What a bizarre irony. Do we tolerate living with gun violence when mass shooters use military grade weapons designed to ensure that we don’t live. I wonder what is the GOP end game - kill off everyone who disagrees? No we need not tolerate this. Adding more guns to this cluster f___ won’t solve anything. I don’t know why we tolerate this carnage. I for the life of me don’t understand why we worship guns more than people. I believe we have to keep fighting for sensible gun regulations. I believe assault style military weapons need to be banned again.
Until Republicans decide that the lives of children are more important than NRA blood money and keeping angry single issue gun lovers on their side nothing will change. And the only way to make Republicans change is for them to feel the pain of electoral defeat. Stop accepting Republican inevitability in Texas or Oklahoma or Iowa or any red state. Make every election about dead children. Make every election about the carnage not in big blue cities like New York, but about small red towns like Uvalde, Texas and small red cities like Charleston. Make Republicans answer for children murdered in a classroom, shoppers murdered on Aisle 5, churchgoers murdered in the sanctuary. And stop accepting bullshit answers about mental health, video games and the Second Amendment. Republicans have blood on their hands, make them pay for it.
It does not take a genius to know there is more to the recent shooting in Texas than an angry 18 year old. Governor Abbot and the Texas legislature put the assault gun in this 18 year old's hands. They are the adults and should be held accountable. Indiana Governor Holcomb just signed an "open carry law" into law. This signing was against the advise of police security advisors. Recent comments by the governor indicate he does not intend reconsidering his signing and commented that "this is the world we live in" Yes, thanks to government officials like Holcomb, this is the world we live in.
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It's actually pretty transparent: can the members of the human species who care about decency and integrity and respect and empathy and its very survival figure out what they need to do in order to overcome the ability that sociopaths (who, in case anyone needs to understand, lack all of those qualities) have to gain and hold power and control over our destiny? Laws, yes -> but it's bigger than that - it's about our basic fabric as humans.
Maybe these Senators in the Republican party need to think back to January 6th where they were all running for cover or hiding behind desks. Maybe they need to consider that if they do not do something and a member of their family is faced with the heartbreak these parents and families now have to face they will do something to stop this. There is no citizen in America that needs an assault weapon. There should be complete and total investigation of anyone wanting to buy a gun. If it takes a lot of time then so be it. We are having a gun show in my city this weekend and they should cancel it. We all need to stand up for total gun control and those Senators who oppose it should be removed from office. Our children should not be afraid to go to school and should not have to see their classmates die at the hands of some violent person that is mad at the world. People with mental issues need help not guns.
Hi Karen! I hear you, but it’s in Congress’ front door: Gabby Gifford, Scalise and others on a baseball field, J6, but seemingly, half of them were involved. Until one of these constitutional lawyers connect Murdoch and FOX NEWS to these murders, as an accomplice--spunned by their rhetoric, we’ll be here again and again. At the same time, clamp down on FB and these private chat rooms, through laws and court proceedings. Finally, remove all that money from politics. There is a political campaign somewhere, all the darn time: 24/7-365. For me, those are the markers--if we don’t lose it all, in these activist courts. OH, crap, that’s another topic for another day, which might be urgent, too.
I also think #45 is to blame. He wanted to shoot protestors in the legs. What kind of President would say that. He loved to label people. The only person he cares about is the one staring back at him when he looks in a mirror. He likes Putin and Kim Jong juck so what does that say. We need decent people in this country not the hate mongers we have in congress now.l The NRA gives these people money so they will support guns. All of that should be illegal. I get to upset to be able to listen to their lies. I would like to live past the age I am now but I can't bear anymore of these killings and hatred. I'd rather be back in the late 50's. Please take care and stay safe.
Go out and picket and protest the gun show! Get a crowd together make signs and photograph every person, car and license plate going into the show. If those kind of assholes can do this outside Planned Parenthood we can do the same back to them!!
However, and as cruel as it may sound, we also need a law/regulation to say that a State (e.g., Texas) will not be entitled to federal assistance in the aftermath of gun violence unless it acts in good faith to comply with and abide by federal policies regarding control of firearms and weapons of mass violence. Abott's "sanctuary state" effort must yield to federal preemption or he pays for and cleans up his own mess with his own funds and resources. National unity is one thing. Tough love is another. 2nd Amendment "rights" carry a corresponding "duty" to protect the lives and property of others.
Ari the only thing we can do is VOTE the Republican idiots out. It's understood that the Media HAD to cover what happened in Texas this week and you guys have done an excellent job. That being said, we NEED to hear some results about the Primaries that took place the day of the shooting. We NEED to know who to NOT vote for in a few months. Now is the time to talk about how evil these guys are. Now is the time we all can, and should, do what Beto O'Rourke did. We, all of us Dems, need to speak NOW so we don't have to say, in November "Would a, could a, should a" Time for the Dems in Congress to get off their butts an fight as though they were Republicans. Our LEADER in the SENATE spoke like a tiny mouse when he should have been roaring like the group who yelled at Beto. Only thing to say about our Democratic leadership right now is WTF !!!! It's up to us now....we can do it. Have a nice long weekend Ari.
I totally agree that Beto acted with decency and dignity when he approached the gov. and was cussed by people who acted like they had been coached by Trump. I had the feeling It seemed like a case of DeJa'Vu all over again. I had the strong feeling Beto came real close to being viciously attacked. The bully was trying to look like a macho man and appeared to be trying to impress the others with his toughness--- as long as he had about 10 others just like him backing him up.
Democrats are busy fundraising, and in some of the same pockets as Republicans. Re: Voting results, I went searching, too. Many were hard to find...I must say, I was shocked at the leadership of Uvalde, sitting on the “for show stage” press conference. Some of those rural, southern towns vote Republican, because of Guns and Abortion. Through these horrible events, perhaps a different way forward will be sought, because this political group certainly failed them.
Have had MSNBC on all day and I'm getting madder by the minute. Maybe it's just me but in my heart and mind I can't help but wonder if the reason for the police not going in sooner would have been different if the kids in that building were NOT Latina???? Every authority figure speaking is sooo very Trumpie ya just gotta wonder. Think I'll not listen to any news all weekend......we need a break. Have a good one :)
I was having a conversation with my son last night. He brought that issue up, What if the school was a high class, white kids, private school. Imagine the response. 😢
The cowardly act of killingly children or anyone for that matter is an ugly truth our country has to face. However there are more cowards than the gun man, our politicians who block bills that could at least try to curb these acts.
No we do not have to let our society devolve to savage acts of violence. We will not live with it but EVERYONE has to do their part regardless of your political persuasion, your race, your gender, your whatever. One day it will be your loved one, in the grocery store, in the house of worship, at the gas station, walking down the street, that is gun down by another senseless act.
Vote these cowards out of office, pay attention to what our politicians believe in, vote for, and say, your life, the lives of our loved ones, and the civility of our country depends on us!
Finally what do other countries do? Such as the UK? They have immigrants, they have crime ( just to be clear not equating the two), the have guns, yet not all of their police officers carry weapons while patrolling the neighborhoods. Can we learn from other countries?
Then let me give a shout out to you Ari for keeping it together when reporting such horrifically sad news! If I lived in NYC I’d take you out for a drink after work! Bourbon?🥃 Stay safe, recharge, stay well. AND thank you!🥰🙏🏽
Hi Kim, I was not able to watch the coverage the past 2 days. I did tune in to Ari today, and my tears began to flow again. It does feel like we need to be more aware of our surroundings. Be safe.🙏
I hate to watch all the sadness frankly it is depressing. I agree if it weren’t for Ari presenting it I would not watch, but we can’t live our lives in fear to go places. These kind of events make us want to shelter at home even more so. We can never become like the turtle never sticking its head out in the midsts of danger. We must fight against the evils of this world or why else are we here, what does it mean to be alive? Stay safe my friend, this too shall pass.🙏🏽🫶🏽
Good Morning...Ari i have been watching your show since my daughter passed in 2018...just popped up one afternoon as i was changing channels and since then i watch it every day. I believe that you are an honest reporter and every one you bring to your show always have a clear explanation on all topics. Now reading your email today i could not agree with you more & thank you for always saying what you feel. I receive daily lots of emails from democrats (please know i am a democrat now and voted for Biden) talking about issues sometimes that truly don't have priority to the American people. and on top of that i get bombarded with emails asking for donations?- well!...Today i responded to like 3 emails maybe a bit upset to all those emails and told them to tell Biden to stop saying we have to act now...Just to tell him to get his shit together and take the filibuster out and GET THINGS DONE!> Im so very tired of hearing from politicians " You are in our thoughts and prayers"...is like a sentence without any meaning. There's not a day that goes by that at night i kiss my daughters photo good night and tears roll down my face because of how much i miss her....but Tuesday night i broke down in tears not for my daughter this time, but for all those children that died this terrible way ...for the mothers that their hearts have been broken for ever and their pain. IF DEMOCRATS DONT TAKE THE LEAD NOW AND GET THIS DONE - NOT SURE THIS EVENTS WILL EVER STOP??. I appreciate the platform to say what's in my heart. Thanks
Thanks Mr. Ari...I know the pain of lossing a child is now for ever- its been 4yrs for me and it feels like yesterday, but those parents lost their children 2 days ago and they are now so broken?...I truly hope that we all can help to be a part of making some changes. We need to vote for the Politicians that will make that change -You continue your great job.
I agree for your loss and for all the parents, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, for all those who lost their loved ones because of gun violence---it makes me heart sick!!! We all need to get out and vote out these politicians that are ruining our democracy and above all putting the safety of our children in harm's Way!
I'm not blaming him for this, what i say is that if He and the Democratic Party wants to take out the filibuster they can...& that will help pass some important bills that are just sitting there collecting dust, some for years and no one cares.
I am sad and grieve for the loss of your child. Your testimony reminds us all of those left behind to feel such pain everyday and the cruelty of the Senate for not stopping this decades ago. We can not lose this war that is upon us now by the far Right.
i thank you for your kind words and your compassion. Yes is a pain that never goes away, but it makes me even stronger and mad to actually try to do something about it. WE THE PEOPLE PAY OUR TAXES TO PAY THE SALARY OF ALL THOSE JERKS POLITICIANS THAT ARE JUST DOING NOTHING!!!!! - We all need to go vote all those that are not working for us. I hope this conversation continues and lets all keep the pushing forward.
Thanks Paula...the loss of a child is a for ever pain that only parents in our situation can understand. But appreciate your compassion and sympathy. We all need to vote for the people that truly will be working on our behalf. By talking about it i hope people see that this terrible loss of life cant happen again and they go and VOTE!!!
Hortensia, my deepest condolences on the loss of your precious daughter.🙏
Your comment expresses how so many of us are feeling. We get so angry at Congress for doing nothing every single time a mass shooting occurs. I don't think this time will be any different. But anything is possible. Take care, be safe!!!😑
Thanks!...My life is a rollercoaster of emotions on a day to day basis...but the only thing we cant loose is Hope, and the only way i think this will work if we all keep talking about it and sending letters , calls, etc to our Senators - but most of all VOTE in the right people to do the job.
Emmet Till's mother insisted on an open casket so people could see what the murderers did to her son. We don't have recognizable bodies for Robb, so I think pictures of those bloody rooms should be sent to every single congress person who voted against safe gun reform bills.
Oh, Lynn, that’s exactly how I feel. Obviously, parents are experiencing the ultimate grief and want to protect their babies. But Boy, these guys need to see the outcome of their BS. It was controversial when Emmitt Till’s mother did it, but it was effective. I was a little girl, but old enough to recall that period.
I have thought along a similar vein as well. It's all so sanitary. Everything is too "disturbing' for our delicate sensibilities these days, it seems. But just who is making that decision for us? Eh, another topic for another time. I can understand and support the respect offered to the families--who would want to have such photos circulating in the public sphere forever and yet...and yet....there may be some who, if given the opportunity, would be willing to do just that.,,be willing to shock us back to the reality that slaughter is not just a word. It is a crime; it is a tragedy; and it is ultimately unbearable.
Well said as always, I’ve learned soooo much watching your show these past two years. You were the kinda lawyer I wanted to become! Now Im an activist and a writer.
Hi Ari and Happy Almost Fri-YAY! It is so hard to be upbeat especially after the back to back mass shooting events. So sad and so heartbreaking 💔
Money and power are the root of all evil. I will never ever accept nothing can be done about this constant mass shooting.
To the GQP members, useless and good for nothing government officials, guns takes precedence over human lives. They are ok with sacrificing people’s lives including children.
Do you think the current, rising rate of gun violence is something we should have to live with?
No absolutely not…we should never ever accept or normalize mass shootings.
If developed countries like Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Australia are able to ban assault weapons, we can do it too. The U.S. are no different from these countries.
What else do you think can be done?
We need to vote for people that truly want to work for the people. I hope that people are paying attention to who is truly for the American people and against the American people.
As far as I know all the GQP members are not working for the Americans and do not want to work for the Americans. They will rather sell their souls to guns and power than putting a stop to this mass shooting madness.
The ship of “thoughts and prayers” have sailed.
What is hurting us badly is the margin between Democrats and GQP in the Senate is very small. And this stupid filibuster - this filibuster shenanigans needs to be obsoleted.
With this kind of atrocity such as mass shooting, there should a way to bypass all these protocols and technicalities and do something, anything.
Question: can President Biden just create an executive order for gun control?
If no action is taken to eliminate mass shooting, then the U.S government is a charlatan. There’s absolutely no need, zero need for anyone in this country to possess a fireman like the AR-15 or any assault weapon for that matter.
All points well taken. I used to be against changing the Filibuster and was for ‘all things Congress.’ Closer scrutiny shows the filibuster is for paralyzing Dems; small, red, arrested states controlling big, blue ‘elitist’ states. We’re in a deep hole. It’s going to be a hard climb, but until we can get people to focus, we’re in a mess. This just feels horrible!
just got booted off FB by saying if we called all the g o p senators and warned them they too could be next and lose a child via a bloody death...?.....not a threat...just reminding them it isn't just the poor and middle class poor getting little people and teachers killed....this is not going away any time soon unless..... they just might move on the AK military rifles and get on the computers for gun licenses....also: called cruz and abbott dumb asses....that could be another strike to get bounced off FB ? keep on soldiering on for us ARI.....
In a just world Abbott and Cruz would have been dragged off that stage yesterday, horsewhipped and run out of town on a rail. But we no longer live in a just world.
They should have been literally "kicked" all the way to the curb, then horsewhipped and maybe sent off to Cancun (lol) and then Beto allowed to go up and speak. If only these dreams could have come true! Happy long weekend Peter ! :)
Wow Donna! I’ve called Abbott and Cruz many colorful, non-flattering names out on FB a lot. So far I guess I haven’t crossed a line to get booted off. I live in Texas, despise every Republican in power in my state and have never voted for a Republican. If the total garbage that is being spewed from these two (and numerous other Republican cowards) doesn’t move Texas voters to kick their asses to the curb in the mid-terms and 2024, my state is doomed. They have blood on their hands and are complicit because they support virtually NO gun control in this state. Those 19 little angels and their two hero teachers deserved better. The State of Texas desperately needs political leaders that have a heart, conscience and the integrity to do the will of the people. Not the will of the NRA and the gun lobbies. I will NEVER EVER vote for someone that values the 2nd Amendment over the lives of 2nd graders.
Kathy, I will never understand how so many voters still vote for these politicians that have only dollar and power signs in their eyes, and no empathy in their hearts.
Don’t forget scumbag Abbott added 957 to own silencers in the state of Texas! Why silencers ? Cruz and Abbott and that weasel Dan Patrick need to be removed from office in the midterms and forever from any public office!
I agree with everything that you said?! As for Donna I found Facebook kind of an outlet for gossipers and those who are in clicks!! They probably did you a favor!
I've wondered aloud (but not on social media) many times whether Cruz, Cornyn, Hawley, Abbott, Paxton, Boebert, Greene, and all their Republican compatriots would change their minds if something like this ever took the lives of their children. But, what just happened in Uvalde is part of the reason their children go to private schools, isn't it?
Beto O’Rourke had it exactly right when after the El Paso nightmare he so wisely said “Hell yea we’re coming for your guns!” We should have listened then and done the right thing! Ban all assault guns, large magazines and have a real time background check for people buying guns of any kind. This HAS TO STOP 🛑
What a bizarre irony. Do we tolerate living with gun violence when mass shooters use military grade weapons designed to ensure that we don’t live. I wonder what is the GOP end game - kill off everyone who disagrees? No we need not tolerate this. Adding more guns to this cluster f___ won’t solve anything. I don’t know why we tolerate this carnage. I for the life of me don’t understand why we worship guns more than people. I believe we have to keep fighting for sensible gun regulations. I believe assault style military weapons need to be banned again.
Hi Truda, very well said!!! Take care!!🙏
Thanks. It helps to know I am not alone or crazy
Truda, we are all with you and your are not crazy!!!🙏
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You are probably correct- the new holy trinity of guns,God and fetuses
Until Republicans decide that the lives of children are more important than NRA blood money and keeping angry single issue gun lovers on their side nothing will change. And the only way to make Republicans change is for them to feel the pain of electoral defeat. Stop accepting Republican inevitability in Texas or Oklahoma or Iowa or any red state. Make every election about dead children. Make every election about the carnage not in big blue cities like New York, but about small red towns like Uvalde, Texas and small red cities like Charleston. Make Republicans answer for children murdered in a classroom, shoppers murdered on Aisle 5, churchgoers murdered in the sanctuary. And stop accepting bullshit answers about mental health, video games and the Second Amendment. Republicans have blood on their hands, make them pay for it.
Everything you said is on point👍🏽 I couldn’t agree more!
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Very well said, Peter!
Hello! I'm back!!!!!!! "Bernie" :)
It does not take a genius to know there is more to the recent shooting in Texas than an angry 18 year old. Governor Abbot and the Texas legislature put the assault gun in this 18 year old's hands. They are the adults and should be held accountable. Indiana Governor Holcomb just signed an "open carry law" into law. This signing was against the advise of police security advisors. Recent comments by the governor indicate he does not intend reconsidering his signing and commented that "this is the world we live in" Yes, thanks to government officials like Holcomb, this is the world we live in.
It's actually pretty transparent: can the members of the human species who care about decency and integrity and respect and empathy and its very survival figure out what they need to do in order to overcome the ability that sociopaths (who, in case anyone needs to understand, lack all of those qualities) have to gain and hold power and control over our destiny? Laws, yes -> but it's bigger than that - it's about our basic fabric as humans.
Maybe these Senators in the Republican party need to think back to January 6th where they were all running for cover or hiding behind desks. Maybe they need to consider that if they do not do something and a member of their family is faced with the heartbreak these parents and families now have to face they will do something to stop this. There is no citizen in America that needs an assault weapon. There should be complete and total investigation of anyone wanting to buy a gun. If it takes a lot of time then so be it. We are having a gun show in my city this weekend and they should cancel it. We all need to stand up for total gun control and those Senators who oppose it should be removed from office. Our children should not be afraid to go to school and should not have to see their classmates die at the hands of some violent person that is mad at the world. People with mental issues need help not guns.
Hello Karen,
I so agree that "There is no citizen in America that needs an assault weapon." NO.ONE!
Hi Karen! I hear you, but it’s in Congress’ front door: Gabby Gifford, Scalise and others on a baseball field, J6, but seemingly, half of them were involved. Until one of these constitutional lawyers connect Murdoch and FOX NEWS to these murders, as an accomplice--spunned by their rhetoric, we’ll be here again and again. At the same time, clamp down on FB and these private chat rooms, through laws and court proceedings. Finally, remove all that money from politics. There is a political campaign somewhere, all the darn time: 24/7-365. For me, those are the markers--if we don’t lose it all, in these activist courts. OH, crap, that’s another topic for another day, which might be urgent, too.
I also think #45 is to blame. He wanted to shoot protestors in the legs. What kind of President would say that. He loved to label people. The only person he cares about is the one staring back at him when he looks in a mirror. He likes Putin and Kim Jong juck so what does that say. We need decent people in this country not the hate mongers we have in congress now.l The NRA gives these people money so they will support guns. All of that should be illegal. I get to upset to be able to listen to their lies. I would like to live past the age I am now but I can't bear anymore of these killings and hatred. I'd rather be back in the late 50's. Please take care and stay safe.
Go out and picket and protest the gun show! Get a crowd together make signs and photograph every person, car and license plate going into the show. If those kind of assholes can do this outside Planned Parenthood we can do the same back to them!!
Yes, I agree.
However, and as cruel as it may sound, we also need a law/regulation to say that a State (e.g., Texas) will not be entitled to federal assistance in the aftermath of gun violence unless it acts in good faith to comply with and abide by federal policies regarding control of firearms and weapons of mass violence. Abott's "sanctuary state" effort must yield to federal preemption or he pays for and cleans up his own mess with his own funds and resources. National unity is one thing. Tough love is another. 2nd Amendment "rights" carry a corresponding "duty" to protect the lives and property of others.
Ari the only thing we can do is VOTE the Republican idiots out. It's understood that the Media HAD to cover what happened in Texas this week and you guys have done an excellent job. That being said, we NEED to hear some results about the Primaries that took place the day of the shooting. We NEED to know who to NOT vote for in a few months. Now is the time to talk about how evil these guys are. Now is the time we all can, and should, do what Beto O'Rourke did. We, all of us Dems, need to speak NOW so we don't have to say, in November "Would a, could a, should a" Time for the Dems in Congress to get off their butts an fight as though they were Republicans. Our LEADER in the SENATE spoke like a tiny mouse when he should have been roaring like the group who yelled at Beto. Only thing to say about our Democratic leadership right now is WTF !!!! It's up to us now....we can do it. Have a nice long weekend Ari.
Beto O'Rourke is a true champion of democracy.
I totally agree that Beto acted with decency and dignity when he approached the gov. and was cussed by people who acted like they had been coached by Trump. I had the feeling It seemed like a case of DeJa'Vu all over again. I had the strong feeling Beto came real close to being viciously attacked. The bully was trying to look like a macho man and appeared to be trying to impress the others with his toughness--- as long as he had about 10 others just like him backing him up.
Hi Carol, yes Beto was brave to walk up to those spineless cowards. Thank you Beto !!! Take care, be safe!!🙏
Democrats are busy fundraising, and in some of the same pockets as Republicans. Re: Voting results, I went searching, too. Many were hard to find...I must say, I was shocked at the leadership of Uvalde, sitting on the “for show stage” press conference. Some of those rural, southern towns vote Republican, because of Guns and Abortion. Through these horrible events, perhaps a different way forward will be sought, because this political group certainly failed them.
Yes Donna the Democrats need to speak out, and LOUD!!!!!
And we need to do it NOW...not in December. Have a nice long weekend
YES!!!!! You too have a good weekend and be safe!!!!🙏
Have had MSNBC on all day and I'm getting madder by the minute. Maybe it's just me but in my heart and mind I can't help but wonder if the reason for the police not going in sooner would have been different if the kids in that building were NOT Latina???? Every authority figure speaking is sooo very Trumpie ya just gotta wonder. Think I'll not listen to any news all weekend......we need a break. Have a good one :)
I was having a conversation with my son last night. He brought that issue up, What if the school was a high class, white kids, private school. Imagine the response. 😢
The cowardly act of killingly children or anyone for that matter is an ugly truth our country has to face. However there are more cowards than the gun man, our politicians who block bills that could at least try to curb these acts.
No we do not have to let our society devolve to savage acts of violence. We will not live with it but EVERYONE has to do their part regardless of your political persuasion, your race, your gender, your whatever. One day it will be your loved one, in the grocery store, in the house of worship, at the gas station, walking down the street, that is gun down by another senseless act.
Vote these cowards out of office, pay attention to what our politicians believe in, vote for, and say, your life, the lives of our loved ones, and the civility of our country depends on us!
Finally what do other countries do? Such as the UK? They have immigrants, they have crime ( just to be clear not equating the two), the have guns, yet not all of their police officers carry weapons while patrolling the neighborhoods. Can we learn from other countries?
Then let me give a shout out to you Ari for keeping it together when reporting such horrifically sad news! If I lived in NYC I’d take you out for a drink after work! Bourbon?🥃 Stay safe, recharge, stay well. AND thank you!🥰🙏🏽
Hi Kim, I was not able to watch the coverage the past 2 days. I did tune in to Ari today, and my tears began to flow again. It does feel like we need to be more aware of our surroundings. Be safe.🙏
I hate to watch all the sadness frankly it is depressing. I agree if it weren’t for Ari presenting it I would not watch, but we can’t live our lives in fear to go places. These kind of events make us want to shelter at home even more so. We can never become like the turtle never sticking its head out in the midsts of danger. We must fight against the evils of this world or why else are we here, what does it mean to be alive? Stay safe my friend, this too shall pass.🙏🏽🫶🏽
Good Morning...Ari i have been watching your show since my daughter passed in 2018...just popped up one afternoon as i was changing channels and since then i watch it every day. I believe that you are an honest reporter and every one you bring to your show always have a clear explanation on all topics. Now reading your email today i could not agree with you more & thank you for always saying what you feel. I receive daily lots of emails from democrats (please know i am a democrat now and voted for Biden) talking about issues sometimes that truly don't have priority to the American people. and on top of that i get bombarded with emails asking for donations?- well!...Today i responded to like 3 emails maybe a bit upset to all those emails and told them to tell Biden to stop saying we have to act now...Just to tell him to get his shit together and take the filibuster out and GET THINGS DONE!> Im so very tired of hearing from politicians " You are in our thoughts and prayers"...is like a sentence without any meaning. There's not a day that goes by that at night i kiss my daughters photo good night and tears roll down my face because of how much i miss her....but Tuesday night i broke down in tears not for my daughter this time, but for all those children that died this terrible way ...for the mothers that their hearts have been broken for ever and their pain. IF DEMOCRATS DONT TAKE THE LEAD NOW AND GET THIS DONE - NOT SURE THIS EVENTS WILL EVER STOP??. I appreciate the platform to say what's in my heart. Thanks
Thanks for your note, for sharing what's in your heart - as you say - and I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thanks Mr. Ari...I know the pain of lossing a child is now for ever- its been 4yrs for me and it feels like yesterday, but those parents lost their children 2 days ago and they are now so broken?...I truly hope that we all can help to be a part of making some changes. We need to vote for the Politicians that will make that change -You continue your great job.
I agree for your loss and for all the parents, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, for all those who lost their loved ones because of gun violence---it makes me heart sick!!! We all need to get out and vote out these politicians that are ruining our democracy and above all putting the safety of our children in harm's Way!
I do not blame President Biden for this. I will not make him a scapegoat goat.
I'm not blaming him for this, what i say is that if He and the Democratic Party wants to take out the filibuster they can...& that will help pass some important bills that are just sitting there collecting dust, some for years and no one cares.
Good.
I am sad and grieve for the loss of your child. Your testimony reminds us all of those left behind to feel such pain everyday and the cruelty of the Senate for not stopping this decades ago. We can not lose this war that is upon us now by the far Right.
i thank you for your kind words and your compassion. Yes is a pain that never goes away, but it makes me even stronger and mad to actually try to do something about it. WE THE PEOPLE PAY OUR TAXES TO PAY THE SALARY OF ALL THOSE JERKS POLITICIANS THAT ARE JUST DOING NOTHING!!!!! - We all need to go vote all those that are not working for us. I hope this conversation continues and lets all keep the pushing forward.
My sympathies to you with the loss of your daughter. I can’t even imagine your pain.
As a mother and grandmother hearing of the murder of those young children, like you, made me cry.
Thanks Paula...the loss of a child is a for ever pain that only parents in our situation can understand. But appreciate your compassion and sympathy. We all need to vote for the people that truly will be working on our behalf. By talking about it i hope people see that this terrible loss of life cant happen again and they go and VOTE!!!
Hortensia, my deepest condolences on the loss of your precious daughter.🙏
Your comment expresses how so many of us are feeling. We get so angry at Congress for doing nothing every single time a mass shooting occurs. I don't think this time will be any different. But anything is possible. Take care, be safe!!!😑
Thanks!...My life is a rollercoaster of emotions on a day to day basis...but the only thing we cant loose is Hope, and the only way i think this will work if we all keep talking about it and sending letters , calls, etc to our Senators - but most of all VOTE in the right people to do the job.
I am so sorry for your loss. You honor your lost love one with your activist sentiments. God speed changes to our gun laws
Emmet Till's mother insisted on an open casket so people could see what the murderers did to her son. We don't have recognizable bodies for Robb, so I think pictures of those bloody rooms should be sent to every single congress person who voted against safe gun reform bills.
Oh, Lynn, that’s exactly how I feel. Obviously, parents are experiencing the ultimate grief and want to protect their babies. But Boy, these guys need to see the outcome of their BS. It was controversial when Emmitt Till’s mother did it, but it was effective. I was a little girl, but old enough to recall that period.
I have thought along a similar vein as well. It's all so sanitary. Everything is too "disturbing' for our delicate sensibilities these days, it seems. But just who is making that decision for us? Eh, another topic for another time. I can understand and support the respect offered to the families--who would want to have such photos circulating in the public sphere forever and yet...and yet....there may be some who, if given the opportunity, would be willing to do just that.,,be willing to shock us back to the reality that slaughter is not just a word. It is a crime; it is a tragedy; and it is ultimately unbearable.
…And yet…All stated quite well, Wren
Well said as always, I’ve learned soooo much watching your show these past two years. You were the kinda lawyer I wanted to become! Now Im an activist and a writer.
Tahyira, Ari has definitely connected us to so many wonderful people . Thank you for fighting for all of us!!!🙏
Hi Ari and Happy Almost Fri-YAY! It is so hard to be upbeat especially after the back to back mass shooting events. So sad and so heartbreaking 💔
Money and power are the root of all evil. I will never ever accept nothing can be done about this constant mass shooting.
To the GQP members, useless and good for nothing government officials, guns takes precedence over human lives. They are ok with sacrificing people’s lives including children.
Do you think the current, rising rate of gun violence is something we should have to live with?
No absolutely not…we should never ever accept or normalize mass shootings.
If developed countries like Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Australia are able to ban assault weapons, we can do it too. The U.S. are no different from these countries.
What else do you think can be done?
We need to vote for people that truly want to work for the people. I hope that people are paying attention to who is truly for the American people and against the American people.
As far as I know all the GQP members are not working for the Americans and do not want to work for the Americans. They will rather sell their souls to guns and power than putting a stop to this mass shooting madness.
The ship of “thoughts and prayers” have sailed.
What is hurting us badly is the margin between Democrats and GQP in the Senate is very small. And this stupid filibuster - this filibuster shenanigans needs to be obsoleted.
With this kind of atrocity such as mass shooting, there should a way to bypass all these protocols and technicalities and do something, anything.
Question: can President Biden just create an executive order for gun control?
If no action is taken to eliminate mass shooting, then the U.S government is a charlatan. There’s absolutely no need, zero need for anyone in this country to possess a fireman like the AR-15 or any assault weapon for that matter.
All points well taken. I used to be against changing the Filibuster and was for ‘all things Congress.’ Closer scrutiny shows the filibuster is for paralyzing Dems; small, red, arrested states controlling big, blue ‘elitist’ states. We’re in a deep hole. It’s going to be a hard climb, but until we can get people to focus, we’re in a mess. This just feels horrible!
Hello Sandra O,
I agree we CANNOT live like this. Now it's being reported that young people are most likely to die from guns, since 2020. In the USA.
Electoral defeat and kill the filibuster.
They speak of morality and then commit immorality. Sounds like an alcoholic to me.
just got booted off FB by saying if we called all the g o p senators and warned them they too could be next and lose a child via a bloody death...?.....not a threat...just reminding them it isn't just the poor and middle class poor getting little people and teachers killed....this is not going away any time soon unless..... they just might move on the AK military rifles and get on the computers for gun licenses....also: called cruz and abbott dumb asses....that could be another strike to get bounced off FB ? keep on soldiering on for us ARI.....
In a just world Abbott and Cruz would have been dragged off that stage yesterday, horsewhipped and run out of town on a rail. But we no longer live in a just world.
They should have been literally "kicked" all the way to the curb, then horsewhipped and maybe sent off to Cancun (lol) and then Beto allowed to go up and speak. If only these dreams could have come true! Happy long weekend Peter ! :)
agree...100% - Beto is the right guy for that State
Agreed -
That’s the truth republicans are Terrorist destroying everything for greed destroy republicans in the midterms!
Wow Donna! I’ve called Abbott and Cruz many colorful, non-flattering names out on FB a lot. So far I guess I haven’t crossed a line to get booted off. I live in Texas, despise every Republican in power in my state and have never voted for a Republican. If the total garbage that is being spewed from these two (and numerous other Republican cowards) doesn’t move Texas voters to kick their asses to the curb in the mid-terms and 2024, my state is doomed. They have blood on their hands and are complicit because they support virtually NO gun control in this state. Those 19 little angels and their two hero teachers deserved better. The State of Texas desperately needs political leaders that have a heart, conscience and the integrity to do the will of the people. Not the will of the NRA and the gun lobbies. I will NEVER EVER vote for someone that values the 2nd Amendment over the lives of 2nd graders.
Kathy, I will never understand how so many voters still vote for these politicians that have only dollar and power signs in their eyes, and no empathy in their hearts.
Sociopathy is pernicious in this country in my opinion
Don’t forget scumbag Abbott added 957 to own silencers in the state of Texas! Why silencers ? Cruz and Abbott and that weasel Dan Patrick need to be removed from office in the midterms and forever from any public office!
I agree with everything that you said?! As for Donna I found Facebook kind of an outlet for gossipers and those who are in clicks!! They probably did you a favor!
I agree wholeheartedly. Vote them out of office
I've wondered aloud (but not on social media) many times whether Cruz, Cornyn, Hawley, Abbott, Paxton, Boebert, Greene, and all their Republican compatriots would change their minds if something like this ever took the lives of their children. But, what just happened in Uvalde is part of the reason their children go to private schools, isn't it?
Exactly there children don’t go to public schools our tax dollars pays for there children to go to private schools disgraceful is what this is !
Beto O’Rourke had it exactly right when after the El Paso nightmare he so wisely said “Hell yea we’re coming for your guns!” We should have listened then and done the right thing! Ban all assault guns, large magazines and have a real time background check for people buying guns of any kind. This HAS TO STOP 🛑