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on April 10, 2015 in World News

Two Republican Missouri Politicians Commit Suicide, Questions Being Raised

Two Republican Missouri Politicians Commit Suicide, Questions Being Raised Recent suicides by two Missouri state politicians have raised questions on state ethics, according to an NPR report Thursday. Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich was a top candidate for the Republican Party’s pick for Missouri Governor. However, Schweich killed himself in February. And last month, Spence Jackson, Schweich’s press secretary also took his own life. According to the NPR report, Schweich launched his campaign against Missouri’s Republican Party establishment and was doing well in the polls when the 54-year-old died. Some friends and family say attack ads caused Schweich to take his… View Article

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on April 10, 2015 in World News

Maine State Police Support Rescinding Concealed Permit Requirement

Maine State Police Support Rescinding Concealed Permit Requirement As Maine held an April 8 legislative hearing on Senator Eric Brakey’s (R-Auburn) proposal to abolish the concealed carry permit requirement for that state, one thing was for sure—Maine State Police support Brakey’s proposal. According to WCSH 6, residents of Maine packed the Augusta State House to support Brakey’s contention that having a concealed carry permit requirement in an open carry state is the same thing as punishing concealed carriers. They pointed out how people who want to legally carry a concealed handgun have to apply for a license and literally wait… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

Court to review ruling to permit concealed weapons in California

Court to review ruling to permit concealed weapons in California By Bob Egelko Updated 6:03 pm, Thursday, March 26, 2015 Local gun owner Jeff Levinger, with his 9mm pistol as he takes target practice at the Jackson Arms shooting range in South San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday April 27, 2013. A court case currently before the Ninth Circuit could drastically change the way concealed weapons permits are issued in California. Gun owners are hoping it will be easier to get permits and possibly increase the number of permits from 35,000 now to 1.2 million statewide within four years. Photo: Michael… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

Multiple gun battles being waged by 1 prominent California attorney

Multiple gun battles being waged by 1 prominent California attorney It’s a busy time to be a gun rights attorney in a state with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. Dozens of gun battles are being fought in California courts right now. Many involve the Southern California law firm led by Chuck Michel, whom opponents at the San Francisco-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence call the “NRA’s star litigator.” Michel, 56, has spent most of the last two decades defending gun owners. He’s the author of “California Gun Laws,” a comprehensive guide to the state’s… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

BRICS $100bn reserve currency pool to soothe global shocks – Medvedev

BRICS $100bn reserve currency pool to soothe global shocks – Medvedev The creation of the BRICS reserve currencies pool worth $100 billion will allow member states to depend less on negative processes in the world economy and bypass market volatility, said Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “Along with the launch of the New Development Bank, it is one of the most important initiatives for countries entering into this association. The agreement establishing a pool of reserve currencies was signed last summer,” said Medvedev at a government meeting Thursday. “Russia is providing $18 billion. Each of the BRICS members may apply… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

Nephew of JFK: Vaccines are a “Holocaust”

Nephew of JFK: Vaccines are a “Holocaust” Bill to make shots mandatory in California gets first hearing Robert Kennedy Jr., the nephew of JFK, caused controversy before the introduction of a bill that would mandate vaccines for children in California when he asserted that the number of kids developing autism after receiving shots represented a “holocaust” for America. The legislation, which would ban exemptions on vaccines, got its first hearing today in front of the California Senate health committee. The new law would prevent parents from citing personal beliefs or religious reasons to avoid getting their children vaccinated. Opposing the… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed

19 Signs That American Families Are Being Economically Destroyed The systematic destruction of the American way of life is happening all around us, and yet most people have no idea what is happening The systematic destruction of the American way of life is happening all around us, and yet most people have no idea what is happening. Once upon a time in America, if you were responsible and hard working you could get a good paying job that could support a middle class lifestyle for an entire family even if you only had a high school education. Things weren’t perfect,… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

“It Sounds Like She’s OK With Killing A 7-pound baby”

Rand Paul Exposes DNC Head: “It Sounds Like She’s OK With Killing A 7-pound baby” Presidential candidate wants to know if Democratic Party supports late term abortions 2016 Presidential candidate Rand Paul yesterday made his position on abortion crystal clear, and forced the hand of the DNC Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, goading her into an admission that she is in favor of limitless abortions, including late-term abortions, up until the day of birth. When Paul was asked by a partisan AP reporter about his views on abortion recently, and what exemptions to a ban that he would support, he responded… View Article

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on April 9, 2015 in World News

Greeks Warned Not to Ride With Putin by Mainstream Media

Greeks Warned Not to Ride With Putin by Mainstream Media [Updated] Greece’s Prime Minister is meeting with Russia’s Vladmir Putin today to discuss closer relations and a possible bailout of the Greek economy. Meanwhile, western mainstream media exhibits fearful commentary on the potential. The Obama administration and the EU are terrified today. They’re terrified Greece will get bailed out by Vladimir Putin. How can we tell, you ask? Well, because mainstream media is warning Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras all about it, that’s how. Despite many fears of a mechanical breakdown of Russia’s system, however, even Putin’s old 1956 Volga… View Article

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