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NRA tactics lead gun owners to think universal background checks are already law
A recent poll reveals that most Americans who say no new gun laws are needed have very little clue as to what the nation’s gun laws actually are, much to the dismay of liberals pushing for sweeping reforms in the wake of the Newtown massacre. The survey, summarized in Sunday’s…
Melissa Harris Perry warns U.S. getting ‘sputniked’ on brain research
On her show Sunday morning, MSNBC host Melissa-Harris Perry warned the United States was falling behind in brain research. “It seems like we’re getting sputniked all over again,” she remarked. “NIH funding is flat lining for the first time since anyone can remember.” President Barack Obama recently proposed a BRAIN…
Huckabee: It’s the ‘truth’ that Obama on guns is like Nazi dictatorship
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) declared on Wednesday that President Barack Obama and gun control advocates are possibly planning on confiscating the nation’s privately owned firearms and imposing a Nazi Germany-like “dictatorship” in this country. According to Media Matters, Huckabee made the remarks in response to a caller on…
Colorado gun group leader: ‘There’s a time to hunt deer’ and a ‘time to hunt Democrats’
The founder of a Colorado gun group is looking forward to November’s “hunting season” because it will be “time to hunt Democrats.” Dudley Brown, who serves as the executive director of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and the executive vice president of the National Association for Gun Rights, used some violent…
U.S. worried about Egypt’s rise in sexual violence
The United States on Friday expressed concern about a rise in sexual violence and gang rapes in Egypt and condemned local politicians who have said the women are to blame. The response came after a string of reports by AFP and other media outlets about women who are speaking out…
Hundreds of Israeli police remove second Palestinian protest camp
Hundreds of Israeli police for the second time dismantled a Palestinian protest encampment on the outskirts of Jerusalem overnight, activists and police said on Sunday. Activists set up the camp, known as Bab al-Shams, on a patch of land known as E1 which lies between east Jerusalem and the West…
President Barack Obama: U.S. will provide Jordan with $200 million aid package for Syrian refugees
US President Barack Obama announced at a Friday press conference in Amman an aid package of $200 million for Jordan to help the kingdom care for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. By News Wires President Barack Obama says his administration is working with Congress to provide Jordan with an…
Bachmann: It’s my Christian ‘duty’ to repeal Obamacare before it ‘literally kills’ kids
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday insisted that it was her “duty as a believer in Christ” repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law before “it literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens.” In a speech on the House floor, the Minnesota Republican thanked Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) for…
Mass. sheriff apologizes for Obama assassination ‘satire’ after getting death threats
A Republican sheriff in Massachusetts says that he is now getting death threats after using “political satire” to joke that President Barack Obama should be assassinated. At a breakfast event over the weekend, Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald had told about 100 Republicans that Abraham Lincoln had appeared to Obama…
Rep. Salmon to Tony Perkins: House Republicans are ‘the last bastion of freedom’
An Arizona congressman on Monday told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives had a duty to stop President Barack Obama because they were “the last bastion of freedom.” “We cannot let President Obama keep advancing his agenda,” Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) said…
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