The Daily Beast: NRA Wins Current Battle But Gun Control Will Win War

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On April 6, The Daily Beast lamented the fact that the NRA has won the day on the current gun control battle, but they claimed that the current victory will be short lived–”Wayne LaPierre may have won the week…but the laws of physics are such that he can’t do this forever.” According to The Daily… Read more »

Is the Plan B battle over? Former FDA official Susan Wood hopes so.

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Susan Wood resigned as director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health in 2005, when the George W. Bush administration chose to delay indefinitely a decision on whether emergency contraceptives should be sold over the counter. She is now an associate professor of health policy at George Washington University and still follows… Read more »

Matthews And Gun Rights Advocate Battle In Explosive Interview: ‘We Don’t Trust People Like You’

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In an explosive, wide-ranging interview on MSNBC, Chris Matthews and the executive director of Gun Owners of America, Larry Pratt, battled over his organization’s opposition to any new federal gun control legislation. “We don’t trust people like you,” Pratt exclaimed when pressed about his opposition to laws which he claimed could lead to a creation… Read more »

CNN Battle: Does Stephen Colbert’s Campaigning For His Sister Help Or Hurt Her Candidacy In South Carolina?

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Democratic congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch is running a spirited race to replace Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) who vacated his seat in South Carolina’s 1st congressional district when he was appointed to replace the retiring former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). She faces an uphill battle in the heavily Republican district, but Colbert Busch has a… Read more »