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Free Chat Friday, Week 25
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Month: June 2022
Breaking News
US Senate Passes Most Sweeping, Bipartisan Gun Bill After Nearly 30 Years of Doing Absolutely Nothing
The US Senate just passed the most sweeping, bipartisan gun bill after 30 years of doing absolutely nothing while thousands of Americans, including children, lost their lives or were seriously injured because of gun violence. MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In Case You Missed It: June 23, 2022
With so much going on in our world, we sometimes miss important issues. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed or new developments providing they come from reliable and credible sources. MORE
Live Discussions
January 6th Committee Hearing: Day Five
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol findings from nearly a yearlong investigation into the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Committee performed most MORE
Wingnut Watch
Your Brain on MAGAt: Rep. Eric Swalwell Release Voicemail of Death Threat After Marjorie Taylor Greene Attack
Eric Swalwell and Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in a nasty Twitter exchange after Rep. Swalwell shared an interaction with a supporter of TFG that happened while the congressman was giving a tour of the U.S. Capitol. MORE
SCOTUS
SCOTUS Just Made it Easier for People to Pack Heat in Public
As our country grapples with daily mass shootings and numerous lives lost because of gun violence in our communities, the US Supreme Court just “struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major MORE
Coffee Talk
Coffee Talk
Good morning, Coffee Talkers and free chatters of all things NewsViewsy. You know the routine here at Coffee Talk — there’s a suggested topic, but anything goes. Well, almost anything — and if you’re confused MORE
Police Behaving Badly
Uvalde School District Puts Embattled Police Chief Pete Arredondo on Leave
Pete Arredondo was put on administrative leave Wednesday as the police chief of the Uvalde school district, after more than a month of sharp criticism for his decision to delay confronting the gunman in the deadly MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In Case You Missed It: June 22, 2022
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Craven Assholes
Rusty Bowers Wouldn’t Cheat, But Says Trump Was So Good For the Country
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers was one of the star witnesses in Tuesday’s hearing from the Select Committee on the January 6 insurrection. Bowers offered detailed and often emotional testimony while explaining the pressure he MORE
Police Behaving Badly
Minnesota Police Dept. Will Pay $3.2M Settlement To Daunte Wright’s Family
Another Bad Shoot BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A suburban Minneapolis city has agreed to pay $3.2 million to the family of Daunte Wright, a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer MORE
TFG
TFG Whines about Qevin McQarthy Not Putting Republicans on Jan. 6 committee
***Note: The January 6 Committee has two Republicans members, Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Although both representatives voted pretty much for everything TFG wanted during his reign of terror, they are still not MORE
Sedition
Ron Johnson Explains Sharing Fake Elector Package as NON-story After Faking Phone Call
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson tried on Tuesday to dodge reporters asking about a plan for him to hand-deliver fake elector documents to Mike Pence. As revealed in the Select Committee hearings, a text exchange was MORE
Who Didn't See This Coming?
The NRA Opposes the US Senate’s Gun Legislation Bill: “…falls short at every level.”
On Tuesday, the American Terrorist Organization, the NRA, issued a statement voicing their opposition to “the new bipartisan Senate legislative text, saying it ‘falls short at every level.’“ According to the terrorist organization, the legislation could MORE
Congress
US Senate Advances Bipartisan Gun Deal After 30 Years of Doing Nothing
After numerous, too many to count and too exhausting to research mass murders and injuries because of guns, “the Senate advanced a bill Tuesday night that would toughen federal gun laws and provide billions of MORE
Craven Assholes
South Dakota Attorney General Impeached and Barred From Holding Any Future Office
South Dakota’s Republican controlled State Senate convicted the state’s AG Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian, immediately removing him and barring him from MORE
Craven Assholes
Jury awards $500,000 to 1975 Bill Cosby Sexual Abuse Victim
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth, who was 16 at the time, that he reasonably believed she was under 18, and that his conduct was MORE
Marjorie Taylor Greene
MTG’s husband purchased stock in companies that support BLM and LGBTQ rights
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s husband, Perry Greene, just bought up to $295,000 worth of stock in companies that have predominantly — and openly — supported social efforts that the Republican congressman vehemently opposes, such as the MORE
SCOTUS
Justice Sotomayor Accuses Conservative Justices of Dismantling Separation Between Church and State
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a tuition assistance program that allows parents to use vouchers to send their children to public or private schools. Chief Justice John Roberts MORE
Religion
Texas Church Burns Down, Leaving Just Bibles and a Cross
WISE COUNTY, Texas — A cross was all that remained of Balsora Baptist Church in Bridgeport, Texas, after a fire swept through the building Friday, leading to a response from a dozen area agencies. “The MORE
Live Discussions
January 6th Committee Hearing: Day Four
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol findings from nearly a yearlong investigation into the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Committee performed most MORE
News
Elon Musk’s Son Files to Change Gender and Name to End Relationship With Father
His first wife Justin Wilson gave birth to twin sons Xavier and Griffin, now 18 Elon Musk’s transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and MORE
Updates
Records Show Uvalde Officers Were Ready With Guns, Ballistic Shields, and Tools But No Orders
In the hallway outside classrooms 111 and 112 at Robb Elementary, one officer’s daughter was inside, and another officer’s wife told her husband by phone that she was bleeding to death. Another officer from the MORE
Talk o Tuesday
Talko Tuesday: June 21, 2022
Good morning, News Viewers and Happy Tuesday; at least it’s not Monday. Oh, and it’s summer…🎵🎵🎵’Summertime is here. Yes, it’s summer, my time of year.” 🎶🎶🎶 Not really, but Happy Summer Solstice–the longest day of MORE
In case you missed it:
Liveblog - In Case You Missed It: June 20, 2022
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