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Gabrielle Giffords
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We’re only 151 days into 2019 and there have already been 150 mass shootings. This reality is horrifying. It’s heartbreaking. And the fact that our nation’s leaders continue to fail to protect us should fuel outrage in every American. #VirginiaBeach
The stories of survivors from Virginia Beach touch on a familiar refrain: a workday shattered by gunfire. Coworkers huddled on the floor trying to stay quiet as the shooting gets closer. The disbelief that it’s finally happening to them. Our hearts are in Virginia tonight.
If gun violence feels like an everyday occurrence, that’s because it is. Every single day, nearly 100 lives are lost because of guns. This is not normal. No other developed nation in the world experiences this kind of daily heartbreak and horror. #VirginiaBeach
We are a country of citizens crying out for a response to this epidemic of gun violence, but there are politicians who take the gun lobby’s money and vote against our safety. Our leaders must work and vote to protect us. And if they don’t we must elect new leaders. #VirginiaBeach
It’s been nearly 100 days since the House passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act. How many more lives will be lost before Senator McConnell and President Trump take the next steps to sign that lifesaving legislation into law? giffords.me/85044
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Today’s historic gun safety victory in Congress is a testament to courage. Just eight weeks into the new Congress, courage is what inspired the House to pass #HR8.
When it looked like the gun lobby would forever silence any debate on stronger gun laws, courage shone through. Courage embodied by relentless advocates and resilient survivors, and exemplified by leaders who ran for office and won on the promise to fight for a safer future.
Tragically, the cost to our communities while we waited over a decade for this progress has been far too high. Hundreds of thousands of American lives have been lost. Far too many families and communities, including my own, have been forever changed.
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Gabrielle Giffords
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This is the state of America's gun violence crisis:

Since President Trump took office, over 75,000 people in America have been killed with a gun. There have been nearly 700 mass shootings. At least 3,300 children shot and killed. Over 1,000 women shot by intimate partners. #SOTU
This is the state of America's gun violence crisis:

Children learn to hide during active shooter drills. Parents live in fear their kids won’t come home. Families fall asleep to the sound of gunfire. People find themselves mapping escape routes in case they hear gunfire. #SOTU
Last year, millions of Americans—inspired by young people—took to the streets to demand safer gun laws. Voters promised that if Congress didn’t take swift action to pass those laws, they’d elect new leaders who would. And they did. #SOTU
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Gabrielle Giffords
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The accounts from today's school shooting in Parkland, Florida strike fear into all Americans. Is it safe to send our kids to school? Are we safe in our homes and communities?
But our fear cannot compare to what our innocent children felt as the gunshots rang out, bullets flew through the halls of their school, and their teachers and classmates were gunned down.
Even in our grief, we must summon the courage to fight against this fear. We must find the courage to imagine a country where these massacres do not occur. Our leaders must find the courage to escape the confines of their politics & pursue the moral necessity of peace & safety.
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#Fact: Did you know that In January, February and March of 2019, 8,493 people were murdered in #Mexico, they say that this is the most violent first quarter on record that is a jump of 9% above the start of 2018, which was a record at the time.
They also say that the City of "Mexico City" experienced a 46% increase in the number of homicide victims compared to the first quarter of 2018 with that of 2019. #Mexico
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On this day two years ago, I joined dozens of my colleagues at a sit in on the House Floor to protest Congress’ failure to address gun violence
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My Dear Igbo Compatriots, your leaders, not President Buhari, are your enemies

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Politics anywhere in the world is a fierce battle. Like war, all is fair in politics. In Nigeria, tribe & religion determine, to a very extent, political victories

I wonder if the above assertion is debatable. I have seen a lot to come to this conclusion
In my entire political life, i do not know a Nigerian politician who's loved and hated in equal measures like the current occupant of Aso Rock - PMB

Like all mortals, PMB has his weaknesses and these weaknesses have been over-exaggerated by his political foes

That's politics!!
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Per Bylund
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Three commonly held but untrue views seem to nicely summarize this "report":
1. Selling your goods below cost is a success strategy
2. Being "big" means you cannot be disrupted
3. Government wants to save us from "market power"
#1 only produces a return if one can then raise prices and still sell big volumes *and* no one else can enter the market. How can firms "protect" their staked-out market space? Without government privilege there's only one way: by offering goods of higher quality at lower prices.
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Adrienne LaFrance
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Mass shootings have become an accepted part of American life. @IsabelFattal and @stetyjohn talked to nearly a dozen people about their experiences. Heartbreaking, essential.

“The fact that I’m a survivor of a school shooting is not something he knows.” theatlantic.com/family/archive…
“I did just want to move on and get back to normal. But you can’t. These are things that will impact you for the rest of your life and will affect you.” theatlantic.com/family/archive…
“There’s a piece of me that feels anger: Why have we not been able to reverse this trend? Why is it getting worse? Why can’t we do something about it? Then there’s fear. What if we don’t figure it out?” theatlantic.com/family/archive…
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Eric Electron
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#Fact 1 - The Wage Gap is real. People who says it's not haven't read the data.

However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist #WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
Women typically choose fields that are lower paying; even in the #STEM fields. To attribute that to sexism only or even mostly is a very dishonest way of deriving an answer for this complex disparity.

Sources:

cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/upl…

npr.org/sections/money…
When the US Department of Labor Statistics took into consideration personal choices, non-wage benefits, hours worked, experience, education, and other variables that contributes to the wage gap the percentage of earnings decreases to approximately 3%.

shrm.org/hr-today/publi…
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