
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a seventh grader in Newtown, Connecticut who was a “gamer” created a group to reduce “violent video games by a third in American homes.” Max Goldstein created a group called “Played Out,” which
by Tony Lee22 Dec 2012, 4:04 PM PST0

A global activist group is targeting two large hotel chains because they give discounts to members of the National Rifle Association. The organization is putting pressure on the hotel chains to force them to disassociate from the gun-rights group after
by Tony Lee22 Dec 2012, 2:44 PM PST0

Karl Rove, in a column published in the Wall Street Journal last Wednesday, titled “Boehner Plays A Weak Hand Well,” praised House Speaker John Boehner’s leadership style and “Plan B” proposal, which he pulled on Thursday because it lacked Republican votes. The day
by Tony Lee22 Dec 2012, 1:59 PM PST0

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (R) said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should and will testify before Congress next month about the events leading up to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya that killed four Americans, including
by Tony Lee22 Dec 2012, 1:28 PM PST0

In what his mother called a “Christmas miracle,” Jon Hammar, the ex-Marine and Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran whom Mexican authorities had detained and chained to a bed in a gang-infested prison on a trumped-up gun charge, was released on
by Tony Lee22 Dec 2012, 11:24 AM PST0

After House Speaker John Boehner failed to get enough Republicans to support his “Plan B” proposal on Thursday and was forced to pull the bill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle openly expressed that they had no idea if
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 5:15 PM PST0

A friend of Adam Lanza’s mother said after the mother of the Sandy Hook Elementary School murderer pushed “her loner son to leave the Newtown home that provided his refuge from reality,” Adam “rejected the idea and stopped speaking to
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 1:18 PM PST0

On Wednesday, authorities arrested a Los Angeles, California man for running an “elaborate” and illegal dental operation out of his bathroom. William Escobar, 40, of Moorpark, was arrested on “several charges including felony practice of dentistry without a license, misdemeanor
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 12:54 PM PST0

On Friday, the morning after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) could not get enough Republican votes to pass his “Plan B” proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on those making over $1 million, Boehner said Republicans who would not vote for
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 12:51 PM PST0

On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said if the federal government adopts, as part of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the chained consumer price index to determine future cost-of-living adjustment increases to Social Security payments, seniors would be forced to
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 6:46 AM PST0

On Thursday, the House narrowly passed a bill that would “replace the pending defense sequester” with cuts to entitlements and social programs as a “backstop” in case the fiscal cliff is not averted. The bill passed by six votes, 215-209,
by Tony Lee21 Dec 2012, 5:41 AM PST0

On Tuesday, California released a report that revealed state tax revenues have plummeted even further below Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) estimates, even after residents voted to increase taxes via Proposition 30 in November’s elections. At the end of November, “taxes were 3% short
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 4:43 PM PST0

After President Barack Obama and liberals seized upon the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre to push for more gun control laws, Walmarts in at at least five states, including Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Kansas, sold out of semi-automatic guns. In addition,
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 4:25 PM PST0

Nancy Lanza, the mother of the Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza, once told a babysitter to “keep an eye on Adam at all times.” But, according to reports, she left Adam home alone during the two days before the
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 3:15 PM PST0

Even though Tiger Woods has never played at the Australian PGA Championship, billionaire Clive Parker, who owns the golf course that hosts the tournament, said he did not want Woods to play in the tournament this year. Palmer said Woods,
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 2:07 PM PST0

Nearly 800,000 illegal immigrants who have been ordered deported still remain in the United States, and many of them, including convicted criminals, are getting access to “secure areas, education grants, and housing assistance” in addition to food stamps and driver’s
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 1:39 PM PST0

The White House allegedly encouraged — or pressured — Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker to forego challenging New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in 2013 and instead run for the state’s Senate seat in 2014. Booker announced on Thursday he
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 12:55 PM PST0

Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez has been in jail since mid-October because a campaign fundraiser allegedly bribed him to lower property taxes for his individual clients, but the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday decided they will
by Tony Lee20 Dec 2012, 9:08 AM PST0

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will hold weekly “open forums” on climate change next year, and she hopes Republicans and Democrats will participate in the “climate change clearinghouse” to discuss potential global warming legislation. “We are going to review the latest
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 4:33 PM PST0

A gun shop near San Antonio, Texas is offering free concealed handgun license courses to all teachers after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Josh Felker, who owns LoneStar Handgun in Schertz, Texas, told the ABC affiliate there that he is offering
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 4:17 PM PST0

Director Steven Spielberg called New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a “hero” for embracing President Barack Obama when Obama visited New Jersey in Hurricane Sandy’s wake. “He was able to put party politics aside for the greater good. And the fact
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 1:48 PM PST0

The refusal by a majority of states to set up state-based exchanges could neuter some important aspects of Obamacare and make it more difficult for the federal government to actually implement the law. On December 12th, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett,
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 1:45 PM PST0

When a reporter asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday whether he still intended to cut Social Security benefits in a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, in reference to reports that Obama and Republicans may agree to adopt a “chained
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 11:02 AM PST0

Adam Lanza’s mother, Nancy, may have had plans to move with Adam to Washington state so she could enroll Adam in a special school in the weeks and months before Adam killed her before opening fire at Sandy Hook Elementary
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 7:05 AM PST0

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said House Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans “have threatened to abandon serious negotiations” to avert the fiscal cliff and warned Boehner’s Plan B counteroffer “will not pass the Senate.” According to The Hill,
by Tony Lee19 Dec 2012, 6:45 AM PST0