San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani created a stir this week, winning unanimous passage of a resolution to label the NRA a “domestic terrorist organization,” citing the gun lobby’s violent rhetoric and promotion of loose gun laws. The NRA has blasted the measure as an “absurd” stunt and “an unprovoked assault …
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The Health and Human Services inspector general on Wednesday released a 48-page report detailing the intense psychological toll the Trump administration’s family separation policy takes on children. Last September, the Office of the Inspector General visited 45 of the 102 government-funded refugee resettlement facilities and interviewed the mental health clinicians, …
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WASHINGTON — Walmart announced Tuesday that it would gradually scale back its sales of guns and ammunition. The move comes after the massive retailer faced pressure from gun-control groups to take action on gun and ammo sales after the August 3 El Paso mass shooting at one of its stores. …
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Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announced Sunday, on ABC News’ This Week, that he will launch a primary challenge to President Donald Trump in 2020. Walsh, a talk-radio host, is the second Republican throw his hat in the ring, the first being former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, who announced his …
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To mangle Twain, it’s better to remain silent and be thought a malignant narcissist than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. “I am the chosen one,” Donald Trump declared to reporters Wednesday on the White House lawn, looking toward the heavens. The president was reflecting on his trade …
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On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blocked an effort to unanimously pass a bill to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Jon Stewart was not happy. “Pardon me if I’m not impressed in any way by Rand Paul’s fiscal responsibility virtue signaling,” a visibly disgusted Stewart told Bret Baier on …
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Lawyers who visited a migrant detention center in McAllen, Texas, forced Border Patrol to hospitalize four toddlers who were severely ill and not receiving medical attention, HuffPost reported. All of the children hospitalized were under the age of three and, according to the lawyers, were exhibiting symptoms of fever, cough, …
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Elizabeth Warren has jumped into second place nationally in a poll of the Democratic 2020 field. The Economist/YouGov survey shows her surge has come at the expense of Bernie Sanders, who now sits in third place. No surprise: The poll finds Joe Biden still comfortably in first place. But the …
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What even is this world we are living in? British network Sky News promoted its upcoming coverage of President Donald Trump‘s visit to the United Kingdom with an ad featuring a giant baby balloon version of the president. In the ad, as an gigantic shadow looms over Britain, citizens look …
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Rep. Duncan S. Hunter (R-CA) told a crowd at a border event this weekend that while he served as a Marine, he took photos of the bodies of dead combatants. Hunter, who appeared at the event with his former congressman father, admitted to this while defending Special Warfare Operator Chief …
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