RayNichols

Gonzo Volunteer & occasional political advisor (unpaid)

[RayNichols @MrRayNichols]

They're Back!

https://t.co/3cmvPtZZ8K

[sandymaxey @sandymaxey]

My grandmother died 5 years ago today. The most important woman in my life. I miss her terribly. I have felt this loss today. A heavy grief. But I lit a candle and filled my bird feeder. In honor of her.

[Poynter @Poynter]

Perhaps out of respect for the 31 souls who died in the mass shootings, media coverage over the past week has been, for the most part, respectful. https://t.co/qY7AI1wFzJ

[NPR @NPR]

Guns are the most common method used for suicide in the U.S.

But internal documents obtained by NPR suggest that the CDC relies on vague language that effectively downplays and obscures the risk posed by firearms. https://t.co/pI5qR9GtLt

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Today, @SpeakerPelosi & I spoke to @realDonaldTrump separately.

We told him the best way forward to address gun violence is for @SenateMajLdr McConnell to let the Senate take up & pass the House-passed universal background checks legislation & for him to sign it into law.

[Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke]

A black man, dragged with a rope by police officers on horses, in 2019. This moment demands accountability, justice, and honestly—because we need to call this out for what it is: racism at work. https://t.co/j4H8ZinfEP

[RayNichols @MrRayNichols]

yup.

[Jarrod Broussard @jarrodbroussard]

This is like breaking up a pedophile ring and sending all the kids to jail to face charges, investigations, and criminal penalties while the adults are allowed to go out and find more kids to abuse with impunity. https://t.co/XcWpdmMqSq

[RayNichols @MrRayNichols]

I've always Liked Kim!

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Brother Ray

[Patricia “Pat” Smith @smithpath]

#Pat4thePeople

[Helena Moreno @HelenaMorenoLA]

Now Dayton. At least 9 dead, 27 injured. There are more regulations to buy a box of Sudafed than an assault weapon. Fed law requires registry of purchase and limits on buying the drug. No such requirements for assault weapons (or any gun).

[RayNichols @MrRayNichols]

Damn good question.

[RayNichols @MrRayNichols]

Bullshit!

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Fox News was also cited in the El Paso murderer’s manifesto. Here they are back in action with propaganda defending Trump (and themselves).

[David J Mitchell @NewsieDave]

As Mississippi River drops, Army Corps, other agencies to keep watch on levees River blew past old record for time in flood stage, which was set during 1927 flood. High water came as contiguous U.S. has wettest period in recorded history, about 125 years. https://t.co/wLyveWS6I9

[Lamar White, Jr. @LamarWhiteJr]

20 years ago, when the LA legislature considered a bill allowing legal damages from gun manufacturers for selling weapons w/o safety locks, Charlton Heston & Steve Scalise blamed the uncle of his dead 3-year-old nephew for not installing adding a safety on a gun made w/out one.

[Mayor LaToya Cantrell @mayorcantrell]

Last year, New Orleans had the lowest number of murders we’ve seen in 47 years— nearly half a century. In 2019, year to date, we’re down by nearly a third over THAT historic low. @NOPDNews

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

America is under attack from homegrown white nationalist terrorism. That ideology is evil. It is being condoned at the highest levels of our government. And today it inspired a gunman to claim at least 20 lives in #ElPaso.

Enough is enough. We have an obligation to act.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Our country is under attack from white nationalist terrorism, inspiring murder on our soil and abetted by weak gun laws. If we are serious about national security, we must summon the courage to name and defeat this evil.

[Helena Moreno @HelenaMorenoLA]

At least 20 people are dead, another 26 wounded in El Paso. Reports say shooter had AK-47 type weapon. I’m watching the TX Gov talk about focusing on mental healthcare. Yes, that’s part of the issue, but lack of sensible gun control is too!

[clay forsberg @clayforsberg]

@cognitivepolicy Joe, I know you've been out there for years screaming to everyone who will listen; but where are the rest of climate academia? What will it take for them to climb out of their ivory towers and use their expertise for something other than tenure and seldom read research papers.

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

My two cents as this deputy speaks and suggests they worry that people are doing self-care or left scene:
El Paso officials should make it clear there will be no immigration enforcement at hospitals or family reunification centers. Period.
MAKE IT CLEAR. #ElPasoShooting @CNN