California Gov. Gavin Newsom made political waves last week with his announcement that his state would be the first to publicly support a 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution aimed at decreasing gun-related violence. Newsom’s push comes amid an alarming rise in mass shootings across the country. According to a May analysis by the Associated
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — President Joe Biden made a passionate call for tougher gun restrictions Friday, celebrating the one-year anniversary of the first significant piece of federal firearms legislation in nearly three decades but declaring it was only an “important first step.” He urged voters to defeat lawmakers who resist. “Prayers are fine. They’re important
This week, the Maine Senate and Maine House held floor votes on LD 60, legislation to impose a 72-hour waiting period on all gun sales in Maine. Thanks to the strong response of NRA members and Second Amendment supporters, the bill was defeated. NRA-ILA would like to thank all lawmakers who defended the Second Amendment
On Tuesday, the traitor ex-president Donald Trump was arraigned and arrested at a federal courthouse in Miami for allegedly violating the Espionage Act. Ignoring the commands of Trump and acolytes, a horde of MAGA warriors did not descend upon Miami like Marvel superheroes the Avengers to save their Great Leader from some imagined “deep state” or
Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is handing control of his US$25 billion holdings, including his Open Society Foundations, to one of his sons, Alexander Soros. As a sociologist who researches immigrants and minorities in Europe and conspiracy theories about them, I study how Soros became a scapegoat and bogeyman for nationalists and populists and
“Today is a big deal because of what we are celebrating,” Murphy told the crowd. “Last year, this month, Congress passed the first major gun safety bill in 30 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.” As Biden arrived in Connecticut, locals gathered to watch his motorcade, including Joe Young of Hartford, who said he’s seen every living president,
WASHINGTON (AP): Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get them back. Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time since April facing a judge on
In his speech at the Republican convention in 2016, Donald Trump spoke of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, where a man with jihadist sympathies murdered 49 people. “As your president, I will do everything in my power to protect our L.G.B.T.Q. citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign
Oregon Senate Republicans led a walkout this session that denied a quorum and effectively stalled the Democrats’ extreme partisan agenda to unconstitutionally infringe on Oregonians’ Second Amendment rights. The walkout lasted for 6 weeks, an Oregon record. Today, some of the Senate Republicans returned granting quorum as part of bipartisan negotiations. The return yielded some victories
On June 1, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174. The case in question concerned whether Glacier, a concrete company, could sue the Teamsters due to striking employees’ intentionally destroying Glacier’s property by leaving concrete running in trucks when the workers walked off
Vice President Kamala Harris kicked over a beehive after she said some firearms have “no place” in civil society on Twitter Thursday. Biden’s vice president has a history of verbal gaffes, but she was very clear in a tweet that called for an “assault weapons ban” from Congress, promising the president himself would sign it.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – President Joe Biden will attend the inaugural National Safer Communities Summit Friday as he and other Democrats spotlight the issue of gun reform. The White House said the President plans to use his visit to the summit as a bully pulpit to advocate for further measures, including an assault weapons ban.
“Donald has eluded accountability for so long and left so much destruction in his wake that there is a lot to take in,” she tweeted, with the hashtag #HappyIndictmentDay. The New York Times blazed the news of the first former US president facing criminal charges across its front page. Channelling Forrest Gump – “hello, my
Re “The 28th Amendment” (June 11): I applaud Gov. Gavin Newsom for thinking outside the conventional box; but speaking practically, I urge President Biden to convene a gun summit at Camp David instead. That’s because I believe the time and energy it actually would take to ratify a 28th Amendment could be put to better
Adam Laxalt expects a sell-out event with 2,000 attendees at Saturday’s annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville with the headliner Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. It’s the first visit from DeSantis to Nevada since announcing his run. It’s also the first from the growing field of Republican candidates, who are focusing on the
Plagiarism (noun): the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Voters may be surprised to know a few years ago investigators revealed 10,163 legislative bills were plagiarized during an eight year time period with over 2,100 of the copycat bills signed into law. An investigation of law
Rant and Rave has always been more rants than raves. Needless to say, that didn’t change in 2020. From a worldwide pandemic to renewed conflict over systemic racism and police brutality to the continued omnipresence of passionate opinions about the Tan-One-in-Chief, Free Times‘ weekly space for short, anonymous comments has overflowed with venting this year.
Last week, Atlanta City Council members were threatened with physical violence over their votes in support of the controversial “Cop City” proposal. That’s indefensible, and it seriously undermines whatever moral standing that project opponents may have claimed to have. Surely, whatever your stance, we can agree that such threats have no place whatsoever in public