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Nonilex<p>“There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly,” the contractor said.</p><p>He said American staff on the sites monitor those coming to seek food &amp; document anyone considered “suspicious.” He said they share such information with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a>.</p><p>Videos provided by one of the contractors &amp; taken at the sites show hundreds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> crowded between metal gates, jostling for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> amid the sound of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a>, stun <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grenades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grenades</span></a> &amp; the sting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PepperSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PepperSpray</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>EuroBasket 2025: BCoulibaly and Sarr make France’s preliminary roster <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1085939/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1085939/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/and" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>and</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bcoulibaly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcoulibaly</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eurobasket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eurobasket</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/forever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forever</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrontPage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/make" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>make</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/preliminary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preliminary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/roster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roster</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>s</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sarr</span></a></p>
RAWCHILI<p>Recap: Mystics lose to Mercury <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/4284280/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rawchili.com/4284280/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AllWomensSports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllWomensSports</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/forever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forever</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrontPage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/lose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lose</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/mystics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Recap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Recap</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WashingtonMysticsRecaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonMysticsRecaps</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WNBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WNBA</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WNBANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WNBANews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/WnbaContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WnbaContent</span></a></p>
WINGS_radio<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/attacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attacked</span></a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> did not intervene; then, were shot with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rubber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> in California) by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>. Protesters filed a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a>. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/05/05/ucla-gaza-protesters-sue-cops-rubber-bullets/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/05/05/uc</span><span class="invisible">la-gaza-protesters-sue-cops-rubber-bullets/</span></a></p>
Doom Disco!<p>Come touch me like I′m an ordinary man Have a look in my eyes Underneath my skin there is a violence It's got a gun in its hands <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Bullets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bullets</a> by <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Archive" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archive</a> Personal responsibility! My favorite album is <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YouAllLooktheSametoMe" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YouAllLooktheSametoMe</a>! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23alternative" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alternative</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rock" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/V6nbFZtxAL4?si=W2vaCAYFNfnefRYb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/V6nbFZtxAL4?...</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/V6nbFZtxAL4?si=W2vaCAYFNfnefRYb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Archive - Bullets (Official Vi...</a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Spain terminates an Israeli ammo contract after uproar threatened to topple the coalition.</p><p>After the Spanish press revealed that Madrid had ordered 15 million bullets from an Israeli military firm last fall, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the €6.6 million contract would be nixed, in a bid to quell the backlash that nearly split the country’s coalition government.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250424-spain-terminates-an-israeli-ammo-contract-after-uproar-threatened-to-topple-the-coalition?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250424</span><span class="invisible">-spain-terminates-an-israeli-ammo-contract-after-uproar-threatened-to-topple-the-coalition?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/PedroSanchez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PedroSanchez</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ammunition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ammunition</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullets</span></a> are joining the list of merchandise peddled to consumers as they exit at a growing number of stores around the country.<br>
Dallas-based start-up "American Rounds" rolled its first<br> 💥automated retail ammo machine 💥into a Fresh Value grocery store in Pell City, Alabama, late in 2023, <br>selling various brands of rifle, shotgun and handgun ammo.<br>
The company advertises its machines as a safer and more convenient way to buy ammo than at a large retail store or online. </p><p>But public health experts have questioned whether the company’s suicide prevention efforts are sufficient, <br>and elected officials in areas where machines were set up have worried that the easy availability of ammunition could lead to impulsive purchases by people who seek to do harm.<br>
“If you’re in the ammunition space … you have a social responsibility to make things as safe as possible while maintaining the integrity of the Second Amendment,” American Rounds CEO Grant Magers told The Washington Post. “We wanted to accomplish both.”<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/15/ammunition-vending-machines-grocery-stores/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2024</span><span class="invisible">/12/15/ammunition-vending-machines-grocery-stores/</span></a></p>
David August ❌👑<p>Scares the Dickens out them. 😳 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DenyDefendDepose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DenyDefendDepose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/defend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/depose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>depose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UHCceo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UHCceo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ceoshooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceoshooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ceo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CeoShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CeoShooting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uhc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uhc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AChristmasCarol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AChristmasCarol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CharlesDickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDickens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/3spirits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3spirits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghosts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FunnyMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FunnyMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthCareMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>A New York Times investigation conducted last year found that shooters have used bullets from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in at least 12 high-profile mass shootings, including at a supermarket in Buffalo (2022), a movie theater in Aurora (2012), a concert venue in Las Vegas (2017), and schools in Parkland (2018) and Uvalde (2022).[1] Over a year after these troubling revelations came to light, the Pentagon is STILL allowing Lake City to pump “billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition into the commercial market.” It’s no wonder the US has such a high rate of mass shootings. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/WeaponsManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponsManufacturers</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bullets</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a></p>
mr.w0bb1t<p>Container carrying <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> for the <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> army has been BLOCKED by Dockers of COSCO in port of Piraeus, <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> ..</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/flippant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flippant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/remarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remarks</span></a> About the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MedalofHonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedalofHonor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Inspires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inspires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vets</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anger</span></a>. </p><p>The former president <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/denigrated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denigrated</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CongressionalMedalofHonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalMedalofHonor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recipients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recipients</span></a> in an effort to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/butterup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterup</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donor</span></a>. Trump stated the Presidential <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MedalofFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedalofFreedom</span></a> was “much better” than the military’s top award, because those awarded the latter are, in his words, “ … either in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/verybadshape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verybadshape</span></a> because they’ve been hit so many times by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> or they’re <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dead</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/donald-trump-inspires-vets-with-comments-about-the-medal-of-honor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whowhatwhy.org/cartoon/donald-</span><span class="invisible">trump-inspires-vets-with-comments-about-the-medal-of-honor/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/award" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>award</span></a> is '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/better" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>better</span></a>' than top <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/honor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honor</span></a> whose <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recipients" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recipients</span></a> are '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dead</span></a>' or '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hit</span></a>' by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a>. </p><p>Trump praised <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MiriamAdelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiriamAdelson</span></a> for having received the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PresidentialMedalofFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialMedalofFreedom</span></a>, a top <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/award" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>award</span></a> calling it better than the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congressional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MedalOfHonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedalOfHonor</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-says-presidential-civilian-award-better-top-military-honor-whose-rcna166855" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec</span><span class="invisible">tion/trump-says-presidential-civilian-award-better-top-military-honor-whose-rcna166855</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Since a 20-year-old white man and registered Republican tried to assassinate Trump with an AR-style rifle, he has been eager to talk about <a href="https://c.im/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a>. <br>He referencedthe bullets that nearly killed him 11 times in his speech at the Republican National Convention, <br>almost as often as he used the word “<a href="https://c.im/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a>” to describe immigrants. <br>He talked about bullets again a day later in Michigan, saying: <br>“I took a bullet for democracy.” He repeatedly mentioned bullets at his July 31 rally in Pennsylvania. <br>♦️So let’s talk about bullets. <br>In the wake of his assassination attempt, 🔸Trump now falls into the same category as many of the immigrants he’s been scapegoating: <br>👉 survivors of underregulated guns.</p><p>An iron river of U.S. firearms has flowed south for decades, <br>causing unprecedented levels of bloodshed across Latin America in defiance of the region’s strict gun laws. </p><p>In Mexico, which has just one gun store and requires months of background checks, about ⭐️70 percent of weapons found at crime scenes have been traced to the U.S., for example. <br>⭐️More than half a million U.S. guns are trafficked into Mexico annually, according to that country’s estimates. <br>⭐️The Mexican government is even suing U.S. gun manufacturers for $10 billion, accusing them of knowingly flooding the country with weapons. </p><p>Although undocumented immigrants come from an increasing array of nations, the majority still come from Latin America, with the largest number of immigrants coming from Mexico, followed by Venezuela.</p><p>🔥We can’t have border control without gun control. <br>✅If Harris, and every major Democrat, beat the drum about this as often as the Republican Party spews hate against immigrants, 🔹Trump could lose arguably his most potent ammunition.</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/184504/kamala-harris-reframe-immigration-gun-control-issue" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/184504</span><span class="invisible">/kamala-harris-reframe-immigration-gun-control-issue</span></a></p>
Tim Zee<p>Something of note considering gun violence in the news. <br>In Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas you can now buy gun ammunition from vending machines. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ammunition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ammunition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VendingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VendingMachines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwwKHric19c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rwwKHric19</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>
Chris Smart<p>This is not from The Onion!<br>A <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>-based company has developed <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/vending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vending</span></a> machines that sell <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> and installed them at a handful of grocery stores in Texas, <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>,<br>with plans for expansion into other states, according to news reports this week.<br>The machines, produced by American Rounds, based in the Dallas area, use artificial intelligence to verify the age of buyers, who must be 21 to purchase<br>the shotgun, rifle, and handgun bullets on offer.<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/thought-it-was-a-joke-vending-machines-in-3-gop-led-states-stun-consumers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/thought-it-was-a-</span><span class="invisible">joke-vending-machines-in-3-gop-led-states-stun-consumers/</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>The United States is like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Borderlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Borderlands</span></a>, but with less free loot. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/ammunition-vending-machines-ddb2e507213cda8ef46da0d8146253ae" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/ammunition-</span><span class="invisible">vending-machines-ddb2e507213cda8ef46da0d8146253ae</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videoGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vendingMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendingMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Medics at UCLA Protest Say Police Weapons Drew Blood and Cracked Bones</p><p>Inside the protesters’ encampment at UCLA, beneath the glow of hanging flashlights and a deafening backdrop of exploding flash-bangs, OB-GYN resident Elaine Chan suddenly felt like a battlefield medic.</p><p>Chan, 31, a medical tent volunteer, said protesters limped in with severe puncture wounds, but there was little hope of getting them to a hospital through the chaos outside. <br>Chan suspects the injuries were caused by <a href="https://c.im/tags/rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rubber</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> or other “less lethal” projectiles, which police have confirmed were fired at protesters.<br>“It would pierce through skin and gouge deep into people’s bodies,” she said. “<br>All of them were profusely bleeding. <br>In OB-GYN we don’t treat rubber bullets. … I couldn’t believe that this was allowed to be [done to] civilians — students — without protective gear.”</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ucla-protest-gaza-israel-rubber-bullets-injuries-volunteer-medics/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/ucla-protest-gaza-israel-rubber-bullets-injuries-volunteer-medics/</span></a></p>
guyinahat<p>Wow a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hail</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KevinHernandez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KevinHernandez</span></a> is murdered. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Country</span></a> is not that bad! I gotta go check out some of his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a>. Usually murdering a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> doesn't actually silence his or her voice. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Selena</span></a> for example was like a hammer on her killer and she's still in many people's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/memories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memories</span></a>. I hope this moment does exactly the same and more to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/killers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>killers</span></a>.</p>
端木皚 Thomas Hoyle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@tuban_muzuru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tuban_muzuru</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Unxif" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Unxif</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Infoseepage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Infoseepage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@mikeblake" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mikeblake</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> ohh how great is thy (Zionist) God! So are you saying having killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and displaced more of them using American <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> they should be grateful for some American <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/burritos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burritos</span></a> from the sky?</p><p>I have a full view of history - you apparently only know about things after 9 May - coz apparently you can’t see any Israeli atrocities</p>
SLCW💥<p>If you're someone who possesses <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ammunition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ammunition</span></a>, you had better be damn sure you didn't accidentally leave a handful of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bullets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullets</span></a> in your <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/luggage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luggage</span></a> before heading out to another country. Part of being a responsible <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gunOwner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gunOwner</span></a> is keeping tabs on your <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ammo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ammo</span></a>, and researching the applicable laws of the country you're visiting. What's no big deal back home in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> can get you a decade or more in a foreign prison.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/ryan-watson-ammunition-turks-caicos-b2536699.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/crime/ryan-watson-ammunition-turks-caicos-b2536699.html</span></a></p>