jennifer deese

infectious disease epidemiologist

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

The Pulse shooter used credit cards to buy $26,000 worth of guns & ammunition just days before he slaughtered nearly 50 people.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“Some people say it’s not the gun that shoots the bullet but a man,” Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, said. “But if that man doesn’t have a gun, the evil in his head can’t do any harm.” https://t.co/OvNSiejGZC

[jennifer deese @jdeese25]

@CalltoActivism @TSA

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨 OUTRAGEOUS: This TSA agent at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was caught on video repeatedly yanking the service dog by the neck. He should be identified and fired immediately.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

On May 24, 2022 in Uvalde Texas, an 18 year old walked into Robb Elementary School and shot and killed 19 children and 2 adults.

On April 11th, 2023, in Houston Texas, a man paused his dinner date to shoot and kill a fake parking attendant.

On April 28th, 2023 in Cleveland Texas, 5 members of a family (including an 8 year old child) were shot and killed by their neighbor after they asked him to stop firing his gun on his front lawn so their baby could sleep.

On May 6, 2023 in Allen Texas, 8 people (including a 3 year old and 2 elementary school students) were murdered while shopping at an outlet mall.

So when Republican lawmakers in a state where it’s easier to get AR-15s than books about Black history say their abortion ban is about being “pro-life”…
They’re full of shit.

[Shawn Reynolds @ShawnReynolds_]

"It wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle with bullets... I'm a former police officer, a former Army officer. These M4s, AR-15s, they've got to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening" - Allen, TX mall shooting witness Steven Spainhouer tells @CapehartJ on @weekendcapehart

[Braco Beth @BracoBeth]

@NathanMackBrown @Resatc34Resa

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, this morning, completely went off on Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

He said, “There are mental health problems in Belgium. There are mental health problems in Britain. You don’t think there are mental health problems in London? There aren’t shootings in London like there are in Texas, like there are every day, every other day. This guy (Greg Abbott) talks about illegal immigrants getting shot… You talk to people who want this slaughter to continue, who want AR-15s on the street for everybody… How was the guy who was deported 4 times, how did he get an AR-15?“

“Abbott would do anything but talk about the issue that is in front of him — the murders in Texas since 2014 by guns has skyrocketed, and all he can do is say he wants more guns in the state of Texas. This is sick! It’s a sickness!”

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Joe?

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Massacre witness refutes right-wing talking point:
"I don't know what the gunman's problem was," he said. "I don't know his motive, but it wasn't mental health that killed these people. It was an automatic rifle with bullets. That's what killed them."

"I'm a gun lover; I have guns," he added. "I'm a former police officer. I'm a former army officer. But these M4s, MAR15s, they've got to get off the streets, or this is going to keep happening."

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS.
ABOLISH THE NRA.

DO IT NOW.

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

I just saw the pile of bodies video and I just want to say republican politicians have made a decision that the American people must live this way. Few other countries live like this.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Hey, is that Sen. Ted Cruz pictured with Proud Boy convicted of Seditious Conspiracy Enrique Tarrio?

Be a real shame if everyone retweeted this.

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

We only need one Republican in either the House or Senate to help sustain the veto of this dangerous abortion ban. Ted Davis, Michael Lee, John Bradford and Tricia Cotham promised to protect women’s reproductive freedom. There’s still time for them to keep their promises. - RC

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

They built a gallows for you, Mike

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

These guys are just politicians in robes now. They don’t even try to hide it, trading jabs with political leaders.

[Richard Marx @richardmarx]

Your pronoun is Traitorous Trump Taint-Licker, you spineless douche.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

A madman shooting a semi-automatic rifle from a rooftop at people watching a 4th of July parade sure as fuck wasn’t what the founding fathers had in mind.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

It’s not immigrants or trans people or abortions or teaching CRT — It’s. Still. The. Fucking. Guns.

[Ken Olin @kenolin1]

Retweet if you agree that it’s fucking unbelievable that a weapon of war is still legally attainable in the United States.

[Richard Marx @richardmarx]

If you don’t think there are two versions of justice in America, it’s because you’re a white Republican.