On Wednesday night, at the Democratic National Convention, America was introduced to 17 year-old Gus Walz, the son of Gwen Walz and Gov. Tim Walz, who instantly became a national treasure due to an unexpectedly emotional moment of pride and joy for his father. (thread)

It’s about fucking time. But this shouldn’t be limited to parents or to school shootings. Every time a minor gets hold of a gun, some adult is responsible.

Funny because it’s true

Nuanced, empathetic look at how shelters are overcrowded as adoptions of dogs have declined, via Frank W. Lewis 🟧 of Signal Cleveland. signalcleveland.org/please-find-me…

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Dear Rich People Who Follow Me, You may soon have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, which is to buy the Infowars brand, then hire me and my pals to run it as an aggressive investigative outlet

I really appreciate YelloPain taking the time to talk to me about this remarkable and still timely song.

I suspect that over-reliance on jargon and assumptions about how much people remember from middle-school civics class make most political reporting feel inaccessible to a lot of people. Here’s a small attempt to help. What should we add? signalcleveland.org/who-the-hell-i…

National political reporters the moment Biden spoke.

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Cleveland homeowners and business owners, if you’ve signed up for the program to share video from private security cameras with Cleveland police, I’d like to talk to you for a story for Signal Cleveland. You can email me at [email protected]. connectcleveland.org

Cleveland VOTES is looking for nonprofits ready to roll up their collective sleeves and do some democracy building work in Greater Cleveland. Applications are open for the Equitable Civic Engagement Fund 👉🏾 signalnews.info/4jnSoE6