Tanvi Acharya

Infra reporter @ijglobal Previously @debtwire. @cunyjschool alumna. Links/RT are not endorsements.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Another angle of federal agents killing a Minnesota legal observer, which appears to come from the direction of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk.

Obtained by Drop Site News

[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.

[IBTimes UK @IBTimesUK]

In Seattle, disturbing body-camera footage has emerged, showing officers mocking the tragic death of 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula, who was fatally struck by a police vehicle earlier this year.
#JusticeForKandula #SeattlePolice
https://t.co/S5bPxIEHwQ

[Swarajya @SwarajyaMag]

💬 India seeks US probe into police officer's mocking of Indian student's death in car accident

- Officer laughed while discussing accident

- Indian consulate expresses deep concern

https://t.co/gabmIPsVzY

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Politicians who say they would run the government like a business should be all for this

[Bloomberg @business]

India just became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole https://t.co/YD9uHXkK9V

[ISRO @isro]

Chandrayaan-3 Mission:
'India🇮🇳,
I reached my destination
and you too!'
: Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-3 has successfully
soft-landed on the moon 🌖!.

Congratulations, India🇮🇳!

#Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

“The studios want to capitalize on Barbie’s success, Lemon. Lily Collins will star as Polly Pocket in a Lena Dunham movie. Taika Waititi is making a Furby film with Ansel Elgort. We’ve got Werner Herzog directing a Street Sharks movie. Nobody even knows what that is, Lemon.”

[Nourish California @Nourish_CA]

"it’s so vital that nearly HALF of all babies in the US receive crucial #WIC support—that’s 6.6M participants in total! Yet could be much greater–50% of parents, infants, & children eligible for WIC are not receiving it."

https://t.co/y6pleezMGF #WICstrong

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

India, now the world's largest country, has emerged as a global economic powerhouse and a massive presence in the online world.

Let's welcome it.

https://t.co/ZcRmbz3JPj

[Lancashire Cricket @lancscricket]

'𝟎𝟑 🐐 '𝟐𝟑

@jimmy9

🌹 #RedRoseTogether

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

I regret to inform you that Richard Hanania has made an argument that is both important and completely correct.

https://t.co/WcvoGMgVyl

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

When I first started teaching 40 years ago, I focused on basic travel skills: finding the right hotel, avoiding long lines, catching the train, and so on...

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[Matt Levine @matt_levine]

magnificent contribution to the "is $400k/yr in new york rich?" discourse https://t.co/BkBdm1VFYT

[Brett Cross @BCross052422]

This time, four months ago, It was a normal day. I was at my office getting a booklet made for each of my coworkers that would show their growth in their skills to help get them raises. 2 hours from then, I’d get a call that would shatter my world. My wife called, screaming

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

"a generous welfare state makes people not want to work"

(united states is the line on the bottom)

[Lauren Kaori Gurley @LaurenKGurley]

Big News: Union activity in the US is skyrocketing. The number of filings for union elections is up 56% this fiscal year compared to 2021, new data from the NLRB shows.

As of May 25, petitions for union elections this fiscal year 2022 has surpassed 2021.

[Tanvi Acharya @tacharya9]

Tough but important read

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Defying its tradition, Sweden will now give military help to Ukraine, says its Prime Minister.