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 | June 26, 2019
Ah, San Francisco, the land of poop and honey. The beautiful, thriving city with no issues to be found within its borders is now finally addressing the city’s greatest existential threat: e-cigarettes. The eternally pristine city of San Francisco finally addressed the societal threat of e-cigs and vapes on Tuesday when the city’s Board of Supervisors decided to ban the sale of said products…
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Eric Schaffer | June 25, 2019
After Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared her imminent departure as White House press secretary earlier this month, the long wait for who her replacement announcement is finally over.  After weeks of baited breath, it was officially announced Tuesday Stephanie Grisham, former spokeswoman for the First Lady, has been picked to replace Sanders. Oh, that's great! I'm so—oh, what? No, no, I was…
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Eric Schaffer | June 25, 2019
As Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to become a focal point of the Democratic party, more politicians continue making outlandish claims in order to "own the cons." The latest spate of absolute lunacy comes from Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), who claimed that Donald Trump is “torturing children” in order to get Democrats to make a deal with him on his long-promised border wall. In an interview…
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Eric Schaffer | June 24, 2019
Ravelry, a knitting and crocheting social media site which many didn’t know existed until a couple days ago, announced in a blog on Sunday that, henceforth, it would remove any user supporting Donald Trump on their platform.  “We are banning support of Donald Trump and his administration on Ravelry,” the blog said, “This includes support in the form of forum posts, projects, patterns,…
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Eric Schaffer | June 24, 2019
As San Diego remains the fourth city with the highest homelessness rate in the U.S., drastic steps are being taken to deal with the problem.  In addition to several taxpayer-funded initiatives to address the issue, San Diego is now pursuing the construction of large tents, trailers, and other shelter facilities. As Fox News reports, "In one of the more dramatic moves by California…
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Eric Schaffer | June 24, 2019
  Cancel culture is destroying public life as we know it. And if you don’t know what that is, or if you don’t think it applies to you, think again. Cancel culture is a phenomenon in public life and a recent development in Western cultures that if someone says something we don’t like, either now or in the past -- no matter how long ago it was -- we can destroy said person’s life.  The…
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Eric Schaffer | June 21, 2019
A Cook County judge ruled a special prosecutor must be appointed in the infamous Jussie Smollett case after Cook County State’s attorney, Kim Foxx, recused herself and handed the investigation down to her top deputy. Judge Michael Toomin ruled that in addition to the special prosecutor being appointed, said special prosecutor would be able to bring new charges against Smollett if there are…
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Eric Schaffer | June 21, 2019
President Trump is falling short of the deportation numbers set by his predecessor, according to Department of Homeland Security figures.  According to Axios: Under the Obama administration, total ICE deportations were above 385,000 each year in fiscal years 2009-2011, and hit a high of 409,849 in fiscal 2012. The numbers dropped to below 250,000 in fiscal years 2015 and 2016. Under Trump,…
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Eric Schaffer | June 21, 2019
On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence bid farewell to the USNS Comfort as it prepares to embark on a five-month long voyage to assist nations whose medical systems have become strained due to the Venezuela crisis. According to Pence on Tuesday: The United States had taken action, we’ve positioned more than 500 metric tons of food and humanitarian supplies on the Venezuelan border to help…
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Eric Schaffer | June 20, 2019
On Thursday, in a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Peace Cross war memorial erected on public land in Prince George’s County, Maryland would be allowed to stand as is. The decision comes after residents of the county and the American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit demanding the cross be taken down, claiming it was a violation of the Establishment Clause and a disregard of…