Tech advocates are refuting Amazon’s renewed attacks on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) as the tech giant insists the bill would degrade its Prime service and the Amazon user experience. Amazon and industry-backed lobbying groups have been critical of the AICOA before. In November of last year, Chamber of Progress, a group …
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A 1996 school massacre led the UK to gun reform. They haven't had a school shooting since.
On March 13, 1996, a man walked into Dunblane Primary School in Scotland with four legally purchased handguns and 734 rounds of ammunition, and proceeded to shoot and kill 16 children—5 and 6 years old—as well as their 45-year-old teacher before killing himself. It was Britain’s worst school shooting—and its last to date. Unlike in …
Ted Cruz Deflects Gun Reform Questions
UVALDE, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz called a reporter a “propagandist” after refusing to explain why he doesn’t think lax gun laws have anything to do with mass shootings before storming out of a hall following a vigil for the Uvalde school shooting victims on Wednesday. In a viral video of the interaction, Cruz angrily …
Biden Administration Stalls on Marijuana Law Reform
Feb. 23, 2022 Reform of federal marijuana laws has stalled despite President Biden’s campaign promise to decriminalize the drug and polls showing that a majority of Americans supports the idea. The inaction rankles supporters of looser marijuana laws because the idea has support from some Republicans and Democrats. “If someone like myself and a progressive …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Suddenly Appalled By Jail Conditions After Visiting With Jan. 6 Rioters (And She’s Vowing To Achieve ‘Real Prison Reform’)
Getty Image Not too long ago, QAnon cheerleader and far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene earned a side-eye from Steve Bannon (of all people) when she claimed to be “the most effective member of Congress this session.” She did so after advocating for a government shutdown and after harassing fellow congresspeople, and being stripped of her …
Matthew McConaughey Made His Views About Gun Law Reform Known at the White House
Matthew McConaughey never endorsed Donald Trump, but his political views could become clearer if her runs for Texas governor in 2022. Source: https://www.distractify.com/p/matthew-mcconaughey-political-views