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American Pie Singer Don McLean DROPS OUT Of NRA Convention Following Texas School Shooting

Finally! Someone with a backbone to stand up to their own team when enough is enough! Don McLean isn't going to support gun culture after the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The legendary singer, who was the voice behind the 1971 hit American Pie and plenty of other memorable tracks throughout his decades-long career, had been scheduled to performing this coming weekend at the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, Texas. However, on Wednesday, th ...

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Josh Duggar sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for child pornography conviction

An Arkansas federal judge sentenced former reality TV star Josh Duggar to more than 12 years in federal prison on Wednesday, according to court documents. US District Judge Timothy Brooks also sentenced Duggar to 20 years of supervised release, a $10,000 fine and is ordered to have no unsupervised contact with minors during supervised release. Duggar was found guilty by a jury of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography in December. ...

Omaha Steve

Amazon shareholders nix warehouse working conditions audit

Amazon shareholders on Wednesday voted down a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the e-commerce behemoth’s warehouses. The proposal’s defeat at the Seattle-based company’s annual shareholder meeting came despite calls from activist groups and unions to improve labor conditions at the warehouses where customer orders are sorted, packaged and shipped. Amazon had recommended shareholders vote against the proposal and 14 others presented at the meeting, a record for ...

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

'Shame on you': Pritzker, Lightfoot criticize Abbott after remarks about Chicago gun laws

In the wake of Tuesday's school shooting that killed at least 19 students and two teachers in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott slammed Chicago gun laws Wednesday, saying the city's approach is "not a real solution." Many are questioning why the 18-year-old shooter was able to buy the AR-15, as well as tactical gear, that is said to have been used in the deadly mass shooting. I hate to say this, but there are more people shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas. And ...

LetMyPeopleVote

Texas State Bar sues AG Paxton for 'dishonest' challenge of 2020 election results

Less than 24 hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton clinched the Republican nomination for his re-election, the Texas State Bar sued him Wednesday over his “dishonest” attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The short, four-page lawsuit, filed in district court in Paxton’s hometown of Collin County, contains identical claims to those in litigation filed earlier this month against Paxton’s top deputy, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster. Paxton violated the bar’s rules of ...

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'Bald-faced lie': Houston Chronicle torches TX Gov Abbott's 'bankrupt conscience' and 'cowardice'

(Houston Chronicle) "Whether it’s a handgun, rifle or semi-automatic invented for war, the governor has supported and the Legislature has passed law after law that have obliterated any semblance of good sense regulation — laws so permissive that they’ve even defied the objections of police chiefs and gun safety instructors, including the 2021 permitless carry bill that the governor bragged on Twitter allows any eligible Texan to carry a gun in public with 'no license or training' needed. As though that were progress."

Rhiannon12866

President Biden urges country to act against gun violence after Texas elementary school shooting

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CottonBear

GA Republicans boo President's speech on the murder of 19 schoolkids

(Manu Raju/CNN) "Biden’s speech on the big screen at Herschel Walker’s victory party. 'As a nation, we have to ask when in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?' Biden says. The crowd yells out boos."

Nevilledog

Herschel Walker on the school shooting

(Manu Raju/CNN) "Asked if he believes there should be new gun laws in the wake of the Texas shooting, Georgia Senate GOP nominee Herschel Walker told me in ATL: 'What I like to do is see it and everything and stuff.' He didn’t engage further."

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