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By: Justin Boggs items.[0].image.alt Candice Keller, a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, made controversial comments on Sunday following a pair of mass shootings, including one near her home district. Keller's comments were published on Facebook on Sunday and have since been deleted, but not before a number of people made screen grabs of the comments and shared them on social media. "She wrote, "The breakdown of the traditional American family (thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage, and drag queen advocates); fatherlessness, a subject no one discusses or believes is relevant; the ignoring of violent video games; the relaxing...

When it comes to the issue of crime and the way we talk about it, we’re in a strange place. For a few years now, we’ve been hearing lots of statistics that tell us that the crime rate nationally, and in many communities, community, is as low as it has been in decades. Yet, the perception lingers that the incidence of crime has never been higher. There may be several reasons for this disconnect. If I had to venture a guess, one reason would be that some politicians can never go wrong by scaring the hell out of everyone with...

Shortened title. Full title: El Paso Shooter Promoted Population Control: “If We Can Get Rid of Enough People” Planet Will be “Sustainable” The man who police say committed the deadly shooting spree in El Paso, Texas, is believed to have published an anti-immigrant manifesto minutes before the attack. Law enforcement officials said they were confident that an anti-immigrant screed posted online belongs to Patrick Wood Crusius, 21, who they said is responsible for Saturday’s mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso—leaving at least 20 dead and 26 wounded or injured. The nearly 2,400-word manifesto outlines reasons for launching the...

One day after CW president Mark Pedowitz addressed whether his network would cease filming of signature series like Black Lightning in Georgia, ABC’s president of entertainment Karey Burke found herself in the hot seat. “It’s an open issue,” said Burke of whether ABC would film in the state after controversial legislation passed in May that would restrict a woman’s access to abortion about six weeks into pregnancy. “This law is being challenged right now in the courts. We will just wait to see what’s decided and make a decision.” Burke fielded questions at the Television Critics’ Association press tour about...

I have to keep shouting at the TV: Illegal aliens are not 'immigrants!' They are foreign nationals illegally crossing our borders. And when you have thousands of them massing to overwhelm our border defenses, then it is, indeed, an INVASION of foreign nationals! And it's an invasion that is invited, encouraged, aided and abetted by the socialist democrat party because they want these masses of poor humanity to flood in and eventually vote for more 'free' stuff. And it is NOT 'racism' for Americans to want to defend our borders and our nation from masses of illegal alien invaders and...

Former President Barack Obama delivered a lengthy response to the dual mass shootings that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio over the weekend. He blamed guns, white supremacist websites, and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric for the ongoing violence in the United States. In a message shared on Twitter, the former president specifically called for more gun control to help prevent more mass shootings. “Until all of us stand up and insist on holding public officials accountable for changing our gun laws, these tragedies will keep happening,” Obama said in a statement, citing “evidence” that proved that more gun control...

2020 White House hopeful and former Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX) is calling on President Donald Trump not to visit El Paso in the wake of the mass shooting in his former district.

The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with curved arms stretching out into space. Most depictions of our galaxy show it as being rather flat, but data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment at the university suggests the opposite. The team, who describe our galaxy as being less a flat disc and more a “wobbly, uncooked pizza crust,” mapped the position of a specific type of star called Cepheids. Cepheids are pulsating stars and it’s easy for researchers to measure the distance between them and Earth. Using data from 2,431 Cepheids, the team was able to create its incredibly detailed...

Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts was reportedly the lead singer of a misogynistic “pornogrind” metal band called Menstrual Munchies — which released songs about rape, murder, necrophilia and other gruesome acts against women. “I feel s–tty having let him be in the band, doing those lyrics,” said bandmate Jesse Creekbaum in an interview with VICE News. “It’s like, Jesus Christ, how much of this was like real life for him?” Betts, 24, slaughtered nine people on Sunday — including his own sister — with an AR-style rifle before being killed by police. He also managed to wound 27. “I know,...

Democrats are blaming President Trump's rhetoric for influencing the El Paso shooter and the anti-immigrant manifesto he penned before Saturday's massacre. But they seem to have no issue trying to fundraise off of the tragedy, as well as Sunday morning's mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio.Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said she's "heartbroken" about the shootings, which left 31 people dead, then asked for money for Sens. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Tina Smith (D-MN) in their respective Senate campaigns. Yesterday, we woke up to the second mass shooting in just as many days. I'm heartbroken for El Paso and Dayton, and to...

They have been convicted of charges stemming from a video taken on International Women's Day that was widely shared on social media in March showing them without headscarves.. Monireh Arabshahi, Yasamin Aryani, and Mojgan Keshavarz, three women who have been held in Iranian custody since April of this year for "disrespecting compulsory hijab," have been sentenced by the Iranian Revolutionary Court to prison terms of at least 16 years each for disobeying the country's Islamic dress code. The women were each given five years on charges of "assembly and collusion to act against national security," one year for circulating "propaganda...

Including pronouns in email signatures and on business cards is now an option as part of a 2019 team member policy update. Team members in the U.S. can voluntarily choose to indicate how they should be addressed, with a reference such as “Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs,” “She/Her/Hers,” or “He/Him/His” within their internal- and external-facing communications. Wells Fargo joins companies like Accenture and IBM in updating company policies with more inclusive language in mind. The company’s Equal Employment Opportunity and anti-harassment policies include gender identity and expression language as well. “Everything about our Team Member Handbook, and similar policies, is meant to support...

Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of Entenmann’s Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies (5 pack Mini Chocolate Chip variety) due to the potential presence of visible, blue plastic pieces in the individual packaging pouch. The plastic is not baked into the product since it was introduced during the packaging process ... Consumers who have purchased the cookies should not consume the product and can return the package to its place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact our Consumer Relations group at 1- 800-984-0989 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A 12-year-old thinks the premise of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” belies structural racism. What’s a parent to do? My 12-year-old daughter had a sticker on her water bottle with a quote from Dr. Seuss: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” A classmate told her the sticker was racist because many people can’t choose what they want to do because of structural racism. My daughter peeled off the sticker and threw it away. When she told me about it, I was at a loss. I believe...

President Trump addressed the nation Monday morning after two evil cowards carried out separate mass shootings over the weekend. During his remarks, the President called for action and issued a number of proposals and directives. 1) He's calling on the DOJ and FBI to investigate white supremecy and other forms of hate or terrorism on the internet, with help from social media companies.“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America – hatred...

The last week or so has been a little rough. So grab a beer, put your feet up and enjoy some great political comedy courtesy of the Democratic Socialists of America. You can't make this stuff up.

Ready. Fire. Aim. That could be the motto of the left. They leap to make drunken and false accusations long before the sobriety of facts settles in. There have been two horrific shootings in the last couple of days. Donald Trump has been blamed for both but that doesn't hold water. The Dayton shooter was a leftist and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is clearly responsible for the Dayton shooting.   Heavy.com: Connor Betts, the Dayton, Ohio mass shooter, was a self-described “leftist,” who wrote that he would happily vote for Democrat Elizabeth Warren, praised Satan, was upset about the 2016 presidential...

A majority of Scots are now in favour of independence amid growing uncertainty over the terms of Britain’s departure from the European Union, a major new survey has found. ... the result is 52% to 48% in favour of independence. ...First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the “phenomenal” result showed that Scots were unwilling to be “dragged towards a no-deal Brexit”, reports The Times. “More and more people think it’s time that Scotland took our own decisions and shaped our own future as a fair, prosperous, outward-looking nation,” she said. ...The first referendum was described as a “once-in-a-generation” vote, but the...

US Treasury Dept. designates China a currency manipulator.

Despite the reported death of the son and heir apparent of al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials warn the global terror group remains a significant threat to the United States.