I intervened. If you're thinking=🤦♀️ you're right. I can't hurt a fly.
I was up the kitchen balcony and saw that JJ was about to get killed, so I actually picked up a plastic chair and threw it, screamed, and scared away the raccoon.
Afterward I was in shock: I THREW A CHAIR!
So now you all know that I am very tough. Any intruders in our yard risk getting hit with flying plastic chairs.
I'm every bit as ferocious as JJ
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I just gave a talk on what we learn from the History of the Second Amendment to Lift Every Voice Oregon and The Youth Leadership Academy to end gun violence.
I will have an audio recording to post. Meanwhile . . .
The talk is too long for a Twitter thread (35 minutes plus questions!) but I can put a few takeaways here.
What do we learn from studying the history of the Second Amendment?
First, there have always been gun control laws . . .
. . . there were gun control laws in the U.S. before the ratification of the Second Amendment and immediately after. The idea that the Second Amendment was intended to allow unfettered access to guns is therefore nonsensical.
We need to divide the people responsible for the attack into two groups:
🔹The thugs who carried out the attack
🔹The leaders who didn't actually storm the capital, but who either aided with the planning or in some way enabled the attack.
To summarize, this case is bad for Trump for a whole bunch of reasons.
🔹First, the plaintiffs sustained actual injuries . . .
2/
Some of these tort cases are a bit weak because the plaintiffs have a hard time showing why they should have standing to sue. (Also, these are particularly sympathetic plaintiffs.)
🔹The facts are bad for Trump. The facts in this case are devastating.
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The Wisconsin Republicans shamelessly tried brazen voter suppression tactics. But you know what? People don't like it when they think someone is trying to make it hard for them to vote.