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As I milled about my house doing mundane morning chores I was considering gun control, Republicans, and abortion. I was thinking about how sad it is that so many Americans, even school children, have survived mass shooting; we are growing a substantial...
by pumbles
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on Sun Nov 11, 2018 at 10:47 AM PST
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FAnother mass shooting, another mass effort to “understand” the (usually) white male behind the massacre. This week’s violence takes us to Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, California. Often hailed as one of the most desirable places to live, this...
by Jessica Sutherland
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on Fri Nov 09, 2018 at 03:52 PM PST
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Her Son Survived One Mass Shooting But Died In 2nd: "Send Me [No] More Prayers, I Want Gun Control!" On Wednesday, Telemachus Orfanos, a 27-year-old Navy veteran and survivor of the Las Vegas concert massacre was killed by 28-year-old Marine veteran and mass-shooter at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California.
In a disturbing...
by Dunvegan
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on Fri Nov 09, 2018 at 01:07 PM PST
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It never ends:
At least 11 bar patrons and a sheriff’s deputy were killed late Wednesday in a shooting at a country and western dance hall in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that was holding an event for college students, officials said.
The gunman is...
by Barbara Morrill
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on Thu Nov 08, 2018 at 05:18 AM PST
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The mayor of Pittsburgh told Donald Trump to wait. Local religious leaders asked Trump to wait. Politicians in both parties begged Trump to wait. Tens of thousands of local residents told Trump not to come at all until he was ready to completely disown...
by Mark Sumner
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on Wed Oct 31, 2018 at 06:37 AM PDT
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After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman-Douglas, many corporations pulled their partnership agreements with the NRA, which offered members discounts with associated companies. But, not FedEx, they stood by the NRA and continued their program. Not...
by Jen Hayden
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on Tue Oct 30, 2018 at 09:45 AM PDT
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President Trump, first lady to visit Pennsylvania on Tuesday to commemorate synagogue mass shooting victims
By Felicia Sonmez
October 29 at 2:43 PM
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Pennsylvania on...
by Rashaverak
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on Mon Oct 29, 2018 at 12:14 PM PDT
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On Saturday morning, before he murdered 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the killer announced his motive: He was “going in” because a caravan of “invaders” was coming to destroy America. In other words, the same fearmongering...
by Barbara Morrill
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on Mon Oct 29, 2018 at 06:14 AM PDT
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In the wake of Saturday’s mass murder at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh have written an open letter to Donald Trump:
President Trump, you are not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism.
And...
by Barbara Morrill
353 comments
on Mon Oct 29, 2018 at 05:15 AM PDT
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Donald Trump has stated his intention to visit Pittsburgh after his bad-hair day, that is, in the aftermath of the slaughter by a virulent anti-Semite of innocent worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of that city,...
by Rashaverak
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on Sun Oct 28, 2018 at 09:19 AM PDT
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Another Mass Shooting, another deranged male with an AR-15 that disintegrates organs and leaves grapefruit sized exit wounds forever shattering the lives of innocent people. Attacks on the Jewish community have skyrocketed since 2016. Saying that we...
by Eric Stamps
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on Sat Oct 27, 2018 at 11:06 AM PDT
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Donald Trump stopped on his way to give a speech at a Future Farmers of America meeting to tell victims and families of the Pittsburgh shooting that the whole thing was their fault. According to Trump, they should have hard “armed guards” present at...
by Mark Sumner
264 comments
on Sat Oct 27, 2018 at 10:33 AM PDT
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Congregants near the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh were ambushed on Saturday morning by a man who opened fire with multiple weapons. According to on-scene reports, the shooter shouted “All Jews must die” as he...
by Mark Sumner
534 comments
on Sat Oct 27, 2018 at 09:01 AM PDT
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A Republican candidate for Connecticut’s General Assembly has pulled out of his race after being condemned by virtually everyone in Connecticut. Steven Baleshiski was challenging Democratic Rep. Joe Aresimowicz for his state House seat when the...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Oct 12, 2018 at 08:37 AM PDT
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Local law enforcement officials have responded to a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing, in Florida. The shooting took place at or around a video game tournament being held at the GLHF Game Bar. According to WJXT, a number of people have been shot...
by Hunter
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on Sun Aug 26, 2018 at 11:53 AM PDT
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Nearly three dozen K-12 students lost their lives to school shooters during the 2017-2018 academic year, while many more were injured and countless survivors were inflicted with lasting emotional trauma. Children and adults alike made “Never Again” and...
by Jessica Sutherland
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on Tue Aug 21, 2018 at 02:11 PM PDT
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Over nine months after Stephen Paddock opened fire on a Las Vegas outdoor concert, killing 58 and wounding more than 800, over 1,000 victims of the massacre find themselves named defendants in a series of federal lawsuits. Claiming that they have...
by Jessica Sutherland
157 comments
on Tue Jul 17, 2018 at 11:18 AM PDT
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The suspected gunman who killed five in a Maryland newsroom Thursday—modifying his fingers to avoid being identified—has been identified as a federal employee who had a “long-running feud” with The Capital Gazette. According to The Baltimore Sun, which...
by Jessica Sutherland
162 comments
on Thu Jun 28, 2018 at 07:27 PM PDT
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Just 2 weeks ago, president dumb-ass was calling the Media: “Our Country’s biggest enemy.”
And this is not the first time, the pot-stirrer-in-chief has called our 1st Amendment Institutions: “the enemy of the people” … Early on in...
by jamess
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on Thu Jun 28, 2018 at 06:50 PM PDT
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A mass shooting is being reported at the offices of Annapolis, Maryland newspaper company Capital Gazette. According to a reporter for that paper, multiple people have been injured and killed; a "single shooter" "opened fire on multiple employees."
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by Hunter
192 comments
on Thu Jun 28, 2018 at 12:53 PM PDT
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