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LuluMcTavish
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Scottish mum raging carefully against the machine so I don’t throw my back out. Opinions are my own but you’re welcome to borrow them. Can be a bit sweary.
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Murmuration: we see where to go by looking to those right beside us; together, we show each other how to fly.
#KeepGoing #EndGunViolence #LoveIsEverywhere
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The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.
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ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
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Interesting to note that the coal industry in the U.S. employs just a tad over 40,000 people, according to the BLS. The same source tells us that 64,000 people work at wineries.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
Like starlings, they find each other in flight,
drawn
not by orders from above but by trust,
instinct, and the pull of justice.

The murmuration is the movement—

shifting, uncontainable, unstoppable.

We will #KeepGoing
We will #EndGunViolence
Our #LoveIsEverywhere 🫶🧡🫶
They rewrite the sky with their own shapes—

proof that power is NOT in a logo or a name,

but in the PEOPLE who will not be quieted.
who rose together in defense of life,

who built the largest chorus against gun violence in America,

who carried grief in one hand and hope in the other.

Now they refuse weapon training over voices,

refuse decisions made without them.
They scatter, not in silence, but in a rush of wings—
hundreds of voices, once bound by a red t-shirt,

breaking free into the open air.

A murmuration of Moms, Survivors, neighbors, friends—
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Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown
Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit
www.usatoday.com
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'Govern yourselves accordingly': Florida threatens teachers who criticize Charlie Kirk
A Thursday email from Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas to public school superintendents in the Sunshine State appears to contain a threat to teachers who publicly express negative opinions about deceased far-right activist Charlie Kirk. According to the email — which AlterNet received from a Florida educator and was later shared by Politico — Kamoutsas said teachers who post "despicable comments on social media regarding the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk" could be subjected to an "investigation." "These few are not a reflection of the great, high-quality teachers who make up a vast majority of Florida's educators," the email read. "Nevertheless, I will be conducting an investigation of every educator who engages in this vile, sanctionable behavior." Kamoutsas said teachers could be held accountable under "Rule 6A-10.081, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida" and that he may "find probable cause to sanction an educator's certificate." READ MORE: Newly discovered emails from Epstein's personal account 'made references to Trump': report "Although educators have First Amendment rights, these rights do not extend without limit into their professional duties," Kamoutsas' email read. "An educator's personal views that are made public may undermine the trust of the students and families that they serve." The rule Kamoutsas cited suggests that any "investigation" he conducts into teachers could find them "guilty of personal conduct that seriously reduces that person's effectiveness as an employee of the district school board" if they were found to have posted negative opinions about Kirk on social media. "I expect you to share this reminder with all school district employees," the email reads. "Together, we must uphold the highest standards of professionalism and keep Florida's classrooms places of safety and academic achievement for every student." "Govern yourselves accordingly," Kamoutsas added. READ MORE: 'Massively ignorant': Why this MAGA candidate is getting threats from Trump supporters AlterNet reached out to the Florida Department of Education and Commissioner Kamoutsas' office for comment.
dlvr.it
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"I meant other people's gun deaths." - Charlie Kirk, 2025
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023

www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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Trying to strike a balance between hating political violence and hating Charlie Kirk, while acknowledging America’s history of violence against Black leaders and liberation activists that Kirk doesn’t care about, while also pointing out the systemic problems the right built that led us to this...
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So… the fascists are considering banning guns for trans people while Moms Demand Action announces a gun safety course.

I woke up in Bizarro America
Everytown is the parent company of Moms Demand Action. Moms was the advocacy arm of their GVP platform.
Everytown is the parent company of Moms Demand Action. Rolling this program out has damaged our advocacy and hurt the entire GVP community. ET will survive, but Moms is damaged beyond repair. It's a devastating slap in the face to the survivors of gun violence and to the long time volunteers.
Everytown is the parent company of Moms Demand Action. Rolling this program out has damaged our advocacy and hurt the entire GVP community. ET will survive, but Moms is damaged beyond repair. It's a devastating slap in the face to the survivors of gun violence and to the long time volunteers.
the leading organization fighting gun violence now offering training for how to shoot a gun seems like…a pretty noteworthy pivot. (in the video the executive director calls this a NEW program, separate from past “gun safety” efforts.)
🔔 NEW: We’re pleased to join @ferrellzabala.bsky.social in announcing #TrainSMART — Everytown Support Fund’s groundbreaking firearms training program created by veterans who understand the training, safety, and responsibility required to own and operate firearms. 🧵
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The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
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All non-Florida states should offer, now, proactive resettlement plans so that families looking to escape DeSantis Disease laboratory can relocate somewhere humane before he kills them
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"The straw man being put forward is that it's either we have the military or we're going to get our throats cut at night in DC. Is there no middle ground? Do local law enforcement account for nothing? We've got the National Guard GARDENING right now in DC. Is that an efficient use of our resources?"
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70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists.

Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter.

We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
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Ashli Babbitt died doing what she loved—being a domestic terrorist.