Progressives voice anger at Democratic leaders over close Texas runoff
Progressives are voicing anger at the Democratic establishment following the closely fought runoff between Jessica Cisneros and incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), leading to what could be deep divisions in the district ahead of the general election.
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Hello Ten Bears. I thank you for the link and I strongly suggest everyone go to the page at the link. It gives the information known so far about the shooting in an easy-to-read short manner. I am stunned at how much weaponry and ammo the guy had. I still don’t know why he crashed his truck, but that seems to have stopped a lot of carnage as he couldn’t carry all the weapons / ammo with him on foot. As he is dead, I wonder if we will ever know what set him off, but we do know that if he had not had those weapons there wouldn’t be 19 dead kids, two dead teachers, and a lot more injured fighting for their lives in the hospitals. Hugs
The congressman uses the phrase “gun discipline” instead of gun control. I like that idea. Hugs
For those hard of hearing some one in the crowd starts saying “GOP – Guns Of the People” and the crowd picks it up. I had to struggle to understand what Beto was saying but he was saying it was on those in power on the stage, and at this political event where those Republicans are calling for more guns in schools, armed teachers, and chock points of access and exit, calling for making schools into prisons, one guys bellows “I cannot believe you come here to make this political, you sick son of a bitch”! In other words the guy was saying don’t steal out thunder. Hugs
He says 50 Senators more interested in holding on to their own power than they care about our children won’t even allow a vote on the background legislation (HR8 that 90% of US public wants approved) that has been sitting there for two years from the House. Republicans have shown they can pass bills outlawing LGBTQ+ books and what they think is CRT when they want. They could pass this if they wanted to save the kids. Hugs
Please notice the framing, a coalition of the willing. Where have we heard that before? Iraq when the US gathered nations to help attack / invade Iraq. This video is about a group of nations that have decided to go into the black sea and take on the Russian fleet to clear out the blockade so that the ships can get to Odesa and allow shipping of the grain that is needed to feed Europe and other areas. The issue is that Russian ships have been steal the grain and taking it back to Russia. A lot of it is already gone. So for those that say NATO nations cannot get involved they are already done the prep work and it is going to happen, this is simply letting the world know they are going to do it. One name not on the list is the US, but I bet they are in there somewhere. If the US doesn’t have a nuclear sub sitting in the Black Sea I would be veery surprised. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the start of the war that it would only be a matter of time before the other nations came in, so why wait and let more die as the nations hesitated. I said the other nations would have to go in and assist Ukraine. Now that Europe is looking at their people going hungry and the problems with nations that depend on the food for Ukraine not getting that food, they are willing to act militarily. The US will not stay out of this for long. What will be interesting to see is what Russia does when combined fleets of a coalition of nations shows up to open that port for the Ukrainians. Even if you don’t like Beau, this is worth a listen. Hugs
The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Gun Control
The basic rules of American democracy provide a veto over national policy to a minority of the states.
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