The White House released a video Thursday of President Joe Biden having a discussion with pop singer Selena Gomez about the importance of mental health. “Thank you for all you are doing to lift the burden off of people who have problems with mental health,” Biden says to Gomez in the video filmed in the White House Rose Garden. Mental health is health. To everyone who is struggling, know you are not alone. For Mental Health Awareness Month, we sat down to discuss how we can wipe out the stigma and expand access to care to ensure everyone can get the support they need. pic.twitter.com/GPafd4et5n — President Biden (@POTUS) May 26, 2022 The three-minute video features President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talking to Gomez about the importance of mental health. Biden expressed admiration for Gomez’s willingness to publicly discuss her own struggles with mental health. “People look at you and say, look at this talented person and … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Releases Video with Selena Gomez on Mental Health
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Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 7 WASHINGTON (AP) — Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and that schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago, polling shows. Still, public attitudes on guns and gun policy are complicated, and the issue has seen little by way of federal legislative changes in more than a decade. In the wake of Tuesday’s massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Democratic governors and lawmakers are pleading for gun restrictions. Reforms will meet Republican resistance both in Congress and state legislatures and are unlikely to advance. While it’s not unusual for polling to show higher support for restrictions among the general public after a mass shooting, attitudes on gun regulation are overall rather stable over time, said John Roman, senior fellow at NORC at the … [Read more...] about Many back strict gun laws, but opposition tends to be louder
New York Yankees Go on Anti-2A Tirade: ‘4,100 Latinx People Die from Gun Violence in the U.S.’
The New York Yankees on Thursday used its Twitter platform to go on a full anti-gun blitz, dropping statistics about gun violence and incorporating woke terminology, such as “Latinx,” in the plea. “In lieu of game coverage and in collaboration with the Tampa Bay Rays we will be using our channels to offer facts about the impacts of gun violence,” the Yankees said in a Thursday statement posted to their official Twitter account, which boasts 3.6 million followers. “The devastating events that have taken place in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities across our nation are tragedies that are intolerable,” the account added: pic.twitter.com/UIlxqBtWyk — New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 26, 2022 For the next few hours, account administrators bombarded the page with links about gun violence. “Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and injured,” the first fact offered read as the team identified firearms as the “leading … [Read more...] about New York Yankees Go on Anti-2A Tirade: ‘4,100 Latinx People Die from Gun Violence in the U.S.’
Police waited 45 minutes in school before pursuing shooter
By JAKE BLEIBERG, JIM VERTUNO and ELLIOT SPAGAT UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him, authorities said Friday. At least some of the 911 calls made during the Tuesday attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde came from inside the connected classrooms where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was holed up, Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said during a contentious news conference. The commander at the scene believed Ramos was barricaded inside and that the children were not at risk, McCraw said. “It was the wrong decision,” he said. McCraw released new details about the attack in which Ramos killed 19 children teachers, though his motive remains unclear. The Border Patrol agents eventually used a master key to open the locked door of … [Read more...] about Police waited 45 minutes in school before pursuing shooter
