Kate Francis

We all do better when we all do better. #DCStatehoodNOW #BanAssaultWeapons #CareEconomyFirst

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

Thrilled to be in-person at the #WD23CareCon in Rwanda! Exciting conversations await as stakeholders from government, private sector, and NGOs unite to construct a powerful #RoadMapOnCare Action. Stay tuned for updates and insights! 🗣️💪

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

@capitalweather What's the smoke forecast for the weekend? Sigh. So sad "smoke forecast" is a thing now.

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

It's the fucking guns.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

AGAIN: A 14-year-old Louisiana girl was shot in the head as she played hide and seek by a neighbor who was upset she was on his property.

https://t.co/na4HnBUtsB

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

A husband using a state abortion ban as a way to threaten his wife and her friends with legal liability if she leaves him is using the law exactly as it was meant to be used: as a state enforcement mechanism for men’s private control over women.

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

Don’t let the party that loves to ban things tell you banning things doesn’t work.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

“One in 25 American 5-year-olds now won't live to see 40, a death rate about four times as high as in other wealthy nations. Firearms account for almost half of the increase,” writes David Wallace-Wells. https://t.co/GFQdqlrfRZ

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

It's the guns.

[Marian L Tupy @Marian_L_Tupy]

The U.S. data is terrible and extremely sad but shows that suicide is a problem specific to the U.S. There is no broader Western crisis. Do you know of any GOOD papers explaining why the U.S. is an outlier among advanced countries?

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

I am in awe of Justin Pearson and I am deeply afraid for him. Brilliance and courage is a powerful combination

[MS NOW @MSNOWNews]

"You cannot ignore the racial dynamic of what happened today": Tennessee Republicans expel two Black lawmakers from state legislature for participating in anti-gun violence protests. Justin Pearson remarks after expulsion. https://t.co/RdYLvfum24

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

Thank you as always, @CMLewisGeorgeW4. How @MayorBowser manages to muck up so many common sense solutions is beyond me

[CM Janeese Lewis George @CMLewisGeorgeW4]

Revenue from traffic cameras should be reinvested into making our streets safer for everyone — not as general revenue for the city.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville. #tnleg

[NPR @NPR]

Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.

"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/YU9SfgcKdi

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: After a months long investigation into why police hesitated during the Uvalde school shooting, the answer is in: the police were afraid to confront the killer’s AR-15.

This raises a very important question, if police are too afraid to confront an AR-15 where does that lead the rest of us?

Nearly 400 law enforcement officers were implicated in the poor response that left 19 children dead.

It’s time to ban assault rifles.

[Britt Robinson @Leznver]

Always proud to be a Minnesotan!

[DC Urbanist - Only on BlueSky @DCUrbanist]

DDOT knows who the bad drivers are. These deaths are a policy choice.

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

.@MayorBowser the traffic violence in the District rivals the gun violence and that's saying something. Policies and change, Mayor -- we're waiting (and dying)...

[Mike Silverstein @MikeInDeeCee1]

3 dead in Rock Creek Park. $12,000 in unpaid speeding tickets. Catch and release policies - or failure to even enforce laws - is costing lives. Those who support and create these policies slip, slide and duck their responsibility.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Feels like it's unacceptable to maintain an economic system where big economic gains are privatized into the hands of a small economic elite, while big losses are socialized across the the entire economy.

[TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com on bsky) @TrumpsTaxes]

Holy cow this is good.

Jon Stewart easily lures a pro-gun/anti-drag queen Republican into a trap…and then blasts him over his blatant, shameless hypocrisy.

[Janeese Lewis George @Janeese4DC]

This is the latest chapter in a long, dark history of Congress forcing its will on the people of DC. It harkens back to when Congressmen openly opined that DC's Black leaders were incapable of self governance. Instead of burying that racist legacy, Congress seeks to resurrect it.

[Kate Francis @KFduNord]

Devastating.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.

If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.