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If it is cancer or kidnapping or something like that, he wouldn't have been placed on the restricted list.

I'm not sure why that burden is on me... You repeated the correlation/causation error. I pointed that error out, even if I agree with the conclusion.

I also dispute that he is smart. He is smarter than Trump. They are smart in their own way, but I wouldn't call them intelligent. He is more effective than Trump, but also has a huge legislative majority under his thumb.

I live here and see it every day. This is true.

Hey, I agree with an assault rifle ban, but poor statistical analysis is poor statistical analysis.

I don't know if it is deaths per year, but that is definitely lazy analysis confusing correlation with causation. There are a multitude of things that could have also played a role. 1. The rise of social media in the late 2000's and the rise of the dark web fueling tensions and leading to extremism. 2. Wars and people coming home with mental illness that resulted. 3. SCOTUS starting to put their thumb on the scale in 2008, and states opening up the floodgates the last 10-12 years. 4. The 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act removed liability for gun dealers.

Well, I was wrong about where the gun was purchased.

Will you retract this when we find put he bought it legally in Indiana or Wisconsin?

Guys, I had flashbacks to 2007/Brian/VT today. I will preface this by saying my family is okay. But there was a short period there when I didn't know and I had such shitty cell service. On the family group text, my brother sends a pic of my nephew at a parade. My brother lives in greater Chicago. An hour later a friend at the party I was at said "Shooting at an Illinois parade." I didn't have the service to find out which parade or hear back from my brother. It ended up being a different parade. This needs to stop, now.

As a heads up. Based on shirts I've seen today... Desantis's 2024 campaign will be "Make America Florida" not sure if they get the Global Warming irony.

This is... a take.

No, but listening to Tigers games on the MLB App I get reminded of it every half inning.

This was roundly rejected and didn't come close to being approved. Seems clickbaity. https://twitter.com/bachlaw/status/1542665906777726978?s=19

John Roberts should not have gone to the Fox News plastic surgeon.

Moderates become enraged enough to vote for Dems until this brand of MAGA is quashed. And Dems don't push too hard on a far left agenda and scare them off. That is my hope.

I see it every day. He does have the same hold.

And then they turn to the younger more effective version of him governing his new state and we plunge into authoritarianism.

I'm still not there.

Looks like I picked the wrong afternoon to focus on work.

I forget which podcast it was, but the coach did have an interesting backstory. Down and out, suicidal. I can see why religion would be important to him, and if he wants to pray, as long as it isn't compulsory for players to do so with him, that shouldn't be an issue. My rural public high school had a toooooon of religious stuff throughout. I was in choir, and there were so many God songs... Granted, my home county still hasn't cracked 40% covid vaccinations last time I checked, so I digress.

I'd have to look more into the case, but i do think the left tends to forget about the free exercise clause from time to time.

Ironic... I voted for them and convinced others to as well. I wish I would have voted for Clinton/Kaine if I knew how dangerous the Trump tidal wave was gonna be. Having said that, not auto-voting Republican was a big step for me at the time.

What blows my mind to an extent is the following: It's been pretty clear for a couple years this is coming. Exceptionally clear for a couple of months since the draft opinion. What is this decision doing? Kicking it to state governments. Yet how many republicans who will be writing abortion laws the next several years win their elections unopposed?

Gotta mobilize at the state and local level. I know that gerrymandering makes this an uphill battle, but how do the dem's expect to get any state majorities when they punt 40% of seats.

It isn't so much virtue in not being concerned, but getting stressed out accomplishes what exactly. I know who to vote for to try to keep women safe in elections and will do what I can. But my doomscrolling comment was more that I didn't want to see either the anger or the right wing celebrations. Back to my nephews after their nap time...