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National Rifle Association Says in Lawsuit Its Leadership Thought NRATV Was 'Racist'

The National Rifle Association said in a new court filing that it found the content of now-defunct NRATV "distasteful and racist."
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NRA, in Lawsuit: NRATV Was ‘Racist’

The National Rifle Association said in a new court filing that it found the content of now-defunct NRATV “distasteful and racist.”

The Daily Beast first reported on the reference to NRATV in an Oct. 25 amended complaint filed by the NRA in its ongoing legal battle against advertising firm Ackerman McQueen. Officials for the NRA said the channel “strayed from the Second Amendment to themes which some NRA leaders found distasteful and racist.”

The NRA pointed specifically to a segment on Dana Loesch’s program on NRATV, which featured a picture of Thomas the Tank Engine photoshopped to wear a Ku Klux Klan hood because the children’s television show had introduced a new character.

“One particularly damaging segment featured children’s cartoon characters adorned in Ku Klux Klan hoods,” the lawsuit read.

Before it went belly up, NRATV featured many personalities who now often appear on Fox News like Dan Bongino and Loesch.

The NRA also alleged Ackerman McQueen was “evasive” and “hostile” to attempts to rein in NRATV’s content and alleged the firm “fabricated and inflated sponsorship and viewership claims.”

“Tellingly, when NRATV finally shut down in June 2019, no one missed it,” the NRA said on page three of the filing. “Not a single sponsor or viewer even called, confirming what at least some NRA executives suspected—the site had limited visibility and was failing the accomplish any of its goals.”

In a statement to The Daily Beast, Ackerman McQueen alleged NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre “controlled every aspect of NRATV for which he recruited talent, approved every budget, audited every metric and required ultimate confidentiality. Ackerman McQueen routinely offered and toward the end of the relationship demanded that an outside firm audit NRATV performance but LaPierre refused.”

The NRA said through an attorney that the charges “reveal pattern of corruption that included NRATV, a failed media enterprise the agency proposed, managed and sustained through misleading accounts of viewership and promised commercial viability.
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Pentagon Leader Doesn’t Know Where Trump Got ISIS Leader’s ‘Whimpering And Crying’

President Donald Trump claimed that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "whimpering and crying and screaming" right before his death, but Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley doesn'
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Pentagon Leader Doesn’t Know Where Trump Got ISIS Leader’s ‘Whimpering And Crying’

President Donald Trump claimed that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and crying and screaming” right before his death, but Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley doesn’t know where Trump got those particular details.

“I know the President had planned to talk down to the unit and unit members, but I don’t know what the source of that was,” Milley told reporters on Monday. “But I assume it was talking directly to unit members.”

“You haven’t talked to any unit members who described that to you?” a journalist asked.

“I have not talked to unit members, no, that’s correct,” Milley responded. “I’ve talked to the commanders and CENTCOM, but not down to the members.”
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Trump Admin Ditches Its Plans To Restrict Protests Near White House

The Trump administration's National Park Service announced on Monday that it would not go through with its proposed restrictions on protests and demonstrations near the White House and the National…
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Trump Admin Ditches Its Plans To Restrict Protests Near White House


The Trump administration’s National Park Service announced on Monday that it would not go through with its proposed restrictions on protests and demonstrations near the White House and the National Mall.

“In response to more than 140,000 comments received from the public and stakeholders, the National Park Service (NPS) today announced it is withdrawing its August 2018 proposal to revise the First Amendment and Special Use Permit regulations for the National Mall, President’s Park and other national parks in the Washington, D.C. area,” the NPS said in a press release.

The agency defended the “intent” of its proposal, claiming that it was meant to “protect the iconic landmarks, views and grounds for use and enjoyment of citizens and visitors from around the globe.”

But the NPS said it has now decided that the regulations will “remain unchanged.”
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Court Orders North Carolina To Redraw Its District Map In Time For 2020

In a big victory for anti-gerrymandering activists, a panel of three judges ordered North Carolina's state legislature on Monday to draw up new U.S. congressional maps in time for the 2020 elections.
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Court Orders North Carolina To Redraw Its District Map In Time For 2020



In a big victory for anti-gerrymandering activists, a panel of three judges ordered North Carolina’s state legislature on Monday to draw up new U.S. congressional maps in time for the 2020 elections.

The ruling was decided by the same panel that had struck down Republican-drawn state legislative maps for North Carolina’s Senate and General Assembly last month.

Though the judges didn’t establish a hard deadline, the panel warned that it would delay the 2020 primaries if new maps haven’t been drawn up by then.
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