High time to erect some guardrails around the so-called "right to bear arms."
Wash. Post, Louisiana gunman who killed 8 children had sought mental health treatment, relatives say
Police said the National Guard veteran used a pistol that operated like “an assault-style
weapon,” while the shooter’s family said he recently spent more than a week in a VA hospital.
weapon,” while the shooter’s family said he recently spent more than a week in a VA hospital.
OK, NRA, so now where was that "good guy with a gun," standing by, ready to take down this deadly shooter?
Time to ditch the outdated "right to bear arms" in favor of the Swiss system, which allows pulling the trigger only at carefully monitored shooting ranges. So many American lives would then be saved.
A father apparently killed all his children (seen with him below) in retaliation against his wife who had planned a separation or divorce due to his increasingly erratic behavior. Now the children and their father are all dead and the mother is being treated in a hospital after her husband had tried to kill her. If and when she regains consciousness, she will wake up to a really dreadful nightmare.
The "right to bear arms" has seen many other victims recently.
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In other news:
Wash. Post, In red states, anti-immigrant bills are failing as businesses push back
Deporting so many is proving to actually be bad for business. Businesses cannot find all the workers they need and also have fewer customers.
Wash. Post, Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids
The administration plans to dissolve the office that supports English instruction. The justification for doing this is unclear, except that Trump just doesn't like immigrants now, after members of his own family have made it safely to this country. His mother and his wife were both immigrants.
The war has now spread to Lebanon. The Vatican has been delivering aid to south Lebanon.
Daily Beast, Trump Hit by Humiliating Poll in His Unholy War with the Pope
Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo in a 344-word Truth Social post. Maybe doing that made him feel better after learning that the Pope is so much more popular than he is, even among American citizens.
Trump sees approval dip the most among young voters in poll
Donald Trump no longer enjoys high approval among any demographic, but may not really care as he probably isn't planning to run for office again. In any case, he dismisses all news he doesn't like simply as "fake."
Though it was never part of the Confederacy, Confederate flags are often seen being displayed here in West Virginia.
- Donald Trump: In a recent The New York Times opinion piece,
- Political scientist Michael Bailey from Georgetown University explicitly ranks Donald Trump as "easily the worst president in U.S. history," citing corruption and long-term damage to U.S. institutions. Other contemporary sources like have echoed this sentiment, predicting that future historians will maintain this view due to his handling of the Constitution and personal corruption.
Donald Trump, soon celebrating his 80th birthday, has both senile dementia and senior attention deficit disorder, making for a very difficult combination.
What can be done now, with almost 3 more years to go?
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NY Times, Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
Yes, measles can be deadly. (This is Barbara talking now,) I can well remember when I was a child, being quarantined with measles, with a big warning sign plastered on our front window. My siblings and I survived, but only after becoming quite ill. Better to be vaccinated since measles vaccines are now readily available. RFK Jr., you simply are wrong!
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A baby elephant at DC's National Zoo, rejected by her mother, has started thriving after bonding with a female elephant foster mother. 
It's never too late to be out having fun.
And never too early to start having fun.
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