When President Clinton banned assault rifles in 1994, mass shootings dropped by 43%. After Republicans let the ban expire in 2004, they increased by 243% — please don’t tell me bans don’t work, because I don’t want to hear it.
Every single Republican president in my lifetime has crashed the goddamn economy and gotten us into the middle of an idiotic, poorly planned war in the Middle East.
me when I pretend not to know the plot of a broadway musical that's based on one of the best-known novels of all time while somehow knowing the plot to a different, lesser known broadway musical
Context that must be included in news reports: The Madleen is a civilian vessel, it is UK-flagged, it is carrying humanitarian aid, everyone on board is unarmed, and it was sailing in international waters.