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Jonathan Blanks: Want to stop gun deaths? Stop talking about ‘weapons of war’

March 31, 2019March 27, 2019

Blanks admonishes elected officials to stop using fear tactics as a way to lower the gun death rate.

Jennifer Rubin: Democrats would love for 2020 to be like 2018

March 31, 2019March 27, 2019

By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post Democrats out on the trail, as opposed to those in cable-news studios, have not been talking much about the Russia investigation. When they have talked about Russia, they have expressed alarm that President Donald Trump hadn’t recognized the unequivocal evidence of Russian interference and had not devised a plan […]

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Vaccinations, immigration and controversy

by Dale E. Landrith Sr. Another View March 31, 2019March 27, 2019

Nick Isgro, vice-chairman of the Maine Republican Party, recently made some comments about vaccinations and the potential of disease spreading from the huge influx of illegal immigrants. The entire politically correct world seems to have reared its ugly head over the comments and nothing short of banishment to Antarctica is deemed necessary. However, maybe one […]

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William Barber: Mueller’s report was never going to save America

March 30, 2019March 27, 2019

By William Barber II Special to The Washington Post Emboldened by his attorney general’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s still-embargoed report, President Donald Trump has shifted from his oft-repeated defense of “No collusion!” to an offensive against the investigation that he has always dismissed as a “witch hunt.” As the saying goes, it’s not […]