Racism and Xenophobia. These traits are what the Far Left labels Donald Trump. Or ardent Trump supporters. Or Conservatives. Or Libertarians. Because reasons. The Democrats largely carve out exceptions to protect their own. Is there a better example than the blackface scandal of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam? Virginia Democrats spent less than a week virtue…
Billionaire Tom Steyer is the newest entry into the Democrat presidential primary, and the former Farallon hedge fund manager brings with him a lot of baggage. It’s true. I’m running for president. pic.twitter.com/u8x2lZah7Z — Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) July 9, 2019 One of his recent tweets reads,”You’re supposed to own your government. Not the @NRA. Not pharmaceutical…
Whitney Tiptonon Republish Reprint National Rifle Association president Oliver North announced he will not serve a second term Saturday amid controversy stirring the group, including allegations of extortion from NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre. North cited a “clear crisis” that “needs to be dealt with” for the gun rights behemoth to continue operating in…
Whitney Tiptonon Republish Reprint Everytown for Gun Safety, an anti-gun organization founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is spending $100,000 in advertising around Indianapolis to attack the NRA during the gun rights group’s annual convention, which started Thursday. The campaign reportedly includes messaging on digital billboards along a major highway near the IndianaConvention…
Whitney Tipton Republish Reprint The National Rifle Association filed suit Wednesday against the city of Los Angeles to stop a requirement that contractors disclose ties to the organization as a qualification for work, according to court documents obtained by Bloomberg Law. The new law, which passed by a unanimous city council vote in February and…
Commander in Chump is at it again with a “bump stock” ban. Trump is demanding that Americans who lawfully acquired the accessories must destroy them within 90 days, or turn them in to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Reason reports: Today the Justice Department finalized its ban on bump stocks, which Acting Attorney…
Last week on the Kevin M.D. medical blog Kyle Varner, M.D. wrote a response to the NRA’s #StayInYourLane tweets (example below). And the #ThisIsOurLane movement of doctors and surgeons posting gory images from emergency rooms to push anti-gun politics following the Philadelphia mass shooting this October. Dr. Varner explains his position and backs it up with…
Peter Hasson Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin didn’t wait for all the facts about the mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday before politicizing the tragedy and using it to attack the National Rifle Association (NRA). Three people including the shooter died in Sunday’s mass shooting, which took place at a qualifying event for the…
Molly Prince The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defended the National Rifle Association (NRA) by opposing the New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempts to put the gun advocacy group out of business. The ACLU submitted an amicus brief in federal court on Saturday, weighing in on the on-going battle between the Democrat and the NRA. The NRA…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Philando Castile’s mother slammed the National Rifle Association (NRA) Friday for waiting a year to give a statement on her son’s shooting, saying they took so long because he is black. Nekima Levy-Pounds, a civil rights lawyer, read a prepared statement from Valerie, Castile’s mother, that she…