It’s the day after the March for Our Lives events all across the country.
Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen thought you’d like to see the NRA’ latest political contribution filings. Needless to say it’s heavy on Texas.
Which brings us to this guy who showed up in Austin at the march determined to be heard but letting it be known he will not listen.
Thanks to Alfredo and Sarah for the heads up.
And Lynne from Juneau, Alaska sends a picture of her one protestor.
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Thanks to Bud Malone for the heads up.
The high school kids from Parkland Florida are having a profound effect on America; tomorrow, there will be over 800 March for Our Lives events worldwide, over 700 in the US alone. El Jefe is going to the one in Houston. To find a march near you, click here.
But that’s not all that’s happening. The boycotts against business partners of the NRA are being effective. At least 18 companies have severed ties with the NRA. Additionally, several large chains have established a minimum age of 21 to purchase guns. But now even more steps are being taken by large business. Yesterday, Citigroup announced that it will require all of its clients who deal in guns to raise its age limit to 21, do background checks on ALL gun sales, cease selling bump stocks and high capacity magazines. This policy not only applies to borrowers from Citi, but also all retailers who accept Citibank credit cards. If clients refuse to comply, Citi will drop them. This move have been considered more of a social statement than real, but I disagree. If Citi has been moved enough to declare this policy, so have other banks, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. In 2012, the NRA started “anti-gun” shaming, telling its members to boycott companies it viewed as hostile to guns. Well, now the worm has turned, and there are a lot more of us than the NRA membership. Companies are focused on profitability. Normal people are now threatening that profitability of companies which are irresponsibly supporting unlimited gun ownership.
The kids from Parkland are shaming Washington, shaming state governments, shaming the gun lobby, and shaming all of us adults for miserably failing at protecting our own. It’s our fault, and it’s long past time for us to fix it.
Thanks to Bryan for the grin
Dallas, Texas, has gone Democratic and Republicans are terribly upset about it and I do mean terribly.
The Dallas County Republican Party filed suit to have 128 Democratic candidates removed from the ballot.
The case revolved around the signature of Dallas County Democratic Party Chair Carol Donovan missing from the 128 candidate applications. Texas election code does not require the signature.
On the original lawsuit, however, Dallas County Republican Party Chair Missy Shorey did forget to sign, and a valid signature is required on a lawsuit.
I warned you – they have terribly down pat.
A Republican visiting judge threw out one of the lawsuits to knock an incumbent Democratic judge off the ballot for not having the county chair’s signature, which she was not required to have. Yeah, wrap your head around that waste of court time and taxpayer money.
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.
