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Laws about who can buy guns work, laws about which guns you can buy don't
Via: It Is ME • Op/Ed • 57 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“As a Harvard-educated, politically liberal researcher giving my first talks on firearm violence prevention, I was afraid the gun owners in the...”
As a Harvard-educated, politically liberal researcher giving my first talks on firearm violence prevention, I was afraid the gun owners in the audiences would boo me. But the only backlash I faced was from a gun control advocate when I told her I was against assault weapon bans....
Here's why Trump wants to buy Greenland
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“Yet Trump's interest in Greenland is just the latest indication of the island's increasing geopolitical importance. It is even drawing the eye of...”
Greenland's strategic value is linked tightly to new North Atlantic shipping lanes opening up due to melting polar ice caps. The new lanes have dramatically decreased maritime trade travel times, which generally includes traveling through the Panama or Suez canals to circumnavigate the world....
6 Ways Bill Clinton Is Lying About His Assault Weapons ‘Ban’
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 91 Comments • 6 Likes • 5 years ago
““Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban Now,””
It comes as no surprise that on Aug. 9 Time magazine published former president Bill Clinton’s op-ed calling for Congress to “reinstate” his so-called “ban” on so-called “assault weapons.” For decades, Time has been one of the media’s most extreme opponents of the right to keep and bear arms....
Fact check: Kamala Harris makes false claim about Trump and auto jobs
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 19 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago
“"He said he was going to help working people, and it is estimated that as many as 300,000 autoworkers may be out of a job before the end of the year,"”
In an interview with CNN on Monday, Sen. Kamala Harris argued that President Donald Trump has failed to deliver on his promises to workers. And she issued a dire warning about autoworkers' jobs in particular. "He said he was going to help working people, and it is estimated that as many as...
Trump’s Commonsense Rule on Immigrant Welfare Use
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 14 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“Foreigners who can’t pay their bills shouldn’t be allowed to move here, and “welfare” doesn’t just mean cash benefits.”
The newly finalized rule about immigrant welfare use is 837 pages long, but it boils down to two things: Foreigners who can’t pay their bills shouldn’t be allowed to move here, and “welfare” doesn’t just mean cash benefits. As to the first: The first comprehensive immigration law at the federal...
Everything You Need to Know About Federal Background Checks
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 years ago
“In the United States, anybody who wants to buy a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) is subject to a background check.”
I walk into a licensed gun store and ask to buy a gun. What happens next ? What does the FBI look for in a background check ? Where does the gun background check system get all this information ? So if someone has done something that leaves them banned from firearm ownership, that record will...
Cory Booker goes to church to call out Americans as racists: ‘White supremacy has always been a problem’
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 37 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“"President Trump “sowed the seeds” of hatred that produced the weekend’s mass shooting in Texas, and he called on Americans to confront the white...”
He blamed Mr. Trump’s vow to “build a wall” and warnings of a migrant “invasion” as fueling white supremacist hatred. He also blamed the country’s legacy of racism that he said was ingrained laws and culture. Mr. Trump condemned racism and white supremacy in a speech Monday. To stem the...
I miss "Swing" !
Via: It Is ME • Entertainment • 6 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“"a strong groove or drive"”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_music "Swing music, or simply swing, is a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The name swing came from the 'swing feel' where the emphasis is on the off–beat or weaker pulse in the music. Swing bands...
Protestors Remove U.S. Flag and Raise Mexican Flag In Its Place at ICE Detention Center
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 69 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“A Blue Lives Matter flag was also taking down, and spray-painted with the words "Abolish ICE" ”
Outside an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Aurora, Colorado, hundreds of protestors gathered during a demonstration that resulted in a U.S. flag being brought down off the flag pole, and a Mexican flag raised in its place.Protestors also reportedly...
