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two sheds
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First link on that video goes to another stunning interview - this time with Arkansas bigot. lawmaking bigot, I've posted it here:
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I can't find the article now, but I've read that one of the effects of the US system is that people will tend to avoid early care due to costs, then will throw everything they have and more at care in the last two-to-three months of their lives, when they're dying anyway whatever they do. It's a...
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krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Gun control protest results in expulsions
Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest
The Tennessee statehouse has expelled two Democratic politicians who led a gun control protest that halted legislative proceedings last week.
In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 72-25 to expel Justin Jones and 69-26 to remove Justin Pearson.
But an expulsion vote failed against a third Democratic lawmaker, Gloria Johnson, who joined the demonstration.
Hundreds of protesters have flooded the State Capitol since a school shooting.
The 27 March attack at Nashville's Covenant School killed six, including three children.
Justin Jones told the BBC that the move had left 70,000 people in one of the state's most diverse districts without representation.
He said an "extreme republican supermajority, almost completely a white caucus" had expelled the "two youngest black lawmakers because we stood demanding action on gun violence".
"The nation and the world are surprised and should be shocked because what they said was that democracy does not matter in Tennessee," Mr Jones added.
On Thursday, some Republican members said the Democrats' actions amounted to an insurrection, with House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, comparing the incident to the Capitol Riots.
"What they did today was equivalent, at least equivalent, maybe worse depending on how you look at it, to doing an insurrection in the State Capitol," he said.
Yep. Protesting the crazy gun laws is worse than January 6th.
Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest
The Tennessee statehouse has expelled two Democratic politicians who led a gun control protest that halted legislative proceedings last week.
In a rare move, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 72-25 to expel Justin Jones and 69-26 to remove Justin Pearson.
But an expulsion vote failed against a third Democratic lawmaker, Gloria Johnson, who joined the demonstration.
Hundreds of protesters have flooded the State Capitol since a school shooting.
The 27 March attack at Nashville's Covenant School killed six, including three children.
Justin Jones told the BBC that the move had left 70,000 people in one of the state's most diverse districts without representation.
He said an "extreme republican supermajority, almost completely a white caucus" had expelled the "two youngest black lawmakers because we stood demanding action on gun violence".
"The nation and the world are surprised and should be shocked because what they said was that democracy does not matter in Tennessee," Mr Jones added.
On Thursday, some Republican members said the Democrats' actions amounted to an insurrection, with House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, comparing the incident to the Capitol Riots.
"What they did today was equivalent, at least equivalent, maybe worse depending on how you look at it, to doing an insurrection in the State Capitol," he said.
Yep. Protesting the crazy gun laws is worse than January 6th.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
My understanding is that only two of the three Democrats were expelled.
People should in no way infer anything from the fact that the two representatives who were expelled were black and the one that wasn't was white. That's just just random chance and not at all evidence of racism.
People should in no way infer anything from the fact that the two representatives who were expelled were black and the one that wasn't was white. That's just just random chance and not at all evidence of racism.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
When I see people in the USA talking about a “march towards fascism” these days, I know it will take a bit of reading to figure out whether the claim is coming from the right or the left.
It’s pretty scary.
8ball
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Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
Rep Johnson (who survived the vote) said in an interview that she reckoned race had a part to play in the decision. She said something along the lines of "look at the skin colour of who survived the vote and who didn't, race definitely was a deciding factor".My understanding is that only two of the three Democrats were expelled.
People should in no way infer anything from the fact that the two representatives who were expelled were black and the one that wasn't was white. That's just just random chance and not at all evidence of racism.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Did you have discussions with that early microsoft chatbot that got shut down, too?I’m also thinking of outsourcing my posts to ChatGPT.
8ball
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Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
Oh it gets better. When confronted by kids protesting against unlimited access to AR15's and assault rifles due to their use in school shootings, one of the republican lawmakers asked them "is there a gun you would prefer to be shot with?*" in some sort of feeble attempt at a gotcha question.
*that's a direct quote btw.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Maybe, if there's a new US forum, it could have a "Shootings" subforum, with threads for each type?Fair enough, apols for tangent.
Maybe we need separate threads for mass shootings, non-mass shootings, en-masse shootings* and general US gun situation discussion.
* - not to mention Mass shootings (Catholic speciality), en passant shootings (aka drive-bys) and shootings by small children and animals
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
shootings: single victim
shootings: mass
shootings: trigger pulled by animal or toddler
shootings: officer down!
shootings: jfk, malcolm x, mlk, robert kennedy etc
souljacker
innit
You forgot the "shootings: awkward hunting 'accident'", otherwise known as the Cheney surprise.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
unless there's more than one victim, i saw that coming under 'shootings: single victim'
souljacker
innit
Who knows what they are capable of
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Don't make the mistake of looking at the comments on the Daily Fail. Much of it was less than compassionate for them since one of them contributed to Democratic causes. WTF is wrong with people? We're all human.
Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
I wouldn't read the fail even if it was the last legally sanctioned literature on the face of the planet. Horrible as the articles are, the troglodytes that respond in their comments sections are far, far worse....
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Cruelty IS the point.
I should probably follow you on turning off Daily Mail. I turned off MSNBC a couple of weeks ago. It was all AI written "articles" that seemed intended to generate controversy and division. The more I read those articles, the surer I became that AI is a bad idea (Humans are a bad idea all on their own). Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with Elon Musk. Musk is just trying to slow down the competition with his assertion that AI is a bad thing. It looks like the main reason he bought Twitter was to have data to feed AI development. No one can really claim that he bought it to make money from Twitter.
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krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Find it difficult to attribute humanity to those who who get their jollies in the comments section, Tbh.
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Reaching out
BBC News - Gun in deadly Louisville shooting will be auctioned off
Gun in deadly Louisville shooting will be auctioned off
The legally purchased murder weapon will be auctioned to the public, according to state law.
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Mayor says Louisville shooter’s rifle ‘will be back on the streets’ under state law
Kentucky law requires officers to send assault-style rifle used in shooting to state police officials to sell at auction
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