When the National Rifle Association announced election results in August, it welcomed Donald J. Bradway as a new member of its board of directors. Known in right-wing circles as a prepper and a survivalist, Bradway also appears on the leaked membership rolls of the Oath Keepers — an anti-government militia, …
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National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has returned nearly $300,000 to the gun group, in repayment of illicit personal gains, according to an explosive report in the Washington Post.The Postdetails new tax filings, obtained from the NRA, in which the gun group reportedly admits to a “significant diversion of its …
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Maria Butina, the convicted Russian agent who last month was sentenced 18 months in prison for her illegal attempts to back channel with American conservative leaders and the Trump administration, is appealing her prison term. Currently housed at the Grady County Jail in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Butina filed her appeal with …
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In the aftermath of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, Republican leaders have once again deflected calls for voting on new gun control legislation. But one of the Senate’s leading progressive voices on the issue, Chris Murphy, argues Democrats should take the long view and prepare for a battle in …
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At least 58 people were killed and 500 wounded when a shooter opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival outside Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Sunday night. Jason Aldean was performing onstage at the time of the shooting. The shooter killed himself, according to reports, bringing …
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