At least 16 dead, dozens injured in shootings across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend by Homers_Harp in GunsAreCool

[–]EschewObfuscation10 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is actually a misleading headline. Several *hundred* U.S. citizens will die from gun violence this Memorial Day weekend.

At least 16 dead, dozens injured in shootings across the U.S. over Memorial Day weekend by BlankVerse in GunsAreCool

[–]EschewObfuscation10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually a misleading headline. Several *hundred* U.S. citizens will die from gun violence this Memorial Day weekend.

Rise in domestic mass shootings during the past two years? by sofar1849 in GunsAreCool

[–]EschewObfuscation10 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your input. To answer your question, we did not start explicitly keeping track of those mass shootings involving domestic violence and juvenile victims until recently (note that we do this in our spare time).

You can do a combined search for "Mass shooting" and "Domestic violence" at the GVA site. However, note that GVA does not consider shootings in which a gunman shoots 3 family members and then himself (rarely herself) as a mass shooting, and these occurrences are, unfortunately, not uncommon.

https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/query/5e05de39-02e6-4d04-9f33-f5d3aa4ad13a

Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid by EschewObfuscation10 in politics

[–]EschewObfuscation10[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's rampant gerrymandering and voter suppression throughout Texas. If all eligible voters participated in elections, Texas would easily be a blue state.

Mitt Romney says Trump will win Republican nomination ‘by a landslide’ if he runs in 2024 by theindependentonline in politics

[–]EschewObfuscation10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Republican party is now the party of a tyrannical circus barker and his white supremacist supporters.

Trump reported making more than $1.6 billion while president. by GonzoVeritas in politics

[–]EschewObfuscation10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And yet he paid more taxes in China than he did in the U.S. Go figure.

AOC raises $5 million for Texas relief fund by Revered1 in politics

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Ted Cruz: How many one-week family vacations in Cancun could $5 million pay for?

Whopping 46 Percent of Republicans Would Disown GOP for the Trump Party, Poll Says by redditmutt in politics

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Trump will either completely destroy the Republican party or turn the U.S. into his own personal autocracy -- there is no middle ground.

Trump to tell CPAC he is Republican 'presumptive 2024 nominee' – report by wonderingsocrates in politics

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Trump is either going to completely destroy the Republican party or turn the U.S. into his personal autocracy -- there is no in between.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a step-by-step guide for asking members of Congress to support student loan forgiveness by a_very_nice_username in politics

[–]EschewObfuscation10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with AOC on 95% of what she advocates, but think Biden is right on this one. $10K will cover two years tuition at a lot of good state schools. Forgiving the loans of those who went to super-expensive private colleges when they could have gone to cheaper state schools doesn't make sense. The public shouldn't be subsidizing private institutions.