[ad_1] Taylorville, IL — Rodney Davis, a Republican from Taylorville, announced today he is running for re-election to Congress in the newly-drawn 15thCongressional district, which includes his home in Taylorville and much of the district he currently represents. He is the only incumbent member of Congress who resides in this district following the Congressional redistricting
Month: November 2021
[ad_1] The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse ended with him walking free on essentially a technicality. Even after shooting three people at a racial justice protest last summer with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle, Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges earlier this month because of vague self-defense laws. Rittenhouse was 17 at the time of the shooting,
[ad_1] I’ve come, I know this is obvious, but it is still important not to forget: an important reason why gun culture is so mature in the United States is the heavy use of gun battles in movies and TV. Westerns. Crime show. Spy movie. War pictures. Most action movies. Many of these dramas have
[ad_1] Museveni has asked Ugandans to concentrate on wealth creation because the country has built great capacity to crush the ADF and soon work will be done By Yoweri Museveni (President) Museveni assured Ugandans that all will be well and urged themto concentrate on their wealth creation mission. He said ADF isproperly in “our gun
[ad_1] A large faction of the U.S. population (overwhelmingly conservative Republicans) have convinced themselves that they need to be prepped for either an over-reaching government or an anti-fascist takeover. According to Pew Research, while 41% of Republicans and 44% of right-leaning independents own guns, a paltry 16% of Democrats own one. After decades of assassinations
[ad_1] https://sputniknews.com/20211125/greene-sponsors-bill-to-award-hero-kyle-rittenhouse-a-congressional-gold-medal-1091012612.html Greene Sponsors Bill to Award ‘Hero’ Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal Greene Sponsors Bill to Award ‘Hero’ Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal Kyle Rittenhouse was earlier cleared of charges of homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment in the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony… 25.11.2021, Sputnik International 2021-11-25T10:31+0000 2021-11-25T10:31+0000 2021-11-25T10:31+0000
[ad_1] The strangest thing about Donald Trump and the GOP’s increasingly open embrace of political violence is how unnecessary it is, even by the right’s own grotesque standards. Ever since Trump’s failed coup that culminated in the January 6 insurrection, Republicans have been carefully laying the groundwork for a bloodless destruction of democracy. They’ve commandeered election
[ad_1] All three defendants in the murder trial for the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black Georgia man shot to death in broad daylight while jogging, were found guilty Wednesday. Brian McMichael, 65, and his son Travis, 35, both white, each faced nine charges, which include “one count of malice murder, four counts
[ad_1] Twin bomb explosions in Kampala last Tuesday left scores dead and others injured BY PEPPER INTELLIGENCE UNIT A senior intelligence security officer has told Pepper Digital that it will take efforts—long, tough and complicated—to completely eliminate acts of terror on Ugandan soil. Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda, the immediate former ISO boss and also NRA/NRM
[ad_1] The House select committee issued another round of subpoenas to right-wing militant groups and their leaders, and an NBC News reporter who covers extremism explained what that means for the Jan. 6 investigation. The bipartisan panel demanded information from groups involved in violence before and during the U.S. Capitol riot, including the Oath Keepers
[ad_1] No observer of contemporary gun politics could fail to notice a jarring disconnect between the two very different trajectories of the gun rights movement today. On the one hand, more states are allowing Americans to carry weapons in public without permits, and the gun-rights movement could be on the verge of a major Supreme
[ad_1] Voting rights advocates within and beyond Georgia ramped up calls for congressional action after the Peach State’s Republican lawmakers became the latest to approve a gerrymandered political map intended to give the GOP a political advantage for the next decade. Following similar moves by GOP-controlled state legislatures in Ohio and Texas, the Georgia General Assembly sent the
[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! I went to my first University of Hawaii football game, Saturday’s wild, high-scoring squeaky win against Colorado State (“University of Hawaii football team closes home slate with high-scoring win over Colorado State,” Star-Advertiser, Top News, Nov. 20). As spectacular as the game was UH honoring
[ad_1] Kyle Rittenhouse hit out at the prosecutor who failed to win a conviction in his murder trial in Kenosha last week, branding him a ‘corrupt person who just wants to make a name for himself and not look at the facts.’ ‘I used to be a fan of the prosecutors [but] not anymore,’ the
[ad_1] Political violence is on people’s minds. The right to petition the government for redress of grievances enshrined in the First Amendment seems to be running against the grain of the right to bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment. After Rittenhouse’s acquittal, anti-racists may feel it’s too dangerous to petition. (The fascists are taking
[ad_1] Voting rights advocates within and beyond Georgia ramped up calls for congressional action after the Peach State’s Republican lawmakers became the latest to approve a gerrymandered political map intended to give the GOP a political advantage for the next decade. Following similar moves by GOP-controlled state legislatures in Ohio and Texas, the Georgia General
[ad_1] Political violence is on people’s minds now that Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted. According to USA Today, far-right groups celebrated last week’s unsurprising verdict. “Kyle Rittenhouse is the hero we’ve been waiting for” was posted on the Gab profile for VDare, a self-consciously fascist organization headquartered in the foothills of Washington, Conn. The takeaway
[ad_1] By Marcus Davis (A comparison of the rights afforded to the recently acquitted 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse in the deadly Kenosha, Wis. shootings, and himself and other African American men) I’m not here to comment on Rittenhouse’s guilt or innocence. I’m not here to criticize the poor performance of the prosecution. I’m not here to
[ad_1] “It is no mystery why Republicans and the NRA have decided I’m their top target,” McBath said in a statement. “As a Black woman, activist, and mother on a mission—they would like nothing more than to stop me from speaking truth to power about the gun lobby and Republican Party in Congress.” Campaign Action
[ad_1] The image of Kyle Rittenhouse walking the streets of Kenosha, Wis., carrying an AR-15 style rifle has been burned into the American consciousness. After his arrest, Rittenhouse was embraced by the right wing of American gun culture. Upon his acquittal, the National Rifle Association (NRA) tweeted text from the Second Amendment and the Gun
[ad_1] During the civil rights movement, protesters had to fear fire hoses, dogs and tear gas. Now, with the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, not only will protesters continue to fear excessive police force, but because a Wisconsin jury found Rittenhouse not guilty in the killing of two protesters and the wounding of another, random gun-toting
[ad_1] Who will be the next Kyle Rittenhouse? It’s a question worth asking as the case against three men in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery prepares to go to a jury in Georgia. Like the Rittenhouse case, it too has garnered national attention and has already drawn demonstrations. As has become routine in these events,
[ad_1] ‘I refuse to stand down.’ McBath will run in 7th Congressional District
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[ad_1] But Rittenhouse certainly isn’t the first controversial acquittal in recent years — here are some others with updates on where they are now. 1. George Zimmerman The shooter of Trayvon Martin fought murder charges by using Florida’s “stand your ground law,” and Martin was a threat to him, despite the fact that he was
[ad_1] New York state has opened a criminal investigation into former US president Donald Trump (pictured November 2020) A Democratic prosecutor nearing the end of his term, a loyal lieutenant of the Trump family and a lawyer determined to sink his former boss: AFP details some of the players in New York’s criminal probe into
[ad_1] The National Rifle Association has notched a big milestone: its 150th anniversary. “For 150 years, millions of Americans from all walks of life, races, colors, and creeds have been proud members of the National Rifle Association of America. From Presidents of the United States, military heroes, those with household names to rank and file
[ad_1] Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has had the gambling industry in his sights for more than a decade. But then, the industry has also had its sights set on him. The former soldier-turned-spy — who first came head-to-head with the government in 2003 when he blew the whistle on the flawed intelligence case for the Iraq War
[ad_1] Then there’s the case of Philando Castile, who told the officer he had a registered gun during a traffic stop and was murdered in cold blood before explaining more. Or Jemel Roberson, who apprehended an armed man at gunpoint, was shot by police when they arrived. Or Emantic Bradford, who attempted to protect a crowd
[ad_1] Then there’s the case of Philando Castile, who told the officer he had a registered gun during a traffic stop and was murdered in cold blood before explaining more. Or Jemel Roberson, who apprehended an armed man at gunpoint, was shot by police when they arrived. Or Emantic Bradford, who attempted to protect a crowd
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