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Why do we allow kids to be victims? “U.N. Security Council Passes Syria Cease-Fire After Hundreds Killed In Bombing Siege” – NPR
“Hala, 9, receives treatment at a makeshift hospital following Syrian government bombardments on rebel-held town of Saqba, in Eastern Ghouta, on Thursday. – Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images”
“If you see something, shoot something” – An opinion column
“I Was a Marine. I Don’t Want a Gun in My Classroom.” – The New York Times opinion column
DO NOT THINK IT’S EASY BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT | “Police say more deputies waited outside school during the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High” – The Los Angeles Times
And the rich get … (well, you know the drill) | Buffett’s Annual Letter: Berkshire Records $29 Billion Gain From Tax Law – The New York Times
Lock and load $$$$$’s | Discounts for NRA members are over – The Los Angeles Times
But that’s OK according to the NRA: “Let it be absolutely clear. The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world.”
“NRA calls companies’ Florida shooting boycott ‘political and civic cowardice'” – The Guardian
Besides that, Wayne LaPierre wants you to “Help Fight the Socialist Wave | “President Trump’s election, while crucial, can’t turn away the wave of these new European style socialists bearing down upon us … How about Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Bill DeBlasio, Andrew Cuomo, Corey Booker, Christopher Murphy and Keith Ellison … they hide behind labels like ‘Democrat,’ ‘left-wing,’ and ‘progressive’ to make their socialist agenda more palatable, and that’s terrifying.”
POTUS is in Wayne’s world | “The World that Wayne LaPierre and Donald Trump Live In” – The New Yorker
Just watch; POTUS admires China | “China proposes removal of two-term limit, potentially paving way for President Xi Jinping to stay on” – The Washington Post
AT CPAC | It’s not nationalism – it’s nativism and “RWNJ-ism”
“Is it permissible to wear an item of clothing that looks like the United States flag?” – The American Legion
Richer than rich | If only we knew
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