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Discover the identity behind the headlines. Learn more about Thomas Crooks, the suspected gunman who shook Pennsylvania with his shocking gunfire at the Donald Trump rally. Dive into the details by reading my articles now: https://lnkd.in/gwPQXQ8R
Who is Thomas Crooks? Officials identify suspected gunman who shot Donald Trump at Pennsylvania rally
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Wednesday’s shooting at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade, which killed one person and injured more than 20, was the 49th mass shooting this year. We are barely halfway through February. So far corporate America has offered primarily silence in response to the shooting. It's a stark reversal from 2022 when more than 500 CEOs and board chairs signed a letter urging the Senate to take “immediate action” on gun violence in the wake of the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. Clearly the appetite for this kind of outspokenness from some of America’s biggest companies has evaporated; the mass shootings, however, have not. The Republican Party’s war on “woke capitalism” and environmental, social and governance efforts has changed the calculus. The bar has gotten much higher for a CEO or board to risk the backlash of publicly wading into a potentially hot-button topic. The idea that a company has a moral or ethical obligation to use its platform is passé. The litmus test is now: does the issue at hand impact a company’s bottom line. When it comes to gun control, the answer from boardrooms seems to be a hard no. But US companies are mistaken if they think gun violence doesn’t fall into the category of a core business issue. I explain why in my latest piece for Bloomberg Opinion.
Big Business Thinks Mass Shootings Aren’t Its Problem. It’s Wrong.
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Photo of the year here! Powerful Presidential response after being shot, revealing Trump's fiery passion and commitment to the cause. Nevertheless some prudence, wisdom and reflection is in order as a nation to see what we have learned or if we need more violence to shake and awake us? In 2016, the National Rifle Association (NRA) spent more than $30 million on behalf of the Trump campaign, according to Federal Election Commission data. It was a staggering number compared to 2012, when the group spent about $13 million to try to unseat President Barack Obama and elect Mitt Romney. The Trump campaign represented the lion’s share of the group’s spending—the NRA spent $54 million on the 2016 elections in total. There are suggestions that the total amount could be higher. In 2017, McClatchy reported that the total number for spending in 2016 was “close to $70 million, and perhaps much more.” President Biden: "There is no place for violence in the United States of America. It's sick and one of the reasons we need to unite this country." That being said if the Secret Service cannot protect Presidents from gun shooters, nor police children and teachers in schools, when does the United States CHANGE its GUN LAWS to protect its Presidents and people? If a nation is incapable of protecting its leaders and people, civil society has unraveled and it's existence as a nation may soon cease. Perhaps some heartfelt bipartisan cooperation and legislation from Congress truly putting America First can stop the decades of senseless violence and madness. ~ SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR SUCCESS ~ https://lnkd.in/g4sZKRaH ~ HATERS ~ https://lnkd.in/gNQHC4fx ~ RACISM ~ https://lnkd.in/gezyY3kK ~ MURDER ~ https://lnkd.in/gsUKJrRY ~ Energized by Anger: From Madness to Greatness ~ https://lnkd.in/g3KxQnyv ~ Angry at God & Everyone? From Madness To Greatness ~ https://lnkd.in/gyDbAU3A ~ Oil For The Tin Man: Awaking The Heart ~ https://lnkd.in/gKsnYZUz ~ Update Your Identity: Transcend Labels to Truly Live ~ https://lnkd.in/gNRzX2ww ~ Your Worst Enemy ~ https://lnkd.in/gFW8N_jv PaulFDavis.com EducationPro.us https://lnkd.in/gsW99at5 (Paul's Books) https://lnkd.in/g9cFNCRC (Paul's Lessons) #usa #america #guns #trump #biden #politics #truth #safety #security #peace #law #school #kids #children #education #god #country #nations #world #leadership #dc #nyc #florida #texas #california #colorado #priorities #purpose #leaders #policy #NRA #money #congress #laws #pennsylvania #penn #newjersey #nj #ny #newyork #ohio #michigan #washington #arizona #newmexico #massachusetts #georgia #alabama #louisiana #nebraska #wyoming #hawaii #alaska #minnesota #maga #americafirst
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Saturday's tragic events in Pennsylvania further reinforce the crucial message of the Regulate Guns NOT Women campaign. We are committed to spreading this campaign nationwide to elect officials who champion this cause. Our thoughts are with Mr. Comperatore's family, and we wish a speedy recovery to all those affected, including former president Trump. Violence is never the solution. It's time for safe gun policies. Let's remove AR-15's and AK-47's from our streets. Background checks and closing gun show loopholes are imperative. Join us in our grassroots efforts across Georgia and beyond to advocate for responsible gun regulations. Now, more than ever, let's work together for a safer future. #GunControl #SafetyFirst
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If you care more about life than guns, do NOT vote for Republicans. Fact 1: Republicans have received Russian money, jobs, and assistance. Fact 2: The NRA has received Russian money. Fact 3: Russia has been supporting Republicans and promoting destabilization in America. Fact 4: Trump has never said a bad word or used an insulting nickname about Putin. Fact 5: A majority of Democrats want meaningful gun reform, while a majority of Republicans block it. Fact 6: Republican-led states have rolled back gun restrictions, including Missouri where the mass shooting at the Chiefs' parade took place. Fact 7: Some Congressional Republicans have worn AK-47 lapel pins on the House floor. Fact 8: Republicans are the biggest recipients of NRA money and support. Fact 9: Assault weapons were banned under Democrats in the 1990s and mass shootings decreased dramatically. Fact 10: Republicans let the assault weapons ban expire and mass shootings rose sharply.
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ON POINT: TRUMP & A KILLING ATTEMPT. . . There’s always a sadness that descends upon much of America from reports of assassination attempts and mass shootings, as if bleak clouds lowered deeper than they had after previous violent happenings and could one day press down further and destroy all of our hopes that something stronger than limp slaps on the wrist could be done about the horror, when we might allow our upsets regarding gun violence to fade faster than in recent years instead of our fighting on for changes ending that which could whisk away innocent human life in seconds, as it almost undid the life of former U.S. President, Donald J. Trump, ironically a targeted individual of whom his political rivals have said has inspired gun shootings of one kind or of another. And, while Joe Biden, Trump’s opponent for election as U.S. President, said the other day that there should be no place for any kind of violence in U.S. politics, it’s fact that very few members of the U.S. Congress have ever said emphatically that there should never be a place in U.S. politics for absence of Full-to-the-hilt responses following the “Rhetoric”postured for undoing gun violence in politics, or within any other American endeavor. There’s a lot of blame for America’s gun violence to go around, a huge part of that smack in the middle of U.S. politics. A U.S. Senator blamed the Biden U.S. Presidential campaign for the attempted assassination of Trump by having portrayed Trump as an “Autocratic ‘Fascist,” though Trump has made clear that he is just that if only “Fascist-lite.” And, a high-ranking member of a U.S. Congressional staff remarked publicly that the shooter who attempted to kill Trump surely needed coaching re. how to aim at his target more accurately. “‘Sanitas,’ Where goest thou?” . . . END, ml
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Chauvinist, Narcissist and Threat to Democracy itself, read this incisive indictment of Criminal 45 and his MAGA Fascists. "The MAGA hat draws them in, but the gun keeps them there. Macho lawlessness was always the root of Trump's appeal. Being encouraged by the leader to transgress (the truth, “political correctness,” the rule of law, taboos against beating up your neighbor) was and remains a large part of the thrill of being a Trump follower. The gun peeks out from the hat because violence is built into Trump's model of politics, which preaches that some must be harmed, or at least threatened into silence, or "locked up," so that the glory of the true nation may come to fruition. The gun, already the symbol of systematic government repression of people of color, stands for the rights of arms-bearing civilians to create and police the new national community. Mandel may be a former Marine, but the gun he depicts is presumably private issue. Weapons already figure in a vision of political change, embodied in the Jan. 6 coup attempt, that depends on force and extralegal measures. Authoritarians always need a veneer of respectability to keep financial and other elites on board and let people think, "It's not that bad; it's not that serious." That's the function of the MAGA hat. Yet there is nothing harmless about the violence committed by those who wear those hats, who include many who breached the Capitol. MAGA hats may refer to a joyous Trumpian future, but violence is the way that future is likely to be realized."
The MAGA Hat and the Gun
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Just another day in America. So far in July 2024 there have been 34 mass shootings in the USA. Make that now 35. Basically, another day in America, another mass shooting event (four or more people shot and killed or injured). There will likely have been another one or two shootings, but we’ll hear nothing much of them. The reason? Donald Trump was slightly injured in this event. Many will claim this shooting as being extraordinary. It’s not. The slightly wounded white man is an unusual victim, given his very high public profile and race, but this is just another day where an angry or disturbed person used a gun to express their outrage, anger or illness - or all three. To think of today as anything more than ordinary is to further devalue to lives of all shooting victims and those left living with the trauma. What can be done? Nothing. Well that’s the outcome for every other such shooting, why should this one be different? I guess we’re just left with ‘Thoughts and prayers’ as history shows us.
Donald Trump's face bloodied in shooting at rally
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From the 7/26/2024 edition of The Week magazine. "Editor’s letter Not an hour after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, JD Vance already knew who was to blame: Democrats. “The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance wrote on X. “That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.” Vance, a former never-Trumper now reborn Trumpier-than-thou, was rewarded for this unjustified allegation with the nomination for the vice presidency. But he wasn’t the only one to leap to conclusions. Democrats and Republicans alike urged an end to political vitriol, taking as read that the apocalyptic rhetoric around the election had spurred the shooter to violence. In fact, we don’t know why Thomas Matthew Crooks climbed up to a rooftop in Butler, Pa., a town about an hour away from his home, to shoot Trump. But we are all far too familiar with this type of perpetrator: a white male loner who was bullied in high school and had easy access to guns. It’s the profile of nearly every school shooter. The motives of these young men are a mix of suicidal mental illness, rage, and a desire to finally be seen. Killing children gets you noticed; imagine the attention you’d receive for murdering the former — and possibly future — leader of the free world and igniting massive domestic unrest. But there’s a striking difference between this event and an “ordinary” school shooting. This time, our civic leaders and pundits are putting the blame on media and politicians, on the language they use, rather than where it belongs: on a society sick with guns. America leads the world in mass shootings because America leads the world in civilian ownership of weapons of war. We have nearly 400 million guns in private hands, including 20 million AR-15s, and very little regulation over who can use them. To people in other countries, these statistics are scarcely credible. (See Best columns: International, p.15.) If we are to end the carnage, it’s not simply our rhetoric that’s needs to change. It’s our gun laws. Susan Caskie, Executive editor"
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Number one lesson in crisis communications- own the issue and provide a path forward on how to fix the issue.
"The buck stops with me." In her first network interview since the assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle told ABC News' Pierre Thomas the Pennsylvania rally shooting was "unacceptable." https://trib.al/3rBlGj8
ABC Exclusive: Trump rally shooting 'unacceptable,' Secret Service director says
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