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Matthew Short , public relations director with Come and Take It Texas and DontComply.com. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP) Days before a planned ‘mock shooting’ demonstration just outside the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, a panel on Thursday recommended policies that would allow concealed handguns in classrooms. UT President Greg Fenves will…
Chris Blattman cites a recent estimate that Americans own 42% of the civilian guns in the world. You’ll also see estimates that America accounts for about half of the world’s defense spending. I believe those numbers are a misuse of purchasing power parity comparisons, but with proper adjustments it is not implausible to believe that…
“Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore isn’t sure which is worse: Donald Trump for wanting to ban all Muslims or the massive crowd of tea party members who cheered after he said it. He settled on the people cheering but for comedy’s sake, “Donald J. Asshole” is the easier target for Tuesday night’s show. Wilmore was…
Condemnation came quickly to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Here are some notable comments. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) A Florida mayor responded to Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the country by issuing a tongue-in-cheek ban of his own — on the Republican presidential front-runner himself….
SALISBURY, MD—Repeating identical comments he had made in June, July, August, September, and twice in November, increasingly nervous local man Aaron Howe responded to Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. Monday by once again stating this would be the end of the Republican frontrunner’s campaign, sources confirmed. “Well, that’s it—you just…
Should We Ban Jews Since They’ve Committed Terrorist Attacks? CNN Legal View anchor Ashleigh Banfield and former Ronald Reagan White House administrator Jeffrey Lord argued vehemently over whether or not Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s proposed ban on Muslims mirrored past calls to ban Jewish immigrants before and during World War II. “If you supplant the…
You know all those theories about how Donald Trump is a Democratic plant designed to sabotage the GOP from within and help Hillary Clinton? Well… Trump’s relationship with the GOP is getting rockier by the day. A lot of his rivals have condemned his call for a Muslim U.S. entry ban. And so Trump tweeted…
Employees and other people are evacuated by bus from the site of a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center Dec. 2, 2015, in San Bernardino, California.Photo by David McNew/Getty Images As Americans have become more and more accustomed to the routine nature of mass shootings in this country, the media, including Slate, have…
Maybe Donald Trump, pictured at a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, on Dec. 5, 2015, isn’t out of touch with the electorate. We are.Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images On Monday, in a press release, Donald Trump called for a “complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” It’s the latest in a series of…
Over at the ‘Meet the Press’ site, where NBC’s Chuck Todd holds forth, this question was recently asked: Why the selective political outrage? “It says something about our current polarized politics, as well as the sheer number of violent killings in this country, when the left and right are picking which mass shootings to exploit…