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It seems obvious: Restrict gun access and people will be safer. Everything from gun bans to background checks keep being pushed as the solutions. But theory and practice don’t always match. Too often restrictions don’t stop criminals and only disarm law-abiding citizens, particularly poor minorities. This only makes life easier for criminals.

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A lawyer for Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee offered a summary of the case for impeaching President Trump on Monday, saying the president abused his power when he pressured Ukraine to investigate political rivals and obstructed the probe by blocking testimony from key officials. The statement from Barry H. Berke came early in a crucial hearing at which lawyers for both Democrats and Republicans are making cases for and against impeachment. Stephen R. Castor, a lawyer for Republicans, later argued that Trump did not do anything that merits impeachment. The panel is now hearing evidence from lawyers for the...

Owen Shroyer — a self-styled reporter for InfoWars who has dabbled in baseless conspiracy theories like “Pizzagate” and once made a racist plea for Barack Obama to be lynched — live-streamed himself as he screamed at Nadler, “You’re the one committing treason.” “Americans are sick of your impeachment scam,” Shroyer yelled, as Nadler banged his gavel and demanded order. “They’re sick of your Democrat treason.”

Fox and Friends host Pete Hegseth said Sunday that he was banned from Twitter for sharing a screenshot of a manifesto that appeared to be from the Saudi gunman who killed three sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola Friday morning. Mohammed Alshamrani, a Royal Saudi Air Force officer, was killed by police, but his extreme anti-American views were visible in a Twitter account under his name. A tweet was posted before the shooting suggesting the attack was inspired by al Qaeda and its founder, Osama bin Laden. “America as a whole has turned into a nation of evil,” the message...

It was a game to forget for the Georgia Bulldogs as LSU took them to the woodshed during this year's SEC Championship game. The only problem is those pesky Georgia SEC Championship t-shirts that were produced just in case. Now Georgia must find a way to unload them in a very...subtle manner.

A viral video shows a college Republican leader being assaulted Friday at Sacramento State University after he said he confronted a fellow student about a nasty online comment about abortion. The Sacramento Bee reports police are investigating after the video showed Floyd Johnson II, former president of the Sacramento State University College Republicans, being hit repeatedly and threatened, allegedly by student Keaton Hill. Both students are political science majors, and Hill allegedly has been aggressive and violent toward conservative students in the past, according to local news reports. Johnson said the assault stemmed from a social media post that a...

Today’s Cryptogram From The Arkansas Gazette DM KIGCR’M HJMMGL OQI FIA JLG, OQGLG FIA NIHG XLIH. MQG JPDEDMF MI MLDAHWQ PGZDRC ODMQ FIA. —IWLJQ ODRXLGF You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any...

"Former Vice President Joe Biden claimed in a new interview that when his son Hunter was a board member of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings while he was in office, no one informed him that it could pose a problem. Biden insisted again that Hunter did nothing wrong, but this time appeared to fault his staff for not cluing him in that there could be concerns about his son's involvement with the foreign company that had been under investigation while Biden was in office and dealing with Ukraine policy."

An Asian media outlet accused of alignment with the Chinese Communist Party lists Politico as a strategic partner for a scheduled China-related event in the United States.....The event is to be SCMP’s first U.S. conference, according to a Politico spokesperson....SCMP is owned by Chinese e-retailer Alibaba, whose billionaire co-founder 'Jack Ma is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.'..... Alibaba’s own “position aligns closely with that of the Communist Party.” SCMP itself has faced accusations of “toeing a pro-Beijing line.” Alibaba acquired SCMP “to use the paper to counteract the negative portrayal of China in the western media,” according to...

Posted on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 by Msgr. Charles Pope Who Was Isaiah, and What Does His Message Mean for Us? During Advent, we read quite a bit from the Prophet Isaiah. Therefore, for my own meditation and yours, I offer the following reflection on Isaiah, the man and his message. Each of the issues with which he dealt is still with us, even though we live in a far more secular world than he could have imagined. Let’s consider key elements of his life, his struggle, and his message.Isaiah was born in 760 B.C. He is further...

Firehouse/Optimus December Battleground State Poll: As Impeachment Moves Ahead, President Trump Well-Positioned Against Leading Democratic Contenders This week we continued our quarterly battleground polling series in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin asking likely 2020 general election voters their political opinions on President Trump, the 2020 presidential election, and impeachment. We polled voters through a combination of live landline, live cell, and peer-to-peer text message to web survey modes from December 3rd to December 5th. A summary of our results is presented below. As the impeachment process heats up in Washington, Donald Trump is seeing a boost in support in crucial swing...

Abortion is the highest expression of feminism. It’s the only concern of feminists. Just ask the first lady how many feminists came to her defense after her son’s name was dragged through the mud on Capitol Hill. Ask Kellyanne Conway how many stood behind her when she was insulted as a terrifying killer clown on “Saturday Night Live.” Ask Juanita Broaddrick who came to her defense when she declared that the (liberal) president of the United States had raped her. But abortion? Anyone who dares to oppose abortion is a sexist, a racist and maybe even a Christian. You could...

I just watched the OANN report on the Ukraine scandal and it was brilliant. If Giuliani is let loose, he will destroy the Dems. This documentary Is a "must see" If you have OAN on your cable.Seek it out and record it. It's 2 parts one hour each. Trump has Obama holdovers in the Ukraine embassy and George Soros is paying for all kinds of corruption.

In his opening statement of the House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing on Wednesday, Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) warned that President Trump has "welcomed foreign interference" in two elections and has engaged in "unprecedented" obstruction.

Obtained a license and bought weapon from local dealer Multiple reports are indicating that the Saudi student who shot up the Naval Air Station in Pensacola Friday morning, killing three and wounding more acquired the weapon he used legally from a local dealer. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a second lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force who was in the US as an aviation student, was able to buy a gun despite the fact that “nonimmigrant aliens” are not permitted to do so, according to NBC News. The BATF notes that anyone admitted to the US under a nonimmigrant visa is typically...

Global warming may be making women give birth earlier and endangering newborn babies, according to research. Scientists studying births and weather in the US found on days when temperatures were higher than 90°F (32°C), birth rates rose by five per cent. Many children were born days before their due dates but some were delivered two weeks earlier than expected. Researchers believe heat can cause hormonal changes in pregnant women, which then bring on labour sooner. The problem is likely to become worse as climate change means heatwaves become more common over the coming decades, the researchers said. Heatwaves are expected...

[Catholic Caucus] Marco Tosatti: Does Pope Francis think that his Pontificate is about to come to an end? December 8, 2019 The appointment of Tagle as Prefect for Propaganda Fide is an important signal for many reasons. But most of all because it gives grounds to suppose that Pope Bergoglio believes the end of his pontificate is nigh. An intuition, obviously; nonetheless, justifiable, if you consider another decision  taken - for no apparent reason - some weeks ago. We are referring here to  the end of Fabiàn Pedacchio’s service as special Secretary to the Pontiff over the last six years; a...

Washington - An Infowars host interrupted the opening minutes of the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Monday, accusing Chairman Jerry Nadler and other Democrats of committing "treason" while declaring President Trump innocent. The protester, Owen Shroyer, began shouting just seconds after Nadler gaveled in the hearing and posted live video of the interruption to his Twitter feed. "Jerry Nadler and the Democrat party are committing treason against this country, and you can kick me out, but he's the one committing crimes. You are, Jerry Nadler," Shroyer shouted. "You're the one committing treason. America is done with this."

Early climate models get a bad wrap for being imprecise, but new research suggests they were surprisingly accurate. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA reviewed 17 climate models described in scientific papers over the last several decades. The earliest were developed in the 1970s, while the most recent were created in late 2000s. Of the 17 models, analysis showed 14 were very accurate in predicting the average global temperature in the years following their publication. "The real message is that the warming we have experienced is pretty much exactly what climate models predicted...