David Chipman
@davidchipman
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ATF Special Agent (retired), Gun Violence Prevention Advocate @GiffordsCourage, Michigander in Virginia and Proud 97%er.
Arlington, VA
Joined February 2009
NYC is undoubtedly safer thanks to our @NYPDDetectives from the Major Case Field Intelligence Team. While conducting a search warrant, detectives recovered a cache of firearm lower receivers, high capacity magazines, ammo, a rapid-fire device, & a completed ghost gun.
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Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community...in a fundraising email, for herself. Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't.
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Today marks the 27th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This act of domestic terrorism resulted in the deaths of 168 people, including 19 children, 8 federal law enforcement officers, and left 100s more seriously injured. #ATF50
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Former Ohio police chief and two Indiana gun dealers plead guilty in conspiracy to illegally traffic 200 fully automatic machine guns. For more, go to https://t.co/Uw9OY2LqvM
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Thank you David Chipman for saying to @1a reporter: “…allowing someone for eight minutes to spill untruths is dangerous business.”
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New from me: The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees
newyorker.com
In an escalation of partisan warfare, a little-known dark-money group is trying to thwart the President’s entire slate.
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I’m doing things differently in the Senate. I publish my official schedule, I don’t take corporate PAC money, and I put my assets into a blind trust. And out of 535 members of Congress, I’m the only one to do all three.
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1/ NEW: Today @ProPublica is revealing, for the first time ever, who makes the most income in America–and what taxes they pay. Dive in here! We've got charts! Tables! Gizmos! It's the most fun you’ll have thinking about taxes this morning. https://t.co/UOuiYKLp6O
projects.propublica.org
Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes. Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift...
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What a legend
rest in peace to Gilbert Gottfried who has probably the best sequence in game show history on Hollywood Squares. if you're not an old hag like me who remembers the rules, both contestants needed his square to secure the 5-square win, but he decided to troll both of them
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Good. Now let’s ditch the filibuster + finally pass common sense gun laws supported by a majority of Americans.
BREAKING: The ATF has finalized a new rule to stem the flow of untraceable ghost guns. Ghost gun kits were specifically designed to skirt federal law so guns could be purchased w/o a background check or serial number. Today, that changes.
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My recovery is a lifelong journey, and aphasia is a big part of it. But an aphasia diagnosis doesn’t mean an end to communication. People who communicate differently are seeking—and we deserve—the same level of human connection as everyone else. https://t.co/xxeJWqktkE
washingtonpost.com
My message for Bruce Willis and for everyone out there struggling with aphasia — or any other communication disorder — is that you are not alone.
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More than three years ago, I set out to determine how many children in America lost parents to gun violence. Today, we published a story that, for the first time, answers that question: at least 41 a day. (thread) https://t.co/L0aqY4o15V
washingtonpost.com
Every day in America, more than 40 children lose a parent to shootings, new Post data reveals. Kaleigh and Kavon Washington lost both.
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Bucha. I never heard the name of this Ukrainian town until 16 hours ago, but I’ll never forget it for rest of my life. Hurts to confront these photos, but we cannot grow numb to this brutality. What we see isn’t just a massacre, it is a failure of “never again.” THREAD(Graphic)
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“Auto sears are everywhere on the street right now,” said Jefferey Boshek, a 21-year ATF veteran. “They’re one of the scariest things we’ve dealt with since I became an agent.” Read more from our collaboration with @VICENews:
thetrace.org
For decades, fully automatic weapons were expensive, collectable, and rarely used in crimes. Auto sears, which can cost less than $20 online, have changed that.
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Just a staggering figure: @OpenSecretsDC calculates that Russia has spent $164,597,221 on American lobbying since 2016, the year it became clear that Russia was interfering in our elections.
opensecrets.org
Foreign agents and lobbyists who act on behalf of a "foreign principal" to influence U.S. policy or public opinion are required to register with the Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents...
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Michigan is home to more than 46,000 Ukrainian-Americans, ranking us 4th in US by % (7th by #). They are our neighbors, co-workers and friends, and a vibrant part of the fabric of our communities. #StandWithUkraine
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US far-right podcaster charged after machine guns found in basement. Federal agents enforcing those laws on the books.
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Branding your military-style assault rifle to children using skulls with pacifiers is not what I had in mind when I’ve asked for truth in gun industry marketing.
fastcompany.com
"There's been youth shooting guns for 80 years, but there's never been a youth AR-15."
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And yet @ATFHQ continues to partner with @NSSF while @SenAngusKing said NO to my ATF nomination absent the NSSF seal of approval. This is why the parents of dead children like @manueloliver00 are climbing cranes outside the @WhiteHouse.
So what is @NSSF up to since it blessed the Sandy Hook Man Card campaign? Oh…just celebrating this new company that markets AR15s directly to “wee kids” with skulls and pacifiers. Yup. It’s real. WeeTactical’s JR15 debuted at nssf’s shot show a month ago.
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