Today Marvin Guy was sentenced to life in prison for killing an intruder. That intruder happened to be a cop executing a no-knock raid.
Guy says he didn't know it was police.
He's not the first who has struggled to reconcile no-knocks with the right to self-defense. A thread.
We are broken.
As a society, as a people, as a species bringing our very home to the precipice of collapse, we are broken.
We have the resources - natural and technological - to thrive. Yet we squander it all. 🧵
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A1: Our nation is facing a #YouthMentalHealth crisis right now + this is especially true for LGBTQ young people. We released our 5th annual U.S. National Survey on 5/1, which found 41% of LGBTQ young people seriously considered suicide in the last year. #ElevateTheConvo
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State Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-OK) has penned several bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation’s first anti-red flag law. He thinks these bills protect the Second Amendment – and that they make us safer. We think it's probably one or the other. Watch it on @AppleTVPlus.
If you're pissed about train derailment in #EastPalestineOH, you should know it was because of deregulation. The Obama administration didn't make them put in newer brake systems; Trump threw out the proposal entirely and let them carry dangerous chemicals with no regulation. 1/2
California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy.
Today, I'm proud to announce my candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
I sent a letter today with more than 70 of my colleagues in the House and the Senate urging President Biden to do everything within his power to guarantee rail workers the seven paid sick days that they desperately need.