Stop this. I was here when BLM shut down the district every night for weeks, destroyed countless businesses, assaulted countless cops, and anyone arrested was basically released the next day without charges. Stop these lies about how they were treated.
It can be true at the same time that every single punk at the Capitol yesterday should have the book thrown at them. But stop pretending BLM and Antifa haven't gotten away with little punishment relative to egregious damage.
It really is not hard to want any and all mobs held accountable for violent, destructive attacks...whether against businesses, democratic institutions, or the public writ-large. It really is not hard to call for that standard.
And, at the same time, it really should not be hard to unequivocally condemn violence directed at elected officials, especially when done for the sake of interfering with democratic processes.

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5 Jan
Like millions of her fellow Americans, @RepBoebert wants to exercise her Second Amendment rights in order to protect herself with a firearm on the way to, the way from, and while at work...unlike this guy, who uses his First Amendment rights to prove he's an ignorant jerk.
Concealed carry permit holders are statistically far less likely to commit a crime than are police officers. And while Capitol Police are no doubt excellent at what they do, they are not a 24/7 personal protection detail for individual congressmembers.

heritage.org/firearms/comme…
Americans use their firearms in lawful self-defense somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million times a year. We write about their stories all the time, and you can read more of them here:

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19 Oct 20
Imagine comparing four years of a democratically elected official you don't like to decades of apartheid in South Africa and wanting to be taken seriously.
And yet, there is reality in which people like this get power and exact vengeance for all the perceived wrongs that occurred...which are largely just "Orange Man bad, we lost elections and the other side didn't do what we wanted."
For those confused about where apartheid comes in here, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was the name of the post-apartheid quasi-judicial body that investigated and held public hearings over human rights violations suffered during apartheid.
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25 Sep 20
That is quite literally the opposite of her judicial philosophy, which is that her personal opinion or preference is irrelevant and the clear, original meaning controls.

But I get how people who want judges to rule in tandem with their personal beliefs get this confused a lot.
This is what happens when you spend so long relying on judges to legislate or amend the constitution from the bench.

You think that's what every judge does. And you can't think of any other reason they might reach a conclusion...like "the text and original meaning demand it."
I mean, it's terrifying.

ACB says "hey, the text, history, and tradition of the 2A is pretty clear that you can't permanently ban non-violent people from owning guns."

They insist it's "ACB personally wants to give the Boston Bombers AR-15s in prison because she's a maniac."
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25 Sep 20
Earlier this week, I spent over an hour in line [on a weeknight, in a dress, during a pandemic] in order to pay my final respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Yes, I often vehemently disagreed with her.

But this is a THREAD on the respect I have for her, anyway. ImageImageImage
I am fully aware that the first woman on SCOTUS was Sandra Day O'Connor, not RBG. But in many respects, O'Connor was "before my time." She retired from the bench when I was in grade school. It was RBG, rather, who stood prominent before me as a woman pursuing a career in law.
And despite all the differences in our respective legal philosophies, Justice Ginsburg and women like her not only paved my way, but sometimes cut down trees to clear a path that didn't initially exist.
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15 Sep 20
I watched the video of the Tulsa officers shot by a non-compliant driver during a traffic stop. I'm tired of pretending like this type of "things quickly go bad because some jackass doesn't want to get arrested" isn't exactly why I don't feel bad for Jacob Blake.

THREAD:
I don't know what the officer saw before he shot an irate, non-compliant Blake as he stormed toward his vehicle. But I know what flashed through my mind the first time I watched the video.

I saw Deputy Kyle Dinkheller being executed. I heard his screams.

I saw Daniel Clary grabbing his gun through his driver's side window and almost two Pennsylvania state troopers.

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8 Sep 20
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Let's have some real talk - for everyone, but especially for gun owners.

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My personal history of mental health struggles isn't exactly a secret, even if it's something I don't often talk about. Let's talk about it.
I really struggled during my first year of college. I was away from home for the first time, under the immense pressure of being a student-athlete, and dealing with an underlying physical illness [well, several, actually, but we didn't know that at the time].
My spiritual life was in shambles. I felt miserable, was miserable, and didn't know how to tell anyone I was miserable. And my God, did I feel so incredibly alone. Years later, I shared my brushes with suicidality [and recovery] with @dearworld

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