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The link you cite is to an irrelevant fact check on the assault weapon ban reducing overall gun crime. Here is an example from it: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has introduced a bill to institute a new ban on assault weapons, claimed the 1994 ban “was effective at reducing crime.” Nobody here is making the above claim, its not even on topic. The question you should be asking is what would have happened to the overall murder rate if the ban had not been in force? Additionally we are not on the topic of over all murder rates as I already mentioned in my post: "Trump says mass shootings are not 'a gun problem' as 2024 GOP hopefuls pledge loyalty to the NRA"

This is about the mass murders and you're wrong, there is evidence that when the assault ban was in place it reduced deaths via mass murders considerably. There is also no evidence in your claim that they would simply use another firearm. As again mass murders decreased. https://law.stanford.edu/2019/10/15/the-assault-weapon-ban-saved-lives/

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UPDATE: Clarence Thomas reported thousands of dollars in income from real estate company that doesn’t exist anymore Over the last two decades, Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly failed to accurately report hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of income from a family holding company and claimed rents from a company that no longer exists, according to The Washington Post, citing state records and federal disclosures. “Any presumption in favor of Thomas’s integrity and commitment to comply with the law is gone. His assurances and promises cannot be trusted. Is there more? What’s the whole story? The nation needs to know,” Stephen Gillers, a legal ethics expert at New York University, told the Post, arguing the integrity of the Supreme Court is now in “serious jeopardy.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-disclosure-b2320790.html

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Fox News has formally apologized to the judge overseeing Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit after a late-stage admission revealing Rupert Murdoch's role as an officer at Fox News was addressed in court this week. In a letter submitted to the court on Friday, Fox attorney Blake Rohrbacher described the situation as a "misunderstanding" and said they "understand the Court's concerns, apologize, and are committed to clear and full communication with the Court moving forward." The letter comes after Fox was sanctioned this week after Judge Eric Davis said they made misrepresentations to the court and delayed turning over evidence. READ MORE https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fox-news-apologizes-judge-overseeing-dominion-case-misunderstanding/story?id=98612998

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Joe Biden became president promising a 180-degree turn from Donald Trump. But the two men do have one big thing in common: similarly poor approval ratings heading into the start of their reelection bids. Biden has not yet officially announced he’s running again next year, though he has said he plans to. Polls show his approval rating is hovering in the low 40s, right around the mark where some of his predecessors who were denied second terms sat at this point of their presidencies. READ MORE https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/15/bidens-base-blues-the-president-heads-into-2024-with-his-party-feeling-meh-about-him-00092190

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Yevgeny Prigozhin says it would be “ideal” to declare an end to the war. But he says Russia must keep fighting, even if it means humiliating defeat. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says Russia has already accomplished its goals in Ukraine—but must keep fighting even if it means humiliating defeat so that the country can ultimately rise again as a “war monster” that the international community will bow down to. After recruiting thousands of prison inmates to help fight the war for Vladimir Putin and using his shadow army to emerge as a rival to Russia’s top military brass, the mercenary boss and Kremlin-linked businessman offered his thoughts on the state of the war in a lengthy article published Friday. READ MORE https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-claims-russias-mission-accomplished-in-ukraine

Following his interview on the BBC, Musk told followers that it was time to "move on" from the Twitter Files. "At a certain point, I think we need to move on from the Twitter Files," Musk said in a Twitter Space audio chat earlier this week. "I think there's a few things left. General, there's not a lot that I'm aware of that's left." "It's mostly just like, you know, let's move on to the future," said Musk. READ MORE https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-move-on-twitter-files

Attorney Evan Corcoran recused himself from representing former President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation related to the Mar-a-Lago documents given that he testified for investigators, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Corcoran’s exit, which was first reported by The Washington Post, was an expected development after special counsel Jack Smith’s office forced him to testify without the shield of attorney-client privilege in front of the grand jury and prosecutors accused Trump of using his attorney to advance a crime. Despite recusing himself from the Mar-a-Lago probe weeks ago, Corcoran continues to represent Trump on other matters, including the January 6, 2021, investigation. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/15/politics/evan-corcoran-donald-trump-mar-a-lago-case/index.html

Gov. Ron DeSantis is on the verge of signing a bill that would allow people in Florida to be executed without a unanimous decision by a jury. Instead, an 8-4 vote would be enough for someone to be put to death in the state. The bill passed the Florida Senate last month and passed the House on Thursday by an 80-30 margin. The bill has been a priority for DeSantis, who opposed the decision not to sentence to death the Parkland school shooter who killed 17 people in 2018. Three jurors voted against the death penalty in that case. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/florida-poised-to-allow-executions-after-8-4-jury-vote/

How toxic are the politics of abortion for Republicans? A central feature of Donald Trump’s politics has long been that they are malleable. He makes the pitch that he thinks will work best in the moment to the targeted audience, not fretting too much about where it might conflict with what he’d said in the past. His base of support has never indicated a lot of concern about this pattern, so Trump doesn't either. So it seemed perhaps inevitable that, as Republicans continue to lose presumably winnable contests in the post-Roe v. Wade era, Trump might himself start suggesting that his party moderate on the issue of abortion. READ MORE https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/14/abortion-republicans-trump-elections/ Archive Link

SINCE LATE LAST year, Donald Trump has been holding private meetings with religious-right figures in an effort to remind them about his anti-abortion record and ensure their support. But instead of thanking Trump for his role in repealing Roe v. Wade, the leaders are pressing for hardcore commitments that go far beyond what he is comfortable with — and what he thinks voters will allow him to get away with. According to two participants and another source close to Trump, the ex-president has warned leaders in off-the-record conversations that Republicans risk “losing big” — in Trump’s words — unless they follow his lead. READ MORE https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-abortion-2024-primary-dobbs-effect-1234713039/ Archive Link

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