Lauren Shilot

[Lauren Shilot @laurenshilot]

my only goal in life right now is to be happy. Genuinely, intensely and consistently happy, regardless of what that looks like to others

[Ismail Mustafa.25 @ismail_mf25]

Children are the targets of the Israeli occupation in Gaza. Some painful scenes for the children of Gaza
#GazaCity #Gaza #GazzeUnderAttack #FreePaleastine #FreeGaza #IsraeliWarCrimes

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis]

Israel🇮🇱 just bombed the United Nations (@UNRWA) humanitarian aid warehouse in Gaza.

“We just want to defend ourself”.
https://t.co/sTC5N5vQFF

[GOOD JOB LARRY 🍊 @LarryJuneTFM]

It’s gonna get to a point where you don’t even allow a certain energy around you.

[Meech @MediumSizeMeech]

I was today years old when I found out Andrew Garfield’s grandfather is the man who created the Garfield comic and it was based on Andrew’s childhood cat named Lasagna

[Honey, the land! @angryblkhoemo]

This is about where I'm at

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Former President Obama just summed up the Gun debate in under a minute:

"I think somehow — and there are a lot of historical reasons for this — gun ownership in this country became an ideological issue, and a partisan issue, in ways that it shouldn't be. It has become sort of a proxy for arguments about our culture wars, you know? Urban versus rural. Race is always an element in these issues. Issues of class and education, and so forth.

Instead of just taking a very practical approach, like we do, let's say, for example, with car safety, where we say, 'All right, we got a bunch of accidents. Let's have seat belts. And let's make cars safer. And let's engineer our roads so that we prevent them. Instead of thinking about it in a very pragmatic way, we end up really arguing about identity, and emotion, and all kinds of stuff that does not have to do with keeping our children safe."

I'd love to hear both sides of the political spectrum weigh in on this clip.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Conor Sturgeon, a WHITE man, MURDERED 5 people. The media highlighted this

"basketball star"
"suffered concussions"
"banker"
"All American"
"middle class"
"popular"
"smart"
"college graduate"

Jordan Neely, a BLACK man, was MURDERED. The media highlighted this

“prior arrests“

[Mountaineer Media @MtnrMedia]

REMINDER: Southern West Virginia is not intrinsically poor. Over the past 150 years, some of the world's most precious resources have come from this area.

Sadly, the communities, jobs, infrastructure, and people didn't get the investment and appreciation they deserved, leaving them to pick up the pieces.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: The gun used in yesterday’s Louisville bank shooting was an AR-15-style rifle, federal law enforcement says.

The SAME gun more than 30 law enforcement officers were AFRAID to confront in Uvalde that left 19 children dead.

The SAME gun that’s been
the weapon of choice in many of the most horrific mass shootings in recent memory, including the Covenant school shooting in Nashville just two weeks ago.

The SAME gun brandished by Republican radicals like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.

The SAME gun worn as a pin on the lapels of disgusting GOP lawmakers.

This is what we need to scream everywhere:

If 30 armed officers wearing full tactical gear with ballistic shields are too afraid to confront a single gunman with an AR-15, they SHOULD NOT be in the hands of civilians.

We have the answer. It’s the guns.

BAN ASSAULT RIFLES NOW.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Republicans are banning books, drag & gender affirming care, they’re banning black history & “woke” math, they’re banning the words “gay” and “menstruation”, banning access to abortion care, banning state to state travel, pronouns and FDA approved medication…

All while claiming that banning assault rifles would be ‘an attack on their freedom’.

Bullshit.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: Tennessee has voted to EXPEL the first of three Democrats for protesting for stronger gun safety with demonstrators at the Tennessee Capitol.

House lawmakers voted 72-25 to remove Rep. Justin Jones.

This is absolutely outrageous. Why should Rep. Jones be expelled while Republicans who helped plan January 6 still serve in the House?

[Jamaal Bowman @RepBowman]

Everyone needs to be paying attention to what's happening in Tennessee 🚨

3 lawmakers are about to be illegally ousted for joining the 10,000 kids protesting at the state capitol.

Stop following Trump's location and focus on protecting our democracy from fascism everywhere.

[Jade😈 @halulalabubu]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing my story and my gofundme link. It means everything.

[kaelin says go brewers @kaelinbby]

W/ all this talk about lgbtq+ characters in kids’ shows, I always think about how I never even blinked at Pleakly as a child. Like there wasn’t a thought in my mind about him wearing womens clothing.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

The doors were locked.

The teachers were armed.

TN expanded firearm access.

The police arrived in minutes.

Covenant school had everything that MAGA GOP assured us prevents & stops mass shootings. And 3 babies & 3 adults were murdered in seconds.😳

IT’S—THE—GUNS
#GunReformNow

[Michael O’Brien @DrOBrienMD]

“It’s a mental health crisis, not a gun crisis”

Okay Republicans, explain this.

[feyisayo 💸 @feyiszn]

honestly, if u know how difficult and how long it took some people to recover their peace of mind and happiness, you'll understand why they shut all doors at any slight discovery of toxicity, and also why they can be so picky about who they allow in their lives.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

#GunReform

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Reminder that just last month Republicans wore AR-15 pins in place of where their American flag pin would normally go.