Mike Fox
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Mike Fox
@justcallmefoxy.bsky.social
· May 26
'Force Begets Force'
Violence Will Find Those Who Embrace It
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My latest Substack: "Those who condone violence will commit violence. Today's terrorist sympathizers are tomorrow's terrorists."
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Earlier this year, in the heavily saturated world of commentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a new name started to appear everywhere, though it seemed to come out of nowhere: Adam Louis-Klein, an anthropology Ph.D. student at McGill University.
From the Amazon to anti-Zionism: The scholar seeking to stigmatize anti-Israel hate
Adam Louis-Klein, an anthropology Ph.D. student at McGill University, told JI how he found himself launched into Zionist advocacy after Oct. 7
jewishinsider.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Earlier this year, in the heavily saturated world of commentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a new name started to appear everywhere, though it seemed to come out of nowhere: Adam Louis-Klein, an anthropology Ph.D. student at McGill University.
Thank you @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social for your moral clarity. “We can’t allow antisemitism to be a partisan issue. We have to stand against it, Democrats and Republicans, no matter where it takes place.” jewishinsider.com/2025/12/jame...
Rep. James Walkinshaw wins warm reception from Jewish community after first few months on job
Walkinshaw: ‘We have to be united. We have to be firm in our opposition to hatred in any form or opposition to antisemitism’
jewishinsider.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Thank you @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social for your moral clarity. “We can’t allow antisemitism to be a partisan issue. We have to stand against it, Democrats and Republicans, no matter where it takes place.” jewishinsider.com/2025/12/jame...
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Last week, a court stopped the Trump administration from pulling millions in school mental health funding. We see their repeated attempts to put kids at risk — and we won’t let them stand.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in sch...
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Last week, a court stopped the Trump administration from pulling millions in school mental health funding. We see their repeated attempts to put kids at risk — and we won’t let them stand.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
Portsmouth police are calling on state legislators to help them address a yearslong issue by making it a crime for firearms owners to leave their guns in unlocked vehicles. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/06/p...
Portsmouth police call on state to criminalize leaving guns in unlocked cars
“We got to make things a little bit more difficult than just leaving something as dangerous as a firearm in a vehicle, and folks just being able to go and check your door,” Portsmouth&#…
www.pilotonline.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Portsmouth police are calling on state legislators to help them address a yearslong issue by making it a crime for firearms owners to leave their guns in unlocked vehicles. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/06/p...
Virginia earns a B+ and ranks 14th nationally! But we can do better by enacting permit to purchase, industry accountability, an office of gun violence prevention and a ban on ghost guns.
NEW: Our 2025 Gun Law Scorecard is LIVE!
Our experts analyzed and graded all 50 states on the strength of their gun laws, and like always, the data is clear: Gun laws save lives.
giffords.org/scorecard
Our experts analyzed and graded all 50 states on the strength of their gun laws, and like always, the data is clear: Gun laws save lives.
giffords.org/scorecard
GIFFORDS Law Center's Annual Gun Law Scorecard
For 15 years, we've ranked and graded state gun laws. Every time, we conclude that states with strong gun safety laws have fewer gun deaths.
giffords.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Virginia earns a B+ and ranks 14th nationally! But we can do better by enacting permit to purchase, industry accountability, an office of gun violence prevention and a ban on ghost guns.
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Sam Rasoul, a Palestinian-American Virginia state delegate with a history of inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric, announced he is considering running for Congress in 2026, pending the outcome of a likely redistricting effort in the state.
Virginia lawmaker with history of anti-Israel rhetoric eyes 2026 congressional run
State Del. Sam Rasoul, who has been criticized by other Virginia Democrats for his social media posts, is looking to run in a new district if Virginia redraws its congressional maps
jewishinsider.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sam Rasoul, a Palestinian-American Virginia state delegate with a history of inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric, announced he is considering running for Congress in 2026, pending the outcome of a likely redistricting effort in the state.
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Join the Virginia Asian American & Pacific Islander Caucus for our virtual town hall! This is your chance to make your voice heard ahead of the 2026 General Assembly Session.
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Register: bit.ly/vagpic-dec10
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Register: bit.ly/vagpic-dec10
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join the Virginia Asian American & Pacific Islander Caucus for our virtual town hall! This is your chance to make your voice heard ahead of the 2026 General Assembly Session.
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Register: bit.ly/vagpic-dec10
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Register: bit.ly/vagpic-dec10
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Thank you, @govevers.wisconsin.gov, for recognizing the importance of Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs in our fight to end gun violence.
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Wisconsin launches $10 million grant program for violence prevention
MADISON, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention launched a grant program Friday, Dec. 5 to support violence prevention initiatives across the state, according
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December 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thank you, @govevers.wisconsin.gov, for recognizing the importance of Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs in our fight to end gun violence.
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 🇺🇲
The Greatest Generation sacrificed much to save the world from fascism and liberate a people from a Holocaust. Though their numbers are dwindling, their service and stories will never be forgotten.
The Greatest Generation sacrificed much to save the world from fascism and liberate a people from a Holocaust. Though their numbers are dwindling, their service and stories will never be forgotten.
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 🇺🇲
The Greatest Generation sacrificed much to save the world from fascism and liberate a people from a Holocaust. Though their numbers are dwindling, their service and stories will never be forgotten.
The Greatest Generation sacrificed much to save the world from fascism and liberate a people from a Holocaust. Though their numbers are dwindling, their service and stories will never be forgotten.
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We are honored that players and leadership across ten NFL teams chose Everytown as their My Cause My Cleats beneficiary this year in support of our mission to end gun violence.
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We are honored that players and leadership across ten NFL teams chose Everytown as their My Cause My Cleats beneficiary this year in support of our mission to end gun violence.
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A dangerous bill is being debated in Congress, which will have the effect of opening a new ghost guns market.
Many lawmakers have signed on to support this legislation not knowing its true effects. Before it goes to a vote tell your lawmakers to oppose this deadly bill!
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Many lawmakers have signed on to support this legislation not knowing its true effects. Before it goes to a vote tell your lawmakers to oppose this deadly bill!
bradyunited.org/lethal
Urge Lawmakers: Withdraw Your Support From Deadly Legislation That…
Congress is being misled about dangerous legislation purported to help police but in reality unleash deadly weapons to civilians.
bradyunited.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A dangerous bill is being debated in Congress, which will have the effect of opening a new ghost guns market.
Many lawmakers have signed on to support this legislation not knowing its true effects. Before it goes to a vote tell your lawmakers to oppose this deadly bill!
bradyunited.org/lethal
Many lawmakers have signed on to support this legislation not knowing its true effects. Before it goes to a vote tell your lawmakers to oppose this deadly bill!
bradyunited.org/lethal
This: "His social media is filled with a lack of empathy for Jewish suffering. It's filled with a lack of empathy for Israel's strategic position."
A spokesperson for Sen. Chris Van Hollen attacked Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington CEO Ron Halber by name, accusing the Jewish liaison of being an “apologist for the Netanyahu government” in response to criticisms of the Maryland senator earlier Wednesday.
Sen. Van Hollen attacks Maryland Jewish community liaison Ron Halber as Netanyahu 'apologist'
Halber, at a JCRC breakfast, had lamented the Maryland senator’s worsening relationship with his Jewish constituents
jewishinsider.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This: "His social media is filled with a lack of empathy for Jewish suffering. It's filled with a lack of empathy for Israel's strategic position."
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Illegal gun trafficking is fueling violence in communities across the country. But trafficked guns don’t appear out of thin air—they often start with licensed dealers who look the other way, and end up in the wrong hands.
Gun dealers are major source of trafficked firearms • Stateline
Licensed gun dealers are a major source of firearms that end up illegally trafficked, according to a new analysis using federal data by the research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates…
stateline.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Illegal gun trafficking is fueling violence in communities across the country. But trafficked guns don’t appear out of thin air—they often start with licensed dealers who look the other way, and end up in the wrong hands.
The Virginia ABC's communications team has been waiting their whole careers for this moment. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGq...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The Virginia ABC's communications team has been waiting their whole careers for this moment. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BGq...
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The Trace and KFF Health News are teaming up to take a deep look at how insurance status impacts the care that gunshot wound survivors receive. We want to talk to you about your medical treatment, your insurance coverage, and experiences after being discharged.
Help The Trace and KFF Health News Investigate Medical Care for Gunshot Wounds
We're looking for people who've survived being shot to better understand how insurance affects medical care.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Trace and KFF Health News are teaming up to take a deep look at how insurance status impacts the care that gunshot wound survivors receive. We want to talk to you about your medical treatment, your insurance coverage, and experiences after being discharged.
"The only genocide in this war happened on October 7, when Hamas openly admitted it wanted to kill every Israeli man, woman, and child it could." 💯
Rep. Ro Khanna, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is sparring with AIPAC on social media over ads the group ran criticizing his support for a House resolution describing the war in Gaza as a genocide.
Ro Khanna fumes after AIPAC hits him for backing Gaza genocide resolution
AIPAC accused the California congressman, a prospective 2028 presidential candidate, of echoing antisemitic tropes
jewishinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"The only genocide in this war happened on October 7, when Hamas openly admitted it wanted to kill every Israeli man, woman, and child it could." 💯
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The ADL said Sen. Bernie Moreno’s new proposal to ban dual citizenship risks reviving an antisemitic “dual loyalty” charge that has historically been used to target Jewish Americans.
ADL says Moreno’s dual-citizenship bill risks reviving ‘dual loyalty’ narrative
‘Accusations of dual loyalty have historically been used against Jews to exclude them from public life and even justify violence, making this trope especially harmful and dangerous,’ ADL's Dan Granot says
jewishinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The ADL said Sen. Bernie Moreno’s new proposal to ban dual citizenship risks reviving an antisemitic “dual loyalty” charge that has historically been used to target Jewish Americans.
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The four victims of the shooting at a child's birthday party in Stockton, CA deserved to come home alive. We should not have to go from celebrating a birthday to planning funerals. In honor of the victims, survivors, and communities impacted by this horrific shooting, we fight to #EndGunViolence.
December 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The four victims of the shooting at a child's birthday party in Stockton, CA deserved to come home alive. We should not have to go from celebrating a birthday to planning funerals. In honor of the victims, survivors, and communities impacted by this horrific shooting, we fight to #EndGunViolence.
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Speaking at the Israel Hayom summit in Manhattan, Hillary Clinton warned of the influence of social media in shaping young people’s perceptions on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Hillary Clinton says anti-Israel sentiment among young people fueled by ‘propaganda’ on social media
Speaking at the Israel Hayom summit, Clinton recalled the ‘frankly shocking’ lack of understanding among her students at Columbia University
jewishinsider.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Speaking at the Israel Hayom summit in Manhattan, Hillary Clinton warned of the influence of social media in shaping young people’s perceptions on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Text GUT to 644-33 to tell your members of Congress: Don’t gut our gun laws!
House Republicans are pushing for a federal concealed carry mandate. This unpopular bill would override state gun laws and force each state to recognize every other state’s requirements for carrying concealed guns in public, including states with weak or no requirements at all.
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Text GUT to 644-33 to tell your members of Congress: Don’t gut our gun laws!
From one hubby married to a Jewish woman to another, mazel tov @corybooker.com!
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey celebrated his marriage to his partner Alexis Lewis in an intimate ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening.
Cory Booker Weds Alexis Lewis in a Private Ceremony
The couple married at a courthouse in Newark days before hosting an intimate wedding in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. They shared their wedding details exclusively with The New York Times.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
From one hubby married to a Jewish woman to another, mazel tov @corybooker.com!
So many lives and families destroyed. I refuse to accept mass murder as the price for "freedom."
Four people were shot and killed and ten others were shot and wounded inside a banquet hall where a family was celebrating a child’s birthday yesterday in Stockton, California. Authorities said both children and adults were among the victims.
Four killed and 10 wounded in shooting at child’s party in California, officials say
Victims ranged from ‘juveniles to adults’ in attack on a banquet hall in Stockton, county sheriff’s office says
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So many lives and families destroyed. I refuse to accept mass murder as the price for "freedom."
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On this day four years ago, four students were killed and seven other people were wounded when a 15-year-old boy armed with a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol opened fire inside Oxford High School. 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On this day four years ago, four students were killed and seven other people were wounded when a 15-year-old boy armed with a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol opened fire inside Oxford High School. 🧵
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A couple of years ago, a Trace reader asked for recommendations of books that survey the gun violence issue as a whole. We decided it was time to update the list.
11 (More) Books to Help You Understand Gun Violence in the U.S.
A couple of years ago, a Trace reader asked for books about the gun violence issue. We decided it was time to update the list.
www.thetrace.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A couple of years ago, a Trace reader asked for recommendations of books that survey the gun violence issue as a whole. We decided it was time to update the list.
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I am heartbroken over the passing of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who was senselessly murdered just before the holidays.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I am heartbroken over the passing of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who was senselessly murdered just before the holidays.