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By Phillip Stucky Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s unfavorable ratings increased among women and white male voters to 71 percent in a new poll published Tuesday. In an ABC/Washington Post poll, Trump’s overall unfavorability rating rose 10 points. Trump’s favorability ratings decreased to 29 percent from 37 percent in a poll published in May. Among registered…
Ted Goodman The Democratic National Committee sent out a fundraising email to supporters Monday night calling for donations to take “action” in the wake of the Orlando shooting. In it, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, DNC Chairwoman, and the Democratic Party asks for donations after noting the list of recent high-profile mass shootings, including Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords…
By Blake Neff A public university in Michigan has announced it’s deleting a requirement that all students complete at least one math course before graduating. At the same time, the school is seriously considering a new requirement that would compel students to complete four courses that promote diversity. Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit is…
Amidst the recent tragedy in Orlando, where one individual went on a shooting spree, claiming 49 lives and wounding countless others, comes a seemingly unusual source of compassion. Ask most Americans which fast food chain comes to mind when the phrase “anti-gay” is uttered, and a common response would be Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A became a hotbed…
Blood began to flow again in France before it could even dry in America. Just days later in the late hours of Monday night a French jihadist, Larossi Abballa age 25, who had claimed loyalty to ISIS, just as the Orlando jihadist had, ambushed and killed a local deputy chief of police with a knife outside his…
By Blake Neff The Obama administration announced new rules Monday that, if enacted, will pave the way for thousands of students to have their student loans forgiven. The new rules are welcome news for students who claim they were scammed by shady for-profit colleges, but they may also leave taxpayers on the hook for billions…
Comedian and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane believes he has the solution to prevent more tragedies like the one in Orlando. He believes a ban on automatic weapons would save lives. There is only one problem with MacFarlane’s plea: there has been a ban on sales and transfers on automatic weapons in the United States…
By Russ Read One of the first witnesses interviewed after the shooting in Orlando Sunday said he and another witness held closed a small exit door in an apparent attempt to prevent the shooter from following their group into an alleyway. Luis Burbano, an actor based in Orlando, explained the scene of the crime in…
By Blake Neff Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was a club regular who also used the gay dating app Jack’d, it emerged late Monday. Kevin West, another regular at Pulse, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen frequently messaged him on Jack’d for about a year leading up to Sunday’s attack, in which the terrorist killed 49 people…
In the wake of the terrible tragedy in Orlando that rocked our nation this weekend, laymen and leaders alike spoke out on news and social media. For some, the massacre that claimed the lives of 50 people attending an LGBT event at the Pulse Nightclub was the perfect opportunity to push their own political agenda….