A judge on New York’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lawsuit from the state against the National Rifle Association may proceed. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) sued the lobbying group and its Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre in August, alleging it violated state laws on nonprofits’ financial practices. Last week, the NRA announced it would

The United States Capitol Police have opened an investigation into an incident involving Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Md.), following reports he entered the U.S. Capitol with a firearm. HuffPost reported that Harris set off newly installed metal detectors outside the House chamber on Thursday and was stopped by Capitol Police.  One officer motioned to another

Alex Brandon / AP President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 | 2 a.m. According to one widely quoted analysis, the United States military possesses about 4.5 million firearms. Last year, U.S. civilians

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks speaks at a news conference 2/2 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Thursday rejected the National Rifle Association’s bid to dismiss or move a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James seeking to dissolve

mark Pazniokas :: ctmirror.org Sen. Chris Murphy outside the State Capitol in a pre-election press conference in 2020 No one among his 1 million Twitter followers could reasonably mistake Chris Murphy, the junior senator from Connecticut, for an irrepressibly upbeat Pollyanna. On social media and the Senate floor, he often speaks darkly of the political

Not long after the National Rifle Association declared bankruptcy last Friday, one of its board members wanted to set the record straight. “It has nothing to do with the N.R.A.’s financial posture, which is very, very strong,” said Bob Barr, a former Republican congressman from Georgia, in a TV interview. “It simply is a legal

Photo: AFP via Getty Images At the very end of his final full day in office, President Trump exercised his clemency power, offering 73 pardons and 73 commutations — more than doubling the number of people he has awarded clemency to since taking office. Then, as Biden’s inauguration got underway, Trump issued one more, pardoning

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his grievance over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election by pardoning Paul Erickson, a former conservative operative once romantically linked to Russian agent Maria Butina. Erickson received the pardon even though he had pleaded guilty to fraudulent investment schemes that had nothing to do

Ah, the glitz and glamour of a Hollywood premiere: a constellation of stars shining in the Angeleno night, everyone dressed to the nines for handshakes, back-slaps, photo ops, popped corks, and a few pro forma speeches about how hard they all worked. The human @-replies running far-right opinion web site The Daily Wire staged a

Categories: -The Daily Gazette, Business, Fulton Montgomery Schoharie, News On Jan. 6, the nation watched as a mob stormed its way into the U.S. Capitol building, hell-bent on disrupting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over incumbent President Donald Trump. The next morning, when John Havlick arrived to open up Frank’s Gun

He gave an interview in which he described the chief of staff as a “paranoid schizophrenic” and said Bannon was wasting time trying to “suck his own c–k”. It was reportedly Trump’s wife, Melania, and daughter, Ivanka, who insisted he go.   The strength of the Trump marriage was a source of tabloid speculation: Melania

Reprinted with permission from DailyKos The Republican Party has a brand problem it hopes will simply go away: 147 House members and eight GOP senators branded themselves with a scarlet ‘S’ for sedition when they cast votes on Jan. 6 objecting to congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. In other words, even after murderous

Tee Roy Savoy has announced the date for the 2021 Big Bass Classic as April 17, which means Acadiana’s many competitive bass anglers can circle that Saturday on a calendar and get their entry forms in in plenty of time to Savoy. The Coteau Holmes outdoorsman, who has served as the BBC’s director since January

A New York appeals court ruled that falsely accusing someone of being gay is no longer considered defamation per se, NBC News reported. Defamation is a false statement that damages someone’s reputation. “It meant that it was so shameful and such a disgrace that it was just assumed that obviously your reputation has been injured

A New York appeals court ruled that falsely accusing someone of being gay is no longer considered defamation per se, NBC News reported. Defamation is a false statement that damages someone’s reputation. “It meant that it was so shameful and such a disgrace that it was just assumed that obviously your reputation has been injured

The powerful US gun lobby National Rifle Association (NRA) filed for bankruptcy on Friday and said that it was moving to Texas from New York. The move from the liberal northern state to the more conservative state was seen as an attempt to dodge a corruption probe. The petition for bankruptcy protection was filed in

Making matters worse, the GOP’s fundraising prospects have taken a distinct hit from the business community as some of its most ardent financial backers are either faltering or fleeing. For starters, the National Rifle Association just filed for bankruptcy, GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson just died, the Koch fundraising behemoth appears to be reevaluating its giving, and

By KARA SWISHER  01/16/2021 09:50 AM EST Updated 01/16/2021 11:00 AM EST 2021-01-16T11:00-0500 Amid all the entirely avoidable destruction, there has been a relentless and bizarre focus by some in the GOP and elsewhere on perhaps the most pointless part of the crisis: Their loss of Twitter followers and gnashing of teeth over censorship by

The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York. The announcement made on the NRA’s website comes months after New York’s attorney general sued the organization over claims that top executives illegally diverted tens of

Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript Pelosi: Security Requires ‘Truth and Trust’ Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that if any House members had acted as accomplices to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, they would face consequences. When we’re talking about security, we have to talk about truth and trust.

The National Rifle Association announced Saturday (NZ time) it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York. The announcement made on the NRA’s website comes months after New York’s attorney general sued the organisation over claims that top executives illegally diverted

Senate Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday to remove the duty to retreat from Arkansas’ self-defense laws, a significant first step in enacting a “stand your ground” law that has long been sought by gun-rights proponents. The legislation, Senate Bill 24 by Sen. Bob Ballinger, R-Ozark, was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 5-2 vote

FILE — Sen. Bob Ballinger is shown in this file photo. Senate Republicans advanced legislation Wednesday that would remove the duty to retreat from Arkansas’ self-defense laws, clearing a hurdle for the proposal that has long been a goal of gun-rights proponents and the National Rifle Association. The so-called “stand your ground” legislation, Senate Bill

Credit: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen. A recent study finds that, in the wake of a mass shooting, National Rifle Association (NRA) employees, donors and volunteers had extremely mixed emotions about the organization—reporting higher levels of both positive and negative feelings about the NRA, as compared to people with no NRA affiliation. “We wanted to see what effect

RAGA’s chair, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, insists he “unequivocally had no knowledge or involvement” in the robocall and “is working diligently to determine how this situation occurred and ensure that it does not happen again.” The executive director of RAGA, Adam Piper, had the gall to issue a statement saying that the RAGA and RLDF

The reality is that the Democrats mobilised their voter base better than the Republicans did, and people saw Trump as the incompetent failure he always has been on COVID-19. The best thing to come out of this is that the Democrats will control the legislative agenda following their Senate wins and America can work at

Today is Thursday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2021. There are 358 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1789, America held its first presidential election as voters chose electors who, a month later, selected George Washington to be the nation’s first chief executive. On this date: In 1927,

Here’s what you need to know: The Rev. Raphael Warnock at a campaign event in Columbus, Ga., last month.Credit…Audra Melton for The New York Times ATLANTA — Democrats moved a major step closer to capturing control of the Senate Wednesday morning as Georgia voters elected the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the pastor at the storied Ebenezer