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Who wants to play the Bucs in Deutschland?

It seems one team is lobbying the NFL to play a road game in London against the Packers. And it got Joe thinking about what teams, if any, are pushing NFL warden Roger Goodell to play the Bucs in Munich?

The Bucs will make NFL history hosting the first NFL regular season game on German soil this fall. Rumors arethe Bucs will play on Sunday, Nov. 13. Later this week, the NFL is expected to announce dates and matchups for all the international games scheduled for England, Mexico and Germany.

That news came from Daylight-Savings-Time-scared, crossword-puzzle-puzzled, Elon-Musk-peeved, Barstool-Sports-triggered, almond-milk-sipping, hot-dog-eating-contest-protesting, mock-draft-scowling,L.L.-Bean-wearing, tennis fans advocate, Second Amendment abolitionist,Mike-Florio-arguing,parrot-insensitive,chewing-with-his-mouth-open,soup-gulping,California-train-romancing, anti-football proliferation,outhouse-admiring,airline-napping,steerage-flying,Yogi Berra-worshiping,urinal-picture-taking,video-game-playing,Taylor-Swift-listening,pickpocket-thwarting,Bucs-uniform-frowning, Allie LaForce-smitten, Big-Ten-Network-hating,pedestrian-bumping,olive oil-lapping,popcorn-munching,coffee-slurping,fried-chicken-eating,oatmeal-loving,circle-jerking, craft-beer-chugging, cricket-watching,scone-loathing,college football-nave,baseball-box-score-reading,NPR-honk,filthy-hotel-staying,fight-instigating,barista-training, Budweiser-tolerant,baseball-scorecard-keeping, pasta-feasting, vomit-dodging scrooge, Kay-Adams-following, Coors-Light-souring, pineapple-upside-down-cake-eating social activist and NFL insider Peter King of NBC Sports fame in his weekly Football Morning in America column.

However, there was another juicy bit of intel from King about international games and scheduling. It seems, per King, the Rams volunteered to play the Packers in London, so long as the game will be played in the second half of the season.

Joes first thought was the NFL rarely puts marquee games on international soil. In 2018, however, the Rams and Chiefs were expected to play in Mexico City but that got moved to Los Angeles because the field in Mexico was not in playing condition.

It turned out to be a game for the ages on Monday Night Football with the Rams winning 54-51. But the vast majority of the international matchups are garbage.

So why in the world would the Rams want to travel halfway across the globe to play the Packers instead of just two time zones away in Green Bay? Well, King said the Rams want to take advantage of a neutral site and avoid Lambeau Field.

The second reason? The weather.

England in November isnt that awful (40s or 50s). In Green Bay? It could be 20 degrees at night and a foot of snow. So by playing in England, Los Angeles dodges potential frigid temperatures or freezing rain or snow, or all three that can easily happen in East-Central Wisconsin in November.

Smart!

So that got Joe thinking: If the Packers opponents are trying to play Green Bay in England to avoid wintry weather and a road-field disadvantage, how many Bucs home opponents are begging the NFL to play Tampa Bay in Munich to avoid roasting in the brutal Florida September or October sun?

Average temperatures in Munich are about the same as in England, 40s in November in Bavaria. The Seahawks are probably begging the NFL to play the Bucs in Munich, which seems to have a Seattle-like climate. (The Packers are another far-northern team on the Bucs home schedule, but Joe doubts they want to travel to Europe twice).

The rest of the Bucs home opponents are more accustomed to the heat.

King also noted that the NFL is trying to get half the league to play an international game instead instead of a ninth home game. Thats fair to Joe. Its been eight home games for decades.

Just FYI, Bucs home opponents this year: Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Green Bay, Kansas City, Los Angeles (Rams) and Seattle.

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LAFAYETTE, Ind. A long-serving state senator representing parts of Tippecanoe County has an apparent easy enough route to the November election and perhaps another term, while a relatively crowded field in another Indiana Senaterace appears on the May 3 Primary ballot.

Senate District 22

State Sen. Ron Alting, a Republican, has served as the 22nd District since 1998. No Democrats have filed to run for the seatin the May 3 election.

During the 2022 legislative session, Alting authored14 billsand two rolutions. He co-authored four bills and 21 resolutions.

In response to the controversies swirling around two Tippecanoe County trustees,Alting co-authored Senate Bill 304, which was signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb and becomes law on July 1. The law creates a path to remove trustees who are unresponsive to constituents.

Alting alsosponsored three bills and two resolutions and co-sponsored three bills and one resolution. In total, hes been involved with 51 pieces of legislation this year.

State Senate District 22 includes West Lafayette, portions of Lafayette and Wabash Township.

Indiana District 23 Sen. Phil Boots of Crawfordsvilleannounced his retirement in 2021 after completing 16 years in office.

The open seat has garnered the attention of four Republican candidates: Bill Webster, Christian Beaver, Paula Copenhaver and Spencer Deery, as well as one Democratic candidate David Sanders.

Sanders, the lone Democrat,is an associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University and currently serves as anat-large member ofthe West Lafayette City Council.

Sanders's campaign aims to address suchconcerns as investing in the infrastructure of District 23, advocating for veterans and investing in renewable energies.

Webster, opting for a second attemptat theIndiana State Senate seat, ran on the Republican ticket for the District 38 seat in 2010 but lost to Democratic incumbent Timothy Skinner.

Webster currently serves as the Parke County GOP chairman and previously served on the Parke County Planning and Zoning Commission.

Webster is a pro-life candidate also campaigning to reduce taxes, reform education, promote job growth, and protect voters' right to own guns.

Christian Beaver is a project manager at Beaver Construction Management but previously worked as the former leasing manager for Granite Student Living.

Beaver is a pro-life candidate who aims to stop late-term abortions. He also wants to invest in the infrastructure in rural communities, address Indianas drug and mental health crisis, reform education, invest in growing Purdue University and protect voters gun rights.

Paula Copenhaver currently serves as the Fountain County clerk and is a member of the Fountain County Republican Womens Club.

Copenhaver is a pro-life and pro-SecondAmendment candidate. She wants to create election reform, promote job and economic growth for citizens in Senate District 38 and reform education.

Spencer Deery currently serves as the deputy chief of staff and as a communications and public policy advisor to Purdue University President Mitch Daniels.

Prior to this election cycle, Deery has said he didnt have the ambition to run for politics, but that changed after the Senate District 23 seat opened.

Like the other candidates, Deery is campaigning on issues like prioritizing education by supporting teachers and focusing on parental rights, promoting job growth by supporting reform that prioritizes workforce development, aiming to reduce taxes, investing in the infrastructure of rural communities and is a pro-life and pro-second amendment candidate.

State Senate District 23covers all or parts of Vermillion, Parke, Fountain, Warren, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties.

Noe Padilla is a reporter for the Journal & Courier. Email him at Npadilla@jconline.com and follow him on Twitterat1NoePadilla.

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The Newnan Times-Herald

Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the only candidate present at a recent candidate forum in Newnan.

Jared Craig, who is running against Rep. Drew Ferguson in the Republican primary for the District 3 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said at a recent candidate forum that his opponent is out of touch.

Craig presented his platform at the event, held April 14 in Newnan. The event was a chance for both Craig and Ferguson to make their case, but Ferguson was absent. According to Ferguson's team, he was at an event honoring and congratulating students that had earned appointments to the U.S. Service Academies.

As Ive been campaigning since July of last year, Ive gone around 15 counties and asked the voters, do you know who represents you? Craig said. And they either dont know him or theyre still waiting on a phone call back from him, which is telling as today, were still waiting for him to show up and participate in this debate, which he has chosen not to.

Craig, who called himself a conservative Republican and a believer in the America First agenda, said the biggest issue facing the county and the district was energy independence.

If we dont have energy independence, we can do nothing further to bring back critical manufacturing of essential goods, to where we can stop depending on international trade with countries that we consider to be our enemies, that we depend heavily for pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and even technology, Craig said. I want to bring that back to the United States. I want to bring that to Georgia.

Craig also said he was in favor of a merit-based immigration system, finishing up the wall on the southern border, and if Canada gets too wild, we should build a wall up there too, he said.

Craig also expressed support for the second amendment as well as interstate carry, stating that states should not have the right to infringe on your right that is acknowledged in the U.S. Constitution.

In addition, he spoke of endeavoring to insure voter integrity, to investigate what happened and to prevent what happened happening again in 2020, stating that voters were still angry and upset about what happened.

Craig also expressed support for single-issue bills - bills without earmarks or pork added to them, and called himself pro-life, pro-law and order, pro-military and a supporter of Veterans Administration rights. He also supports abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and said he wanted to protect womens sports for our daughters.

I believe that if we do not preserve our country and our way of life as we have it now, we will lose it if we do not act, Craig said.

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Jared Craig: Drew Ferguson 'out of touch' - Newnan Times-Herald

US Supreme Court could decide bans imposed by several states

A political and controversial fight over border security grows with the looming expiration of a federal pandemic policy.

Iowas Supreme Court weighs in on Abby Finkenauers ballot eligibility in her bid for the U. S. Senate.

And Illinois lawmakers take a stand against so-called ghost guns guns that are considered impossible to trace.

We cover that this morning with Jake Lewis, the deputy director of Illinois Democratic Party, and former Iowa Republican Party Chair Steve Grubbs.

We will start in Illinois with ghost guns. State lawmakers adopted legislation last weekend to ban them altogether. These are guns that can be made with a 3D printer and a special kit at home.

A lot of people buy them online. They dont have serial numbers. Thats what keeps them from being tracked.

The Illinois bill would ban selling any guns or kits that dont include serial numbers. It would make privately made firearms illegal and require anyone who owns parts without serial numbers to register them.

The federal government also weighed in on this.

President Biden announced a policy to require ghost gun businesses to have a federal license and to add serial numbers to the parts.

Republicans argued against the legislation saying it punishes law-abiding gun owners.

Ten other states already have legislation against ghost guns.

The bill is an important step forward in making sure that we can keep our communities safe by getting illegal guns and getting these ghost guns off of the street, Lewis said. These are untraceable guns.

Is this really going to stop the bad guys from printing their own guns? Grubbs asked. if they want to break the law, theyre probably going to do it with or without the approval of the government.

Hear what else our panelists have to say in the video.

Question of the week: Tell us what you think

We want to hear from you, too, with our question of the week: What do you think about legislation that bans ghost guns as they exist and requires them to contain serial numbers so they can be traced? Share your thoughts at 4therecord@whbf.com

Local 4 News, your local election headquarters, is proud to present4 The Record, a weekly news and public affairs program focused on the issues important to you. Its a program unlike any other here in the Quad Cities. Tune in each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. asJim Niedelmanbrings you up to speed on whats happening in the political arena, from Springfield, Des Moines, Washington, D.C. and right here at home.

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Thursday, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Katie Britt continued her campaigns efforts to raise awareness of her policy positions by releasing a memo regarding her stance on the Second Amendment.

In speaking to what she saw as the importance of upholding law-abiding American citizens gun rights, Britt made mention of the nationwide spike in crime.

As crime skyrockets across the country thanks to dangerous liberal policies and anti-law enforcement rhetoric, it is more important than ever that law-abiding citizens exercise our Second Amendment rights, she declared in the memo.

Britt pledged to introduce legislation shielding firearm manufacturers and dealers from financial targeting, sponsor nationwide concealed carry reciprocity, and work to legislatively prohibit the implementation of red flag laws.

Gun grabbers use so-called red flag laws as a gateway to push their disarming agenda, the candidate stated. In reality, a red flag law is an abridgment of the Second Amendment and can be abused to take away the right to self-defense with no due process.

Additionally, she announced her intentions to end the $200 transfer tax on rare guns levied under the National Firearms Act.

Britt, whose private sector experience includes the practice of law, vowed to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Associations case against New Yorks Second Amendment restrictions.

According to Britt, the Second Amendment serves as a critical check against government tyranny.

The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government, stated Britt. Our Founders wisely knew that the Second Amendment will always be necessary to protect our God-given, inalienable right to defend ourselves, our families, our freedom, our homes, and our communities.

She concluded, As the Biden Administration continues to put law-abiding, hardworking Americans in their crosshairs, we must stand firm and preserve the country we know and love for our children and our childrens children. In the Senate, I will always fight to defend our Second Amendment rights and our Christian conservative values.

Dylan Smith is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanSmithAL

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