Mr.TaterSalad

LOL @ THIS GUY Kevin Rinke running for Governor. https://fb.watch/doFgjxnfkx/

Yes, Lyndon Johnson's use of the n-word is and was abhorrent and unacceptable. Yes, Johnson deserves scorn and criticism for his use of the n-word. But Johnson did pass major civil rights and voting rights legislation. The southern Dixiecrats who opposed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act would today be MAGA Republicans and voting for the like of Trump, DeSantis, MTG, Bobert, Gohmert, DePerno, etc. The same type of legislation that all these Republican hypocrites have spent decades trying to roll back by the way.

Also, yesterday's shooter killed himself. So it looks like the good guy with a gun didn't stop that one either.

Texas could start by expanding Medicaid and mental health services to low income families and children.

Four killed at a hospital in Oklahoma yesterday. I wonder if there was armed security there? Guess we should only have one entrance open at the hospitals now. Guess doctors, nurses, surgical technicians, pharmacists, pharmacy, technicians janitors, and cafeteria workers should all be carrying guns now at all times. It is a doctors duty to protect their patients health, so not only should you look out for the tumor on the CT scan, you should look around every corner for a potential gunman. Also, the gunman committed suicide, so looks like yet another case where a good guy with a gun didn't stop a bad guy with a gun. Also, if we did have doctors, nurses, and hospital staff carrying a gun, are we literally suggesting hospital staff have a shootout, at a place of wellness like a hospital, in front of patients? Also, if you've ever been inside a hospital, you will realize that most of them have hallways that twist and turn, with multiple corners to go around and multiple doors to go through. So if the person dresses to blend in, versus wearing apparel that stands out, whose going to be able to identify the active shooter if a majority of people are carrying and staff/visitors are shooting everywhere? I don't think this is the type of America people want to live in, with guns everywhere and shootouts occurring at schools, daycare centers, grocery stores, hospitals, doctors offices, dentist offices, chiropractic offices, places of worship, movie theaters, putt-putt golf centers, laser tag facilities, amusement parks, bars, restaurants, fast food restaurants, shopping malls, antique stores, strip clubs, museums, zoos, anywhere. But if you vote Republicans into a majority in the House and Senate and elect one as President in 2024, this is the type of America you will get.

Just watch Trump's White Nationalist ass kissers on Fox News like Tucker Carlson or Laura Ingraham and you don't even have to go on social media to fall down a rabbit hole.

Assuming Republicans haven't fully killed off free and fair elections by 2024, I think Whitmer will be the next Democratic nominee for Senate after Stabenow.

Are you aware that almost every country that has universal gun safety measures, like background checks, waiting periods, and metal health evaluations has lower gun crime than we do? Are you aware that we have more guns than any other developed nation and also have more gun crime? Are you aware that you can do something other than parrot right wing talking points and actually argue with data and research?

I think what the MAGA and Republican folks would say is whether at a school super market, movie theater, concert, shopping mall, beach, whatever, that we'd all be safer if significantly more people were carrying a gun. More people carrying would make bad guys think twice about committing a crime. In the event a crime did occur, that good guy with a gun could disable the perpetrator or active shooter a lot faster. We of course know this is all BS and the statistics don't back up the claim. According to FBI data, around 1% of good guys with a gun actually stop a crime in progress. It seems far more likely that a shootout would ensue if 50% of the people or more at a supermarket or movie theater or concert were packing heat. And I don't mean a shootout between the bad guy and the good guys. I mean people misidentifying who the active shoot is and all of a sudden you have people shooting innocent by standards and firing indiscriminately. I think it would turn an already chaotic situation into a worse situation in most instances. Sure, there may be one off situations where the bad guy or active shooting is neutralized quicker, but based on the data and statistics we already have about good guys with guns stopping crimes, I think it is more likely that wouldn't happen.

You all on the right want to scream about mental health and mental healthcare after every mass shooting. That's fine, I agree, something more needs to be done for the mental and emotional well being of people all across this country. I do believe we should offer Medicare For All to every American and include comprehensive mental healthcare and emotional wellness care as apart of that. But if you all on the right want to fucking do something about mental health and mental healthcare, start in your own damn states. According to a study from the United Way, these are the states with the best and worst and least access to mental healthcare. You always like to tell is that it starts at home on the right, well start by taking care of your own houses. The States with the Best Access to Mental Healthcare Providers Massachusetts Oregon Delaware Maine Vermont Alaska Rhode Island Connecticut Oklahoma New Mexico The States with the Worst Access to Mental Healthcare Providers Alabama Texas West Virginia Arizona Georgia Tennessee Iowa Mississippi Indiana Florida

Governor Gun Abbott refused to expand Medicaid in his state, which could have provided mental healthcare access to hundreds-of-thousands of Texans. Gun Abbott's state is dead last in access to mental healthcare.

I watch AEW (pro wrestling) and Jungle Boy uses this as his theme. Super catchy!

Get the fuck outta here, Tommy!

At very least, Beto is going down giving it everything he has.

So the party of limited government and mistrust of government now wants the federal government to setup an entire department to domestically spy on kids and young men? I have big problems with what the Bush/Obama NSA were doing and don't want to expand that. How about we try gun safety reforms, mental healthcare, and wrapped around/social support services first. Maybe try expanding Medicaid in Georgia to increase access to mental healthcare.

Beto ranted on this yesterday when he was shouting at Governor Gun Abbott, but . . . KVUE ABC Local News: New report ranks Texas last in access to mental health care

I saw a Facebook comment yesterday of someone calling it a false flag event.

NPR: Guns are banned during Trump's upcoming speech at the NRA conference You can't make this shit up! Why would guns be banned from an NRA event if they make us safer?

Just a note, this is from 2017, but the party of "We need to address mental health" after every mass shooting . . . Kentucky Courier-Journal: Stunning advocates, Gov. Matt Bevin vetoes mental health law

All those conservative Hispanic/Latino decent voters in west and southern Texas should look at that speech by Beto and then look at the guy they are about to vote for and ask themselves what type of America and what type of Texas they want to live in.

It's really a shame Beto is going to lose by 8-10% points because he'd be a really strong leader as Governor. This is the kind of anger and fervor Democrats need to campaign on when it comes to guns, book bands, rigging the election, overthrowing democracy, abortion rights, healthcare, money in politics, corporate welfare, etc.

That's Sir Matthew Hale.

You draw the line when the majority opinion is what governs this country and we end tyranny of the minority. So that means you draw the line when the overall structure of government and how we elect people is sufficiently in place to represent that majority. The Senate needs to be abolished or reformatted as G2 said where you have a singular, 10 year term for Senators. It is not a deliberative body of government as the Founders intended, it has become, thanks to rules like the filibuster and reconciliation, an obstructionist body of government. Adding seats to DC and Puerto Rico would potentially help balance the Senate back out as a short term fix. Abolishing the Senate though would be the best measure long term. Unicameral legislative government operates just fine and there is no need to have a second body of government deliberating the same thing. Having a larger House of Representatives would be suffice IMO. Other things that need to be done to ensure the majority of people get to govern include ending the Electoral College and ending all types of partisan gerrymandering. Districts should be drawn by equitable standards across the country and politicians should never get to pick their voters. The district packing that occurs to voters and under or overrepresentation of a certain political party or ideology within a district needs to stop. We need districts that are fair and reflective of how a state votes overall. So If Michigan votes 53%-47% Dem to Rep then roughly 53% of those seats should be Dem represented or lean-Dem electorally. Same goes for Texas or any red state. Until these measures are in place, we need a Supreme Court capable of ensuring that tyranny of the minority opinion, as we have now with the Senate and Electoral College, are limited and the structural, anti-democratic imbalances and legal imperfections are changed.