The Selective Service system currently requires men aged 18-25 to register for the draft. An amendment that would extend this to women as well was adopted in a 35-24 vote by the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the bill …
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“Those who say the blood of patriots y’know and all the stuff about how we’re going to have to move against the government. Well the tree of liberty is not watered with the blood of patriots,” Biden said on Wednesday, announcing new gun control actions from the White House. “What’s …
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Anderson, an African-American studies professor at Emory University in Atlanta, is promoting her new book, which provides critical race theorists the dual benefits of vilifying the founding fathers and telling us that the gun rights enshrined in our Constitution were not about individual liberty but – you guessed it – …
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After causing plenty of controversy in his native UK by walking away from royal life, Prince Harry has now angered his new neighbors across the pond. While appearing on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman’s podcast “Armchair Expert,” the polarizing Duke labeled America’s First Amendment “bonkers.” And though many of Harry’s …
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Two gun owners and the New York affiliate of the NRA are looking to overturn a decision by a lower court, which rejected their challenge to the state’s gun regulations. New York is one of just eight US states which currently limit a gun owner’s right to carry their weapon …
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It’s a side of the debate that most of the world has never heard. The pro-gun lobby is the domain of right-wing, conservative Republicans in America. Or is it? The Socialist Rifle Association is everything the stereotypical gun community isn’t, apart from their steadfast commitment to bear arms. Since forming in …
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The Senate voted on Friday night against adjourning business until Saturday morning, ensuring that senators would stay on Capitol Hill overnight voting on a flood of amendments to President Biden’s long-anticipated Covid-19 relief bill, a $1.9 trillion package that includes $1,400 stimulus checks for eligible Americans and bailouts for state …
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The resolution cleared its first hurdle in the House after a 222-204 vote on Tuesday, with lawmakers voting along party lines. However, while no Republicans openly sided with their rivals across the aisle, seven GOP lawmakers did not cast a vote for the bill, none of whom have yet weighed …
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Signed into law on Tuesday, the new bill bars anyone from selling or displaying “symbols of hate” on New York state property unless the symbol appears in a book, “digital medium,” or within an educational context. The definition of “symbols of hate” is left deliberately open-ended, with the legislation noting …
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The law bans the sale of Confederate flags, swastikas and other so-called hate symbols – a restriction that would require the government to determine what speech is hateful. Announcing the bill on Tuesday, the governor argued that the legislation will “safeguard New Yorkers from the fear-instilling effects of these abhorrent …
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