The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on...
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
@LeBatardShow @skipbayless @stephenasmith@DraftKings Dan's not wrong. It completely nuked espn and sportscenter. Show used to be highlights and run downs. Now it's damn near a 24hr sports debate show. It. Is. Awful.
"What you're telling me is, you don't mind infringing free speech to protect children from this amorphous thing you think of, but when it comes to children that have died, you don't give a flying f*ck."
Jon Stewart is a national treasure.
@jcohenwrites just read a piece you wrote on Seattle's proposed 23-24 budget. I came looking for 2 things. The bloated police budget to compare to the paltry school budget. I didn't see the education budget mentioned at all
@ColleenKIROFM @GeeScottSr@Fahrenthold I say all that because as members of the media, it is YOUR voices and words that shape the vast majority of the opinions and narratives. And to not call out a bigot when you see one only makes the problem worse. It metastasizes like cancer
@ColleenKIROFM @GeeScottSr I'd tag Dave but he doesn't really do Twitter. I'm writing cuz I heard Dave and @Fahrenthold talking bout Desantass and they kept calling his policies "anti woke" instead of what it really is and that is anti-black.
I honestly dont care what you do on ur time… i do care that you dont fumble the bag and showin guns on IG live THE SAME WEEK they talkin abt u beatin up a 17 year old during a playoff push, AFTER the other gun story w Celtics. Doin too much bruh. Too much
@twebber02@mjphillis@AP A lot of these companies say they're in the process of phasing it out. But that poison is still being produced and used on all kinds of ish