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The United States’ Founders understood that law-abiding, decent people must be able to protect themselves from criminals and governments. They enshrined this right into the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Regretfully, leaders of 145 of America’s corporations – some of them industry and cultural leaders – just decided that sucking up to the “woke” leftist crowd is more important than human rights, constitutional guarantees, and evidence. Complete cluelessness From Twitter to Levi’s to Edelman and Eventbrite, these CEOs and co-founders wrote a letter demanding that Congress step in to restrict firearm ownership rights. They urged background checks and increased...

One Nevada senator wants to cut the state’s minimum wage by $2 an hour. Another wants to raise it by $8 an hour. Guess which senator is a Democrat and which is a Republican. That is an easy one. But this is tougher. Guess which party is also pushing to raise the state’s minimum wage by 75 cents. Nevada Republican Sen. Joe Hardy wants to scrap the state’s constitutional amendment that provides a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour with health insurance coverage — same amount as the federal minimum wage — and $8.25 an hour if the employer does...

CERRITOS -- The state budget shortfall and skyrocketing workers' compensation costs make it unlikely Long Beach will get a commercial aerospace program that could create thousands of jobs, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe said Friday. "We're fighting to get the 7E7 in Long Beach, but I think the chances are slim and none,' Knabe told a group of business people. "Just because of our business climate in California.' Knabe was speaking at the Cerritos Chamber of Commerce's luncheon held to update businesses on state legislation and other issues that affects them. Dozens of states, and other cities across...