politicnewsbusterinsiderpostreview: 'Why are we willing to live with this carnage?' 19 kids die in Texas school shooting.

By Marita Vlachou

Wednesday, May 25

SCHOOL HORROR: AT LEAST 19 STUDENTS, 2 TEACHERS KILLED IN SHOOTING AT TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL At least 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman who opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter, an 18-year-old male, was killed by responding officers. Several students and a two fourth-grade teachers were among the first victims to be identified. A Washington Post profile of the shooter portrays him as angry and bullied, and says he used guns he bought days after his 18th birthday this month. [HuffPost]

BIDEN ON TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING: 'WHY ARE WE WILLING TO LIVE WITH THIS CARNAGE?' President Joe Biden said he is "sick and tired" of lawmakers' inaction on gun control after the mass shooting in Texas. "Why are we willing to live with this carnage?" Biden asked. Former President Barack Obama argued that "our country is paralyzed — not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have shown no willingness to act in any way that might prevent these tragedies." [HuffPost]

SEN. CHRIS MURPHY PLEADS WITH GOP TO COMPROMISE ON GUN CONTROL AFTER TEXAS SHOOTING Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a vocal gun control advocate, pleaded with Republicans to accept gun legislation. "Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this?" Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called talk of gun reform an effort to "restrict the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens." Cruz, along with other Texas Republicans beholden to the gun lobby, called for more armed law enforcement in schools. Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to speak at an NRA conference Friday. [HuffPost]

TRUMP'S GEORGIA REVENGE TARGETS WIN Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who thwarted Trump's efforts to steal the state's election in 2020, won his Republican primary, delivering a thorough rebuke to the former president who spent the last year trying to unseat him. Also in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp cruised to an easy victory, winning the GOP nomination by defeating the challenger Trump had recruited. [HuffPost]

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BIDEN WILL SIGN POLICE REFORM MEASURES ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER President Joe Biden plans to sign a long awaited executive action on police reform today, the two-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder in police custody. The executive orders will establish a national registry of police officers who are fired for misconduct. [HuffPost]

SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS WINS GOP NOMINATION FOR ARKANSAS GOV Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former White House press secretary for Trump, is projected to win Arkansas' Republican gubernatorial primary, putting another close ally of the former president within a stone's throw of a governor's mansion. [HuffPost]

GOP SENATORS NOW FINE WITH WITH PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN BALLOTS AFTER CRYING FRAUD IN 2020 Seven Republican senators objected to Pennsylvania's electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021, over baseless claims of fraud involving mail-in voting. Those senators are now taking a much different approach to absentee ballots when it comes to Pennsylvania's still-undecided GOP Senate primary between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick. [HuffPost]

THE SUPREME COURT JUST MADE IT MORE LIKELY INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE EXECUTED The Supreme Court ruled that two people who were sentenced to death were not entitled to present new evidence in federal court showing that they had ineffective lawyers at trial. The decision increases the likelihood that people who are innocent or otherwise undeserving of their sentences will remain incarcerated, or even face execution. [HuffPost]

'SICK S**T' TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT'S HAUNTING GUN TWEET RESURFACES AFTER MASSACRE An old tweet by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) urging constituents to buy more guns is getting new attention. "Sick s**t," wrote Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as she shared the 2015 message. Abbott at the time wrote that he was "embarrassed" that his state was ranked second in new gun sales. [HuffPost]

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