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Jim Mattis: ‘I don’t rule out anything’ in US response to Syria (Washington Examiner)
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday morning that a U.S. response was possible to the Syrian regime’s reported chemical weapons attack over the weekend.
“I don’t rule out anything right now,” Mattis told reporters during a meeting with a Qatari official at the Pentagon.
The secretary also pointed to Russia’s responsibility in the attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government Saturday evening that killed dozens, including women and children, in a rebel-held suburb of Damascus. It comes a year after the U.S. struck Syria with cruise missiles for a similar chemical weapons attack on rebels and civilians. [Read More]
Guns and crime will top the list of unfinished business Monday as state lawmakers gather in Annapolis for the final day of the 2018 legislative session.
Legislators introduced a record 3,101 bills introduced in the Maryland General Assembly this year. Now Democrats and Republicans will be rushing to salvage parts of what was once sweeping crime-reduction legislation endorsed by Gov. Larry Hogan and lawmakers to help reduce violence in Baltimore. They’ll also be trying to negotiate compromises on difficult gun issues, including allowing courts to take weapons from owners believed to be an imminent threat and adopting rules for taking weapons from domestic abusers.
The lawmakers, whose decisions could influence the campaign challenges they’ll face in this year’s elections, will likely work right up to 11:59 p.m. to approve hundreds of bills to send to Hogan. [Read More]
‘Unsafe to the community’: Facebook takes on pro-Trump Diamond and Silk (The American Mirror)
The hilarious duo of Diamond and Silk is a danger to society.
That’s according to Facebook.
The pro-Trump pair posted on the embattled social media platform on Friday night, saying after months of correspondence, they were deemed to be “unsafe to the community.” [Read More]
Women prefer their best friends to their husband, study finds (Indy 100)
Getting married is often pegged as one of the happiest day of a person’s life, as you have finally found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with.
However, that part about spending time with your spouse isn’t exactly contractual and you are more than obliged to spend just as much time with your friends.
Now a survey conducted by Champneys Health Spa suggests that more than 50 per cent of married women prefer to spend time with their best friends as opposed to their husband. [Read More]
SJW Mom Attacks Mike Rowe’s ‘Work Ethic’ Scholarship (Daily Wire)
Mike Rowe is known for encouraging his viewers to have a strong work ethic while on the job. Host of “Dirty Jobs” and “Returning The Favor,” Rowe has a special scholarship for students wishing to learn various trades and requires them to take a “S.W.E.A.T. Pledge” to work hard to earn it.
Normally, this would be considered uncontroversial, but not to one mother who took umbrage to Rowe requiring her child to have a strong work ethic. [Read More]
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