#TrumpTerrorists is Trending

This just caused me to do a “yasss, Queen” and I never do that. Ever!😳

Good! Any mention of Trump should be bookended with the word Terrorist -- they are terrorizing a nation.

Finally good marketing of political memes by liberals

R2 republicans are terrorists.

Haha.

Good. I hope they keep it going.

They should be branded as MAGATs (Make America Great Again terrorists).

Trump needs to be synonymous with terrorism forever. Democrats would do well to link republicans with terrorism in political ads.

Exactly

This needs to be a thing forever.

Beto’s milking this for whatever he can get out of it.

The Piece of Shit opened his anus mouth and tweeted the following below. Why doesn't he take some accountability for his role in these murders?

"Today, I authorized the lowering of the flags to half-staff at all Federal Government buildings in honor of the victims of the tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio...."

I think the anger is beyond palpable. People have fucking had it, and all decorum went out the fucking window in 2016. This is way overdue. We will be nice when they are fucking nice. “Be nice twice, then bop ‘em in the nose.”

GOOD!

I've noticed that Republicans have been rather quiet today too. They all know that this is very serious shit for them.... politically. They can't think in any other way...

MAKE THIS STICK!

Republicans are terrorists!

It feels so nice to say it because it's true!

It is possible that like everything else this won't stick, but there are signs that he has finally overplayed his hand the last few weeks with the send them back -- and refusing to even acknowledge that what said was insensitive. It pushed the he is racist discussion more out into the open, which set up how is being perceived now. I predict he will have a few hissy fits the next few days playing the victim which will just emphasize what a small man he is when he is more concerned about himself and when he still cannot utter the words white supremacist.

Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes.

Americans did not glimpse the president in the immediate aftermath of a shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed at least 20 people and, hours later, one in Dayton, Ohio, that claimed at least nine lives. Not until Trump and the first lady prepared to fly back to Washington in the late afternoon Sunday did he appear before cameras.

“Hate has no place in our country, and we’re going to take care of it,” Trump declared before boarding Air Force One.

While connecting “hate” and mental illness to the shootings, Trump made no direct mention of gun laws, a factor brought up by Democratic officials and those seeking their party’s nomination to challenge Trump’s reelection next year. He also ignored questions about the anti-immigration language in a manifesto written by the El Paso shooter that mirrors some of his own.

Trump tried to assure Americans he was dealing with the problem and defended his administration in light of criticism following the latest in a string of mass shootings.

“We have done much more than most administrations,” he said, without elaboration. “We have done actually a lot. But perhaps more needs to be done.”

Never seemingly comfortable consoling a nation in grief, Trump will be carefully watched for his response to the attacks, again inviting comparison to his predecessors who have tried to heal the country in moments of national trauma.

Just wait until Trump is [italic]out[/italic] of office. This is him being 'presidential.' His Twitter will become even more of a cesspool where he openly gives out orders to his Neo Nazis for more violence.

Yes, R18, but hopefully he'll be tweeting those orders from prison.

One place he was while 'in hiding' was at a wedding reception The Night of the attack on Walmart. Yucking it up with his fellow Deplorables at the Country Club. Words fail me.

He was at a wedding reception last night no doubt grabbing pussy and then golfing today. Nancy: it’s time for impeachment. No excuses.

Why haven't there been mass shootings in other countries this year? Don't they have mental illnesses?

#MassacreMitch

JUST IN: Mexico threatens to take legal action against the US for failing to protect its citizens in the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in El Paso.

[quote]Why haven't there been mass shootings in other countries this year? Don't they have mental illnesses?

David Frum:

No developed country has more retrograde attitudes to mental illness than Japan. No developed country invests less in care and treatment for the mentally ill than Japan. And yet somehow ... no mass shootings.

Spain ranked by far the worst for street harassment of women … German men are twice as likely as American men to say it's sometimes acceptable for men to beat their wives. That masculinity is pretty toxic! And yet - no mass shootings.

I don't know, but I'd guess there's a lot of white supremacist ideology in Poland / Italy / and Slovakia too. But ... very few mass shootings. They seem to be missing some crucial element. Whatever can it be.

This meme is brilliant

This meme is brilliant

R26, I love it!

Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings and Kamala says 'Do Something!'.

What are they supposed to do?

Is R29 DL's resident moron in chief? Or just a Trumptard?

[quote]Is [R29] DL's resident moron in chief? Or just a Trumptard?

These two things are not mutually exclusive.

R29......just tuck yourself in early.

R29 is a Republican, AKA a terrorist or a terrorist enabler.

Jake Tapper: "Do you think President Trump is a white nationalist?"

Beto O'Rourke: "Yes, I do."

R29 = EPIC fail of a troll if I ever saw one. Lord god, I demand they withhold your paycheck

Trump is the Head Terrorist. His minions are doing his dirty work for him.

You all think a little weekend news cycle outreach and some hashtags are going to change the tide? If the massacre of little children at Newtown didn't prompt action, nothing will. Nothing will change until Democrats have a majority in the House of Reps, Senate, state assemblies, governorships, have the White House and a firm majority in the Supreme Court.

[quote]In retrospect, Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.

*outrage

[quote] Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate.

Sandy Hook did not mark the end of anything regarding gun control. Mayor Pete said it best: there are now two generations who have grown up with school shootings and they both have strong opinions on this subject. They may not have had a chance to do much in 2012 but they will get their say in this debate.

Right, R39, and the Senate will remain in the hands of the Republicans, Trump will have pointed HUNDREDS of new Federal judges by the time he's left office, The Supreme Court will continue to have a firm majority and Republicans will continue to gerrymander districts across the country for their benefit. Pete or Warren or Bernie won't change anything alone.

R40, we will see about that. Republicans -- and their FOX News brand of racism -- are living on borrowed time. There is a looming demographic tidal wave headed their way and their day of reckoning [italic]will[/italic] come.

Fun fact: the journo at r37 is Glenda Jackson's son

R42 it's a ironic fact that a life-long, fire-and-brimstone Labourite Glenda spawned such a rational, even-handed son.

Chris Evans:

Just a reminder.

He laughed. Then he made a joke. Then he mugged for the camera as the crowd applauded.

Then he just kept right on talking.

R41 -- demographics are ALREADY not on Republican's side which is why the electoral college and their rampant gerrymandering are really the only things keeping them in national power. They are absolutely ruthless about this. I wish, to Warren's point, we stopped playing nice with them. This is war. Until Republicans have virtually no power in this country, only incremental progress -- at best -- will be possible.

#TRUMPSTERRORISTS TRENDS AS AMERICANS BLAME PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR MASS SHOOTINGS: 'THE BLOOD IS ON HIS HANDS'

ollowing two mass shootings this weekend, the hashtag #TrumpsTerrorists trended on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, with thousands of Americans blaming President Donald Trump for allegedly encouraging violence against immigrants with his racial rhetoric.

A gunman, identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, opened fire at a Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, leaving 20 dead and at least 26 others injured. Authorities told the Washington Post that they were investigating a manifesto, allegedly written by the shooter, that contains strong anti-immigration sentiments and sympathy for the Christchurch shooter, an Australian gunman involved in attacks on New Zealand mosques that left 49 dead earlier this year.

Hours later, on Sunday morning, a separate shooter killed nine in Dayton, Ohio.

Although the president denounced both shootings as "senseless attacks" and condemned "these hateful and cowardly acts," 2020 Democratic candidates and various other politicians disagreed over whether Trump's inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants had encouraged the hate and violence in the El Paso shooting.

"Trump is now deleting his tweets calling immigrants an 'invasion' now that he inspired the El Paso shooter to murder 20 people to 'stop the Hispanic invasion of Texas.' Sorry @realDonaldTrump, but the internet is forever. #TrumpsTerrorists," Andrew Wortman tweeted, alongside screenshots of the president's deleted tweets.

The White House is in panic:

"Trump is now deleting his tweets calling immigrants an 'invasion' now that he inspired the El Paso shooter to murder 20 people to 'stop the Hispanic invasion of Texas.' Sorry @realDonaldTrump, but the internet is forever. #TrumpsTerrorists," Andrew Wortman tweeted, alongside screenshots of the president's deleted tweets.

[quote]"Trump is now deleting his tweets calling immigrants an 'invasion'

Where are these Trump tweets?

Can someone link to them?

Dropped 5 Hrs ago

Trump's staff is deleting his worst tweets

The White House staff of the racist-in-chief is frantically trying to get rid of tweets with the worst Trumpian language, including words like “infestation” and “invasion.”

Yeah, as if we haven’t heard and read all of that sickening and hate-filled language from Donald Trump for four years.

#TrumpTerrorists, #MoscowMitch, Democrats need to keep using these endlessly. Time to bring a knife to a knife fight.

R49, hilarious. Somebody needs to explain to him that deleting them won't make them disappear. The internet is forever.

This is why his minders need to give him a phone that is incapable of tweeting. They made a huge mistake allowing him to continue tweeting like mad while tweaking on Adderall.

Have people made sure to screenshot the tweets before he can delete them?

Aide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said.

McConnell tripped on his outdoor patio at his Louisville home Sunday morning, and has been treated and released after getting medical attention, said David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican. Popp's emailed statement said the 77-year-old McConnell is working from home in Louisville and "will continue to work from home" for now.

The statement didn't elaborate on where he received help or what treatment he received or the expected time needed for recovery. A McConnell spokesman didn't immediately return a telephone message Sunday evening.

The statement said McConnell has expressed his sympathies to the people of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, following the recent mass shootings in those communities and that he had been in touch with two Senate colleagues for those states.

McConnell returned to Kentucky after the Senate began a five-week recess Thursday, hailing the chamber for a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown. But McConnell, who is up for reelection next year and has aligned himself closely with President Donald Trump, has recently been criticized for blocking election security legislation aimed at protecting the nation's political system against foreign attacks.

On Saturday the sixth-term senator attended Kentucky's premier political event, where some Democrats wore "Moscow Mitch" shirts depicting the communist-era hammer and sickle and others heckled McConnell during the stump-style speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic.

McConnell has pushed back hard against his critics, likening the attacks to "modern-day McCarthyism." He received a long ovation during a Republican breakfast Saturday.

"It's appropriate to see a bunch of Democrats running around with communist flags on their shirts," the senator told reporters at the breakfast. "That ought to tell you something about where they want to take the country with the Green New Deal and Medicare for all. Their whole agenda would fundamentally change the country with something it's never been."

Well, that gets him out of calling the Senate back to DC

How are Trump's staff allowed to delete his tweets?

I thought it had been ruled that Presidential tweets are part of the official government record and must be retained?

This is fake news. I hope he rots in hell, but the deleting tweets is fake news

R54 Good!

MoscowMitch is hiding out.

John Legend:

When we condemn the racist venom coming from the President's mouth and point out the bigotry of his policies, it's not an academic question, it's not a political game, it's about life and death. The President regularly inspires killers. He is a part of the problem

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is being shouted down at this vigil in Dayton. Crowd is chanting “Do Something” as DeWine offers his condolences to the city and victims of the shooting.

And now a statement from our girl on the go!

Is #radicalrepublicanterrorism trending yet?

Chris Evans is bae

Psychiatrist on CNN is spitting fire at Trump right now.

We've become desensitized to random, and far too frequent, mass shootings. As Pete Buttigieg said in a recent CNN interview, if the slaughter of children at Sandy Hook didn't shame the Republicans into banning assault weapons, nothing will. Therefore, we must elect a democratic president, senate and house which, collectively, has the moral courage to do it.

If the shooters in El Paso and Dayton are "terrorists", then what are the thousands of the angry and violent who butcher each other and anyone who gets in their way every day on the streets of major American cities?

Oh look, a terrorist, mass shooter sympathizer at R68.

Oh look! Mindless Joe Goebels at R69.

R70 I bet you're real proud of your little shooter friends, just like all of you alt right scumbags. At least people are onto you cockroaches now.

R68, you're conflating random every day shootings with racially motivated mass shootings.

I agree with the odd looking man at r37

The democrats are going for the throat. And it’s high time.

R71 Yeah Joe, you said the same thing about Jews and look what happened.

R72 Radically motivated? Really? So how is this "radically motivated" shooting any different to any of the other mass shootings in Las Vegas, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, San Ysidro, Columbine, Fort Hood, Washington Navy Yard, Thousand Oaks, Santa Fe, Binghamton, Geneva Country, going all the way back to the University of Texas shooting?

And while you're at it R72, explain why El Paso and Dayton are "terrorism", while the targeted massacre of 50 people at the Pulse Club in Orlando was most certainly NOT terrorism (according to the Obama's FBI and DOJ).

R76 you sound triggered.

if the slaughter of [RICH, WHITE] children at Sandy Hook didn't shame the Republicans into banning assault weapons, nothing will

FIFY

It’s about time we called these people terrorists. Isis has nothing on the republican regime.

It’s working. Both Plump and Yertle are in hiding.

Amen

Plump tweeting about immigration and the media. Zzz ...

"Morning Joe" is slicing and dicing Trump this morning.

The Trump morning tweet:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

The Media has a big responsibility to life and safety in our Country. Fake News has contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years. News coverage has got to start being fair, balanced and unbiased, or these terrible problems will only get worse!

Such an inspiring leader at a time of crisis like this: "It's not my fault! It's their fault!"

He's such a piece of shit.

He’s Getting Worse

Trump is turning the American presidency into a platform for the wholesale demonization of minorities.

The current, and (to date) most debased, phase of the Trump presidency—the phase that includes the unceasing demonization of minority legislators and the endorsement of North Korean communism—began, in retrospect, on May 8, in the Florida Panhandle, at a rally in Panama City. It was there that Donald Trump gave tacit approval to the use of violence against immigrants.

Trending in USA

#WhiteSupremacistInChief

Not that this takes any great intelligence or predictive abilities, but I knew he would not be able to handle the criticism and he would start lashing out at others in his tweets. The using the need for gun control as a way to force his immigration was also very Trumpian.

R86, I like that one, but #TrumpTerrorists is still better.

Thank God there are also people like this soccer player here.

Is there any chance Barron might have attended that game? He's a DC United supporter, me thinks. If he did attend the game, he should tell Daddy what he heard.

Not that his father would care though.

Nebraska Republican:

The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country.  As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth.

I of course am not suggesting that all Republicans are white supremacists nor am I saying that the average Republican is even racist.

Time to keep saying Trump Terrorists

Now he is retweeting a deplorable tweet about how strong HE is.

Anyone notice that in his quick appearance with Melania yesterday, she could not even bother to take off her dark sunglasses. She was supposed to be there to show sympathy and support and instead she looked completely emotionally blank and had her eyes hidden.

R92, I don't rillee care, do yoo?

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them. Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying....

....this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!

The El Paso shooter couldn’t have been clearer about the source of his intentions because he laid everything out in his on-line “manifesto” including the references to tRump.

But, you can see the #Trumpterrorists push-back tactic already. They are circulating a list of high-profile shooters over the last 50 years (whether involved in mass shootings or not) and calling most of them Democrats and liberals — regardless of whether that is based on fact or is just some fiction they dreamt up. Hell they even called RFK’s shooter a liberal as if that has any relevance to the current debate.

Oh, and fuck you R11. At least Beto is speaking out and calling this what it is. He’s shown more leadership in the past 48 hours than tRump has throughout the course of his entire miserable life. Beto is doing exactly what we would expect a presidential candidate to do — step up and make a difference. None of the people in El Paso are complaining about the leadership role that he has taken.

[quote]But, you can see the #Trumpterrorists push-back tactic already. They are circulating a list of high-profile shooters over the last 50 years and calling most of them Democrats and liberals

Right-wingers are also claiming the Dayton shooter was "an Antifa" and a supporter of Elizabeth Warren.

RASHIDA TLAIB SLAMS IVANKA TRUMP OVER SHOOTINGS SOLIDARITY MESSAGE: 'TRY CHECKING YOUR DAD ON HIS TWEETS'

"As our nation mourns the senseless loss of life in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and prays for the victims and their loved ones, we must also raise our voices in rejection of these heinous and cowardly acts of hate, terror and violence. White supremacy, like all other forms of terrorism, is an evil that must be destroyed," Ivanka Trump wrote in a tweet on Sunday.

While more than 57,000 people "liked" the first daughter's message, many others were quick to question how Ivanka could possibly condemn "acts of hate, terror and violence" without considering the role her father's own rhetoric has played in fueling hatred and division across the country.

Among the critics of Ivanka's message was Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was one of four congresswomen targeted by the president in his widely-condemned tweet telling the "squad" to "go back" to the "crime-infested places from which they came" and "then come back and show us how it is done."

"Your prayers aren't working," Tlaib wrote, retweeting Ivanka's message. "Try checking your dad on his tweets," she said, offering the president's adviser some words of advice. "251 mass shootings in the U.S. in 216 days."

"He incites violence every day [with] his hate agenda and racism," Tlaib said. "More people are dying [because] he fails to fight white supremacist terrorists. They are the ones who hate America. "

THE POST!

Shit he's lost the Post. That ain't good for him.

r25: While other 1st world and Western countries have their issues related to mental illness, I think what we're seeing with these mass shootings is a result of 1) long-term societal dismissal of mental illness, 2) an obsession with violence, 3) toxic hetero-male entitlement, and --off course-- 4) civilian access to weapons that shouldn't be available outside of a warzone. We, as a country, need to address all if we want to fix this problem.

All of that is true, R100, but in these recent cases the influence of incitement by Trump cannot be ignored. He's inflamed a very dangerous part of his constituency and knows it. He is fomenting acts of domestic terrorism.

Fucking cunts from the cunts of cunts. May they all die screaming in the grease fires I keep tended in the 9th circle and suffer what life they have left alone and shunned by decent, kind people.

[quote]Beto’s milking this for whatever he can get out of it.

Given that (1) he was born & lives in El Paso, (2) was El Paso's Mayor pro tempore for a year, (3) was on the city's council for 6 years, and (4) represented the district as a House member for 3 terms - yeah, I think he has earned the right to have a strong opinion about what happened this weekend.

From a friend of mine. He is now a US citizen but he is from Australia

"My friends in Australia are telling me to leave now..... The outside perception of the US is very unfavorable...."

[quote]If the shooters in El Paso and Dayton are "terrorists", then what are the thousands of the angry and violent who butcher each other and anyone who gets in their way every day on the streets of major American cities?

Man, we have some of the dumbest trolls on the Internet, don't we? I mean, this comment doesn't even warrant a response. It's so self-evidently stupid that all you can do is shake your head and move on.

well, there's also the option of blocking vlad's evil elves

Twitter is irrelevant. Trending topics only matter to woke liberals ANYWAY. "OMG we got a hashtag, now change is truly on the way!" Do you honestly believe this?? False hope is dangerous, it breeds false complacency and INaction. Don't get distracted!

I’ve blocked the dumb fucking troll.

'Woke' is a word that should disa-fucking-ppear.

GUN CONTROL NOW!

I'm not into false hope, either, but you know what? Telling people not to think or feel doesn't feel good.

Remember when you were 25? Old enough to know better and still falling around drunk on an occasional Saturday? Maybe beginning to move up the ladder at work, established regular at the hang outs, maybe buying that first 'good' car?...it all seemed to slide downhill after that.

I hear you stop growing bones around 25 and start to get stank feet. I hope Muriel doesn't get stank feet.

[quote]Finally Democrats and progressives are playing the culture wars smartly

A hashtag is this?

^^^^Sorry, that's for the DL is 25 thread. This will probably end up in the Beto, just Beto thread. DL has been weird since the shutdown.

Gremlins.

He’s Scrambling to respond but clearly is on his back

Just one more reason why that tag is trending:

[quote]According to Facebook's ad archive, Trump has run around 2,200 FB ads since May 2018 mentioning the word "invasion." Scrolling through, all of them seem to be about immigration.

So, the white folk around me are PISSED to PISSTIVITY!!!! Okay... the Trump supporters who happen to be white and Republican...

Anyway....

They're ticked off because the news is just a going on and on about this shootings, racism, white nationalism. Trump and Republicans are racists, yadda, yadda, yadda.... NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO over the weekend!!!!!

Robert Reich, Labor Secretary under President Clinton:

In Stockholm today an old man asked me “what has happened to your country? You pulled out of Paris climate accord, you let anyone have machine gun, your president spouts hate. The America of my youth won World War II and was a model to the rest of the world. What happened?”

Gunsel Graham

Trump is no different than Charles Manson. He didn't commit the murders himself, but he incited his cult members to commit acts of violence and murder. How is it that he get to roam around freely and Manson spent the rest of his life in prison?

WOW!!!!

NYC Police Chief Bratton just called Mitech McConnell "MassacreMoscowMitch" AND "MoscowMitch" on Ari Melber's show!

Is there a video clip, R120?

I suppose in about 1-2 hours on YouTube, R121.

The Hill:

McConnell taps GOP senators to mull bipartisan legislation after shootings

Chuck Schumer:

We've seen it before:

An awful shooting occurs. @realDonaldTrump expresses interest in helping.

Republicans try to get him off the hook with lesser measures. Nothing happens.

There is a simple answer: Sen McConnell must put the House-passed background check bill up for a vote.

Beto O'Rourke:

This president’s open racism is an invitation to violence. The writing has been on the wall since his maiden speech coming down that escalator calling immigrants "rapists and criminals." The actions that follow cannot surprise us.

Listen to me RIGHT NOW. Do NOT NOT NOT (forgive the caps) be distracted by r123, and no disrespect to that poster for sharing.

Mitch is going to try and run out the clock by dropping hints that he’s finally bending. He’ll wait say two to three weeks — and there will be a new crisis. As the Orange Fuck likes to say, “you know it, I know it, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

So what does that mean???? Keep the pressure *on*!!!!! Who gives a fuck about social media??? Get *active*!!!! Go to protests, call call call, march. Make noise!!!!!!!

#TwistedTerroristTrump

Ted Lieu:

Hey @realDonaldTrump: You are a real jerk for using mass shooting deaths to try to get your way on anti-immigrant legislation. STOP BLAMING IMMIGRANTS.

NOT IMMIGRANTS: The mass shooters in El Paso, Las Vegas, Tree of Life, Parkland, Charleston ...

Also it's Dayton, not Toledo.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have jointly called for an end to the Senate’s August recess after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio claimed more than two dozen lives.

There is no sign that #MoscowMitch intends to change the schedule.

HA!!!!!! Love Ted.

None taken and totally agree with you, r126.

And that’s exactly what they should be doing at r129 — if he’s going to drop hints that he’s “mulling” legislation, make him prove it!!! Stop being such a cock tease Mitch!!!!!

Good r131, I almost blew a pipe when I saw your post, because of what it said. Xxoo.

It’s all a charade for the Repukes. They’ll never really accomplish anything.

The only way to get something done is to vote out of office all the NRA apologists.

r134, is absolutely correct.

ALL the Repukes and any Democrats who take NRA money need to be VOTED OUT.

I hope I'm wrong but nothing will be done about this. We'll all be witnessing the same wringing of hands during the next one or two shootings. Maybe if the Democrats have more power but, this has been going on for years and will continue. sad.

I concur. But we still need to keep the pressure on because then WE, not they, are driving the narrative. Also, we will win more voters by fighting the good fight — everyone knows that it could happen to any of us.

"Rep. Kenny Marchant calls it quits, becomes 12th House Republican ..."

"Marchant becomes latest Texas Republican to retire from Congress ..."

Texas, could be ours...

R138, Merchant is the 4th Texas GOP Congressman to call it quits in the past month.

Here's the Dallas suburb represented by Marchant.

He has only been beating the Democrat by small margins in recent elections.

GO R8 - BRILLIANT!!!! Moscow Mitch has taken off and we need to label those vile characters for what they are. Love it!

r138, Especially with the right person on the presidential ticket.

No elected official who does not fight for gun control has the right to offer condolences in order to use the tragedy to look good.

Is that Melania's body double at r17? I'm always skeptical when she wears the aviators that cover half her face. Plus, she's actually holding his hand.

[quote]No elected official who does not fight for gun control has the right to offer condolences in order to use the tragedy to look good.

maybe they should send the blood money they took from the NRA instead

Pete Buttigieg:

This president is amplifying white nationalist hate and @senatemajldr is blocking a bill that could disarm them. Dial 877-615-7198 to tell your Senators to pass gun safety reforms that the majority of Americans want.

We must act—for our futures, our loved ones, and our country.

John Lewis:

What happened in Texas can clearly be laid at the President’s feet. He encouraged people. He created the climate. He fanned the flames.

Melania is totally on drugs.

Yes, hence her tummy. It’s opiate bloat, she’s quite constipated.

[quote] NYC Police Chief Bratton just called Mitech McConnell "MassacreMoscowMitch" AND "MoscowMitch" on Ari Melber's show!

Just to be clear, William Bratton is the former police chief of NYC. He stepped down in 2016.

Sen Dianne Feinstein:

It took the Dayton shooter less than 30 seconds to shoot 35 people. In just one week, 34 people lost their lives in three mass shootings. Now is the time for decisive action, now is the time to save lives. We must reinstate a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

"Morning Joe" panelists are just throwing out and around #MoscowMitch like it is a normal part of the vocabulary.

R144 it looks more like Caitlyn Jenner

Conspiracy theory alert!

Okay... this just hit me. Not that there ever was a lot, but there hasn't been a Muslim mass shooting in the USA for QUITE some time now. Now, work with me here.... is it possible that money people ie The Mercers were funneling money into people and organizations to execute a mass shooting in order to win public support for a person and rhetoric like Trump?

Establishment Democrats don't have the guts by themselves to take on Trump.. It is the progressives who are fueling this and establishment Democrats don't want to be left behind..

The same neoliberals who have long supported assholes like Trump and attacked anyone who stood up to them and called them SJW's are reaping what they have sowed..

Parroting for decades right wing talking points is why Trump is in the White House.. Enablers.. Now all of sudden neoliberals are shocked that someone like Trump in the White House??

I'm surprised neoliberals haven't used their old standby yet that accusing Trump of racism is PC culture gone wild..

It is now, R153, and good. AOC had a good idea with the #WheresMitch movement but she dropped it way too fast, for reasons I never understood. It was really getting momentum and then it just disappeared.

Well, if that house bill gets to the Senate, old spitting Sanders is going to be on the spot since he loves him some NRA.

Will that finally wake up his Bern victims?

Trump approves of Neo Nazis and they are terrorist. Trump is disgusting.

Trump approves of Neo Nazis and they are terrorist. Trump is disgusting.

#MoscowMitch is getting really bad press lately

Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY

Hours after the El Paso shooting, Mitch McConnell proudly tweeted this photo. I find it so troubling that our politics have become so nasty and personal that the Senate Majority Leader thinks it's appropriate to use imagery of the death of a political opponent (me) as messaging.

And,

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Hey

@senatemajldr

- these young men look like they work for you.

Just wanted to clarify: are you paying for young men to practice groping & choking members of Congress w/ your payroll, or is this just the standard culture of #TeamMitch?

Thanks.

[quote] I find it so troubling that our politics have become so nasty and personal that the Senate Majority Leader thinks it's appropriate to use imagery of the death of a political opponent (me) as messaging.

hahaha, suck it libtards

worked for me

In R162's pic, I can see a bunch of incels in the making.

I so agree r156. Outside of the electoral arena, the progressives need a godfather mentor (too bad Sanders is so intent on being POTUS) and some snarly snarky attack dogs.

"In a statement provided to ABC News, McConnell’s campaign manager Kevin Golden says the young men in the photo are high schoolers and not employed by the campaign. He added that the campaign does not “condone” this behavior, but did not specifically denounce it either."

"“We've watched for years as the far-left and the media look for every possible way to demonize, stereotype, and publicly castigate every young person who dares to get involved with Republican politics,” Golden said. “Team Mitch in no way condones any aggressive, suggestive, or demeaning act toward life sized cardboard cutouts of any gender in a manner similar to what we saw from President Obama's speech writing staff several years ago.”"

Repukes are so vile and despicable. They will turn around every horrible act they commit and use it as an opportunity to bash the Dems and specifically Obama.

Are there ANY decent Republicans left?

Hmmm

Really, you think so? Here's the difference, R136 - mass shootings existed before someone started igniting the latent racism and white supremacism that goes along with it, it's true, but now our leader laughs and condones with a sly wink to his followers in their rallies and uses the so-called 'fake' media to later lie and obfuscate.

I hope you were being satrical. In case you weren't, this time it's different. This time it implies open season. Palin barely got away with it. McConnell dare to dig graves for his opponents. Enough is fucking enough.

BTW:

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns

• Trump and Putin discussed need for new ambassador during phone call

people are saying

don finally gets the peepee tape

vlad gets a new asset he can install in utah

the great work continues

win/win

Love it. #TrumpThugArmy

Well, I'm frustrated. I'm very frustrated. I refuse to call Donald Trump, teflon Don, because he isn't. But, it seems to me that there is just no type of patriotic interest in taking Trump and this unlawful Administration down. It just seems that everything is political. Where are all of the protesters who walked with purpose, shouted with anger, and demanded change? Where is "RESIST"? Hell! Where is MoveOn(dot)org?

I'm so discouraged. I'm so unhappy.

Bump

[quote] Establishment Democrats don't have the guts by themselves to take on Trump.. It is the progressives who are fueling this and establishment Democrats don't want to be left behind..

Yeah right that's why Feinstein, Pelosi and other top "establishment democrats" have passed2 gun reform bills in the house (that MoscowMitch refuses to cone to a vote) and why they've all called to reconvene congress and the senate to oassnew gun laws.

You horse's arse

And where is Nancy on IMPEACHMENT?

"Neo liberal" = troll talk,. All the fake "progressive trolls" are using it just like they did in 2016.

Bloomberg:

Republicans Fear ‘Extinction in the Suburbs’ Over Gun Control

Pete Buttigieg:

This #NationalNightOut Against Violence, South Bend community members, @southbendpolice, and other organizations join a nationwide commitment to support each other in making our neighborhoods and communities safe. Thanks to all who work for peace and safety.

That's right! NAME THEM!

Joaquin Castro @Castro4Congress

Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump — the owner of ⁦ @BillMillerBarBQ

⁩, owner of the ⁦ @HistoricPearl

, realtor Phyllis Browning, etc⁩.

Their contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders.’

Agree. Name them and shame them.

THAT's how you do it! Dems time to rinse and repeat in every town and city - don't spend your money at establishments that support trump and shame the private donors.

True

I remember there was a discussion about McConnell on Quora, r162, where a guy commented on one of the answers that he’d served alongside Mitch during the time he was in the military. According to him it was well known that he was dishonourable discharged due to sodomy. He also said that he and the other people who knew about it couldn’t understand how McConnell managed keep the whole thing under wraps when he started his political career.

I just wish more people who know what lying, hypocritical sack of shit he is would speak up when they see the way he and his supporters act.

Apparently Castro’s gambit in naming tRump supporters has hit a nerve. They don’t like it! 😂 Too fucking bad. You support him — own it. Plus, it’s public information. I’m not ashamed of my donation record. But I understand why tRump’s supporters are.

Top Trump Donors THIS YEAR

Robert Mercer $13 Mil

Sheldon Adelson $10 Mil

Linda McMahon $6 Mil

Bernard Marcus $7 Mil

Geoffrey Palmer $2 Mil

Ronald M Cameron $2 Mil

Peter Thiel $1.25 Mil

Walter Buckley Jr $1 Mil

Cherna Moskowitz $1 Mil

Peter Zieve $1Mil

I'd never heard of Cherna Moskowitz but apparently she's been a huge GOP donor for years, donating not only to Trump but Bolton, Cruz, and Huckabee. Probably others.

Isn’t she also a huge supporter of Israeli settlers as well, r189?

Definitely, R190. A lot of the big donors are, it looks like.

Reuters:

Heading to El Paso, Trump nixes assault weapons ban

How long before the next shooting?

Where can i find the list of top trump donors in my state? I need to spread the word :)

Washington Post:

Analysis: Did El Paso show us that white supremacists are a serious threat? Few Republicans think so.

Chicago Tribune:

Mayor Lori Lightfoot rips Ivanka Trump’s comments about Chicago’s deadly weekend: ‘I’m not going to be distracted by nonsense tweets’

Business Insider:

The Trump administration has actually cut government resources to fight white supremacy and domestic terrorism

Washington Post:

‘For 45 years people have been trying’: An oft-repeated time frame in Trump’s false claims

We are already in a great deal of trouble. But I f we don’t get him out next November we are well and truly fucked.

How would Trump feel if Ivanka was attacked like Gabby Gifford?

Would he then finally understand how important gun control really is.

Look at the fake smile. LOOK AT THE FAKE SMILE!!!!

(Trump in Dayton)

Another one

Sherrod Brown on Trump: "He was received well by the patients, as you’d expect. They were hurting, he was comforting. He did the right things, Melania did the right things."

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley: "I think the victims and the first responders were grateful that the President of the United States came to Dayton."

Yet Trump attacked then both via Twitter after leaving Dayton: "I saw failed Presidential Candidate (0%) Sherrod Brown & Mayor Whaley totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital."

And his director of social media Dan Scavino chimed in: "Very SAD to see Ohio Senator Brown, & Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley - LYING & completely mischaracterizing what took place w/ the President’s visit to Miami Valley Hospital today. They are disgraceful politicians, doing nothing but politicizing a mass shooting, at every turn they can."

It's just attack, attack, attack all the time.

I know every politician would eventually use this as a photo-op, but Trump is so clearly about making the focus on him. He just posted a bunch of pics of him grinning wildly with people surrounding him showing their support to him. You would think he just came from the Super Bowl - no gravity to the pictures at all - just a self-involved grinning fool who cannot even make it through today without whining and playing the victim card or retweeting people saying how great he is.

Also, Trump is not allowing any journalists to participate in these visits where he is creating his campaign-like videos where he is a star.

What a clueless asshole. Grinning like he's giving away Publishers Clearing House prizes.

He has about as much empathy as the terrorists he inspires.

Vox:

Trump described an imaginary “invasion” at the border 2 dozen times in the past year

Washington Post:

Trump keeps framing the El Paso shooting as his side against his opponents'

[quote]How would Trump feel if Ivanka was attacked like Gabby Gifford? Would he then finally understand how important gun control really is.

He wouldn't give a shit, unless it affected his wallet or ego in some way.

Cross posting from El Paso & treason threads: Beto called Trump a white supremacist live on MSNBC during Nichole Wallace's show this afternoon. It was superb look for it online.

I like seeing the two guys holding hands in the photo posted at R201.

R211, I saw that too, and I wonder if Dump’s sleazy grimace-smile is because of that?

[quote]Where can i find the list of top trump donors in my state? I need to spread the word :) —Anonymous R194

[quote]it was well known that he was dishonourable discharged due to sodomy. He also said that he and the other people who knew about it couldn’t understand how McConnell managed keep the whole thing under wraps

It's not that surprising.

I think powerful people with influential friends have been covering up those type of scandals for decades.

Disney donated 5 million. Great

If Disney donated money to Trump, it is time to boycott their movies.

Joe Biden:

The words of a president matter. They can move markets. They can send our brave men and women to war. They can bring peace.

And they can unleash the deepest, darkest forces in this nation — like Donald Trump has chosen to do.

Where do you see Disney donating $5M to Trump? I call bullshit. Iger loathes Trump.

Click the link in R213

Disney is the 3rd highest contributor in the link on r213

More than 7,300 people in New York have donated a total of more than $1 million to President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign to date.

That includes donations from some well-known business owners and executives downstate, including fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, New York Knicks owner James Dolan

Don't buy the Hilfiger crap or Knicks games (like who would go see that shitty team anyway)

The link won't paste but here it is

https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2018/10/04/new-york-donors-contribute-one-million-trump.html

the chairmen of both Estee Lauder and Revlon have maxed out in tump contributions

you drag queens will look uglier wearing their shit

So Fox News is the #TrumpTerrorist network?

It's always been the Pravda of the rethug party

Didn't know which thread to post this on. Guess this one will do.

Washington Post:

ICE arrested hundreds of people in raids. Now ‘devastated’ children are without their parents.

Reuters:

El Paso massacre upends white nationalists' normalization strategy

I thought the Mercer’s had cut ties with Plumpy.

The Hill:

NRA criticizes 'aspiring presidential candidates' for politicizing shootings

Washington Post:

Trump’s openness to extensive background checks for gun buys draws warning from NRA

hmmm.

people want something done

one political party wants something done

one political party (which controls the presidency, the senate and the courts) want nothing done

in order to get anything done, the do-nothing party needs to be replaced by the do-something party

for this to happen, the do-something needs to win elections and defeat the do-nothing party by political means

ergo, "politization"

[quote]Trump is a uniquely unpopular Republican in Texas and like other Americans, Texans with a college degree are shifting rapidly from red to blue

Washington Post:

A man assaulted a boy for ‘disrespecting’ the national anthem. His lawyer says Trump told him to do it.

[quote]"I am certain of the fact that [Brockway] was doing what he believed he was told to do, essentially, by the president," his attorney told the Missoulian.

WHAT?

The man’s attorney, Lance Jasper, told the Missoulian on Wednesday that his client is a U.S. Army veteran who was honorably discharged for disability after sustaining a traumatic brain injury in 2000 while on active duty in Fort Lewis, Wash. As a result, Jasper said, Brockway believed he was following orders from “his commander in chief” while attacking the teenager.

“[President Trump] is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished,” Jasper told the Missoulian. “He certainly didn’t understand it was a crime”

“He was bleeding out of his ears, seizing on the ground, just not coherent,” Hennick told the Missoulian. As startled spectators closed in on Brockway, she said, he told them “[the boy] was disrespecting the national anthem, so he had every right to do that.”

According to the affidavit, Brockway told investigators that when he asked the child to remove his hat “because it was disrespectful,” the child replied, “F--- you.”

Police said the boy was flown to Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Wash., for emergency treatment. The 13-year-old suffered a concussion and fractured skull, according to the affidavit. In a hospital interview with local media, he said he can’t “remember anything” from the rodeo. The boy’s mother, Megan Keeler, told KPAX that her son’s ears bled for six hours after the alleged attack.

“All of the witnesses I have talked to said this was completely random,” Keeler told KPAX, a CBS-affiliated news station. “He targeted [my son], grabbed him and took him down.”

Awww. One of Trump's Terrorists is losing advertisers!

Nestlé shouldn't have been advertising on FOX News in the first place.

I won't be buying anything from them. Too little too late.

Nestle is an evil company anyway so why bother taking the high road here?

No one should have been buying anything from nestle. They've been doing evil things in the third world for decades.

Is there any company that *doesn't* do something evil?

I'm beginning to wonder.

Washington Post:

El Paso suspect said he was targeting ‘Mexicans,’ told officers he was the shooter, police say

Reached by phone, Bartram said he often went to Trump rallies, but said he tried to be respectful of the high tensions in El Paso following the shootings—though he said he could not rule out the possibility that the massacre had been a “false flag” perpetrated by the government.

Bartram acknowledged he was legally carrying a pistol but denied waving it around, and said the gloves and knife could be explained. “I was eating prickly pears,” he said. The white powder was a protein supplement Bartram said he takes along with other Alex Jones’ branded nutritional supplements.

And.....

Armed man arrested at Missouri Walmart

And in South Carolina.....

white man with tactical rifle, 100 rounds of ammo and bullet proof vest

cops; "he's lucky to be alive

If he were black, r245, he’d be dead.

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An FBI review by retired agent Kimberly Crawford found that Rice's death was justified and Loehmann's "response was a reasonable one

America the Beautiful

AP:

Armed man at Walmart says he was testing right to bear arms

Washington Post:

A man wrote on Facebook that AOC ‘should be shot,’ police say. Now he’s in jail.

CNN:

Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter had a clown mask, shotgun and wilderness survival items in his car

Authorities have not determined the shooter's motivation, FBI special agent in charge of the San Francisco office John Bennett previously said. But the agency has opened a domestic terrorist investigation into the shooting due to a list of potential targets that was found while searching the shooter's digital media.

The list included religious, government and political organizations, including federal buildings, courthouses and the food festival.

muslim man at walmart with bb pistol killed by police

black man in walmart picks up bb gun, is shot and killed by police

white guy at walmart with tactical rifle, 100 rounds of ammo and bullet-proof vest, arrested unharmed

This is really insane

I was molested

Exactly 246, and everyone in this thread knows it.

r246, sorry

NBC:

Michigan officer investigated, on paid leave after KKK items found at home

Man arrested after threats made to Puerto Rican Festival in New Haven, Connecticut:

People see what they want. Just listen to the guests.

They're why the guillotine was invented, r262.

MGRA! Make Guillotines Red Again!

"Steve King has stood up for everything that we Iowans believe in. He's gotten a bad rap by people saying he's racist," Wally Hamann, a retiree and part-time antique dealer in Sioux City, told AFP.

"He's been stabbed in the back, just like our president, from his own Republicans."

At 71, Hamann is a burly, bearded driver of a pickup truck that sports a "Steve King for Congress" koozie on the dashboard and an "America, Love it or Leave" decal on the rear window.

King, he said, is determined to halt unauthorized immigration.

"When you're country is being invaded, you stop it with military power, and we're not doing that," Hamann warned.

King repeatedly has caused uproars over his unfiltered remarks.

"White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization -- how did that language become offensive?" King asked the New York Times in January.

CNN:

NRA's Wayne LaPierre in uncharted territory responding to El Paso, Dayton, mass shootings

CNN:

Heather Heyer's not on this FBI list. How hate crimes become invisible

Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

NRA plans Fort Worth expo in wake of mass shootings. Residents are divided.

AP:

Portland, Oregon, braces for far-right rally, counterprotest

Washington Post:

Fourth board member resigns from NRA in a sign of further upheaval

Now is the time for us to pressure Congress to fix the gun laws. The NRA is mercifully in its death throes.

May it be very very painful and very very public.

Daily Mail:

Ohio man, 18, who 'supported mass shootings and attacks on Planned Parenthood' is arrested at home filled with 25 guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition after 'threatening federal agents online'

Insider:

A gun range in Texas advertised a 'back-to-school' firearms sale

The Hill:

Assault weapons ban picks up steam in Congress

The Hill:

Republican support for gun control dips since Parkland massacre: poll

Trump & Republicans send out two comedians, or whatever they profess to be from North Carolina, to do spin and verbally attack Trump's opponents.

^ OH! The Amos & Andy girls!

The Hill:

House Homeland Security Committee subpoenas 8chan owner

CBS:

Petition aims to rename Trump Tower street for Obama

CNN:

Man pleads not guilty to allegedly body-slamming boy for not removing hat during national anthem

[quote] In retrospect, Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.

I think it was over in 1968. After all assassinations in the 1960s, and no effectual guns control, that was it. We might not appreciate, today, how obscene this is, given that it’s history now, but it’s within normal lifespan. It’s not like it’s a world away.

Washington Post:

Analysis: Nearly half of Americans say Trump has increased the threat of mass shootings

AP:

Armed man arrested at Walmart: 'It was foolish,' no regret

That stupid fucker should be deported back to Russia, r283.

Bet he's an illegal.

If he weren't white he'd be dead today.

You know it's true.

Politico: Trump praises N.H. lawmaker who called for shooting Hillary Clinton

While advising Trump in the summer of 2016, Baldasaro called Clinton a “disgrace” for her role responding to the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and said that she “should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”

NBC:

Air Force member called 'distasteful' for speaking Spanish in uniform

I'm putting this here as Susan LaPierre is, indeed, a Trump Terrorist.

NRA Spent Tens of Thousands on Hair and Makeup for CEO’s Wife

Correctional officer resigns after pickup is driven into protesters

AP:

Claim: Migrant children molested in US-funded foster care

CNN:

Portland braces for dueling protests: What we know

CBS:

Woman arrested for holding black teens at gunpoint

ABC:

White supremacist charged with threatening to shoot up Jewish community center

NYT:

Amid the Kale and Corn, Fears of White Supremacy at the Farmers’ Market

CNN:

There could have been three more mass shootings if these men weren't stopped, authorities say

NYT:

Two Members of Proud Boys Convicted in Brawl Near Republican Club

USA Today:

Mass shooting plots thwarted in Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, police say

AP:

FBI: Truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church

if it starts to look like the orange shitgibbon is going to lose next year, we'll see a lot more of this. if they think they're losing, they gonna take out a lot of victims

Has it been 27 or 37 thwarted attempts so far since EP and Dayton?

I’m glad the cops and the Bureau, I imagine, have been able to keep on top of this.

I heard some of the whining a stupid, clueless mother was babbling about her precious innocent son when the cops came to pick his ass up. Did they arrest him?

The Hill:

Michigan high school being built with places to hide in case of shooting

USA Today:

Mass shootings: In wake of El Paso and Dayton, threats are on the rise

[quote]Michigan high school being built with places to hide in case of shooting

OH, GREAT, R301! Places to have sex!!!

You know that will be the issue down the road.

NBC:

Justice Department says it mistakenly emailed link to white nationalist website

USA Today:

Oklahoma City anchor apologizes for comparing black co-host to gorilla

AP:

Attacks by US extremists lead to push for anti-terror laws

CNN:

A top federal prosecutor in Ohio just sent a harsh message to white supremacists

Washington Post:

Infowars returned to YouTube. It lasted less than a day.

These people are so fucking disgusting.

CNN:

New York attorney general condemns county GOP video as anti-Semitic

I really like, no LOVE, this Letitia James woman!!! She ain't playin'. She is out to make Trump accountable. No, she is not out for Trump, (because she'll do right by him), but even Ray Charles, DEAD and BLIND, wouldn't need Stevie Wonder's help to know that there is A LOT of corruption goin' on with Trump, and/or his people!

Let's not blaspheme against Stevie Wonder. I cannot abide by that.

He was asked how Tiffany was [the story leaked out last night] as he was heading to the helicopter to go to Camp David. He said he was going to call her from Camp David. He has just been tweeting all day -- and yet he did not even bother to make calling his daughter a priority. He was also really thrown about a questions about Colombia.

Trump Terrorist?

NBC:

Multiple people injured by roaming shooter in Texas, police say

Trump Nation everybody.

Wait a minute. I thought the reason these gun nuts wanted to carry weapons everywhere was to "protect" themselves against roving gunmen like this, r315?

I guess that didn't work out so well, huh?

CNN:

Texas gun laws: Weapons will be allowed in churches and on school grounds

Pathetic Democrats can’t even keep this meme going.

Washington Post:

A Mississippi wedding venue rejected an interracial couple, citing ‘Christian belief.’ Facing a backlash, the owner apologized.

Reuters:

U.S. counter-spies launch campaign against 'insider' threats

The Hill:

NRA slams Walmart's 'shameful' change to gun policies

The Hill:

Evangelical leader suggests teaching evolution contributes to mass shootings

Related thread...

Daily Beast:

Jeanine Pirro Bashes Fox News Brass, Admits She Was Suspended

The Hill:

San Francisco board passes resolution labeling NRA 'domestic terrorist organization'

Now, if SF labels single white males between 17-30 domestic terrorists, I'm moving there asap!

Bump

WSJ:

'It's Kind of Like an Addiction': On the Road With Trump's Rally Diehards

AP:

US mass shooters exploited gaps, errors in background checks

Washington Post:

‘We’ve got to protect ourselves’: Some threaten to shop elsewhere if they can’t openly carry guns

Inside Edition:

Ohio Mom Accidentally Shoots Daughter Who Comes Home From College in Surprise Visit

AP:

Charlottesville attacker to pay restitution to 4 victims

USA Today:

Cross burning: Mississippi man pleads guilty, sentenced to 11 years

Bump

Back in 2009......

DHS Crushed This Analyst for Warning About Far-Right Terror

Daily Beast:

MAGA Bomber’s Lawyers Blame Trump, Sean Hannity for His Radicalization

The Verge:

Twitter deletes ‘death threat’ from Texas lawmaker who targeted Beto O’Rourke

MAGAts never want to take responsibility for their stupidity and gullibility.

Too bad, so sad. You believed nutters and acted on their cray. But guess who's going to jail? That's right! Not potato Head Hannity! You!

Here's the thing that I'm noticing;

The Republicans have reached a point that they have no restraints or compunctions if they cross the line. In fact, I've reached the conclusion that they really have no idea of when and if they have crossed the line. However... throw their own medicine in their faces and they feel as if you have stabbed them 1000 times with a jagged knife! They play the victim quite well but are dumbfounded, (or, simply do not care) if they are accused of being the assailant.

Bump

CNN:

An apparent KKK recruitment flyer was found at a high school in Texas

Star Tribune:

School board chairwoman in Minnesota questions teaching of evolution

Daily Beast:

Team Trump Wrestles With Its QAnon Problem

USA Today:

Charlottesville Confederate statue removal blocked by judge

^WHAT?????

I live in Crazyville, AZ. (for the time being). We literally have badge wearing members of Oath Keepers, the militia group, doing civilian patrols for our 'constitutional' Sheriff. One was the first responder to my recent fender bender.

I stopped on my morning walk Sunday to talk to my neighbor 2 doors down. He's barely in touch with reality, highly propagandized, and I try to keep on his good side. He was spraying weeds, and pretty agitated about Walmart's recent gun ban. He thinks mass shootings are because of video games. Midway through all this I looked down and noticed his holstered Glock 45. Enjoy your day, friend!

I'm more worried than some folks that Trump's mentally unstable cult members will take matters into their own hands. In fact, I think that's why the DNC is not taking stronger action against the criminal in the WH.

CNN:

A former student was arrested after she bought an AK-47 and threatened her old school

And people STILL argue against the easy access to guns in this country being a root cause of all this shooting and mayhem.

Not to mention the WAY too easy access to AK-47's and such.

Silly girl!

ABC

How one school is teaching students, including kindergarten, about active shooters

AP:

Trump says gun negotiations 'going very slowly'

That's just awful, R351. It makes me so sad.

Me too, r353. I grew up with duck and cover drills. There was something a bit foreboding about them. But we realized that any fear was baseless because, as far as we knew, an A-bomb had never been dropped on an elementary school.

Washington Post:

White supremacist’s threats led black Charlottesville candidate to drop out of race, feds say

^And, that's exactly what they want. This is terrorism, point blank. This is what whites did during Reconstruction and thereon. Where's the federal government? Oh, yeah...

NBC:

This report tallied the human and economic toll of gun violence in all 50 states. The cost is staggering.

I'm going to post this here as I don't know if there's an actual thread on it yet.

Washington Post:

Church members pinned down a worshiper and tried to ‘pray the gay away,’ he alleges

Bad news for #TrumpTerrorists...

NBC: Colt will stop making AR-15s for civilian sale, says there's already plenty on market

NBC:

Department of Homeland Security strategy adds white supremacy to list of threats

NBC:

Arson attacks at 3 churches serving Hispanics in El Paso probed by FBI

Des Moines Register:

Kim Reynolds warns that Democratic presidential candidates want to raise taxes

That happened several months ago and no one thought anything of it at the time, frankly. Just that it might have been some random assholes with too much time on their hands, R362.

ABC:

FBI arrests Army soldier who allegedly discussed plans to bomb major news network

When in doubt, blame it on the consultant....

Traitor Trump

CNN:

Some teachers in Florida can carry guns inside classrooms now

NBC:

Coast Guard officer who compiled a hit list of media, government figures pleads guilty

Well we know this much.. In a country where there are actually more guns in the hands of people than there are people and only the USA can claim this "honor" it was bound to happen that there will be mass shootings occurring on a regular basis..

Now thanks to the 2nd Amendment and it's "well regulated militia" wording we now have insane armed to the teeth individuals who are now preparing for a civil war which Trump and Fox News and other conservative media are ramping up and the removal of Trump as President will set this horrific event in motion that thanks to the lax guns laws including open carry laws in states will happen and it's just a question of when and how bad it will be and how many people will get killed.

Maybe this upcoming barrage of mass shootings and acts of violence from armed individuals who believe that tyranny is upon the USA as a result of Trump being removed from office and their delusional belief only patriotic Americans can hold the government responsible which is backed by the 2nd Amendment unfortunately will result in bringing in comprehensive gun control laws once and for all...

Newsweek:

Pro-Trump Group Claims Responsibility For Woman's 'Eat Babies' Speech At Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Event

AP:

Ex-officer not guilty of manslaughter in Georgia shooting

CNN:

El Paso shooting: As suspected gunman is set to appear in court, one survivor says she's 'trying to forget that evil'

The racist mutherfucker actually plead “not guilty”. WTF????