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Winners Not Happy With Judgment in Lawsuit Against Under 21 Handgun Sales Ban

A U.S. District Court in Louisiana handed three Second Amendment advocacy groups and three individual plaintiffs what they said was an empty victory and a possibly unconstitutional order.

The plaintiffs intend to appeal the judgment.

Meanwhile, a constitutional lawyer and Second Amendment social media influencer said their concerns may be unfounded.

In November 2020, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Firearms Policy Coalition, Louisiana Shooting Association, along with individuals Caleb Reese, Joseph Granich, and Emily Naquin, sued the federal government over its prohibition on sales of handguns to those between 18 and 21.

In 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana upheld the ban.

The plaintiffs appealed to a three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the ban unconstitutional and sent the case back to the district court for a final judgment.

On Oct. 7, District Court Judge Robert R. Summerhays issued a narrow judgment limiting relief to people who were members of the plaintiff organizations on Nov. 6, 2020, and are located in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the states in the Fifth Circuit.

The judge also ruled that the organizations create a list of those members within 21 days.

The plaintiffs said that affected members of the named organizations would have been in their early teens at the time of the filing. Leaders of the plaintiff groups said they would refuse to disclose membership information.

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Convicted Killer Who Was Released 13 YEARS EARLY After Murdering 6-Year-Old Boy ARRESTED Again in Florida Just One Week After Release

A man who murdered a 6-year-old boy was released from prison far ahead of schedule, only to be arrested again in Florida just one week after his release.

The convicted killer, Ronald Exantus, had been serving a 20-year sentence in Kentucky for the 2015 home invasion and slaying of 6-year-old Logan Tipton.

In that brutal and heartbreaking crime, Exantus forced entry into the family’s home, stabbed the child repeatedly while he slept, and also wounded other family members, WKYT reported.

The jury, however, found him not guilty by reason of insanity on the murder charge, and instead convicted him of assault and related charges.

Exantus was granted parole and released after serving only eight years, less than half of his original sentence.

WKYT reported that the Kentucky Department of Corrections overrode the parole board’s recommendation to keep him incarcerated.

The Tipton family was unsurprisingly outraged by both the release and the arrest. Logan’s mother called the decision “a slap in the face,” while his father declared that he would not rest if he ever encountered Exantus again.

Karoline Leavitt wrote on X, “I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison.”

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Top Antifa Figures Left the US After Terrorist Designation

Key figures linked to Antifa have fled the United States following President Donald Trump’s designation of the group as a domestic terrorist organization.

Antifa originated in Germany as Antifaschistische Aktion (Antifascist Action), a united front program of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Russia in the early 1920s. It functioned as the violent wing of the Communist Party of Germany and branded all its political rivals as “fascists.”

Members of Antifa often self-identify with the group, and the figures who have left the United States have championed the movement through guidance and commentary.

Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” and a professor at the State University of New Jersey, recently announced to students that he had left the United States. Reporting by Spanish media indicated that he had relocated to Spain with his family. He cited death threats that he had received as the reason, although he did not explicitly mention Trump’s executive order on Antifa.

“Since my family and I do not feel safe in our home at the moment, we are moving for the year to Europe,” Bray wrote in a message to students on the platform Canvas. Bray told the Spanish publication El Salto that he would remain in Madrid “until the situation [may] calm down.”

The introduction to Bray’s seminal Antifa handbook states that he will donate half of the proceeds from the sales of the book to “International Anti-Fascist Defense Fund, which is administered by more than three hundred antifa from eighteen countries.”

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This Democrat Lawmaker Was Just Arrested for Sexually Abusing a Minor

North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman was arrested on Wednesday and is facing multiple felony counts related to sexually abusing a 15-year-old child.

Brockman, a Democrat serving his sixth term in the state House, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with a minor on August 15, according to BPR. 

The records say that Brockman, 41, engaged in a sexual act with a 15-year-old. He faces two counts each of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child who is 15 years old or younger.

A magistrate’s order denying Brockman bond in the case says he is a state representative and has “attempted to use his status to gain information on the whereabouts of the victim.”

The order also says that Brockman made attempts to contact the juvenile victim, including in the hospital.

The lawmaker is being held in the High Point Jail and is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday.

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Who Controls the Public Mind?

Some of the greatest political literature of the 20th century was written during years of violence, war, and upheaval between 1934 to 1946. During such times, the world of ideas leaves the parlor games and comes to affect the fate of millions. These are moments that divide the serious scholars from the pretenders.

During a crisis, from a career point of view, it is always better to stay silent. To speak out risks everything. It requires more than courage. It requires a willingness to put it all on the line to see one’s ideas realized in the real world. It’s also when intellectuals can have their greatest impact on the world. And yet, few do it. Few stand up when they are most needed.

One of my favorite thinkers from this entire period is F.A. Hayek, a monetary economist at the University of Vienna who left (as many did) to take residence in London at the London School of Economics. There he quickly established himself as the alternative to John Maynard Keynes, whose new theories contradicted the whole of classical economics.

Keynes was riding high as the guru of fascistic experiments the world over, even to the point of writing an introduction to the German edition of his book in 1936 when the Nazis were firmly in power. He celebrated the regime and its potential.

In contrast, Hayek represented old-world liberalism. Before his move to London, Hayek had been hard at work on theoretical problems involving capital structures, interest rate signaling issues, pricing as an information tool, the unworkability of socialism, and other such matters. His work in this area ultimately won him the Nobel Prize in 1974.

In the midst of the Second World War, Hayek was alarmed to see England take the direction of economic central planning, different in degree but not in kind to what was happening in Europe and the United States. The new system that had emerged from the Great Depression combined government and the largest corporate sectors into a single unit managed from the top.

His core critique was that no planners could possess the knowledge necessary to make these systems work in any way that would benefit the whole. The answer to social problems was not to assign the job of planning to intellectuals with resources and power, as was being done all over the world. Their plans would necessarily override the planning of individuals and families.

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Grown Minnesota man who posed as high schooler accused of sexually assaulting students

A 22-year-old man who allegedly used a fake identity to pose as a student at a Minnesota high school has been accused of sexually assaulting his teen classmates, according to authorities.

Multiple parents have alleged that Kelvin Luebke sexually assaulted students while posing as a senior at White Bear Lake High School, according to a search warrant application obtained by KARE11.

White Bear Lake police applied for a search warrant on Monday to look through Leubke’s phone in response to the alarming allegations, the outlet reported.

A school resource officer is also investigating a claim that Leubke received nude photos from a female student, according to the filing.

Multiple juvenile girls have reported to cops that the high school wannabee had been texting and messaging them on social media, authorities added.

Leubke was arrested last month on an unrelated warrant and sprung free from Washington County Jail, Fox9 reported.

A parent had reported that her daughter saw Luebke’s mugshot online and recognized him as a fellow student she knew as “K.P.,” the document said. The parent then alerted the school.

Leubke has not yet been formally charged in connection with the sexual assault allegations.

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The Curious Case of Norovirus

First discovered in 1972, Norovirus is a highly contagious positive-stranded RNA virus that causes acute gastroenteritis (often called the “stomach flu”), which leads to significant global mortality, primarily through dehydration and complications in vulnerable populations such as young children and older adults. According to the most recent (modeling-based) estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the annual global mortality attributable to norovirus infection is approximately 200,000 deaths. This figure includes about 50,000 deaths among children under 5 years old, with the majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries where access to healthcare and sanitation is limited.

Norovirus causes around 685 million illnesses worldwide each year, but only a small fraction result in death due to its generally self-limiting nature. However, in high-risk groups, severe dehydration can be fatal without prompt intervention. Over 99% of deaths occur in developing regions, particularly Southeast Asia and Africa, which account for about 85% of norovirus-related fatalities. About 50,000 deaths occur annually in children under 5 years of age, often linked to malnutrition and poor hygiene. In those over 65 years of age, there is a higher risk of death in both developed and developing countries, estimated at about 800 deaths per year in the USA.

By comparison, as of March 7, 2023, the CDC reports 38 deaths classified as mpox-associated among persons with probable or confirmed monkeypox (DNA virus) in the United States during the period from May 10, 2022, to March 7, 2023. The recent monkeypox outbreak was treated as a major national and international health crisis, and a vaccine designed for preventing smallpox was deployed to provide immunity against the related monkeypox virus. This was done on an emergency use basis, with little or no clinical data to support that decision. For purposes additional comparison, adults aged 65 and older, an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 deaths occur each year due to RSV (respiratory RNA virus) in the USA.

Like Polio, morbidity and mortality (sickness and death) is largely preventable through hand hygiene, safe food handling, and clean water. In developed countries, norovirus has become the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, while in developing regions, it exacerbates broader diarrheal disease burdens.

Shellfish and salad ingredients are the foods most often implicated in norovirus outbreaks. Ingestion of shellfish that have not been sufficiently heated – under 75 °C (167 °F) – poses a high risk for norovirus infection. Foods other than shellfish may be contaminated by infected food handlers. Many norovirus outbreaks have been traced to food that only one infected person handled.

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After Backlash, Milwaukee Radio Host Apologizes for False Claim About Oct. 14 Kirk Memorial

The Milwaukee County Republican Party is planning to hold a memorial for TPUSA Founder Charlie Kirk on October 14. That would’ve been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.

It also happens to be the birthday of George Floyd.

Now, one Milwaukee area radio host, Sherwin Hughes, was forced to apologize after attacking Milwaukee Republicans for holding this event.

“The Milwaukee County Republican Party is commemorating the life of Charlie Kirk,” Hughes said on his show. “Why would they pick October 14? ‘Cause it’s George Floyd’s birthday. How… just disgustingly, utterly, low-life disrespectful. How could you?”

Hughes continued, “And these are the people that we share a county with. People that we share society with. People that we share space with. Where if we want a decent, honest, fair, harmonious Milwaukee city and Milwaukee County…and they picked the day on purpose.”

“And it’s just a random day,” Hughes claimed, “They could’ve did it on the weekend. They could’ve did it last week. They could do it in November. They could do it around the birthday of Jesus. But no, they’re going to pick George Floyd’s birthday to commemorate Charlie Kirk.”

While it appears Hughes’ remarks were from late September or early October, they just caught the attention of Hilario Deleon, chair of the Milwaukee County Republican Party. Deleon responded to Hughes in a lengthy post on X that debunked the ridiculous claims and set the record straight.

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Paxton expands Discord probe after Kirk’s alleged assassin seemingly confessed on platform

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is investigating Discord after a report surfaced alleging that the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk used the messaging platform to communicate with friends about the murder.

I’m standing shoulder to shoulder with the Trump Administration to root out and defeat nihilistic violent extremism in all its forms,” Paxton said on Thursday in a new release. “Discord has chosen to allow extremist content, sexual exploitation, and addiction to flourish on its platform. It has a legal obligation to prevent minors from being exposed to these evils, but instead its actions have contributed to the growing wave of nihilistic violence all across our nation.”

Just days after Kirk’s assassination, The Washington Postsaid 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was charged in connection to Kirk’s death, appeared to confess to the murder via the app.

The Washington Post previously said a member of a roughly 30-person Discord chat shared screenshots of Robinson’s messages with the media outlet.

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Senate passes $925 billion NDAA bill for military, national security

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, a $925 billion bill setting funding levels for America’s national defense spending, passed in the Senate Thursday night and included more than a dozen amendment votes. 

The legislation authorizes roughly $879 billion for the Pentagon and about $35 billion for national security programs in the Department of Energy. It also sets aside nearly $11 billion for other defense activities.

“We’re ready to show on both sides of the aisle that the Senate can act in the interest of national security and get something done on a bipartisan basis,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told lawmakers Thursday.

“We have a great product before us,” Wicker added. “It makes huge changes, significant changes, and we need to send the signal that we can do this, get it then coordinated with the House version, which has already been passed, and move it to the President of the United States for his early signature.”

Multiple new offices, groups, and positions within the DOD would be established under the bill, including those focused on cybersecurity; nuclear security, deterrence, and energy; and AI innovation and oversight.

Hundreds of billions of dollars for munitions stocking and defense infrastructure are included, as well as billions for American defense activities in the Indo-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

The bill also includes significant accountability reforms to how the DOD contracts with third parties and how it fulfills statutory reporting requirements. Additionally, it requires the Pentagon, which has failed seven consecutive audits, to report on current audit progress as the 2028 statutory deadline approaches.

Military members would receive a 3.8% pay raise, and education services for their children would receive a $50 million boost.

Senators will begin voting on dozens of amendments to the 1,454-page bill Thursday evening. Given the current government shutdown, lawmakers may have to delay a vote on passage. Once the bill passes, the Senate must conference with the House to ensure the lower chamber’s version of the NDAA matches their own.

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