Gun Lawsuits Flood in After Barrett Supreme Court Confirmation

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Gun-rights activists have filed a slew of new cases in hopes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court will lead to an expansion of gun protections.

Groups like the Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and National Rifle Association have filed numerous federal cases against restrictive gun laws across the country with the intention of taking as many as possible to the Supreme Court. They hope to not only strike down restrictive laws in places like Massachusetts, California, and New Jersey but also further clarify the reach of the Second Amendment. New rulings, they believe, could change American gun laws forever by forcing judges in lower courts to a formal standard of review in Second Amendment cases.

“We started this process and planning as soon as Trump nominated [Barrett],” Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, which has already filed half a dozen new cases in recent weeks, told the Washington Free Beacon. “And, of course, as soon as she was confirmed, we started ramping it up to make it happen.”

“The lawsuits you’re seeing are part of a long-term strategic litigation,” Adam Kraut, director of legal strategy for the Firearms Policy Coalition, told the Free Beacon of the group’s recent surge in suits. “The confirmation of Justice Barrett, who seemingly would provide a fair analysis, is something that was part of the analysis that went into the timing of it.”

The Supreme Court has been reluctant to take on gun-rights cases since striking down local and state gun restrictions in the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010) decisions. Justices have only ruled on one Second Amendment case in the past decade and declined a slate of new suits in June. The confirmation of Barrett, who experts view as friendly toward broadening Second Amendment protections, has given activists hope. The NRA filed Mazahreh v. Grewal on Tuesday to challenge a restrictive New Jersey gun-carry law that allows officials to deny permit applications to the vast majority of residents. (Read more from “Gun Lawsuits Flood in After Barrett Supreme Court Confirmation” HERE)

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Teachers Union: Reopening Schools ‘Rooted in Sexism, Racism, Misogyny’

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Local 1 of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) deleted its tweet on Sunday that stated, “The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.”

Director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation Corey DeAngelis noted Monday CTU “filed a request for an injunction to stop in-person instruction that is supposed to start January 11th”– the day after it deleted its tweet condemning the reopening of schools:

. . .DeAngelis further observed the “reopening” scheduled for January 11 in Chicago is “only for ‘students in pre-K and cluster programs.’”

Elementary and middle school students are scheduled to return to in-person instruction in February.

He continued that, while CTU quoted Dr. Anthony Fauci in its request for an injunction, it omitted Fauci’s quote in which he stated, “The default position should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school […] the spread among children & from children is not really big at all.”

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Democrats Roll Out Extreme Abortion Agenda at Hearing To Ignite Hyde Amendment Repeal

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On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. House Democrats, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, will convene a hearing that will ignite their extreme abortion agenda, including their goal of repealing the Hyde Amendment and forcing American taxpayers to fund abortions.

“The Hyde amendment is a discriminatory policy and one that is routinely considered — every year as a legislative rider — but we are in a moment to reckon with the norm,” tweeted DeLauro, incoming chair of the House Appropriations Committee, November 30.

The hearing of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies is titled “The Impact on Women Seeking an Abortion but are Denied Because of an Inability to Pay.”

“Because of Hyde, too many are hostage to their geography,” DeLauro said. “In the coming Congress, the House spending bill will not include it.”

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CDC Recommends Universal Use of Face Masks

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The CDC on Friday issued its strongest mask guidance yet during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for “universal mask wearing” in all activity outside of one’s home. The new recommendation comes at the end of a week when the U.S. saw its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with more than 3,100 lives lost on Thursday alone.

“Compelling evidence now supports the benefits of cloth face masks for both source control (to protect others) and, to a lesser extent, protection of the wearer,” the report states.

Other measures including physical distancing, avoiding nonessential or crowded indoor spaces, postponing travel, and more testing and contact tracing are also part of the strategy outlined in the report, which warns that “[t]he United States has entered a phase of high-level transmission.”

The new guidance lists “universal wearing of face masks” as the first recommendation to help stop the spread of the disease. It says masks should be worn for all indoor activity outside of an individual’s home, as well as during all outdoor activity when at least 6 feet of social distancing can’t be maintained. (Read more from “CDC Recommends Universal Use of Face Masks” HERE)

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Pastor Predicts Worsening Religious Persecution in U.S. Regardless of Election Outcome

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Pastor Andrew Brunson soberly predicted on Sunday that Christians in the United States will face increasing hostility regardless of whether President Donald Trump prevails in his legal battles regarding the presidential election.

Brunson, who was an American missionary to Turkey for 25 years until he was unjustly imprisoned by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, owes his freedom in part to the hardline diplomatic measures that the Trump administration took against Turkey on his behalf.

Nevertheless, Brunson said, the most that American Christians could hope from a second Trump term is a “delay” of the persecution that he discerns to be inevitable for his home country, for which reason he urges people of faith to prepare for intense pushback.

Speaking Sunday evening to a group of Christians who gathered via Zoom to pray for the integrity of the U.S. election, Brunson explained how he has been burdened with “a new urgency” toward the U.S. since he returned after being released from his imprisonment two years ago.

“On my return to the U.S. just over two years ago, for the first time in my life—most of my life I’ve been focused overseas—for the first time in my life, I really, I have an urgency for this country, for the United States,” Brunson said. “And not just with this election. It’s not precipitated by this election, but it has been growing in me these last two years.” (Read more from “Pastor Predicts Worsening Religious Persecution in U.S. Regardless of Election Outcome” HERE)

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WIN: Trump Team Allowed To Begin Examination Of Dominion Voting Machines

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By WND. Amid national concern over alleged fraud involving election machines belonging to Dominion Voting Systems, President Donald Trump’s legal team on Sunday began forensic analysis of 22 of the machines in Michigan after a judge in the state allowed the examination. . .

The move was hailed by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who tweeted: “BIG WIN FOR HONEST ELECTIONS. Antrim County Judge in Michigan orders forensic examination of 22 Dominion voting machines. This is where the untrustworthy Dominion machine flipped 6000 votes from Trump to Biden.” . . .

The Detroit Free Press reported: “Antrim County is solidly Republican but its unofficial results initially showed Democrat Joe Biden winning more votes on Nov. 3 than Trump did. The results were soon corrected and county and state officials have said the initial reporting inaccuracies were due to programming errors by the Republican clerk and not due to errors by the Dominion Voting Systems election equipment or related software.” (Read more from “Trump Team Begins Examination Of Dominion Voting Machines” HERE)

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Trump Legal Team Celebrates After Michigan Judge Allows Probe of Dominion Voting Machines

By Fox News. A Michigan judge is allowing a forensic investigation of 22 Dominion vote tabulation machines in rural Antrim County amid claims that votes there were compromised.

Trump campaign attorneys celebrated the decision although the case is not related to the presidential contest.

“Our team is going to be able to go in this morning at about 8:30 and will be there for about eight hours to conduct that forensic examination and we’ll have the results in about 48 hours, and that’ll tell us a lot about these machines,” attorney Jenna Ellis said on “Fox & Friends” Sunday morning. (Read more from “Trump Legal Team Celebrates After Michigan Judge Allows Probe of Dominion Voting Machines” HERE)

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Dr. Anthony Fauci on Christmas: Don’t Interact With Family (VIDEO); USA Today Mocked After ‘Fact Check’ Claims Calling Out Dems for COVID Hypocrisy Is ‘Missing Context’; White House Hits Democratic Leaders for Not Following Their Own Restrictions

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By Breitbart. Appearing Thursday on MSNBC, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans against traveling for the Christmas holiday due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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USA Today Mocked After ‘Fact Check’ Claims Calling Out Dems for COVID Hypocrisy Is ‘Missing Context’

By Fox News. USA Today was once again mocked Wednesday over another so-called “fact check,” this time for their scrutiny of a claim calling out Democratic leaders for their apparent coronavirus hypocrisy.

On Tuesday, USA Today outlined the claim that “[s]everal Democratic politicians urge social distancing and issuing stay-at-home advisories but host or attend gatherings,” which stemmed from a viral Facebook post from the group Occupy Democrats Logic.

The post, which has since been taken down, included a screenshot of a Nov. 13 tweet from conservative commentator Liz Wheeler, who called out California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for flouting CDC guidelines over the past several weeks. . .

The fact check acknowledges that there was “some truth” to the claims, confirming that Newsom did in fact attend a dinner party at the French Laundry in Napa County and Lightfoot similarly addressed a pro-Biden celebration on the streets of Chicago.

However, the paper pointed out that both Pelosi and the House GOP had planned a dinner for new members of Congress before scrapping those plans. The fact check, however, does not mention Pelosi’s infamous trip to a shuttered San Francisco hair salon without wearing a mask, which was first reported by Fox News.

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McEnany Hits Democratic Leaders for Not Following Their Own COVID-19 Restrictions

By The Hill. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday admonished Democratic leaders who have sparked controversy after being seen in public despite health restrictions several of them implemented or supported in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Behind me you will see images of Democrat hypocrisy playing on loop,” McEnany told reporters during a press briefing.

The press secretary played images of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) eating at an indoor restaurant last week, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s victory last month in what McEnany called “maskless streets” and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) visiting a California hair salon earlier this summer while they were closed by local health officials.

“Quite clearly, these Democrats do not follow their own edicts,” she said. “They act in a way their own citizens are barred from acting.”

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WATCH: Armed Demonstrators Protest Election Results Outside State Official’s Home

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A group of armed demonstrators protested the results of the 2020 election in front of the home of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Saturday.

The group shouted with bullhorns and held signs during the evening protest, where individuals contested the results of the race between President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, according to video. Genevieve Peters, who took the footage while donning a “Trump 2020” snow hat, called the election “bull****,” before police eventually arrived at the scene, the video showed.

“We are over here in the fricking dead of night, man,” Peters said, according to the Washington Examiner. “We are letting her know that we’re not taking this bull**** election, we are not standing down, we are not giving up. You are not going to take this election from a man that has earned it completely 100% by a freaking landslide. Let me tell you: This ain’t over.”

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FBI Agents Raid Home in Voter-Data Theft Probe

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Federal law-enforcement officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, seized computers, hard drives and other storage devices as part of an investigation of voter-data theft.

The Arizona Republic reported Saturday the raid took place Nov. 5, two days after the election. ​The Phoenix paper cited an FBI spokesman saying the bureau will not confirm or deny the investigation.

However, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County IT security staff, Megan Gilbertson, said in a statement that the FBI is investigating and the county is cooperating. . .

Gilbertson said that an analysis by county IT security staff “indicates an unauthorized individual gathered publicly accessible voter information from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office website.” . . .

The Arizona Republic reported the property was seized from the Fountain Hills, Arizona, residence of Elliot Kerwin, 56, who identifies himself on LinkedIn as an information technology professional. (Read more from “FBI Agents Raid Arizona Home in Voter-Data Theft Probe” HERE)

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State Governments Propose Rationing Care During COVID-19 Second Wave

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State governments are reportedly considering asking hospitals to consider rationing care amid concerns that the second wave of coronavirus cases is overwhelming health care systems, and New Mexico and Idaho may be the first to take action on the plan if cases in those states do not decline, according to local media. . .

“A medical dam-break had been part of repeated warnings by state officials for weeks as COVID-19 counts surged in October and November,” the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. “The human toll includes health care workers — at least 18 have died since the crisis began earlier this year, state Human Services Department Secretary David Scrase said during a separate news conference with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham later in the day.”

Grisham ultimately noted that she would encourage some hospitals, particularly rural hospitals, to reroute coronavirus patients to larger hospitals in nearby major cities, where the intensive care unit (ICU) capacity is higher. She also suggested that hospitals could move to “crisis standards of care,” which may involve rationing care or putting patients on wait-lists if their issues are less serious. . .

“I think it’s more probable than not that in the next two to four weeks, we will find ourselves’ at a point of needing to ration care due to COVID-19,” one hospital director told a board of health in Boise, noting that there are no signs of the “second wave” letting up, and hospitals could be overwhelmed through January.

Like New Mexico, though, the state of Idaho would have to allow for “crisis standards of care,” and Idaho’s governor, Brad Little, would have to approve the change. “At that point, a scoring system would determine which patients receive life-saving care,” the Statesman notes, and care for non-COVID patients could be delayed indefinitely. (Read more from “State Governments Propose Rationing Care During COVID-19 Second Wave” HERE)

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