violent leftist rampages never materialize, these doomsday peddlers will surely find a new reason for you to buy what theyre selling.

Brian Tashman is a senior research analyst at People For the American Way.

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