Trump: You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
I’m not Muslim, but I care about immigration bans
I’m not gay, but I care about marriage equality
I’m not female, but I care about reproductive freedom
I’m not a Dreamer, but I care about DACA
I’m not Black, but I care about police brutality & voter suppression
#Empathy
Hey remember how Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch PLAGIARIZED a large portion of both his book and his academic articles and he still sits on the Supreme Court?
My understanding from conservatives is that this makes him ineligible for a position of power.
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@danielleweisber @Alcortez6 this helps stoke my sympathy, tbh. i’ve been trying to figure out how best to help, but seeing real human faces and emotion helps get me off
the sidelines.
My name is Kristin Song.
On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.
At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.
I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.
The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.
So I did.
6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.
Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.
In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.
When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.
Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.
I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.
If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.
George Santos has been expelled. If they can do this to a college volleyball star, world famous Brazilian journalist, successful NYC financier and noted producer of the Spider Man musical, what hope is there for we mere mortals?
We need more like Matthew going to school board meetings and calling out their hypocrisy. He always shows up with important things to say. Thankfully he is fighting for those who are afraid to speak out.
This is an American hero.
#LiveBlue#Fresh#DemVoice1
Going after journalists wasn't a winning strategy for the candidates who tried it in Colorado in 2022 and it won't be in 2024 either. Focus on real issues. Offer real solutions. #copolitics
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with one purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.