Tag: National Rifle Association

Jan 19 2018

The Russian Connection: From Russia With Love To The NRA

Early on in a story by McClatchy reporters, Peter Stone and Greg Gordon, it was revealed that the FBI was investigating whether Russian money went to the National Rifle Association to help the Trump campaign, The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National …

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Jan 19 2011

The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Incendiary Political Rhetoric: Just Words?

Crossposted at Daily Kos and The Stars Hollow Gazette



Jen Sorensen, Slowpoke, Buy this cartoon

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Sorensen writes on her blog:

What really drives me nuts in the wake of the Giffords shooting is the chorus of voices — mostly on the right — tut-tutting that “we can’t jump to conclusions.”  As though they are the source of caution and reason and all things prudent and high-minded.  Well, guess what: your candidates are anything but.  I don’t really care whether Loughner is schizo, or what particular bits of tea party propaganda he swallowed or didn’t.  If you don’t find the violent language of the right utterly repugnant, then it’s a sign of how far we’ve drifted away from normalcy in this country.