News of the Week for May 26th<\/sup>, 2018<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nye County Sheriff apologizes for leaving gun in public restroom<\/a> This student was kicked out of office for defending gun rights. Next came vandalism and stalking. <\/a> Defensive Knife Use: Teen stabs would-be abductor with her pocketknife<\/a> California lawmakers vote to expand gun restraining orders – but ACLU says bill goes too far<\/a> Guns Don’t Kill People, But Gun Bans Do <\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bill Nye: Taxing Cow Farts a “Fantastic Thing for the World”<\/a> Eastern States Promote Offshore Wind Systems, but Offshore Systems Are Expensive and High Risk<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n California rebukes Trump with health care push for immigrants<\/a> House Approves Giving Terminally Ill Quicker Access to Experimental Drugs<\/a> 22-Week Preemie Twins Die in Mother\u2019s Arms; Doctors Refuse to Help<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Germany’s military is dysfunctional and they have no plans to fix it<\/a> Why China Represents Such a Global Threat<\/a> House rejects limit on new nuclear warhead<\/a> Indian restaurant in Canada explodes, wounding 15; suspects used IED, still at large<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" "\\"News")
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<\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n
\nNye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly apologized after leaving her gun inside a public bathroom, last week. The sheriff took her gun out of its holster and before laying it down in a restaurant bathroom stall.<\/p>\n
\nCampus “feels like prison” since this happened<\/p>\n
\nIn a city where even the police chief recommends people arm themselves, comes this story of a brave teen girl who fought back against a grown-man, escaping her would-be abductor by stabbing him with her pocketknife.<\/p>\n
\nCalifornia, and a handful of other states, have laws that allow family members, roommates, and law enforcement to request a restraining order to remove firearms from an individual who has shown signs of dangerous behavior.<\/p>\n
\nIt is far more common for Americans to use guns to defend themselves or others against violence than to use guns to commit violence. Do those lives matter?<\/p>\n<\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n
Environment &
\n“Green Energy”<\/h2>\n
\n“Well, this is what we can do and it’s a win-win: to have a fee on carbon. So if you are raising livestock and producing a lot of carbon dioxide with your farm equipment and the exhaust from the animals, then you would pay a fee on that and it would be reflected in the price of meat, reflected in the price of fish, reflected in the price of peanuts,” Bill Nye said in a recent interview with the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n
\nSeveral eastern US states are planning major investments in offshore wind. Wind turbines are touted as clean, green, and economically sound. But experience from around the world shows that offshore wind systems are both expensive and at high risk for early system degradation.<\/p>\n<\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n
Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n
\nThe proposal sets up another clash between blue-state Democrats and the president. <\/p>\n
\n“Right to try” measure, already approved by Senate, goes to Trump’s desk<\/p>\n
\nDoctors at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, refused to help two prematurely born twin babies, merely allowing them to die in their mother’s arms. The pro-life organization Created Equal posted the heartbreaking video this week, even though the events took place last June. The mother, identified as “Amanda F.,” told her harrowing story in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/a>War & Terror<\/h1>\n
\nThis weekend I was writing about the dismay being expressed by various European leaders these days as they come to realize that the status quo is changing and they can\u2019t simply take advantage of the United States anymore. One area where that\u2019s abundantly clear is found in the subject of military spending. Western Europe, in particular, has had a pretty smooth ride since the Second World War, being able to save a lot of money by not funding large military forces and relying on America to keep them secure.<\/p>\n
\nJust this year, the Chinese Communist Party held an election in the Great Hall of the People where Xi Jinping was voted \u201cpresident for life.\u201d The vote was 2,958 for and six against.<\/p>\n
\nThe U.S. House on Wednesday shot down a proposed limit on the Trump administration\u2019s pursuit of a low-yield nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n
\nAn explosion caused by “improvised explosive device” ripped through an Indian restaurant in a mall in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said.<\/p>\n<\/a>National<\/h1>\n