BREAKING: Kelly Meggs, the leader of the Florida sect of the Oath Keepers, just got sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the January 6 insurrection.
Justice is served.
The judge said, “I dare say we all now hold our collective breaths when an election is approaching. Will we have another January 6 again? That remains to be seen.”
More updates below as I get them. 🧵👇
How do you feel about his sentence?
In 1984, a young individual named Ryan White, aged 13, from Indiana, USA, contracted Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Ryan, who was a hemophiliac and lacked the natural ability to clot blood, depended on blood transfusions to receive necessary platelets and prevent excessive bleeding. Unfortunately, one such transfusion accidentally exposed him to HIV-infected blood. In December of that year, he was diagnosed with HIV and given a life expectancy of merely six months.
When Ryan attempted to return to his high school, he faced rejection. Despite medical professionals affirming that HIV does not spread through airborne means but rather through bodily fluids, societal ignorance prevailed. People at the time associated HIV with the "gay disease," as it was predominantly diagnosed among gay men in the Western world. Consequently, Ryan encountered discrimination, with his school denying him entry. Even though he was straight, Ryan became a target of harassment, with individuals hurling derogatory remarks like "queer" and even resorting to acts of intimidation such as firing a bullet through his house window, all in an attempt to drive him away from the town he called home. Many of his friends abandoned him as well. A petition signed by 360 students, 117 parents, and 50 teachers aimed to exclude him from the school.
Nonetheless, Ryan and his parents refused to surrender to the school's unfair decisions and continued to fight for his right to education. Finally, in 1986, Ryan was readmitted to the school. While some students left in response, others extended their support by shaking his hand, demonstrating solidarity.
Tragically, Ryan White passed away in 1990. His funeral drew a crowd of over 1,500 attendees, including notable figures such as Elton John and Michael Jackson. Ryan's legacy stands as a testament to the societal and social pressures surrounding individuals with AIDS and the LGBT community. He valiantly challenged the system, societal prejudices, and those who perceived him as a threat. Surpassing the initial life expectancy prediction by six years, Ryan's courage, strength, and determination continue to inspire and resonate to this day.
BREAKING: Justice Elena Kagan just SLAMMED her own Supreme Court for their move to gut the Clean Water Act.
Kagan said SCOTUS cannot just “rewrite Congress’s plain instructions because they go further” than right-wing justices want.
EXACTLY. They've gone rogue.👇
Worse, she labeled their move "the court's appointment of itself as the national decision-maker on environmental policy.”
Yes. The "radical court" that conservatives say they're so worried about is now here — by their own doing.
But WAIT: Even Brett Kavanaugh is saying the radical majority's vote is a DISASTER.
More on that in the thread.
Our democracy is stronger because of the work @EricHolder and the @DemRedistrict have done—and they’re not slowing down. Yesterday, they announced 13 new priority states in the fight for fair maps.
https://t.co/hbb4iwHhcc
How can anyone say DeSantis is the best policy candidate when he went entire time avoiding China, the US proxy-war in Ukraine, Foreign Trade, and Globalism? People saying he was substantive but if so why avoid top issues a President faces?
George Santos wore an AR-15 pin on the House floor.
I passed gun reform in the New York Senate.
With your help, I will defeat Santos and work to pass gun reform in Congress: https://t.co/tEQg75nMm6