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Emma Gonzlez for Harpers Bazaar: "We are grieving, we are furious & we are using our words fiercely"
Parkland Student Emma González Opens Up About Her Fight for Gun Control
"Adults are behaving like children."
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By Emma González
Feb 26, 2018
Teachers do not need to be armed with guns to protect their classes, they need to be armed with a solid education in order to teach their classes. That’s the only thing that needs to be in their job description. People say metal detectors would help. Tell that to the kids who already have metal detectors at school and are still victims of gun violence. If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists, things they actually need and can make use of.
My Name is Emma González. I’m 18 years old, Cuban and bisexual. I’m so indecisive that I can’t pick a favorite color, and I’m allergic to 12 things. I draw, paint, crochet, sew, embroider—anything productive I can do with my hands while watching Netflix.
But none of this matters anymore.
What matters is that the majority of American people have become complacent in a senseless injustice that occurs all around them. What matters is that most American politicians have become more easily swayed by money than by the people who voted them into office. What matters is that my friends are dead, along with hundreds upon hundreds of others all over the United States.
This started with, has been about, will always be for, all of us. And who are we? We are the people who died in the freshman building on Valentine’s Day at Douglas High, and the people who died in every mass shooting in U.S. history. We are everyone who has been shot at, grazed or pierced by bullets, terrorized by the presence of guns and gun violence in America. We are kids, we are parents, we are students, we are teachers. We are tired of practicing school shooter drills and feeling scared of something we should never have to think about. We are tired of being ignored. So we are speaking up for those who don’t have anyone listening to them, for those who can’t talk about it just yet, and for those who will never speak again. We are grieving, we are furious, and we are using our words fiercely and desperately because that’s the only thing standing between us and this happening again.
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Read the whole thing, especially for the Lemony Snicket reference.
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a18715714/protesting-nra-gun-control-true-story/
via:
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/02/26/more-amazing-stuff-from-parkland/#comments
Trump responds by crossing his arms and quickly changing topic
WOW -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) challenges Trump to his face on his plan to arm teachers, tells him "we need to listen to educators and they should not be foisted upon this responsibility of packing heat."
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/968180038213492738
President Bone Spurs - Turned Away in Disgust While a Man Was Bleeding to Death in Front of Him
from the unearthed Stern-Trump interviews, however, came during a chat on July 16, 2008.“I was at Mar-a-Lago and we had this incredible ball, the Red Cross Ball, in Palm Beach, Florida. And we had the Marines. And the Marines were there, and it was terrible because all these rich people, they’re there to support the Marines, but they’re really there to get their picture in the Palm Beach Post… so you have all these really rich people, and a man, about 80 years old—very wealthy man, a lot of people didn’t like him—he fell off the stage.
“So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, ‘Oh my God, that’s disgusting,’ and I turned away.
"I couldn’t, you know, he was right in front of me and I turned away. I didn’t want to touch him… he’s bleeding all over the place, I felt terrible. You know, beautiful marble floor, didn’t look like it. It changed color. Became very red. And you have this poor guy, 80 years old, laying on the floor unconscious, and all the rich people are turning away. ‘Oh my God! This is terrible! This is disgusting!’ and you know, they’re turning away. Nobody wants to help the guy. His wife is screaming—she’s sitting right next to him, and she’s screaming.
“What happens is, these 10 Marines from the back of the room… they come running forward, they grab him, they put the blood all over the place—it’s all over their uniforms—they’re taking it, they’re swiping (it), they ran him out, they created a stretcher. They call it a human stretcher, where they put their arms out with, like, five guys on each side.
“I was saying, ‘Get that blood cleaned up! It’s disgusting!’ The next day, I forgot to call (the man])to say he’s OK,” said Trump, adding of the blood, “It’s just not my thing.”
MORE:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-time-donald-trump-turned-away-in-disgust-while-a-man-bled-to-death-in-front-of-him
Perhaps the deputies had bone spurs
Perhaps the deputies had bone spurshttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/968163627139248134
Trump rips Fla. Deputies for not going into school. "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon."
https://twitter.com/ZekeJMiller/status/968155353912369152
context:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/02/26/trump-says-would-have-run-into-florida-school-unarmed/0rCKgCC0mKtypl9q4A2AEP/story.html
Unearthed video shows Michael Flynn bragging about being "General of an army of digital soldiers"
Unearthed video shows Michael Flynn bragging about being the “General of an army of digital soldiersNovember 12th, 2016. Four days after the election.
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/MillenPolitics/status/967596529325355008
SCOTUS Snubs Trump, Leaves DACA In Place For Now -
USA Today reports:
The Supreme Court refused Monday to review a federal judge’s order that the Trump administration continue a program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
The denial leaves in place the popular DACA program, which has protected some 690,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation and enabled them to get work permits. The program had faced a March 5 deadline for congressional action set by Trump last summer.
Two federal courts have ruled the administration’s action was illegal.
The justices could have agreed to hear the case this spring, leapfrogging a federal appeals court based in California that has been sympathetic to the cause of immigrants. They also could have overruled federal District Judge William Alsup without a hearing.
http://www.joemygod.com/2018/02/26/scotus-snubs-trump-leaves-daca-place-now/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/26/supreme-court-snubs-trump-keeps-daca-immigration-program-place-now/371730002/
from: Bloomberg News
U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump, Won’t Hear Immigration Appeal
February 26, 2018, 6:31 AM PST
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Trump administration appeal aimed at ending deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, steering clear for now of the debate over the fate of hundreds of thousands of people.
The justices turned away the administration’s appeal of a ruling that has kept the Obama-era program in place. The rejection buys time for the so-called dreamers even as Congress has been unable to agree on legislation to give them permanent protection.
Developing...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-trump-won-t-hear-immigration-appeal-je4bn951
www.washingtonpost.com/…
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to enter the national controversy over “dreamers,” turning down the Trump administration’s request to immediately review lower court decisions that keep in place the program that protects undocumented immigrants brought here as children from deportation.
President Trump announced in September that he would let the program expire in March, unless Congress acted. Efforts on Capitol Hill to revive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) as part of a broader deal on immigration policy have failed so far.
Federal district court judges in California and New York have issued nationwide injunctions against ending the program, siding with states and organizations challenging the administration’s rescission. The court orders effectively block the Trump administration from ending the program on March 5, as planned.
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