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Lessons of History and Trying To Avoid the Same Mistakes
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Grand Rapids school staff confiscates gun from third grader, issues backpack ban
Grand Rapids Public Schools confiscated a gun from a elementary school student Wednesday morning, the fourth of the academic year.
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[ 2 Mass shootings, the government asks citizens to hand over their guns, no protests, no attacks on the government, no threats. How can the US learn from Serbia, the UK and Australia ]
erbian citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a month-long amnesty period that is part of an anti-gun crackdown following two mass shootings last week, police said Thursday.
Police also have received nearly 300,000 rounds of ammunition and about 470 explosive devices during the same period, the Serbian Interior Ministry said on Instagram.
The effort to rid Serbia of excessive guns was launched after 17 people were killed in two mass shootings last week and 21 were wounded, many of them children. One of the shootings took place in a school for the first time ever in Serbia.
Authorities have told citizens to give up unregistered weapons by June 8 or face prison sentences. Other anti-gun measures include a ban on new gun licenses, stricter controls on gun owners and shooting ranges, and tougher punishment for the illegal possession of weapons.
The school shooter was a 13-year-old boy who used his father’s gun to open fire on his fellow students at an elementary school in central Belgrade last Wednesday, police have said. A day later, a 20-year-old man opened fire with an automatic weapon in a rural area south of the capital city.
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erbian citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a month-long amnesty period that is part of an anti-gun crackdown following two mass shootings last week, police said Thursday.
Police also have received nearly 300,000 rounds of ammunition and about 470 explosive devices during the same period, the Serbian Interior Ministry said on Instagram.
The effort to rid Serbia of excessive guns was launched after 17 people were killed in two mass shootings last week and 21 were wounded, many of them children. One of the shootings took place in a school for the first time ever in Serbia.
Authorities have told citizens to give up unregistered weapons by June 8 or face prison sentences. Other anti-gun measures include a ban on new gun licenses, stricter controls on gun owners and shooting ranges, and tougher punishment for the illegal possession of weapons.
The school shooter was a 13-year-old boy who used his father’s gun to open fire on his fellow students at an elementary school in central Belgrade last Wednesday, police have said. A day later, a 20-year-old man opened fire with an automatic weapon in a rural area south of the capital city.
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Serbians hand over thousands of weapons after mass shootings
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian citizens have handed over nearly 6,000 unregistered weapons in the first three days of a month-long amnesty period that is part of an anti-gun crackdown following two m
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The border between the U.S. and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that was feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions.
Less than 24 hours after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials were still assessing the effect of the change and the new regulations adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration to stabilize the region.
“We did not see any substantial increase in immigration this morning,” said Blas Nunez-Neto assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security. He said the agency did not have specific numbers.
Migrants along the border continued to wade into the Rio Grande to take their chances getting into the U.S. while defying officials shouting for them to turn back. Others hunched over cellphones trying to access an appointment-scheduling app that that is a centerpiece of the new system. Migrants with appointments walked across a bridge hoping for a new life. And lawsuits sought to stop some of the measures.
The Biden administration has said the revamped system is designed to crack down on illegal crossings and to offer a new legal pathway for migrants who often pay thousands of dollars to smugglers to get them to the border. On Friday, Biden commended Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his country’s collaboration with the U.S. and Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers will be able to apply for refuge.
Migrants are now essentially barred from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they did not first apply online or seek protection in the countries they traveled through. Families allowed in as their immigration cases progress will face curfews and GPS monitoring.
Across the river from El Paso in Ciudad Juárez, many migrants watched their cellphones in hopes of getting a coveted appointment to seek entry. The application to register to enter the U.S. had changed, and some were explaining to others how to use it. Most were resigned to wait.
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Less than 24 hours after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted, migrants and government officials were still assessing the effect of the change and the new regulations adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration to stabilize the region.
“We did not see any substantial increase in immigration this morning,” said Blas Nunez-Neto assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security. He said the agency did not have specific numbers.
Migrants along the border continued to wade into the Rio Grande to take their chances getting into the U.S. while defying officials shouting for them to turn back. Others hunched over cellphones trying to access an appointment-scheduling app that that is a centerpiece of the new system. Migrants with appointments walked across a bridge hoping for a new life. And lawsuits sought to stop some of the measures.
The Biden administration has said the revamped system is designed to crack down on illegal crossings and to offer a new legal pathway for migrants who often pay thousands of dollars to smugglers to get them to the border. On Friday, Biden commended Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his country’s collaboration with the U.S. and Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers will be able to apply for refuge.
Migrants are now essentially barred from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they did not first apply online or seek protection in the countries they traveled through. Families allowed in as their immigration cases progress will face curfews and GPS monitoring.
Across the river from El Paso in Ciudad Juárez, many migrants watched their cellphones in hopes of getting a coveted appointment to seek entry. The application to register to enter the U.S. had changed, and some were explaining to others how to use it. Most were resigned to wait.
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Border appears calm after lifting of pandemic asylum restrictions
The border between the U.S. and Mexico is relatively calm, offering few signs of the chaos that had been feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the U.S. before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions. Less than 24 hours after the rules known as Title 42 were lifted...
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As recounted in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald, the group is being accused of misleading individual voters it is trying to recruit—just as the “party” appears to be misleading America as a whole about its mission.
According to the Press Herald, Bellows has sent letters to more than 6,000 voters who registered with No Labels, in order to ensure that they knew they were joining a new party when they signed the group’s petition. The letter informs voters about the potential confusion and tells them they should reregister with their municipal offices if they didn’t intend to switch their party affiliations.
In a statement to the Press Herald, No Labels insisted it was behaving above board: “Every No Labels organizer in Maine was given crystal-clear instructions that they are asking citizens to change their party affiliation,” the group stated. “We take no issue with the secretary of state notifying these signers that they are now members of the No Labels Party in Maine. We have operated under the guidelines provided by the Maine secretary of state, according to both the letter and spirit of the rules, and we have total confidence in our transparent engagement with Maine voters.”
Of course, the problem with No Labels, as many observers have pointed out, is that its entire existence is predicated on the idea that both parties are too beholden to the extremist elements under their respective tents. Unfortunately, that horribly mischaracterizes the current cauldron of incandescent bullshit we now find ourselves struggling to escape. Because while the Democrats’ version of “extremism” involves actually taxing corporations and ultrawealthy individuals enough to delay the inevitable moment when Eric Trump is given a federal license to shoot an unlimited number of kids at petting zoos (goat kids, not human kids—there’d naturally be a bag limit on the latter), Republican “extremism” involves returning a wannabe autocrat to the White House by any (undemocratic) means necessary.
In other words, No Labels is a crock of shit. As The Press Herald points out, The Daily Beast and The New Republic looked into the group’s fundraising and found that celebrated nonextremists David Koch, Peter Thiel, and Harlan Crow (who already owns an 11% stake in the Supreme Court) are financial contributors. Which lends further credence to the notion that No Labels is all about enabling a fascist, plutocratic takeover of America.
Daily Kos’ own Meteor Blades did a deep dive into the group last month, and it’s a must-read for anyone worried about an American democracy that currently wheezes every time it climbs (or descends, for that matter) a shallow ramp. And No Labels is presumably aiming to—wittingly or unwittingly; not sure which is worse—strap a pair of slick, leather-bottomed shoes to its feet.
As Meteor Blades points out, the group is not content to sit on its hands in the run-up to the 2024 election. It wants—again, wittingly or unwittingly—to be a major spoiler.
Well, that’s not good. Maybe these folks need to be clearer about what they’re asking people to sign. Because few would likely sign a petition that says, “Let’s give Trump four more years to unravel American democracy and finish the alternate Constitution he started writing on the back of a Denny’s kids’ placemat before spotting a McNugget under the fridge and spending the next two days trying to fish it out.”[Maine Secretary of State] Shenna Bellows sent a cease-and-desist letter Thursday to Nicholas Connors, director of ballot access for the group No Labels, expressing concerns that their efforts have confused voters who think they are merely signing a petition but are enrolling in a new party.
“Over the past few months, municipal clerks have received reports from numerous Maine voters who did not realize that they had been enrolled in the No Labels Party,” Bellows wrote. “These voters have provided similar accounts of how they came to be enrolled in the party: that they were approached by No Labels Party organizers in public places and asked to sign a ‘petition’ to support the new party. These voters have further stated that No Labels organizers did not disclose – and the voters did not understand – that No Labels was asking them to change their party enrollment.”
According to the Press Herald, Bellows has sent letters to more than 6,000 voters who registered with No Labels, in order to ensure that they knew they were joining a new party when they signed the group’s petition. The letter informs voters about the potential confusion and tells them they should reregister with their municipal offices if they didn’t intend to switch their party affiliations.
In a statement to the Press Herald, No Labels insisted it was behaving above board: “Every No Labels organizer in Maine was given crystal-clear instructions that they are asking citizens to change their party affiliation,” the group stated. “We take no issue with the secretary of state notifying these signers that they are now members of the No Labels Party in Maine. We have operated under the guidelines provided by the Maine secretary of state, according to both the letter and spirit of the rules, and we have total confidence in our transparent engagement with Maine voters.”
Of course, the problem with No Labels, as many observers have pointed out, is that its entire existence is predicated on the idea that both parties are too beholden to the extremist elements under their respective tents. Unfortunately, that horribly mischaracterizes the current cauldron of incandescent bullshit we now find ourselves struggling to escape. Because while the Democrats’ version of “extremism” involves actually taxing corporations and ultrawealthy individuals enough to delay the inevitable moment when Eric Trump is given a federal license to shoot an unlimited number of kids at petting zoos (goat kids, not human kids—there’d naturally be a bag limit on the latter), Republican “extremism” involves returning a wannabe autocrat to the White House by any (undemocratic) means necessary.
In other words, No Labels is a crock of shit. As The Press Herald points out, The Daily Beast and The New Republic looked into the group’s fundraising and found that celebrated nonextremists David Koch, Peter Thiel, and Harlan Crow (who already owns an 11% stake in the Supreme Court) are financial contributors. Which lends further credence to the notion that No Labels is all about enabling a fascist, plutocratic takeover of America.
Daily Kos’ own Meteor Blades did a deep dive into the group last month, and it’s a must-read for anyone worried about an American democracy that currently wheezes every time it climbs (or descends, for that matter) a shallow ramp. And No Labels is presumably aiming to—wittingly or unwittingly; not sure which is worse—strap a pair of slick, leather-bottomed shoes to its feet.
As Meteor Blades points out, the group is not content to sit on its hands in the run-up to the 2024 election. It wants—again, wittingly or unwittingly—to be a major spoiler.
Maine officials smack the hand of the No Labels party (those useful fools for Trump 2024)
The self-described “nonextremist” third-party political group No Labels has received a warning from Maine’s secretary of state after it allegedly misrepresented itself to voters who may not have known they were enrolling in a new party. No Labels—which...www.dailykos.com
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Much of the event followed the contours of a memo that Comer released on Wednesday morning. The authors — the committee’s Republican staff — portrayed the memo as an update for Republican committee members on the “investigation of the President’s role in his family members’ and business associates’ foreign and domestic business practice.” But partway through reading it, I realized that the intended audience wasn’t necessarily Comer’s fellow members of Congress. Instead, it makes much more sense to read it as cover against any potential legal challenges to subpoenas the Oversight Committee may issue down the line.
Last month, Comer was one of several House committee chairs, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, that sought testimony about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. It wasn’t hard to determine that Comer’s motives were at best merely political. At worst, it was an attempt to interfere with the prosecution of the current front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. In rebutting the lawsuit that Bragg filedagainst Jordan and the Judiciary Committee, Republicans insisted that there was a legitimate legislative purpose to their questioning.
It was enough to get a federal district judge to agree with them, allowing the subpoena against a former prosecutor working the Trump case under Bragg to be carried out. That ruling was prominently featured in the memo Comer sent on Wednesday to justify the ongoing probe. As NBC News reported, Comer also made sure to document the potential congressional action that could be on the table once the investigations are complete:
But when you think about it for more than two seconds you can see why there will be little appetite among the GOP to actually make these legislative changes. Even if they could make any new tweaks to the law retroactive to any point in time when Biden was in office and Hunter was operating his businesses that are under scrutiny, those changes would then also cover the Trump administration. That would be too embarrassing given how the Trump Organization operated as a funnel for foreign money to pour into the family’s bank accounts during those years.
Further, imagine that they were to pass said changes to the law, and Trump were to win in 2024. The last thing that Republicans would want is for more ammunition for ethics watchdogs to expose the ways that the Trump family has enriched itself off his presidency. Comer has already been clear that he has no interest in, for example, probing how Jared Kushner has raised billions from the Saudis for his venture capital project.
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Last month, Comer was one of several House committee chairs, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, that sought testimony about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. It wasn’t hard to determine that Comer’s motives were at best merely political. At worst, it was an attempt to interfere with the prosecution of the current front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. In rebutting the lawsuit that Bragg filedagainst Jordan and the Judiciary Committee, Republicans insisted that there was a legitimate legislative purpose to their questioning.
It was enough to get a federal district judge to agree with them, allowing the subpoena against a former prosecutor working the Trump case under Bragg to be carried out. That ruling was prominently featured in the memo Comer sent on Wednesday to justify the ongoing probe. As NBC News reported, Comer also made sure to document the potential congressional action that could be on the table once the investigations are complete:
Let us take Comer at face value for just a moment. In this hypothetical world, maybe he really is concerned about “the national security implications of a Vice President’s or President’s (and candidates for such offices) immediate family members receiving millions of dollars from foreign nationals, foreign companies, or foreign governments without any oversight,” as his memo on Wednesday indicated. Tightening ethics laws surrounding the presidential family would be a net good and well within the scope of the Oversight Committee.Comer also said the committee is considering legislation “aimed at deficiencies it has identified in ethics laws and disclosure laws for immediate family members, a vice president and the president.” It is also considering legislation that would “strengthen reporting requirements related to certain foreign transactions involving senior elected officials’ family members, he said.
In addition, Comer said the committee is evaluating the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money-laundering laws to “determine whether financial institutions had the available tools and support from federal agencies to thwart illegal money laundering and foreign corruption activity.”
But when you think about it for more than two seconds you can see why there will be little appetite among the GOP to actually make these legislative changes. Even if they could make any new tweaks to the law retroactive to any point in time when Biden was in office and Hunter was operating his businesses that are under scrutiny, those changes would then also cover the Trump administration. That would be too embarrassing given how the Trump Organization operated as a funnel for foreign money to pour into the family’s bank accounts during those years.
Further, imagine that they were to pass said changes to the law, and Trump were to win in 2024. The last thing that Republicans would want is for more ammunition for ethics watchdogs to expose the ways that the Trump family has enriched itself off his presidency. Comer has already been clear that he has no interest in, for example, probing how Jared Kushner has raised billions from the Saudis for his venture capital project.
(full article online)
Opinion | The embarrassing explanation for Comer’s flailing Hunter Biden probe
A new document from the House Oversight Committee's Republican staff claims that there's a serious legislative reason for its probes.
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Has anyone had anything interesting to say about CNN’s town meeting with Donald Trump? It’s been several days now. There’s been nothing of note, so far as I can tell. Which is important because this dynamic—Trump and his fervent peanut gallery v. the media attempting to stand up for Sanity (but never laying a glove on him)—is the nightmare we’ve been living since 2016. It has done incalculable damage to us as a country. The question is, how do we get past it? The answer lies on the media side of the equation.
First, something obvious: The left-censorship advocates who believe the town hall never should have happened are wrong. CNN PresidentSteve Chris Licht and Anderson Cooper are right on the most basic point: The event was newsworthy. As Licht said, overstating a bit:
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First, something obvious: The left-censorship advocates who believe the town hall never should have happened are wrong. CNN President
I absolutely, unequivocally believe America was served very well by what we did last night…People woke up, and they know what the stakes are in this election in a way that they didn’t the day before. And if someone was going to ask tough questions and have that messy conversation, it damn well should be on CNN.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Hill Staffer Is A Prominent Follower Of Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes
Evidence shows Congressman Paul Gosar’s digital director is behind an online persona that Fuentes called one of his “strongest soldiers.”
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GOP state lawmakers try to restrict ballot initiatives, partly to thwart abortion protections
Ohio has joined a growing number of Republican-led states moving to restrict citizens’ ability to bypass lawmakers through ballot initiatives. A resolution passed last week will ask Ohio voters in August to boost the threshold for passing constitutional amendments to 60% instead of a simple...
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[ And it continues ]
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- Rudy Giuliani has been hit with a bombshell lawsuit by a former staffer who alleges he raped and abused her.
- Giuliani demanded that she give him oral sex as he took speakerphone calls from then-president Trump, she alleges.
- Ex-staffer Noelle Dunphy also says Giuliani discussed selling presidential pardons for $2 million and splitting the money with Trump.
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Rudy Giuliani hit with bombshell rape lawsuit; ex-staffer says he demanded oral sex while he took calls from Trump
Bombshell lawsuit accuses Giuliani of rape, says he demanded that a female employee give him oral sex while on speakerphone with Donald Trump.
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