When IS the right time?

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Tuesday November 07, 2017 · 11:49 AM PST

2017/11/07 · 11:49

As details emerge of yet another mass shooting, just 35 days after the most deadly mass shooting in this nation’s history, Republican lawmakers continue to “ask for prayers,” and say that it’s “not the right time” to talk about sensible gun control measures. If not now, when?

Is now the time to talk about the Orlando night club shooting, which killed 49, almost a year and a half ago?

How about the Sandy Hook mass shooting, which took the lives of 27, nearly five years ago?

Or maybe the Aurora theater shooting, which happened just over five years ago?

Or maybe it’s still too soon to talk about those.

Do you remember the Virginia Tech shooting? Over 10 years ago now. Is now the right time? Or do we still need just a little more time to talk about that one?

Maybe the Wedgwood Baptist church shooting, since those people were visiting a house of worship in Texas, as well? Certainly it’s the right time now, since it happened almost a decade ago? Or maybe just a few more “prayers and thoughts” is all the victims and families need? Just maybe, if the parishioners of Texas First Baptist Church prayed just a little harder before hand, this wouldn’t have happened.

Or Columbine? It seems like it hardly makes the news anymore, so could now be the time to revisit that tragedy to keep mentally unstable people from owning firearms?

And lest we forget, the USPS shooting happened over 30 years ago. It seems that the only thing we remember from that tragedy is the “going postal” phrase that has forever been added to our lexicon. It must certainly be the right time now, right?

BREAKING: Trump tells Ryan to pull TrumpCare bill.

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Friday March 24, 2017 · 12:37 PM PDT

2017/03/24 · 12:37

It’s done! TrumpCare failed!

What I gleaned from the Comey testimony.

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Monday March 20, 2017 · 12:09 PM PDT

2017/03/20 · 12:09

So far, most of this was what we already knew or strongly speculated; that Trump was under investigation, that Trump operatives were working directly with the Russians, that some or all of them were taking money, quid pro quo, for “help” to win the election, including the lifting of sanctions. But as I sit here, listening to many answers of “I cannot answer that,” or various derivations of that response, one glaring, jaw-dropping response that doesn’t seem to be getting much attention is, when expanding on the answer about Russians not “directly interfering with the election,” Comey admitted that the Russians WERE interfering with voter suppression and registration through various channels, including private voter registration companies.

This is outrageous and something that we’ve witnessed in not just this election, but in many past election cycles. The only way that republicans can win is by stifling the right of Americans to vote, and we as democrats, need to bring this to the forefront and double up our efforts to combat this.

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