Eric Shaffer
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Eric Shaffer is the host of The Lone Conservative podcast at Lone Conservative and an intern at MRCTV. He is a Finance major at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and plans to attend law school after he graduates for criminal law.

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Eric Schaffer | July 25, 2019
Last Thursday, President Donald Trump announced in the White House’s East Room that the U.S.S. Boxer had destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the Iranian aircraft had come within 1,000 yards of the U.S. ship and received several orders to stand down. This Tuesday, U.S. General Kenneth McKenzie said he believed the U.S. had instead taken down two drones-- not one. "As…
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Eric Schaffer | July 23, 2019
South Korea fired hundreds of warning shots at Russian aircraft on Tuesday after it violated South Korean airspace, according to the South Korean government. As the AP reports: South Korea said three Russian military planes — two Tu-95 bombers and one A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft — entered the South’s air defense identification zone off its east coast before the A-50…
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Eric Schaffer | July 23, 2019
Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, has achieved an unsurprising victory in the battle for Conservative Party leadership. This means the occasionally controversial politician will soon also be the United Kingdom’s next Prime Minister.  Johnson officially won the Conservative Party’s leadership race on Tuesday after receiving  92,153 votes. In comparison, his opponent, Foreign…
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Eric Schaffer | July 22, 2019
As tensions between the United States and Iran further rise, the Iranian government continues to make hostile shows of force, this time claiming Iranian authorities have captured seventeen spies working for the CIA. According to NPR:  On Monday, a senior Iranian intelligence officer told reporters in Tehran that Iran has detained CIA-trained Iranian nationals who were attempting to gather…
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Eric Schaffer | July 22, 2019
Color Blindness, a condition which causes a difficulty in distinguishing colors, can be demoralizing, especially when those who suffer from it know the world is far more vibrant than the way their eyes perceive it. This was, until recently, the struggle of Spencer Caradine, a firefighter in Douglas County, GA.  According to Good News Network: [Caradine] didn’t know that he was red-green…
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Eric Schaffer | July 19, 2019
The Iranians, continuing on their path of tension escalation, have appear to have seized two British ships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to Fox News: The Stena Impero, which has a crew of 23 on board, 'was approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in international waters,' Stena Bulk, the shipping company that…
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Eric Schaffer | July 19, 2019
Yesterday, many Americans came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the nation’s crowning achievements: the Apollo 11 moon landing. That is, unless you’re The New York Times. In an op-ed penned by Sophie Pinkham, the Times states that, actually, the Soviets were the ones to win the space race because of… um, equality? The Cold War was fought as much on an ideological front…
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Eric Schaffer | July 19, 2019
Amid calls by many in the conservative community to declare Antifa and their ilk a domestic terrorist group, Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) are taking action. On Thursday, Cassidy and Cruz “introduced a resolution Thursday condemning the far-left group antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organization,’” according to the Daily Caller. In a tweet on the subject, Cruz said, “Like…
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Eric Schaffer | July 18, 2019
The city of Berkeley, California, a prosperous and beautiful metropolitan area, has its priorities straight. Yes, like all left-wing cities, Berkeley is addressing the most pressing issue of the day, with its City Council: Getting rid of all "gendered" terms in municipal codes. According to CNN: The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes, like 'manhole' …
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Eric Schaffer | July 18, 2019
This week, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced House Resolution 496 in support of the controversial and notorious Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS), a Palestinian-led movement which seeks to pressure the Israeli-state through international boycotts until it agrees to terms the group finds favorable. The resolution, which states “that all Americans have the right to participate…