Mathematics curriculum is my former job. Retired. Studying the Bible one book at a time.
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🚨MEET SAYLOR GRAHAM. SHE’S ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. AND SHE’S FIGHTING TO RECOVER AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE FACE AT SCHOOL.
I want everyone to take a moment to look at this beautiful little girl.
Her name is Saylor Graham, and she is one of the youngest survivors of yesterday’s horrific mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
Saylor, who uses a wheelchair and already lives with significant medical challenges, was inside the classroom when 16-year-old Griffin J. John II opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun, killing three children and a 25-year-old teacher.
Saylor survived.
And tonight, there is some encouraging news.
According to the Bend Police Department’s latest update, Saylor received lifesaving treatment at the scene and is now hospitalized at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where she remains in serious but stable condition.
This little girl and her family were already fighting battles long before a gunman entered her classroom.
According to a GoFundMe established to support her recovery, Saylor has numerous existing medical needs. Her parents are both self-employed, and caring for their daughter has already significantly limited their ability to work.
Now they’re facing an unimaginable additional burden.
Hospital expenses. Travel. Lodging. Lost income. And the uncertainty of what Saylor’s recovery will require in the weeks and months ahead.
I’m sharing the fundraiser below for anyone who would like to help.
If you cannot contribute financially, I’m asking you to do something else.
Pray for Saylor. Pray for her parents. Pray for her medical team. And pray for every family whose life was forever changed yesterday. Please also share her story and her fundraiser everywhere. 
Four innocent people didn’t get to come home. Saylor did survive, and I’m praying this beautiful little girl continues to fight her way back to the life she deserves.
God bless you, sweet Saylor. ❤️🙏
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North Carolina A&T students marched an hour each way to vote on the first day of early voting after their campus polling site was removed by the Guilford County Elections Board. Proud 👏🏽
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Reminder:
The government is not supposed to choose its voters. The voters are supposed to choose their government.
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President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice. apnews.com/article/donald-tr…
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"Constitution guarantees us the individual’s right to keep and bear arms. That’s why I strongly support Second Amendment ... It's there for resistance of oppression. It even was described as a civic duty to act in concert in the defense of the State"
- Rep. Kristi Noem 4-25-2013
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Children die in school shootings and it’s “not the guns”.
Mass shootings claim lives multiple times a year and it’s “not the guns”.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during a protest and it’s “not the guns”
ICE kills Alex Pretti, and suddenly it’s his fault because he “had a gun”
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Starmer and King Charles III can always show this picture, then ask Trump where his sons were. How far behind the front lines were Eric and Junior?
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As Mayor of the safest big city in the nation, I want to share a perspective on ICE use of force and the tragic death of Renée Good. Policing urban areas is a special skill that requires a significant level of training and the ongoing work of building community trust. Absent that trust and training, tragedies are inevitable. Our @SanJosePD is the best police force in the country. So I can tell you that safety doesn’t happen by accident — it’s built.
Law enforcement officers can’t play the role of judge, jury and executioner in our country. If and when ICE is in our cities, they need more than a badge, a gun — they need the specialized training that is the hallmark of every excellent urban police force.
Renée Good should have woken up this morning with her family. Instead our entire nation is waking up to grapple with her death. At this profoundly sad moment we need to ask our leaders to go beyond partisan politics. Our mission should be to learn from this tragedy so we can prevent another one.
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If you beat up and injure a cop at the Capitol the Trump admin will pardon you.
If you drive away from an ICE agent they will kill you.
