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Feb 25, 2018 – In part two of my interview with Firearms Policy Coalition President Brandon Combs, we discuss the need for real security on school campuses, “gun free zones,” and what the gun control agenda is really about. Part one of our discussion, about gun violence restraining orders, can be found here....

Feb 25, 2018 – Remember, as Jennifer Van Laar told us, that the sheriff had specifically disputed Dana Loesch at the CNN town hall when she said there…

Feb 24, 2018 – She handled it well, as my colleague Jennifer Van Laar notes here. Dana is a paid spokesperson for the NRA.…

Feb 24, 2018 – For the past few weeks the topics gun control and school safety have dominated public conversation. How can we keep guns out of the hands of dangerous or mentally ill people? How can we make sure that when we drop our children off at school, that we’re delivering them to...

Feb 23, 2018 – When Marjory Stoneman Davis High School senior Brandon Huff received a text from his girlfriend saying, “There’s a shooter in the room. I love you,” he said he “dropped everything and ran toward that building.” On his way there, he saw school resource officer Scot Peterson – outside, crouched...

Feb 23, 2018 – On Feb. 14 Coral Springs Police Sgt. Jeff Heinrich was off duty and working on the athletic field at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where his wife is the assistant athletic director and his son is on the football team. When he heard shots, he “obviously…dropped the hose that I...

Feb 22, 2018 – Late Wednesday night California State Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Los Angeles) saw the writing on the wall. His former roommate, Senate President Pro Tem (and US Senate candidate) Kevin De Leon introduced a resolution to expel him from the Senate after a sexual harassment investigation was completed February 15. Part...

Feb 22, 2018 – The day after facing an angry crowd at a CNN Town Hall in Florida, Dana Loesch appeared in a much more friendly venue – CPAC 2018. “FBI dropped the ball. They dropped the ball.” –@DLoesch #NRA #CPAC pic.twitter.com/X3gWmqRKUB — NRATV (@NRATV) February 22, 2018 She continued...

Feb 22, 2018 – Students, teachers, and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School confronted politicians, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, and NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch Wednesday night at a CNN Town Hall, demanding that more be done to protect students and teachers from gun violence on campus. (Which is something we can all...

Feb 22, 2018 – A man threw an explosive device, likely a hand grenade, into the US Embassy compound in Montenegro at approximately midnight local time Wednesday. After throwing the device, the man killed himself. (2 of 2) Most probably, the device was a hand grenade. Police investigation and identification is under way...

Feb 20, 2018 – Last Christmas we brought you the story of Craig Coley, a California man who was imprisoned for 38 years for a double murder he didn’t commit. After DNA testing was performed on key pieces of evidence – and Coley’s DNA was nowhere to be found – he was granted a...

Mar 9, 2018 – It took Angela and Jesus Aguilar eight years to conceive their daughter, Grace. After saving up for in vitro, they joyfully welcomed their “angel.” By the time she was six years old, she was known throughout the neighborhood as “Gracie” and had a reputation for being friendly and a sweet,...

Mar 7, 2018 – As my colleague, Jennifer van Laar, has reported, the Department of Justice has filed a suit in the Eastern District of California…

Mar 6, 2018 – Ahead of a Wednesday morning speech in which Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reportedly make a “major announcement” about sanctuary jurisdictions, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit late Tuesday against the State of California and two of its elected officials, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The...

Mar 6, 2018 – Xavier Becerra, center, accompanied by Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., right. 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) When the Trump administration decided to withhold federal law enforcement grant funds from California because of its sanctuary laws, Attorney General Xavier Becerra promised to #resist and fight through the courts. His resistance hit...

Mar 5, 2018 – The Trump administration’s plan to phaseout the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is legal, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Roger W. Titus said the DACA rescission memo and the six-month phaseout provided an opportunity for Congress to do their job. “This decision took control of...

Mar 5, 2018 – Abraham Riojos of Florida had no idea at least two other men were attempting to use his birth certificate and Social Security number to receive government benefits – or that one had successfully done so for 37 years. Luckily for the real Abraham Riojos, the multiple felonies Andres Avelino Anduaga...

Mar 20, 2018 – The city council of Los Alamitos, California passed an ordinance essentially opting out of adhering to the “California Values Act,” better known as the Sanctuary State law. They also voted in favor of submitting an amici brief supporting the federal government’s position in the case of the United States vs....

Apr 3, 2018 – SCROLL DOWN FOR MULTIPLE UPDATES. At 12:57 p.m. Pacific time, YouTube executive Vadim Lavrusik tweeted that there was an active shooter at the company’s headquarters in San Bruno, CA, and that he was barricaded inside a room with coworkers. (UPDATE: No longer active. See updates below.) Active shooter at...

Jan 10, 2020 – FILE- This Dec. 15, 2016, file photo shows a Taco Bell in Metairie, La. Yum Brands, Inc. reports financial earnings Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Forget the Fight for $15! Head straight to a management position (in certain areas) at Taco Bell and you can be making...

Jan 10, 2020 – Fitness guru Jillian Michaels, former host of the Biggest Loser, was dragged on social media over the last two days because she failed to board the “fat acceptance” train and make positive comments about the (obviously extremely obese) R&B and Hip Hop artist Lizzo’s body. During an Buzzfeed AM2DM interview...

Jan 19, 2020 – Despite their hopes and dreams, the California legislature cannot do away with the laws of economics. The state’s highly unpopular AB5, touted as a measure that would force Uber and Lyft to “treat their workers humanely” (read: create thousands of new union members) will have entirely anticipated side effects:...

Jan 19, 2020 – If it wasn’t already blatantly obvious, Democrats and mainstream media reporters (but I repeat myself) are hoping for conflict and bloodshed at tomorrow’s Lobby Day in Richmond. As Elizabeth Vaughn covered, one pro-2A Virginia State Senator warned, “We are being set up Elected officials from Gov. Ralph (“Blackface”) Northam...

Jan 19, 2020 – A companion to California’s anti-freelancing bill, AB5, is going national, as my colleague Kira Davis covered previously. H.R. 2474, the “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” was amended this fall to cut-and-paste AB5’s language into the bill. Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) is sweeping and vague but basically it redefines...