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A federal judge has overturned California´s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the constitutional right to bear arms. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego ruled Friday that the state´s definition of illegal military-style rifles unlawfully deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states. He handed down the two page ruling in response to a lawsuit filed against the State of California by James Miller, Patrick Russ, Ryan Peterson and the the San Diego County Gun Owners Political Action Committee. The plaintiffs successfully argued that California's use of the term 'assault weapons' was...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said Sunday the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. "shone a bright light on our own society's failings" in how the virus impacted minority communities.Fauci stated that "the undeniable effects of racism" have led to unacceptable health disparities that especially hurt African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans during the pandemic.

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin filed a motion for a new trial Tuesday after he was convicted last month of murdering George Floyd. Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, is alleging pretrial publicity affected Chauvin's right to a fair trial. The motion alleges the court abused its discretion by denying the requests for a change in venue and a new trial. Because the court failed to sequester the jurors or "admonish them to avoid all media," Nelson's filing said, they were subjected not only to prejudicial publicity but also to "jury intimidation or potential fear of retribution." "The court has already...

Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It’s where I learned to ride a bike, had my first date, received my high school diploma. But today, I’m too afraid to even walk in my neighborhood by myself. The ACE Hardware down the street? The one that I used to bike to in the summer? Robbed twice in the past five days. The Walgreens next to my elementary school? Molotov cocktail thrown into it.

This was quite the segment on Hannity. On Wednesday night Sean Hannity invited both Dan Bongino and Geraldo on to continue their discussion on the police shooting of Daunte Wright. During the exchange Bongino left Geraldo speechless — A FIRST! After he slammed him for race-baiting following the accidental shooting by Officer kimberly Potter. Bongino laid him out SO HARD that Geraldo was temporarily stunned and speechless! Then later in the exchange Dan Bongino accused Geraldo of stirring up racial angst and “wanting the country to burn.” That’s when Geraldo LOST IT and screamed, “You son of a bitch!...

Hank Azaria has apologized to Indian-Americans for his portrayal of convenience store owner Apu on The Simpsons The character has appeared in hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons since its debut in 1990 In 2017, a documentary The Problem With Apu claimed the character promoted racist stereotypes about Indian immigrants Azaria told The Armchair Expert podcast he didn't want to make a 'knee-jerk reaction' to what could've just been '17 hipsters' in Brooklyn He says he spent a year 'doing the work' to learn why Apu was offensive, and now believes it has contributed to structural racism

TROOPERS clashed with Black Lives Matter activists during a protest at the Iowa State Capitol on Thursday. Footage from the scene appears to show protesters wearing face masks, holding signs and chanting inside of the building in Des Moines. According to the Iowa Department of Administrative Services calendar, Black Lives Matter were holding a protest at the Capitol Complex today from 11am to 6pm.

SHOCK VIDEO: Alex Jones Catches Migrant Children Being Stuffed in TrunkAlex Jones and the Infowars crew had been tracking the human smuggling operations of the Biden administration. Buses were recorded taking children from the dirt floor child camp under the International Bridge in McAllen to a processing camp in Donna TX. Then moved to a COVID processing center in downtown McAllen from there, they are processed at a Christian Charity, where they are given bus or airplane tickets and moved to the airport or bus station. When the crew was walking to the Christian Charity center near the bus station,...

SNIP Major, the Biden’s 3-year-old adopted pet, has been in another biting incident requiring medical attention, CNN reports. The dog reportedly bit a National Park Service employee on the White House South Lawn Monday afternoon. “Yes, Major nipped someone on a walk,” first lady Jill Biden’s press secretary Michael LaRosa told CNN.

After months of speculation, today The Washington Post confirmed that the Biden regime is developing a “vaccine passport” that Americans may need to present to prove they have received their COVID-19 vaccine before they will be allowed to engage in commerce in a “return to normalcy” that looks nothing like the past.According to The Washington Post, the Biden regime “and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as ‘vaccine passports’ — that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses try to reopen.”They note...

Secret Service reportedly got involved in bizarre gun case involving Hunter Biden By Mark Moore March 25, 2021 The Secret Service intervened in an investigation into a 2018 incident involving Hunter Biden and his girlfriend at the time and former sister-in-law, Hallie, in which she took his gun and tossed it into the trash, according to a report. Hallie Biden took Hunter’s gun and tossed it into the trash. Police in Delaware launched an investigation in case the gun, left in a trash can across from a high school, had been used in a crime, the report said. But Secret...

The Jesuit priest who officiated then-President-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural Mass — and has been a family friend for almost 15 years — is under investigation for unspecified allegations and is now on leave from his position as president of Santa Clara University in California, according to the college. The Rev. Kevin O’Brien allegedly “exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,” according to a statement by John Sobrato, chairman of the college’s board of trustees. Sobrato’s statement did not specify the allegations against O’Brien but said the trustees “support...

He tried so hard and that was honestly sad to watch. Translation: "The guy" Biden spent 15 seconds trying to name before giving up = U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "That outfit over there" = the Pentagon In all seriousness, pray for this man, because regardless of his radical policies, he's the Commander in Chief of the U.S. and he clearly isn't doing well.

Chirlane McCray, the wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, advised citizens to “physically intervene” if they witness a violent crime. The advice comes nine months after she convinced de Blasio to cut $1 billion from NYPD funding, causing a surge in violent crime.

VIDEO Although many commentators noted that the feed of the virtual meeting by Joe Biden and the Democrat Caucus this week was cut off when he asked for questions, this same electronic meeting also had an extremely cringeworthy fable by Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and note that she must have President Donald Trump always on her mind because she introduced Biden as the "45th president."

The father of Michael Brown Jr. accused Black Lives Matter of abandoning the city where the movement first garnered national attention. In a statement Tuesday, Michael Brown Sr., along with other activists, demanded BLM provide millions of dollars for Ferguson, Missouri.

At least 13 people were killed and about a dozen others were taken to hospitals after a gravel truck slammed into an overloaded SUV just north of the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said. The crash occurred about 6:15 a.m. PT at State Route 115 and Norrish Road in Imperial County, about 15 miles from the border, the highway patrol said. The semitruck full of gravel hit a maroon Ford Expedition filled with 25 passengers, the highway patrol said. The dead included some Mexican citizens ages 20 to 55, authorities said; the injured were 16 to 55.

National Guard troops surrounding the U.S. Capitol have received meals that have been undercooked and contained metal shavings, sending over a dozen people to the hospital. A whistleblower – a Staff Sergeant with Michigan National Guard – spoke with ABC7 meals he and his team have been receiving. “Yesterday, for instance, there were 74 different meals found with raw beef in them. Just yesterday, soldiers had found metal shavings in their food,” he outlines. The quality of the meals has sent more than a dozen soldiers to sick call or the hospital according to the Staff Sergeant, who insists the...

Golf legend Tiger Woods was injured this morning in a one-car accident in Los Angeles and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. Los Angeles County firefighters extricated Woods from the badly damaged car with the “jaws of life.”

The United States Senate on Saturday voted 57 to 43 to acquit former President Donald Trump on one article of impeachment, for "inciting an insurrection." Republicans, with the exception of Sens. Bill Cassidy (LA), Susan Collins (ME), Richard Burr (NC), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Mitt Romney (UT), Ben Sasse (NE) and Pat Toomey (PA) voted to acquit the president. The Senate needed 67 votes to convict the president.The news comes after debate over whether or not to hear witnesses in relation to the Jan. 6th riot at the United States Capitol. House impeachment manager Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) made the case...