“This administration has not only wrought horrific levels of violence in the jails, but is increasingly authoritarian in seeking to shield its abuses from judicial and public oversight,”
"But for better or for worse, though, we’ve developed some coping strategies that some might find useful. So from your friends out West, here are some tips on surviving smoke season:"
https://www.hcn.org/articles/hey-new-york-weve-survived-decades-of-smoke-heres-how-we-did-it
"every society has always had turmoil in it. What no other society has had is 425 million guns and this culture, on the right, that tells young men that to be real young men, they must purchase an AR-15 and go out and solve their problems"
https://www.propublica.org/article/ryan-busse-explains-roots-of-us-gun-violence
@Forbes How about expanding those WNBA rosters first? Much cheaper than adding teams.
"Maurice Jimmerson has been behind bars for 10 years but hasn't been convicted of a crime. Due to a series of bureaucratic holdups, Jimmerson has been held in a Dougherty County, Georgia, jail since he was charged with murder in 2013—a crime for which two of his codefendants have already been acquitted."
"fans started lining up as early as 6 a.m. to get inside, despite the fact that first pitch was scheduled until 12 hours later at 6:08 p.m."
@MaleticResearch@noagendasocial.com Every "legal gun" is legal until you do something illegal with it. The key issue is that if someone has a gun, they can shoot you with it, not any other thing.
You can be a "law-abiding citizen" buy a gun, and go shoot a school or a parade with it.
If they go to jail, great. The next person then gets a gun...see the point? It's the guns first and foremost.
It's the guns.
"Washington started having the barber college set aside $1,000 in profits every month to make low-interest, small dollar loans to the community. That eventually grew into People Trust Community Loan Fund, a not-for-profit, federally-certified community development financial institution, or CDFI."
“I’m not against the Second Amendment," he said, "but just with my conscience, I can’t sell it because, I don’t know who it’s going to affect and hurt.”
@freemo Okay!
@freemo Go ahead. Constrast it. It's YOUR ARGUMENT, you make it.
@freemo I didn't write the article. Feel free to write the Philly Tribune Letter To The Editor.
@freemo Those people still got shot, no matter who did the shooting.
Check out wearorange.org for stats. For example...
"The only way to stop young Black men from shooting each other and young white men from shooting up schools and stores and churches and everyplace else is to take away their guns. In fact, the only way to stop all gun crazy Americans from shooting people is to take away their guns."
"Advocates took a stand against gun violence Friday at the Chester County Courthouse. Cease Fire PA wore orange as they held a rally to kick off Gun Violence Awareness Month."
#wearorange weekend is coming up June 2 - 4. Please consider coming to an event near you. Go to wearorange.org for details.
"As I’ve documented recently, in the past year alone there have been at least eight gun massacres in public places in America committed by heavily armed shooters who used AR-15s and tactical gear, an escalating trend. The perpetrators have mostly been suicidal young adults, including three who were 18 years old. The latest one fatally shot three people and injured six others on May 15 in Farmington, New Mexico, where he screamed for police to kill him as they took him out in a gun battle. His was another textbook case of warning signs tragically missed or unheeded."
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