May 29, 2022 by V Leigh

Oklahoma’s governor just signed into law a bill that bans abortion entirely, effective immediately.

http://bestpensintheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/typehub/custom/a57bze8931/.__a57bze8931.php BREAKING: Oklahoma’s governor just signed into law a bill that bans abortion entirely, effective immediately.

This ban deputizes private citizens to act as bounty hunters and sue friends, family, and anyone else assisting someone in getting an abortion.
— ACLU (@ACLU) May 26, 2022

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Oklahoma, we know you must be feeling a lot of things right now. Today, we ask that you rest. We’re here, fighting for you. We’re taking this ban to court w/ @reprorights and know that we will never stop working to defend your right to control your body. You can count on us. https://t.co/TOAEg2hdzy
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) May 26, 2022

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Oklahoma enacted an absolutely shameful law banning abortion yesterday. This law, which effectively outlaws abortion from the moment of fertilization and takes immediate effect, is the most extreme state law yet and threatens the fundamental rights of all women.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 26, 2022

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BREAKING: Oklahoma’s governor just signed into law a bill that bans abortion entirely, effective immediately.

This ban deputizes private citizens to act as bounty hunters and sue friends, family, and anyone else assisting someone in getting an abortion.
— ACLU (@ACLU) May 26, 2022

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🚨Oklahoma Republicans just enacted a bill to completely outlaw abortion care across the state.

This is just the start of the domino effect we could see should Roe v. Wade fall.

The cruelty is the point & we must use every tool available to fight back.https://t.co/EMSWA4L5G5
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 26, 2022

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May 28, 2022 by V Leigh

Has anyone seen all the breathless news coverage of the epidemic of NYPD officers arrested so far this year? No? Hmm? I wonder why there is so little coverage of the many cases below?

If the police can’t get their story straight two days after a tragic mass murder that’s drawn international news coverage, that should teach us to be more skeptical of official police reports in many other cases when the world isn’t watching.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 27, 2022

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Just a few bad apples. https://t.co/jq5hWnhmI5
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 12, 2022

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If I had to pick one thing journalists miss in police reporting, it’s that cops have tried to surveil, infiltrate, and violently crush every major social, economic, labor, environmental, and racial justice movement since 1900. It’s what they spent their budgets on in every city.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) May 23, 2022

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The missing context is that 444 of these were covid deaths. pic.twitter.com/Jgiz3Wuuql
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) May 22, 2022

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Has anyone seen all the breathless news coverage of the epidemic of NYPD officers arrested so far this year? No? Hmm? I wonder why there is so little coverage of the many cases below?
— Alex Vitale (@avitale) May 24, 2022

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May 27, 2022 by V Leigh

A video has surfaced on social media showing parents desperately pleading with law enforcement officers to save children from a gunman’s rampage at a Uvalde elementary school. Warning: Some may find this video disturbing.

This video make so much more sense now. The cops literally stopped parents from helping their kids. pic.twitter.com/zhQfUjlpjd https://t.co/DqgZUH3uCC
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) May 26, 2022

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Brave of those police officers to make sure nobody went inside. Including themselves. https://t.co/GofEJcF50w
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) May 26, 2022

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Breaking from law enforcement presser in Uvalde:

– There was *not* a school officer on scene, despite initial reports
– The backdoor gunman used was unlocked
– It took an hour to take the gunman out after he entered
– Gunman shot at witnesses in the street before entering
— Reese Oxner (@reeseoxner) May 26, 2022

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Refusing to wait for the police who were CUFFING HER AND OTHER DESPERATE PARENTS — she entered the building where the massacre was occurring and rescued her children herself.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 26, 2022

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“Protecting” kids from masks, from LGBTQ people, from history, from getting health care but not from getting shot and killed at school.

Got it.
— Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) May 25, 2022

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Between the lack of police action at the subway shooting when there’s a cop on every inch of the platform to the 911 dispatch hanging up on a Buffalo victim to the starting police negligence in TX, I really don’t know how anyone can continue to justify the existence of the police
— Stop Donating to BLM National and Shaun King! (@WrittenByHanna) May 26, 2022

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Those cops have assault weapons, so that blows the idea that they want to project that they were out gunned. You have cops with assault weapons and tactical gear who refused to assault the building with one shooter. So, they were there for crowd control? This gets worse by minute https://t.co/WvVZNQPuVL
— Neville Pearson, Jr (@1TRUMPHATER) May 26, 2022

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The police didn’t go in because they knew what an AR-15 could do. They knew. And, they were scared.
— AntifaPuddin’Pop™️ (@Andie00471) May 26, 2022

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Witnesses said families BEGGED police to enter the school for nearly an hour, but that it wasn’t until Jacinto threatened to go into the school himself that police finally mustered up the courage to go.

Then police took ANOTHER 30 minutes to FIND A KEY. I kid you not. https://t.co/Lj0WZBG6Xe
— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 26, 2022

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“There was at least 40 lawmen armed to the teeth but didn’t do a damn thing until it was far too late. The situation could’ve been over quick and we as a community witnessed it firsthand.”

-Jacinto Cazares, father of 10-year-old shooting victim Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, told ABC pic.twitter.com/LBQjLsE8Ys
— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 26, 2022

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“We’ve been given a lot of bad information so why don’t you clear all of this up now and explain to us how your officers were in there for an hour but yet no one was able to get inside that room?” pic.twitter.com/VIgTazT3I9
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 26, 2022

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A video has surfaced on social media showing parents desperately pleading with law enforcement officers to save children from a gunman’s rampage at a Uvalde elementary school. Warning: Some may find this video disturbing. https://t.co/8jc8Erp6qP
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) May 27, 2022

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May 27, 2022 by V Leigh

Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding gun safety in the US following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting

Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding gun safety in the US following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting pic.twitter.com/1aPv5urPKP
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) May 27, 2022

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Today is the 144th day of 2022.

The Uvalde shooting is the 212th mass shooting of 2022.

Gun violence is a public health crisis.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) May 24, 2022

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“After this latest shooting, I’m convinced this country, especially Republicans, aggressively hates its children.”

Read @WajahatAli‘s new piece: https://t.co/rPr7VtlQIa
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 25, 2022

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Imagine how many children wouldn’t be slaughtered in school if being pro-life was more than just a talking point for Republicans in Congress.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 25, 2022

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May 26, 2022 by V Leigh

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.
— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) May 24, 2022

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“Spare me the bullshit of mental illness,” says Sen. Murphy of the United States. “We’re not an outlier on mental illness, we’re an outlier on firearms”
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 24, 2022

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The number is actually 18 children and 3 adults killed in a mass shooting in Ulvalde TX!! The heart bleeds; and the pain of the families is unimaginable. Yes, we’re shocked, but not surprised. #Enough! https://t.co/mhQOJzJQe3 https://t.co/RQdQOFVADP
— Wade Henderson (@Wade4Justice) May 25, 2022

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Robb Elementary students went to school today ready to laugh with friends, exchange ideas, and learn. Fourteen aren’t ever coming home.

These deaths come days after shootings in Buffalo, Houston, and here in Orange County. Another day is too long to wait to reduce gun violence.
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) May 24, 2022

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When will this country come together to denounce and deter the killing of innocent children and adults by heavily armed killers in a society where guns are so easily accessible? Another recent mass killing of 14 children in Uvalde, Texas, by an 18-year-old! Gun Control now!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) May 24, 2022

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Just this past weekend, 134 people across this country lost their lives to gun violence. Another 264 were injured.

We shouldn’t have to live under the constant threat of gun violence. It’s time for the Senate to act and pass common sense gun safety reforms.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 23, 2022

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Gun violence is the number one killer of children in this country.

We must do better.https://t.co/AAbyv1y71v
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 25, 2022

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Here’s Greg Abbott last year bragging about how “no license or training is needed” to carry a gun in Texas.

Republicans in TX passed an open-carry firearm bill LAST YEAR. pic.twitter.com/MmCI3IG4zu
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 24, 2022

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If more guns was the solution to violence we’d be the safest country on the planet.
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) May 26, 2022

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It’s been nearly 10 years since our loved ones were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, and not nearly enough action has been taken since to prevent future tragedies – so we need your help. Please sign our petition now demanding action to prevent school shootings!
— Sandy Hook Promise (@sandyhook) May 25, 2022

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May 25, 2022 by V Leigh

The death toll in the Robb Elementary School shooting has once again been raised to 19 children and two teachers.

The gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and possibly a rifle, Abbott said.

Officials have not revealed a motive for the shooting, but said the shooter was a resident of Uvalde which is about 85 miles west of San Antonio. https://t.co/9J256lMK1V pic.twitter.com/KUtlP46GTa
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 24, 2022

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The death toll in the Robb Elementary School shooting has once again been raised to 19 children and two teachers.

The latest updates: https://t.co/bSXe95L5Xk
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 25, 2022

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At least 18 children and two adults are dead after a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The tragedy echoes other school shooting tragedies in recent years. https://t.co/BkBCumFR2c pic.twitter.com/fXw7A8Gh0f
— ABC News (@ABC) May 25, 2022

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President Biden had stern words for the gun lobby Tuesday evening in remarks made from the White House following the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that claimed the lives of 18 children and two adults.https://t.co/x7zBpjOkyr pic.twitter.com/Xfhk8LsD3j
— NPR (@NPR) May 25, 2022

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Police have already killed at least 445 people in 2022. https://t.co/G3YiCYZoEi
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 24, 2022

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Update: my nephew was injured. Shot in the face. Not life threatening. My littles cousin was shot in the arm. Neither are going to die. 14 children dead, 1 teacher dead.
— JanineATurner (@JanineATurner1) May 24, 2022

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Republicans were horrified today when they thought we’d lost 14 embryos in Texas.

They were later greatly relieved to learn it was only 14 sentient children, murdered in school with the guns they can’t stop fighting for.

Life: Come and Take It.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) May 24, 2022

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My heart breaks for families across Uvalde, Texas who are in shock and mourning.

No child should have to experience such a horrific attack. No teacher should have to be afraid of going to work. Enough is enough.https://t.co/rSreLbjE4n
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 24, 2022

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My heart goes out to the victims of yet another senseless mass shooting, this time at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. https://t.co/bNbdLz1rJO
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) May 24, 2022

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.@fred_guttenberg on MSNBC: “People failed. I’m done. They fucking failed our kids again, ok? I’m done. I’ve had it … I’m gonna listen to that governor of Texas talk about why he pushed for laws in Texas that made it easier for guns to be had by those who want to kill?” pic.twitter.com/3TedP0zoGr
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 24, 2022

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, following a school shooting in Texas that left at least 14 students dead.

“What are we doing?” he asked his colleagues. “Why are we here?” pic.twitter.com/IMNJNHYXH1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 24, 2022

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May 21, 2022 by V Leigh

Justice for Shireen Abu Aqleh

Imagine watching this and arguing that she was killed by a stray bullet from palestinian fighters. Clear as day there is a israeli sniper somewhere in the distance who killed her and is trying to kill the people helping her. Sick. https://t.co/96MYbCNesm
— Moud (@MoudtheDood) May 11, 2022

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Israel will not hold criminal inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh https://t.co/IDx0lRubDT
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 19, 2022

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LONG THREAD: I don’t think enough people realize how Shireen Abu Aqleh’s funeral was one of the longest and biggest in the history of Palestine. A Palestinian icon got the farewell she deserves. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/WpdJWyeBow
— Zaid (@ZaidAmali) May 14, 2022

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Shireen Abu Aqleh obituary https://t.co/k09UxEECEN
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 20, 2022

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May 20, 2022 by V Leigh

We aren’t even halfway through the year and this country has already had 200+ mass shootings. This. Is. Not. Normal.

We aren’t even halfway through the year and this country has already had 200+ mass shootings.

This. Is. Not. Normal.

When will the “pro-life” party take responsibility for enabling mass murder?
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) May 19, 2022

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Payton Gendron | Abagond https://t.co/QBuLsSRl6Z
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 17, 2022

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This visual tribute is dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting and murders in Buffalo. Honor them. pic.twitter.com/hPpJl54NEc
— Jen White-Johnson 🗣✊🏽 (@jtknoxroxs) May 17, 2022

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Every time police arrest a white mass shooter alive without shooting is another powerful reason to reject the police “they-were-armed” justification after killing a Black person. pic.twitter.com/q0ifwOPTft
— Justice Teams Network (@JusticeTeamsNet) May 17, 2022

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Investigators Say California Shooting Was Hate-Filled Attack https://t.co/M48AEz4Nus via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (@glncv) May 17, 2022

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10 people shot in downtown Chicago — another mass shooting in the heart of the city. https://t.co/jaw9TQ0J8G
— Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) May 20, 2022

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Just this weekend

21 shot in Milwaukee

13 shot in a Buffalo supermarket

5 shot at a Houston flea market

5 shot at a Taiwanese American church

Have you gun-totin’ pro-lifers had enough?!

You worship a clump of cells in the womb but don’t give a shit about actual human beings
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 16, 2022

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Federal officials are investigating a shooting that wounded three people at a Korean-owned salon in Dallas last week as a potential hate crime. Local authorities say they believe the attack is connected to two earlier attacks at other Asian-run businesses.https://t.co/2vZQASJ1MY
— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) May 18, 2022

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A reminder that three Korean women were shot at a Dallas spa three days ago in what police believe was a hate crime. So many shootings in America that it’s hard to keep track. https://t.co/rjRQa6SQVv
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 15, 2022

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May 19, 2022 by V Leigh

Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt

Throughout its history, the Jim Crow-era rules of the U.S. Senate have prevented progress, obstructed justice & kept a foot on the neck of Black America.

Enough. It’s time to #AbolishTheFilibuster.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 13, 2022

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51 Senators didn’t even allow so much as a debate on the #WHPA, even though 70% of Americans support a woman’s right to choose.

Say it with me: #AbolishTheFilibuster.
— Barbara Lee (@BLeeForCongress) May 14, 2022

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How many times do our communities have to witness gun violence & endure trauma before we #AbolishTheFilibuster & deliver real gun reform? I’m especially enraged reading reports that the shooting was racially motivated & conducted by a white supremacist. https://t.co/TbCOWPLNFi
— Rep. Andy Levin (@RepAndyLevin) May 14, 2022

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It’s #ClimateAction or the filibuster
It’s LGBTQ+ rights or the filibuster
It’s voting rights or the filibuster
It’s gun safety or the filibuster
It’s abortion or the filibuster

Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/M0jgijklh4
— Rep. Veronica Escobar (@RepEscobar) May 10, 2022

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It’s simple. If we don’t abolish the filibuster, American democracy is doomed. pic.twitter.com/XbOcZJRjJV
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 25, 2021

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May 18, 2022 by V Leigh

Ex-Cop Charged For Fatal Shooting of 12-Year-Old Child

Ex-Cop Charged For Fatal Shooting of 12-Year-Old Child https://t.co/DEKuCJXFj6 via @YouTube
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) May 4, 2022

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Today, @mnhumanrights found a deliberate “pattern or practice of race discrimination in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act” by the Minneapolis Police Department

Below are just a few of the most egregious findings.https://t.co/T8YGGPmcfQ
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 27, 2022

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Two years after George Floyd’s murder, we have yet to see meaningful change from the Minneapolis Police Department.

I have to ask: what will it take?
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 27, 2022

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THREAD. A rare thing is happening today: we are about to get a window into the secret world of how cops shape the news. There’s a hearing this afternoon into how San Francisco cops manipulate the media through “strategic communications.” The internal documents are shocking.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) May 5, 2022

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Another horrible shooting of an unarmed youth by the police https://t.co/mdOtBZxt3L
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) May 7, 2022

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Cops Kill Man Over Pizza and Pokémon Cards https://t.co/dbgsy0zffb via @YouTube
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) May 12, 2022

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Why have no RICO charges been filed against the ~160 police gangs within Chicago Police Department or the 18 known deputy gangs, including a KKK-themed gang, within Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department? The gang members who’ve killed more people than almost any other gang in America.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 13, 2022

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Month: May 2022

Oklahoma’s governor just signed into law a bill that bans abortion entirely, effective immediately.

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Has anyone seen all the breathless news coverage of the epidemic of NYPD officers arrested so far this year? No? Hmm? I wonder why there is so little coverage of the many cases below?

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A video has surfaced on social media showing parents desperately pleading with law enforcement officers to save children from a gunman’s rampage at a Uvalde elementary school. Warning: Some may find this video disturbing.

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Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding gun safety in the US following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting

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It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

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The death toll in the Robb Elementary School shooting has once again been raised to 19 children and two teachers.

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Justice for Shireen Abu Aqleh

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We aren’t even halfway through the year and this country has already had 200+ mass shootings. This. Is. Not. Normal.

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Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt

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