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May 27 2022
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Senators debate red flag law grants after Texas shooting
A bipartisan group of senators trying to find 60 votes for a legislative response to recent mass shootings is honing in on a proposal to provide grants for states to implement so-called red flag laws that would allow courts to order the temporary seizure of firearms from individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others.
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,
Roll CallMay 27 2022
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Who’s responsible for preventing school shootings? ‘We’re all on duty.’
Expert Peter Langman is convinced that preventing school shootings is possible – and that we all have a part to play.
School shootings are preventable, experts say.
That sentence may sting in the wake of the May 24 massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Yet that’s the message shared by Peter Langman, a psychologist, trainer, and author who has spent years studying the perpetrators of these
Christian Science MonitorMar 25 2022
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‘Oh, These Are Little Kids’: Trucker Convoy Went to a School to Teach Freedom
A number of drivers from the trucker convoy protest made their way to a nearby private Christian school Thursday to show off their big rigs to the children.
Several popular convoy livestreamers filmed themselves and young students at the Baptist school in Hagerstown, Maryland—where the ill-defined trucker protest has made their homebase for the last few weeks—climbing around their big
ViceNov 16 2021
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Jury begins deliberating in Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial
Sean Krajacic/ Pool via REUTERSThe judge in the Wisconsin murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse instructed the jury on Tuesday to begin deliberating on the fate of the teenager, who killed two men and wounded a third during racial justice protests last year.
The jury, which numbered 18 through two weeks of testimony, was whittled down to 12 for deliberations.
Kenosha County Judge
ReutersFeb 08 2022
Opinion
Guzman our pick for AG on GOP ticket
In any year, against any slate of attorney general candidates, former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman would stand out for her exceptionalism.
She has an incredible personal story, growing up in Houston’s East End, a child of immigrant parents. As a teenager, she worked in a drapery factory to help her family. Her legal career has taken her to the Texas Supreme Court, where she
San Antonio Express-NewsMay 16 2022
Opinion
The Ideas Behind the Buffalo Massacre Are Now Mainstream on the Right
Will Tucker Carlson face any consequences?
Just two days after a racist right-wing teenager spouting the Fox News host’s beloved “great replacement” theory—that Democrats and “elites” are working to replace white Americans with immigrants of color, echoed by Carlson on his show at least 400 times—murdered at least 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y., Carlson’s employer is facing its annual “
The NationJul 08 2021
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22-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Falsely Accusing Black Teen Of Stealing Phone
A 22-year-old woman has been charged with a hate crime after she wrongly accused a black teenager of stealing her iPhone and physically accosted the teen and his father.
Miya Ponsetto is faces charges in California, which include “unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child,” according to The Hill.
The Daily WireMar 31 2021
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Pfizer says Covid vaccine 100 percent effective in children ages 12 to 15
Pfizer says its Covid-19 vaccine is safe and 100 percent effective in preventing the illness in teenagers ages 12 to 15.
"This is exactly the news that we hoped to hear," said Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Creech was not involved in the Pfizer research.
The vaccine, given in two doses
NBC News DigitalJan 03 2022
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Settlement between Prince Andrew accuser and Jeffrey Epstein made public
A woman who says she was sexually trafficked to Britain's Prince Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein accepted $500,000 in 2009 to settle her lawsuit against Epstein and anyone else "who could have been included as a potential defendant," according to a court record unsealed Monday.
The prince's lawyers say that language should bar Virginia Giuffre from suing Andrew now, even though he wasn't a
CBS News (Online)Apr 09 2022
Opinion
Liberals Are Rather Shameless on Ketanji vs. Kavanaugh
The shamelessness of liberal politicians and journalists is displayed by their unique outrage at the treatment of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, as if everyone forgot the smearing of Brett Kavanaugh with unsubstantiated sexual allegations, including teenaged gang rape.
The Washington Post editorial board was roundly roasted for claiming “Republicans boast they have not
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