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on December 29, 2016 in World News

Obama Administration Has Resettled Forty-Six Refugees in Montana Despite Local Opposition

by Michael Patrick Leahy President Barack Obama’s administration has resettled 46 refugees in Missoula, Mont., since August, according to the Department of State’s interactive website. Local opposition to the influx of refugees has been loud and vocal, but the Obama administration and the local voluntary agencies (VOLAGs) who are being paid to settle the refugees appear indifferent to what the majority of Montana residents prefer. Instead, they appear to be responding to the political leadership of Missoula County, home to the University of Montana. It is the second most populous county in the state with 109,000 residents, and one of… View Article

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on December 29, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Nevada AG Blocks Implementation of Bloomberg-Backed Background Checks

by AWR Hawkins On December 28, Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt issued an opinion blocking the implementation of the universal background checks Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety secured via a “narrowly approved” November 8 ballot initiative. Like the Washington state initiative that Bloomberg-funded Everytown secured in November 2014, the Nevada initiative would have required Nevada residents to go through a background check for every gun sale, whether retail or private. The checks were supposed to go into effect on January 1, but Laxalt has now halted the process. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Laxalt found the checks… View Article

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