Huge scoop from
@BrandyZadrozny
:
Michael Benz, a Trump State Dept official who’s been promoted by Elon Musk, is secretly a white nationalist influencer who goes by “Frame Game.”
Here he is talking about “the Jewish influence” on “white genocide”
After today, people who pass background checks will still be able to buy a gun. People who can’t pass background checks will have a much harder time getting their hands on one.
Those people are:
Use to agree “knee high by Fourth of July” to hv good corn harvest. NOW it’s shoulder high by Fourth of July. This yr corn has grown so much it’s over head high by Fourth of July
#cornwatch
Gun industry's favorite website lionizes man who terrorized a Colorado town & destroyed 13 buildings in a bulldozer he turned into a tank, tried to kill police, and attempted to blow up a propane storage facility
Searches have been combing the rugged, hilly area since Saturday evening, when a gunman began shooting at drivers on Interstate 75 near London, a small Kentucky city of about 8,000 people about 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Lexington.
“The NRA’s most recent tax return, filed in November of this year for 2022, reveals dramatic declines along almost every conceivable metric: revenue, assets, member dues, lobbying, and political spending”
After many suggestions, I looked into the legality of traveling into federal waters to conduct rocket testing, a Form 20 (Permission slip to travel interstate with NFA items) is not legally required according to BATF attorneys in my situation. The next would be a stable platform
More Republicans (24%) prefer a candidate who supports the people who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6 than one who criticizes them (15%).
6 in 10 prefer one who doesn't comment on Jan. 6.
It’s Harris’ last day in Zambia, and in Africa. She’s visiting a farm using green agriculture techniques.
“You know I grow peppers?”
@VP
says, listing Scotch bonnet, habanero and Thai chilli peppers.
Folks have voted from the cloakroom in all sorts of wild casual attire bc cloakroom did not have the same rules as the Senate floor/chamber.
See: fly in /out day folks in jeans/ sneakers/ shorts don’t go on the floor, they vote from the cloak room. (As Burr is pictured doing.)
🚨🚨🚨
@GabbyGiffords
& I are pleased to welcome
@ChrisHarrisKC
to
@GiffordsCourage
! An early & thoughtful gun safety leader as a Senate staffer, he will bolster the gun violence prevention movement in our push for further growth & progress! Give him a follow.
NEW POLL: Guns are a top 3 issue for voters. Those voters are demanding action to reduce gun violence.
Meanwhile, today at the NRA convention you’ll see 5 GOP presidential contenders compete to see who can best alienate 90% of the country to appeal to the other 10%.
10-15 years ago, even Dems were afraid to wade into gun safety debates. Today, rising stars are leading on the issue.
Gun safety laws are good policy AND good politics.
We’re excited to reveal the winners of the inaugural GIFFORDS Champion Award:
@AverieDanielle
,
@BHWilliamsMD
,
@LateefahSimon
&
@Yvette4NY
!
These leaders are the next wave of gun safety champions who will lead the fight for safer gun laws in Congress and statehouses nationwide.
“he allowed me to occupy what would have otherwise been an unoccupied seat on a private flight”
Pretty sure this is what lawyers train people to say when they get free travel on a private jet from someone who wants to bank a favor
The cutest video you will see today. 🥹💛
@VP
Harris meeting Ellie, the young girl who wrote her a letter saying “One day I wish I can be vice president. If you did it then I can too.”
🎥: melaniakelsen on Instagram.
POLITICO: "Biden to close ‘gun-show loophole’ and expand background checks for firearms. The final rule ... would eliminate a loophole that has allowed sales of guns without background checks of guns outside of brick-and-mortar stores."
We all know that Kamala has a thing for canned phrases.
One of her favorites is calling for an assault weapons ban, along with universal background checks and red-flag laws.
Let's look at some of her past statements.
hunters wearing orange to not get shot is literally why the GVP movement wears orange. Because 100% of gun deaths are preventable and no one should fall victim to gun violence. So "this only orange" is in fact the same orange.
With a manhunt for a loose mass murderer still going on a few miles down the road, maybe this is not the time to launch an Dem primary ad about shooting guns.
#Election2024
: "I'm Dean Phillips and I'm running for President of the United States of America."
Here's a first look at the Democratic candidate's first ad, which debuted this morning in New Hampshire markets.
"Meanwhile, my predecessor told the NRA he’s proud he did nothing on guns when he was President.
After another school shooting in Iowa he said we should just “get over it.”
I say we must stop it.
"Today, it's the Chiefs' turn; it's at a Super Bowl parade. Tomorrow, it will be somewhere else. Somebody else will lose their life, and we will continue to come on and try to make sense of something that is inexplicable."
-
@AdamSchefter
.
@AaronRodgers12
on Sandy Hook parents “They’re all making it up. They’re all actors.”
He’s not just shockingly gullible and ignorant, but arrogant and cruel.
BOOM.
"The rest of us have known for months that a large majority of Floridians opposed
@RonDeSantisFL
's reckless ‘Anyone with a Gun’ permitless carry bill, but he must have been too busy scooping pudding to put his finger to the wind."
-
@DebbieforFL
Ron DeSantis thought appeasing the NRA would help him win the GOP primary. Instead, his polling has cratered.
GOP candidates can learn from his mistakes: stop cozying up to gun lobbyists and start listening to the majority of Americans who want commonsense gun laws.
#GOPDebate
The gun lobby’s social media team holds graphics until they can promote what most recently killed innocent people.
They are so twisted they think this is hilarious internet trolling while entire communities are grieving their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, friends.
2015 Flashback:
@GabbyGiffords
and
@PeterMAmbler
in the Oval pitching an executive action to expand background checks by more accurately defining what sellers are “engaged in the business” of gun sales.
@JoeBiden
got it done
If there had been a mass shooting at a suburban NY Sweet Sixteen birthday party that killed 4 young white people & injured 32 others, it would still be dominating national news.
3 things are true:
-Virginia guns fuel DC gun crime
-Youngkin just vetoed 30 bills that would keep guns from falling into the wrong hands
-Youngkin tried to use crime to lure DC sports teams to VA.
Gov. Youngkin had the opportunity to strengthen Virginia communities by passing popular gun safety legislation.
While he signed two bills, he still put the gun lobby first and vetoed 30 gun safety laws.
This is not what leadership looks like.
Sen. Tillis: “We’ve got to give him latitude to win his race in Maryland... What we don’t want to do is have a scenario where we win the White House and we don’t have a majority in the Senate. That would make no sense at all. President Trump would get nothing done.”
NEW.
@MeetThePress
@ChuckTodd
asks Louisiana
@SenBillCassidy
: "What about this
#NoLabels
?"
Cassidy: "Put it this way, 70% of the American people want something different...
With this, should there be another option for the American people? And I think plausibly there should be.”
🟡 SCOOP: Trump says he will try to unilaterally cut government spending if elected president, setting up a potential constitutional clash with profound implications for the budget and basic workings of American government,
@ShelbyTalcott
reports
President
@JoeBiden
has done more to save our children from gun violence than any president in history.
Donald Trump promised the NRA he wouldn't do a thing.
A majority (55%) of
@NRA
members believe a safety course should be mandatory to even own a gun.
Yet the
@NRA
is going around the country stripping training and permitting requirements even for people who carry everywhere they go.
In the last 10 years,
@GabbyGiffords
has built one of the nation's leading gun safety groups.
We've changed hearts, changed laws, and changed Congress—with more gun safety advocates and survivors elected than ever before.
We will never stop fighting for a safer future.
"As a veteran, fifth generation Texan, and GIFFORDS Gun Owner for Safety, I'm telling the NRA that they're not welcome here...The NRA sold the freedoms and safety of our communities in exchange for corporate profits a long time ago."
.
@GIFFORDS_org
launched GIFFORDS Texas this week ahead of the NRA convention in Dallas to give voice to the vast majority of Texans who support commonsense laws to keep people safe.
SCOOP: Philly political sources have told me that a staffer connected with Mayor Cherelle Parker's team accidentally posted the video today.
The video was scheduled for Monday...after VP Kamala Harris was expected to announce her pick.
It's Josh Shapiro, y'all.
Tomorrow,
@FoxNews
will host its first Republican presidential primary debate. I sincerely hope the candidates will address Americans'
#1
public health concern and the leading cause of death for children in the US: gun violence.
Americans deserve an answer.
Last night in
#TX23
, the gun lobby's public enemy
#1
beat their hero.
Not long ago, the gun lobby had an iron grip on the GOP because of their unmatched power to influence primary elections. That's simply not case anymore. Remember this next time they make threats over votes.
An Extreme Risk Protection Order could have stopped Dylan Roof from killing 9 people in Charleston while Nikki Haley was in charge.
Despite numerous due process checks before weapons are removed, she still thinks government should err n the side of arming people like Roof
Just a reminder that states’ “well-regulated militias” were needed because the U.S. had a total of ~700 men in the standing army. It didn’t grow significantly until after the War of 1812 when we realized calling in state militias to fight wars wouldn’t cut it.
Shopping for deals on a Saturday should never require risking your life. As we await more details out of Allen, TX, take 3 minutes to email your member of Congress.
🚨 Plaintiff Search Update 🚨
If you meet the following criteria, we need your immediate response at :
-Are currently 17-19 years old.
-Currently reside within Louisiana.
-Have a desire to purchase a handgun, but are currently prohibited due to the law.
Donald Trump's favorite gun store
@palmettoarmory
—the one he visited last fall—was just hit with an awful racial discrimination lawsuit
They claimed they had no idea about the suit...but had filed to move it to federal court months ago
Weeks before SCOTUS hears challenge to law that prevents abusive partners from owning firearms, a reminder that armed domestic abusers are also a threat to people outside the home