Glenn Beck hopes to build utopian city-theme park hybrid
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Conservative personality Glenn Beck last week announced grandiose plans to construct a self-sustaining “city-theme park hybrid” that would reflect traditional American values.
ACLU blasts proposals to militarize schools with armed police guards
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The American Civil Liberties Union has urged Vice President Joe Biden to reject proposals to avert gun violence by placing armed police guards in schools.
Environmental groups to blame for climate change inaction: report
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A Harvard academic has put the blame squarely for America’s failure to act on climate change on environmental groups.
Analysis casts doubt on marijuana’s link to IQ decline
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A longitudinal study that found teens who smoked marijuana had lower IQ scores in adulthood has been challenged by a researcher at the Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Norway.
Freshman Republican threatens to impeach Obama over gun control
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Freshman Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) on Monday threatened to impeach President Barack Obama if he used an executive order to infringe American’s Second Amendment rights.
Georgia gun group giving away free AR-15 to oppose gun control
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A pro-Second Amendment group in Georgia has partnered with a gun shop in the state to give away a free AR-15 assault rifle.