White Americans cling to guns as a symbol of strength & independence. They see its loss as a final, fatal blow.
2/ Yes, the gun lobby & weapons manufacturers fuel the violence with easily available assault-style weapons, whose small caliber 5.56 mm cartridges make them largely useless for hunting. Yes, the lax gun laws & risible background checks are partially to blame. But America also
May 7, 2023 โข 5 tweets โข 3 min read
Marching, protesting, demanding, calling, writing, testifying, donating, advertising โ none of these will bring the change we must have without voting.
The one way to effect change on gun legislation in this country is to vote for the person who will change laws.
Vote like you mean it.
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Anti-Gun Reform Senators up for reelection in 2024
John Barrassoย (R-WY) v TBD
Apr 28, 2023 โข 71 tweets โข 13 min read
Since Trump is running again, letโs re-sensitize ourselves to the experience of those 4 years with a trip down memory lane. #Election2024 #Trump #Vote
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I owe all you Trumpers an apology. Iโve been critical of him from day one & Iโm still exhausted from the experience.
2/ But to be fair, he wasnโt that bad.
Other than when he...
โช๏ธabandoned Iraqi refugees whoโd helped the US during the war
โช๏ธabandoned our allies, the Kurds, to Turkey
โช๏ธabsconded with thousands of classified documents, lied about it & refused to give them back when feds
Jun 6, 2022 โข 63 tweets โข 11 min read
๐งต 1/
I owe all you Trumpers an apology. Iโve been critical of him from day one and Iโm still exhausted from the experience.
But to be fair, he wasnโt that bad.
Other than when he...
โช๏ธincited an insurrection against the govt
โช๏ธmismanaged a pandemic that's killed nearly a
2/
million Americans
โช๏ธseparated hundreds of children from their families
โช๏ธlost those children in the bureaucracy
โช๏ธtear-gassed peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church
โช๏ธtried to ban Muslims from entering the
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Lt. Mike Madden, who's job is largely administrative:
"The realization came to me โ I think I'm the first guy here. The first officer on scene has 2/ some decisions they have to make & I had it set in my mind that I wanted three more officers to go in with me...None of us were SWAT guys. If you were trying to formulate a team to make entry...the four of us would not be on your roster.
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