Phil_Queen

Just a gal tryna make a living slinging ideas.

[Phil_Queen @phil_queen]

Byyyyyyeeeee

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Meanwhile in Chicago.

[Phil_Queen @phil_queen]

Oh goody, another movie about a boy genius and all the secondary women who love him.*

*Repost every 6 months

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

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.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Adults failed to pass laws to prevent him from accessing guns.
Adults knew he was mentally ill but gave him a gun as a gift.
Adults failed to ask if he had an access to guns after he threatened people.
And then adults put him in jail for a shooting they enabled him to carry out.

[Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter]

"Gun violence accounts for over 7% of deaths in the US among those under age 20, a figure that stands far above peer countries. When excluding infants, who have higher rates of death from neonatal causes, that number jumps to nearly 15%." https://t.co/2WTeAIB8Yx

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

In China, the worst floods in modern history have driven a million people from their homes. In AZ, the temperature was over 110 degrees for 31 straight days. Maybe the U.S. & China should work together to combat climate change rather than combatting each other in a new Cold War.

[Phil_Queen @phil_queen]

@the_clark what is going on with Jonathan Richman concert?

[Phil_Queen @phil_queen]

Paris CDG is the airport you get when you prioritize luxury shopping over actual human needs. #peakcapitalism

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Ron DeSantis Relaunches Presidential Campaign From Inside Burning Tesla https://t.co/lc8Tqw4j8a

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

If you have student loan debt, you should know this:

Every single House Republican just voted to overturn President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan AND retroactively charge you interest on your paused payments.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

All House Republicans (and two Democrats) just voted to overturn President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan.

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

Greg Abbott has been the Governor of Texas since January 20, 2015.

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Never forget

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

NEW: Three members of a Korean-American family are among the eight victims killed by a white supremacist in Allen, Texas. The couple’s 5-year-old is alive, but hospitalized.

The Korean consulate confirmed the deaths of the family: https://t.co/ulmvznSmsR

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The Constitution is a framework for lawmaking, not a suicide pact.

Guns are now the leading killer of children in America. Gun suicides and homicides are skyrocketing. Gun crime is up.

More guns aren’t making us safer. They’re killing us.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

WHEN DO THE GUNS START MAKING US SAFER? Texas keeps weakening its gun laws and selling a record number of guns; meanwhile, the state’s gun homicide rate has increased 90% since 2011.

Shouldn’t Texas be one of the safest states in the nation? Or at least getting safer?

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

Ted Cruz:

"Heidi & I are fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in [INSERT LOCATION OF LATEST MASS SHOOTING HERE]."

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

YOU helped arm him with guns, ammo and tactical gear. He did exactly what you knew he’d do. Spare us your prayers and talk of justice for a gunman who is fucking dead. The only accountability we can hope for is that gun extremists like you are thrown into the ash heap of history.