Hollywood actress Bette Midler weaponized the holy holiday of Easter to push a gun control narrative. The Hollywood actress and singer went off on gun violence in a recent tweet. On Easter Sunday, Midler ranted on Twitter, “On this most Holy Day in the Christian calendar, remember the slaughter of your own innocents in school
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“Per capita gun deaths in the U.S. are exponentially higher than other nations. Is the difference that we, as a people, are that much more susceptible to mental illness? Or is it that we have the most liberal gun laws in the world?”~ David Axelrod Innocent school children shot to death, once again. This time
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a new interview, calling Florida’s new concealed carry law clear evidence Republicans “don’t care about our kids.” During an interview with MSNBC’s “Inside With Jen Psaki” in Montgomery, Alabama, Newsom told the former White House press secretary: “If they did, they’d ban these
The former Tennessee legislators who were ousted last week by the state’s Republican-led House of Representatives said on April 9 they would accept reappointments by their respective districts and will run in the special elections to fill their seats. Justin Pearson, a Democrat who had represented Memphis, and Justin Jones, a Democrat who represented Nashville,
“Constitutional Carry is in the books,” DeSantis said in a press release after signing the measure. Newsom sat down with Psaki in Alabama, while on a tour of Republican-led states including Arkansas and Mississippi. Newsom recently announced the launch of a new political action committee called Campaign for Democracy, aimed at calling out red state
On ABC’s This Week, co-moderator Jon Karl invited Justin Pearson, one of the expelled former Democrat Tennessee representatives on the program to let him play the victim because he was held accountable for his actions. Opening the program on Easter Sunday, Karl still insisted on lying on this holy day. Karl claimed the “two young
(Bloomberg) — Local leaders in Tennessee will decide this week whether to reinstate two young Democratic lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled state legislature — and each said on Sunday he’d accept. State Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson said their expulsion by GOP lawmakers who control the Tennessee House of Representatives was an attack
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola photographed on Friday, April 29, 2022 in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) WASHINGTON – When Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola joined an Alaska Public Media call-in radio show this week, a self-proclaimed Peltola supporter and longtime hunter called in. “I admire Representative Peltola, I remember when she was a legislative aide
By Jeremy Steiner / Herald Forum Another day, another shooting. This phrase is said far too often in American life. Unfortunately, it will be repeated over and over again until we find the will and way to end it. On a recent Monday, at a small, private school in one of the safest neighborhoods in
It’s one of the holiest times of 2023 and yet it started with a tragic shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that left seven people dead. When the terror happened — notably at a school associated with a local church, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Green Hills — holy days for Muslims, Christians, Jews and
I have seen firsthand the power that a museum has to transform and inspire the world around us. When my three boys were young, we spent countless hours at the Museum of Science & History — zigging and zagging through the Currents of Time exhibit, hiding in the treehouse and playing at the water table,
Last Sunday’s column about the lack of gun legislation got a lot of response. I’ve read everything, but I’m a slow correspondent who is gainfully employed. Giving every one of those messages the attention they deserve will take awhile. Earlier this week I had received 303 messages that supported what I had to say, and
On Saturday, the Washington State Senate approved legislation banning the sale of assault weapons. “House Bill 1240, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee and sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, passed the House of Representatives on March 8, and the Senate today, in historic votes,” said the WA State Office of
Both chambers of the Washington state legislature have approved a ban on assault-style firearms, sending the measure to the governor’s desk for signature. Washington will become the 10th state to enforce such a law. House Bill 1240, requested by Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gov. Jay Inslee and sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, passed
PREVIOUS VIDEO: WA Senate committee moves assault weapons ban forward OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state Senate on Saturday approved an assault-weapons ban, a measure long sought by gun-control advocates. HB1240 passed the Senate in a 27-21 vote, with one excused. The measure will go back to the House since it was amended by the
OLYMPIA, Wash. – After hours of deliberation, the Washington State Senate has passed the assault weapon ban with a 27-21 vote. House Bill 1240 would ban the sale, manufacture and import of assault weapons into Washington. The bill does not ban the possession of assault weapons and provides exceptions for law enforcement, the military and
After the recent shooting in Nashville that killed three children and three adults at a Christian school, we asked readers to weigh in on an earlier report that showed gun violence as a major cause of death among children. We asked how the trend can be reversed. Here are some of the responses: ‘We are
Kendall P. Stanley | Community Columnist How apropos that a bill in Congress would name the AR-14 semi-automatic rifle the national gun, and not because it is the weapon of choice for mass shooters. It’s because we have to protect the Second Amendment! Yes, folks, our wonderful representatives of the people are more concerned with
The Tennessee State GOP pulled off their first partisan legislative expulsion on Thursday with the kind of racist flourish this country has now come to expect from the Guns Over People party. Republicans currently control the Tennessee House by an unusually wide margin, with 75 members to the Democrats’ 22 – and now there are
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Trump grand juryoperated honorably Re: “Trump indicted” (Page A1, March 31). I had the honor of serving on a Santa Clara County grand jury. At no time during this process was anyone asked to state political affiliations. The seriousness of
We speak with Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by a Republican supermajority in the Tennessee state House of Representatives Thursday for peacefully protesting gun violence in the chamber last week as thousands rallied at the Capitol to demand gun control after the Covenant elementary school shooting in Nashville. A vote to
As the Republican party grappled with major losses this week, former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sought to pin the blame on young voters, but offered few solutions for how to win them back. On Tuesday, Democrats scored a major victory when liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz won a seat on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, giving
Janet Protasiewicz celebrates in Milwaukee after winning her election to Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) As the Republican Party grappled with major losses this week, former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sought to pin the blame on young voters, but offered few solutions for how to win them back. On Tuesday, Democrats scored a
Most people know that America has a gun problem. It’s just our politicians who don’t. (Michael Conroy | AP photo) Bryan Oberc, Munster, Ind., tries out an AR-15 from Sig Sauer in the exhibition hall at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 27, 2019. | April 7, 2023, 12:00 p.m. |
THE FALLOUT FROM TENNESSEE’S MINI-JAN. 6. The Tennessee House of Representatives spent Thursday debating the expulsion of three members, all Democrats, who hijacked the House floor for nearly an hour on March 30, using a bullhorn to shout at and harangue their fellow legislators in tandem with noisy anti-gun protesters who filled the galleries. House Republicans,
Reader disappointed with Reagan column I am disappointed that so much space is given to “Another View” by Michael Reagan, in the Times-Standard on Saturday, March 25th. We welcome and look forward to views that are different than our views but to publish this person who makes broad sweeping Fox-Entertainment types of statements with no
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Trout Season Opening day of trout season is upon us. The last minute finishing touches of trout stocking are done as of today. Taking Abby for a pre-season trout scout, we noticed there are some chunky fish out there. At Carolina Trout Pond for example (see photo, above) the fish
Ahead of Easter, MSNBC hosts and commentators used Christianity to attack the recent vote to expel Tennessee House Democrats for storming the state Capitol with gun control protesters. Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones all faced votes of expulsion on Thursday after leading and participating in the protest that disrupted House proceedings last
Nevada lawmakers are considering three gun-safety bills. Assembly Bill 354 would prohibit anyone possessing a firearm in or within 100 yards of an entrance to an election site, and AB 355 could raise the age from 18 to 21 for Nevadans to purchase an assault-style weapon. In the past five years, said Assembly Majority Leader
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Democrats and gun control advocates rallied around a trio of bills on Thursday that amplified calls for gun regulation while recalling the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that became the deadliest in U.S. history. More than five years after a shooter killed scores of people at a country music
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