[ad_1] CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel admits the potential of taking on JB Pritzker in a 2028 presidential run is “going to be awkward.” Over decades in public life, Emanuel has had stints as White House chief of staff, congressman, cutthroat Democratic operative, overseas diplomat and more. But around here, it’s a little more simple. Emanuel

[ad_1] These are strange times for the Americas, particularly for Mexico, the connecting point of the Latin and English-speaking worlds, the favorite punching bag of that great world power, the United States, which sees in its southerly neighbor the root of all its evils. Tariff threats and the whiff of military intervention currently characterize this

[ad_1] Channeling our inner Chicago (when yo hot, yo hot – and when yo not, well . . . ) By Curtis Dahlgren January 25, 2011 “Moral considerations make up three quarters of the game: the relative balance of manpower accounts for only for the remaining quarter.” — Napoleon I (1769-1821) IT’S DIFFICULT TO KEEP

[ad_1] By Desmond McGrath March 3, 2013 The comment in quotes was an under-the-breath statement I heard as I was leaving a Christmas Eve gathering at dear friends of my family in Newfoundland when my sister and I came back from the USA for our mother’s 80th birthday. It was uttered in an almost apologetic

[ad_1] By Desmond McGrath April 1, 2018 Re:Parkland students guest edit Guardian US: Our manifesto to fix America’s gun laws Foreword: attempting brevity, I have not dated or acknowledged the Hyperlinks, but have chosen each one with great care and they should be read or watched to understand the context. Dear Eagle Eye staff; I

[ad_1] By Armand C. Hale October 19, 2009 A good working description of insanity is to be “completely disconnected from reality” so says Fr. John Corapi. All you have to do is just hear what members of Congress, State and Federal Judiciaries and the White House keep deciding and proposing to the American people on

[ad_1] By Armand C. Hale August 31, 2013 Administration Announces New Gun Control Measures, Targets Military Surplus Imports. Obama is going towards a full totalitarian state while the focus is somewhere else. The Obama administration unexpectedly announced two new gun control measures on Thursday, including one that would curb the import of military surplus weapons

[ad_1] The Aurora propaganda award goes to… By Selwyn Duke July 26, 2012 The New York Daily News. Hands down. The winning entry is an anti-Second Amendment Rights piece written in the wake of the Colorado tragedy, one in which virtually every line contains a callow, melodramatic appeal to emotion or an outright falsehood. The

[ad_1] A news frenzy has emerged in recent weeks around Rahm Emanuel’s potential 2028 presidential run. To dispel with any suspense: I know Rahm well — and, no, I don’t know whether he will run. I do know this: Any conventional wisdom diminishing his ability to compete is unwise. That’s because Emanuel can’t be easily

[ad_1] David Jolly was elected as a Republican to represent Florida’s 13th Congressional District in a 2014 special election before serving an additional one full term. His brief tenure in Congress ended after the 2016 election, when he lost to Charlie Crist. Crist, who had served as Florida’s Republican governor before running for Senate as

[ad_1] David Jolly was elected as a Republican to represent Florida’s 13th Congressional District in a 2014 special election before serving an additional one full term. His brief tenure in Congress ended after the 2016 election, when he lost to Charlie Crist. Crist, who had served as Florida’s Republican governor before running for Senate as

[ad_1] It’s hard to guess what led the Supreme Court to punt on the question of the legality of one of the country’s most popular firearms, the AR-15, which the National Rifle Association dubs “America’s Rife.” The high court’s punt was declining to hear a dispute over Maryland’s ban on the arm. At least there’s

[ad_1] Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is suggesting the Supreme Court may soon take up the constitutionality of state bans on AR-15s. The court declined on Monday to take up Snope v. Brown, a case on Maryland’s assault weapon ban. While Justice Kavanaugh says he accepts the court not taking that case, he released a statement

[ad_1] Buried deep in President Donald Trump’s officially named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which passed the House by a single vote on Thursday and now moves on to the Senate, is a significant win for the Second Amendment and law-abiding gun owners. Looks like House Democrats and their left-wing media sock puppets were

[ad_1] This morning, as I awoke, the House Rules Committee was debating the budget reconciliation bill. The One Big, Beautiful Bill, as it’s being called. Part of that debate was the inclusion of the Hearing Protection Act, which would remove suppressors – they’re safety devices, by the way – from the list of items

[ad_1] The Trump administration will allow the sale of forced-reset triggers, which make semiautomatic rifles fire more rapidly, with the federal government ending a long-standing ban as part of a settlement that also requires it to return seized devices. DEMOCRAT GUN CONTROL PUSH PERSISTS WITH REINTRODUCTION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN The agreement announced Friday by

[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate are blocking legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement

[ad_1] A man fires a handgun at an Imperial shooting range in this file image.  Erik M. Lunsford, Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate temporarily blocked legislation Tuesday that would prevent state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun control measures.  The proposed Second Amendment Preservation Act would prevent state law enforcement

[ad_1] California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff was called out for his anti-Second Amendment nonsense by the National Rifle Association. On Wednesday, Schiff and his Democratic colleagues — Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, Connecticut Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, and California Sen. Alex Padilla — sponsored a new bill, the “Assault Weapons Ban

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[ad_1] Colorado Gov. Jared Polis—a potential candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination—signed sweeping new gun legislation earlier this month, creating a permit-to-purchase scheme that could cover most modern semiautomatic firearms. While Polis may limit the impact to AR-15s and similar firearms, the measure still places significant new restrictions on some of the most popular

[ad_1] Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced on Wednesday that he is introducing a new assault weapons ban. The bill would ban certain “military-style assault weapons” similar to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB) enacted in 1994. “Today, I will be introducing the Assault weapons ban of 2025, a bill

[ad_1] Providence Democratic Sen. Frank Ciccone III says he’s seeking a Senate leadership spot as a way to pay tribute to his friend and “brother,” the late Sen. President Dominick Ruggerio. He’s teamed up with an unlikely ally, Senate Majority Leader Valarie Lawson, to do so. Lawson will seek the vacant Senate president spot, with

[ad_1] Political wisdom of history would tell that the intersection of personal experience and political ideology often shapes public policy stances. In India and the entire Buddhist world, the story goes that Ashoka, The Great, the Maurya emperor ruling from southern Bihar over an empire spread up to Afghanistan, was so overwhelmed with the killings

[ad_1] Massachusetts gun rights advocates are pushing to overturn a 2024 update of the state’s already tough firearms law, collecting more than 90,000 signatures to place a repeal referendum on the 2026 ballot. However, their efforts face opposition from mental health professionals and legal experts who argue the law’s regulations are necessary for public safety.

[ad_1] According to ULM Police Department’s director, Tom Torregrossa, officers apprehended Moya A. Ellis on March 19 after receiving reports of a suspicious person. Police found that Ellis was in possession of methamphetamine, a glass pipe and a 6mm pistol. As this story spreads around campus, it is clearer than ever that our state’s overly

[ad_1] Sen. Tom Sullivan hears testimony of opponents of a bill at Old Supreme Court chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo., on March 8, 2023. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images DENVER — Gun dealers and owners in Colorado could soon be

[ad_1] Michele McBrien, the co-owner of Patriot Ware Holsters, a gun accessories store in Waterbury, told legislators on Wednesday that a bill they were considering would “literally put her out of business with one lawsuit.”   The proposed legislation allows citizens to sue firearm manufacturers, distributors and sellers who don’t take “reasonable controls” to ensure that

[ad_1] Downtown Denver isn’t doing as well as city auditor claims Re: “Gutting Denver’s minimum wage is bad for workers, business, and city,” Feb. 16 commentary With all due respect to Timothy M. O’Brien, Denver’s city auditor, perspective is everything. Thriving? I don’t think so. O’Brien cites statistics outside of downtown Denver, where property and