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John Oliver hits GOP for backing NSA surveillance, not gun control
In his second day at the helm of “The Daily Show,” John Oliver continued to riff on the unfolding story of the National Security Agency’s vast phone and Internet surveillance program. On Tuesday night, he focused on parsing the...
Tags: The Tonight Show (tv program), Parties and Movements, Gun Control, John McCain, Politics
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Majorities drive sweeping, divergent changes across states
Stateline.orgWASHINGTON Gun curbs? Colorado got it done. Driver's licenses and in-state tuition for immigrants in the country illegally? Done. A new school-spending plan, an elections overhaul, Medicaid expansion? Done, done and done. Democrats, with a majority in...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Executive Branch, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Laws
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Eagle River Man Cleared of Shooting Moose at Denali National Park
Channel 2 NewsThe National Park Service will not seek charges against an Eagle River man who shot and injured a cow moose near the Denali Visitors Center after the moose reportedly charged at him Thursday evening. Robert Sirvid, 26 of Eagle River, told park rangers...Tags: National Parks, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Politics, Gardens and Parks
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Why we can blame the gun for violence
The letter to the editor, "Don't blame the gun," implies that the shooter is not blamed, whereas he or she most definitely should be. It also implies that explosives are legally owned and operated by the public at large; they are not. Their use is very...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Politics, Lobbying, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Column: We're surrendering our civil liberties
It will not be with guns. If ever tyranny overtakes this land of the sometimes free and home of the intermittently brave, it probably won’t, contrary to the fever dreams of gun rights extremists, involve jack-booted government thugs rappelling...Tags: Verizon Communications, Civil Rights, Gun Control, Justice and Rights, Politics
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As New York braces for climate change, L.A. does ... lunch
Memo to Eric Garcetti: Want to be a good mayor of Los Angeles? Look East, young man, to New York’s can-do mayor, Michael Bloomberg. You know him: the Biggest Apple in the Big Apple. In his time in office, he’s taken on the small (big)...
Tags: Interior Policy, Global Change, Gun Control, Weather, Politics
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Santa Monica shooter's background steeped in trauma, violence
At Olympic High, Santa Monica's alternative school for students who have struggled in traditional programs, inappropriate behavior is not uncommon. But what a veteran English teacher saw on the computer screen of a student named John Zawahri stopped him...
Tags: Weaponry, Politics, Firearms, Santa Monica College, University of California, Los Angeles
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No, Big Brother isn't watching
It's easy to imagine an alternate America in which President Barack Obama had ostentatiously dismantled or curtailed the government's electronic surveillance program shortly after his inauguration in 2009. Today, nearly two months after the Boston...
Tags: Government, Gun Control, Politics, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bill Daley to explore run for Illinois governor
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn. The move allows Daley to start raising money and not let the summer slip...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Trade Dispute, Executive Branch, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage
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Senate Republicans grill Jones, nominee for ATF post
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, President Barack Obama's pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, came under scorching criticism Tuesday from Republican senators questioning his management style and his record on gun...Tags: Parties and Movements, Justice System, Elections, Operation Fast and Furious, Gun Control
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Do ends justify NSA means?
I’ve often criticized Steve Chapman for what I feel are poor libertarian arguments. But his Sunday piece on National Security Administration surveillance (“The unstoppable spread of surveillance,” Columns, June 9) makes a very cogent...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Politics, National Security Agency
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Firearm registry a hassle for Chicago gun owners
What you failed to mention in your recent piece (“Chicago’s gun registry on the ropes,” News, June 9) is that current gun owners have to register their firearms as well. This requires a trip to a licensed dealer and $50 to make each gun...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Politics
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