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Yes, because prices dropping is deflation, hugely dangerous. Deflation happened in the 1930s with the Great Depression, so there's that....
What does work is to raise incomes, to assist with job creation, and Biden/Harris were already working on that with the infrastructure jobs, the Chips manufacturing in the USA, the green energy jobs, the support for unions , and reopening the discussion of the national minimum wage. But too much of the electorate might not understand the Great Depression, or the 1970s/1980s since that's last time we experienced inflation. This a Sputnik moment for increasing civics instruction and accurate history curriculum. A democracy depends upon an informed citizenry.
That's why the pumpkin head loves undereducated voters. BTW midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. Be prepared. 💙🗽💙
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Adams, worst mayor ever. I voted for the guy, but he has been a gigantic disappointment. Can't handle housing, no plan for affordable housing for NYers, no plan for immigration resettlement, although NYC has been handling immigration for over one hundred years. Cannot wait to vote him out. He's only interested in kissing up to real estate interests so they will fund his next campaign. There are thousands of empty warehoused housing units, Adams, and you know it. Supervise your real estate buddies, and find another city. NYC is so done with this guy. You, sir, are the crisis. 🗽
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It is true that Otto Frank "censored" his daughter's diary, so that first printing of the diary, the version that is probably most widely available in school book rooms across the nation, is very sanitized. I don't think he was trying to be evil, it was just too painful for Mr Frank to show his daughter to the world with details that he worried society might criticize. Given his pain, who can blame him. It seems that there were times that Anne really was experiencing mental breakdown, totally understandable given the nightmare she was living, and as a thirteen year old girl becoming a fifteen year old girl who had a boyfriend, really the one and ony available boy in that attic, there's some understandable stuff about sex too. Would 1950s society embrace mental illness, PTSD or awakening sexuality? Probably not.
Do we accept those same issues today in the lives of 13-15 year old students in 2023? Seems that we don't, definitely not in Florida. It's absolutely disgraceful that red states are bringing Hitler tactics back to life in public schools. Book bannings should never be permitted, period. Anne Frank is being banned because discussing the Holocaust could make someone uncomfortable. Books about Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron were removed because discussion of racial discrimination might make someone uncomfortable. A children's book about penguins in the central park zoo was banned because they felt it supported gay marriage. This is disgusting, and it violates the freedom of expression that the first amendment of our constitution supports.
If a student who is advanced for her age wants to read a challenging book, go for it and say, "If there are parts of the book you don't quite understand, ask me about it." Read the book together with your teen. That's actually the best reason for a class reading literature as a group, so that peers and teachers can help them through it.
Book bannings in the USA must end now. Make a plan for voting in 2024 and let's vote all of these fascists out up and down the ballot. 💙🗽🏫🗽💙
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🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽 For infrastructure, for union support, for chips manufacturing, for veterans healthcare, for pharmacy price control, for strengthening EPA, for taking another attempt at legislation and policy that courts blocked, for green energy, for support of native peoples, for childcare and child tax credit to lift children out of poverty in the richest nation of the world, and more.
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Mental health assessment before every purchase, age limits, mandatory gun safes, training, permits, registration, comprehensive background checks with waiting periods. That's a start. For instance, if training is required, a professional trainer could likely spot concerning behaviors during the training session and share their concerns in a database or with law enforcement. If a trainer has to sign off before a purchase is complete, that could add another set of professional eyes on the problem. This troubled person was able to purchase seven weapons legally from five vendors. And none of those vendors thought to ask some questions? And there's no tracking system in Tennessee to realize that is going on? No red flag laws in Tennessee, so no way to know that she had an emotional disturbance. Guns are extremely dangerous things, they should be difficult to obtain. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed; the patchwork of state laws is not working.
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Pay attention to history. The chaotic 1968 Democratic convention, in Chicago no less, got us Nixon. Think this through calmly. Why are we rejecting a President with an impressive legislative record, comparable to FDR and LBJ? Also, in 1968, VP Humphrey stepped into LBJ's spot, supposedly a smooth transition, but it didn't work out that way, did it? Pay attention to history. Stay calm, thoughtful, strategic and disciplined. In two weeks, the media will be chasing another bright shiny object. Vote carefully everyone. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Huzzah, Jewish Voices for Peace!! Standing up for an end to bombing civilians, especially children. I am so proud of you all. Walk down the block and up First Avenue to the United Nations and let's get the diplomacy started ASAP. Start over with new prime ministers on all sides. People who know diplomacy, construction, engineering and healthcare. Rebuild homes, rebuild hospitals, rebuild water systems, rebuild schools. Hug the children and assure them that things will be better now. Work hard together to rebuild one block, then another, then another, then come to the table together after an exhausting day, and eat together. There's lots of work to do. Stop fighting.
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Their super supportive friendship is amazing. As a nation, let's be supportive of them as well, by supporting gun safety legislation. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Screen private sales and gun shows. Contact your representative ASAP. 🗽💚💜💛💙🗽
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I hope everyone can reach out to Ireland and South Africa, two nations who battled intractable violent cultural and political conflicts for generations, and now seem to have come out the other side with success.
Please, humanitarian pause, water, food, medicine, two state solution, new prime ministers on all sides, people with backgrounds in diplomacy and cartography, plus engineering, construction and healthcare, because there is a tragic mess to clean up. Pause, think, start over with new prime ministers on all sides.
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@RWRogers Regarding "Our right to vote for who we want. That's authoritarian to take that away from us." Actually, no, we don't have the right to vote for who we want. We have the right to vote for candidates who are qualified. If trump wanted to be a qualified candidate for a future term, he should not have engaged in insurrection, nor engaged and supported others who engaged in insurrection, in order to preserve his qualifications for future office once he saw that he had lost the 2020 election, after his 60+ legal challenges to the election came up empty. Instead, he spent a huge amount of time on the golf course in those last weeks, even for him. He engaged in insurrection and supported others who engaged in insurrection. Bad choice. So now this is the accountability phase of his life. It will probably be a bit painful for him, because I think he is accustomed to getting his own way. We the voters get to choose from candidates who are qualified. Actually, if the GOP had done a better job of vetting candidates, the nation might have been spared these nightmarish years.
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I am sorry that you hate teachers. Not sure what happened when you were in the fourth grade, but I suggest you work that out with your therapist or maybe your pastor.
The reality is most parents do not have frank conversations with their adolescents about sex. Not every parent has a graduate degree, and not every parent with a graduate degree has a degree in biology or reproductive health, even special research in health and hygiene. Therefore, using science and health teachers as a resource gives adolescents access to higher quality and more current information than they are likely to get from parents. Especially because most parents are unlikely to have the talk at all. The topic makes them feel uncomfortable, so they avoid it. If they force themselves to have the talk, it is likely to be a brief clumsy conversation peppered with a lot of "when I was your age," "you're too young for anything like that" etc. Parents are unlikely to create an in-depth curriculum for the topic to stretch across several months. That is the experience that adolescents can receive in a one semester health/hygiene class in middle school or high school.
In addition, because conflict between teens and their parents is commonplace and even entirely normal during puberty, it is helpful to get information from other trusted adults at this age. Teens are very busy forming their own self image and sense of independence, and that essential normal psychological work tends to make teenagers push their parents away for a time.
Try to work out your hatred of teachers without depriving all the adolescents in your state access to essential knowledge that they want and need. Education is a good thing; give it another try.
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Law Enforcement is instructed to run towards the suspect. The general public has different instructions. Here's an idea, gun control, because that actually works. It reduces the oversaturation of weapons in the population so that law enforcement can try to manage firearms. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works.
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Lesley T Exactly. If Thomas pulls down marriage equality, and he already wrote as much directly into his grotesque opinion that no other justice signed, then he is pulling down Loving as well, because both cases are built around privacy, and Loving was used as the foundation for the marriage equality case. This is an unkind thought, I try not to think that way, but I now find happiness in the thought that Thomas is the oldest justice, and Alito isn't so young either. That would leave us with Kavanaugh, Barrett and Gorsuch, and now that bunch doesn't look so scary. Plus Justice Brown Jackson is likely to bring a new energy. We must vote democratic for a while, so that future justices will restore balance and give chief justice Roberts his court back.
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Good point. I truly believe that most of the publishers of the Bulwark have their hearts in the right places, but there is still a very "top down" approach. "I am the expert and I will tell you what you should be worried about.". They say to meet the voters where they are, but they do not have a community organizer's approach to getting there. (Perhaps important to remember that Obama began as a community organizer.)
An organizer starts with just a relatively open meeting. Just tell me what's on your mind. What would you like to change? If the group names "Pizza parties every Friday," you have to be humble enough to work on the pizza party. And that's okay, because now the group work starts. What do we do to make that goal a reality? How do we raise the money for the pizza? Do we chose a local pizzeria or a larger corporate sponsor like Dominos? Who do we invite to the pizza party? What venue do we use for the party? Do we need entertainment? Are there local adolescents who are budding performers who might be interested?
None of that work is wasted. You are building a network of neighborhood store owners, venue managers, maybe the local schools and libraries, maybe larger corporate entities. At some point, a discussion about abusively high rents for storefronts and small businesses with roots in the community probably came up. Rent controls for small businesses might become your first political initiative after the pizza party is over.
Sorry this is so long, but just trying to make the point that organizing can be complicated, but the positive impact is huge. Creating networks, managing an agenda, setting realistic goals, celebrating small victories that lead to bigger victories, it's all there. It's the difference between "Tell me what's on your mind " vs "This is a focus group about how to control rental prices on storefronts.".
Yes, meet the voters where they are. True community based grassroots organizing can get you there.
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Whatever else we did, for 20 years in Afghanistan, women went to work to feed their families, and girls went to school, and continued their education to prepare for the careers that their nation so desperately needs. Every member of the USA military who ever worked on Afghanistan, and everyone who worked with NATO, should feel very very proud of that.
Sometimes I wonder why we didn't leave the weapons with the women. The women are still protesting in any small way they can, trying to get video out, teaching in secret schools, etc. They just ask that the world not forget them, not allow them to slip completely out of the news cycle. Afghan diaspora, please remember your sisters and continue to work for a better day.
If the women could be trained as citizen soldiers, they would resist the Taliban until their nails bleed. Afghan women will never give up. They cannot give up. I believe a better day will come for them.
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For all the people who have fun claiming unlimited rights that they actually do not have.... Nope, hate speech is not freedom of expression. There's a rumor going around that you can say whatever you want. Nope, never was true. Defamation, fraud, slander, speech intended to incite violence, threatening potential witnesses, hate speech, none of those things are freedom of expression. Hate speech is a crime. Hate speech is a crime. Or, as your kindergarten teacher taught you, if you dont have something nice to say, dont say anything at all. Hate speech is a crime, and right now hate speech probably has the potential to incite violence, especially in these tense times. Thank you NYPD for enforcing the law. Thank you to the super patient Halal guy who let the NYPD handle this jerk. 🗽
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Honor the angels with action, not thoughts and prayers. Contact your representative ASAP. Support "lives robbed", an organization created by Uvalde families. Comprehensive gun safety legislation is needed. Raise the age limit for gun purchase to age 21. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
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As a lifelong Democrat, I thank all Republicans who honor Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt the trust buster, Fiorello Laguardia, McCain, even Goldwater, by honoring the true history of the Republican party. Clean house, vet candidates, no more Santos, MTG, especially not the pumpkin head. Country over party. Stay awesome. ⚖️🗽⚖️
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Vote for common sense gun safety legislation, supported by the majority of the USA population. Nothing in the second amendment requires this total distain for public safety. Despite what second amendment fans try to tell you, the framers never intended innocent civilians to live in fear of leaving their home to do ordinary activities, like going to school, to a grocery store, a parade, a movie theater, a club, a concert, a movie. Although we have to wait for a new iteration of SCOTUS for a more rational interpretation of the second amendment, this is the right time to work for national gun safety legislation. Codify everything that is important to us. Even this irresponsible SCOTUS cannot overturn every law. Let's get the work done so that we don't have to keep living this way. This is not about liberty, this is terrorizing our population.
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The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. Voting changes everything. Identify candidates who support gun safety at the state, local and federal level. Only vote for candidates who will draft and pass legislation mandating training, permits, gun safes, age limits, red flags, mental health assessment for each purchase, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Be safe, stay strong. Don't let gun fanatics take away your freedom. 💙🌊💙🗽
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Not working against the anger, not even attempting positive communication with this profoundly disaffected group to find solutions that will defuse the anger, that's just as bad. Remember, silence is the same as being complicit.
It would be like a crime prevention group saying, All these stores are sitting ducks for the next robbery. Oh well. Good luck with that." No, you get in there with security cameras, a better linkage with their local precinct, a buddy system with neighboring stores, a proactive prevention with foot patrol in the neighborhood, etc. There is work to be done, but I rarely hear the GOP talking about solutions. They prefer the media attention that comes with constantly setting your hair on fire.
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"reeree": I'm very confused by your phrasing. Judging by your previous posting, it seems that you are predisposed against doctors in general. If you were to actually listen to your doctors, you would realize that most doctors say "might" instead of "will", because they don't want to be in the position of making promises that they might not be able to fulfill. They want to present as much information as possible, then allow the patient to make an informed decision. That's what informed consent is. There are always pros and cons, not absolutes. Perhaps the extreme risk of retaining a still born fetus inside your body is acceptable risk for you. Can't help you with that, but you also cannot impose that risk on another mother because of something strange that your pastor once told you. In the long run, this horrible law will get changed when Texas taxpayers get tired of paying the numerous civil lawsuits that will be filed by damaged women and the families who have lost mothers, wives, daughters, sisters to this dangerous law. Shame on Texas, and shame on Texas voters if they don't fix this at the ballot box.
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What is Biden running on? (31:00) He is running on continuing to reduce pharmacy costs beyond insulin, continuing green energy, continuing to support unions and veterans, supporting reproductive healthcare, continuing to expand gun safety legislation, continuing to support NATO, continuing to support Taiwan and Ukraine. Yes, it's a relatively long list. He has done a lot and he wants to do more. That's why he calls it "finish the job" because his goals are pragmatic and real. How do we know that? Because most of it is stuff that he has done, so now he knows he can do more in those areas. I would love to see President Biden address affordable housing, corporate greed and monopolies that need a bit of trust busting! There's a lot to do. I'm glad President Biden seems to have a talent for getting legislation to his desk for signature, because legislation is likely needed for most of his initiatives. Go Joe! 💙🌊💙🌊
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Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee (2022). Tennessee does not have red flag laws; 19 other states do have red flag laws. You can't talk about mental health, but then have no red flags to monitor that at the point of purchase. Gun control works. Tennessee has very flimsy gun laws, and children and teachers are paying the price. If Tennessee legislature has no courage, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation will resolve gaps in this patchwork of flimsy state laws vs gun safety states. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Get to work Congress.
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If FDR is a benchmark for the level of accomplishment we can expect from a fully disabled president..... And any cyclist like President Biden is far far away from disabled. Also, are we now negating all of our progress on anti discrimination? So we should only vote for presidents who are young and cute?? This is not casting for a Hollywood movie, this is our nation. Come on, people, be better. Reagan wasn't cute, Obama with his big ears was not cute (ask him yourself). We voted for Obama because we believed in his message of hope and thought he could take us through the housing market collapse. Brad Pitt doesn't look cute anymore either. What are we talking about here? We are voting for Biden because of veterans healthcare, infrastructure, green energy, strengthening NATO, control of pharmacy costs, etc etc. Makes sense to me. 💙
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I cannot believe that this guy ever earned a diploma from anywhere ever, much less a B.A. Many people speak a primary language, like Mandarin, but China also has many provinces with local languages and dialects. It is also helpful to speak "international" languages like French or English for business and/or diplomatic purposes. Many peoples of the world take on the language of the colonizer, like Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, while maintaining a native language like quechua or even a hybrid language like giufuna. It is so clear that the red state attack on accurate history instruction and the disappearance of civics has gotten us to this place. With learning and education comes understanding. It is very clear that this grifter never paid attention in any social studies class ever, and his attraction to undereducated voters makes it too easy to augment fear over the unknown. I just can't anymore.... This con artist is not the first demagogue and he won't be the last. We must take public education seriously, especially the damage that has been done by starving public education in the red states.
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OMG, gas prices were at the same price last year at this time. Summer drive season always brings a slight price increase. Also, gas prices were at their lowest during the worst of COVID. No, we are not going back to that. Nope. The pumpkin head's mismanagement of COVID, especially in Dec 2019, resulted in the loss of one million+ USA residents, horrible lonely deaths without family, without funerals, no proms, no graduations. Nope, we are not going back to that. What disaster would be mismanaged next time? No, time for him to focus on his criminal trials, while the nation moves on and heals. 💙🗽💙
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Thank you so much for your service, and especially your empathy. I hope that you and other veterans can assist in the future struggle for effective gun safety legislation. I am so confident that veterans have a unique understanding of the respect and responsibility needed for firearm ownership. NRA used to be an organization focused on training and safety and hunting responsibility, but that organization has clearly lost its way. The NRA is currently being investigated for misuse of donor funds.
I sincerely hope that responsible veterans organizations can fill the void and speak to the gun issue that is terrorizing our population in a unique way that perhaps only your community can. We need truly effective legislation and truly wise individuals who can advise lawmakers on what those laws might entail. Mandatory gun safes, restoring liability for gun manufacturers, age requirements, mental health assessments for all purchasers, truly comprehensive background checks with sufficient time to process thoroughly, required training for purchasers with certified instructors, etc. We have a lot of work to do, but I think it can get done. I don't see any other option. We cannot continue as a nation with this terror. The USA has never been afraid of hard work before. Again, thank you for your service, be well and stay safe.
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Mr Netram, if you expect a response to your nonsense, please post your comment on the thread so everyone can read it. Let me leave you with some wisdom. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Also, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Be well, be safe, be careful with the information being fed to you by your handlers.
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Scorpio, since you need review, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Not Illinois. States with flimsy gun laws supply the iron pipeline utilized by gun traffickers to supply criminals in urban centers. Guns don't drop out of the sky, they originate in gun friendly states. Ask any cop. Be safe.
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If we can do operation warp speed for COVID (and it worked by the way, so a good investment in the USA population) why can't we do operation warp speed for mental health?? Research and development of better medications and effective non medical treatments are absolutely needed.
Also, operation warp speed for federal gun safety legislation. Because no responsible counselor would ever say, "Yes, you have anxiety and other concerning mental health issues, but please hold on to your guns just in case your voices tell you to shoot someone." Anyone would say, "Because I am concerned about you, because I am trying to be honest with you as a professional, because I know that gun owner suicides is a horrible shameful statistic in the USA, for all of these reasons, you should not possess a gun until you are stabilized and truly feel in control of the illness known as mental illness." Red flags for every state, mandated at the federal level. Really, how can anyone claim that this doesn't make sense.
State to state gun laws have too many gaps; that system is clearly not working. Get to work, Congress. Voters, we have a responsibility to vote them out. 🗽
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@SqkTap I think what is being done now is completing the investigations, making the case crystal clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt. That needs to be done carefully and thoroughly, especially because trump supporters are going to be hard to convince. But even trump supporters who drank the kool aid and operate outside the patterns of logic, I do believe that the totality of evidence will cause enough of them to say, "okay now I have heard enough.". Think Richard Nixon. At first it might have seemed implausible, then after hearings and more hearings, it was probably like, "Okay, now this just seems too weird, don't think I can believe this guy anymore.". Of course trump makes Nixon look like a statesman, but ... I think letting the case develop completely is worth it. It might be what we need to reunify this nation. Of course it does need to be done before 2022....
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Absolutely. This is a Sputnik moment that screams the need for quality civics education and accurate history curriculum, at least. Also critical thinking, real debate techniques, propaganda and advertising techniques, what is a demagogue, what is xenophobia, etc. Even constitutional law. As an elective for juniors and seniors, why not?? Democracy depends upon an informed citizenry. The framers said so.
Because the Dept of Education is likely to be a huge mess, or worse, for the next four years, and because state departments of education have become very fraught places, some of this information might have to be shared by non profits, after school programs, responsible media, etc. Sort of like a school house rock project targeted for all age groups. We seem to be in a place where too many entities of a certain stripe see an advantage to undereducated voters who are less likely to engage with their representatives, less likely to unionize, more likely to settle for low wage dead end jobs, etc. We must break this cycle and find ways to teach the electorate what they need to know. Each one teach one.
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@AkPacerPilot Actually, most NYC high schools do have metal detectors, but we do not have armed guards patrolling hallways. More guns equals more problems. That's what you are missing. Yes, toiletries are plentiful in NYC, but guns are banned in almost all areas of NYC terrain, and I am extremely glad of it. Virtually all NYers agree. Therefore the NYPD can assume that virtually any "man with a gun" call is someone carrying illegally and can respond accordingly. They don't have to arrive at a chaotic crowded scene and try to figure out who is the shooter, who is off duty police, who is a good guy who thinks he knows how to use a gun but actually has horrible aim and is putting innocent bystanders at risk. Because concealed carry is essentially not a thing, we definitely don't think about AR 15 walking around the streets and straying into schools, because that horrible thing would be spotted two miles away. We use our brains to protect against many forms of street crime; your brain is actually an excellent anti crime device. Ask any cop. The brain doesn't work all the time, but it works more often than gun dealers would have you believe. NYPD now is trying to use the brain to solve ghost guns and the iron pipeline problem. Would be nice if gun companies and NRA could help with that. Littering the population with millions of guns is some lawless wild west movie that gun lovers are playing on a loop in their heads. Enough.
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Again, I'll repeat myself for people who are not reading. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Are you saying that Mississippi has a problem with guns because Mississippians are bad people? All the good people live in Massachusetts? Gun control laws make the difference. The problem is the gun. Control access to that, and your work with mental health, gun owner suicides, street crime, all of those initiatives are more successful when access to guns is limited. Gun rights are not unlimited, according to Justice Scalia in the Heller opinion.
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Ceasefire already! Everyone can hate each other next week. Enough.
Netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Start over with two new prime ministers on both sides, people with diplomatic perspectives, and maybe lots of experience in engineering and construction and healthcare. Housing, healthcare, water, healthy food, work together on those things. Lots of work to do means better employment, not the 80% unemployment that Gaza youth experience now.
Then after working on all those things together, let's see how many people still hate each other. It's hard to hate a bunch of people that you just built a house with. You are all tired, sweaty, hungry. You sit down at table together, you feel better. Enough, new prime ministers, there is lots of work to do.
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The NYC right to shelter law protects homeless people. It protects anyone without shelter, period, doesn't ask why. However, some shelters are so poorly managed that homeless people actually reject the offer of shelter.
The central issue is that Adams is a bad Mayor. Period. No affordable housing plan, no plan to monitor and hold shelter providers accountable, no rational budget plan, no ability to stop doing favors for the real estate industry that completely controls him.
He is also a former Republican who is now a Democrat because that is a requirement for getting elected in NYC. (After all, NYers are not stupid. We elect Democrats because that is the party that fights for the working class. ) Now Adams is trying to sound like a republican, so that he can prepare for his next election, maybe for statewide office. Maybe he's trying to appeal to the north country. Here's what Adams is NOT doing, he's not doing his job. NYC is sick of this guy and his constant "hair on fire" photo ops.
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No, it is absolutely possible to learn from the lessons of history. We don't have to just repeat the same horrors generation after generation. Nope. That's just the people who haven't paid attention to their social studies teachers, because ..."Hey aren't all these people dead? Who cares."
Plus remember that some states have dismantled the history curriculum, so.... Also, approximately 2000 we started using standardized testing for reading and math, so that necessarily prioritized math/reading instruction plus test prep over other subjects. History and science started to take a back seat. STEM instruction tried to revive science, but the COVID crisis shows you how well that went in some states.
History instruction and a return to civics needs to be a priority, like a SPUTNIK initiative. And structurally, remember that education is the responsibility of the states, with the federal Department of Education merely making strong suggestions with the carrot of funding, Without a true national education system, it is very hard make sure that we all learn the same stuff. It is like the definition of an uneven playing field.
SPUTNIK level civics and history. Let's recognize the problem, and take action. 🗽
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Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. Several states have already figured that out. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed to close the gaps in the patchwork of state to state laws that enable gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Congress, get it done, or get voted out. 💙🗽💙
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The child tax credit is crucial, and a documented success. But most voters won't see child tax credit and childcare as the economy. They won't necessarily connect those dots quickly.
In a similar way, voters keep on complaining about Biden's horrible economy, when they probably really mean: horrible inflation, horrible overcharges at the grocery stores. Inflation is not the entire economy, but most voters are happy to conflate the two, even though all economic indicators are clearly demonstrating a healthy economy.
What people forget, and what shows like Meet the Press are not helping with, is that deflation is SO much worse. During the Great Depression, prices were deflated. Do we really want that? Inflation is bad, until your wages catch up. Deflation is worse.
Consumers needed to walk away from overpriced grocery stores, period. Take a look, there's probably another store that's a bit cheaper. You might have to get items in two or three sources: one grocer has a good egg price, the other store is better on bread, etc. Split your grocery list and you'll be fine. Or stop buying bread for a bit, start making cornbread! Yummy ! Jiffy mix is still really cheap.
In a consumer driven economy like ours, consumers have a responsibility on pricing. When the price is ridiculous, walk away. The sale will come, be patient. I used to love ciabatta and naan, until the price became ridiculous. Now, that same store has baguette on sale. Winner!
Btw is it really the responsibility of the PRESIDENT to teach you how to shop? Just saying. VP Harris has a better economic plan than the pumpkin head. Full stop. Go Kamala go. Go Tim go. 💙🌊🐬💙🌊
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Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates:. Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Gun control works. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Saturating the population with guns, that doesn't work. Abbott declared Texas a gun sanctuary state, no permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. That doesn't work. Abbott claims that the only problem is mental health, yet he stripped funding for mental health services from the state budget. Comprehensive FEDERAL gun safety legislation is needed, because irresponsible governors like Abbott will never fix this. 🦋💙🌊💙🦋
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A public safety constitutional amendment could easily list the items necessary for comprehensive gun safety. For example, training, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment, red flags, waiting periods, etc. A constitutional amendment closes the state to state gaps in gun laws that illegal gun traffickers exploit to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Remember, Texas guns don't stay in Texas. I believe Gov Newsome is working on an initiative to add gun safety as a constitutional amendment. If such an amendment makes many people happier, win win. Btw, repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
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@January. I completely agree with your assessment that most republicans see a benefit to keeping a chunk of the population uneducated. That accounts for red states emphasizing how low their taxes are. Low tax revenue is the excuse for not investing in their people. So public education is neglected and grossly underfunded. (Same factors impact bad healthcare, high maternal mortality, unsafe water and sewerage systems, untrained police departments, etc) Social studies, civics, global history, critical thinking, science and STEM, well stocked school libraries, the ability to recognize demagoguery, differentiate persuasion from propaganda, all of this essential knowledge is sacrificed. So red state residents are angry and frustrated but might not really know why. So states like Alabama and Mississippi continue to flounder economically and academically, but as long as a few people at the top are doing well, the narrative rolls along.
But things can get better and the curtain can be torn away. Voting helps. Many public school students refuse to lose and get themselves smart against the odds. Grassroots community organizations address some problems because they are usually independent of red state economic impulses. It can get better, but staying home and not voting only helps the frustration to grow. Vote 💙, then find a community organization and volunteer, then volunteer to tutor or help with the chess club or the debate club or the high school newspaper if possible. Things can get a bit better if WE act. THEY never will. Don't wait, vote.💙💚💙 It's not much but it's something. And every little something is better than nothing. Nothing is what republicans want. Think about it, that's why they say no to every bill.💙🗽💙
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It would show a poor understanding of the history of the 1700s to say that immigration policy was the primary factor driving indigenous peoples off their lands in the Americas.
I think you are missing the point of the sad snarky joke being made here by the original post. There is an assumption that the protest against the slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza has something to do with allowing too many immigrants to enter the USA. First of all, NYC would never pay attention to such nonsense, because we have built our history around immigration since the days of the Dutch. It's fairly obvious that most of the protestors in Grand Central are Jews, likely born here in NYC and the USA, hence the name of the sponsoring organization, Jewish Voices for Peace. Thank you, thank you, thank you for stepping up and speaking out for fellow humans!
Any attempt to distract from the main point: the current bombings of Gaza are killing thousands of innocent civilians, they are in violation of international law, and put the USA in a vulnerable position because we are almost being forced to support war crimes in order to maintain our long time alliance with Israel. This is a truly disgusting tragedy, and netanyahu is doing Israel no favors. This will be a source of shame for generations. 🗽🌎🗽
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation should include: Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. There are probably other measures needed to end private sale and gun show loopholes, but this list is a good start. Because of the GOPs lack of cooperation, several small bills would probably be necessary, as opposed to one larger push through Congress. Repealing PLCAA is also a necessity. How can you possibly imagine that none of these measures would achieve improvement? Florida achieved improved safety after Parkland with increased age limits and red flag laws. Unfortunately, DeSantis just signed a measure to soften Florida gun laws, not a public signing, privately in his office with a photo flanked by NRA officials. Hmm ... Perhaps you are a gun vendor? That might explain your inability to embrace the potential of federal gun safety legislation.
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In terms of door security, I sort of agree, but not if doors are used as a distraction from gun control, especially on the AR 15 that has been used in more than 12 of these horrific mass events.
NYC schools have school safety officers that are linked to NYPD. I don't think they carry guns, but they do have the power to arrest, and NYPD can provide a robust and immediate response, obviously. Most high schools have metal detectors at the main entrances. All visitors to all schools must have a photo ID and must sign in with the school safety officer at the entrance. I think most NYC public school parents expect that level of safety now, and might actually get upset if the metal detectors were taken out. So I don't understand a school that has no personnel at the door.
However, what keeps NYC schools safer is the lack of carry permits. Therefore any person with even a small gun in a jacket would be noticed. An AR 15 walking anywhere near a school is implausible. A twisted individual would have to confine themselves to something small enough to hide, and that alone can prevent mass events. That's why the problem is the gun. By time the AR 15 is walking up to the school, the opportunity for a better narrative has been missed. The doors, the walls, the windows, no the problem is the gun.
NYC has been a safer big city for many years, so our gun laws do work. Currently there is an uptick due to ghost guns and the turnpike flooding illegal guns from states with flimsy gun laws. Would be really nice if some states could stop sabotaging the anti crime efforts of urban centers. But street crime and mass shootings are very different things. Street crime usually relies on stealth, so AR 15s don't particularly apply. Not saying that street crime is okay, just that it's different and requires different strategies. To prevent mass shootings, it is about the assault weapons.
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GOP majority House just concluded one of the least productive legislative years ever. President Biden, with a similarly thin House majority, helped to pass and signed lots of legislation needed by the nation: overdue infrastructure, pharmacy cost controls, expanded healthcare for veterans, beginnings of green energy, chips manufactured in the USA, etc. Plus strengthening NATO, supporting unions, and more. President Biden getting things done, I'm for it. See you at the ballot box. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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If you want to deflect by blaming the military, okay, anyone who wants a military styled weapon like an AR 15 should join the military. I'm sure a recruiter would be glad to speak to you.
In addition, please remember that the military demands extensive training before using a weapon. Does Abbott include mandatory training in his gun policy? Nope, just open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. Then, you would store your weapons with the quartermaster and only have the weapon if you are actively assigned to a mission. Let's implement that gun policy nationwide, but let's start in Texas first. Btw, vote Abbott out, that helps too.
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@claude-alinecarriere3337 True, they are trying to make everything more difficult, but gerrymandering can't get fixed until state legislatures and state supreme courts get fixed. So it has to be done! Yes, it's a tangled mess, but overwhelming them at the ballot box can't hurt. It worked in 2018 and 2020, it could work again. It's about finding the unregistered voters, making a careful voting plan to get around the shortened hours, double checking voter registration status and ID rules, car pooling to get to the fewer more distant drop boxes, etc.etc. Refuse to lose, get the votes, then get into those state systems to correct the damage. It could happen. Living with hope and tenacity...why not? 💙💚💙. Be well, stay strong!
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Actually, not true. Since what he had actually done was use threatening words, there was not a need for "self defense". The "self defense" move, therefore, was actually an offensive attack. Too many people are playing strange movies on a loop in their heads that cause them to imagine that behaviors not permitted in "the wild west" are okay. "Stand your ground" nonsense has a lot to do with this corrosive mindset. Guess what, NYS is not a stand your ground state, for a reason. In NYS, it is recognized that your brain is the best crime prevention tool. So many options were available besides murder. The F train is a local train that pulls into a new station in minutes. Get the gentleman off the train at the next stop. Contact the train conductor at the next stop, or sooner by walking through the cars to the conductor's booth. Look through your backpack and distract the man with a snack. Who doesn't carry a snack in their bag?? The riders in the subway car can all move to another car, leaving him to rave and calm down on his own, and again use that opportunity to contact the conductor and the transit police. I am desperately disappointed that New Yorkers did not use their brains here. This is not an act that the spirit of NYC supports. Use your brain, and deescalate. It works.
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Mr. Ham:. First of all, rude much? We are not really talking about semantics, are we? We are talking about something that clearly is not a traditional hunting rifle, especially because it basically destroys the animal and leaves no useable meat. So gun companies are marketing this grotesque thing for reasons other than hunting. Once upon a time, the AR 15 was not selling so well, approximately 100,000. With new marketing, sales soared to 2 million. Gun companies marketed directly to young teen males, calling the AR 15 their "man card". That's why the Uvalde shooter was ready to buy that thing the moment he turned 18; he had already been absorbing marketing for years. These marketing strategies were uncovered by Sandy Hook families in their successful civil case that bankrupted one gun company. I wish Buffalo and Uvalde families godspeed in future litigation.
We are talking about massive civilian casualties caused by a particular weapon used primarily by young men. The AR 15 was used in Aurora, Parkland, Sandy Hook , Buffalo, El Paso, Uvalde, and approx 7 more of the worst mass events. The problem is the gun.
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I would contact your representatives ASAP to express your concerns. That might help, and it certainly can't hurt for your representatives to know that the USA population wants peace. In addition, there are huge rebuilding efforts that will be necessary as soon as the missiles stop flying, or perhaps sooner. So much housing to rebuild, hospitals to rebuild, schools too. New water systems needed, legal support needed to trace property rights so that people can return to their land. There are probably NGOs that are already trying to do some work right now. However, bombing has to stop so that work can get done. Right now, Doctors without Borders and the World Food Program seem like two NGOs that have never stopped working? United Nations organizations, especially UNICEF, are likely also actively involved. I can't remember the exact name of the United Nations food program, but it is likely they are trying to get food supplies through. Any work you do to research the names of reputable organizations that are preparing to help will be positive right now. And it certainly can't hurt to keep your mind on positive action while telling everyone you know, especially public officials, that peace for innocent civilians is a must. 🗽🌎🗽
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Santos is a reminder that voters have a huge responsibility. First of all, vote! Don't stay home.💙 Don't neglect down ballot positions. Also, a small local newspaper, the north shore leader, broke the story about Santos before the election. I guess Long Island voters were not paying close attention, or they don't support local journalism. In any case, why would Long Island voters vote for a name they don't know? Just because it said R?? It's hard for me to imagine that Santos was an active volunteer at the local public library, that he regularly attended community council meetings, cut oranges for the local health fun run? So if he has done nothing for your neighborhood, why would you vote for anyone? Voters, don't vote for pumpkin headed grifters, don't vote for Santos, vote carefully. Do the work. And support local journalism. It could have saved the taxpayers a congressional salary that is now wasted on Santos.🗽💙🗽
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@aldridkg Autoimmune refers to a class of illnesses related to an abnormal immune system that is triggered to create auto antibodies that attack your own tissue: kidney, lungs, heart, skin, etc. Remember that "auto" means self, so auto antibodies attack yourself. A healthy immune system learns to attack outside invaders (infection, common cold etc) with antibodies. Autoantibodies are not the same as antibodies. There is some chatter that a healthy immune system needs to be trained to do its job, so a child who never connects with germs might have difficulty. But it might go too far to say that every peanut allergy and asthma case is caused by children who are too clean. Increased pollution, second hand cigarette smoke, changes in the way we process foods and farm, etc. Anyway, just be safe and have fun. Dogs are cool. Autoimmune illnesses, however, are really intense. Dogs do not cause autoimmune disorders.
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No, this is more detail on the New Mexico shooting. Very important to keep gun safety front of mind, so that this issue can finally be addressed through federal legislation. Washington state recently passed a ban on semi automatic rifles, joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, and the District of Columbia. Much work to do to regain control over this grotesque carnage. We do not have to live this way.
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Top ten states with high murder rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. What if these states had better gun safety legislation? Not wishful thinking, because other states are doing it. Gun safety legislation, get it done.
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I really respect that this young man did not give up. Bullies tried to break his confidence, but it didn't work at all. I fully believe he would have knocked on every door in the neighborhood until he achieved results. (Of course, knocking on a stranger's door is not always safe, but that's another story.)
What you might not realize is that many bullies don't have confidence themselves. They cover their insecurities with violence and snark. Those who overcome bullying are better for it. They learn so much about character, self image, conflict resolution, deflecting negativity with humor, etc. Even if they retreat, they might use that quiet time to develop their talents in art, music, poetry, etc. Stay awesome and kind, everyone!
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@fernandoortiz8875 One of the big problems with the USA public school system is that each state has a slightly different system, and sometimes even school boards within the same state can be different. There really should be more national standards so that children across the nation are not missing out on necessary services. It's part of the reason that some states have very different academic results than other states.
In general, teachers are certified by their state. That means that a teacher who teaches biology actually knows something about biology. They have to present transcripts for sufficient university credits in biology,( or Math or English, etc) also a written exam in biology plus an additional exam in teaching skills and educational concepts, sometimes an interview exam as well. To be a counselor, you would obtain a similar certification, demonstrating college credits in educational psychology, adolescent psychology, and so forth. Therefore, any trained counselor should be able to react if they know of a troubled student in their school. Of course, students and teachers who know that student would have to share unusual impressions they have had about that student. If everyone is keeping secrets or if teachers are not referring students, then info is falling through the cracks. The counselor should know from their college coursework that violence against animals is not a normal thing. They should be able to speak to the student, speak to their principal, interact with the family, get counseling or at least an evaluation from personnel at the school or in the district or outside within the community's healthcare resources.Some counselors process a lot of paperwork to track student grades and move their records from elementary school to middle school to high school to college. But beyond the paperwork, even those counselors were trained by their colleges to know a bit more about adolescent psychology than the average bear.
I would hate to think that Texas doesn't have those resources for their students. If they don't, that alone explains why troubled people are harming the community instead of being identified as needing help.
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@montetanktankkiller700 Yes, it is beyond sad, but most of all it is dangerous. A democracy depends upon an informed citizenry. The framers stated that clearly. Initially, that was their excuse for limiting voting rights to wealthy educated men who owned land. Thank goodness over time, the qualification for voting rights widened and changed. (Notice that today's GOP is trying to restrict voter access. Hmm....)
But with all rights come responsibility. The right to vote also means that you have an absolute responsibility to understand your history, all of your history. You must know who you are voting for. This orange grifter should have been spotted as a demagogue instantly. Also, if they had merely researched some of the things this clown was doing in the 1970s and 1980s, taking advantage of a city that was reeling from bankruptcy. That's why New Yorkers were shocked that anyone voted for him. He was a known con artist in NYC for years. So frustrating!
Adolescents are very intelligent. If you have a sneaky suspicion that your social studies teacher is a mess, or your state curriculum is a joke, it is your RESPONSIBILITY to go to the public library and fill in the gaps in your knowledge. Don't go to the Internet. Go to librarians. They have credentials and certification. They are qualified to do what they do, and they absolutely love to work with self educated people.
Sorry this was so long. This topic upsets me, because it is so important. Be well, stay awesome. 🗽
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For a brief period of time In 2020, when the nation ground to a complete halt and thousands of USA residents were dying horrendous deaths due to the pumpkin headed grifter's gross mismanagement of COVID, yes, gas was cheap because no one was driving anywhere. Is that really a positive memory for you? Wow, sad and disgusting to delight in a time when the nation was in the grip of horrific grief.
I'm a New Yorker. We don't drive, we use public transportation. Most of our bus system is already electrified. What is the rest of the country waiting for? I never worry about gas, parking, mechanics, none of it. Welcome to the future. Don't be sad, you'll catch up
Vote carefully, everyone. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Need to prepare a test case that they will take to reconsider the immunity issue. That takes time.
But here's what we do now, do the work to make sure that the pumpkin head never returns to the White House. Vote carefully up and down the ballot. 💙
There is no shame in voting for an old ugly guy who knows how to get an amazing amount of legislation across the finish line. FDR was an old guy who was disabled; but got a lot of legislation done, stood up to SCOTUS when they threatened the New Deal, got us through the Great Depression and World War Two. Old guy. LBJ was an old ugly guy with big ears and an intense personality. He got a lot of legislation done, the Great Society, Civil Rights legislation, etc. Got a lot done before he was basically defeated by Vietnam. Old guys, sonetimes they know how to get legislation done. Getting things done, I'm for it! 💙🌊💙🌊 How about this GOP House? Are they getting things done? Hmm ... Weve got work to do. Stop talkiing, get to work. Volunteer with a community office, door knocking, talking to neighbors and friends and co workers, adding a voter registration table to the block party. Get to work, get voting. 🗽💙🗽
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@joeycruz5911 Yes, we need to get more democratic senators. We have a real shot at 54 senators with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Wisconsin potentially flipping blue, plus keeping the 50 we have now. 54 democratic senators is a very different dynamic; 60+ democratic senators would be even better. Green energy, reproductive healthcare, accountability for the insurrection, gun safety, there is much legislation needed. Republicans don't seem to be interested in legislation, just interested in blocking things and saying no.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Yes, people are hurting, but without easy access to guns they would be hurting without a gun nearby. That's the problem. The constant misinterpretations of the second amendment are not supporting their struggles with mental health, it is enabling suicidal ideation and worse. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York,Rhode Island. Gun control works.
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If you don't like the local democratic candidate who is running, become more active in your community and find the grassroots leaders who are out there and encourage them, beg them, to run as Democrats. The vocal soccer mom who never forgets the oranges, the store owner who helps with the community garden clean up, the young person who organized the fundraising 5k, etc. Look at the guy in Colorado who came inches from defeating Boebert in 2022. He's a business guy who got sick of Boebert dropping the ball on constituent services, so he ran as a Democrat. He is moderate at best. Calling him radical left.... please, I can hear him laughing.
The parties need to return to the pre Reagan era where liberal republicans, conservative republicans could find common cause with conservative democrats and liberal democrats. Those were some of the networks that enabled the nation to uncover, investigate and heal from Watergate.
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@michaelccopelandsr7120 I am very very sorry. I replied to the wrong person in error. I meant to reply to the individual who was claiming that the first Progressives were actually Conservative. 🎭 Hmmm...
Yes, the 1930s were horrible, and yet more than half of my nation seems to have said, Yum, yes please, more 1930s complete with protectionist tariffs and Fascism. Plus the worldwide global depression those tariffs set off. And the fascists who took advantage of people's despair during the Great Depression.
I was so hopeful, especially because Walz was a history teacher, that voters could get help in filling the obvious gaps in their history instruction that allowed this criminal con artist to fool them again. Really sad.
But mid terms come in 2026. Not too soon to prepare. 60 Senators and House majority. ,💙 Legislation for SCOTUS reform and to reverse the odious immunity opinion. Legislation for green energy, protection for women enduring miscarriage, fair tax legislation to support the middle class and further reduce the debt, etc etc. There is so much work to do. Stay awesome, stay strong. 💙⚖️🗽⚖️💙
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Yes, part of the secret is to swim parallel to the shore, don't try to swim straight in. If you swim parallel, you have a better chance of breaking away from the outer pull, and reach a calmer sector. Then you swim in to shore again. However, there are also areas of water that have unique currents that swirl in weird ways, so ... Know where you are swimming!! If these kids were not trained swimmers, that could explain a lot. Parents, look into swim lessons at the NYC parks department pools during the summer. The lessons are usually free, but you do have to sign up. Totally worth it, and these lessons might give your child a fighting chance if something happens.
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If that teacher cares about innocent children, she should be working with her representatives to draft effective gun safety legislation. No new sales of AR 15, red flag laws, mental health assessment for each purchase, training, permits, registration, age limits, mandatory gun safes. It can be done, most responsible owners already do these things. This doesn't make the problem disappear but it reduces the threat to a level that law enforcement can work on. NYC is not perfect, but mass shootings do not happen in our schools. In a strict gun control environment, a person with an AR 15 would be spotted blocks away from a school and called in before they get close to the school. If you are in a state with open carry, no permits, just walk in with money walk out with a weapon, well how can the police ever manage that? What are you thinking? Gun manufacturers are making buckets of money, and Innocent people are paying for that grotesque profit with their lives. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because this patchwork of state laws is definitely not working.
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NYers are accustomed to living with 8million people daily. Yes, we have seen angry people on the subway, even someone who is yelling. If that scares you to the point of murder, wow. When things get weird, in other words it's not just someone screaming because they are late for work, NYers move to another subway car. Not unusual for commuters to do this just to get a better seat or because someone smells bad.
The Marine has no excuse for not knowing this because as a Long Island resident, I'm sure he has done this on the LIRR. Not killing someone with your bare hands because he scared you, moving to another car. Then you are distanced from potential danger, and you call 911, contact the conductor, and the transit police will meet the train in the next station. You can even get off the train and catch the next train that is coming in approximately 5 minutes.
Often, once the car is empty, the guy will yell it out by himself and start to calm down while he slumps into an empty seat. This Marine killed a dehydrated hungry man in the middle of an episode because he got scared? Not because he was attacked, because he came at Neely from behind and applied the chokehold immediately. Neely touched no one that day, he was yelling and screaming and he probably looked scary. NYC doesn't applaud vigilantes.
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I guess I should be glad this guy "jony" knows nothing about the justice system. Each assault incident is evaluated on its own merits. If Neely did other things on other days, and I'm sure he did, those cases were already adjudicated. A judge gets to decide if evidence from prior cases gets admitted in a new incident. The Marine who is playing judge and executioner does not have that right, and he did not have that knowledge unless he has superman style ESP. Verbal harassment is not physical assault. On this day, Neely was hungry and thirsty and yelling about it. Neely never touched Penny, he didn't touch anyone that day. If Penny had used his brains, and the leadership skills the Marine corps taught him, he would have moved to another car, suggested that all the passengers move to another car (a 5 minute strategy super easy to accomplish) then called 911 and contacted the conductor. If Neely had an outstanding warrant, great! The transit cops would have been glad to see Mr Neely when they met the train in the next station. No hand to hand combat, just using your brains.
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Teaching people to love each other is wonderful. However, gun safety legislation actually works, so let's do that first. Ending poverty is a worthy and essential goal that the world has struggled with for centuries, but this spike in gun deaths started about 20 years ago. So let's fix gun violence first.
Take a look at this perfect storm of irresponsible gun policy. 2004: the sunset of the crime bill/assault weapons ban; 2005: Bush signed PLCAA creating a liability shield for gun manufacturers from the damages caused by their grotesquely dangerous products; 2008: SCOTUS opinion in Heller. So that's the irresponsible gun policy that got us here, and correcting those mistakes might get us back.
No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves and the public. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. Let's start there, then we can work on poverty, love and the American spirit. But then maybe fewer parents are mourning the children they lost in mass shootings, so ....yeah that's a huge improvement. 🗽
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Being a mom is not easy. If you have actually raised children, and you don't have nannies and fairies to help, you know that things get more than challenging. If a child is asleep in a car seat, and it's not a heat wave and the A/C is on, and you are parked at your home, are you sure you wouldn't take the groceries into the house quickly before the child wakes up and starts crying? Are you absolutely sure you wouldn't do that? Leaving the engine running, doors unlocked, keys in the car, well that's a bridge too far. However, it does seem that some people here are being too judgemental and pretending to be so perfect when they likely are not perfect people at all.
Parenting is really hard, and a village that helps and understands yields good kind healthy children who are our future citizens. Instead we just argue and throw everyone under the bus. She will probably never leave her car running again. She was trying to check in on her relative. Understanding costs you nothing.
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@June Bug I don't know about guns either. I've just been watching too much news lately. So the AR-15 is this ugly looking assault weapon that seems to be very popular lately. It was used in Sandy Hook, so those families just settled a $75 million successful civil case against the gun manufacturer. That gun manufacturer is bankrupt BTW. Gr8. 😎 Of course there are other companies still making this horrific thing.
CBS Sunday morning (and another network too I think) did an 11 min story you should really look for. This case uncovered the marketing strategy targeting young teen males. Like the cigarette ads that targeted children. That's why this troubled young man in TX was waiting to buy that thing the minute he turned 18. He already knew about that gun for years because it had been marketed right at him. Sales of AR 15 used to be about 100,000 (yuch) , now something like 2 million. YUCH Yeah, so marketing works. YUCH So these gun companies know what they are doing and they are getting the results they desired. This is not lone wolf with a gun, and nothing we can do to stop this, and mental illness is the problem. No, the gun is the problem. They wanted to sell more guns, and more of this grotesque gun in particular. At least 11 massive shooting events all used AR-15. Aurora, Sandy Hook, Buffalo...I can't list them all because it makes me sick. I think Morning Joe did a listing thing, maybe CNN too. The AR 15 is the problem, not the doors, it's the gun. If a ladder had that much death connected to it, the ladder would be off the market.
Sorry so many words. I just can't even anymore..... Be well, be safe.
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@Tuscarora21 Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation would reduce the illegal guns that feed the iron pipe line. Gun traffickers who obtain guns in flimsy gun law states drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Who would buy a gun from a weird guy's trunk? See how that works? So soft gun laws in Indiana interfere with Illinois's attempts to keep their state safe. Thanks Indiana? NYPD'S iron pipeline is the I 95 turnpike driving illegal guns from southern states with flimsy laws. In fact, according to a joint briefing with both Homeland Security and Mexican law enforcement, guns used in murders in Mexico originated from ten counties within the USA. So our flimsy state gun laws are actually supplying criminal gangs in Mexico, which destabilizes communities causing desperate immigrants, and then we have the border problem. So if Texas really cared about the border, they would have stronger gun laws. But Abbott is winning elections off this disgusting blood bath, and even went so far as to declare Texas a gun sanctuary state. No sanctuary for the children of Uvalde, but sanctuary for guns. Really? Gun regulations are not the same as no guns, just that you need a permit and there is a process. You can't walk in with money and walk out with multiple guns. Remember the shooter in Uvalde walked out with two AR 15 and more ammunition than a soldier would carry into a combat mission. And the gun vendor didn't ask any questions about that?? That could not happen in NYS.
Federal legislation will reduce the "crossing state lines" problem that feeds illegal activity. In fact, the shooting in Buffalo was enabled when that hate criminal purchased materials in Pennsylvania (I believe oversized magazines) that are illegal in NYS, then drove across state lines. Also, I believe federally licensed gun vendors have more guidelines that other gun vendors.
Sorry this is so long. Obviously this is a complex problem. It will probably require several small pieces of legislation. I would start with ending new sales of AR 15 and repealing PLCAA. Then we can address ghost guns, gun owner suicides, hand guns used in street crime, etc etc etc. What a mess. Wow, I am so glad that I have never owned a gun. I have lived in several "dangerous" neighborhoods, but you know what? The best crime prevention tool is your brain. Ask any cop about that. Thanks, be well, stay safe. Hug your loved ones today.
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The state to state patchwork of flimsy gun states vs gun safety states enables criminals. Gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Flimsy gun laws enable criminals, yet the GOP references criminals as an excuse to avoid gun safety legislation. Who is falling for this nonsense? Yes, criminals will always have guns, if GOP gun policy continues to be the supplier. Gun control works. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island.
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Some rescuers definitely do go too far. On my block there was a feral tuxedo cat who was spayed and well cared for by the block, fed her favorite foods. She lived to be sixteen years old. She had a little house near the school. There was this woman who kept on trying to "rescue" her, but since she truly was feral, it was really just dangerous and upsetting. She would bite and scratch and scream . Meanwhile , why can't you just let her stay in her house and sit out on the grass in front of the school when it's warm. No, had to constantly be bothering the cat trying to "save" her. Finally, they put a detailed sign near her house telling everyone to just leave her alone, that she doesn't want to be "saved."
Ask around first so that you aren't "rescuing" someone's pet. I've seen people scooping up cats that have collars and look clean and fat. That's an independent cat out for a stroll, not harming anyone, knows her way home. A true stray looks hungry, dirty and dusty from the streets. Come on, use your common sense.
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Dramatic lies are not the same as truth. NYC is one of the safest big cities. Mass shootings are not a feature of life in NYC, unlike Texas, a state with open carry no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement, chaos that is just an accident waiting to happen. In NYC, there is street crime, but because guns are rare, guns are spotted and responded to in dramatic fashion. That's called prevention, a luxury that an open carry no permit state cannot even implement.
Although there was a spike in NYC during the pandemic, strict gun control has helped to get guns off the streets again. NYC benefits from a regional approach, because New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island also use strong gun control. But NYC is constantly vigilant about the iron pipeline and the illegal gun traffickers who drive illegal guns up I 95 from flimsy gun law states. Chicago is vulnerable because their neighbor states, especially Indiana, have flimsy gun laws and gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation would close these state to state gaps, and a public safety amendment would enshrine gun safety in the Constitution where it belongs. Be well. 🗽
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Harris is awesome. Unfortunately, any VP is always in the president's shadow. She's doing great with the reproductive healthcare issue. However, Biden's legislation production is amazing, and I worry that she might not have the same talent for negotiating legislation across the aisle. As a former prosecutor, I just don't know if that's in her skill set?
Honestly, I'm afraid of history, especially 1968. That Democratic convention was a chaotic mess, and Nixon won as a result. LBJ wasn't popular because of Vietnam, rightly so, but if he had stayed he might have gotten more domestic legislation done, and he might have been motivated to get out of Vietnam faster than Nixon. I bet LBJ wouldn't have entered Laos and Cambodia.
Let's stay calm, think this through. Let's not have another 1968 Chicago convention. Yikes! 💙🌊💙🌊
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Yes, my greatest fear is that my naivete prevented me from seeing classmates who may have been victimized. I do remember that we closed ranks, and maybe that was a protection instinct that most city kids are born with? Socially, the cliques in my school were brutal, and I barely survived that isolation, but being the geeky newspaper editor might have helped? Abusers will look for children who are isolated or have fewer defenders. I also remember one nun who was as large as a refrigerator, very fair, always caught me when I was late, and I like to think that maybe she defended some kids too. But I don't know, and that more than troubles me.
After about 12 years of absence, I tried to rejoin a Catholic parish approximately 8 years ago; I felt sympathetic because the archdiocese was trying to close the 135 year old parish down. What I discovered really broke my heart, wasted about two years of effort, and ultimately I was glad to walk away from all of it. How these church organizations should now declare that they have a moral right to determine the life path of young women and children is beyond me.
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OMG, March 13, 2020. I will never forget. I was returning dvds to the Performing Arts library, and a librarian who knew that i love classic black and white movies said, "We're closing. Go, run, grab as many DVDs as you can, and I'll check them out for you. We're closing." I was like, "thanks...but what is going on? What do you mean you're closing?" NYC became a moonscape, Times Square empty, Astor Place empty, everything like a bad twilight zone episode. One million+ USA residents lost because of his complete lack of responsibility. Horrible lonely deaths without family, without funerals. No proms, no graduations.
Never again. How can anyone forget? Vote like your life depends upon it, because it does. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Sounds like what NYC went through in the 1970s and 80s when neighborhoods were literally burning. So hang in there, because things do get better, the pendulum does swing. I think creative experimentation works? For instance, tenants managing their own buildings that had been abandoned by the landlords. Seemed like a wild idea, no one had a better one, situation desperate, so yeah let's try this. That kind of almost desperate creativity. There are people within every department who have creative ideas, but they are not speaking up because they don't want their boss to call them crazy. Find a safe space for sharing those fresh ideas in parks, housing, everything. Education is probably the hardest because it's so complex, but....
I'm not trying to say that NYC is perfect now (we desperately need a new mayor right now) but it's not the 1970s. Things will get better if everyone just keeps on shouting how much they love Philly and keeps on trying new things. Continuing the old things, that's not working, so why not? Hang in there! Loving a whole city is hard, but so worth it. 🌆
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In some ways, the ERA is an unfinished story. The problem with the ERA is that they placed an expiration date on the ratification. Don't know if that's a typical move. Enough states did ratify, but not within the time frame. A legal challenge to the time frame could resolve the problem. Given the current challenge to safe reproductive healthcare, in addition to contraception, marriage equality, etc an equal rights amendment seems more necessary than ever. Challenging the time frame, or reintroducing a similar amendment draft with the additional information for contraception, IVF, reproductive healthcare, marriage equality could be an excellent way to enshrine all of the rights covered by the right to privacy. Ratification might be accomplished more quickly this time, especially if they/we do our homework on checking in with the states that already ratified the ERA.
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If we are going to choke everyone who seems scary to you, that might be a lot of people. Be careful what you wish for.
So a bunch of tourists wander into NYC, and they get scared every time they see a person of color. That's not okay. That's not the standard of justice, because that makes it dangerous for everyone. If you are scared, calm down. If a situation in a subway car seems like more than you can handle, move to another car. It's easy to do, there are two doors at either end of every car. If you don't like the subway, take a taxi or a bus. Call 911, contact the conductor, get off the train at the next stop and take the next train. Contact transit police and insist that they respond with an outreach team, because those folks usually have water and sandwiches and snacks, which is really what this guy needed I bet. Was he yelling? I'm sure he was. Have you ever been so hungry, so thirsty, so desperate, so scared because a part of you knew that you were in the middle of an episode and you didn't know how to make it stop? So yeah, he was yelling. Probably wasn't his best day. Killing him with your bare hands..really? That's the best response you can think of? Sad.
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History teaches us many things. The Watergate investigations demonstrate that powerful people absolutely go to jail. In March, 1974, seven of the most powerful men in the administration were charged: Mitchell, Halderman, Ehrlichman, Colson, Strachan, Parkinson, Mardian. Mitchell was the attorney general, certainly one of the most powerful men in the USA. These men received healthy prison sentences and most served at least 18 months behind bars. It was helpful for the nation to see these men in orange jumpsuits. Liddy served the most time behind bars, approx 4 years, and Dean served the least time in prison, 4 months, but that was due to his level of cooperation with the investigation. Nixon was pardoned by Ford, but that was his decision to make, and he paid for it when he lost his election in 1976.
Rich powerful people can absolutely be held accountable, but it takes a highly engaged population to demand it. Enabling a fatalistic attitude, "It's hopeless, things will never change, they always get away with it," that's not engagement, that's called giving up. We have gone through too much as a nation, and so we are tired. But giving up is not an option. Justice does happen, orange jumpsuits are waiting for these guys. We are getting closer everyday. 🗽
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@kuribojim3916 I think I agree, but netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Palestinian authority also has not had an election for a long while. It is true that it is virtually impossible to run elections during wartime chaos, but it feels clear (at least to me) that all sides need fresh representatives, new prime ministers on both sides hopefully people with diplomatic perspectives. Construction and engineering and healthcare backgrounds would be helpful too, because heaven knows there is going to be an obscene amount of rebuilding necessary after the bombs have stopped. All that work, sweaty exhausting work, should keep people busy, employed, and focused on real issues like housing, hospitals, schools, water systems, etc . How can these existing "leaders" claim that they deserve re-election? Start over, start fresh, start somewhere. Enough with this violent vengeance. Everyone wants a country, everyone wants a place to live.
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NYS has no desire to issue concealed carry permits for people who do not have a need to carry a weapon. The Breun opinion came about because a law that has been on the books for more than 100+ years was challenged. If our current SCOTUS was normal, they would not have taken the case out of respect for long standing precedent.
Gun control works. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works, and NYS knows it. Texas has open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. So total chaos. No thanks. And please remember, Texas guns don't stay in Texas. Loose gun states supply criminals and the iron pipe line nationwide, because the gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals.
Gun control is the best way to mitigate the problem by reducing access. Constitutional carry is a story told by a gun vendor who wants to make even more money profiting from sorrow and grief. Enough. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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@feihceht656 Thank you! The facts are so refreshing and life affirming! At least someone is paying attention to the inflation rate coming down, the wall street success, the fed predicting interest cuts soon, the low unemployment rate, gasoline prices down, infrastructure projects on full display almost everywhere you look, etc. Is there more to do? Of course. More support for public education, more reform of immigration, more green energy, protection for reproductive healthcare, comprehensive gun safety legislation, etc. I know who I'm voting for. I'm voting for results. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Since we have a labor shortage, it is extremely ironic that we are "afraid" of immigrants. Why not draft legislation for a guest worker program? Dramatic shifts in employment during the industrial revolution fueled intense immigration spikes in 1900s, and large port cities like NYC, Boston, Baltimore, etc did the work at that time: settlement houses for community services, multiple family housing, better building codes, public hospitals, public schools, etc etc. NYC did not ask Texas to do that work in 1900.
Now the challenge is at the border, but the challenge is still immigration. Has Texas learned any of the lessons of history? Do I heard Abbott suggesting a settlement house program for El Paso and other border towns? A public hospital initiative that will help all Texans, not just refugees? Or is Abbott just content to be outraged during photo ops?
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Saturating the population with guns is not sustainable gun policy, period. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed. Permits, training, mandated gun safes, age limits, magazine limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, waiting periods to fully vet purchasers, not a "background check" that is actually a 15 minute chat. Most of these strategies are things that responsible gun owners already do; now these measures must be mandated to cover the many irresponsible gun owners trying to build arsenals in their bedrooms and basements. The first time their house gets robbed when they are out of town, lots of criminals get those guns. Ask any cop about that.
Well regulated gun ownership, as indicated in the second amendment. Even Justice Scalia in Heller (2008) stated that gun rights are not unlimited. Repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. Federal legislation will reduce the iron pipe line that drives illegal guns across state lines from flimsy gun states into gun safety states straight into the hands of criminals.
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Yes, he came so close to her house. He was running so hard. I can hardly breathe after seeing the longer video.
We need a completely different policing concept. Inspiration comes in many forms. My hope is that this video will inspire young people with sincere hearts and a desire for true community service to join the newer iterations of a new police force that this new generation will create. How can we continue this way?
Longer time in training academies, higher salaries to recruit better talent, new strategies for traffic violations, abolish high speed chases that create too much adrenaline and anger and danger on the road, get the license plate and the footage then track the owner separately later, continued expansion of various types of cameras, expansion of community councils and civilian complaint offices, new procedures for mental health responses, new units for gang intervention and violence prevention, etc. "He ran from me, so now I'm mad and I get to take out my anger any way I choose." That must stop now.
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All forms of discrimination are wrong: ageism, sexism, racism, homophobia, anti trans, xenophobia, discrimination against people with disabilities, etc. I'm happy to support a president who knows how to sign legislation: American rescue, chips, pact, gun safety, green energy, infrastructure, healthcare/pharmacy costs, etc. Maybe only those who are not ageist should be entitled to enjoy the improvements these bills will create.
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Exactly, not gun safety states. Not Illinois, not NYS, not NJ, not the typical "democrat" states that gun fanatics like to blame with their deflections and distractions. Gun control does not make life perfect, but it reduces the problem so that law enforcement has a chance to manage it. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Abbott will never protect Texas residents. No permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement, total chaos, an accident waiting to happen. Federal gun safety legislation is needed.
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Absolutely! 54+ senators, maintain House majority. Flip PA, Ohio, Wisconsin, NC, FLA, etc. Green energy, voting access, gun safety, reproductive healthcare, insurrection accountability, there is much legislation needed. Democrats pass legislation. Republicans are there for C-SPAN? Not sure...
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Don't get ahead of yourself, NYC laws are not unconstitutional yet, SCOTUS decision not yet released. Test case came out of western NYS, not NYC, so it is very likely that SCOTUS will allow for different needs in urban centers. If your family members are shooting guns on the Grand Concourse, they are part of the problem. First of all, ILLEGAL , and likely an illegal gun trafficked from another state. If all of that makes you happy, you don't sound like a law abiding responsible gun owner to me. Good luck to your family, but I might suggest that they attend their next community council meeting and work towards making the neighborhood safer. That works. Firing off guns on Moshulu Parkway, nope.
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Dear udontneedtoknow, Your cousin's story doesn't sound like self defense, sounds like stray gun fire on a city street. I am sure the innocent bystanders are loving it. Your cousins might not be the most popular neighbors on the block.
Carrying a gun without a permit will get you arrested in NYC, so they could be getting in over their head any day now. You might want to counsel them on that rather than enabling them. Concealed carry permits are for special security, off duty police, some officers of the court. AR 15, not even, therefore NYC is working on street crime, reducing gang activity, not mass shootings. Be safe, stay calm, don't forget to breathe.
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@boston312 With the present iteration of SCOTUS, everything must be written into the constitution. Okay, let's do it. Also, Thomas is an old man who does not seem to watch his weight, so change might come soon. But in the meantime, amendments and legislation, lots of it. SCOTUS cannot overturn every law. Amendments are difficult, but nothing is impossible. I believe 38 states would be needed for ratification. Start with states that already value gun control, gain momentum, then nibble away inexorably at the remainder. Anyone who has lost someone to gun violence, any student who has suffered through countless gun drills, might be interested in helping. How large do we think that number is now after approx 20 years of this.
Let's take a lesson from the ERA. Ratification arrived too late (who puts an expiration date on a constitutional amendment?? OMG) but it hardly matters. While the ERA was being discussed and crawling towards ratification, equality was taking hold in the society, private and public practices were changing slowly, and state/federal laws were being passed. If a proposed public safety amendment achieves a similar "failure", I'm for it.
Also, repeal PLCAA and restore liability to gun manufacturers, making them responsible corporate citizens. If gun manufacturers had liability for their ridiculously dangerous products, their own lawyers would insist on training, permits, registration, mental health assessment and screening for each purchase, gun safes, red flags, age limits, magazine limits, etc. Their insurance carriers would insist on gun safety procedures to prove due diligence in court proceedings.
We don't have to live this way. We cannot contine to do nothing while the gun manufacturers continue to profit from our fear. Gun vendors are now proud that they are selling to more women; Missouri has a potential state law to allow minors to carry everywhere in the state. They have saturated the USA population with these weapons, and now they are just trying to sell to anyone else who hasn't bought something. What??
(Sorry this is so long. This topic is obviously a difficult one. Be well, be safe.)
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Third parties don't work in our system. 1968. George Wallace split the Democratic party with his third party and that is how we got stuck with Nixon. Pay attention to history.
In our system, it's not about creating more and more parties. It's about attracting more and better candidates into the existing parties so that the electorate has better choices in the primaries. If you are interested in improving our politics, try running for a local office or even just volunteering at your local Democratic Club or Republican club.
BTW multiple party systems are not necessarily better. The Israeli electorate voted netanyahu out, however he bounced right back in a parliamentary coalition. In our two party system, at least the guy is out of power for four years.
I am a lifelong Democrat, but just a tip. The GOP has a massive amount of rebuilding to do, so young people who get in on the ground floor of that rebuilding process are likely to have huge influence. Remember, the Republican party was a progressive party. Fiorello LaGuardia was a progressive. Theodore Roosevelt, the trust buster, a progressive. Abraham Lincoln, definitely a progressive. If you don't like our politics, do the work to make it better. Fracturing parties only helps your adversaries to win.
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Mr winters, national gun control is not a unicorn wish. We passed a national assault weapons ban before, it was supported by national police organizations, and it reduced death. Then in 2004 a republican administration allowed it to lapse, and fear of the NRA caused Congress to avoid the issue. It was not a unicorn wish, rather lack of courage. The NRA now is a crippled organization fighting off charges of fraud and misuse of donor funds in NYS court, so Congress need not fear them.
National gun controls can achieve what variations in state to state laws cannot accomplish. The extremely troubled gentleman who caused chaos in a NYC subway recently had weapons and items obtained in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He used a handgun that caused 23 injuries, some critical, but no death. An AR 15 would have likely caused a horribly different outcome. Therefore, NYCs strict carry laws make a positive impact. He needed to confine himself to something small, and that actually saved lives in this case. A grotesque assault weapon would have been spotted immediately in a city where guns are not tolerated. Because carry permits are extremely difficult to obtain, NYers who spot even a small weapon in a jacket or a pocket would know that is something to report with all speed. Sometimes we cannot act fast enough, but all NYers know that a person carrying a gun is an automatic red flag. Police officers, special security detail, otherwise no carry permit. We do not need gun battles featuring "law abiding citizens". Unfortunately crime does happen here, but massive shootings are not a feature of NYC life. Controlling ghost guns and the flood of guns coming up the turnpike from states outside of our tristate region remains a challenge. Other states could help by hardening their gun laws, but national gun control is more likely to solve that problem.
You say: "you will never stop criminals from obtaining or moving guns or magazines over state lines or anywhere else for that matter. It cannot be stopped." I sense a tone of impotence and hopelessness here that feels sad. Problems do have solutions, and other countries have solved mass shootings in a way that we have not. National gun controls are better than state controls because trafficking across state lines is no longer an issue. Doing nothing is no longer an option for approx 90% of the USA population. It is not true that this carnage cannot be stopped.
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@zigzag4462 Of course everyone complains. Everyone is complaining all the time because this is the pumpkin spiced cool aid they've been drinking since 2016. But we can be better than that, because the world is watching when the USA behaves this way.
Yes, NYC does have room. We also have room for housing NYers with more affordable housing. Truly affordable housing solves most homelessness. Not all, but most. We need the city council to create a real affordable housing plan, especially to address the many units that are being warehoused keeping rents artificially high. But the real estate industry in NYC contributes GENEROUSLY to political campaigns, so.... Frankly, I'm not in love with Addams, not the best mayor we have had, a bit overwhelmed by the scope of running an immense international city. I actually liked Addams when he was Brooklyn Borough President, now not so much.
So a rookie mayor basically now gets a federal immigration mess dumped on our doorstep because Abbott and DeSantis are doing badly in their reelection campaigns. And they don't have the professionalism to make a phone call first. Hey, we have 50 refugees who we cannot house. Can you help? Then Addams can talk to a hotel that still has vacancies since the pandemic. And remember that border states receive federal funds for immigration services, so Texas should share those funds if they can't do the job. And why isn't Abbott calling republican governors for help?
Sorry this turned out to be so long....super complex issue. Be well.
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That so called ex Marine is an embarrassment to military service. NYC subway riders would not feel at all safe with wannabe vigilantes on the trains. Vigilantes and fake good guys are a danger to innocent bystanders.
If a person yelling about hunger and food scares you, you should change to the adjoining subway car. That is what any adolescent coming home from high school would know to do. If that guy really wanted to be a leader, a hero, a Marine, he could have held the door and assisted other passengers to leave the car. Now the vulnerable young man in the middle of an episode is alone in a quiet car and probably already calming down.
From your safer position in the adjoining car, your next goal is to contact the conductor so that transit police can meet the train in the next station. This is easily accomplished by walking through the train to the conductor's booth. It usually takes about five minutes for a train to arrive in the next station. So penny is such a warrior, he was incapable of remaining calm, formulating a plan, and maintaining the situation for five minutes. Got it.
No, I do not at all feel safe with a guy like penny on the subway. Penny, please take a taxi in the future, if you can handle that. I don't want any cab drivers to get hurt on your watch.
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By every objective measure, the USA economy is extremely strong, so much so that it is supporting the global economy. You are thinking the inflation is the entire economy, but it's not. Here are some other items: unemployment historically low, Wall street breaking records, inflation down from 9% to less than 3%, interest rate cuts from the Federal reserve due soon. If you think the economy is terrible, you should change the channel on your TV.
Industries where 3 or 4 companies control, that's a problem. Luckily, Theodore Roosevelt the trust buster showed us how to deal with robber barons like those. Housing prices are a mess right now. If you want to buy a house right now, this is not a buyer's market so you should wait for interest reductions. You will have to be patient. Also, the housing industry is not very responsible. Remember the housing bubble of 2008 that caused the Great Recession? The housing industry cannot police itself, so changes are needed.
Trickle down economics that we've been dealing with since Reagan, it doesn't work. Never has. Let's close the wealth gap, bring back unions, and tax the uber wealthy fairly. Go Kamala go! 💙🌊⚖️💙🌊
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Such basic misunderstanding about banking. Let's try again. The account that was frozen belongs to the Afghan govt, the Afghan people, Afghan women and girls, not the Taliban. Please remember that the Taliban has not been recognized as the govt by any nation on the globe. They have not been recognized by the United Nations. Because they refuse to work within international norms on women's rights and girls' schooling, they are not likely to gain international recognition. Continually telling people to wait is not working because no one believes them. They promised to open girls secondary school in March 2022. The money is frozen awaiting a legitimate govt. Are the Taliban preparing for elections?Would Afghan women vote for them? Probably not. Everyone is hungry and dependent upon international aid, yet women who could add to the health of the economy are forced to stay home, then they can't earn money for food, then the children are hungry and starving, and so the vicious cycle continues. Govern the country, feed the people, hold elections to validate claims as the legitimate government, then the Taliban might be trusted with a bank account that was never theirs. The international banking system wants some assurance that this money will go to the Afghan people, not the Taliban, and Taliban behavior towards women and girls is not at all reassuring. So they want to wait until "later". Okay, let's wait then, but stop asking about bank accounts.
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@virgil5650 Thank you. Abbott has made it impossible for law enforcement. Plus the other irresponsible governors who are trying to copycat his stupidity. Abbott declared Texas a gun sanctuary state, open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. How can Texas police even respond to a "man with a gun" call, if virtually every Texan is carrying a gun? So by definition, crime prevention is almost impossible. They can never even respond until the shooting starts. In NYC in a strict gun control environment, "man with a gun" receives a dramatic response, and a guy walking around with an AR 15, well, it's hard to imagine it even happening, but he certainly would be spotted quickly and called in. He would stick out like a sore thumb. That's just one reason that gun control works. Be safe everyone. 💙 🌊🗽
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Pelosi was calling the Maryland and Virginia national guard on Jan 6th. McCarthy seemed to have a conscience on Jan 6th, then changed his mind and kissed the ring of the pumpkin headed grifter. McCarthy has no credibility, no spine, does not pass legislation, does not sanction MTG's squad. McCarthy with a gavel, YIKES. The nation understands. Vote blue 💙 like our lives depend upon it, because they do. I can't help you if you don't see that, but luckily most of the USA population gets it. On gun safety, on reproductive healthcare, on insurrection accountability, on green energy, the GOP is on the wrong side of history.
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An amazing president with the super power of getting legislation across the finish line, even with razor thin margins. Infrastructure, veterans healthcare, chips manufacturing in the USA, gun safety, beginnings of green energy, pharmacy price controls, and a few more bills, but he has signed so much it's hard to memorize it all! Getting things done, I'm for it. GOP representatives taking credit for funding coming into their district from bills they voted against. Silly shameless fools.
Thank you President Biden. And I know you are not finished! I would bet money that you have some index cards in your pocket with ideas for the SCOTUS reform bill, for banning the AR 15 and mandating gun safes, for affordable housing, etc. Go Joe! Go Kamala go! Go Tim go! 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves and the public. Age limits, training, permits, registration, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, magazine limits. Most responsible gun owners already do these things. The gun industry is making buckets of money from this carnage. Enough. Gun control works. The second amendment refers to "the people," the community that hurts and fears for its safety. The second amendment never was intended to allow a person, the individual who wants to build an arsenal in his basement, to threaten the safety of the people. Heller states that gun rights are not unlimited. There are no Redcoats, we have the National Guard. Enough. Gun control works. Gov Abbott's gun sanctuary state, open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement, that doesn't work.
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Read the controlling SCOTUS opinions. Really read them. Scalia in Heller stated that gun rights are not unlimited. Breun provides for gun regulations. The second amendment starts with "well regulated." It is the right of the people to bear arms, in other words the group, the community, not a person, an individual.
But we don't live in the 1700s, and one sentence is clearly not enough to make the imperative of gun safety clear to the average gun fan. Let's draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution to make it clear what the realities of 2023 require. Ratification is not easy, but it's not impossible. Living with daily shootings and doing nothing, that's impossible. Ratification requires 38 states, but remember many states already support gun control and ten states already ban AR 15, so many states could be on board. In addition, ratification requires all state legislatures to debate gun safety, as opposed to what happens now: thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing, rinse and repeat. Enough.
Contact your representatives ASAP. The Constitution is intended to grow with the nation. Guns are not more important than innocent lives. Let's get it into the constitution so that the NRA can stand down and we can get some peace in our lives again.
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There must be a trial. If he were a gentleman, he would not resist the charges, he would plead guilty, but that's not who this guy is. He delays, he appeals every step all the way up to the supreme court, etc. That's why he doesn't like this judge, because this judge has seen him before and knows his tricks. Nevertheless, a trial does take time. We have not yet heard the indictment read. That's why it seems like it is all media hype, because every news platform is trying to guess. Applause to the three or four legal consultants this weekend who have said, "I will not speculate because they have not yet unsealed the indictment." Dont worry, be patient.
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@paulford9120 Yes, absolutely, the GOP should become a responsible national party again. But responsible is key. They must vet their candidates. No Santos, no pumpkin head, no Boebert, no MTG. They also need to return to a party with a mix of progressive, moderate and conservative positions. That's what made it possible to clear up the Watergate mess. There were moderate and progressive Republicans in those hearings asking tough questions, not trying to excuse inexcusable behavior, and a conservative like Goldwater made his visit to the oval office to secure the resignation.
Yes, it will take a long time. That's okay, there's lots of hard work to do in the nation in the meantime. I imagine there will be many independents caucusing with the two parties during the rebuilding process. But we should all know what we need to do in 2024. Must get that done first. 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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Today's flood of executive orders is a standard tactic to flood and overwhelm the population and the journalists so we hardly know what to focus on first, second, third. For instance, did you realize that one of his many executive orders blocks entry for Afghan allies who are still trying to entangle their INS paperwork? Unbelievably unsafe for those allies, really unsafe for our military in the future. Will allies ever want to trust us again? Is that what he wants? Does he know what he wants?
We must keep our heads down, plow through the firehose of crazy, and set clear goals. Explore the 25th amendment, for instance. Also, the midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. 60 Senators and the House majority; not easy but a worthwhile goal. Difficult but in no way impossible. We like hard work; hard work is good work. Start test cases on some of these pardons, especially ones where witnesses and informants might be endangered by the release of the guilty party back into society.
Lots of work to do. Stay strong, stay safe everyone.
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Now are we ready to make sure that our lawmakers pass gun safety laws? Needs to be federal, because let's face it, Abbott will never fix this.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation: training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Texas has no permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. What did Abbott think would happen? These are things that most responsible gun owners already do; now we need to make sure that irresponsible governors like Abbott mandate these things so that his sloppy gun laws don't allow guns to leak out of his state and get driven across state lines straight into the hands of criminals sabotaging gun safety states.
To do nothing is evil.
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But because West Virginia is such a red state, how will that election really play out? Can we stand another Oz/Walker republican candidate? Some goofball with weird speeches for C-SPAN? In the past, our democracy used to be able to support conservative Democrats, moderate Democrats, liberal Democrats, especially because there were liberal Republicans, moderate Republicans and conservative Republicans. Remember that Goldwater is basically credited with that last conversation with Nixon and he convinced Nixon to resign. I am very liberal but I also know that conservative doesn't always have to be bad. And I would rather have a conservative Democrat than a conservative Republican because of the toxic mess that the republicans are in right now.
I just think we need more democratic senators to get past McConnell's filibuster paralysis. If there are 54 or 55 democratic senators, Manchin is no longer king of the hill, and that alone might remind him that compromise is a good thing. We have a real chance with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin and even North Carolina. Of course, polling is weird these days, but many things are possible if we vote in numbers equal to 2020.
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Yes, you are missing a lot. Also seems obvious that you have never spent time in a classroom or even an after school program or a summer camp. Try explaining to kindergartners 2+2=4 after they ask you, "But why?" Then try 3+1=4 and they repeat with a sweet smile, "But why?" Then the next day, the sweethearts forget the lesson because they were living their best kindergarten life in the playground, and the lesson has to be repeated again.
Yes, this is the problem. People who have absolutely no understanding of education, cognitive psychology, child psychology, adolescent psychology, but they are certain that learning is a hoax. Add book bannings, school shootings, and now we have thousands upon thousands of teaching vacancies. Hmmm... "Teaching is just office work." Wow. 📓📚📓
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Comprehensive gun safety legislation should include:. Training, permits, registration, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 sway from children, thieves and the public.
That's one workable list. There is also a need to address gun owner suicides, handguns and street crime, ghost guns, printable guns, and gun show sales as well as private sales. To address all the layers of this onion, we will probably have to go step by step with multiple smaller bills. However, continuing to support this carnage is evil. To suggest that the framers intended for widespread random death to be written into the constitution is to dishonor the nation. Enough. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. The will of the people, remember that?
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However, Christie's campaign now, I think, is about being a sacrificial figure for the GOP, to be the truth teller that other candidates won't be because they think they need the crazed uneducated MAGA base to win. Maybe because deep down Christie knows he can't win, he is free to say exactly what he thinks. Also, he is acting almost like a prosecutor, a job that he loved, so that probably feels pretty good. He admitted multiple times that he made a mistake supporting the pumpkin headed grifter for as long as he did, the grifter almost killed him with COVID, so I think this campaign is like an act of contrition to the nation for Christie. I am a life long Democrat, always will be, but we do need a functioning GOP, so if Christie wants to help Lincoln's ghost get the clean up job done, I applaud that. 🗽
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@montetanktankkiller700 Luckily, strong is what New York does!
Gerrymandering is a huge problem, especially because both sides do it, so the ugly secret is that actually neither side really wants to fix it. Yikes! For instance, NYS finally won both a Democratic Assembly and State Senate. On a the good side, they used that strength to fix some housing legislation, but they also flexed their muscles and created very gerrymandered maps to favor Democrats. They were so extreme, the NYS courts shut it down and appointed a commission to draw new maps. Those new maps were largely the reason that NYS lost 4 seats in the House of Representatives in Congress, which lost the majority which lost the Speaker of the House position. So...actions have consequences. I am willing to call Democrats out when they mess up. If they hadn't jump feet first into gerrymandered maps, we might have kept the House majority, Johnson might never have been speaker, Ukraine might have received their military aid more quickly, etc.
The whole gerrymandering system needs to be dismantled, and both sides have to be grown ups about that. It won't be easy. Right now there is so much on the plate (SCOTUS reform, immigration legislation that is sane and fair, green energy, etc etc) that I can't imagine that going to the front of the list.
What comes first? Resolving Gaza seems first. Surviving this election is also first. SCOTUS reform is also first, because the states can write all kinds of gun safety laws or voting rights reforms, but if this SCOTUS tumbles them all down, then what? SCOTUS just issued a shameful decision on voting rights in South Carolina. Yikes. Luckily, no one is immortal, and some justices are very old men. A different court is coming, if we can get through this election. Be well! ⚖️🌎🌍⚖️
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The charity of extremely weathy people is a wonderful thing, but it will never replace government, and the progressive taxation levels needed to run that government correctly. Charity is unlikely to maintain the subways, support the housekeeping staff that keeps public hospitals clean and sanitary, pay the building inspectors who hold irresponsible landlords accountable, etc. Charity might buy new uniforms for the local school baseball team, but charity will not raise teacher pay in the public schools to recruit the best teachers to your state. They are not at all wealthy, but they work hard too, harder than hedge fund managers do. Government does many necessary things, and this idea that tax money is all a waste is toxic. If you don't like what your government is doing with your money, become a more active citizen. That's your responsibility in a democracy.
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The ADA provides that disabled persons who can perform the essential functions of the job are entitled to reasonable accommodation. Captioning is a very reasonable accommodation, especially because we all use captions every time we watch a movie. Important to remember that the essential functions of a corrections officer are not at all related to the essential functions of a Senator. A blind pilot would not qualify for a reasonable accommodation because of the essential features of that job. However, the essential functions of a senator are to serve his constituents, as well as write, negotiate and pass legislation. Captioning doesn't interfere with any of those functions.A senator who reads, then pauses to think, then responds with auditory speech slowly and deliberately, that sounds like a fine Senator to me. I would like all of our senators to read and think more before they speak. I would like fewer congressional figures taking the floor to debate extremist views just to create CSPAN content for their livestream.
Unless we want to repeal the ADA, we should be thoughtful about denying reasonable accommodation to qualified candidates. That is discriminatory and illegal. Oz is not qualified because he doesn't live in PA, doesn't know the constituents, and has no experience with governance. Being a TV host and sounding good on camera are not essential functions of the job of senator.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. As per CBS news, 19 mass shootings during this three day weekend. ENOUGH! Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Get it done, Congress. If Serbia can do it, what is our excuse? This carnage is NOT part of the second amendment. Read the amendment; it's only one sentence. Contact your representative ASAP. 🗽
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@dennisg4053 Yes, NYS concealed carry permit regulations are currently under review by SCOTUS, decision due at the close of this term. I am truly worried about this. Because that's what NYC needs, more people walking around with guns!!! What are they thinking? What happened to states rights? And spare me the "good guys" with bad aim want to live in their own movie by engaging in gun battles on Broadway or in the subway. Truly horrifying.
Has the California law reached SCOTUS yet? Perhaps still hope that ruling can be overturned? One of the worst rulings is Heller, from 2008?, opinion written by Scalia, almost anything I have seen says this was a flawed opinion that departed dramatically from precedent. I hope these cases can be reviewed; maybe some cases from Buffalo or Uvalde can make their way through the courts. Sandy Hook families had a successful civil case, don't know if that could be reviewed further. If Plessy v Ferguson can fall, any case can be reviewed. Be well, be safe. Vote in November, our lives literally depend on it.
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This has been repeated several times now. This young man DID go to the school. At least two press briefings indicated that there was a hazing investigation that was "unresolved".
Probably didn't file the hazing complaint until he was at his wits end, then the case is "unresolved". Realize that during this time he is also managing COVID/zoom stress and trying to finish his degree. He is in his senior year. Could be possible that he started to think, okay, if the university is not taking this situation seriously I guess I should be prepared to handle it myself. And the university is located in Virginia, a rather gun friendly state, so.... I sure do wish that guns were not completely saturating the population so that an emotional moment turns into a crime in a moments notice. Gun control anyone?
You have most of the pieces of a tragedy waiting to happen right there. What if a large and well funded historic university had done a better job of adjudicating student complaints?
There is never an excuse for murder, but we need to remember that hazing incidents at the college level have resulted in deaths in the past. This is likely not teasing between eight year olds. It is entirely possible that this young man felt unsafe, wanted to finish his senior year and his degree rather than walking away, transferring, losing credits, needing to start over and come up with new money to make it happen. If an honor code violation was involved, that could have expulsion as an outcome. What a mess. Do better UVA.
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Yes, President Biden's record on legislation is impressive (infrastructure, chips manufacturing, pharmacy cost negotiations, veterans healthcare, green energy, etc ). Biden took COVID seriously and rolled out vaccines in an efficient effective way. His pandemic relief may have been a bit too robust, causing inflation, but I think he was determined to avoid a very slow recovery such as what was deployed after the Great Recession in 2009. It was a solid recovery, but it took about ten years to take hold, just in time for the pumpkin to take credit. The Biden economy was strong, ask any real economist. Remember, inflation is not the whole economy. This recovery might have happened too quickly, but I cannot imagine that we could have waited for another ten year recovery.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety. The will of the people, remember that? The gun fun clubs have loud voices, but most have not even read the controlling opinions. They pretend that they have unlimited gun rights that actually do not exist.
The second amendment refers to the people, the group, the community, not a person, an individual who wants to own any gun to take anywhere and do anything. That was never the intention of the framers. "Well regulated" appears in the first clause for a reason.
Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits, screening for private sales and gun shows. Enough. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊 🗽
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Ahh, the second amendment, the most frequently misinterpreted amendment. So many deaths excused by one sentence. So many defenders of the second amendment who have not actually read any of the SCOTUS opinions. In Heller, Justice Scalia stated that gun rights are not unlimited. In Bruen, there are provisions for gun regulations. That's why NYS simply rewrote their gun control regulations slightly to comply with Bruen after SCOTUS attempted to overturn a 100 year gun control law that served NYS well. Gun control stands in NYS, and the SCOTUS recently refused a case that sought to challenge the newer regulations. In addition, the second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who wants to own anything to go anywhere and do anything. To claim that this carnage was the intention of the framers is to dishonor our Constitution. Next time, read the constitution and the SCOTUS opinions before advocating for the widespread death of children as a so called constitutional right. Shame on you.
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The second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation if it cannot protect innocent children. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution.
Yes, it requires 38 states. That process of debating gun safety in every state legislature would keep gun safety top of mind until the problem is resolved. Now it's empty prayers, then forget and do nothing until the next tragedy or anniversary, rinse and repeat.
The number 38 is not an intimidating number. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. Ten states already ban AR 15, and I believe more are considering the measure. Many states take gun control seriously: NYS, NJ, CT, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, California, Colorado, Washington, etc etc. Let the math games begin. To watch this carnage and do nothing is evil. God is ashamed of all of us. The gun vendors, however, are gleeful as they count all the money they have made.
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I heard him speak on ABC today and I was impressed. I do remember that he was a voice of reason during the pandemic. Himself and Hogan, governor of Maryland, did not let themselves get sucked into the nonsense that the orange marshmallow was spinning. However, will he support green energy? Affordable housing? Comprehensive federal gun safety? Return to the child tax credit that was so successful in reducing child poverty? Support public education and teachers salaries? End book bannings? Support healthcare and burnt out healthcare workers? There is so much work to do, and I'm not sure that traditional GOP policies address our current needs.
It would be nice to see a coalition of Hutchinson,Kinzinger, Hogan, Chaney, Meijer, etc come back into service and make some good things happen, not just tax cuts for the wealthy and removing regulations for business. However, Asa is a real sign of hope. 💜
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willmont82: wow. Huge gulf in logic. Let's review. Police officers and law enforcement need to be armed, because they have a difficult role to play in society. They must use those arms responsibly when interacting with all civilians and possible offenders. They are not judge, jury or executioner, and if they understand that on a visceral level, then they can be trusted with those arms and be accountable for misusing those arms.
Schools are places of teaching and learning and positive socialization for students. It's where children learn to make friends and get along with people and learn math and science and reading and especially history. It's a place for teachers and counselors and assistant principals and deans and principals and school nurses. Armed law enforcement, not so much, unless those police officers want to lock up their guns for safety, learn class management and educational psychology, maybe go in depth on a particular subject so that they have knowledge of value to share with students.
Hope this is helpful. Children want to go to school, and comprehensive federal gun safety legislation will help them stay alive while they do that. Fewer guns, not more guns. States with flimsy gun laws have not been helping in making that happen, so comprehensive federal legislation is needed.
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You must remember that this is the essential con: to tell an individual (much less a disenfranchised child) that all the opportunities lie before them, and it's up to them to take advantage. If it doesn't work out, it was all their fault. That ensures that very very few will squeeze through the cracks in the wall, while most will feel defeated, feel like a failure on a really deep level, develop self loathing and self blame, feel lucky if they get a low wage dead end job without benefits or union representation, because really they aren't worth very much anyway.
See how that works? No protest, no challenge, no calls for change. The rich stay rich, the kids still don't get the education they deserve. That's why this "boot strap" concept was so popular in the 1900s in the times of the industrialists and the robber barons. Let's not get fooled again. Can we please learn the lessons of history. Please. Let's pull back the curtains and let the students see the wizard who pulls the levers of the machine.
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The problem is not that he tricked people, the problem is we have too many low information voters and low propensity voters. Newscasters and pollsters were talking about these quasi demographic groups constantly in the last weeks of the election. And some people feel proud to say, oh no, I don't listen to the news. Really? Go into the voting booth without knowledge, come out with election results that are harmful.
Without civics instruction and accurate history curriculum, we will continue to have "voters" of all stripes going into the voting booth not even knowing who is on the ballot. They knew this guy's name but they couldn't identify him as a demagogue, didn't know that we have met and defeated demagogues at other points in our history, didn't have a good grasp on the 1930s and why that is a time period we must never repeat. Can you imagine anyone in the 1940s being proud that they don't bother to follow the news? Civics instruction in a "Each one Teach one" approach for all generations, all demographics, avoiding the bubbles, in after school programs, public library workshops, museum meet ups, etc. Due to this administration's planned assault on the Department of Education, we probably need to do it outside of traditional classroom settings. BTW midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. Let's celebrate 250 years of DEMOCRACY with 60 Senators and the House majority so we can pass legislation to repair some damage. Let's get to work. 🗽
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Please pay attention to history. Third party candidate and democratic tumult got us Nixon in 1968. Primary push and pull in 1980 got us Reagan with trickle down economics, dismantling unions, huge wealth gaps, Iran Contra etc. (plus an ugly gentleman's agreement between Reagan and the Iranians regarding holding the release of the hostages until after the election). Please pay attention to history.
What are Democratic voters punishing President Biden for? Signing lots of effective legislation? Expanding NATO? Are we punishing him for not being young and cute? Derek Jeter, Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, they aren't young and cute anymore either, and they cannot draft a bill much less mark it up and get it out of committee.
President Biden is old, boring, and experienced. Key word is experienced. Governing is a real job, and not everyone knows how to do it. 🗽💙🗽
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Repeal PLCAA (2005), the worst bill Bush ever signed. PLCAA created a liability shield for gun manufacturers from the damages caused by their grotesquely dangerous products. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because Abbott and other copycat irresponsible governors will never fix this. Federal legislation would also close the gaps in the patchwork of flimsy state gun laws and gun safety states. The current patchwork allows gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. What is comprehensive? Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Due to GOP obstruction, it will probably be necessary to pass these measures as several small bills. I'm sure that there are other possible lists. That list works for me. Basic things that most responsible gun owners already do; an opportunity to mandate these measures for gun owners who are not so responsible. Then we can get busy on gun owner suicides, ghost guns, printed guns, handguns and street crime, etc. We have a gun problem. Let's get to work.
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First of all, FDR was raised with wealth, so that part of your argument doesn't work here. Biden was raised in a working class family, but was able to go to college and make a good life for himself. Therefore, he knows that the system can work and it used to work, and now it doesn't seem to work anymore. I think he's determined to fix that, because it just fundamentally doesn't make sense to him. "If I could do it, and I'm not some special genius, then people today should be able to do it too." Luckily, he has a lot of experience in government service, so he knows better than most how to avoid the traps and get things done despite the obstacles. Go Joe. I'm impressed by the amount of legislation he signed despite tight margins. He's doing the job despite the obstacles. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Teachers WOULD like more time with their students, but that is better achieved by reducing class size. That way they can see positive results from presenting a lesson, having time to interact with students who are confused, add a mini review of key concepts, everyone walking out of the room saying, wow, that worked! Today was a good day. That would help with burn out.
More time in the school year and school day would also help, but that requires more staff, a great idea for keeping employment robust. Unfortunately, we don't have enough teachers as it is, so it would be difficult to find the staff for summers and longer afternoons. After school programs could probably fill some of those gaps, but we need to increase teacher pay and gun safety in order to recruit more people to the profession.
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AR 15 was used in Uvalde, Buffalo, El Paso, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Las Vegas, Aurora, Nashville, etc etc etc. No new sales of AR 15, a gun that never should have been adapted for civilian use after it was rejected by the military for use in Vietnam. This is not a true hunting rifle because it leaves no useable meat. The problem is the gun. Eliminate the AR 15, then we can move on to repeal PLCAA, address gun owner suicides, ghost guns, street crime and handguns, etc. Many layers to this onion. Enough.
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Ms. Mamrak, the problem is the gun. I don't like to list these events, because it is ghoulish, but you seem to have seriously inaccurate information. The AR 15 was used in Sandy Hook (hence this in depth news story on the AR 15 interviewing Sandy Hook parents.). The AR 15 was also used in Uvalde, Buffalo, Parkland, Las Vegas, Aurora, San Bernardino, Boulder, Midland, Sutherland, and Tree of Life. Multiple news sources have reported this. The problem is the gun. Be well, be safe.
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Politicians know exactly what needs to be done, they just don't want to do it. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. Amplify the best practices of states that are controlling the problem as federal legislation. This will close down the iron pipe line that enables gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Close the gaps in law between flimsy gun states and gun safety states. Contact your representatives ASAP.
This has nothing to do with the second amendment. The gun fan clubs shout loudly about gun rights they actually do not have. All rights walk hand in hand with responsibilities. The current controlling opinions (Heller and Bruen) state that gun rights are not unlimited and gun regulations are permitted. Get busy, Congress, or get voted out. 🗽
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Sad that many republican voters feel comfortable making fun of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed by Pres Bush Sr in 1992. The law of the land for 30 years, a law that limits government spending no less. If people with disabilities are working, rather than living in poverty, they are contributing taxpayers.
Because I am a nice person, I will provide you with the education that you ignored in middle school. People with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodation, as long as they are able to perform the basic functions of the job. Therefore, your hilarious joke about a blind air traffic controller is not covered by the ADA. However, if an air traffic controller becomes blind in the course of her career, it is entirely possible that there is another role at the airport that she can perform expertly, with minimal accomodations such as braille or voice command software. An experienced lieutenant governor who lives in PA and knows every corner of his state is well qualified for the essential features of the job of Senator, with the minimal accommodation of captioning, a feature that most of the USA population uses when they watch a movie. A senatorial candidate from New Jersey is not qualified, because he knows nothing about government service or the state of Pennsylvania, and captioning would not help him. Maybe he should keep his day job on TV.
Discrimination is really not hilarious, it's just illegal.
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@jerryparks6123 I felt a strong undertone of sarcasm, maybe I'm wrong. But the opportunity to hold the House and increase the Senate is real, and you can tell because Mitch and company are scared. GA, PA, FLA, Wisconsin, Ohio, NC...there really are several interesting Senate races. And if McCarthy gets the gavel in the House, yuch, there goes the Jan 6 committee. Here comes November, check your registration, grab an extra bottle of water, and let's go for it. 🌊💙💙💚💚🌊
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Jony jony please stop. You know you are making stuff up. Crime rates have been coming down from the pandemic surge, and NYPD has been getting guns off the street at a good clip. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Gun control got us there. Gun control works. Is that why you are angry? Are you a gun vendor?
I don't expect to hear any more from you, Jony. Calm down, take a deep breath, take several deep breaths. It's just a ride on the subway, it's not a test of your manhood. But in NYC, you are expected to control yourself, to pay attention, to use your brains, and to live together with other people. Otherwise, you might get charged, or you might get confused for an insane criminal acting out in public. I don't expect to hear more from you. Be nice.
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If this recipe was developed by Benjamin Franklin, wow, what an idiot. Given that Franklin was a super intelligent guy, wow, there has to be something missing here. Beans are easy to grow even with limited space. Green onions and/or wild garlic are also easy to find, not to mention dandelion greens. By the way, put less water in that pot so that the resulting rice doesn't look like bleached vomit. One cup of dried rice with two cups of water, stir in chopped wild garlic and green onions you could even grow in a flower pot. Boil some beans in a big pot, sure, with salt pork and lots of water for three hours, then serve over your normal rice, and add a dandelion greens salad. Enjoy. Come on Ben Franklin, do better.
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I thought I heard that the sentencing, the final official step that makes a conviction a conviction, would have immediate consequences, like voting, taking his passport, restrictions on travel, etc. However, we clearly are through the looking glass here, so... I imagine that other countries could deny entry, but will they stand up to the USA, the symbolic role that this pumpkin controls for a few years. Yikes. Are they blocking him, or blocking the USA? Might make a difference?
I think the good news is that he can now be considered a repeat offender if the GA election case resumes in 2028, so there's that. Don't remember if NYS has additional cases in the pipeline, there were so many that they worked through year after year: trump University, fraudulent charities, etc. That information should be repeated more frequently because voters seem to have short memories. The investigations didn't begin after he declared himself a candidate. Nope. They were working through the civil cases for years, then revived other cases that had been put on hold during his presidency. We have become too accustomed to allowing this guy to make stuff up.
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@Kin9DumAnimation The reality is Democrats have a majority, but with a razor thin margin. We did get several pieces of legislation through, but if we want to push through the more difficult laws like pharmacy costs, permanent child tax credit, childcare costs, assault weapon ban, age limits, reproductive healthcare, environmental protection and green energy, we need a bigger majority. That way if two senators peel away from the pack it's not a major crisis. When LBJ was able to get civil rights legislation and the Great Society passed, he had wide margins in Congress. Also, since McConnell insists on filibustering every single piece of legislation, 50 is not a majority, 60+ is needed. McConnell's strategy of obstruction and paralysis started in 2008 because he didn't like Obama. Not every senate leader has behaved in this underhanded fashion, so now we are in a place where USA voters expect that Congress is useless. But it doesn't have to be. We need a wider majority to reset some if the biggest messes created by McConnell, McCarthy, and t****p.
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Constant random death does not give us more rights, regardless of what the gun fanatics say. Mostly they just make stuff up. The second amendment provides for regulations, the Bruen opinion provides for regulations, the Heller opinion includes Justice Scalia's statement that gun rights are not unlimited. Survey after survey demonstrates that the majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Enough. Congress, get it done or get voted out. 💙🌊💙🌊
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Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Gun control works. Gun safety legislation now: permits, gun safes, training, age limits, mental health assessment and screening, red flag laws. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers. We don't have to live this way, but we do have to do the work and contact our representatives and tell them ENOUGH is enough.
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@accubond3254 The pumpkin headed grifter may be many things, but innocent is not one of them. 😎 This creep has been dabbling in fraud and worse in New York since the 1970s. What he has always depended upon was his ability to pay people off, to delay cases with constant appeals and other delays, etc. This increases the time and the costs of a prosecution, so sometimes that is a consideration. Is an extremely expensive case in the best interests of the taxpayers when agencies have limited budgets, especially in those years that NYC budgets were extremely restricted due to recovery from the bankruptcy/big MAC days of the 70s and 80s. The pumpkin headed grifter has gotten away with a lot for too many years. Now Trump University is no more, his fraudulent charities have been closed, he and his children are prohibited from starting more charities in NYS, plus the successful case against Trump org, with the elderly CFO sitting in Rikers right now. Good job, NYS!! 🗽
"Innocent" is not a word that comes to mind. A weasel who knows how to avoid prosecution, maybe. And so now he will finally stand trial.
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Given that the 14th amendment was drafted after the Civil War, and the president they had in their head was Abraham Lincoln, it's possible that they couldn't imagine a president as the figure who would indulge in insurrection. We are so through the looking glass since 2015, because too many things happen these days that were beyond imagination. No one would have imagined that the GOP would completely stop vetting candidates: trump, MTG, bobert, gaetz, santos ... Completely beyond the pale that people with ethics, with law degrees, with any respect for traditions, would allow these people to be installed in government. That's okay. The voters can get this done, if the courts won't. See you at the ballot box. Make your voting plans now. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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@lukewilliamsactual3691 When prohibition (18th amendment) became a risk to public safety, the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment. It can be done. People are dying.
In this case, full repeal would not be necessary, just a new public safety amendment in clear modern language to balance the second amendment and clarify the constant nonsensical middle school debates with gun fanatics who refuse to read and understand a one sentence amendment from the 1700s. Enough. The second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who thinks the framers wanted him to buy any gun to take anywhere and do anything. Enough. Ratification requires 38 states, but more importantly would ensure that gun safety stays front of mind throughout the entire process, instead of thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing, rinse and repeat. Be well, stay safe. Contact your representative ASAP. 🗽
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Highest gun death rates:. Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming.( So not "democrat controlled" anything. ) Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. (So, gun control works.) Sometimes it's worth it to tell the truth. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue, because irresponsible governors will never fix this. Contact your representatives ASAP. 💙🌊💙🌊
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In terms of prosecution, NYC prosecutes gun crimes vigorously. One gun law was a mandatory sentence of two years for carrying an unlicensed gun. That one simple measure substantially changed youth behavior, and I witnessed adolescents switch from carrying an illegal handgun"just in case" to carrying a box cutter. The risk of two years imprisonment was just not worth it. (BTW I'm not sure if the Breun SCOTUS opinion damaged that law. Thanks, SCOTUS? Idiots. I hope not. I know that gun violence and murder are down, so NYPD does seem to be scooping up a lot of guns and making a come back from pandemic peaks. Other crimes are still up, but I'd rather get robbed than shot, so...). Now, a box cutter is a dangerous thing in a fight, but you can't shoot up the town parade with a box cutter, so....
Gun control laws work. They don't make all threats disappear, but they can reduce threats to manageable levels. And if police feel they can manage the threat, they are less likely to pull a Uvalde tragedy. Please make sure you are using reliable news sources, because this "democrat cities" talking point spreads like a virus, and is so untrue. Remember, Chicago would be a safer place if Indiana's soft gun laws didn't sabotage law enforcement.
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Although the gun fan club has loud voices, that doesn't mean that they actually have the unlimited gun rights they claim to have. Justice Scalia in Heller stated that gun rights are not unlimited. The Bruen opinion also provides for gun regulations. Have the gun fan boys truly read these controlling opinions?
The second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who wants to own every type of gun and do anything anywhere. Enough. There are no Redcoats; we have the National Guard. "Well regulated" is featured in the opening clause of the amendment. In any case, we don't live in the 1700s. Originalism is not the only school of thought in constitutional interpretation; it certainly isn't the best one. The Constitution must be an elastic document that addresses the public safety challenge of our times.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Get to work, Congress, or get voted out. Enough.
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I think we were spoiled as a nation that we enjoyed so many decades of solid SCOTUS interpretation and opinions. Because of this current SCOTUS reliance on so-called textualism, however, now the honeymoon is over.
They simply seem to say, "Well, this concept was not written into the Constitution by the framers in the 1700s, so we strike it down.". Strangely, textualism didn't seem to apply when they were reviewing the 14th amendment and its provisions for keeping insurrectionists off the ballot. And when they needed to completely fabricate a king-like immunity for presidents that can be found nowhere in our founding documents, again the lack of textualism was not a problem for the majority. So I guess they are textualists until they are not?
So if everything has to be written into the Constitution, amendments are the way to survive this SCOTUS until some retirements or some reform creates some shifts. The amendment to make it clear that presidents are not immune is the first order of business. If the SCOTUS is confused about how to apply the right to privacy to the modern realities of marriage equality and reproductive healthcare, then we will have to spell it out for them in an amendment. We could probably use most of the ERA, but explicitly add the right to privacy in medical decisions, and mention contraception, miscarriage treatment, followup care for incest and rape, and abortion. The marriage equality piece could be a separate amendment, again connected to the right to privacy as in the current controlling opinions, but this time adding explicit language about marriage equality, mixed race marriage, and same sex marriage.
Then we need to move on to drafting a new amendment to protect public safety, by being explicit about what national gun safety regulations need to look like. Misinterpretations of the second amendment are multiplying, and it's clear that we cannot continue this carnage of daily gun violence. The second amendment can remain, but a new amendment needs to provide balance to protect innocent school children, shoppers, worshippers, etc. "Shall not be infringed" is not solving anything. Guns cannot continue to have more rights than innocent people.
We have a lot of work to do. Let's get busy. 💙🌊⚖️💙🌊
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Stay strong. With other illnesses too (auto immune, maybe others?) there seem to be certain meds that work great for about ten years, then not so much. So frustrating.
Have you tried to contact Sen. Fetterman's office? Most of the senators even have YouTube channels. I have received info from Sen. Whitehouse and Sen. Murphy's channels, and I don't even live in those states. I'm sure if you sent an email, he would be pleased to share info with you. Since you are a veteran, Walter Reed should be able to share info with your doctor. A lot of this stuff is probably public information. Of course, I understand that the VA is a mess, but there might be a pathway through the bureaucracy? Try to contact Fetterman's office. His office has a staff to communicate with citizens after all.
I read a good article in a reputable magazine (sorry, I can't remember exactly which one. I think Time?) that exercise, meditation/mindfulness and nutrition plus CBT/talk can be as effective as meds? No side effects, so that's good. But it can't be yoga once in a while, it has to be a regimen like a medication schedule. Very rough for people who can't get out of bed to commit to daily exercise? Some people change meds five times before finding the right fit. Sorry I rambled on so much. Just to say, I understand your frustration. Stay strong, stay hopeful, stay awesome. 🐝🌻🦋
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@UmmYeahOk I don't think AR 15 was used this time, however AR 15 has been used in most of the massive massacres (Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Buffalo, Las Vegas, El Paso, Parkland etc etc etc.) Ugly list, right??. It's also a gun that really doesn't seem to belong in the civilian population. It can't be a great hunting rifle because the animal would be so destroyed, no meat would be viable. Not best suited for self defense. Horrifically irresponsible marketing strategy targeting young teen males, calling the AR 15 a "man card". Eliminating AR 15 might peel away one layer of the onion, so that we can look closer at handguns, street crime, gang activity, etc.
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Vote. 💙🌊⚖️💙🌊 Turning the pumpkin head into a victim, or, even worse, a martyr, plays into his script. His base eats it up. Vote him out, make him irrelevant, that's more effective. Think about it, who remembers the names of all the Watergate defendants? Exactly. Irrelevant.
Vote him out, hopefully with as wide a margin as possible. Soon enough, people will be saying, "who was that guy again? Funny ties, weird hair, too many wives?" Vote 💙🌊💙🌊 Up and down the ballot.
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Seth, Seth, Seth....I am not sure I can ever forgive you for forcing me to say this, but actually MTG is not wrong. I wish you had done just a few google searches about whales before writing those jokes. So it turns out that four whales have beached near Atlantic City and Brigantine NJ since December 2022. Two in December, two more in January. Given that only five whales beached in the entirety of 2021, something bad is happening? They have not proven that the wind farms are to blame, especially because they haven't been built yet. But they are doing surveys to research future wind development, and some of those surveys used sonar. Since whales use sonar, that might have confused the whales on their location? But boat strikes are another very very likely cause. Unfortunately, even a broken clock is correct twice a day. MTG, go away, you just confuse and enrage people, even when you are sort of correct. Boat owners, be nice to whales. Whales are cool. The North Brigantine Natural Area and people who love whales are trying to look out for them. Seth, Seth , Seth, tsk tsk. 🌊🐳🌊
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For instance, some of the manifestations of centuries of racism: low academic outcomes and substandard housing. Of course there's lots more, but can't do everything all at once, right? Because then nothing gets done.
So project one is tutoring for all the fourth graders and tenth graders in the local public school. Posters and events to sign up interested students. Do you really think that only kids from one cultural group will sign up? I bet there will be a mix. Already "racism" took a back seat to getting some work done. Recruiting tutors from the town, finding space, scheduling time for Saturday afternoons and maybe Thursday night. Interviewing and vetting the tutors to keep the students safe. Getting snacks and raising the money for those snacks so the kids can focus on their tutoring and not on their tummies. Mini workshop to give the tutors some insight on the exams the fourth graders and tenth graders take to pass the grade. And so on.
Each time a task is addressed, work got done and there was less time to focus on race, hopefully. If there is a tutor who doesn't understand the assignment and undercuts a student of color by making them feel "stupid", the tutoring coordinators (probably teachers and leadership from the school faculty) can intervene and bid that tutor farewell. It could work. And what if that year more fourth graders and tenth graders pass their year end exams? Why not. Something got done, in spite of racism. So there!
Next year, we'll tutor third graders and ninth graders. Maybe it will work again!! Then we might take another bite of the apple. Project two: refurbishing the substandard housing in the town. Maybe Habitat for Humanity can teach us something. And more work gets done by busy like minded people. Just a few centuries too late, but we can get things done now, and why not?
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@LeftWingNationalist You are basically saying that you know this pumpkin headed grifter will destroy our democracy and our society, then you are further saying that as that horror takes place you just want to be there with a bucket of popcorn to watch the horror play out. If you need to watch a bad movie, go to your local theater, put some money into the economy and watch a movie.
Government is not a bad movie, governing and politics actually should be boring. It's about marking up bills, signing legislation, keeping agencies running so that people can live their lives without worrying about the EPA or DHS. President Biden is signing legislation, moving manufacturing back to the USA, supporting unions, supporting NATO, supporting our military, lowering pharmacy costs, lowering gasoline at the pump, keeping unemployment below 4%, reducing inflation, working on geeen energy, etc. And you are angry at him because... Why again? Wow .... I just can't anymore....
I know who I'm voting for, I'm voting for results. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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Please remember that this pumpkin headed grifter never won the popular vote, so, no, the majority of the USA population never supported this guy. He only won the electoral college; in 2020 he lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. Unfortunately, the GOP infrastructure has done a miserable job of eliminating this guy from their party at every turn when they themselves knew that he was trouble. During Watergate, GOP Congressional leaders visited with Nixon and told him it was time to go. See the difference?
I am a lifelong democratic, but as a lifelong VOTER, I ask GOP voters to be braver than their so called GOP leaders. Vote this guy out of public life. Period. Let him go to jail after his conviction and go the way of those Watergate guys in their orange jumpsuits. Let's face it, you don't really remember those guys' names, right? Move on with your lives. If you need entertainment, watch a movie. Don't let this con artist continue to waste the nation's time and resources.
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Just wanted to say, thank you President Biden. I am more that hapoy that VP Harris is our candidate, but, wow, let's not forget President Biden. Great legislation endures, and please remember that high levels of productivity on legislation is not President Obama's legacy, so.... I deeply loved the Obamas, but everyone has unique talents. Getting legislation across the finish line is President Biden's super power. Let's try to remember that President Biden has several months in his term, and I for one am curious about the legislation he still might produce in his last months in office. A nice SCOTUS reform bill and/or supporting an amendment to counterbalance the flawed immunity opinion would be my top pick. Also, an amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution.
Remember, President Biden is usually playing chess, not checkers. Lets continue to support him. Go Kamala go! Go Tim go! 💙🌊🐬💙🌊. Up and down the ballot to rebalance gerrymandered state legislatures and give President Harris the majorities she needs for the tough legislation that has been on the backburner for years.
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Luckily, Justice Thomas wrote this opinion, the weakest justice with questionable integrity. Realize that Chief Justice Roberts signed on to Kavanaugh's opinion, not Thomas' opinion. So this is really a 4/2/3 opinion, therefore very flawed and vulnerable to reinterpretation. SCOTUS is out of step with the nation. USA population, finally, is demanding gun control legislation from Congress. Get to work, Congress, because we elect you, not SCOTUS. Voters hire Congress, voters fire Congress. ENOUGH.
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Of course Abbott wants to wait until January. After every mass shooting (btw why are we putting up with the fact that there are so many??)the USA public shows interest in gun legislation, then after a few months, the media and the public get distracted and move on again, no results on gun legislation. "We tried, but..." These children and these teachers deserve better. USA nation, never forget. We must hold these public servants accountable, period. How can we continue to live like this? Check your voter registration, find your ID, grab a bottle of water, and vote them out. Call every senator, especially Cornyn, and tell them to finish the language in that new bill. If they can't pass legislation, which is really their only job, then VOTE them OUT. Enough.
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Public education in the USA is grossly underfunded. Is that really a surprise to anyone? Yes, a better nationwide education system might cost more, and we can no longer trust certain states to fund their public schools appropriately. Unfortunately, in a capitalist society, priorities are the things that we spend our money on. Yes, we need to spend more money to hire more teachers and pay better wages to recruit and retain the best talent. The unwillingness to expend tax dollars on this essential public service speaks volumes on how little you value children, job readiness, the critical thinking and knowledge of history/civics needed to be an informed voter in a democracy, basic familiarity with ethics, psychology, philosophy to strength the mind and fend off the anxiety that life sends us all, etc. Yes, spend the money on education. Ignorance is much more expensive.
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@dobsr1184 Texas as a border state receives funds from the federal government to assist with immigration services. If they don't want to provide the service, they should return the money. Did Florida taxpayers approve the use of their funds to move Texas refugees? Hmm...
Also, one or two phone calls to the mayor of Boston would have been an act of professionalism. We have 50 refugees seeking asylum who we cannot house, can you help? Okay, a bunch of phone calls, one or two lawyers, a hotel owner who hasn't been doing well since the pandemic, one or two social workers, we can be ready for them in 12 hours. Down the road, some career counselors and a few restaurants who are understaffed in this tight worker shortage, a local public health clinic, maybe even a public school administrator. But that's not what was done. No notice given, just drop them off and say good luck. That's what the coyotes do. Many were told they were going to Boston, not a small beach town in off season. These are governors? Really?
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In 1968, the incumbent LBJ dropped out of the Democratic presidential race. At the chaotic convention, the Democratic party split. Although VP Humphrey was the Democratic nominee, he didn't truly have the full support of the party during the general election race, with Southern Democrats going in their own direction. George Wallace split off to form the "American Independent Party." Therefore, the Democratic vote was split. However, since the Republican convention did not experience the same level of upheaval, Nixon was able to use the full strength of the Republican party and win the general election, dragging us into Cambodia and Laos, dragging us through Watergate, etc.
An organized strategic convention is important. A chaotic floor fight at the convention can split the party, and almost guarantee that the opposition party could win.
1968 is an important chapter in USA history. I hope your social studies teacher was able to go into appropriate specific detail. Be well. Vote. 💙🌊💙🌊
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Dear Mr skull, your last comment did not post on the thread. Maybe you didn't want others to read it? You sound very stressed, maybe all those guns are increasing your anxiety. Stay calm, don't forget to breathe. If fox news told you that half of the NYPD was fired for lack of compliance on COVID vaccination, then you have been deceived. I am glad that virtually all NYPD came to their senses and continued to serve the public by supporting COVID control measures. New York paid a tragic tragic price for the early ineptitude of t****p on infection control, so I cannot turn COVID into a joke. It is ghoulish. Gun violence is ghoulish. Street crime vs mass shootings are very different concepts with very different solutions. Making fun of NYC doesn't reduce these grotesque school shootings, especially since NYC doesn't have them. Restricting or eliminating AR 15 would be helpful, because AR 15 was used in more than 12 of these horrific events:. Buffalo, Uvalde, El Paso, Aurora, Las Vegas, Parkland, Sandy Hook, etc etc etc. It is ghoulish and grotesque.
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Gun control works. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. Anyone who tells you that gun safety legislation is useless is a liar, or a gun vendor trying to get your money. Please remember, gun sales are driven by fear, and the gun industry makes even more money after every mass shooting because of the uptick in anxiety and trauma. The gun industry does not want this carnage to end. We the people want it to end, and comprehensive federal gun safety legislation can do that. Contact your representatives ASAP, and vote accordingly. Enough. Vote them out if they don't know how to draft gun safety legislation and vote yes on the floor of Congress. Enough. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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@NYx3 OMG, yes to virtually everything! A deep dive please on the Heller case (2008 I believe) vs prior SCOTUS decisions that focused on the well regulated militia.
I'm not saying that I know enough about this, but it almost seems that focus shifted to the "shall not be infringed" clause, and completely skipped "the people". "The people" is not the same as "the individual". The individual male using an AR-15 without training, without comprehensive background checks and mental health screening, that individual has the potential to shred the people, the family, the school community, the town. And the AR 15 particularly seems to have done that at least 12 horrific times: Las Vegas, Sandy Hook, parkland, Buffalo, Uvalde, etc etc etc etc.
Might be hard to get an audience interested in constitutional law, but I would love to know about the controlling SCOTUS opinions prior to Heller, and why we are allowing this one case to destroy our communities.
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First, let's focus. This is about Sandra Day O'Connor. She deserves her day.
Having said that, President Biden has signed an impressive amount of legislation. That's the job. So you're angry at him for doing his job? Inflation down to 3%, no additional interest rate increases from the Fed, interest cuts predicted soon, gasoline down to $3, green energy on the march to make gasoline obsolete. Presidents getting stuff done, I'm for it! Maybe he's old, but FDR and LBJ were old and ugly too. Presidents getting things done, I'm for it. 🗽💙🌊🗽
Thank you, Justice O'Connor, for meeting your moment in stupendous fashion. Enjoy your rest well earned, enjoy your roses gathered in winter. ❄️🌹❄️
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Mr "Jess C": I'm surprised that you are so poorly informed on the character of my amazing city 🌆. NYC is a city of immigrants, and we are enormously proud of our diversity.
We were overwhelmed with immigration in the 1880s and found a way to build a stronger society because of those challenges. We didn't hide behind a ridiculous slogan like "close the harbor." Unless you are a member of a native American tribe, we welcomed YOUR ancestors too. Millions and millions and millions of immigrants. Presidential Theodore Roosevelt's progressive policies, the settlement houses, new laws to prevent child labor, growth of unions to support vulnerable immigrants against the abuses of the Robber Barons, new building standards to rework tenement buildings, etc. We found solutions, we did the work.
As a major international transportation hub, we welcome immigrants constantly everytime a plane lands. Because we are an inclusive city (although not a perfect city) refugees and immigrants know that they have access to the police without fear of ICE interference, access to public education and public health. This helps everyone to be a bit safer. Our dangers do not come from immigrants who are happy to be here, our dangers are generated by Abbott's inability to embrace gun safety. Texas' guns flood the iron pipeline and feed criminal gun traffickers.
Mayor Addams is asking Abbott to pick up the phone before dispatching his buses, so that refugees can receive better services. Port Authority Bus terminal is not a refugee welcome center. Strangely, Texas receives federal funds as a border state to support immigration services, and they do have an immigration center. Clearly Abbott doesn't know how to make that center work effectively. How unfortunate. Maybe Abbott can't handle a big job like being the governor of a large state. Vote blue 💙and vote Abbott out to fix that problem in November. 💙 Border states receive federal funds for immigration services. If Abbott cannot provide those services, he should refund those monies, and share those federal funds with the states where he is dumping his responsibilities. If Abbott can behave like a professional and make a phone call, we can all use public resources more efficiently.
NYC is an awesome international city that embraces its reputation as a city of immigrants. Looking forward to Florida and Texas wrapping their arms around this essential USA story. 🗽
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The "beating Medicare" thing is a person with a stutter tripping up, plain and simple. He meant to say "beating big Pharma." Listen to it again. It's not hard to hear.
The conversation was about using a fair tax code to raise money for the initiatives that he wants in his second term, like expanding a successful program on pharmacy price control for Medicare. He wants to expand that to more people beyond Medicare. That's why you hear him stumble through a few medical issues like COVID.
If he were in a meeting with staff or Congressional representatives marking up a bill, he would stop, take a breath and a sip of water, and course correct. But because he is in a high pressure highly timed adversarial environment, he got flustered. That emotional component happens in stuttering, asthma attacks, etc. And knowing that you have to say everything in one minute doesn't help a stutter.
The way some people are piling on here reminds me of the outcry over Senator Fetterman. He's going to destroy the Senate, he can't cope, he wears a hoodie. None of that happened. Fetterman became a Senator who is doing the job. Given Biden's legislation production and NATO success, it's clear to me that he can do the job. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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Please vote democratic up and down the ballot in November. We can no longer trust republicans while this "political party" is in free fall. Insurrection, McCarthy kneeling before that pumpkin headed grifter, Abbott's desire to make Texas a gun sanctuary state while children die, McConnell's political maneuvers with Gorsuch and Barrett, perjury from supreme court nominees, lack of respect for states rights with the NYS gun control law from 1911, lack of respect for 50 years of precedent in Roe, Thomas' lack of integrity, really what else can we stand for? Vote republicans out, because they enabled this mess. Voters must hold this "party" accountable. Republicans can either get it together, or go the way of the Whigs.
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Netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Two new prime ministers on both sides, start over! People with diplomatic backgrounds needed. Also a prime minister with an engineering background or construction background, because there's certainly going to be a huge amount of rebuilding after the bombs stop. Can't the bombs just stop?? Ceasefire, food, water, medicine, then new prime ministers. Start over. Housing, hospitals, schools. There's work to do. Get along, build a house, get sweaty, exhausted, hungry, sit at table together to share a meal, sleep, get up, build another house. There's work to do. Enough.
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@daveburrows9876 "shall not be infringed" must be balanced against "well regulated". Clearly, the public safety of innocents is a major issue now on a daily basis, something the framers never intended. All the words do matter.
A spike in gun sales during the pandemic has completely saturated the USA, making it much too easy for mistakes to happen, and these "mistakes" are now happening on a daily basis. Let's have mistakes without guns. Guns are dangerous things, they should be difficult to get. Not impossible, just difficult. Mistakes with fists are a bit easier to resolve. Gun safes, permits, registration, training, mental health assessment and screening for each purchase, age limits are all common sense gun safety requirements. Any responsible hunter is already complying with similar guidelines and would probably appreciate other hunters to be responsible too. We all know we are not talking about hunting. Open carry of every weapon for everyone everywhere without permits? A bit reckless for the current situation the USA is in. The states that have those flimsy laws enable the gun traffickers who supply criminals in states that are trying to resolve the problem. Remember, top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Gun control doesn't make the problem disappear, but it does reduce it. This is not about "democrat cities".
What second amendment fans fail to see is that the majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. If they cannot have a reasonable approach to a real life application of the amendment that supports public safety, the 2nd amendment will go the way of the 18th amendment. Once Prohibition became a widespread public safety issue, the 21st amendment put an end to that problem and we took a different approach to alcoholism as a nation. Well regulated is not infringement. All rights are balanced with responsibilities.
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@diro2ss I believe that the USA can have an impact on migration conditions in our hemisphere if Congress will finally pass updated immigration legislation. But MTG and friends are busy spending tax payer dollars on investigations of everything except their own dear leader's wrongdoings. The upheaval in our hemisphere was set in motion many years ago when we supported corrupt dictators in the region. A real dialogue with all stakeholders in the Western Hemisphere to create real solutions would be more effective than Abbott with his hair on fire and Adams who frankly is just a bad mayor. I voted for the guy, now I cannot wait to vote him out.
NBC also provided some bad reporting here. It looks like they were trying to combine a "first day of school" story with an immigration story. I believe enrollment in schools had actually decreased a bit after the pandemic, so public schools can probably adjust to 20,000 students. NYC is a city of 8 million people; we are accustomed to doing big things. Accommodating English language learners is also nothing new to us. Again, Adams is just a bad mayor.
Overcrowding in housing is the more serious issue, and again there are solutions for this. There are many empty residential units that are being warehoused while real estate interests try to hold out for higher prices and higher rents. In addition, repurposing underutilized commercial space for residential use is absolutely possible, but Adams has not explored that, not that I have heard. Creating artificial scarcity in the housing market grossly inflates rents. But Adams doesn't want to stand up to NYC real estate power brokers, because they funded his campaign.
I voted for Adams, but he has been a bitter disappointment. For instance, if he would develop positive relationships with other stakeholders in NYS, if he had a working relationship with the governor, he could find solutions. He just does not know how to do his job. PBS news hour did a piece on this story and included a comment from the New York Immigration Coalition stating that this problem is more about using resources properly, not lack of resources. I wonder if Adams is listening to the many groups in NYC who know quite a bit about housing and immigration. In my experience, this new mayor does a lot of talking, a lot of photo ops, but not a lot of listening.
NYC unable to manage immigration.... it's a laugh. Adams stepped into Abbott's trap, and he is giving Abbott lots of drama and media attention. I wish Fiorello LaGuardia could come back to life and give Adams the lecture he deserves.
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Focus. Ceasefire. Stop bombing children. Important topic, stop with the distractions and bright shiny objects. International law, get it? New prime ministers on all sides, diplomacy, map making, respect for United Nations condemnations, rebuilding hospitals, housing, schools, entire neighborhoods, water systems, rebuilding two economies, finish netanyahu's corruption trial. Enough. Ceasefire, get to work.
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DeSantis and Abbott are proving that they are incapable of handling large tasks. So obvious that they are unable to manage their states; certainly incapable of serving the nation. Vote blue 💙 for governor in Texas and Florida. Better government is available.
DeSantis is incapable of calling Baker, a republican governor, to tell him that a plane is on the way? One phone call and the plane lands at the military base instead of the detour to Martha's Vineyard. Abbott is incapable of answering the phone the multiple times that Addams called to coordinate arrivals since this started. Multiple buses arrive in NYC as a media event. With minimal coordination, they could arrive to a large facility like the convention center if there are 500+, food and water and medical waiting, or they could arrive directly to a hotel if there are 50+ who don't need medical, but only need a social worker and an attorney. See how planning works, Abbott? Port Authority Bus terminal is not a refugee welcome center, and you waste public resources when you are trying to convert Port Authority into an improv theatre space. And btw border states receive federal funds to assist with immigration services, so if you don't want to do that anymore, send along the federal monies with the refugees you don't want to help. Vote blue 💙 to end the drama.
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Yes, there is too much that is not known. That's why his family remarked that the "accidental death" designation was especially unfortunate because it put an end to further investigation.
I don't know all the secrets either, but the fact that Anton said to the officer that he was schizophrenic while more official paperwork declares him bi polar hints that his diagnosis might have been very recent and still in process, psychiatrists and social workers still trying to come to the best conclusion. That complicates the guesses about meds even further, since it's not unusual for a person with high blood pressure to try different meds and life style changes before settling on the best treatment. There are many studies that show that it is not unusual for USA clients with depression to switch through five different meds before finding the best fit, and many other studies that show that a regime of meditation, exercise and cognitive behavioral treatment can be superior to any meds.
I agree that "what does your doctor say" is a great question to ask. I am horrified that the paid public servant, the police officer, never thought to ask that question. He could have asked Anton as a follow up in the parking lot. He could have knocked on the door and asked Anton's family that question before smashing the car window. He could have called the town emergency room and asked for advice from the psychiatrist on call.
I'm sure that handcuffing someone can be done correctly. The point is this officer clearly did not do that, because this young man died in his custody. Also, proper handcuffing protocol probably does not include using the random motorcycle guy. Custody means that person is in your care. This police officer did not use care.
In terms of why he was working in this town after retiring from Delaware, they said that a new politician had a "get tough on crime" slogan, and that gentleman insisted on hiring this officer even after he was warned that he had recently been involved in a police brutality investigation over the border in Delaware.
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Tom A: Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is absolutely not an "unsolvable issue." Lazy congressional representatives and those paid by the gun lobby want you to feel that way. Vote out the congressional representatives who refuse to write bills. The job of a lawmaker is to write laws. Vote them out.
The AR 15 experienced very low sales when it was first introduced to the civilian market. Hunting was losing popularity as a "sport", so the gun industry needed a new way to sell guns. The AR 15 is not a true hunting rifle because it's too destructive and leaves no useable meat. So the irresponsible gun industry developed a horribly irresponsible advertising strategy: target underage males and call the AR 15 "your man card." Military styled weapons would never have been popular soon after Vietnam in a nation exhausted from war. However, much later when the draft was gone, the illusion of military behaviors without any service to the nation was a vicarious experience to sell to young males who had not yet thought deeply about their lives. That's why age limits work. The brain is very different at age 18 vs age 25. As AR 15 sales jump into the millions, public safety problems and mass shootings increase.
Then the perfect storm of bad ideas. The sunset of the crime bill and the assault weapons ban (2004), the Heller decision (2008), and, most ridiculously, Bush signs PLCAA (2005) to shield gun manufacturers from the damage caused by their grotesquely dangerous products. In a post Columbine world, this is a breathtaking lack of responsibility from "leadership." Therefore, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed to repair the horrific damage and reverse the trend of increased mass shootings that began in the 2000s.
Gov Abbott has not been strengthening gun laws. He declared Texas a gun sanctuary state, allows for open carry without permits(over the objection of Texas law enforcement) and cut his mental health budget. Uvalde occurred soon after Abbott's horrible decisions. Gun control works. Let's pass the legislation. We have work to do, innocent people are dying.
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On the federal level, start by repealing PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
At the federal level, start with no new sales of AR 15, the most useless gun. Gun buybacks can encourage owners to divest themselves of this grotesque thing. Mandating gun safes is just a basic practice that responsible gun owners are already doing. That keeps the things locked in the basement, not walking around the world. It also prevents guns from being stolen during home burglary and falling into the hands of criminals. Ask any cop how commonplace that is.
Little by little, we can peel back the layers of this onion. Ghost guns, gun owner suicides, hand guns and street crime, etc. However, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is where we start. The current background checks are not comprehensive enough. The patchwork of flimsy state gun laws is clearly not working.
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Musk wants to burn the government down. Pumpkin just wanted to say out of prison. If this confrontation knocks musk out of government, that would be progress. Musk's little committee has no actual power, he can only make suggestions. It's not a governmental committee, it's not a Congressional committee. Just ignore Musk's stupid suggestions. Trump doesn't sign this bill, President Biden will do the signature. If I were Johnson, I would take the bipartisan agreement he had, ignore Musk, take that bill to the Senate and ask Biden to meet you there to get it signed ASAP. And Johnson can get his picture taken walking upright and pulling off a brave victory, and everyone can get on a plane, get screened by TSA, knowing that military families will be getting their paychecks. Then Johnson can start writing his book, the next edition of Profiles in Courage.
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Yes, President Biden is doing a good job. Historically low unemployment, historic stock market highs, reinvigorating unions, infrastructure projects in process across the nation, chips manufacturing in the USA, veterans healthcare, pharmacy price control, etc etc etc. Impressive legislation accomplishments to rival FDR and LBJ. Yes, objectively the data shows he is doing a good job. Data and facts matter. Yes, he is old. RFK jr is old. FDR was old, ugly and disabled. We're not casting a Hollywood movie, we're electing a president who knows how to get legislation signed. Pay attention to history; in 1968 the third party got us Nixon. 🗽
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Yes, she did. She said it clearly in a loud voice. Sign the existing bipartisan immigration bill.
That provides the power of the purse to get the technology that screens vehicles crossing the border, because that's how fentanyl is entering, not in migrants' backpacks. Cannot upgrade that screening equipment with executive orders. The power of the purse to hire additional border patrol and hearing officers and likely administrative staff to clear up the YEARS of paperwork that the pumpkin head left behind. That includes paperwork that would have gotten our Afghan allies out in a timely fashion, so that thousands were not waiting literally for years, and now they are stuck in desperation waving paperwork over their heads in the hope that a member of the military will spot them in the crowd.
Many people who apply "the right way" from many countries wait several years, sometimes more than ten years, to get their paperwork processed. A nurse from the Philippines reported waiting more than ten years, and that's a shortage area for us. That's dysfunctional.
Executive orders will never fix immigration. Using old immigration legislation from the 1980s will never fix immigration. Congress must do its job, the pumpkin head must step back, and the president can sign updated immigration legislation. That's the way a bill becomes a law. 🗽
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The top line of this panel was: "People think this is a big set back. Is that true?" Now a lot a people in comments universe say, this is terrible, this is horrible, this is corrupt. Okay, the DC circuit court of appeals already has this on an expedited schedule for January 9th I believe. So SCOTUS thought, we don't have to expedite, because DC appeals already has it on the rocket docket. Then when the DC court rules, SCOTUS has the opportunity to concur with their opinion. That's actually quite speedy. Might not be speedy enough for March 4th, but some of the delays at this point are also about the amount of time needed to empanel a jury for a high profile case like this. I also think that we would have a much better SCOTUS if Thomas and Alito would go away, however, this particular decision is actually not a four alarm fire. Stay tuned. Make your voting plans now. ⚖️🗽💙🌊🗽⚖️
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You do realize that none of that pertains to this case, right? D&C , also known as abortion, is a necessary part of treatment after a miscarriage or in the case of a fetal anomaly. Leaving necrotic tissue inside a woman's body is toxic and life threatening and dangerous to her internal organs , thereby threatening her fertility. That's what makes these abortion bans so dangerous. At a time when healthcare needs to move quickly when anomaly enters a pregnancy, couples are trying to drive out of state to save a woman's life.
It has already happened multiple times in multiple states. There is a class action lawsuit in Texas covering 10 to 20 women. These laws are written so poorly, and their enforcement is so cruel.
Because pregnancy by definition is treated on a case by case basis, the decision for a d&c must happen on a case by case basis, in a doctor's office, where a doctor with a specialized medical degree, not a legislator or an attorney general or even a judge WITHOUT a medical degree, gives her patient the medical information that allows her patient to give informed consent on a medical procedure. Like all medical information, that is a private matter.
Does the Texas state legislature have an opinion on your cancer treatment? Does your doctor check with the attorney general before treating your stroke, or wait until you are as close to death as possible before beginning stroke treatment? Enough. I predict that Texas women soon will be fighting for an amendment to their state constitution. Be Ohio. 🗽
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I'm sorry to see you embrace pessimism. Unfortunately, one of the considerations that a district attorney's office must make is the potential cost of a legal case in addition to the potential for a conviction. Therefore, using tax payer dollars to bring a case you have no chance to win, they have to decide when that equation is not worth it. However, your chances of winning improve the more work you put into the case. Unfortunately, because the pumpkin headed grifter always exhausts the courts with numerous appeals and years of obstruction, his cases are always expensive. He also resolves many cases himself with payments and non disclosure agreements. It is very possible that in the past, underfunded DA offices thought that going after the orange marshmallow might not be worth the time and the cost. However, that calculation is very different now. Courts are more likely to recognize his obstructionist behaviors and dismiss his capricious motions more quickly. And some of these cases are worth the effort regardless of the time or the cost. However, it is still essential that the taxpayers, that the people, will win in the end, so the quality of the case always matters.
Don't give up. Be of good cheer. The victory is sweeter after a hard fought struggle. We will get there. We will get there as a nation. We are so much closer now.
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We need stronger civics instruction and accurate history curriculum. Voters should have been able to spot an obvious demagogue and see the parallels to the 1930s, but a weak foundation in history makes that difficult. Improved instruction is unlikely to come from the federal Department of Education, because the pumpkin is trying to eliminate that agency. Public schools are already overwhelmed by book bans. Hmm.....wonder why he loves undereducated voters?
This is an "Each one Teach one" moment, this is a Sputnik moment. Accurate history needs to come from neighbors, from public library workshops, from local museum meet ups, from after school programs, from bookstores and book clubs, from churches, from senior centers, etc. When Home Depot has a stack of Civics pamphlets next to the cash register, yeah, that's about right. I would like to add responsible balanced media to the list, but I fear that everyone will just stay in their bubbles and nothing will be achieved.
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@billbillerton6122 I need some grammar. "They" did what and have what for a long time? Please be clear if you want a response. Having said that, I'm fairly certain you want to repeat some team talking points rather than discuss meaningful immigration legislation. We are all immigrants unless you are a full blooded member of an indigenous nation. Period. Walls will not help us to get along. The Monroe Doctrine indicates that we take an interest in the Western hemisphere. So let's do that, rather than destabilizing governments and supporting creepy dictators, then thinking that we will never pay the price for that empty headed "foreign policy". All the stakeholders in an auditorium, lots of coffee and bagels, lock the doors, no one gets out without a draft of serious legislation. Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, South America, unions, business interests, ATF, state department, Homeland Security, NGOs. Lots of coffee, lots of ideas. Let's get to work. Contact your representatives ASAP. 🗽
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On the federal level, start by repealing PLCAA (2005), the worst bill Bush ever signed. PLCAA created a liability shield for gun manufacturers from the damages caused by their grotesquely dangerous products. No wonder the gun industry behaves with impunity. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation should include the following: training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. There are other issues like straw purchases and private sales and gun show loopholes, but we could probably start with that list and see how it goes. These are things that most responsible gun owners already do. Irresponsible gun owners, not so much. We still need to work on ghost guns, gun owner suicides, handguns and street crime, etc. We have a gun problem. Let's get to work.
Gun safety legislation supports responsible gun owners, and reminds irresponsible gun owners that they need to behave. Guns are dangerous things, they should be difficult to get, and serious business to keep safely. If they are difficult to get for legal owners, fewer guns will leak into illegal markets and criminals will find them harder and harder to get too. Right now, gun traffickers are just driving them across state lines, so that has to stop. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation should close some of those gaps.
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Absolutely true. A handgun for protection in the home, I understand. I don't want it, but if you feel you need that, okay.
Get training, a permit, a mandated gun safe, a mental health screening just in case, be older than 21 or 25 for that good brain development and judgement that just is not there at age 18, a waiting period because if someone needs a gun in a hurry that's a huge red flag right there. A gun is a dangerous thing, so the decision to get one should have some steps and take some time.
A true hunting rifle, absolutely. I totally understand that rural areas and urban areas have different needs. The AR 15 is not a hunting rifle. It is too destructive and leaves no useable meat. Recent reporting in the Atlantic describes the AR 15 as the man's Barbie doll. There was an effective hunting rifle that was used prior to 1990 approximately. Let's use that. Because AR 15 was a very unpopular gun when it was first "modified" for sale to civilians. Sales spiked when the irresponsible gun industry targeted underage males for their advertising, calling the AR 15 "your man card".
So let's go back to something that was a more responsible hunting rifle. The AR 15 should never have been available to civilians. Even the original inventor of the gun says so. No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep the old AR 15 safely locked away from thieves, children, and the public.
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@harrybriscoe7948 FLA is a big state, so I guess it's hard to do it together, but it feels like a group clean up day could at least be a bit more fun?
In the worst days of the Bronx, not that long after those terrible pictures that looked like Munich after the bombings of world war two (1978?) lots of block associations would do block clean ups. Sometimes really ad hoc, sometimes just a super getting really into his work, sometimes it was a clean up of an empty lot that became a garden. Then the NYC Dept of Parks got involved by sharing tools and garbage bags; then private groups giving away bulbs to plant after an area had been cleaned. I think they also started putting barriers on some of the paths that contractors and cars were using to do their dumping.
I remember once after I had one of my first real jobs (so I had an actual salary, money to burn😎) I went to one of my old blocks and talked to some young people hanging out, "Hey let's do a clean up and then I'll buy everyone pizza." It's just to say that sometimes the concept can take on a life of its own. It was more effective to get other young people involved, especially because their mothers contributed the brooms! Totally worth the price of the pizza! 🍕 I hope you guys get some helpers! You all certainly deserve the help! The block art murals, the look on a little girl's face when she learns the difference between a weed and a flower..... Gorgeous memories are made during group clean ups, I think. Be well, be safe, stay awesome.🌴🐬
(Sorry this is so long, oops)
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@kuribojim3916 Not loving the language "destruction" of Hamas. Too much destruction already, right? Dismantling, absolutely.
In terms of emergence of a civilian authority, absolutely. People who are community organizers do this stuff for a living all the time. Not easy at all, but it can be done, and it has been done. On every block, there are neighbors who people respect more than other neighbors. That's your block leader. Here it would be the lady who always looks out her window to make sure the kids are playing safely. It's the lady who organizes the summer bus trip to the beach. It's the mom who takes extra kids with her kids when they are going to the park. It's the dad who coaches little league. Those folks live in Gaza too, it just looks and sounds a bit different. The soccer coach? The lady who always bakes a little extra bread just in case a neighbor needs help. Something like that. Inviting those natural leaders to a neighborhood get together might be very enlightening to see the basic grassroots fabric of Palestine. Put out tea and pastry and people will come!
Let them identify their priorities, rather than telling them what someone is going to do to them or for them. Be prepared to listen more than talk. Maybe you want to build a hospital, but maybe they want to work on something else first. Once people feel heard and empowered, Hamas will actually dismantle themselves, because they will cease to be relevant to daily life.
It can work, it really can. It does take time, it does take patience. But it works. Here's what's clear, the 75 years of vengeance is not working. The soccer dad just wants to play soccer. Talk to those folks for a change.
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Actually, President Biden has an impressive legislative record, plus the expansion of NATO and Pacific alliances, etc. President Biden got legislation across the finish line with razor thin majorities; LBJ had much wider margins to work with. LBJ, FDR , Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt the trust buster, Truman who desegregated the military, Eisenhower, many many great presidents to choose from. This is not a contest, this is about service to the nation. Go Kamala, go. 🗽⚖️💙🌊💙🌊⚖️🗽
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Dear MTP staff, can you please do a "deep dive" on the Heller case (2008?). I think that would shine a light on the shift in interpretation of the second amendment that some gun owners are clinging to so obsessively.
I believe there were years of prior cases that put the emphasis on "well regulated militia" whereas this other case in 2008 shifted to "shall not be infringed". Also, when did the rights of "the people," which is usually a reference to a group, a community, like the family of man, when did the people shift to one individual owning an assault weapon that can shred the community, can destroy a civil society.
Right now, it seems that the second amendment is killing us with that rigid attachment to one phrase, one side of a comma in a short sentence. Explaining Heller, and the cases that came before Heller, might shake this notion that George Washington himself intended teen males to murder children with assault weapons. Please help us with information, a little taste of constitutional law. How you make that show appealing to an audience is up to you. Thanks.
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Any real Christian would not want people to die in these random shooting events. Highest rate of gun deaths: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest rate of gun deaths: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Are you saying that Mississippi is not praying hard enough?? The difference is gun control, and you know it. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Contact your representative ASAP. Or continue to stand by and do nothing, because that's evil and lazy. Gun control works.
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So, the last time the Democrats tried this was 1968? And how did that go?? The Democratic party split in an historically chaotic convention complete with a sloppy floor fight. And, of course, Nixon, the Republican, won. Nixon.
So ... we're doing that again?? No, the pumpkin head is much worse than Nixon, and we all know it. OMG.
Are any of these "media experts" using their brains? This story has been in the news for two weeks because it's dramatic, and the media needs clicks. I really don't think regular people raising their families, going to work, doing the laundry, walking the dog, no, I don't think they want this mess.
President Biden has an impressive legislative record, comparable to LBJ (ironically) and FDR. And we are tossing that aside because he's old and ugly? Okay, FDR was old and ugly and disabled. He saved the nation from the Great Depression and World War Two. Maybe Biden is old and experienced. Maybe some in the media are saying to themselves, "Ooh, an old fashioned foor fight, I have never seen one of those! That would make great must-see TV ".
This is not a joke. This is our nation. This is not the disciplined organized strategic Democratic caucus I thought I knew. 🗽💙🗽
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💙🌊💙🌊 Up and down the ballot, for judicial appointments, for rebalancing gerrymandered state legislatures, for an excellent House Speaker Jefferies, for returning to productivity on getting legislation signed, for getting things done. For infrastructure, for chips manufacturing in the USA, for veterans healthcare, for pharmacy price controls, for green energy, for gun safety, etc. Thank you, President Biden! 💙🌊💙🌊
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@mehere8038 I do not at all understand the chemistry of pesticides. Oops. Hoping that the Central Park staff, plus the Central Park Conservancy, plus the birding community.... It feels like there is a fairly large community around Flaco and other birds right now? We had good luck with Pale Male and other hawks, so...
Maybe someone can make sure that less dangerous rat poisons are used within Central Park, since that's probably where Flaco does most of his hunting? Even if other areas of the city are doing something more robust to reduce the rat population? But the rat problem is really serious right now, and that spreads disease so we can't just ignore the rat problem. Frankly, I don't think the Mayor is very helpful right now, especially because he targeted sanitation and parks for budget cuts, and those are two departments crucial to the rat infestation.
But the Central Park Conservancy is basically a private group, so maybe they can help. A consultant fee to a chemist and an exterminator? Huzzah, Flaco! I hope you are a careful picky eater and hunter. 🦉🗽🦉
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What matters now is action on gun safety, in addition to words. No action, no peace, so true! No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves and the public. Then moving on to ghost guns, street crime, repeal PLCAA, etc. Hey, USA, pay attention, we have a gun problem.
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Mr Mike Slater: The second amendment is a long sentence with many clauses and commas. Scalia's Heller opinion, widely considered to be a flawed opinion, shifted emphasis away from the first words, "well regulated militia", onto "shall not be infringed." Prior opinions had not done that, so it seems this was foreshadowing of conservative courts choosing to ignore precedent.
But even Scalia wrote that gun rights are not unlimited. But NRA ignored that, took the opinion and ran with it and made buckets and buckets of money telling their followers incomplete information. Gun vendors, gun traffickers, they benefit while innocents suffer. They also scored PLCAA, the most ridiculous bill Pres Bush ever signed, shielding gun manufacturers from liability. Imagine big tobacco with that kind of "get out of jail free" card.
So here we are, no one paying attention in social studies class much less taking a class in constitutional law, yet pontificating on the second amendment while we watch 600+ mass killings play out on TV. This is NOT what this nation is about, and laying these massacres at the feet of the Founders is disgusting at best.
Since SCOTUS is not functional until some old man retires, it is past time for legislation to fill the gaps in common sense. Many states have already stepped up with strong gun control. It's time for better federal regulations to close the state to state gaps that fuel the iron pipe line that drive guns illegal from soft gun states into gun control states that are just trying to protect their people. Remember the shooting at Buffalo was enabled by materials obtained in Pennsylvania and illegally taken across the state line.
Enough. Lawmakers, start writing laws that the majority of the USA population supports. Enough death. ENOUGH
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The problem is that this "fire hose of lies' is a strategy that tends to overwhelm the opponent, because just as you are framing a response to one lie, five more falsehoods come in a wave. And remember in a debate format, the opponent only has about one minute to respond, so not enough time to make your point, then also fact check 5-10 lies.
Luckily, there is a fix for this. Vote Harris/Walz. 💙🌊⚖️💙🌊. Start making your voting plans now: extra bottles of water, check your voter registration status, update government ID if necessary, plan those carpools to the voting locations, and practice the dance moves for the victory party on the block!! 🎵🎶🎵💙🌊🎶🎵🎶 Our 2020 victory party included fireworks! See you in November! 🗽💙🌊🌆💙🌊🗽
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Recent reporting in The Atlantic states that part of the appeal of the AR 15 is that it has become the man's Barbie doll, because it has accessories. Barbie has her dream house and the pink convertible, well, the AR 15 has some fun accessories too. This is the thing that we are sacrificing children to. In addition, Sandy Hook families shared research that was used in their successful civil case that bankrupted the gun manufacturer that made the AR that slaughtered their children. Their research shows that the AR 15 was an unpopular gun with very low sales until the gun industry shifted to an irresponsible advertising strategy targeting underage males, calling the AR 15 "your man card". In that light, not so surprising that most mass shooters are young males who are troubled. This is the monstrosity that we are sacrificing children to. The AR 15 is not a hunting rifle, because it is too destructive and leaves no useable meat. Enough. No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves, and the public. Find another Barbie doll to play with.
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I have lived in dangerous neighborhoods; I have never owned a gun and I never will. Often the gun ends up being a danger to the owner. The best crime prevention tool is your brain; ask any cop about that. I use my brains as often as possible. A good dog, good neighbors, also super terrific! Be a smart neighbor today!
If you want to get a permit for a handgun for your home or your RV, great. Doesn't work for me, but get training, get a gun safe, do the right thing. Not open carry, not without permits, because it's just not safe for anyone. But an AR 15? Why? Are you shipping out to Vietnam, because that's what that thing was intended for. Get a gun if you must (not an arsenal) but AR 15 is not that gun. Be safe, everyone! No new sales of AR 15. Honor Uvalde with legislation! 🗽🦋🗽
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It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Ratification is not easy, but it's also not impossible. 38 states are needed. However, keep in mind that 10 states already ban AR 15, and several states have robust gun control programs.
One of the problems is that the gaps between flimsy gun laws states and strong gun safety state are exploited by gun traffickers who drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Therefore, it is difficult to solve this at the state level. A new amendment would put the gun safety issue in a wider context.
Ratification ensures that all state legislatures would debate gun safety, instead of what we do now: empty thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing, rinse and repeat. It is shameful to continue to do nothing, to give up and say this is normal. Contact your representatives at the state and federal level ASAP to determine their position on gun safety. Propose the idea of a public safety amendment to the Constitution. There are no Redcoats, we have the National Guard, we have no reason to encourage militia LARPers to hoard arsenals of weapons in their basements. This is not about a person with a rifle for legitimate hunting, a handgun to protect your home. This is about making a change that will end the daily carnage. A new amendment would put the national gun safety conversation on a fresh path. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Mr imperialmotoring: I think you don't follow responsible news sources, and you don't understand how pregnancy works. This first time mother had a complication in her pregnancy. However, when she sought help with the miscarriage, she was told she had to wait until she was almost dying, since the law states " the life of the mother" not "the health of the mother." These religious extremists, so called pro lifers, never bothered to understand that d&c is part of miscarriage treatment. D&c is also considered an "abortion". However, if necrotic tissue that results from a miscarriage is left inside a woman's body, that can result in sepsis and death. Understand now?
Don't pass laws that endanger women's lives until you know what you are doing. But most likely, they knew that denying access to abortion would result in the deaths of women, especially in Texas with a maternal mortality rate that would make a third world country blush. If I know God as well as I know I do, She is so angry at these so called christians right now. Vote carefully in 2024 up and down the ballot to repair reproductive healthcare and save women's lives. 💚💙🌊💙🌊💚
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Allowing news to become entertainment is a huge problem. Democracy is not a bad movie you are watching. Democracy is a participation sport. A democracy depends upon an informed citizenry. Focus on civics instruction and accurate history curriculum. For all generations at all levels. Unlikely to come from the Department of Education with this administration, but after school programs, public libraries, workshops in local museums, bookstores, bookclubs, etc. Every organization we can think of that is outside the bubble, that connects to both sides of the political spectrum. Any media organization that calls itself news must use legacy journalistic standards. Fact checking required. Make Walter Cronkite proud. If cable news wants to be called news, they need to participate as well. If not, they get another title, like political fiction or historical fiction. Enough!
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Yes, let's have a specific bill focused on mass shootings. Then assault weapons and the AR 15 used in so many of these terroristic massacres can be addressed. Imagine what that could feel like if mass shootings stopped, or even decreased?? If we solve the AR 15, then we can go on to street crime, handguns, gang activity, domestic violence etc etc. We could stop getting tangled in NRA talking points if we start tackling smaller clearer goals that the public can get behind and hold lawmakers to account.
The paralysis of the Senate under Mitch McConnell is what causes lawmakers to want giant legislation that tackles everything. The feeling is we are only going to get one chance to pass one bill. What if the Senate could function again? They could pass one bill, check that box, then move to the next bill and handle domestic violence next, then the handguns/street crime issue. We would see movement for a change.
Please democratic voters, we need 60+ senators to break through and get things done. Republican caucus, you do not have to keep electing McConnell as your caucus leader, as he leads the nation into the abyss. Kentucky, what is going on with your voters? You could help the nation by rethinking your senators.
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This guy Abbott....he displays all the laws and regulations he passed after Sante Fe, and then says that Texas demands results. But how did any of that pile of paper yield results if the mass shootings in Texas continue, and these more recent shootings are not just in schools. So that says that doing everything EXCEPT the gun basically does not achieve results. Right? The problem is the gun. Yes, Texas needs increased mental health funding, especially because their levels of mental health services are disgustingly inadequate. Texas is one of the last states in mental health services, yet they seem to use mental health as the excuse for inaction more frequently than almost any other state. The problem is the gun and we all know it. No permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement, that's chaos. How did Abbott ever think that was going to work? What he did know is that it would make obscene amounts of money for gun vendors.
No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes for old AR 15 to keep them away from children, thieves and the public. Vote Abbott out. Remember, Texas guns don't stay in Texas. The irresponsibility of this governor threatens the safety of neighboring states. Enough. We don't have to live this way.
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Maybe it's just me ....Seems like Texas needs better gun safety laws and a more responsible governor? Hey, Abbott, how's that "gun sanctuary state" thing working for you? Well, it's working great for Abbott, just not working to protect Texas residents. Guns have more rights in Texas than innocent people. Got it. Hey, Texas, you want to do something about that?
Gun safes, training, permits, age limits, magazine limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, truly comprehensive background checks not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods to fully vet the purchaser. Contact your representative ASAP. Honored the angels with legislation. Guns are dangerous things, they should be difficult to get. Regulations are not infringements, gun rights are not unlimited. (Heller opinion; Justice Scalia)
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Like many things in capitalism, this is about money. Pay teachers what a masters degree is worth, period. Unfortunately, money equals respect in a capitalist system, so consistently low wages for teachers are a huge part of the disrespectful messaging of our society. Then we wonder why there is disrespectful behavior coming from students and parents. If excessive paperwork is a problem (and it is) hire administrative assistants and more teacher's aides. Would any high powered tech company ask their executives to work without an administrative assistant? If discipline is the problem, hire more deans. Not necessarily school resource officers; those are cops. People with an understanding of child psychology and cognitive psychology are needed as part of the classroom team to say, "Mary, come with me because you are not letting your teacher teach right now. Let's talk, you fix your behavior, and then you can come back to your class." When this happens smoothly without interrupting the lesson, the change in tone is huge. For too long, certain states have been starving their public schools. Enough is enough.
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@baysin5309 Absolutely, it is a tradition that seeking public office is automatically a public affair, so some elements of privacy shift. However, tradition is not the same as arm twisting, and the reporter's tone here does seem to cross a line, in my opinion. She asked the question several times and he answered it, move on. The deeper problem for me is the lack of knowledge in our nation about the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed by Pres Bush Senior, so this is not some "liberal" democratic agenda. The fact that he is reading from a computer screen is simply a reasonable accommodation for his disability. If he was blind, needed a walker or a wheelchair, had a prosthetic, needed sign language support....this stuff should be pretty basic and available in the work place by now. Do we really believe that the Senate does not have a computer screen or laptop available for his use? I actually love the fact that he is reading, then pausing and thinking before answering. Lots of Senators could benefit from those habits.
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130 mass shootings in 2023 so far. Yes, more than daily. Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Not Illinois, not NYS. States with flimsy gun laws are creating profits for gun manufacturers while threatening innocent lives. And that's okay??? The patchwork of flimsy state to state gun laws is clearly not working. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed. Do the work. Contact your representatives ASAP.
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"for general purposes" seems to be cute semantics for prejudice and discrimination. By definition you are making blanket statements that all people in their 70s are frail both physically and mentally. I think you also believe that all people in their 70s have mansions to retire to? What? You are just not paying attention to the world if you think that is true. People deserve to be evaluated for who they truly are, not superficial things that you notice, like their appearance or their age.
Trump is an old man who is also a life long con artist, a "businessman" with multiple bankruptcies on his resume, a tax cheat, a bad president who weakened our relationship with NATO, a horrific president who facilitated the deaths of 1 million+ USA residents due to his gross mismanagement of COVID.
President Biden is an old man who strengthened NATO, who knows how to pass legislation, lots of it. Pharmacy price controls, infrastructure, the beginnings of gun safety legislation, the beginnings of green energy, healthcare for veterans damaged by burn pits and agent orange, chips manufactured in the USA, etc. I am voting for President Biden. 💙 It's good to be young, but it's also good to be experienced and old enough to know how to claw successful legislation out of a dysfunctional Congress. See you at the ballot box. 💙🗽💙
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If President Biden has one or two tricks left, i wish he could draft a bill that everyone can vote on... and quickly. President Biden is the only president right now, just saying, so he's the guy who signs stuff right now! The old man certainly knows how congress works and how to pass legislation that no one thinks will pass, so.... Maybe confidential conversations with Thune, Johnson, Schumer, Jeffries? Can they vote on a secret ballot? Worth a try. They do really want to get out of this mess, so if Biden helps them with the language that gets them there, they might go for it, then get it signed while musk is still trying to figure out the parlimentarian rules. Remember that little move Biden pulled with the inflation reduction act and the veterans' pact act? Let's do that dance again. 🗽
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Yes, of course, let's talk about morals, the latest bright shiny object. Or gun control, because that actually works. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Unfortunately, the patchwork of soft gun states and gun safety states isn't working. Illegal gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. The GOPs love affair with gun manufacturers only feeds the iron pipeline. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue.
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Praying for both, especially prayers for the WISDOM to elect new prime ministers on both sides, people with diplomatic backgrounds, and talents in engineering and construction, because there's going to be a huge amount of rebuilding needed. Stop the bombs, ceasefire, food, water, medicine, then get to work, get along because you all have a lot of work to do. Yes, all of you. Get along. Enough.
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Wow, mismanaging COVID created a good time for you? That orange marshmallow knew this virus was airborne and ridiculously contagious in Dec 2019, and he did nothing. Listen to the taped Woodward interview, and you'll hear it in his own words. Instead of protecting the nation in the first months, he invented racial slurs to foment hate crimes against Asian Americans. He planned insurrection and supported white supremacists and militia groups. Domestic terrorism feels like PEACE to you? Where do you shop? Food prices in my grocery stores have been coming down for some time. Pay attention when you shop.
I cannot understand people who insist on being delusional. However, I draw comfort from the fact that your brand of ...... sorry, I don't really use those words.... is a fraction of the general electorate. 💙🌊💙🌊 Everyone, start your voting plans now. Update your registration, register your friends and neighbors, organize those car pools for the balloting locations, check your iD just in case, grab some extra bottles of water. We must clean out these extremists. This is still the USA, not a playground for their LARPing. 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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NYPD does protect and serve. They do mess up sometimes, but they have never said that they don't need to do that job. I'm not sure what nonsense your small town police dept is trying to get away with, but police are paid to protect and serve. As for SCOTUS, they already tried to swat away a 100+ year gun control law in NYS with the Breun case. Please read the opinion, because Breun continues to allow for gun regulations, and NYS has already rewritten their gun control laws to comply with Breun. NYC and NYS are strict gun control environments. Please don't take advice from people who don't know what they are talking about, because that can get you jail time. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Gun control works.
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Congress must pass updated immigration legislation. The last comprehensive immigration bill dates back to 1986. For instance, in 2023, asylum seekers want to work, but are prohibited from doing so. What if Congress, especially the GOP, passed legislation for a guest worker program? Our current economic situation is very different from 1986. There are many worker vacancies that migrants could fill, even if just temporarily. They would be contributing to our economy, paying taxes, sending money back to relatives in their home countries, thereby actually helping the hemisphere over all. However, the GOP needs to do more than say "No" to create drama for CSPAN coverage. Immigration bills have been proposed in the past, but then disappear when the GOP says no once again. So GOP representatives don't really want to solve the immigration situation, do they?
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Actually, I have provided a detailed breakdown of comprehensive gun safety legislation numerous times, even in specific response to your nonsense. You seem to spend a lot of time chained to your keyboard, so... Here it is again, don't forget to write it down this time, okay?
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation might include: training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Did you write that down? Good. Because the next time your name pops up, we're going to have a quiz.
That's one possible list, but there are other important items, like addressing gun owner suicides, private sales, gun show loopholes, etc. Many professionals and survivors who work in the gun control space have additional thoughts. Because Congress is so difficult, comprehensive gun reform would probably be split across several bills. Florida used two measures (red flag laws and increasing the age limit to 21) after Parkland and saw improvement. If Tennessee had red flag laws, they might have prevented Nashville. I believe Tennessee's governor is working on red flags now, after the lives have been lost. Approximately 19 states have red flag laws, 10 states ban AR 15. However, the patchwork of state laws is clearly not working, so a comprehensive federal approach is likely to be more effective. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation, so you guys are just on the wrong side of history.
In addition, a separate matter is the repeal of PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers for their extremely dangerous products. Then their own lawyers will likely insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Did you write the details down this time? Good.
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I saw a "scared straight" presentation one time where an inmate was the speaker. Most of the students were in shock, so, yeah, scared straight but only because they were good kids anyway who just happened to live in a rough neighborhood. One young man did start to get sassy with the inmate. Honestly, the inmate handled the interaction calmly and intelligently, and the young man sulked down in his seat and remained quiet for the duration of the event. This judge needed to learn from that inmate. So disappointing.
In general, I think these "scared straight" activities are a mistake and should be stopped. Just one more way to enforce negative stereotypes and create self fulfilling prophecy. Imagine the truly positive things they could have done with that time. A museum, a college campus, anything. At least spend the time talking about all the different careers at work in a court house: clerks, court officers, paralegals, etc. All the different records that the public might want to use and how to access them. Do something different, this is clearly not it.
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Yes, so happy that he raised PLCAA, worst law ever. How did Pres Bush sign that thing? Republicans are free market capitalists? Really? Why do gun companies enjoy protection from liability that big tobacco never enjoyed? I guess NRA was stronger in 2005 than it is now. Let's meet the moment and repeal PLCAA before we lose more children, more elderly grocery shoppers, more movie goers, it's just not sane what is going on. The good thing about repealing PLCAA is that it could address street crime, suicides, other sources of gun death beyond the mass shootings. Once the negligence and wrongful death lawsuits start coming in, gun companies might wake up and find better ways to regulate their extraordinarily dangerous "products". Already, their irresponsible marketing strategy targeted at young teen males calling the AR-15 their "man card" yielded a successful civil case by Sandy Hook families of $75 million that bankrupted that gun company. Get rid of PLCAA, bad law in 2005, dangerous law for our nation now.
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@peggyisme Perhaps your friend is trying to recover from PTSD on her own with some type of "pull myself up by my own bootstraps" thing. Problem is that has been shown over and over not to work so well. Very unfortunate. Maybe a more traditional person can reach her, like a minister? Don't know if you have a good church; so many churches have become political battle grounds too.
Actually, the 7 million voter figure I mentioned was just Texas. I am paying attention to Texas lately because Abbott is up for re election in November. Latino vote can be complex, depending upon the country of origin, first generation, second generation etc etc. For instance, Cuban Americans are seen as very right wing, but actually it's just that the right wing group is the loudest and most obnoxious. Columbian, Mexican, Ecuadorian, each country has a history and how your grandmother tells the story can have a big impact.
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It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Although ratification is a complex process, it would ensure that every state legislature would discuss gun safety and keep the issue front of mind until the carnage ends. Now it's empty thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing until the next tragedy, rinse and repeat. Enough. Ten states already ban AR 15; what are the other states waiting for? Gun control works. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. 🗽
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If they grew up on TV, at their age that means they were likely listening to Walter Cronkite. Please, Mr. Cronkite, please have a stern word or two for these people so willing to support civil war and incarcerated insurrectionists. Wow, I just can't anymore....
On the other hand, I am completely confident that our military, our national guardsmen, our FBI, anyone who ever had true respect for an oath they took, they will not be intimidated by a bunch of people who have nothing better to do than stand in a cold rain to hear a grifter who doesn't have enough respect for them to pay for a comfortable indoor venue. Or he could have visited existing locales like senior centers and have small meetings to discuss Medicare and Social Security and housing and other real issues. No, a screaming rally in the cold rain is what you get from this guy. Hmmm..... Vote carefully everyone. ⚖️💙🌊💙🌊⚖️
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Absolutely agree on the suicidal aspects of this problem. Even if you just look at the horrific numbers on gun owner suicides, gun owners who never became mass shooters, but the NRA helped them to have the means to complete suicide attempts, right in their hands. It's beyond tragic, and gun control laws can control this. Even PBS did an interview about the correlation between mass shootings and suicidal behavior. (Sorry, I'm a huge PBS geek.)
In addition, many gun fanatics talk about mental health services merely as a deflection away from gun safety legislation, then refuse to fund mental health services in their states. What? After Uvalde, I believe I learned that Texas doesn't seem to have guidance counselors in their schools, so no wonder the Uvalde shooter was never identified and flagged while he was a student, even though acquaintances later reported that he had been abusing animals when they knew him, a well known red flag for law enforcement when looking for patterns of violence. Is the armed school safety officer supposed to be a guidance counselor? Oh wait, Uvalde schools had a full police department dedicated just to schools, and look how that worked out.
Approximately ten states have already banned AR 15. What are the other states waiting for? Finally, repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on robust gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. (Sorry this was so long. This topic is so important. Thanks.) 🦋🗽🦋
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But why not have multiple accounts at the bank? So if your business has grown, each dept can have a separate account as a strategy for keeping the balances under $250,000. For instance, if your family likes a particular bank, several family members have individual accounts, not one giant account that grandmother, dad, grandson, cousin, aunt all share. Several smaller accounts, not one giant account.
Having said that, this bank did seem very risky, so at some point the stategy is to use a better bank. That's also why Dodd Frank should have been maintained. Another mess created by the pumpkin headed grifter. When will the clean up finally be done?
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Average joe drinking the Kool aid. No, the pumpkin did not help NYC in the 1970s. He took advantage of a vulnerable city that was crawling back from bankruptcy, greatly restricted in its recovery by "Big Mac", the state oversight "municipal assistance corporation.". NYC did not recover because of the pumpkin, but rather in spite of him. He used the 70s to pick up bargains, to worm his way into development funding that was intended for deeply disadvantaged neighborhoods, not midtown hotels, etc. Many of his workers and contractors were never paid. That's your heroic "businessman".
NYC recovered because we kept our head down, focused on arson, violent crime, gun control, improving shelter and avoiding hotels that were overcharging the city for shelter, supporting Tenant Associations, Block Associations, and community management of abandoned buildings, etc. Unfortunately, white collar fraudsters could fly under the radar in those years, and by the 1990s when the city was stronger we got to work on Trump University, his fraudulent charities, etc.
Use reliable news sources to find the truth. Doing your own research doesn't seem to be working. 🗽💙🗽
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@scabcrawler632 Yes absolutely, Joseph Biden is the duly elected President of the United States because millions upon millions upon millions of United States citizens stood up, on long lines, negotiating increasingly bizarre systems of drop boxes and postal rules, then had the maturity to wait many days for careful and accurate counting and numerous court rulings.... We all stood up, on both sides. Time for Afghan citizens to stand up, as difficult as it may be. Or this father can wait for Taliban to defend his daughter? No, Taliban is thinking about getting the bank account. (Stop the steal people, please spare the hate speech, not the time or the place. Focus, this is about protecting afghan women and girls.)
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Okay, let me try again. The people is plural, denoting a community, the society. A person is an individual. The unlimited gun rights that individuals are claiming these days are actually not provided for in the amendment. This amendment is about the right of the people, the rights of the society, especially as a new nation that did not yet have a standing army. That is not the world we live in today. Now the individual who claims unlimited gun rights creates peril for a society that desires safety and freedom from the fear of mass shootings, irresponsible gun storage, lack of effective implementation of red flags, permits, superficial background checks, etc. If the second amendment can no longer protect the USA population, new and better amendments are needed to fill in the gaps. We do not live in the 1700s. Hope that's more clear. The people (plural) vs the person ( singular individual who should not claim unlimited rights that create peril for innocent people.) 🗽
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Actually, his horrible cabinet picks might be waking up the GOP Senators. " Oh, wait, I have a job to do here. No, I vote no. " If 53 GOP senators can step up and vote down total nonsense, I'm there for it.
As a lifelong Democratic voter, 💙🗽💙, as a dreamer who believes that moderate and progressive Republicans still exist, even if they have been too scared to speak up for ten years (yikes, 10 years, that's a lot! Come on guys, are you going to let Susan and Lisa do ALL your work?) Make Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Fiorello LaGuardia proud! Profiles in Courage moment, guys. 💙♥️💙
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What is more important here is to understand the psychology of a mob. That day, many "normal" working people were in that crowd saying, "don't worry, the president asked us to come, and he can pardon us anyway. " Then the arrests, the investigations, an understanding that things had gone too far, that they had allowed themselves to get swept into a mob where gullible emotional people can provide numbers for the crowd, which then takes on a life of its own. Then they start to say, "Wow, I don't want to go to jail for this guy."
If this pumpkin man is allowed to pardon Jan 6th inmates, his ability to raise a mob will be restored, and that's dangerous for everyone. 🗽
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@retroguy9494 Thank you for the context on the Federalist Papers, super helpful info. Perhaps a written essay on the Federalist papers, plus a thorough reading of both Heller and Bruen, should be required for new gun permits. I do agree that both Heller and Bruen were fatally flawed opinions, especially Bruen because it tumbled over a 100+ year NYS gun law.
(Although I'm fairly sure that Gov Hochul simply reworded some gun regulations after Breun, so I don't think NYS gun laws were truly weakened. NYPD has continued getting guns off the streets post Breun, so I'm not seeing huge changes, but maybe that's just me.)
Heller states that gun rights are not unlimited, and Bruen does provide for gun regulations. The gun fan boys have not read these opinions, so they believe that this overreaching SCOTUS has empowered them to carry anything everywhere all the time and do whatever they choose, because they cannot be infringed. Ouch. If I hear another middle school argument about "shall not be infringed".... I just can't anymore. So the danger of Heller and Bruen seems to be the overall impression these opinions created in gun owners' imaginations above and beyond the actual words of the justices. And of course gun manufacturers could not be happier, because these fertile imaginations can be augmented with fear and irresponsible advertising practices to create more profits. Good guy with a gun, selling guns to school districts to arm teachers, more and more guns, why not? Can't you hear the cash registers ring?
I do believe that repealing PLCAA (2005) is a crucial step. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. In addition, I believe the state by state ratification process of a public safety amendment will keep gun safety legislation top of mind in every state legislature, rather than thoughts and prayers, forget all about it until next time, rinse, repeat. We might even get a Kansas surprise. A public safety amendment would provide balance and additional context for the second amendment, perhaps an opportunity to enshrine specific passages from the Federalist papers in the constitution so that SCOTUS dare not skip over them again. It might at least brush an overreaching SCOTUS away from the plate before they swat at other gun safety legislation that the majority of the USA population supports.
Sorry this is so long. Concerning topic. Be well, stay safe. 🗽
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Never has the USA needed critical thinking skills more . A comprehensive understanding of history, philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology, what else did I miss? That's what college gives you. An undergraduate degree is more than a job training program. The next time someone says that you don't need a college education, ask them why? Why don't they want you to think deeply, read widely, and write powerfully about the moral conflicts of our time? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain..
Having said that, college costs have exploded, sometimes due to dormitory fees and fancy gymnasiums. So let's see what we can do about costs.
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Dear Valletta, I think there's a lot here, so let try to unpack it. Most people who have college degrees are working very hard for a living. A B.A. is hardly a ticket to a life of leisure.
I don't blame you for feeling frustrated by Congress these days. We need them to pass legislation, but many projects get stuck in the Senate. I suppose that's about McConnell's lack of ethics, but it's about a lot more too. If you study ethics in college, you are more likely to spot unethical behavior in Congressional representatives, call out their bad behavior, and support the campaigns of better candidates. Marjorie Taylor Green is unethical; she is unlikely to fool a voter who thinks carefully. If you think all members if Congress are inherently evil, that's a different problem. Looking at the world as a cold dark place where anything good is impossible, of course that's not true. If the USA population works hard at this gun issue, and other issues that have been stalled too long, things will get better.
There are many pathways to education beyond high school. Scholarships, financial aid, tax deductions for tuition, and employers who reimburse tuition are just some of them. Community college is a great way to experiment with one class, until you get a chance to see what interests you enough to pursue it as a degree program. Good luck on your journey. You might feel less overwhelmed by the power base once you start to feel your own power.
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Gun control works to decrease gun violence. Top murder rates by state (2022): Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates; strict gun control got us there.
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🌊💙🌊🗽 Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue, because irresponsible governors like Abbott will never fix this. We needed to regain the House. That's totally possible, approximately 5-10 seats. The Senate is harder, we need 60 Senators. Then we'll just get this done on our own. Enough. Vote like your lives depend upon, and we'll get it done.
This is the USA, and this is about innocent children. We can do difficult things. Never let anyone tell you that improvement in gun violence is impossible. Gun vendors want you to feel that way, because fear sells guns and the gun vendors are making obscene profits from this continual carnage. We do not need to live this way.
No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep the old AR 15 away from children, thieves and the public. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. None of those items are unreasonable, most are measures that responsible gun owners already support. Enough. Elect the representatives who will get it done.
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Mr Dubs Yes, exactly, 60 years is not forever, and certainly not 246 years. The history of our nation dwarfs this ghoulish gun. And the military was testing this ridiculous gun in the early 1960s then rejected it in favor of the m16. This grotesque thing that is destroying community after community was not released in a civilian version until the late 1960s, so more like 50 years, not 60.
Those who lay this carnage at the feet of the framers, no, the AR 15 is not what they imagined 246 years ago. This was created by the marketing strategy of the gun companies. Now begins all of the nonsensical responses about how every founding father wanted citizens to defend themselves against their own government. That a militia does not need to be well organized, just any individual that wants to own any weapon in his imagination. Sounds a bit too much like insurrection for 1787, a time when the founders would have known that there were many British sympathizers, that they were nurturing a fledging country that would barely survive the war of 1812.
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@wiley5oh51 Based on your post on another thread, I doubt your sincerity, but.... No new sales of AR 15, gun buybacks and mandate gun safes. That would reduce the number of AR 15 walking around the world until we can get a better handle on mass shootings. Gun safes are common sense for all weapons. In fact, there are parents on trial right now because their teen student took the family gun out of an unlocked drawer. Responsible gun owners already use gun safes
Mental health assessment before every purchase. Red flag laws. Increased funding for mental health services. ( For instance, Texas has some of the softest gun laws, yet Abbott had just cut mental health funding out of the budget before Uvalde. Uvalde had one psychiatrist, one.) Age limits, permits, registration, waiting periods and training. A professional trainer would probably be able to spot concerning behaviors. If a trainer's signature is required to complete the sale, tragic mistakes might be avoided. Anyone who needs a gun the same day....hmmm ....that's a red flag right there. If they really need to mitigate an immediate threat, they need to walk into their police station. Remember, the young man in Virginia who shot his coworkers, he bought that gun the same day. The Uvalde shooter bought two AR 15 and more ammunition than a soldier brings into a military mission and walked right out with it. And no one questioned that? Thanks Texas? The troubled person in Tennessee bought 7 weapons from 5 vendors. But Tennessee has no red flags, so no way to know that's happening. Wow.
Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. PLCAA, worse bill Bush ever signed.
A gun is a dangerous thing, it should be difficult to obtain. Please don't start with the second amendment. The second amendment does not prevent gun regulation. "Well regulated" is included in the first clause. The Breun SCOTUS opinion allows for regulations. The gun fan club is not aware of that, because they don't bother to read the opinions. Justice Scalia in Heller stated that gun rights are not unlimited. However, if the second amendment truly allows innocent children to die bloody horrific deaths more than once daily, then clearly the second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation. 130 mass shootings in 2023. The USA has a gun problem. There are no redcoats. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue.
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Yes, one of the many orange executive orders did reverse the Biden work on lowering pharmacy costs. I'm not sure, I think one medicine might be protected because it was included in actual legislation, but it had been expanded to include other medicines through executive order. It was expanded because it was working and actually saving the federal government money to lower the debt, since the federal government was lowering reimbursements to pharmacies. Removed something that was actually working, helping people, and saving money. Just with the stroke of a sharpie.
That's why he released so many executive orders in one day. This is the firehose approach. If you release 100 orders, even responsible media can only cover two or three items at a time. The firehose approach usually overwhelms the populace and the media, makes most voters feel like giving up and disengaging, making things feel hopeless. Think of how your brain already feels like it's spinning from the craziness, the multiple falsehoods.
Don't get overwhelmed, get organized. BTW the midterm elections are right around the corner in 2026. 60 Senators and the House majority so we can pass legislation to repair some damage. Don't give up. 🗽⚖️💙🗽⚖️. Stay strong stay awesome.
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Imagine if big tobacco had a protection against liability? There are many guidelines about serving alcohol, not over serving patrons at a bar, not allowing minors to party in your home, not driving while intoxicated, etc. Guns are very dangerous things, there need to be clear mandates for permits, training, background checks, red flags, age limitations, mental health assessments before sale, waiting periods to allow the purchasers to be fully vetted, etc. All the gun owners who claim to be so responsible and law abiding would want no less than a clear set of guidelines that all gun owners must follow, or be held accountable. The framers would have wanted no less.
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I am voting for results, not charisma. Signing legislation, lots of it. I'm for it. A president who knows how to get legislation out of a largely dysfunctional Congress, I'm for it. Chips manufacturing, healthcare for veterans damaged by burn pits and agent orange, pharmacy cost controls, infrastructure, beginnings of gun safety, beginning of green energy, etc. I'm for it. Charisma doesn't sign legislation, experience does. 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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@briannicholson6346 As a life long Catholic...what can I say...the Catholic Church has so many problems right now, SCOTUS is just one more. Obviously, the horrific scum who assaulted children for years and years and years....So, yeah, I don't want to hear anything Amy Coney Barrett has to say AT ALL about issues of morality or purity. And kavanaugh, what a marvel gentleman. Every time he mentioned his Jesuit schooling.... I don't think the Jesuits want to take credit for that guy. But Sotomayor, what's not to love? Plus, she was raised in the Bronx, so ...I'm required to love her. Are there really four more Catholics? Hmm.... But I'll assume the Catholic thing was some long term strategy re: abortion. Plenty of pro choice Catholics in the USA , especially Sotomayor, but ....let's see what happens in June. If Roberts can peel off Kavanaugh, and/or write a kick ass dissent. Kavanaugh seems like a guy who paid for some abortions after some drunken romantic nights. i live in hope. And then we wait for the next test case and for legislation in sanctuary states. The laws are already in place in NYS. We'll see.
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@Sladewinters1 Yes, of course Chicago is in Illinois. Illinois has strong gun laws; Indiana, a state that borders Illinois, has flimsy gun laws. Guns from Indiana, therefore, are easy to obtain and traffick into Illinois, earning big money for criminal elements. Similarly, the over sized magazine used in Buffalo is illegal in NYS, but easily obtained in Pennsylvania and illegally brought across state lines to kill NYS citizens. Hope that is more clear for you now.
Because existing state to state gun laws leave glaring gaps that allow illegal guns to flood into states that are trying to protect their residents with strong legislation, comprehensive national gun control is needed. The existing patchwork of conflicting state laws also tramples upon state's right. Illinois and NYS have the right to protect their residents without sabotage from states like Texas, Indiana, etc.
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Mr winters, I comprehend many things. I especially understand when bright shiny objects are dangling in my face to distract me from the real issue. The topic is mass shooting events and how grotesquely commonplace they are becoming in the USA. Street crime is a different phenomenon. I am not confused by that, although you seem to be confusing the two concepts regularly.
Mass shooting events are terroristic in nature and somewhat random, which leaves their victims uniquely vulnerable. The weapons used are also different, especially the AR 15. That assault weapon was used in at least 11 events:. Aurora, Las Vegas, Parkland, Sandy Hook... I won't list them all because it is ghoulish and grotesque. Therefore, this one gun is the problem. Therefore, banning that one weapon could have a positive impact and reduce death. That's what we want, right? Less death?
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Mr winters, allowing mass shooting events to continue will not improve street crime in urban centers. Restricting the AR 15 might. Gun control in many forms is needed now: assault weapon ban, comprehensive national background checks to close current loopholes, waiting periods, training, licensing, safe storage, etc.
How wonderful that you are so concerned with the safety of big cities like Chicago. Luckily, national gun control also helps with crime, because it vastly reduces the illegal flow of weapons from states with flimsy gun laws into states with stronger laws where they are usually used in crimes. The NYPD often calls it the iron pipeline, that relentless flow of illegal guns from other states. Cities have a right to keep their residents safe, and soft national gun control makes that goal like pushing a rock up a mountain.
Many colleges offer coursework in criminology. It would be wonderful to see you explore your interest in this subject.
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Who is coming to save us? We are. 🗽 We the people, remember that?
Even without all of these trials, we already know what we need to know. In multiple civil cases held liable by both juries and judges. 91 criminal indictments registered by grand juries. If you had a wonky neighbor with 91 criminal indictments in 4 jurisdictions who had not yet completed all of his trials, would you ask that neighbor to babysit your cat? Watch for porch pirates? Volunteer to help with girl scout cookies? Why would anyone trust the nation and global alliances to a person with 91 indictments? Get a cup of coffee, think it through. Then vote blue up and down the ballot. 🗽💙🗽
When we vote in large numbers, we win. Period. The GOP depends largely on restricting voter access and low voter turnout. Do not give up. 🗽 Make your voting plans now. Voter registration drives, carpools for the voting locations, update government ID if necessary in your state, extra bottles of water. We will get this done, because we must. Vote 💙 up and down the ballot. It's the only thing that will wake up the GOP, clean house, and return to being a functioning political party again. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Pay attention to history. Because LBJ stepped down and handed off to VP Humphrey, the 1968 Democratic Convention was a chaotic floor fight, the party split, George Wallace developed a third party "American Independent Party" and took Southern Democrats with him. Given the chaos of multiple assassinations and Vietnam protests, maybe 1968 would have been chaotic no matter what, but splitting the Democratic vote resulted in Nixon, in Laos and Cambodia, in Watergate. Not our proudest moments.
We don't have to repeat 1968. And doing all of that because of polls? Really? Stay calm, stay strategic, stay unified.
VP Harris is awesome in my opinion, but handing off to a VP at this late date is not as easy as it looks. President Biden has a documented impressive legislative record comparable to FDR and LBJ. Stay calm, we can win this. Independent voters do not want to elect a felon as president. Imagine a Commander in Chief who cannot pass a security clearance, who will be barred from entering most nations around the globe. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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Evaluating someone's qualifications to run for elective office is not the same as denying them liberty. One of trump's many many criminal indictments might deny him liberty when he is convicted, but there is nothing compelling him to run for office. That is a choice he made.
Unfortunately, because he engaged in insurrection and supported others who engaged in insurrection, he is not qualified to appear on the ballot for the presidency. Not losing his liberty, just not qualified to be a presidential candidate. He probably should have read the Constitution more closely. So sad.
No responsible public servant would run for office before clearing his name. Trump is running for the presidency only because he hopes this will protect him from criminal liability for his actions after losing the 2020 elections. Period. We know that is why he declared as a candidate so early. Who is still fooled by any of this? He has been a con artist since the 1970s. So frustrating ....
This is simple. He is not allowed to hold onto top secret documents, he is not allowed to engage in insurrection or support those who engage in insurrection, he is not allowed to engage in business fraud and tax fraud, he is not allowed to tamper with the results of the Georgia state elections, he is not qualified to be a presidential candidate, he is not immune from any of this, he is accountable for his actions. Enough. Thank you, Maine and Colorado, for doing your job. SCOTUS, your turn to do your job. Voters, time to step up and do your job. Everyone should know what a con artist looks like by now. We've been spinning our wheels for years now. Enough. The nation has real issues that impact the lives of real people, real children, real families. Enough with this guy. Voters, do your job. Thank you to every determined public servant who prepared these cases. Courts, do your job and bring these cases to a conclusion. Be safe, everyone. Vote carefully. ⚖️🗽💙🌊🗽⚖️
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@EavyMuturuh But unfortunately because many evacuation shelters don't accept pets, that's why some people perish in storms. Why aren't we using our brains, forming coalitions of pet rescue groups, affordable housing groups, climate crisis groups, and address these issues as the complicated interrelated issues they are? Oh, no, I know what's better, the guy who couldn't find housing, then found housing but they wouldn't take the dog, then.. yeah let's just insult that guy. That will fix it. OMG
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Alliances between countries also mean certain concrete manifestations of those alliances. Such as trade, such as lend/lease and/or weapons sales, such as humanitarian assistance in times of extreme need. If you are not willing to share with foreign nations, you will find that you do not have international alliances when you need them. Isolationism doesn't work, never has, never will. If we had paid attention in the 1930s, we would have assisted Spain after Guernica, and stopped Hitler in 1936 and saved millions and millions of lives, plus a lot of money too. Unfortunately, in the 1930s it was a popular belief that Europe's problems had nothing to do with us. Isolationism doesn't work, never has, never will. Please pay attention to history, please.
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@freerovingbovine I think if you want to live in Switzerland or Israel, you should. Lately, right wing gun fans seem to refer to Switzerland quite a bit, so I am highly suspicious of that reference these days. Because Switzerland is very small country, they must make all citizens available for potential military service. The USA does not have a need for universal conscription because of our massive population. After Vietnam we made a choice to embrace an all volunteer army. This gives us career military professionals who can become more highly skilled than draftees typically would. The USA becoming Switzerland? I have no reason to imagine that would serve our own national defense or the defense of our allies. But I can imagine the gun industry using a similar scenario to sell more guns to more USA residents. Not falling for this.
As for Israel, that is an unbelievably tangled topic with an extreme right wing government that doesn't seem to enjoy the support of its citizens right now, attempts to demolish its own court systems, attempts to expand illegal settlements, security checkpoints everywhere, living under the iron dome, a prime minister under corruption charges, and unsustainable negative relationships with Palestinian citizens. I'm not sure this is the time to say that Isreal has everything all figured out. I have faith that the Israeli people will travel the challenging road ahead to peace and justice. I have faith that the Israeli people will hold their government and their military to account.
The USA has a very different gun problem: too many guns oversaturating the population and too few gun regulations to keep the public safe. Gun control is the solution. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Open carry without permits, that's chaos, and it seems that is where some states want to be. Their own police departments object to many of these flimsy gun policies. That threatens everyone's safety, because illegal weapons, oversized magazines, etc are easy to drive across state lines to destabilize states that are trying to protect their residents. Soft gun laws enable criminals and feed the iron pipe line. Therefore, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. No new sales of AR 15, training, permits, age limits, mandated gun safes, magazine limitations, mental health screening for each purchase, red flags, waiting periods. Most importantly, repeal PLCAA, worst bill Bush ever signed (2005). Restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
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Focus. The topic of this thread is law enforcement responding more calmly and effectively to mental health calls.
I'm sorry that you hate the Bronx. You're missing out on a lot. Yankee Stadium, the Botanical Gardens, Pelham Bay Park, Arthur Avenue, Bronx High School of Science, Fieldston, lots of cool people, etc. Oh well. Funny how blaming everything on Chicago and NYC has done nothing to solve these grotesque mass shootings.
Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Chicago suffers because indiana's flimsy gun laws sabotage Illinois's gun safety laws. This patchwork of flimsy state gun laws and gun safety states enables gun traffickers who drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. The GOP deflects the gun safety conversation by blaming criminals when their soft gun laws supply the criminals. This has been established over and over again. I'm amazed that you are still using the same debunked script.
Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Gun control works, and it could also make your police force less skittish.
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I think we are all missing the point here. Schools are for teaching and learning. AR 15 have forced us to focus instead on what is the best weapon, the biggest weapon with the best aim, what is the best door, etc etc. Please remember that most schools are using bake sales to keep their music programs going. But massive amounts of money can be found for guns, for bigger guns, for more and more guns, for teachers with guns, for guards, for school police, for school police departments. And it's still not working. What are we doing? Education requires focus and clearly that focus has been stolen by the AR 15. The AR 15 was used in approx 12 of these masks events. Sandy Hook, Parkland, Aurora, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Uvalde and more. Are you seeing what I am seeing? Eliminate the AR 15, use common sense security, and let teachers teach. Or we could give the lion share of the education budget to the gun industry. Don't you feel the gun vendor picking your pocket?
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If you don't like your government, do something positive to make things better. Giving all your pension money to gun vendors is not going to improve your town council. No one is interested in enabling a potential insurrectionist to amass an arsenal in the basement. Attend a police community council meeting, vote for a different sheriff, apply and get vetted so that you can volunteer at your public library, hospital or school. Build a community garden. Do the work. That's what citizens must do in a democracy.
You want to take over the government with firearms and you want the constitution to help you do that?? You think you want to attack the office of your HOA with a few friends, and you're mad because you don't think the state troopers will let you get away with that?? Wow, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, just all of them are falling over each other in laughter. You've been watching the wrong movies.
The second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Guns should not have more rights than people. Talk to your pastor, take advantage of the next gun buyback, be well, stay safe, don't forget to breathe. 🗽🌊💙🌊🗽
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We are due for new amendments to our Constitution. And a new SCOTUS, but that's a different story. In addition, originalist interpretations ground too much thought in the 1700s and even the 1600s. LoL Please remember that originalism is not the only school of constitutional interpretation, it's not even the best school of interpretation. It's just the one that conservatives and the federalist society put a lot of money and pressure behind.
Without new amendments, the constitution does look a bit old. Perhaps we have been leaning on progressive SCOTUS interpretation for too long. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. This would provide balance for the second amendment, until a more rational SCOTUS is seated and we regain democratic control in Congress to pass truly comprehensive federal gun safety legislation. It's also time to reexamine the ERA that did secure the necessary states for ratification, but somehow ran afoul of an expiration date. What??
Amendments aren't easy, but they also are not impossible. 38 states, not easy but possible. Also, please remember that debating the amendments in each of the state legislatures keeps the issue front and center throughout the entire ratification process, and that can achieve huge improvements. New amendments are worth the effort.
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Releasing empty warehoused apartments into the rental market might indeed lower rents for everyone in NYC, both NYers and asylum seekers. Believe me, no real estate executives will go hungry. A studio apt should not cost $3000 or more. Period. Any sane human knows that.
Refitting empty commercial space as housing units will open up more possibilities, just as converting empty warehouses and factory spaces into lofts in the 80s and 90s was a wonderful solution. Unfortunately, loft spaces actually backfired on the artists and homesteaders who originally started the movement, and lofts become super luxury condos. Go figure. Once again, no real estate executives starved because empty commercial spaces were renovated as housing units.
Homeless people should not be living in hotels, period. That began to happen in the 80s in response to the arson crisis, a crisis begun by criminal real estate owners who were burning people out of their homes to collect insurance. The FDNY partnered with grassroots housing organizations in an arson prevention program, arsonists were jailed for the criminals they are, insurance laws were changed as applied to suspicious fires, grassroots housing organizers worked harder than ever to rebuild empty burnt abandoned buildings and turn them over to tenants as tenant owned cooperatives. The fires largely stopped. Criminal landlords were treated like criminals, and the fires stopped, and the City rebuilt.
In the worst of the 80s, a huge wave of Cuban refugees arrived. NYC accommodated many of those refugees. Many Cuban refugees did in fact arrive in the Bronx at that time. NYC cannot handle immigrants? You are only demonstrating that you don't know a thing about NYC.
I'm sorry that you are jealous of my city, that you don't understand the legacy of LaGuardia as a son of immigrants who got NYC through the Great Depression and World War Two, who even accommodated the housing needs of USA soldiers returning from Europe, most coming through the NYC ports. Talk about a resettlement challenge.
Adams is simply not up to the challenge of being the Mayor of NYC. He cannot pivot or respond to the big issues. He could never have responded to the challenges the 80s presented to the City. He needs intelligence, creativity, the ability to listen. Clearly, he does not possess those qualities. So he blames his troubles on hungry thirsty exhausted asylum seekers, convenient scapegoats. The solution is a new mayor. 🗽🌆🌎🌆🗽
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Training, permits,gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Screen private sales and gun shows. That works.
Abbott declared Texas a gun sanctuary state, no permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. That doesn't work.
Stop talking about whether it's better to hide in a classroom or a bathroom. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue, because irresponsible governors like Abbott will never fix this. 🗽
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Exactly, Texas doesn't have gun control, that's why there are not laws in place that would have stopped this. Texas has no permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. That's chaos. People knew that would not go well, but Abbott didn't care. Uvalde happened months after that "gun sanctuary state" photo op that Abbott pulled. I hope he is proud of the numerous lives lost in Texas to numerous shooting events, not even just Uvalde. Beyond the pale. I'm not sure Abbott is human.
An 18 year old should not be able to purchase an AR 15, much less two AR 15 plus more ammunition than a soldier is issued for a mission. And no one asked questions about that? The background checks in place currently are basically 15 minute chats. Many lawmakers have called for COMPREHENSIVE background checks with waiting periods because that would be more effective. But the GOP is trying to impress the NRA, not save lives, so here we are.
Regain the House majority 💙 and 60 Senators, 💙 and we'll do it by ourselves. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. You are on the wrong side of history. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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Awesome work, real pride in "craftsmanship". If lawn care is a craft? Yeah, sure, horticulture right? Btw, how do you know if a "tree" is real or a weed tree? Do people ever get attached to their weed trees and get sad when they're gone?
So this is a crazy story, but ... on my block we started to take an interest in this little park that the city was ignoring. We painted a mural, did some clean up, planted a few daffodil bulbs, etc. There was a line of forsythia that would bloom so yellow and beautiful, but when it wasn't in bloom I guess those shrubs looked a little scruffy. So all of a sudden the city started to care again, sent a crew to clean the park, and they cut down all the forsythia. Yikes. I did cry just a little bit. Don't know what's the moral of the story, but...
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Alito and Thomas almost specifically stated that their goal is to recreate conditions from the time that the constitution was drafted, and to view human rights through that prism. Okay, the constitution was ratified in 1787. Are we to be forced to live in 1787? First of all, only 13 colonies get to decide, so just take a poll of New York, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, etc. Also, France and Spain just got their lands back. Finally, we can fix the horrific mistake that we made with many First Nations and withdraw from their lands. No phones, not even landlines. And Thomas is barely a person much less a justice with the power to make women's lives miserable.
This is a terrible decision, everyone knows it. If the religious right is determined to get this "win" at all costs, maybe they should work on filling their empty churches first. The rest of us, we're going to work on federal legislation and electing the 60+ senators and House majority needed to pass that legislation. Plus restructuring these state legislatures that have gone off the deep end. And planning the next test cases as well. Lots to do, use that rage effectively as fuel.
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Gun confiscation would never work here. Gun buybacks would be more effective. More importantly, the whole, "they're coming for your guns" is a marketing strategy from the gun manufacturers to get you to buy more guns. Can't you feel these con artists picking your pockets? Gun sales spiked during the pandemic, not because guns cure COVID but because fear sells guns. Gun vendors have no interest in ending gun violence, they profit from the overwhelming anxiety that is gripping the nation. We don't have to live this way. There are so many options that would yield improvement.
We could begin with no new sales of certain items, especially the AR 15. Then mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves, and the public. If a car, a ladder, a blender had that much death attached to it, it would be off the market. Keep the real hunting rifle that actually allows you to hunt. Recent reporting in The Atlantic states that the AR 15 is now popular because it is the man's Barbie doll. There are lots of accessories, like Barbie has her dream house and her pink convertible. But little boys grow up and stop playing with Barbie dolls.
The AR 15 is not a true hunting rifle because it is too destructive and leaves no useable meat. The gun manufacturers intended it to create the illusion of military behaviors without any service to the nation. Yuch. They also targeted underage males in their advertising, calling the AR 15 "your man card." This only worked after the military draft was gone. Military styled weapons are no fun if you might be drafted to fight in Vietnam. They pivoted to this strategy because hunting was no longer popular, and they needed a new way to sell guns. So being a safe responsible hunter was no longer the strategy.
The AR 15 is a fundamentally flawed thing that will fall out of favor once malicious advertising from gun manufacturers is stopped. I wish it could happen faster, but it will happen. How many 1975 Dodge Darts are on the road? People do smoke fewer cigarettes than before.
If we can resolve the AR 15, then we can move on to ghost guns, gun owner suicides, printable guns, handguns and street crime. We have a gun problem, get it? Change will come if we take action. We don't have to live this way. To do nothing is evil.
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More bright shiny objects from the gun fan boys. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works.
And yet New Yorkers have zero difficulty with freedom of speech on every possible topic, from the pumpkin headed grifter and his indictments on business fraud and tax fraud, to the subway getting you to work late, to the guy who messed up your coffee at the diner. Hmm.... Notice how NYers practice every possible religion you can imagine. Hmmm... So, you can have strict gun control, better gun safety, no mass shootings, and also religious freedom and freedom of speech. And you don't have to let some thirsty gun vendor take all your money from you. Cute. Gun control, it works.
Repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Contact your representatives; see you in 2024. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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Sorry if my response sounded snarky. I hate auto correct too, and I am beyond angry. Gun control actually works, and I hate the way some lawmakers are just flat out liars on that issue.
NYC is not perfect, however before the pandemic NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. There was one simple law in particular that I remember, a law that made possession of an unlicensed gun automatically two years in jail. Just having it in your pocket was enough. Before that, I remember adolescents in unsafe neighborhoods carrying illegal guns "just in case". (I have definitely lived in unsafe neighborhoods and I have never owned a gun, never will. The brain is the best crime prevention tool, ask any cop about that.) After this law with two years in jail, most switched to carrying box cutters. Now, a box cutter is a very dangerous thing in a fight, however you cannot shoot up the block with a box cutter.
There are many ways to begin to pass gun safety legislation, but this carnage must stop. We don't have to live this way. And remember, Texas guns don't stay in Texas. Gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals, sabotaging gun safety states. Enough. Gun safety legislation,or vote them out.
Be well, stay safe. Contact your representatives ASAP. 🗽
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@MisterTwister88 First, you start with evaluating irresponsible governors like Abbott, and the other governors who are copycats on his state sponsored carnage. Abbott declared Texas a gun sanctuary state in June 2021. Open carry, no permits, over the objections of Texas law enforcement. What did he think was going to happen? So start by repealing everything Abbott passed. That's a start. How can Texas police respond to a "man with a gun" call when everyone is walking around with guns? So by definition they can almost never prevent gun violence, they can only begin to respond after the shooting starts. That's chaos.
NYC is not perfect, but in a gun control environment, a guy walking around with a tactical vest carrying an AR 15, really?? He's spotted and called in immediately. A "man with a gun" call in NYC receives a dramatic response. Not perfect, but certainly a way to mitigate harm. That's why NYPD can work on ghost guns, anti terrorism, etc.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because irresponsible governors like Abbott will never fix this. Unless they can get voted out, please, so people can just live? Go grocery shopping? Please? Vote them out.
Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Most responsible gun owners already do these things; now mandate them to create an umbrella of protection. Repeal PLCAA (2005), the worst bill Bush ever signed, to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. No new sales of AR 15, a weapon tested for use in Vietnam that never should have been "adapted" for civilian use.
Just pick anything off that list and get started. To say that this daily carnage was the intention of the founders is to dishonor the Constitution. Enough.
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So the ability to win the lottery is a key criteria for academic success in a selective institution of higher learning? Hmm...
Remember that's what admissions committees are looking for, who might do well at our university, given their ability to manage an increase in academic challenge than what they experienced in high school, managing stress, social situations, time management, etc etc. They use grades, SATs, etc. in the hopes that past success is a predictor of future success. However, it is frequently true that students who arrive with a perfect GPA fall apart quickly in their freshman year because adapting to a new environment unravels them, they are not accustomed to failure, they were the perfect child in their hometown and don't know how to recreate a supportive social network in the new environment, etc. And that doesn't address the confusions that fraternities, sororities and substances add to the mix.
That's why looking at students who have overcome challenges and obstacles, who have juggled extra curricular activities with academics, are frequently more successful than numbers might predict. A lottery would give admissions committees none of the information they need about their candidates.
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@BrandonMalveaux-v7v A bit of history: Bernie Goetz served time in jail. NYC doesn't applaud vigilantes.
If you are scared of the subway, take a cab. Really. If someone is yelling on the subway, first you pay attention. Is it a happy high school student who just got out of school? Is someone late for work? Oh, no, this guy sounds extra weird. Let me move to the next subway car. Okay, most everyone else figure it out too, and they exited the car too. Now the guy is in the empty car by himself yelling it out, maybe slumped in a seat calming down a bit. Meanwhile, you can now contact the conductor and call 911, and you are feeling calmer too. See how that works when you use your brains??
When you are on a subway, pay attention. Helps keep your pocket from getting picked, helps you to react to a weird situation that could get dangerous. You move away, contact the conductor, contact transit police and they meet the train in the next station. Kill someone with your bare hands because their yelling scared you? Really? That is not what NYers do, not what Marines are trained to do. I feel confident about that.
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If you are looking for blame, start with the gun manufacturers who are making buckets of money from this madness. Repeal PLCAA, restore liability to gun manufacturers, and you will see that they themselves will insist on training, registration, permits, comprehensive background checks, liability insurance for owners, mandated gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment and screening. Their lawyers will insist upon it to limit their exposure and demonstrate due diligence when selling a dangerous thing like a gun. If big tobacco has liability, gun manufacturers have liability. Repeal PLCAA and breathe a sigh of relief when you go to the grocery store.
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