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Live from the face of the erf

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Mass shootings in the US:

2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647

In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67

We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

13 years ago, the Supreme Court opened the floodgates to dark money with Citizens United.

Republican justices decided unlimited corporate spending wouldn’t corrupt our politics. They have been proven badly wrong.

[Aaron Carr @aaronAcarr]

"Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051."
https://t.co/26b85LFTNL

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

The Colorado shooter’s dad on finding out his son murdered people: “They started telling me about the incident, a shooting... And then I go on to find out it’s a gay bar. I got scared, ‘Shit, is he gay?’ And he’s not gay, so I said, phew… I am a conservative Republican.” (@CBS8)

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

This is how you write a headline. Thank you, @NPR.

[Brian J. Karem @BrianKarem]

NOW: Elon Musk just FIRED Vijaya Gadde, the woman who made the call to suspend Donald Trump permanently.

[joelemoore 🌻 @JoeleMoore]

@ThatEricAlper My good boy Dennis

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“The link between lack of sleep and cancer is now so strong that the World Health Organization has classified any form of nighttime shift work as a probable carcinogen." https://t.co/zp1zU3IdWQ

[Kendall Brown @kendallybrown]

Earlier this week, a San Antonio cop abruptly confronted a teen eating in a McDonalds parking lot & demanded the teen exit his vehicle.

When the teen asked why, the cop immediately assaulted & then shot him MULTIPLE TIMES. Cop tried to (falsely) claim the teen had struck him 1st

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

If Herschel Walker were a woman who had an abortion, he would have lost the support of the Republican party and voters. But because he’s a man, he can abet an infinite number of abortions and still win a seat in the US Senate, where he’ll strip women of their reproductive rights.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

No immigrant has taken your job. You were laid off by a capitalist who required cheap labor and took advantage of that immigrant to increase his profits, and nothing makes him happier than to hear you blame the immigrant and not him.

[joelemoore 🌻 @JoeleMoore]

@darealwiles @PhawnKnutsen @TheDyerWolf Onward and upward. We must get together soon my friend

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

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[Michael V. @Mykejv1137]

News from 110 years ago

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened

[Brave New Films @bravenewfilms]

The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

In case you're wondering why your July 4 barbecue is so expensive this year, Tyson’s CEO says they’re asking customers to “pay for inflation.” Meanwhile, Tyson’s posted $1 billion in profits last quarter—a 48% increase from Q1 of 2021. This is about corporate greed. It always is.

[Elisa Stone Leahy MALLORY IN FULL COLOR @ElisaStoneLeahy]

Apparently my kid got in trouble today for PACKING OUR TOASTER IN HIS BACKPACK and pulling it out at lunch to make pop tarts for his class. I can’t stop laughing.

[Kass @kass____]

I was running late to pick up my cousin, I look back and my girl was holding ON