June 2020 witnessed nearly 4,000,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks, shattering not only the record for any previous June but also the record for any single month, period. FBI numbers showed 3,931,607 NICS checks conducted in June, besting the previous single-month record of 3,740,688 in March 2020. This means June 2020 witnessed more …. Read More
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and James Lankford (R-OK) backed a proposal on Wednesday to replace Columbus Day with Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would make Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the end of slavery, a federal holiday. Cornyn’s bill has engendered some backlash from Republicans …. Read More
The New York Times has set its sights on Mount Rushmore as protesters demand the removal of historic monuments in the name of racial justice, citing its location on “Indigenous land,” the sculptor’s purported ties to white supremacy, and two of its subjects’ slave ownership. “Mount Rushmore was built on land that belonged to the Lakota …. Read More
Students at Fresno State University have circulated a petition that calls for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on campus. The students argued that the statue should be removed on the basis of Gandhi’s alleged prejudices against minority groups. According to a report by Campus Reform, students at Fresno State University have launched …. Read More
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago saw a 75 percent increase in shootings in June 2020 versus the number of shootings in June 2019. NBC 5 reported that murder subsequently rose too, with 78 percent more murders in June 2020 versus June 2019. Looking at the first six months of 2020, Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago witnessed a …. Read More
A Southern California hospital reports that Coronavirus patients are crossing the border from Mexico to seek treatment. The surge created a crisis in regional hospitals, prompting a patient transfer system across the state. “They’ll literally come to the border and call an ambulance,” Van Gorder, president and CEO of Southern California’s Scripps Health system, told …. Read More
Seattle Police have arrested at least 23 individuals following Mayor Jenny Durkan’s (D) order to clear out the “autonomous” zone, known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), as authorities continue in reclaiming the zone held by demonstrators for weeks. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) announced it had made at least 23 arrests as of 7:45 …. Read More
A CNBC/Change Research poll released Wednesday found Joe Biden leading President Trump across six key swing states, as the voters indicate dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the Chinese coronavirus. The survey, taken June 26-28 among 3,729 likely voters in six states — Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — showed Biden leading …. Read More
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas may be planning to retire soon, according to rumors in the media Wednesday. Robert Costa reported in the Washington Post that the Trump administration was preparing for the possible retirement of Justice Clarence Thomas: Justice Clarence Thomas, a conservative appointed by George H.W. Bush, is privately seen …. Read More
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio discussed the new $88 billion city budget in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in Minneapolis police custody that includes significant changes to the New York Police Department. De Blasio emphasized the “profound change” that would be taking place in New York City …. Read More