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Oct 12 2013
News
Governor Just Vetoed an Anti-Gun Bill That Would Have Been America’s Most Restrictive
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill Friday that would have imposed the nation’s toughest restrictions on gun ownership, saying it was too far-reaching. “I don’t believe that this bill’s blanket ban on semi-automatic rifles would reduce criminal activity or enhance public safety enough to warrant this infringement on gun owners’ rights,” the Democratic governor wrote in his veto message
The BlazeDec 01 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Ferguson and the useful application of mayhem
For President Obama and his cronies, everything is political and everyone is a pawn. After a grand jury declined to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the White House and Department of Justice immediately pushed the meme that the issue in Ferguson was about racism and policing. While a legitimate issue, in reality it is a symptom of the systemic problem
Washington TimesMay 23 2020
Opinion
Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?
The white supremacist who murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., five years ago dispensed with the fiction that the Confederate battle flag was an innocuous symbol of “Southern pride.” A murderer’s manifesto describing the killings as the start of a race war — combined with photos of the killer brandishing a pistol and a rebel flag — made it impossible to ignore the connection
New York Times (Opinion)Mar 08 2021
News
Vaccine-skeptical Trump country poses challenge to immunization push
The Biden administration can finally ship large quantities of coronavirus shots into the American heartland, where health officials are encountering a reservoir of vaccine skepticism among rural Americans who’ve adopted former President Donald Trump’s denial of a virus battering their communities.
If a critical mass of people don’t accept Covid-19 vaccines, the country won’t achieve “
PoliticoAug 21 2013
News
McAuliffe Up by 6% Due to ‘Empathy Factor’
“Voters care more about empathy than experience, which helps explain (Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry) McAuliffe’s lead,” Peter A. Brown of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute stated in a press release issued Wednesday about polling results showing McAuliffe with a six-point (48-42 percent) lead in his race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli for governor of Virginia.
Falls Church News - PressJun 17 2012
News
Post-Watergate campaign finance limits undercut by changes
The money poured into Richard M. Nixons reelection campaign from all corners: Six-figure checks flown by corporate jet from Texas; bundles of payments handed over at an Illinois game preserve; a battered brown attaché case stuffed with $200,000 in cash from a New Jersey investor hoping to fend off a fraud investigation.
Washington PostOct 02 2014
News
Grand Jury In Ferguson Shooting Investigated For Misconduct
Officials in St. Louis County, Missouri, said they are “looking into” allegations of misconduct on the grand jury hearing the case against Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.
The county prosecutor's office received information Wednesday morning suggesting that a juror may have discussed evidence in the case with a friend, office
HuffPostSep 15 2020
News
'I was floored': Coronavirus test prices charged by some hospitals and labs stun consumers, spur questions
When Lisa Robertson sought coronavirus testing for her college athlete daughter, a pediatrician recommended a small, independent pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia.
Preston’s Pharmacy charged $35 to take a nasal swab specimen and sent it off to a lab, Principle Diagnostics, for quick results. The lab billed her insurance company $864 – more than eight times than what the federal Centers
USA TODAYJul 25 2014
News
Perhaps it’s Time For New Republican Leaders Who Listen to the Folks Back Home
When the leading national political party becomes engulfed by scandal it is to be hoped that there would emerge an alternative party to exploit the scandalous behavior and rise to lead the country on the promise of an honest constitutional government.
The door is wide open. Where is the leader to walk through it?
In the 19th century the Whig Party rose in opposition to Andrew
The BlazeOct 10 2013
News
California expands early abortion access, defying national trend
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation Wednesday expanding access to a specific early abortion procedure, by allowing nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform it during the first trimester of pregnancy. The procedure, known as an aspiration abortion, removes a fetus by using a suction tube. Four other states -- Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon
Washington Post