Crisis at the NRA should have been a gift for gun control advocates. What went wrong? by Jake Bittle
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Rick Carusoâs Stealth Republican Campaign The Los Angeles mayoral front-runner was a member of the GOP until recently and is winning based on wild promises to sweep the cityâs problems under the rug. by Alex Shephard