[ad_1] In the second half of the 10 p.m. hour on the East Coast, former President Barack Obama was using his speech at the Democratic National Convention to excoriate his successor as fundamentally unfit for the presidency, as a buffoon who thought about nothing but himself and was more concerned with petty personal grievances than
Month: August 2020
[ad_1] Gabrielle Giffords, a former U.S. congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt, made a rare public address on the third night of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday where she backed party nominee Joe Biden. ‘We are at a crossroads,’ Giffords said in pre-recorded remarks. ‘We can let the shooting continue or we can act.
[ad_1] Nearly 10 years after she was shot in the head in an attempted assassination, former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — still struggling with her speech — delivered a powerful call for gun control to the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. In a prerecorded video message during the virtual convention, Giffords stood in front of
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: Applause was broadcast on a video screen at the site of Ms. Harris’s speech.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times MILWAUKEE — Democrats formally nominated Senator Kamala Harris for the vice presidency on Wednesday night, placing a woman of color on a major party ticket for the first time and
[ad_1] Here’s what you need to know: Senator Kamala Harris said from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., “There is no vaccine for racism,” adding, “We have got to do the work.”Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times Senator Kamala Harris of California on Wednesday night accepted the nomination to be the Democratic Party’s nominee to be
[ad_1] On Thursday, August 20th, the Richmond City Council will consider banning firearms in certain public locations. Second Amendment supporters are encouraged to OPPOSE Ordinance 2020-184. The meeting may be accessed remotely by video conference. Click here for information on attending the meeting and providing comments remotely. For decades, Virginia’s strong preemption statute has prohibited
[ad_1] NY AG Letitia James called the NRA a ‘terrorist organization.’ ALBANY – Two years ago, Letitia James — then a candidate for New York attorney general — made a provocative campaign promise. The National Rifle Association, the nation’s preeminent guns-rights group, had a “poisonous agenda” that was “directly antithetical” to New York’s tough gun-control
[ad_1] A black Trump-supporting Florida state House representative has advanced as the GOP’s nominee for the state’s 19th Congressional District after beating out eight other candidates in a tight election Tuesday. What are the details? Byron Donalds won the primary with 23,480 votes — or 22.6% — edging second-place finisher, Dane Eagle, by just 774
[ad_1] The candidates change; the divide on guns remains the same. The surprise will be if the contest between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican President Trump unearths much beyond what voters have come to expect from the two major parties on gun policy in recent elections. The Democrats inevitably favor tighter restrictions on gun purchases
[ad_1] Democrats formally nominated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency on Tuesday night, anointing him as their standard-bearer against President Trump with an extraordinary virtual roll call vote that showcased the cultural diversity of their coalition and exposed a generational gulf that is increasingly defining the party. Denied the chance to assemble in Milwaukee
[ad_1] So here are four policy issues that Democrats are bringing up in the convention and our analysis on whether they’re smart to be talking about them. 1. Health-care coverage Talking extensively about protecting people’s current access to health care worked for Democrats in 2018 to help them win back the majority in the House
[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Is Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris a far-left ideologue or a sober-minded centrist? Even President Donald Trump and his Republican allies seem undecided about how to define the California senator ahead of November’s election. During the Democratic party’s contest to pick its challenger to Mr Trump, Ms Harris ran to the
[ad_1] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her one-minute speaking slot during the second night of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening to nominate progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as president – without mentioning Joe Biden. ‘In a time when millions of people in the United States are looking for deep, systemic solutions to our crises of mass
[ad_1] A former top National Rifle Association (NRA) official in a new tell-all book describes a culture of greed and corruption as well as a willingness to poison American political discourse at the organization. CEO Wayne LaPierre‘s former chief of staff, Josh Powell, writes in “Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed and Paranoia
[ad_1] Democrats formally nominated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency on Tuesday night, anointing him as their standard-bearer against President Trump with an extraordinary virtual roll call vote that showcased the cultural diversity of their coalition and exposed a generational gulf that is increasingly defining the party. Denied the chance to assemble in Milwaukee
[ad_1] Republican Florida Rep. Ross Spano lost his primary Tuesday night in an upset to Scott Franklin, a city commissioner in Lakeland. Spano trailed Franklin by 2.6% when the race was called, The New York Times reported, becoming the eighth House incumbent to lose his primary this cycle. Though Spano had touted endorsements from congressional
[ad_1] TUESDAY’S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION LINE UP Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis., Tom Barrett James Roosevelt Jr. and Lorraine Miller give the report of Credentials Committee Barney Frank and Maria Cardona give the report of the Rules Committee Julie Chavez Rodriguez and Dennis McDonough give the Credentials Committee report Keynote Address by 17 rising stars in party:
[ad_1] Josh Powell’s book to be published September 8, “Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed and Paranoia Within the Most Powerful Political Group in America,” was first reported by the New York Times. CNN received quotes from the book from the publisher Twelve, a division of Hachette Book Group, and has not
[ad_1] With Daniel Lippman TRADE GROUPS URGE CONGRESS, ADMINISTRATION TO STRIKE A PAYROLL TAX DEAL: More than two dozen trade groups wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging them to find a way to address the uncertainty generated by President Donald Trump’s executive order earlier
[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: Joe Biden is struggling. His capacity seems to be so diminished that whenever he leaves his basement he has an episode his campaign regrets. Recognizing the varied weaknesses of candidate Biden, his handlers know he won’t be able to cross the finish line in this year’s election without lots of help. The left
[ad_1] In 2019, Democratic legislators gained a majority in both Virginia’s state House and Senate for the first time in decades. After polls had closed, a survey of 600 swing district voters commissioned by gun control advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety (Everytown) found that the issue that had most impacted their votes wasn’t related
[ad_1] Dear Texas NRA Member: In a shameless effort to exploit the El Paso, Midland, and Odessa tragedies, gun control advocates have been demanding that the Texas Legislature pass radical restrictions on your rights called for by failed politicians like Beto O’Rourke and Michael Bloomberg. The Texas House Committee on Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety
[ad_1] A shocking tell-all book will be released from the highest-ranking former executive of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Josh Powell on Sept. 8, exposing the group for years of corruption. The New York Times has excerpts of the book which unveils accusations of the group have been true. Inside the NRA: A Tell-All Account
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the National Rifle Association was sued by the New York attorney general, who is seeking to dissolve the organization and said top executives had “looted” it. Now the N.R.A., which has faced two years of turmoil and infighting, is confronting a new adversary from within its own senior ranks. Josh Powell,
[ad_1] Manufacturing a pistol. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Sygma via Getty Images) Sygma via Getty Images Gun and ammo makers are staying cautious ahead of the election despite surging sales, because they remember all too well the crash that happened after the election of President Trump. Gunmakers can barely keep up with demand. Sales have been
[ad_1] “I think the city is taking a position that they can apply this law to any public ground, and city property, where a school event may have once taken place or has once taken place, but obviously the district attorney’s office and I don’t agree,” said Ryan Villa, Grady’s attorney. Court documents for Grady
[ad_1] Doubts about the viability of New York Attorney General Letitia James‘ lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association are extending even to NRA dissidents who have long clamored for major overhauls at the gun rights group but call the legal action a massive unforced error. Ms. James said the lawsuit over the misuse of
[ad_1] The two major Republicans in the campaign leading to the Sept. 8 primary for the 1st Congressional District U.S. House seat share similar views on a wide range of issues, but have taken far different paths to their candidacies.>> Download the free WMUR appMatt Mayberry of Dover finds irony in the perspective that after
[ad_1] On Friday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals handed down a decision of immense importance. In Duncan v. Becerra, the Court struck down California’s ban on firearm magazines of more than ten rounds, holding that the ban violated the Second Amendment. It was a major legal battle,
[ad_1] Ahead of the August 18th start date for the Virginia special session, Delegate Glenn Davis (R-84) has introduced two pro-Second Amendment bills to roll back some of the anti-gun laws passed during the regular 2020 session. Please click the “Take Action” button to contact your Delegate and ask them to SUPPORT House Bills 5020
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