Thursday, New York authorities arrested a man accused of leaving threatening voice messages for Rep. Steve Scalise.

According to The Times-Picayune, the voice message said, “We are going to feed them lead. Make no mistake you will pay.”

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After suffering a critical gun shot wound to the hip during a June Congressional baseball practice, Rep. Steve Scalise returned to Congress Thursday.

As disheartening as the events leading to his months-long absence were, his return was nothing short of inspirational.

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God bless Rep. Steve Scalise. After being shot and critically wounded at a Congressional baseball practice game in June, Rep. Scalise heads back to Congress for the first time.

From Politico:

It’s Scalise’s first time in the Capitol since he took a bullet to the hip while practicing with the Republican congressional baseball...

The Washington Post has fallen almost as far as CNN. In a news analysis article, the paper tries to shift blame for James Hodgkinson’s attempt to murder Republican congressmen on conservative talk radio.

It’s an established fact that Hodgkinson was a Bernie-loving, anti-Trump, Rachel Maddow “super fan,” so wouldn’t it make more...

Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb has ousted Phil Montag, a volunteer for the party’s technology committee, after a recording surfaced of him saying he was glad House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was shot and wished he died. Scalise and four others were shot last week while practicing for the congressional...

The shooting in Virginia last week brought out the crazy in some people. One professor at Trinity College in Connecticut posted comments on social media that may have temporarily closed the school. It’s unclear whether the school was closed because of the posting or because of threats in reaction.

From the ...

Doctors at MedStar Washington Hospital Center issued a statement Wednesday saying Rep. Steve Scalise has improved from critical to ‘fair’ condition.

Politico reports:

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s condition has been upgraded from “serious” to “fair,” his doctors said Wednesday.

“Congressman Steve Scalise continues to make good progress,” his doctors at MedStar Washington...

Back in May, an art professor suggested Republicans should be shot. After the shooting of Republicans last week, Democratic Socialists at U. Georgia doubled down on th...

James Devine—the Dem strategist who tweeted #HuntRepublicanCongressmen in the hours following the shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise—was a guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show last night. Devine’s rambling...

Apparently no one has told this professor that the shooter was a Bernie supporter and MSNBC fan. Actually, he admits that the shooter was left wing but still blames Trump.

Campus Reform reports:

Prof blames ‘Trump and trumpism’ for Scalise shooting

A Central Connecticut State University professor is blaming the politically-motivated shooting of House...

In the wake of the Scalise shooting, Fareed Zakaria hosted a segment on his CNN show this morning devoted to addressing how Republicans and Democrats can stop their “internecine struggle” and “reconcile.” Two of the guests bought into the premise, discussing the challenges involved and possible approaches to reconciliation.

But the third guest,...

In light of the attempted assassination of Steve Scalise and other Republican congressman by a Bernie-loving progressive, and the widespread leftist violence by Antifa and similar groups, it’s worth asking why the American left is so angry.

Larry Elder attempts to answer that question in the video below. The key, he says,...

Well that was quick.

I can’t recall as substantial an assassination attempt against one political party as took place Wednesday morning, June 14, 2017. Certainly there have been individual assassinations and shots fired, such as by Puerto Rican nationalists in 1954, but this was a well planned attempt at mass murder directed...

The Congressional Baseball game is a 108-year-old tradition and one of the best annual showings of bipartisanship.

This year, a day after Rep. Steve Scalise was shot and severely injured during baseball practice, a public display of unity and civility was desperately needed. And that’s exactly what happened.

Before the game...

I am stunned as I write this.

A sitting member of Congress, Rep. Steve Scalise, was shot this morning, based purely upon his political beliefs.

The shooter, James Hodgkinson, posted many anti-Trump rants on his social media feeds. And, it is reported that before unloading approximately 50 shots at a congressional baseball game,...

Our friends in Louisiana alerted us to a nationwide blood drive being held for Rep. Steve Scalise who was shot Wednesday while practicing for the Congressional baseball game. Rep. Scalise remains in critical condition and has received several blood transfusions.

A New Orleans chapter of Knights of Columbus has organized a...

Wednesday’s baseball shooting left several injured and one dead.

In things I never thought I’d say, I must agree with both President Trump and Sen. McCaskill — unity, not division should be the goal at this day’s end.

It’s impossible to ignore the toxic political polarization or that as Professor Jacobson discussed...