Category Archives: National News
Half of America’s Gun Homicides in 2015 were Clustered in 127 Cities and Towns
Half of America’s gun homicides in 2015 were clustered in just 127 cities and towns, according to a new geographic analysis by the Guardian, even though they contain less than a quarter of the nation’s population. Keep Reading… H/T Susan Olsen … Continue reading
Posted in National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged America, Homicide, The Guardian
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Plainfield to Get $36,000 From Feds’ Sale of Brown Compound
Plainfield — The town of Plainfield will receive $36,334 from the federal government as proceeds from the sale of the former home of tax protesters Ed and Elaine Brown. That total amounts to just 16 percent of the back taxes … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics, National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ed Brown, Elena Brown, Plainfield, taxes
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A Small Step in the Right Direction: Less of Your Tax Money to UNFPA
President Trump’s State Department has told the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to get along without U.S. financial support. There are people who think this is a bad idea. I’m not one of them. Neither is Reggie Littlejohn. I met … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged EllenKolb.com, Sterilization, UN, UNFPA
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Breaking: Filibuster Busted! Senate Goes Nuclear
The nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court overcame an initial filibuster led by Democrats as Republicans unilaterally changed Senate rules, invoking the so-called “nuclear option” so that President Donald Trump’s high court nomination can proceed. More… | … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Filibuster, Gorsuch, Nomination, Nuclear Option, US Senate
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Jeff Sessions Begins Backing Away from Obama’s Nationalization of Local Police
In a two-page memo released Monday, [US Attorney General Jeff] Sessions said agreements reached previously between the department’s civil rights division and local police departments — a key legacy of the Obama administration — will be subject to review by … Continue reading
Posted in National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, Policing
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Court: Civil Rights Law covers LGBT workplace Bias
A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act also protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, the first time a federal appellate court has come to that conclusion. The decision by the 7th U.S. … Continue reading
The State Department Ends U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund
In a letter to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, the State Department said it was dropping the funding because the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) “supports, or participates in the management of, a program of coercive abortion or … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, National News, National Politics & Policy
Tagged Donald Trump, Population Fund, State Department, U.N.
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U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs New Hampshire on Ballot Selfies
Voters in New Hampshire are free to take selfies with their election ballots and post the photos online after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to revive a state ban on the practice. The justices, without comment, left intact a federal … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, National News, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ballot Selfies, Gardner v. Rideout, New Hampshire SCOTUS
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The Democrats Can’t Even support Our Own Law?
All over the Right side of the blogosphere, I keep hearing whispers “are we heading towards a civil war”? It is quite obvious that this nation is split and I would agree that the crevice is becoming a chasm. The … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, GraniteGrok, National News
Tagged democrats, Montana, Sharia Law
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The New Media Militia 