With Friends like These... According to a recent report by Politico, Democrats in Congress are muting their calls for gun control in the wake of the latest mass shootings because they worry about offending "the very voters they need to woo to regain control of Congress".

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'Stop, Thief!'

Idaho resident Tequila Isaacson sprang into action to help rescue a young child trapped inside a burning vehicle in Washington State, smashing a coffee shop window to get a fire extinguisher. The responding state patrol officer, she says, threatened criminal charges, saying her actions constituted theft, "no matter how good your intentions." No charges were filed.

They Can't Handle the Truth

A draft report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that refugees from other countries have brought in $63 billion more in state and local taxes during the last decade than they've received in public benefits. The Trump Administration rejected the findings.

The White Stuff

Kimberley Paige Barnette, a former county magistrate judge running for mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, touted her qualifications in a Facebook post: "REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL." She lost the primary in September, garnering just 5 percent of the vote.

Parade Envy

President Donald Trump was so inspired by a French military parade he witnessed in Paris in July that he wants to host one of his own next July 4 in Washington, D.C. Only, in typical Trump fashion, he vows that it will be bigger and...