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BAN FEVER: Democrats Choose Shootings Over Facts | Steve Berman

BAN FEVER: Democrats Choose Shootings Over Facts | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

In 2019, the Washington Post’s fact checker Glenn Kessler gave Two Pinocchios to Bill Clinton for claiming his “assault weapons” ban led to a “big drop in mass shooting deaths.” Kessler was being charitable, and “wavered between One and Two Pinocchios, but ultimately leaned toward Two.” In 1999, the Department of Justice published a research brief on the weapons …

JOE DID THAT: Like Carter, Joe is “Dumb Enough” to Sink Democrats for 25 Years | Steve Berman

JOE DID THAT: Like Carter, Joe is “Dumb Enough” to Sink Democrats for 25 Years | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

President Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t know what they’re doing, and they’re going to hand the country to Republicans, Trumpists, and a whole circus of grifters for the next 25 years. Thanks, Joe, you’re doing that. In May of 1980, Jimmy Carter was comfortably ahead of the potential Republican challenger, Ronald Reagan. He was, …

SIMPLE FIX: Even Congress Isn’t Too Stupid to Secure Schools | Steve Berman

SIMPLE FIX: Even Congress Isn’t Too Stupid to Secure Schools | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

Over the past few days, the fog surrounding the events in Uvalde has begun to clear, revealing a much more monstrous truth. The killer, Salvador Ramos, 18, was not, as previously reported, engaged by armed officers when he arrived at Robb Elementary School. In fact, Ramos arrived at the school in a pickup truck after shooting …