James Talarico: “Young people can’t afford to buy a home, but Jeff Bezos has 12. Young people can’t afford to fill up their gas tank, but Mark Zuckerberg is launching helicopters from his mega-yacht. Young people pay more than their fair share of income taxes, but someone like Elon Musk can get away without paying a penny”
The law applies to all of us - including federal officers.
We recently put the Dept. of Homeland Security & US Dept. of Justice on notice: they must halt all unlawful actions by federal officers in Oregon. We are actively monitoring federal conduct.
No one is above the law.
Just one day after a gunman murdered five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Herschel Walker released a new ad attacking transgender athletes.
Disgusting, despicable and shameful. Walker should pull the ad IMMEDIATELY.
A woman who was visiting Ohio for her brother’s wedding was denied treatment for a miscarriage and discharged from the ER, even though she’d been bleeding profusely for hours and the fetus had no heartbeat.
Today seems like a good time to remind you that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars anyone from holding office who has “engaged in insurrection” against the United States of America.
Other high income countries don’t have school shootings on a near daily basis. It’s not because they have clear backpacks, cops in every school, better doors or armed teachers. It’s because they protect kids. Not guns.
Memo to the media: Please don't say inflation is at a 40-year high without also mentioning that corporate profits are at a 70-year high. Give the people the full picture.
My father, Air Force Staff Sergeant Melvin Martin, survivor of countless reconnaissance missions during the Korean War. Awarded medals for gallantry and bravery, was refused diner service by racist white people — in Rapid City, South Dakota, when he returned home.