Ben King (@benedictbking) 's Twitter Profile
Ben King

@benedictbking

I don’t like to squint or hold hands. I think everything can & should be ranked. The saying is “I couldn’t care less”.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: After a months long investigation into why police hesitated during the Uvalde school shooting, the answer is in: the police were afraid to confront the killer’s AR-15. This raises a very important question, if police are too afraid to confront an AR-15 where does that

BREAKING: After a months long investigation into why police hesitated during the Uvalde school shooting, the answer is in: the police were afraid to confront the killer’s AR-15.

This raises a very important question, if police are too afraid to confront an AR-15 where does that
Andrew Weinstein (@weinsteinlaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

America’s firearm homicide rate is 25 times higher than other high-income countries and we’re the only country in the world with more guns than people. It’s not drag shows, library books or woke ideology that are the problem. It’s the guns. It’s always the guns.

Chris Murphy 🟧 (@chrismurphyct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If guns made us safer, America would be the safest place in the world. But the opposite is true. Nowhere else do students, concertgoers and bank patrons get slaughtered on a daily basis. Because as it turns out, it's all the guns that make us so unsafe.

Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, the corporate share of federal tax revenue was 32%. In 2020, it was down to 7%. Here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 2021, Washington passed a capital gains tax aimed at the rich. As of May, the state has raised nearly $850M. All of the revenue will go toward child care, early learning programs, and school construction. The rich are still doing fine. This is how it’s done, folks.

Isaac Saul (@ike_saul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It

Robert Reich (@rbreich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Massachusetts generated $1.5 billion for free school lunches and more by taxing millionaires. Meanwhile, Nebraska and Iowa opted out of free summer lunch programs. 175,000 Nebraska children and 240,000 Iowa kids will lose out on food assistance. Child hunger is a policy choice.

Kathleen Madigan (@kathleenmadigan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Legally, they can't vote. They can't buy alcohol. They can't rent a car. They can't buy weed. They can't rent an apartment. They can't join the military. But they CAN carry guns. Great idea. #Missouri