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  • Watchdog Asks Whether Biden Knew About, Autopenned EO’s on Energy

    05/28/2025 1:30:29 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 3 replies
    The New American ^ | May 28, 2025 | . Cort Kirkwood
    An energy watchdog group wants to know whether eight of President Joe Biden’s far-left executive orders related to energy were signed by autopen.Power the Future argues that Biden never mentioned the orders publicly, which raises the corollary question of whether the mentally addled president even knew about them, and whether his radical underlings wrote and signed them.The questions are important because of the autopen scandal that surfaced in March. It raised the question of whether autopenned orders — including presidential pardons — are valid.Power The Future’s also invites a look at House Speaker Mike Johnson’s claim that Biden didn’t know...
  • Short History of Bans on Possession of Firearms in Federal Facilities

    05/27/2025 7:08:17 AM PDT · by marktwain · 9 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | May 22, 2025 | Dean Weingarten
    Laws banning the carry or possession of weapons in government buildings are a very late addition to the United States of America. At the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment, there were only three places where the possession and carry of weapons were banned with some regularity. Those were: Court rooms while court was in session; legislative chambers where governmental bodies were involved in their legislative duties; and polling places on election day. There were no bans on carrying or possessing weapons in most public buildings, most of the time. From the Supreme...
  • Vermont Gov. Phil Scott Vows to Veto Ban on Guns in Bars

    05/22/2025 6:40:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/22/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) vowed Wednesday to veto a proposal to ban in guns in bars if it reaches his desk. VTDigger reported that the proposal is a charter change for Burlington contained in S.131 and it cleared the Vermont Senate in April. However, S.131 only passed the Senate by 17 votes, which is not enough to overcome the veto Gov. Scott promises to use against it. Gov. Scott believes the ban would be onerous on bar owners as it would put them in the position of enforcing it. He said, ““Like, who’s going to stand at the door...
  • Gov. Newsom urges California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments

    05/12/2025 5:52:12 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 33 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 6:30 PM CDT, May 12, 2025 | Janie Har
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California cities to clear homeless encampments, escalating efforts anew to address the makeshift tents that line underpasses, parks and streets up and down the state. The Democratic governor unveiled a blueprint for a camping ban for cities and counties to follow in announcing more than $3 billion in grants for facilities to treat homeless people and others who struggle with mental health and substance use disorders. He used the occasion to exhort cities and counties once again to use the money and policy changes provided by the state to do...
  • California Democrats Push Bill That Could Ban Glock Handguns

    05/12/2025 8:27:25 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/12/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    California Democrats are currently pushing a bill that could ban law-abiding citizens from buying Glock handguns in an attempt to stop criminals from using “Glock switches.” “Glock switches” are federally prohibited plastic pieces that can be affixed to the rear of a Glock slide to make the pistol shoot full auto. It has become in vogue for leftists to target Glock over the illegal use of the switches. For example, on March 19, 2024, Breitbart News noted that Chicago filed a lawsuit against Glock over the switches, although many of the switches in the U.S. originated in China. On February...
  • Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military service ban for now

    05/06/2025 11:48:54 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 21 replies
    Yahoo News - ABC ^ | May 6, 2025 | DEVIN DWYER
    The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an "unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy." The court did not explain its decision other than to say the order would expire if the justices ultimately take up the case on the merits and issue a ruling striking it down. Litigation continues in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated they would...
  • House Votes to Overturn California’s Ban on Gas Cars

    05/04/2025 6:01:52 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
    Unleash Prosperity ^ | 05/02/2025 | Stephen Moore
    We have been strong supporters of this Congressional Review Act effort because the automobile market is clearly interstate commerce. And Biden let Calfiornia take the lead to eventually ban internal combustion vehicles nationally.Banning gas cars is wildly unpopular. This may explain why every House Republican and 35 House Democrats – the biggest bipartisan vote on a green issue in recent memory – voted to let Americans drive the car of their choice.These are the 35 Democrats who voted yes, including two from California and six from New York:Next up is the Senate. Maybe.The Senate Parliamentarian is reportedly taking the puzzling...
  • English Football Association to ban transgender women from women’s soccer

    05/01/2025 9:02:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    CNN ^ | 05/01/2025 | Ben Morse
    Transgender women will be barred from playing in women’s soccer in England from June 1, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Thursday. “We understand that this will be difficult for people who simply want to play the game they love in the gender by which they identify, and we are contacting the registered transgender women currently playing to explain the changes and how they can continue to stay involved in the game,” the organizing body for soccer in Britain said in a statement. The FA clarified to CNN Sports that this ban will impact all levels of women’s soccer,...
  • Adam Schiff Pays Homage to Dianne Feinstein, Introduces ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban of 2025

    04/30/2025 11:18:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/30/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) paid homage to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and introduced “the ‘assault weapons’ ban of 2025” Wednesday morning. In an X post, Schiff explained that his legislation would “ban the sale, manufacture, import, and transfer of military-style ‘assault weapons.'” He claimed there have been “486 mass shootings involving ‘assault weapons'” since 2006, but did not provide any sources to substantiate the figures. He did reference Feinstein’s introduction of the first “assault weapons” ban over three decades ago, then claimed her ban “had a dramatic impact on mass shootings” during the ten years in which it...
  • Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) Introduces Legislation to BAN Ranked Choice Voting in Federal Elections

    04/29/2025 8:03:34 PM PDT · by bitt · 15 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | Apr. 29, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    Rep. Abe Hamadeh and Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK) have introduced an election integrity bill in the House of Representatives to prohibit ranked choice voting in federal elections. Hamadeh’s Preventing Ranked Choice Corruption Act seeks to amend the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to end “the confusing and disenfranchising voting scheme of Ranked Choice Voting,” a press release from Hamadeh’s office states. The undemocratic scam of Ranked Choice Voting goes against the principle of “one person, one vote,” allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference and triggering an automatic runoff election based on the ranked totals if a candidate...
  • VIDEO: New York Bill May Ban Officers from Performing Certain Traffic Stops to Further ‘Racial Equity’

    04/07/2025 8:29:48 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/07/2025 | Amy Furr
    New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar law enforcement officers from conducting traffic stops for minor violations. Part of the effort behind the proposal is to further “racial equity and public safety,” Fox News reported on Monday. “The measure aims to limit ‘the frequency of traffic stops for minor violations in furtherance of racial equity and public safety,’ according to the bill, as racial minorities in the state make up the majority of arrests and traffic stops,” the outlet said, noting violations mentioned included those such as a broken taillight, expired tags, window tinting that is too...
  • Semiautomatic Firearm Ban, Ammunition Controls Sent to Colorado Governor’s Desk

    03/31/2025 9:03:40 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/13/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Gun controls, including a semiautomatic firearms ban and ammunition controls, secured final passage in the Colorado legislature Friday and have been sent to Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) desk. On February 20, 2025, Breitbart News noted that the semiautomatic firearms ban had passed the Colorado Senate. In order to secure Gov. Polis’s support, Senate Democrats added language to the ban which allows gun purchasers to secure an exemption to the prohibition by going through a process similar to concealed carry permit vetting, then taking a “four-hour training course.” Would-be purchasers who do not have hunter safety certification will have to go...
  • School Board Pleads with Trump to Force State to Comply with Trans Ban

    03/29/2025 11:20:13 PM PDT · by Morgana · 5 replies
    Breitbart ^ | March 29, 2025 | Dylan Gwinn
    A school board in Washington State is seeking help from the federal government to force the state to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports. In a filing to the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Division, the Kennewick School Board filed a Title IX complaint against Washington state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Chris Reykdal. The school board asked the federal government for “urgent” relief against the state’s efforts to defy President Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” “We respectfully request URGENT federal intervention due to open and egregious Title IX violations currently occurring within the state’s student...
  • UK to ban ninja swords

    03/27/2025 12:48:18 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 59 replies
    Gulf Today ^ | 03 27 2025 | Staff
    Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis." The Home Office said most ninja swords had a blade of between 14 and 24 inches (36 and 61 centimetres), with one straight cutting edge and a tanto style — or sharply-angled — tip. From August 1, anyone caught in possession of a ninja sword in private could face six months in prison. That is set to rise...
  • Minnesota Bill Would Ban Transfer of Semi-automatic Firearms

    03/24/2025 7:59:40 AM PDT · by marktwain · 32 replies
    AmmoLand ^ | March 22, 2025 | Dean Weingarten
    In 2024, a bill was introduced into the Minnesota legislature that would ban many semi-automatic rifles. The bill was similar to the President Clinton-era “assault rifle” ban. A related bill, HF3628, did not pass out of the legislature in the last legislative session. In 2025, a new bill, Senate File SF1596/House File HF2449, takes a somewhat similar approach. The bill adds some new twists and turns. The new bill was introduced on February 20, 2025, and posted on February 25, 2025. SF1596/HF2449 takes a different approach than HF3628 did. HF3628 banned the possession of a large number of rifles, pistols,...
  • Restore the Smith-Mundt act!

    03/19/2025 8:28:44 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 6 replies
    X ^ | Wall Street Apes
    It ALL comes back to Barack Obama Mike Benz talks with Joe Rogan about what Barack Obama really did by repealing the Smith–Mundt Act 🚨 It’s SO MUCH BIGGER than just allowing use of propaganda on Americans, it allowed for: - Infiltrate and co-opt the universities - The unions - The media - The politicians - The judges It allowed…
  • Trump administration weighs travel ban on dozens of countries, memo says

    03/15/2025 3:11:13 AM PDT · by Libloather · 3 replies
    NY Post ^ | 3/15/25 | Reuters
    The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea among others, would be set for a full visa suspension. In the second group, five countries — Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and South Sudan — would face partial suspensions that would impact tourist and student visas as...
  • New Mexico Democrats Continue Push for Semiautomatic Firearm Ban

    03/07/2025 12:05:52 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/07/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    New Mexico Democrats continue pushing a ban on semiautomatic firearms, couching the ban in the language of prohibiting gas-operated firearms. On February 7, 2025, Breitbart News reported that New Mexico Democrats had revived legislation Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) wanted in 2023, and were pushing it as Senate Bill 279. On December 13, 2023, Breitbart News observed that Grisham wanted legislation modeled after Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-AZ) Gas-Operated Semiautomatic Firearms Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act. Although GOSAFE failed passage at the federal level, Grisham believed it could be pushed through the New Mexico legislature by her fellow Democrats. SB 279 continues moving...
  • Government Accountability Office Blocks Potential Congressional Repeal Of California EV Rules

    03/07/2025 6:07:23 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 33 replies
    Calico Globe ^ | March 7.2025 | Evan Symon
    The Government Accountability Office announced Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions waiver request sent last month to Congress for review is not reviewable by them and that the previous Biden Administration’s approval of California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035 still stands.
  • Report: Trump, GOP to Use Congressional Review Act to Revoke Newsom’s Gas Car Ban

    02/27/2025 5:22:05 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 27 Feb 2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans plan to use a once-obscure law called the Congressional Review Act to revoke the waiver that President Joe Biden gave to California for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gas car ban.As Breitbart News reported, Newsom announced in September 2020 — mere weeks after a massive statewide shortage of electricity — that California would ban sales of gas-powered passenger vehicles by 2035. After that, electric vehicles (EVs) would be mandated, as part of California’s effort to achieve goals on “climate change” policy.Newsom’s policy was finalized in regulatory form in 2022, and Biden granted the waiver in December...