A man who was falsely accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting in Allen, Texas has sued multiple prominent right-wing influencers and conservative media outlets for libel over their coverage of the massacre. According to HuffPost, which first reported the lawsuit, Mauricio Garcia — a 36-year old Texas resident …
Read More »Mass Murder Is a Choice. The Gun Industry Made It
A WEEK AFTER THE MASSACRE in Lewiston, Maine, left 18 dead, 13 wounded, and a swath of New England terrorized and on lockdown, the gun industry was thinking about its bottom line. During a Nov. 1 quarterly-earnings call, Ruger CEO Christopher Killoy touted the company’s profits, and the sales boost …
Read More »Remembering the Victims of the Lewiston, Maine Mass Shooting
Between the sounds of striking pins and returning bowling balls, patrons at Just-in-Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, had a tough time recognizing gunshots over the din Wednesday night. A shooter took advantage of the confusion, killing 18 people there and at Schemengees Bar & Grill nearby. Seven …
Read More »2023 Just Became the United States' Second Worst Year for Mass Killings
So far, 2023 has become the second worst year for mass killings in the United States on record, according to The Associated Press. On Wednesday, a shooter in Lewiston, Maine, killed at least 18 people and injured 13 more at a bowling alley and local restaurant. A manhunt for a …
Read More »Elon Musk Claims There's 'No Proof' Swastika-Tatted Texas Shooter Was White Supremacist
Elon Musk sat down with CNBC’s David Faber for an interview where he declared he doesn’t give a shit if his tweets damage his companies. Musk has spent the last several weeks tweeting and boosting unfounded conspiracy theories about mass shootings, George Soros, and migrants. But in his mind, he …
Read More »'Mommy, What If I Die When I Go Back to School?'
M ary Joyce’s daughter witnessed the unspeakable. “The day after the children were murdered at the school, grief therapists passed out ‘Feelings Cards‘ with faces on them to help the children identify what they were feeling,” she recalled. “My nine-year-old daughter, Monroe, who saw the shooter, the barrel of the …
Read More »Gabby Giffords: Cynicism Is Not an Option When It Comes to Gun Safety
There’s a self-defeating argument I’ve often heard used to explain the state of gun violence in this country. It goes something like this: If we couldn’t change things after 20 first-graders were murdered at Sandy Hook, what hope is there now? I understand the impulse to give in to cynicism …
Read More »Texas Mass Shooter Posted Neo-Nazi Content, FBI Document Reveals
The suspected mass shooter who killed at least eight people at an Allen, Texas mall on Saturday frequently posted pro-white supremacist and neo-Nazi materials on social media, according to an FBI bulletin reviewed by Rolling Stone. The FBI’s “review and triage of the subject’s social media accounts revealed hundreds of …
Read More »Fox News Guest's Answer to Mass Shootings: 'Plan to Kill Everyone You Meet'
In the wake of yet another mass shooting — this time at a mall in Allen, Texas, where a gunman killed at least eight people — a Fox News guest recommended that Americans who fear they may be a victim of the next shooting should “be polite and professional, but …
Read More »Fox News Jabs Louisville Mayor as 'Political' as He Calls for Blood Donations
As Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg addressed his city and the national media the day after a mass shooting at a bank in his city, Fox News cut away from the mayor’s address as he called for blood donations on behalf of the victims to accuse him of politicizing the shooting. …
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