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Roland99
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May 25, 2022
Restaurant "inflation fees" - anyone else seeing these?
Two local restaurants just sprung surprise inflation fee charges onto bills
One is locally owned, one is a major Italian franchised restaurant
Anyone else seeing these?
May 25, 2022
Teri Kanefield tweet thread - racist/slavery-based history of the Second Amendment
A work in progress but wonderful information here
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1529284319750987776
Unrolled (so far)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1529284319750987776.html
More info:
https://truthout.org/articles/the-second-amendment-was-ratified-to-preserve-slavery/
May 25, 2022
What well-regulated militia member does this to school children?!?!
O M G! The parents need to provide DNA. The kids are unrecognizable from gunshots!!
https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1529283083639394306NEW: Families in Uvalde are having to get their DNA swabbed because the bodies of the dead children are so unrecognizable because of the military-style weaponry used by the shooter, per @AnayeliNews
What well-regulated militia member does this to school children?!?!
May 24, 2022
Perfect sentiment in light of Uvalde tragedy
https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1529241541499183104 people who insist new gun laws won't stop mass shootings sure do spend a lot of time enacting laws to stop abortion
May 24, 2022
Don't stop at arm the teachers!!
Arm the staff! AR-15s make great pencils
Arm the custodians! AR-15s make great broom handles
Arm the bus drivers! AR-15s make great gear shifters
Arm the crossing guards! AR-15s make great stop sign handles
Arm the PTSO volunteers! AR-15s make great banner holders
May 24, 2022
If only there was a way to help stop this from happening so much.
If only....
Update
https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1529153130079866891
YAASS - Yet Another Active School Shooter
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/05/24/active-shooter-reported-at-uvalde-elementary-school-district-says/Law enforcement in Uvalde is responding to an active shooter at an elementary school on Tuesday, according to police and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District.
Details about any injuries are unknown, but UCISD said there is an active shooter at Robb Elementary School.
Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus, the district posted just after 12:15 p.m.
Details about any injuries are unknown, but UCISD said there is an active shooter at Robb Elementary School.
Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus, the district posted just after 12:15 p.m.
If only there was a way to help stop this from happening so much.
If only....
Update
https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1529153130079866891
There has been a shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, TX.
@TxDPS
and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin tell me one person has been shot and the shooter ran to the school. DPS says the shooter is still barricaded inside the school right now.
@TxDPS
and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin tell me one person has been shot and the shooter ran to the school. DPS says the shooter is still barricaded inside the school right now.
May 24, 2022
lmao! Tweet of the day!
https://twitter.com/jordangerous/status/1529141876024279040Tell me why this guy looks like Pete Davidson playing John Malkovich in a movie.
May 24, 2022
OMG! Laughably pathetic Republican election fraud PROOF. MI fraudulent signatures
https://twitter.com/Simon_Schuster/status/1528908918776287232Bureau of Elections staff provides a detailed explanation of why signatures were found to be fraudulent in their report, but some of the examples they provide illustrate forgery that is almost painfully obvious. #mipol
Look at this.
Look at this.
May 24, 2022
Nazis, fake christians, misogynists? Not enough! We need terrorists, too!!
https://twitter.com/realTuckFrumper/status/1529059915871883264 Osama Bin Laden's Niece Campaigns For 'Ultra MAGA Movement'
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/05/noor-bin-laden-ultra-maga
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/05/noor-bin-laden-ultra-maga
May 23, 2022
Suck it, moRon!
Appeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutional
https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2022/05/23/appeals-court-florida-law-on-social-media-unconstitutional/ A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, dealing a major victory to companies who had been accused by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of discriminating against conservative thought.
A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded that it was overreach for DeSantis and the Republican-led Florida Legislature to tell the social media companies how to conduct their work under the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
Put simply, with minor exceptions, the government can't tell a private person or entity what to say or how to say it, said Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, in the opinion. We hold that it is substantially likely that social media companies even the biggest ones are private actors whose rights the First Amendment protects.
The ruling upholds a similar decision by a Florida federal district judge on the law, which was signed by DeSantis in 2021. It was part of an overall conservative effort to portray social media companies as generally liberal in outlook and hostile to ideas outside of that viewpoint, especially from the political right.
A three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded that it was overreach for DeSantis and the Republican-led Florida Legislature to tell the social media companies how to conduct their work under the Constitution's free speech guarantee.
Put simply, with minor exceptions, the government can't tell a private person or entity what to say or how to say it, said Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, in the opinion. We hold that it is substantially likely that social media companies even the biggest ones are private actors whose rights the First Amendment protects.
The ruling upholds a similar decision by a Florida federal district judge on the law, which was signed by DeSantis in 2021. It was part of an overall conservative effort to portray social media companies as generally liberal in outlook and hostile to ideas outside of that viewpoint, especially from the political right.
Suck it, moRon!
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