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Creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti got taken to the cleaners. In his divorce settlement with his ex-wife, Lisa Storie-Avenatti, here's what the New York Post reports : Under the settlement, Avenatti will have to pay his ex-wife, Lisa Storie-Avenatti, more than $1.9 million in retroactive child and spousal support upfront, according to court documents filed in Orange County and viewed by TMZ . Avenatti, a fierce critic of President Trump, will also have to turn over a number of his assets for liquidation, including five luxury wrist watches and a sculpture by architect Frank Gehry. He will also has to...

The Vermont Democratic Party had two events planned for this weekend with the anti-Trump lawyer, one each in Burlington and White River Junction. But after the news of the felony domestic-violence case against him broke, party officials started getting cold feet. “The Vermont Democratic Party has canceled Mr. Avenatti’s forthcoming scheduled appearances in Vermont, and will be refunding all ticket sales,” state-party spokesman R. Christopher Di Mezzo said in a statement posted on social media. The party scrubbed promotions for the events, set for Friday and Saturday, on its website.

Is CPL A Trump Plant? How else do you explain that CPL effectively caused Brett Kavanaugh to be successfully voted onto the Supreme Court thus destroying the Democrats’ plan to defeat Trump’s nominee? How else do you explain that Stormy Daniels lost her defamation lawsuit against Trump plus has to pay Trump’s lawyer fees except CPL facilitated? How else do you explain that CPL is being discussed as causing the Democrat’s to lose seats in Congress? No one can be that bad, unlucky and incompetent all at the same time to cause such damage. He has to be working for...

Establishment Dems furious at porn lawyer Attorney Michael Avenatti has come under fire over a now-deleted tweet encouraging people to “chip in for Beto now,” linking to what appeared to be a fundraising page for Texas Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. In the fine print of the now-deleted campaign, however, O’Rourke supporters discovered that half the proceeds went to Avenatti’s Fight PAC, formed a little over seven weeks ago. Users were able to manually allocate funds entirely to O’Rourke, however the default sent half of all money collected to Avenatti’s Political Action Committee. “‘It is pretty skeezy,’ said Brendan Fischer,...

A third woman is expected to publicly make accusations of sexual misconduct against supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, her attorney Michael Avenatti said, plunging the judge’s confirmation to America’s highest court into further uncertainty. “She reached out to me. We vetted her claim and she satisfactorily passed that vetting,” Avenatti said of the new accuser in an interview with the Guardian on Monday. Avenatti said the woman has also asked to testify at a hearing before the Senate judiciary committee on Thursday, which will hear from California professor Christine Blasey Ford, who has alleged the judge drunkenly sexually...

One month ago, Michael Avenatti—the Stormy Daniels lawyer, Donald Trump antagonist, and yes, potential 2020 presidential candidate—spoke at an Iowa Democratic Party fundraiser and declared to a cheering crowd that there was “no greater question facing our party and our nation” than “how” Democrats fight. He chastised Democrats for having “a tendency to bring nail clippers to a gun fight” when they should be fighting “fire with fire.” Avenatti is the lead storm chaser in a little-noticed front in the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign: Who can out-Trump the sitting president by going the furthest to break procedural “norms”? Even if...

Michigan Concealed Pistol License holders have an extremely low murder rate. Japan has a very low murder rate. Japan is also a very law-abiding culture. The United States, as a whole, has a much higher murder rate than Japan. Within the United States, there is a law abiding culture that has a murder rate as low as Japan's. That culture consists of gun owners who carry guns legally.The FBI generally includes legally defined murder, which may be in the first or second degree, and non-negligent manslaughter, in the definition of murder for their statistics. A more precise definition might...

On 3 May, 2015, Governor Rick Snyder signed a sweeping reform of the Concealed Pistol License laws into effect. While much of the law went into effect immediately, the reform that removed the power of county gun boards to arbitrarily deny concealed pistol licenses did not go into full effect until 1 December, 2016.  Coincident with the reform, the number of CPLs have increased dramatically. From mlive.com: Michigan has seen a 25% increase in concealed pistol licenses in 14 months, when state law changed to make it easier to get a CPL. A total of 621,327 Michigan residents had...

Detroit Chief of Police James Craig During his 28 years on the police force in Los Angeles, James Craig tended to agree with his state’s tight control over concealed carry permits, believing fewer guns would lead to fewer violent crimes. But when he moved to Portland, Maine, in 2009 to serve as the city’s new police chief, he discovered a different culture – one where guns actually made people safer. Now Craig, the chief of police in Detroit, Mich., has a message for the law-abiding folks in his crime-ridden city: Arm yourselves, and criminals will think twice about attacking...

FLINT, MI – Some Kettering University students want to start a conversation about allowing the carrying of concealed firearms on campus. And they've started a club to do it. Kettering Students for Concealed Carry became an official university club Aug. 1, and members are taking the opportunity to get students talking. "We believe that while college campuses are usually safer than other public places, we still think that anything can happen," said Kaity Huff, KSCC vice president. "Calling this a gun-free space won't stop a crazy person." The group of roughly 20 active members out of the almost 900 students...

Nearly 378,000 Evergreen State residents are now licensed to carry concealed pistols as Washington continues to trend with other states in the steady nationwide increase in the number of private citizens who are obtaining carry permits or licenses. As of Friday morning, the Department of Licensing told Examiner that there are 377,840 active Concealed Pistol Licenses now in circulation, and that number will be higher by the time the sun goes down. That figure came from Bruce Tanaka, the DOL’s Firearms Unit program manager 45 minutes after Amy Srsen, the always-reliable staffer in that office, advised Examiner that 377,818 licenses...

<p>WASHINGTON - At least 80 wealthy liberals have pledged to contribute at least $1 million each to fund a network of think tanks and advocacy groups, to compete with the potent conservative infrastructure built up during the last three decades.</p>

More Kitsapers Packing Heat for Their Peace of Mind By Josh Farley (Contact) Saturday, August 30, 2008     Marcus Carter April Borbon Julian Piercy Richard Lively Marcus Carter is one of more than 3,000 residents of Kitsap who have a license to carry a concealed pistol. Data show that the number in Kitsap who have permits to carry a hidden pistol is rising. Carter, executive officer at the Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club, has taught many of the permit holders in his classes. Safety is paramount for him. "If you're going to carry a firearm, you have a...

CNSNews.com) - An Ohio newspaper's decision to publish the non-public records of concealed carry permit holders drew a strong response, and one gun rights advocacy group published personal but public information about the newspaper's editor. The Sandusky Register on June 24 published the names, ages and home counties of the almost 2,700 concealed carry permit holders in its circulation area. Ohio gun laws restrict public access to concealed carry records but allow the media to access them. The printing of the names sparked outrage from gun rights groups, including the Ohioans for Concealed Carry and the National Rifle Association. Critics...

FORT HUACHUCA — The final journey of Cpl. Casey Lee Mellen begins today with a noon funeral service at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Huachuca, followed by his burial at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 2 p.m. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has ordered all flags in the state to be lowered to half staff today to honor Mellen. On Tuesday, the flags were ordered to half staff by the governor to honor Army Lt. Col. Douglas Mann, of Sierra Vista, who was killed in an accident in San Antonio, Texas, as he was preparing for deployment to...

TUCSON — Case is home. The body of Army Cpl. Casey Lee “Case” Mellen came back to Arizona around 2 p.m. Monday as a Navy cargo aircraft landed at Tucson International Airport and taxied to the executive terminal. Although it was a sad day, the soldier’s father, Casey Edward Mellen, said, “I’m happy my son’s home.” The war is claiming many American men and women, he said. Case is just one of the dead and is part “of all the future dead soldiers,” Mellen said. It was not a political statement against the war, just a reality as GIs remain...

Allow me to take a moment to inform you about a dark part of my past that I have kept from quite a few people; while I was a child I was an unwilling member of a cult known then as Human Service Alliance and after quite a few name changes it is now known as the Center for Purposeful Living. I was young and when you're in an environment like that you don't know any better regardless of your age. Shortly after my now disowned biological mother divorced my father she started taking my brother and I to a...

Police: Manager Shot At Local Car Dealership Gunman Calls 911, Police Say POSTED: 12:13 pm EDT April 28, 2005 UPDATED: 12:30 pm EDT April 28, 2005 DETROIT -- A manager at a local car dealership was shot by an employee on Thursday morning, police said. The shooting took place at about 9:30 a.m. at Jefferson Chevrolet, just east of the Interstate 375 exit in Detroit. Police said the manager and the employee were arguing when at some point the employee pulled out a gun and fired a shot. The manager suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach, police said. (SNIP)---------------------...

Congressman Portman resigned to become Bush's trade represenatative. District Map List of candidates and possible candidates off of Politics 1 Tom Bemmes (R) - Teacher, Professional Magician & '99 Reading School Board Candidate John Bridgeland (R) - Ex-White House Aide, Ex-Congressional Aide, Businessman & Attorney Tom Brinkman Jr. (R) - State Rep. & Printer Pat DeWine (R) - Hamilton County Commissioner, Ex-Cincinnati Councilman & Son of US Sen. Mike DeWine Bob McEwen (R) - Ex-Congressman, Ex-State Rep., Consultant & Lobbyist Eric Minamyer (R) - Symmes Township Trustee, Attorney, Ex-Congressional Aide & Navy Veteran Tom Raga (R) - State Rep. &...

Governor vetoes bill to allow guns in bars and restaurants April 26, 2005, 11:49 AM Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill Monday that would have allowed people to carry guns in bars and restaurants if they weren't drinking alcohol and if the businesses didn't ban guns from the premises. The National Rifle Association-backed bill (SB1363) would have rewritten an Arizona law that bans possession of firearms in bars and restaurants that sell alcohol. The Republican-led Legislature completed action on the bill April 18 with a 17-12 Senate vote, sending the bill to Napolitano, a Democrat. The House approved the bill...