It’s now been reported that 22 people have been reported dead, and more than 60 more injured from the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
For all the ones in the back that STILL haven’t received the message.
Pride stands for courage. It stands for justice. And it stands for love.
During Pride Month, we celebrate generations of LGBTQ+ people who have fought to make the possibilities of our nation real for every American, and we remain committed to delivering equality for all.
There have been more shootings than days so far this year and more shootings than at this point in any year since at least 2013. https://t.co/eFbLvJ9hkd
Payton Washington is in the ICU after she was shot for getting in the wrong car in Texas
Kaylin Gillis was shot to death for driving into the wrong driveway in New York
Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Missouri
It’s the guns
This nation was built on peaceful protest. No elected official should lose their job simply for raising their voice – especially when they’re doing it on behalf of our children.
BREAKING: Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones are ousted from Tennessee House after gun protest, marking the first partisan expulsion in the state's modern history.
A third lawmaker, Rep. Gloria Johnson, survived an expulsion resolution. https://t.co/QQMU7Gj9RG
What the absolute fuck.
Tennessee legislature has expelled Justin Jones for protesting, but did NOT expel Gloria Johnson who was protesting alongside him.
I’ll let you figure out what the difference between the two is here…
Let us join hands across faiths, races, and backgrounds to make clear that evil will not win; hate will not prevail; and antisemitism will not be the story of our time.
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While the media focuses on trump they haven’t given much attention to cover the 7,000 students and educators in TN who walked out yesterday with March For Our Lives in Nashville demanding stronger gun laws.
We have surpassed 300 Anti-LGBTQ+ bills in the USA.
- 91 Gender Affirming Care Bans
- 39 Sports Bans
- 44 Don't Say Gay/Forced Outing bills
- 27 Drag bans
- 12 defining trans people out of law
We are in truly unprecedented times.
Republicans in Congress blocked President Biden’s attempt to cut the cost of insulin to $35 per prescription per month for everyone – including hundreds of thousands of children with Type 1 diabetes.