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President Trump: Stronger Background Checks Would Not Stop Attacks

President Trump: Stronger Background Checks Would Not Stop Attacks

While speaking to reporters Sunday morning President Trump said stronger background checks would not have stopped the mass public attacks our nation has witnessed over the past six or seven years.

Trump said, “I will say that for the most part, sadly if you look at the last four or five going back even five or six or seven years, for the most part, as strong as you make your background checks,…

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Texas’s second mass shooting in August kills at least 7 Police said the gunman, who was killed by officers, was a white man in his 30s. Get your political fix at Politician Direct - the best source of direct political news

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Texas’s second mass shooting in August kills at least 7

Texas’s second mass shooting in August kills at least 7

Ben Guarino

Reporter covering the practice and culture of science

September 1 at 12:22 PM

The cities of Odessa and Midland grieved and searched for answers after a shooter killed at least seven people and wounded 19 more as he drove through West Texas roads on Saturday.

Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety attempted to stop a gold sedan on Interstate 20, between the…

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California Republicans worry state's tax return law could devastate their down-ballot hopes in 2020

California Republicans worry state’s tax return law could devastate their down-ballot hopes in 2020

Republicans in California are crying foul over a new law that requires gubernatorial and presidential candidates to disclose tax returns in order to appear on 2020 primary ballots — worried about voter turnout implications for their party in numerous races, even though the law is largely aimed at President Trump. 

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Pence, in Warsaw to memorialize start of WWII, pushes allies to 'live up to' defense commitments

Pence, in Warsaw to memorialize start of WWII, pushes allies to ‘live up to’ defense commitments

Vice President Mike Pence, speaking at a ceremony in Warsaw to memorialize the 80th anniversary of the outbreak in World War II, praised the “indomitable spirit, strength, and resilience of freedom-loving” Poles — and pledged to push NATO members to spend more on defense from future threats.

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Elizabeth Warren Demands Gun Control Vote Before Midland Facts Known

Elizabeth Warren Demands Gun Control Vote Before Midland Facts Known

Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren demanded a Senate gun control vote prior to knowing details on the Midland-Odessa shootings.

Warren tweeted:

Time’s up, @SenateMajLdr. Let’s vote on gun safety legislation NOW. Every day you wait, more tragedies happen.

Do something, Senator McConnell. America is done waiting for you.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 1, 2019

Warren’s…

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The Group Raising An NRA-Style ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ Is Expanding The nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project is doubling in size ahead of the 2020 election. Get your political fix at Politician Direct - the best source of direct political news

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Indiana seeks to impose slower, kinder work requirements on Medicaid recipients The state health secretary vows no one will lose coverage under her plan. Get your political fix at Politician Direct - the best source of direct political news

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Minds.com Event to Proceed Despite Violent Antifa Threats

Minds.com Event to Proceed Despite Violent Antifa Threats

An event hosted by free speech friendly social network Minds.com on racism and political violence will proceed this weekend, despite Antifa threats.

The event was previously set to be held at a theater in Pitman, New Jersey. The theater owner canceled the event after allegedly receiving multiple threats from Antifa, including an alleged threat to burn his theater down.

The Minds.com event has…

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Report: Google to Pay up to $200 Million for Child Privacy Violations

Report: Google to Pay up to $200 Million for Child Privacy Violations

Google will reportedly pay between $150 and $200 million to resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into YouTube regarding its potential violation of a children’s privacy law, according to a report.

A Politico report detailed that the agency voted 3-2 along party lines to settle with Google. The settlement will then go to the Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of its review…

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Dem Rep. Gallego: I Think Mattis 'Wants to Have It Both Ways'

Dem Rep. Gallego: I Think Mattis ‘Wants to Have It Both Ways’

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) reacted to former Defense Secretary James Mattis’ statements about President Trump by stating that Mattis can decide what he says for himself, but that Mattis “wants to have it both ways where he gets to say what he likes to say about the president, but not take criticism for actually speaking out against the…

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Trey Gowdy: I'll Apologize to Comey 'When It Snows in Hell'

Trey Gowdy: I’ll Apologize to Comey ‘When It Snows in Hell’

Friday on Fox News Channel, network contributor and former Rep. Trey Gowdy criticized former FBI director James Comey for claiming he is owed apologies.

Gowdy said, “I’m certainly not going to apologize to anyone who violated FBI and Department of Justice policies, who violated an employment agreement, who shared sensitive information about an ongoing investigation, who sent classified…

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Former Immigration Judge Fact-Checks Joe Biden's 'Unplug These Kids' Line

Former Immigration Judge Fact-Checks Joe Biden’s ‘Unplug These Kids’ Line

Art Arthur, a resident fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and former immigration judge, explained a Trump administration immigration policy change that Joe Biden said would “unplug” migrant children from life-saving health care, offering his analysis in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

The policy change…

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Intelligence Experts Slam Trump For Reckless Tweet Of Sensitive Photo Of Iran Launch Site

Intelligence Experts Slam Trump For Reckless Tweet Of Sensitive Photo Of Iran Launch Site

Former intelligence officials and other experts criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to tweet a photograph believed to be classified of an Iranian launch site Friday to mock the country. The cavalier action served enemies of the U.S. who could use the photo to more fully determine America’s surveillance capabilities, experts warned. 

Trump tweeted the aerial photo of the Iranian site to…

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Intelligence Experts Slam Trump For Reckless Tweet Of Sensitive Photo Of Iran Launch Site

Intelligence Experts Slam Trump For Reckless Tweet Of Sensitive Photo Of Iran Launch Site

Former intelligence officials and other experts criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to tweet a photograph believed to be classified of an Iranian launch site Friday to mock the country. The cavalier action served enemies of the U.S. who could use the photo to more fully determine America’s surveillance capabilities, experts warned. 

Trump tweeted the aerial photo of the Iranian site to…

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Illegal Migrant in Kate Steinle Killing Escapes Guilty Verdict for Gun Possession

Illegal Migrant in Kate Steinle Killing Escapes Guilty Verdict for Gun Possession

The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday overturned the conviction against Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate because the judge failed to instruct the jury on his defense that he only momentarily possessed the gun.

The Associated Press also reported further comments:

Tony Serra, the attorney who is representing Garcia-Zarate on federal charges of gun possession and being in the country illegally, said…

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'ENOUGH.' Politicians, Public React With Sorrow And Fury After Latest Mass Shooting

‘ENOUGH.’ Politicians, Public React With Sorrow And Fury After Latest Mass Shooting

A mass shooting that killed five and injured at least 21 people in Odessa, Texas, Saturday left stunned Americans reeling — again. It was the second deadly mass shooting in the state in less than a month, and the fourth in the nation in 35 days.

Politicians and the public reacted with horror, sorrow — and frustration and fury.

Texan Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke declared at…

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