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Florida Gov. Rick Scott after Fort Myers shooting: ‘Second Amendment has never shot anybody’

Florida Gov. Rick Scott fended off potential calls for gun control Monday in the wake of a shooting at a Fort Myers nightclub that killed two teenage boys and injured 20 others. “I support the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment has never shot anybody. Evil does this,” Mr. Scott, a Republican, said at a news […]

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Democrats become first major party to back pathway to legalizing pot

WASHINGTON — Democrats meeting in Philadelphia have made history, voting to approve a national platform that endorses a “pathway” for the legalization of marijuana. When Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders boasted Monday night that he had helped create “the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” he made no mention of the

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Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, rejects claims Russians hacked DNC emails

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denounced the Democratic Party’s claims that its emails were published as part of a Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin plot to make their party look bad, calling them both groundless and an attempt to create a distraction. In an interview with NBC News, Mr. Assange said that while “we have not disclosed our

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‘Trumpization’ of politics in terror-plagued France lamented by Prime Minister Manuel Valls

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told a Paris-based news network on Monday that “Trumpization” of politics has gripped the nation. Mr. Valls told BFM TV that the July 14 terror attack in Nice prompted rhetoric that sounds “exactly” like the Republican presidential nominee. “I was looking at what is happening on the other side of

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Atheists call for DNC official’s resignation for emails showing ‘anti-atheist bigotry’

PHILADELPHIA – Atheists are calling for a top Democratic National Convention official to resign after leaked emails showed he suggested attacking Sen. Bernard Sanders for his alleged lack of belief in God. Bradley Marshall, DNC CFO, apologized Saturday for an internal May 5 email to two Democratic National Committee communications staffers in which he talked

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DNC ‘Interfaith’ Prayer Space Has No Sign Of Any Religion Except Islam

PHILADELPHIA – The Democratic National Convention has curtained off several “interfaith” spaces for prayer, but the only sign of religion in any of the spaces is Islam. Convention goers looking to get in touch with the god of their choice can visit the “Interfaith Prayer Room” on the first floor of the Wells Fargo Center,

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Citations and heat injuries mark first day of Democratic convention

PHILADELPHIA — Thousands of protesters filled Philadelphia’s streets Monday, chanting and singing in brutal heat and humidity, increasingly outraged over an email hack that they said revealed the Democratic National Convention had worked to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination. Outside the Wells Fargo Center, dozens climbed calmly over police lines and were placed in zip-tie

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Campus BDS backers increasingly violent against Jews

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) –  Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism occurred on campus during the 1st six months of 2016 compared with the 1st six months of 2015, according to AMCHA Initiative’s mid-year study released on Tuesday, July 26. In addition, calls for Israel’s elimination on campus tripled, and that expression highly correlated with actions that

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Republican Jewish Coalition’s view of the Democratic convention

By Fred Brown  PHILADELPHIA (Press Release) — Day One of the DNC singlehandedly highlighted how far the Democrat Party has moved out of the mainstream with American Jewish voters and how hostile the Party has become. To Recap: Morning Democrat Representative and DNC Super Delegate Hank Johnson Spoke To An Anti-Israel Group Where He Compared

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Meet Jill Stein

With Donald Trump officially named the Republican presidential nominee last week and Hillary Clinton poised to become the Democratic candidate Thursday, you may feel like your options for the November general election are locked in. But you’re wrong. Jill Stein, a 66-year-old physician, is also in the running for the White House. Stein is on

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