<!-- Begin FRAME1 Breaking News from The Washington Post White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:08:35 PM National News Alert White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects The White House on Sunday detailed how deep spending cuts set to begin this week would affect programs in every state and the District, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to pressure congressional Republicans to compromise on a way to stop the across-the-board cuts. But while congressional Republicans and Democrats were set to introduce this week dueling legislative proposals to avert the Friday start of the spending cuts, known as the sequester, neither side expected the symbolic measures to get enough support to pass Congress. The 51 fact sheets describe what would happ...

AMERICANTHINKER.COM 11 Hours Ago Articles: Weighing the Gun Control Argument by William Sullivan It is a bit misleading to call our current national discussion about gun control a "debate." Simply put, politicians and the media directing the discussion aren't interested in evidence or conclusions contrary to those that they have a vested interest in disseminating. They are interested merely in silencing any opposition, and they rely on their devoted acolytes to continue empowering them to do so. It's about belief for these acolytes, not proof. Because they believe in the moral imperative, whether or not facts support their beliefs is unimportant. They just blindly accept that what they've been told is true, and they look upon those who believe otherwise as dangerous heretics. Yet in a somewhat intellectually quixotic self-perception, these gun-control zealots declare themselves the rational thinkers on the subject and believe their conclusions infallib...

PAT DOLLARD YOUNG AMERICANS 2 Hours Ago Magpul to Leave Colorado if Gun Control Laws Pass Feb 24, 2013Toro520 Via Magpul Industries – Public Announcement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES IT WILL LEAVE COLORADO IF GUN BILL PASSES MOVE WOULD COST STATE 600 JOBS, $85 MILLION Denver, Colorado – February 15th, 2013 – Magpul Industries, an Erie, Colorado, based manufacturer of firearms accessories, announced today that it will be forced to leave the state if House Bill 1224, which would ban standard capacity magazines, becomes law. The announcement was made to Governor Hickenlooper, state legislators, members of the media, and in a full-page advertisement to appear in the Denver Post on Sunday. Richard Fitzpatrick, Founder, President, and CEO of Magpul Industries, said that regardless of any amendments that may be worked into the bill, he will no longer be able to continue to do business in Colorado if his core product is made illegal. “Our company could no...