Rabbi Sharon Brous
@SharonBrous
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For God's sake stop saying the gunman acted alone. He acted with every Republican Senator and at least one Democrat, who feverishly block all attempts at gun violence prevention.
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It must not be lost on us that he is using a CHURCH as the symbol of his declaration of war on the people of this country-
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If what you want is to change someone’s mind, I have to think education is more effective than public shaming and punishment. Particularly when that person shows a sincere willingness to learn and apologize.
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The president of the United States was just explicitly asked to condemn white nationalists- Nazis- and he could not do it.
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YES- they are “simultaneously assaulting the political foundation of Jewish life in America and claiming they’re doing it on the Jews’ behalf.” Don’t fall for it. via
@nytopinion
@michelleinbklyn
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כבוד המת—laying the dead to rest with dignity—is among the highest Jewish values. This is disgraceful.
אלוהים ישמור. שיקום הבנאדם שמסוגל להסביר למה לעזאזל צריך שהשוטרים והחיילים שלנו יתקפו את הלוויה של העיתונאית שירין אבו עאקלה, שככל הנראה נהרגה מאש של הצבא? מה ההיגיון כאן? למה שבר כזה יקרה? למי זה טוב? לנו, כישראלים, זה לא טוב. הצבא והמשטרה פועלים כאן גם נגד האינטרס שלנו. בושה.
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Children should not be shot in school. This is not normal.
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To be clear: this is straight out of the fascist playbook.
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When our Jewish community is attacked, I am so touched by the outpouring of support. To the AAPI community, targeted again by violent hate: we grieve with you. We stand with you. I hope that you feel surrounded by love tonight.
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He acted with
@GregAbbott_TX
, who goaded Texans into buying more guns, and then lowered the age for purchase of handguns to 18 & allowed permit-less open carry with no training necessary.
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So proud of my girl.
“Help us understand!” 11 year-old Angelenos Sami Brous-Light and Ale Kahn speak out at Parkland shooting protest put on by
#MomsDemandAction
#DraintheNRA
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The 82 yr old hands that used to pick someone else’s cotton went to the polls and voted for her son to become a US senator. Joy comes in the morning! Mazal Tov, SENATOR
@ReverendWarnock
!
@AuburnSeminary
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Thank God! Now abolish the racist, arcane, inhuman death penalty so no other family must suffer like this—
Julius Jones has received clemency!!!! No execution. We saved a black man’s life!!!
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The gunman acted with them, and with so many more. Don’t dare say he acted alone.
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He acted with clergy, elected officials & community leaders who equivocated & groveled & diverted attention after Columbine in 1999 & after every shooting since then, so as not to jeopardize their jobs.
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He acted with the former President, who used/ uses his platform every day to fuel hatred and advance the sale of weapons of war. He acted with a right wing media that spews lies and conspiracies and seems hellbent on sparking a civil war.
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The Bible tells us that there is a time to break down and a time to build up—and a time to heal. This is the time to heal.
@JoeBiden
@KamalaHarris
Welcome to the next chapter, friends.
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This morning I pray that this virus opens his heart to the devastation illness has brought to millions of families. That in the place of heartless policies, mockery & disinformation, our nation awakens to the necessity of health care for all & compassion toward those who suffer.
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“Avoiding masks is not in the Bible, but taking care of others is.”
🔥WATCH: “CRT is not in our schools, you didn’t know what it was 6 months ago… my 5yo gets that we mask up for others, wish more adults grasped that… if you only like democracy when it goes your way, you don’t like democracy”
Holler’s
@Kanew
at last night’s WILCO board meeting
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White nationalist terrorists, globally networked & abundantly armed, target our communities & threaten our democracy. They are fueled by the President’s racist agenda & his party’s shameful complicity. Our nation is in moral crisis & this won’t end until we end it.
#DoSomething
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If you make the immoral calculation that you can forgive someone’s racism bc you’re so enamored of his tax policies, appt of conservative judges or defense of rt wing Israeli interests, at least be honest @ it. Don’t dare justify his bigotry as some noble defense vs antisemitism.
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We will reopen when the scientists, doctors and public health experts tell us it is safe to do so. We will not risk the lives of our community members on the advice or even orders of someone with open contempt for both science and faith.
@IKAR_LA
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“For too long we were sold a false narrative that more police, locking more people up, makes us safer...”
@GeorgeGascon
, new DA of LA County, making sweeping changes: No more money bail. No more death penalty or sentencing enhancements. An end to children being tried as adults.
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Meet my friend,
@ReverendWarnock
. He is a great pastor, a phenomenal preacher, a truly decent human being, and will be an exceptional Senator. Let’s do this!
Get ready Georgia. The negative ads against us are coming.
But that won’t stop us from fighting for a better future for Georgians and focusing on the issues that matter.
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So meaningful to celebrate
#Hanukkah
at the White House. A real tikkun. Thank you
@POTUS
@FLOTUS
@VP
@SecondGentleman
@lholtzblatt
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This really would have been a good time for the Prime Minister of Israel, a sovereign, Jewish democratic state born on the ashes of our people, to express discomfort with the president’s rhetoric and stand in solidarity with American Jews.
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“I happen to think that a patient’s room is too small for a woman, her doctor and the US government.” Thank you
@ReverendWarnock
for your clearheaded & faithful argument for a woman’s right to choose.
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Recorded a fascinating conversation on
@crookedmedia
today on antisemitism in America with
@jonlovett
and
@BulldogShadow
. Will post tomorrow.
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In the distorted moral narrative of this country, guns are sacred and the human beings whose lives they take are expendable.
#Heresy
#BoulderColorado
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The failure to protect our children & each other from gun violence is a perverse moral abdication. You who call yourselves pro-life: how dare you not even give a damn in the face of so much unnecessary death?
@RevJacquiLewis
@AuburnSeminary
#RevLove21
So proud to stand with my sister
@SharonBrous
and clearly proclaim:
“Senators who say background checks don’t work are wrong...
Guns destroy the Divine presence 100 times every day on the streets of this country. It’s an affront we simply cannot abide.”
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Huge turnout at ICE protests around the country. Turning grief into action.
@IKAR_LA
@truahrabbis
@bend_thearc
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We are about to be flooded with images of beautiful children who should still be alive, putting on PJs getting ready for bed tonight. Holding close all those for whom this horror will only further shatter their already broken hearts.
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Feels like a good time to share
@LeahSolomon1975
’s important piece about vaccinations among Israelis and Palestinians: “...it is unfathomable that we are not doing everything in our power to offer the vaccine to every person in this land who wants one.”
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We stand together against white supremacy, against racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia & all forms of hatred.
'No amount of human suffering will satisfy those whose hearts are inclined toward racialized hatred.' — This rabbi called out white supremacy after the New Zealand mosque attacks
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Hope is an act of spiritual and political resistance. Great conversation with
@alexwagner
-- love this
@crookedmedia
family. Thank you
@jonfavs
.
@IKAR_LA
This is a very moving episode, and Rabbi
@SharonBrous
made me feel better and hopeful, which is no small task these days.
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There is no law that requires tearing children from their parents, but if there were, every person with an ounce of decency would be duty-bound to break it, and to break the back of the system that promotes it.
@IKAR_LA
Stand with
@IKAR_LA
@R
'
@SharonBrous
@bend_thearc
@truahrabbis
@TheRAC
and declare a moral emergency! Our government can persist in this inhumane behavior only if good people remain silent. Sign here:
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This time of upheaval demands a real national reckoning. This must be a paradigm shifting moment.
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Remember that slaveholders used that same Bible to justify trading in human beings. Once again, faith is weaponized to justify the cruel, inhumane, racist abuses of power.
#GodWeeps
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We can do this- if we open our souls rathe than hardening our hearts. Thank God for
@JoeBiden
. We’re ready.
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Devastating to read of the death, and destruction in
#Beirut
. So many lives destroyed today. Reverberations from the blasts felt 100 miles away, but the echoes of this horror are felt around the world. Holding great love for survivors & families-
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I'm under lockdown
@UCLA
. Apparently 2 dead, active shooter at large. Would now be a good time to talk about
#gunviolence
?
#UCLA
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She is a disgrace to Georgia and to the Senate.
@ReverendWarnock
will bring dignity to the office.
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Give us strength as we usher in the dawn of a new America, a justice-driven multiracial democracy... A new America, built on love, rooted in justice and propelled by our moral imagination. My prayer at today’s Nat'l Inaugural Prayer Service:
@IKAR_LA
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And I pray that in 32 days we elect leaders driven by science, fueled by empathy and dedicated to justice.
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Making America great again-like it was in 2008 when Michelle gave that speech
#RNCinCLE
# via
@HuffPostPol
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It is our faith-filled commitment to end the filibuster and all systems that have maintained and centered white supremacy for generations. And then to dream, daringly, of what could be.
@UniteThePoor
@RevDrBarber
@IKAR_LA
#MoralMondays
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...though I may be busy advising THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION:)
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Ha! My proudest achievement to date. Tho the cord violation kills me. Next time!
@dlight3
Great depth. Love the bookcase. Strong plant work. Good pillows. Minor cord violation. 9/10
@SharonBrous
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It’s almost as if some of the folks fuming mad over hints of antisemitism on the left weren’t really concerned for my family and community’s safety after all.
#JewishSpaceLaser
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I am honored to offer a prayer at the Natl Inaugural Prayer Service tomorrow 1.21.21 at 7am PT, alongside my friends
@RevDrBarber
@om3
@Skleinbaum
@valariekaur
@RevJacquiLewis
Yvette Flunder & more.
@IKAR_LA
@AuburnSeminary
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Hello America. There are serious progressive people of faith in this country. Our loyalty is to the radical liberal agenda of justice, human dignity and love.
@RevDrBarber
@IKAR_LA
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Want to talk @ profiling? It’s time we look at men with a history of domestic abuse.
@valariekaur
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A new America, built on love, rooted in justice and propelled by our moral imagination. My prayer at today’s Natl Inaugural Prayer Service:
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I will always officiate your weddings.
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The rabbi so many of us turn to when things get really rough:
@Skleinbaum
. Dedicated her life to building a more just & loving Jewish community & world. Now she’ll advise
@POTUS
on religious freedom.
@CBST
@truahrabbis
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We’re holding so much grief in our bodies as we reach today’s terrible, unthinkable marker. It’s been so painful knowing that the thing that would bring our souls comfort-being together-is the very thing that could kill us and others.
@IKAR_LA
@middlechurch
Never feel bad for not being "productive" when you read about 500,000 people dying.
Soul anguish is what happens when grieving rituals are replaced by normalcy rituals. Don't "power through" the heart of your humanity.
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Did today feel like a flashback scene from Handmaid’s Tale for anyone else?
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“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
#RadicalKing
#MLKDay
@clergy4blacklives
@BLMLA
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"The language of left vs right isn't sufficient to challenge extremism. We need the lang of right vs wrong."
@RevDrBarber
@AuburnSeminary
We must commit ourselves to longterm resistance in the streets, in t/courtroom & at t/ballot box.
#MoralResistance
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So
@SecPompeo
flies to Jerusalem to use Jewish pain as a prop to distract from the attempted coup at home & to advance his own political future. No thank you, Secretary.
@ADL
#NeverIsNow
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American Jews historically and overwhelmingly vote for justice, equity, compassion and decency, and this year is no different.
77% of American Jews voted for Joe Biden.
Historic numbers. A SEVEN point increase from 2016.
Together, we joined with our neighbors to overcome a politics of fear, division, and lies.
Our work is not yet done. We will keep fighting until all of us are safe & free.
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This is no time for exhaustion, and no time for neutrality. Great piece by
@Dahlialithwick
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@jacobkornbluh
This is a disgrace. Hillul Hashem. I pray for your safety and healing,
@jacobkornbluh
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“The thing is, that day the troopers thought they won the battle”
@BarackObama
preaches at
#JohnLewisMemorial
.
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This is the most stunning and devastating obit I’ve read.
@RepRaskin
& Sarah, my deepest condolences. May Tommy’s memory always be a blessing & may his spirit inspire us all to be more loving and steadfast in the pursuit of a better world.
Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin:
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@SarahKSilverman
were collaborating with - and all those fighting COVID. Please donate to
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#SaturdayNightSeder
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Awakening to the privilege is absolutely essential for real transformation. This is so brave.
Rep. Dean Phillips: "I'm here tonight to say to my brothers & sisters in Congress & all around our country, I'm sorry. For I've never understood, really understood, what privilege really means. It took a violent mob of insurrectionists & lightning-bolt moment in this very room."
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THIS IS A CHOICE. A handful of US Senators, representing a minority of American voters and the death cult/ gun lobby, have chosen to endanger our children and us all. These babies and their loved ones deserved better.
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The world rests on three things: truth, justice and peace. There’s no shortcut to just-getting-along without truth telling & true justice.
@PB_Curry
@alroker
@TODAYshow
@DylanDreyerNBC
@sheneillejones
@craigmelvin
@IKAR_LA
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Mazal tov to my friend, teacher & fellow
@AuburnSeminary
Fellow,
@RevDrBarber
, for winning the MacArthur Genius award! So grateful for your moral leadership and friendship. May God bless you with strength and health, as you lead us all toward love & justice.
My father early on taught me that the only purpose of life is to make a difference in the lives of others & to stand up for what is right & just & full of love & full of compassion.
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Reports now on CNN that some victims are avoiding medical attention and family reunification centers for fear of ICE action against them or their families.
Heard rumors that some El Paso victims drove themselves home because they were scared of ICE. If this is true, please have them reach out to me. I am an immigration attorney & am willing to go w/ them for medical attention or make myself available
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To our trans/non-binary/gender nonconforming family & friends: we see you. We love you. We stand with you & will continue to fight for full equality & legal protection for all. And on 11/6 we'll show that commitment at the polls.
#WontBeErased
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
@IKAR_LA
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It’s not only the recklessness, fecklessness & shocking criminality of Trump & his enablers that got us here. Silence and complicity are also sins. Either we work to dismantle oppressive systems or our inaction becomes the mortar that sustains them.
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THIS:
So damn tired of living in a country that treats Black grief as a threat and white rage as a sacrament
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Let’s be very clear: this attack was perpetuated to advance the ideology of white supremacy, the cancer that threatens to destroy our country. This cancer has wrapped itself around the spine of our nation, & we now export it freely & willingly around the world.
@IKAR_LA
JJ Latest News: L.A. Faith and Civic Leaders Denounce Attacks at Two New Zealand Mosques -
@ryanharrytorok
reports
@MayorOfLA
,
@SharonBrous
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When you join the
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
(airing again today at 3pm PST) you realize how hard we work to erase voices of the poor in our culture. On TV, radio, film- we rarely get to hear from nearly half our country- those most impacted by exploitative policies and norms.
In the mid-'60s, King shifted his focus. He theorized racial inequality could not be defeated w/o economic equality. The result was the '68
#PoorPeoplesCampaign
. More than 50 years later, a new generation of activists & faith leaders continue the charge.
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This is what it means to walk in God’s ways:
@RavMABAY
@ShirTikvahMN
give sanctuary to a family of 7 for 3+ yrs. “We wanted to just live.”
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Impossible to overstate the pure joy
@DaveedDiggs
has brought me, and the world, with this video:
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Amen amen.
"I think [Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel] and Dr. King are smiling in this moment and we hope to make them proud" - Senator-elect
@ReverendWarnock
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The men who killed
#AhmaudArbery
tested positive for the virus plaguing our country since 1619. Preach
@om3
!
We are getting ready for Sunday. This is our first sermonic-film. We solicit your prayers for this moment.
@AyizeS
@kwynology
@YaleDivSchool
@Morehouse
@MorehousePrez
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Heartbroken. My people- killed while they prayed. May their memory be a blessing.
#pittsburgh
Joyce Feinberg, 75
Richard Gottfried, 65
Rose Mallinger, 97
Jerry Rabinowitz, 66
Cecil Rosenthal, 59
David Rosenthal, 54
Bernice Simon, 84
Sylvan Simon, 86
Daniel Stein, 71
Melvin Wax, 88
Irving Younger, 69
May their memories push us to create a world that values every life.
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Antisemitism is a bellwether for the health of a society. When antisemitism thrives, racism thrives. When violence against Jews is normalized, there is an increase in violence generally, & esp against other minority communities.
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#Pittsburgh
did not happen in a vacuum—it was the inevitable outcome of racialized hatred and anti-Semitism being fed, fueled and funded by those with a political agenda that literally puts our lives on the line.
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Our grief & indignation have to fuel our moral imagination. We’re calling out the culture of hatred & America’s fanatical obsession w guns. We’ll harness our anger, fear & grief, and bring it all to the polls on Nov. 6.
#Pittsburgh
@IKAR_LA
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