“There’s a striking consensus on addressing gun violence. Why are Republicans ignoring the data?” (via @MaddowBlog)
Because they just don’t give a fuck.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gun-policy-republicans-ignore-americans-consensus-views-rcna82220?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=6453c889284dd100013d01cd&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter #press
I am utterly horrified that the @ap headline still says a "chokehold" killed a "restrained" man. A white man choked a Black man to death while NYC subway riders watched and helped. https://apnews.com/article/nyc-subway-death-headlock-c1b1383b3163f3f5d2c22a267bc52f41
By inviting him onto their “town hall” stage on May 10, CNN is treating Trump like an ordinary presidential candidate rather than like an insurrectionist and serial law-breaker.
They'd better ask him some damn tough questions and follow ups. https://presswatchers.org/2023/05/heres-how-cnn-can-reduce-the-harm-of-giving-trump-the-microphone/
@purplepadma That’s fantastic!!!
@mookie Actually, I’m kinda glad it happened. I’ve ignored my admin panel for too long. Got rid of 10 bots of my own. Gadz.
@mookie So they say.
@mookie I can forward you mine if you want.
This is not how it's supposed to work. But it's exactly how it works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/02/2024-election-debates-republicans/
@stargazersmith And with what I’ve read lately about Bluesky, my interest has waned.
Is anyone really surprised? https://www.rawstory.com/gosar-stage-former-nazis/
The World Wide Web, what we have come to know as the Internet, is now 30 years old. Happy Birthday. The congratulations are due to Tim Berners-Lee. It's his selfless generosity that should be applauded. His GIFT to the World is likely unprecedented.
@Teri_Kanefield @feditips Share the list with your instance administrator so she can block them.
🇨🇦🇺🇦Canada donates equipment for landmine removal to Ukraine worth $16 million (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/3704352-canada-donates-demining-equipment-to-ukraine-worth-16-million.html #Ukraine #Canada #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
@tbluvoter @copter_chief And I’m ok with that.
That Sound You Hear Is Donald Trump Popping a Blood Vessel Over Mike Pence’s Jan. 6 Grand Jury Testimony https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/donald-trump-mike-pence-grand-jury-jack-smith?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=vanity-fair&utm_social-type=earned #Politics
@thepoliticalcat @Shells@mastodon.world @rachel_maria65 If I have as much potato under the soil as I have above, it’ll be a bumper crop. First cherry tomato spotted today, and my hot peppers always do well.
Former F.B.I. Agent Charged in Jan. 6 Riot - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/us/politics/jan-6-former-fbi-agent.html
The former agent, Jared L. Wise, was arrested on Monday and faces four misdemeanor counts, including disrupting the orderly conduct of government and trespassing, after agents received a tip in January last year that he had been inside the Capitol, according to a criminal complaint. #Jan6 #FBI
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