"Here in the United States, hundreds of millions of guns are purchased legally; too many are wielded with criminal or seditious intent," write Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan in their weekly column. 🧵
democracynow.org/2022/10/13/dem… “When you cannot take your family to a parade, you can’t go to the grocery store — I’m thinking about Buffalo — your babies are not safe in schools — Uvalde … we have a problem," said Nina Turner, co-chair of the 2020 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.
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"American exceptionalism is ingrained in our culture. We have the most number of weapons, with an estimated 400 million guns in circulation," write Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan.

"We are without question number one when it comes to mass shootings."
democracynow.org/2022/5/26/mass… “This is not about mental health — that happens all around the planet. This is about guns, and easy access to guns,” said Manny Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school massacre in 2018.
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In 2021, workers and union organizers across the U.S. risked their livelihoods to demonstrate, strike and protest for better working conditions.

🧵 Here's a look back at a year of historic wins for the labor movement: Across four states, 1,400 unionized Kellogg’s workers approved a new contract that provided a wage increase and enhanced benefits for all after a nearly three-month strike.democracynow.org/2021/12/23/kel…

Today marks Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the liberation of Black enslaved people in the U.S. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that Black people in the state — the last area to abolish slavery — were freed under the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Across the state, liberated Black people abandoned their sites of enslavement.

Rep. @IlhanMN on the SOTU: "I expected there to be an acknowledgment of the workers that he just used as political football—I expected there to be some imagination, a plan. It really felt like a pedestrian address, and I was taken aback by the lack of planning, vision & interest" In his speech last night, President Trump again called Iran the world's leading state sponsor of terror, denouncing its "radical regime." Rep. Ilhan Omar responds: "This is a president who has cozied up to Saudi Arabia… This president is a liar-in-chief"
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🔴 The Kavanaugh-Ford hearing has begun in Washington, D.C.—We are live streaming it at facebook.com/democracynow/v… and on our homepage at democracynow.org Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, Senate Judiciary Committee chair, is delivering opening remarks. He says he "laments" how this hearing comes about, apologizes to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, accuses attorneys for Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick for "stonewalling"

🔴 On-air now: A special report from the Delta Conservation Camp in Suisun City, Calif., where about 100 men are imprisoned and work 24-hour shifts fighting fires with @CAL_FIRE. Prison firefighters earn time off of their sentences, typically two days off for each day served. Sgt. Steven Reeder: "They get the toughest assignments in the worst conditions, 110 degrees in the middle of the sun, wearing two layers of clothing, carrying 40 pounds of gear. They have to carry all their food and water for a 24-hour shift." #DNlive