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California’s Privacy for All ‘bathroom bill’ challenged with Personal Privacy Protection Act

Give voters a chance and they will overturn California's landmark coed bathroom law in November, conservatives say -- just as voters in Houston did last month with an ordinance requiring transgender restroom access.

December 13, 2015

Most Americans favor GOP plan to defund Planned Parenthood, says poll defying narrative

A little-noticed poll is challenging the widely touted narrative that most Americans oppose GOP efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.

December 12, 2015

ACLU Colorado Springs official resigns after threat to ‘shoot’ Trump voters before election

The co-chair of the American Civil Liberties Union's Colorado Springs chapter has resigned after announcing on Facebook that he would "shoot" supporters of Republican Donald Trump before election day.

December 11, 2015

Army-Navy game an all-American tradition ‘bigger than football’

It's the biggest college football game of the year, featuring a 2-9 team, a hopelessly lopsided rivalry in which one team has won 13 years in a row and a field full of players who will in all likelihood never play in the NFL.

December 10, 2015

Sally Jewell, Interior Secretary, unaware of any punishments for EPA toxic mine spill

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Wednesday she is unaware of anyone being fired, fined or even demoted for the Gold King Mine spill, prompting Republicans to accuse her of taking the EPA off the hook for the toxic blowout.

December 9, 2015

Senate Democrats steamed over Ted Cruz hearing disputing climate-change science

Even before it began, Sen. Ted Cruz's subcommittee hearing Tuesday challenging the accuracy and objectivity of the science behind climate doomsday scenarios drew a heated rebuke from Senate Democrats.

December 9, 2015

Retired police officers frustrated by barriers to concealed carry

It's hard to complain about living in Hawaii, unless, like Tom Fratinardo, you're a retired police officer trying to obtain concealed carry authorization under the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.

December 8, 2015

Republicans move to undermine Obama on Paris climate change deal

As Obama administration officials confer Tuesday at the climate talks in Paris, a who's who of top climate change doubters will be testifying before a Senate subcommittee at a hearing convened by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

December 7, 2015

Global-warming activists ask U.N. to banish skeptics from Paris Climate Conference

Climate-change activists are calling on the United Nations to revoke the credentials of global-warming skeptics at the ongoing Paris Climate Conference, or COP21.

December 7, 2015

Muslim Reform Movement decries radical Islam, calls for equality

It takes courage to stand up publicly to radical Islam, even if you're Muslim. Maybe especially if you're Muslim.

December 6, 2015

California Gov. Brown says looser gun laws in Arizona, Nevada create opening for terrorists

California Gov. Jerry Brown took a swipe Saturday at the gun laws of neighboring states, saying looser restrictions in Arizona and Nevada created a "gigantic back door" for terrorists to enter California.

December 5, 2015

Larry Hogan: Gun control isn’t working in California, Maryland

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday that California's strict gun-control laws failed to prevent the San Bernardino mass shooting, and that lawmakers need to seek "better answers."

December 5, 2015

Barbara Boxer: ‘Sensible gun laws work; we’ve proven it in California’

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer drew hoots Thursday after saying California's tough firearms restrictions show that "sensible gun laws work," the day after a mass shooting in San Bernardino.

December 4, 2015

Legally armed citizenry seen as mass-shooting, terrorism deterrent

Democrats ramped up their push Thursday for more firearms restrictions even as alarm over recent mass shootings, including one linked to Islamic terrorism, fueled calls for citizens to play a greater role in their own protection.

December 3, 2015

Gun-control fans mock Republicans for ‘thoughts and prayers’ after San Bernardino shooting

Gun-control advocates slammed Republicans calling for "thoughts and prayers" in the aftermath of the horrific San Bernardino shooting, prompting accusations of "prayer shaming" on the right.

December 3, 2015

Left’s linking of ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ to Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting hypocritical

The next time Colorado progressives hold a rally to denounce the GOP for its vitriolic rhetoric, they may want to leave the "War on Women" signs at home.

December 2, 2015

San Bernardino shootings spur Democrats to cry for more gun control

Democrats, led by President Obama, called for Congress to pass additional firearms restrictions in the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting in Southern California, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation.

December 2, 2015

Ilyse Hogue, abortion defenders blame Planned Parenthood ‘terrorism’ on Republicans

Leading pro-choice groups called Wednesday on the Justice Department to investigate "domestic terrorism" at abortion clinics, suggesting that there is a coordinated effort at work incited by Republicans and pro-life advocates.

December 2, 2015

Markos Moulitsas, Daily Kos founder, blames Republicans for San Bernardino shootings

A prominent progressive drew outrage Wednesday for blaming the San Bernardino County attack on Republicans, even though the shooting was still in progress and the identity of the assailants unknown.

December 2, 2015

Planned Parenthood attack used to target Colorado Republicans in tight races

If you were asked to list critics of Planned Parenthood, Rep. Mike Coffman wouldn't likely be the first Colorado Republican whose name leaps to mind, given that the congressional delegation includes adamantly pro-life Reps. Ken Buck and Doug Lamborn.

December 1, 2015