Chris Schaffner

Pronouns: he/him/his
Husband/Father, Harm Reductionist, Activist, Community Organizer, Former Latch-Key Kid, Die-Hard Cubs Fan

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@AstroCyborg 🤣🤣🤣

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

The cries for unity from both sides are ridiculous. The right doesn't give a shit about who it hurts to maintain power and the left is gas-lighting people into thinking unity is making nice with your abuser while being politically impotent.

#thisisamerica

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@TylerMahanCoe

[Caleb S. Davis @calebsdavis]

So, remember how some of us were skeptical of the #AsburyRevival ?

How many of those crowds have showed up to Nashville to join with students in protesting?

You all will travel the country to sing songs because that's easy.

What about the stuff that takes courage?

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

Cook County Jail is one of the most active voting precincts in Chicago. Just over 50% of the jail’s registered voters voted compared the 36% turnout citywide in February.

Among their top concerns: where do the candidates stand on the SAFE-T Act?https://t.co/lWki5YMt6Z

[NPR @NPR]

Joseph Harding, the former Republican Florida lawmaker who sponsored the bill known as the "Don't Say Gay" law, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining COVID relief funds.

He faces up to 35 years in prison.
https://t.co/Is8xJnt05f

[Tyler Mahan Coe (chaotic good) @TylerMahanCoe]

anyone who doesn't like drag queens is a loser

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@StephenKing I've been saying for years, everytime I watch a new series, "It was good but it's not The Wire good."

[Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice @endmoneybond]

More than 130 organizations representing thousands of Illinoisans have sent an open letter to legislators urging them to only pass amendments to the Pretrial Fairness Act that remain true to the promise of this historic legislation.

Read the letter: https://t.co/bQLVTdHB8A

[Chelsea Laliberte Barnes, LSW @ChelsLali]

HB5808 would deepen racial disparities because drug laws are enforced disproportionately against Black and brown people. @Chris_Bos

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Absolutely wild that we have to consider the possibility of getting shot anytime we’re in public

[Frank Lesser @sadmonsters]

It’s called Independence Day because these days you’re on your fucking own

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

We are a nation of
idol gun worship. This is our reckoning. #4thOfJuly

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

Finally got around to listening to season 2 of Cocaine and Rhinestones. @TylerMahanCoe is hands down the best story-teller of his generation. Incredible.

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@tedcruz I still think you're a giant evil piece of shit, you fuck.

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@MittRomney It's not incomprehensible. It's predictable. So MSN guns in America, little too no regulation, obsession with and glorification of violence, and shitty mental health system. This IS the outcome!

[Chris Schaffner @ChrisVSchaffner]

@dianabutlerbass "And, don't say gay!

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The victims of *Buffalo* are still being buried right now.

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

#BREAKING: Well-Regulated Militia Opens Fire In Robb Elementary School in Uvalde TX; Cheap Thoughts And Useless Prayers Now Being Rushed To The Scene ... more on this soon-to-be-forgotten-and-then-repeated story as it develops ...