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U.S. appeals court blocks judge’s decision to overturn state’s assault weapons ban Los Angeles Times June 22, 2021 In a brief order, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of Judge Roger T. Benitez’s June 4 decision, in which he likened an AR-15 semiautomatic to a Swiss Army knife and called it “good for both home and battle.” Benitez’s decision overturning the California ban gave the state 30 days to challenge the decision. The 9th Circuit, acting on a June 10 appeal filed by Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, put Benitez’s ruling…
9th Circuit Appeals Court blocks the overturn of California’s assault weapons ban By Alexandra Meeks CNN June 22, 2021 (CNN)The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a federal judge’s controversial ruling that overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons, in which he likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. In an order Monday, a three-judge panel on the federal appeals court issued a stay of US District Judge Roger Benitez’s order earlier this month that overturned California’s three-decade old assault weapons ban. The state’s current assault weapons laws will remain in effect while further proceedings…
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Singer Macy Gray Writes Op-Ed Calling for the U.S. Flag to Be Replaced: ‘It Is Tattered, Dated, Divisive and Incorrect’ Yahoo News June 21, 2021 Singer Macy Gray says it’s time for the U.S. flag to be updated as it “no longer represents ALL of us.” Writing for MarketWatch, the 53-year-old Grammy winner likened the current flag to the “tired” Confederate one, citing the insurrectionists who carried the Stars and Stripes when storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “The American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief,” the “I Try” singer wrote in her…
By Dustin Jones NPR.org June 21, 2021 ÂÂOn July 20, Amazon’s founder and billionaire magnate Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark will board the New Shepard suborbital rocket system. The Bezos brothers, one auction winner with $28 million to spare, and a fourth person will become the first crew aboard the reusable rocket for its 11-minute voyage to space. Since Bezos made the announcement about his journey to space this month, tens of thousands of people have come together to petition against his return to the planet. There are multiple petitions out there, but the front-runner, “Do not allow…
Fox News’ Chris Wallace confronts Lindsey Graham over opposition to Manchin’s voting rights bill By Jason Lemon Newsweek June 21, 2021 “As you know, the Constitution does provide for federal oversight of state elections. Here’s the practical question…If you kill—if Republicans vote, as it appears you’re going to, to kill the Manchin version of voting rights, you’ve already…voted to kill the bipartisan January 6th commission looking into the insurrection at the Capitol, do you run the risk that Manchin and a couple of other moderate senators say, ‘Look, bipartisanship isn’t working’?” “I hope not,” Graham responded. He touted…
Opinion: For Juneteenth, America needs a new flag that all of us can honor By Macy Gray MarketWatch June 21, 2021 The Confederate battle flag, which was crafted as a symbol of opposition to the abolishment of slavery, is just recently tired. We don’t see it much anymore. However, on the 6th, when the stormers rained on the nation’s most precious hut, waving Old Glory — the memo was received: the American flag is its replacement. President Biden, Madame Harris and members of Congress: the American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief. God bless…
ABC News June 21, 2021 Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy on Saturday came out with his first videos announcing his campaign to become governor of Idaho. “I’m running for governor because I’m sick and tired of all of this political garbage just like you are,” Bundy said in a nearly three-minute video on his campaign website. “I’m tired of our freedoms being taken from us, and I’m tired of the corruption that is rampant in our state government.” Bundy said he wants to defend Idaho from President “Joe Biden and those in the Deep State that control him” because they…
Autoblog June 21, 2021 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge on Friday said he won’t allow an Arkansas man arrested after he was photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot to travel for a classic-car swap meet. U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper rejected the request by defendant Richard Barnett to loosen the restrictions on how far he can travel while he’s awaiting trial. Barnett is allowed to travel only up to 50 miles from his residence while he is on home detention awaiting trial. Barnett’s attorney…
Freedom Watch TV June 21, 2021