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niyad

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12. According to the local fishwrap, funds are beeing withheld under a BIPARTISAN

Tue Aug 1, 2023, 07:33 PM

Aug 2023

law passed after the mass execution in Uvalde, tthat restricts funding for programs teaching use of dangerous weapons.

Alas, the only source the fishwrap citedwas faux snooze.

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t or f? President Biden withholding funds from schools with hunting programs [View all] Marthe48 Aug 2023 OP

sounds utterly ridiculous... I'm going with False. WarGamer Aug 2023 #1

I hope I can track down a story from a legit news source Marthe48 Aug 2023 #15

looks like it may be true (here is a report from the Congressional Research Service from 2022) Celerity Aug 2023 #45

Biden is a gentleman LeftLife Aug 2023 #2

welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2023 #47

Uhhhh. Because "Hunter"? -- nah, too stupid an accusation for words. Hekate Aug 2023 #3

Facebook is not a reliable news source MiniMe Aug 2023 #4

You are right JanLip Aug 2023 #48

Just remember, MAGAs always lie. emulatorloo Aug 2023 #5

Just as a matter of curiosity, how many schools have hunting programs? niyad Aug 2023 #6

Lots. 2,000 underpants Aug 2023 #9

Thank you. Had never heard of this before. niyad Aug 2023 #14

I hadn't either. I just everyone was gone the first day of deer season underpants Aug 2023 #27

I went to a number of different schools in different states, but never saw this. niyad Aug 2023 #28

Maybe not everyone underpants Aug 2023 #30

It used to amuse me that, about a week before deer season started here, niyad Aug 2023 #32

In PA, the Monday after Thanksgiving is the first day of deer season. Schools are closed. I have debm55 Aug 2023 #49

My son particpated in trap shooting while in high school Bettie Aug 2023 #44

Probably zero, although many still have rifle clubs obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #38

I didn't know schools had hunting programs, but it sounds like BS anyhow. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #7

See below underpants Aug 2023 #10

They don't, they have rifle clubs obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #40

Yes. High school hunting and archery programs. underpants Aug 2023 #8

None other than Yorktown HS in Arlington had a small range in the basement. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 #11

The examiner? niyad Aug 2023 #16

It was that or Fox News or Washington Examiner underpants Aug 2023 #21

Wow, it's been nearly 50 years but I loved archery questionseverything Aug 2023 #18

I did archery in high school PE but it was never described as a hunting program. Ocelot II Aug 2023 #23

The examiner is not a reliable source. ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #33

Rifle clubs, not hunting obamanut2012 Aug 2023 #41

According to the local fishwrap, funds are beeing withheld under a BIPARTISAN niyad Aug 2023 #12

It's part of the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act TwilightZone Aug 2023 #13

Thank you Marthe48 Aug 2023 #19

Or they don't even see it as news. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #22

The Department of Education is withholding the funds. johnp3907 Aug 2023 #17

I picked that link to read Marthe48 Aug 2023 #20

It was the closest thing to an actual news site that came up. johnp3907 Aug 2023 #24

See post 25. niyad Aug 2023 #26

see post 45 Celerity Aug 2023 #46

Unfortunately, that link is the gazette, the local reichwing fishwrap. niyad Aug 2023 #25

It is like voting for a bad r or voting for a bad r :) Marthe48 Aug 2023 #29

I wish that I were not acquainted with it. But it has been amusing me lately niyad Aug 2023 #31

+1 Kaleva Aug 2023 #34

obvious bullshit is obvious Voltaire2 Aug 2023 #35

I just went on a hunt --I think context is missing ismnotwasm Aug 2023 #36

That's what I found Marthe48 Aug 2023 #37

If they don't outright lie Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #43

Sounds False Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #39

A bipartisan Safer Communities Act was passed in 2022 Marthe48 Aug 2023 #42