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It's important to emphasize this point. Over and over and over.
Tragedies like the one that is unfolding right now in Santa Clarita are preventable. The GOP could pass resolutions on gun control at any time.

Our children don't have to live and die like this.
#GunControlNow
California has stricter gun laws. But they also have open borders with states that don’t have those laws. It’s exactly how the Gilroy shooter got his guns and why we need national action.

I know geography isn’t your thing 2A advocates but try to keep up.

latimes.com/california/sto…
I mean I suppose parroting the NRA talking points about CA having strict gun laws is so attractive because science is too hard, amiright 2A folks?

pennmedicine.org/news/news-rele…
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Kaz Weida
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This #SundayMorning, we're asking whatever happened to Reality Winner?

As one of the first whistleblowers in the Trump era, Reality was sentenced to more than 5 years for leaking classified materials about Russian interference in the 2016 election. #FreeRealityWinner
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(2) My followers arranged an opportunity to ask Reality Winner's mom @bjwinnerdavis questions about her daughter's case, why the media hasn't given it more coverage & how to help

Answers shortened for this thread. Read the full interview @RanttMedia

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(3) 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁?

"@alisongrinter has volunteered to assist with the completion of a Petition for Clemency, which will ask for commutation of sentence for Reality Winner...

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Kaz Weida
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If you want to know why the Pete Buttigieg misquote from the LA Times was so believable, you should read this interview with Pete in the New Yorker.

He often floats criticisms of Clinton and Obama because they play well in the Midwest with independents.

newyorker.com/news/the-new-y…
“You know, Democratic Presidents in my lifetime, Clinton and Obama both, I think, have been operating in a fundamentally conservative framework, and it’s something we should remember when we think about the shortcomings of the things that didn’t happen that we wish would.”
The reporter even asks him about a previous time when he’s been quoted as saying Clinton is to blame for Trump’s election.

“Well, you know, you said this very recently, to the Washington Post, I believe it was: Donald Trump got elected because, in his twisted way...”
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Kaz Weida
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For our #SundayMorning thread someone asked me to do a "serious" discussion of Bloomberg running for President. And enough of you upvoted it that here we are.

So I guess I have only one serious question for you.
How much does your vote cost?
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theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
(2) Even if you discard the obvious issue that Bloomberg is just another great white centrist, I still struggle with two very critical criticisms of his newly launched campaign.

1: HOW DARE HE
2: WHO THE HELL WANTS ANOTHER NY BILLIONAIRE FOR PRESIDENT?

vox.com/recode/2019/11…
(3) First off, how dare he saunter into the race at the 11th hour and throw cash around like an elitist jerk.

Bloomberg's strategy of skipping primaries in Iowa, NH, NV, and SC shows a breathtaking disregard for the goodwill of those voters.

nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/…
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Dr Gina van Raphael
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Dear #GOP,

You think you’re capable of outsmarting #Trump. That the savvy that got you elected will best Trump’s infantile vacuum of knowledge. That you’ll escape this #impeachment fiasco.

You won’t. He’s taking you down. Here’s what will happen to you in life henceforth:

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When he’s out of office, you think you’ll have escaped sanction because you’re still standing.

You think the voters will vote for you again because you’ll reshape your next campaign in an attempt to absolve yourself from direct enablement of this criminal White House.

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But as he starts to go down, you’re going to have to jump ship and adhere to the rules of Congress. It’s either him or your career: it cannot be both.

Most of you will — in the end — choose your career. But you’re forever stained.

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Our democracy has no more "guardrails"
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The Poway synagogue shooter said he hated Jews for their role in "cultural Marxism". So, who spread the conspiracy theory concerning "cultural Marxism", which claims it's a Jewish conspiracy against Western Civilization?

Who popularized that? Donald Trump knows the man...
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3) "cultural Marxism" is now the grand unifying narrative for the hard, fascist & neo-Nazi right. It does the same work as did the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" forgery did, a century ago, to inspire Hitler & his Nazis. In '016 a book with a section on "cultural Marxism" was
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Yesterday evening a delightfully peaceful and well-mannered courier called and handed me this from @Citymapper 💚
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Megan Ranney MD MPH
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Over the past 2 days, hundreds of doctors have shared heartbreaking accounts of how #gunviolence is a #publichealth issue. These are the stories of #docs4gunsense ... May their words make a difference.

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The result of a bullet ricocheting inside the skull and destroying the brain on CT scan. The worst trauma I have seen. GUNS ARE A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE – Gen Geller MD, NY #docs4gunsense @drgenngeller
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Melissa Miller MD, Missouri
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The @NRA & #gun companies are not evil but they are part of the problem. And the amazing thing is: all the folks clamoring to #BoycottNRA don't even know how bad it really is!
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1) Background chk system overseen by the ATF that is forbidden to digitize records & so must keep all records on paper
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3) Passage of the #Dickey Amendment that forbids gov't research from reaching conclusions that might be construed as advocating for gun control, thus allowing the #NRA to say, "No studies show..." and leaving legislators with no data to back up laws that might work
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