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In Tampa, gun control advocates protest controversial NRA ad

Published on July 16, 2017 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

An advertisement for the National Rifle Association that features a spokeswoman calling on the group’s supporters to strike back against protests by the left “with the clenched fist of truth” was the driving motivation for gun-control advocates to protest in downtown Tampa Sunday morning. Approximately 85 people assembled for the rally organized by Moms Demand Action. Activists met at Curtis Hixon Park at 11 a.m., and then marched to the federal courthouse to speak up for what they call sensible gun…

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Dear Congress: On Jan. 21, the people roared — and they will vote

Published on January 23, 2017 in 2017/Top Headlines by Martin Dyckman

A letter to my Senators and Representative. Crib freely if you wish. Dear Senator Burr: It would seem that we are living in an alternative universe, one in which Nazis, Ku Kluxers and other traitors to our American way of life are euphemized as the “alternative right” and the propagandists for Donald Trump claim entitlement to “alternative facts.” Does that make him an “alternative president?” If only it were so. But about this I am serious: There is no “alternative…

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