Shannon Watts
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Founder of @MomsDemand , Co-founder @Everytown / Board @emergeamerica / Substack
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New Zealand bans semiautomatic rifles less than 24 hours after the Christchurch mass shooting. Imagine: elected officials putting public safety over gun manufacturers’ profits.
Americans deserve better than lawmakers who are letting gun lobbyists write our nation’s gun laws.
Minister David Parker confirmed that Semi Automatic weapons will be banned in New Zealand.
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Donald Trump's guide to diversity:
Haitians: Have AIDS
Nigerians: Live in huts
American Indians: Pocahontas
Black Americans: Disrespectful ingrates
Mexicans: Criminals and rapists
Muslims: Evil terrorists
Women: Treat them like shit
White supremacists: Very fine people
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The same SCOTUS that said yesterday that states don’t have the ability to regulate guns today gave states the power to regulate women’s bodies.
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A reminder that the same lawmakers who say gun laws won't stop gun violence believe abortion laws will stop abortion.
#RoeVWade
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All this kid did was ask “Why on earth would you want someone who abused women to have access to a gun?”
I want to thank his parents...
Cub scout 'heartbroken,' kicked out of his den for asking Colorado state senator tough questions
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The only person who actually ran into the school in Uvalde to rescue kids was an unarmed woman.
That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Parkland, Florida, teacher on CNN who had to hide 19 crying kids in a closet in her classroom: “We did everything we were trained to do in active shooter drills, and still we had mass casualties. I blame our government for not keeping us safe.”
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John McCain left hospital stay paid by taxes on flight paid by taxes to remove health insurance from taxpayers. And we paid him to do it.
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Why do I share DMs calling me a cunt or commenting on my age and physical appearance or wishing for my death or sexual assault? Because the men who write them work among us at hospitals, as firefighters, in the military. They don’t deserve anonymity if they’re toxic or dangerous.
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A survivor of the Sandy Hook School mass shooting in 2012 is a student at Michigan State University: “I am 21-years-old and this is the second mass shooting I’ve lived through. We can no longer allow this to happen. We can no longer be complacent.”
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BULLSHIT: The El Paso gunman drove NINE HOURS to the Texas border to kill brown people.
White supremacy is not a mental illness. It’s an ideology encouraged by the President and too many of our leaders, and it’s made deadly in the US via easy access to arsenals and ammunition.
.
@GregAbbott_TX
says in
#ElPaso
: "Bottom line is mental health is a large contributor" to any type of violence.
#ElPasoShooting
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The government doesn’t pay for school supplies, field trips or classroom furniture, but suddenly they have a budget for glocks?
Trump floats pay bonus for teachers who carry guns in class
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“I hope to God no one sends me anymore prayers. I want gun control. No more guns!”
The mother of shooting victim Telemachus Orfanos. She says her son survived the Las Vegas mass shooting but was killed in Thousand Oaks.
This must stop.
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John McCain, undergoing cancer treatment paid for by taxes, just voted to vote to end cancer treatment for taxpayers on Medicare. And we paid him to do it.
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Trump's guide to diversity
Africa: Array of shithole countries
Haitians: Have AIDS
Nigerians: Live in huts
Puerto Ricans: Lazy
Black Americans: Ingrates
Mexicans: Criminals and rapists
Muslims: Evil terrorists
Women: Treat them like shit
White supremacists: VERY FINE PEOPLE
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Trump to woman reporter: "She's shocked I picked her, she's in a state of shock”
Reporter: “I'm not, thank you Mr. President”
Trump: "I know you're not thinking, you never do”
Reporter: "I'm sorry?"
Trump: "Go ahead"
This is institutionalized misogyny.
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I think about their parents picking out special names for them. Attending school choir concerts. Doing mundane things like helping them with homework and taking them to the dentist. All to lose them to completely senseless and preventable gun violence due to lawmakers' cowardice.
15-year olds Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, the two teens killed in the
#KentuckySchoolShooting
. It was the 11th school shooting of 2018. There are 7 days left in January.
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Payton Washington is in the ICU after she was shot for getting in the wrong car in Texas
Kaylin Gillis was shot to death for driving into the wrong driveway in New York
Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Missouri
It’s the guns
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Shootings unfolding simultaneously right now in America: At a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma; a Walmart in Pittson, Pennsylvania; and a high school in Los Angeles, California.
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Greta Gerwig: Made a critically acclaimed, culturally profound, feminist movie about Barbie and the patriarchy that made a billion dollars at the box office.
Oscar nomination goes to … Ken.
#Barbie
#Oscars2024
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How come the same lawmakers who say gun laws won't stop gun violence believe abortion laws will stop abortion?
Alabama will make abortions a felony, punishable by 99 years in prison, without exceptions for rape or incest.
It will be the most restrictive law in the country, voted into effect by men.
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The El Paso gunman drove NINE HOURS to the Texas border to kill brown people.
White supremacy is not a mental illness. It’s an ideology encouraged by the President and too many of our nation’s leaders, and it’s made deadly in America via easy access to arsenals and ammunition.
Law enforcement officials believe the shooting suspect wrote an anti-immigrant "manifesto" before the attack. The document is "filled with white nationalist and racist hatred towards immigrants and Hispanics," CNN's
@murphy
and
@artemischats
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BREAKING: Alex Jones is going down.
Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims win legal victory in lawsuit against InfoWars and Alex Jones, after judge grants families’ discovery requests, allowing access to InfoWars’ internal marketing and financial documents.
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THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville.
#tnleg
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Since Parkland shooting:
A gun was fired unintentionally at a K-12 school in Florida
A Georgia teacher fired a gun inside class
An Ohio 7th grader brought a semiautomatic rifle to school. He planned a mass shooting but killed himself instead
Now Central Michigan University
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When gently corrected by one of the astronauts about how other women have spacewalked, Donald Trump uses his middle finger to "fix" his hair.
How is this even real life?
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Just a reminder that Susan Collins called on Al Franken to resign without the so-called due process and presumption of innocence that she claimed to be defending today regarding Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Sexual harassment and assault have no place in any workplace. The reports involving Senator Franken are disturbing. His belated apology was certainly warranted.
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Why hasn’t every single major newspaper in the country called on the President to resign?
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School shootings are not fucking acts of nature, like hurricanes and tornadoes. They're man-made acts of inaction, of cowardice, of corruption by all lawmakers who refuse to pass laws PROVEN BY DATA to stop preventable, senseless shootings like in Uvalde.
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Tennessee House subcommittee members had state troopers physically remove gun safety activists who quietly held signs from a hearing.
We bow down to this woman who - visibly shaking - said: “You will have to drag me out.”
Moms will win.
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The Governor and Lt Governor of Virginia are Democrats.
Virginia has the best Unemployment and Economic numbers in the history of the State. If the Democrats get in, those numbers will go rapidly in the other direction. On Tuesday, Vote Republican!
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This image will go down in history. New video shows shows Mike Pence callously observing and turning his back on severe overcrowding of men in cages at a detainment facility in Texas.
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It was literally called the
#MarchForOurLives
Simply being anti-NRA is not a solution. March FOR something, not just against everything.
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Two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance in Orlando right now, marching with signs featuring Gov DeSantis’s face, swastikas, the n-word and homophobic slurs.
This is the 2023 Republican Party.
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Who knew clapping could convey rage, disdain and threats of revenge...
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In retrospect, we should have taken to the streets when McConnell refused to let Obama rightfully fill a Supreme Court vacancy. That was an epic fail on our part as citizens.
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Reminder: Texas law allows the open carry of semiautomatic rifles and does not require a background check, training or an age limit. Walmart also allows open carry.
Lawmakers and companies are not protecting their constituents or their customers.
#elpasoshooting
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Well, one President has tweeted his congratulations.
#USWNT
Yes! Fourth star. Back to back. Congrats to the record breakers on the
@USWNT
, an incredible team that’s always pushing themselves—and the rest of us—to be even better. Love this team.
#OneNationOneTeam
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BREAKING: A grand jury just indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey on charges of exhibiting guns at protesters in a June incident in their neighborhood. Additionally, the grand jury added a charge of tampering with evidence for both members of the couple.
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What it looks like when a reporter isn’t just asking questions, but is holding an interviewee accountable with the facts. This occurs far too infrequently.
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What Americans don’t know you put Halloween candy in the bag the kid is carrying and not on top of their head? They’re like robots trying to mimic humans.
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Palin’s son plead guilty to possessing a firearm while intoxicated after beating his girlfriend and threatening her with an AR-15. Then he beat his father and threatened to shoot him. He is still legally allowed to own guns. But do lecture us more about responsible gun ownership.
Anti-Gun Parkland Activist Finally Comes to His Senses After School's Cover-Up on Shooter Comes Out
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WATCH: “…it wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle. I'm a gun lover. I have guns. I'm a former police officer. I’m a former Army officer ... prayers won't bring these people back. We need action in our legislatures.”
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My new ringtone.
Trump at the court as crowd chants “vote him out” — it’s rare for this President to see his opposition this up-close and in-person
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BREAKING: Black people are allowed to be both rich and opposed to racism.
Sen. Cruz to
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BREAKING: Rep. Mikie Sherrill said tonight that *members of Congress* led people through the Capitol on a "reconnaissance" mission one day before the riot. "I'm going to see they are held accountable, and if necessary, ensure they don't serve in Congress.”
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What Mehmet Oz means when he says abortion should be between "a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders."
#PASenateDebate
Thx
@amyschumer
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Amy Thorn, the registered nurse from West Virginia who recently spoke at the Republican National Convention to defend Donald Trump’s response to the COVID crisis, has been arrested for shooting a woman in the stomach during an argument:
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Nope. I have unarmed security at public events who will take me to the closest hospital if I’m shot. Because I get death threats thanks to gun extremists like you.
But the good thing about armed security? They have to have background checks and training. Unlike armed civilians.
The head of Moms Demand Action,
@shannonrwatts
, has armed security when she leaves her home. Yet she doesn't believe Americans should have the same right to protect themselves, their family, and their friends when they leave their home.
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This is Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, an Illinois resident who was just charged with first-degree murder of two people last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This teen, whose social media history is full of misogyny and white supremacy, had easy access to an AR-15.
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Don't bother tweeting me that it's too soon to talk about the need for stronger gun laws. It's always too soon in America. For kids shot at Santa Fe High School today, it's too late.
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You misspelled "Mayweather is a serial batterer of women with 7 assaults resulting in arrest/citations plus police calls without charges."
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Iceland is the world’s biggest consumer of SSRIs. They’ve had 5 gun homicides since 2020; in the US, there have been over 30,000 in that time.
Japan is one of the largest video game markets in the world. They have only 10 shooting deaths a year; the US has 40,000.
It’s the guns
What drugs and/or psychiatric drugs was he on for his mind to be ruined in alternate reality games that caused him to commit a mass shooting?
His parents know.
The police know.
School, arrest, hospital records?
The public DESERVES to know.
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And now we fight.
For Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
We fight. Just like she did.
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NEW: Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot twice by a white man in Kansas City after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home. The man shot Ralph in the head through his glass door, and then when Yarl was already bleeding out on the ground, shot him again:
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“Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man,”
@AOC
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Finally a famous white male gun owner is publicly outraged at gun extremism. Thank God. Thank you, Matthew McConaughey.
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You did this in Ohio, where Tamir Rice and John Crawford were fatally shot for holding fake guns. You’re still alive,
@kaitmarieox
- not even arrested - after bringing a semiautomatic rifle to school. That’s white privilege.
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My God. Two Americans were killed and 15 were injured in a shooting today at a Kentucky high school. What is wrong with you?
Where are the 50,000 important text messages between FBI lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strzok? Blaming Samsung!
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FUCK. YOU.
Happy 4th of July, America! 🇺🇸
We are a country because of brave souls with guns who valued and fought for liberty and freedom.
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Ten people shot at a fucking celebratory Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, including children. This uniquely American hell was created by every lawmaker who supports lax gun laws.
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Sen Katie Britt says sexual assault is the worst thing that can happen to a woman while encouraging Americans to vote for a convicted sexual predator.
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The funniest thing about this is that Elon Musk thinks the issue is that Stephen King is balking at the $20 per month fee.
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If only the 57-year-old man in Las Vegas who shot 500 people and killed 58 with semiautomatic rifles and bump stocks had had nicer parents.
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Why hasn’t every single major newspaper in the country called on the President to resign?
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“Mrs. Schimmoeller, we talked about it. If anything happens, we are going to carry you.”
THIS is the burden our lawmakers are making educators and student bear. Because they are cowards.
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Nats fans boo Donald Trump after he’s shown on the big screen and then chant, “Lock him up.”
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Meghan McCain's father had a brain glioblastoma for over a year while serving as a US Senator.
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According to the Governor of Texas, the gunman who killed at least 15 people in Uvalde is an 18-year-old who lives in the community. He had a handgun and may have been armed with a rifle, too.
In 2021, Texas lawmakers lowered the age to carry a handgun to 18.
#txlege
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Yaaaaaaass!!!
Kid Rock replaced by Waffle House shooting hero as grand marshal for Nashville Christmas parade
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I sent this to my four daughters to remind them why it’s so important to vote. Any man who says this about any woman shouldn’t have power over our lives.
Senator John Kennedy on Nancy Pelosi: I don’t mean any disrespect but it must suck to be that dumb
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It’s easy to forget in 2019, but the whole point of living in a human body is to be kind and to love one another.
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I just sent my 23-year-old a text of outrage because I got a bill in the mail for highway tolls he didn’t pay and he texted back, “What is a toll?”
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If Herschel Walker were a woman who had an abortion, he would have lost the support of the Republican party and voters. But because he’s a man, he can abet an infinite number of abortions and still win a seat in the US Senate, where he’ll strip women of their reproductive rights.
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Donald Trump made it into Time’s Person of the Year issue after all: As one of the accused.
The Silence Breakers
#PersonOfTheYear
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Everyone in Dallas: Go to Ellen’s!!!
Attn
@AnnualMeetings
attendees. Steer clear of Ellen’s in downtown Dallas! Why go there when there are so many other great choices. 🤔
#sorrynotsorry
#StandAndFight
#DefendTheSecond
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It’s not SSRIs. Iceland: biggest user of antidepressants; low rates of gun violence.
It’s not video games. Japan: among the largest markets for video games; low rates of gun violence.
It’s not weed. Israel: biggest user of cannabis; low rates of gun violence.
It’s the guns.
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Donald Trump has been accused of raping a 13-year-old, raping his ex-wife and attempting to rape a female business associate, among at least 17 other accusations of sexual assault.
The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? .....
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Grateful
@Walmart
is enforcing its new policy to prohibit open carry. It took five officers to get this man to leave the store.
Last month, customers were allowed to shop while open carrying. Cultural change results in political change.
#GroceriesNotGuns
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AGAIN: Kinsley White, 6, was shot by a North Carolina neighbor who was upset that a basketball rolled into his yard. The gunman also shot her parents and other family members. White was released from the hospital overnight.
#ncpol
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The President and other leaders told this man that Mexicans are rapists and violent criminals. That they’re taking our jobs. That they’re the enemy.
And then they gave him easy access to an AK-47 and ammunition.
This wasn’t mental illness; he was carrying out marching orders.
NEW: El Paso shooting suspect told investigators he wanted to shoot as many Mexicans as possible, two law enforcement officials tell
@ABC
News. via
@AaronKatersky
@JoshMargolin
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“White women, who enjoy proximal power from their association with white men, have often served as the white patriarchy’s most eager foot soldiers,”
@rtraister
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I will give $1,000 to the first reporter who asks him, “Senator, do women pee out of the same hole that babies come out of, yes or no?”
Reporter: Do you have a reaction to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling?
GOP Sen. Tuberville: I was all for it... We need to have more kids
Reporter: But IVF is used to have more children and IVF services are paused at some clinics
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"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them," Margaret Atwood
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Police estimate 10,000 to 15,000 attended Beto O’Rourke’s anti-Trump, anti-wall rally in El Paso tonight. The facility Trump spoke at holds 6,500 people.
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“I’m required to fly private by the NRA security,” NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre during bankruptcy testimony.
As a personal aside, I once sat near Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Southwest Airlines.
#nrabankruptcytrial
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Curt Schilling claimed the Sandy Hook and Parkland mass school shootings were hoaxes.
Curt Schilling, a great pitcher and patriot, is considering a run for Congress in Arizona. Terrific!
@foxandfriends
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Obituary for the Utah man who fatally shot his five children, mother-in-law and estranged wife: “Michael made it a point to spend quality time with each and every one of his children. Michael enjoyed making memories with the family.”
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Reminder that the President didn’t tweet about the four Americans killed at the Waffle House, nor did he mention the hero who stopped the shooting.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump agrees to meet with women who have accused him of harassment, assault and rape.
Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called “Whistleblower,” represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way. Then Schiff made up what I actually said by lying to Congress......
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My husband giving me instructions as he prepares to leave town: “Don’t put the dogs in their crates today. Let them sleep on the couch.”
Me: “Why?”
Him: “That’s how they know it’s the weekend.”
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As a former Catholic who decided the church’s morals are contrary to my faith and harmful to children, I wanted to let you know my gay daughter and I are gonna party like it’s 1999.
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NEW: A Nashville Walgreens employee pulled out a pistol and shot a pregnant woman he says he thought was shoplifting. Doctors performed an emergency c-section; both the woman and her baby are in critical condition. The employee is claiming self-defense.
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