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Demovictory9's JournalTrump Ally Jon Voight Calls for 'Proper Qualifications for Gun Ownership'
Veteran actor and longtime GOP supporter Jon Voight broke with party lines on Saturday, insisting on "proper qualifications" for gun ownership following Tuesday's deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
"[We must] ensure that we never see this horror again in our lifetime," Voight, a vocal and avid supporter of former President Donald Trump, said in his video statement, which has been viewed over 92,000 times on social media as of Saturday morning. "We must identify every individual for their credentials for their mental capacity to bear arms. There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership. Proper testing. One should only own a gun if they're qualified and schooled."
Voight also offered condolences to the families of the 19 students that were killed in the shooting. Two teachers also died during Tuesday's attack.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-jon-voight-calls-proper-qualifications-gun-ownership-1711141
Harvard University student newspaper survey of graduates finds very few lean conservative
The survey, conducted by The Crimson, was emailed to all 1,269 graduating seniors and drew a nearly 40% response rate. It found that 4% of graduates from the class of 2022 lean conservative, and 2.4% lean "very conservative." It also surveyed the students about what their politics were before attending Harvard and found that 7.1% of the graduating class identified as conservative before attending the college.
40.7% of the students identified as progressive after attending Harvard, compared to 44.7% prior to attending the college. 27.9% of graduating students identify as "very progressive," which is an increase from the 20.9% who said they were "very progressive" prior to attending the college.
1.4% of the graduating students surveyed identify as apolitical, according to the student newspaper.
93% of graduating students surveyed hold an unfavorable view of former President Trump, according to the report. 51.8% of graduating students surveyed have a favorable view of President Biden, compared to 30.1% who hold an unfavorable view.
The survey also polled support on various other social and political issues such as abolishing ICE and Elon Musk's Twitter purchase.
It found that 54.1% of graduating students surveyed support "defunding or abolishing ICE," and just 15.3% support "Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvard-university-student-newspaper-survey-of-graduates-finds-very-few-lean-conservative/ar-AAXRCU4
dailyfail lead article title is about Abbott getting booed. unusual for RW leaning rag
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is BOOED by Uvalde crowd as he Biden and first lady Jill arrive at memorial to 19 children and two teachers slain in the massacre
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10865421/Biden-Lady-Jill-board-Air-Force-One-Uvalde-Texas-visit-grieve-shooting-victims.html
The Texan Working Overtime to Customize 19 Little Caskets
The nation’s only child-coffin maker is shipping them to Trey Ganem, who is determined that each massacre victim’s resting place tells the story of their young life.
The nation’s only manufacturer of children’s coffins received 19 urgent orders in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
“When we had Sandy Hook, that was another crazy day,” Mike Mims, CEO of Cherokee Caskets of Georgia, told The Daily Beast. “So we’re tired. We’re tired of doing these things.”
The Cherokee factory in Griffin, Georgia, ran full-tilt for 20 straight hours from Wednesday into Thursday. One difference between the two school massacres was that the 20 coffins after Sandy Hook in 2012 went to individual funeral directors in Connecticut. The funeral directors in Uvalde decided that it should all go through a single casket distributor and customizer, Trey Ganem of SoulShine Industries in Edna, Texas.
Ganem had managed to handle most of the coffins for the 26 killed in the Sutherlands Spring church mass shooting in 2017. He was now asked to furnish caskets for the 21 who died at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, including the two teachers.
“The funeral directors know who I am, and they said, ‘If anybody can do it, you can. Would you help out in Uvalde?’” Ganem told The Daily Beast. “I said, ‘100 percent.’”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trey-ganem-is-customizing-19-caskets-of-uvaldes-youngest-victims
photos of Texas father stands guard outside school go viral 'I could not sleep after Uvalde'
“I can’t let this go,” said Chelby, “This is just a testament to the sleeplessness caused by the grief I experienced.”
With eleven years of U.S. Army experience and a background in security, Chelby said he didn’t sweat standing outside making sure the kids were safe.
He already filled out the paperwork to be a school volunteer and was in the middle of a background check when he was given permission to stand guard.
“I’ve had a lot of emotional people come up to me,” Chelby said, “They didn’t want to send their kids to school. They struggled with sending their kids to school. And I told them, I was like, ‘I got them.’”
https://www.kwtx.com/2022/05/26/central-texas-father-stands-guard-outside-school-i-could-not-sleep-after-uvalde/
Ed Chelby said he was having trouble sleeping in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating school shooting.
He emailed the superintendent of the Killeen Independent School District at 1am to see if he could guard outside Saegert Elementary - where his daughter goes to school and his wife works as a school nurse.
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A photo of Chelby standing outside the school has since gone viral on social media, and Eli Lopez, the principal of the school, said his efforts were overwhelmingly appreciated by parents and students for restoring some sense of security.
'Him standing in front of the school, that's reassuring,' said one mother, Samantha Longfeather-Locke, who posted the photo of him online.
Other parents have also offered to drop something off for him to drink, and Lopez said one mother approached him in tears to thank him for helping her and her child feel safe at school.
'A child should never have to worry for their safety as they come into school, and Mr. Chelby helped ensure that sense of security the last two days of school after a horrific tragedy,' Lopez said in a statement to Newsweek.
Lopez added that another parent, a mother who is also a veteran, has also volunteered to keep watch on the back of the school, and other parents have volunteered for a safety program for the next school year.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10864317/Texas-Army-veteran-works-voluntary-unarmed-sentry-door-daughters-school.html
POST-BUFFALO POLL: Whopping 64 Percent of Republicans Say Discrimination Against White People 'As Bi
POST-BUFFALO POLL: Whopping 64 Percent of Republicans Say Discrimination Against White People ‘As Big a Problem’ As Anti-Black
Respondents to the poll were asked, “Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Discrimination against White people has become as big a problem as discrimination against Black people in the U.S.”
Republican voters were twice as likely as everyone else to agree, with 64 percent saying they “Strongly agree” (35%) or “Somewhat agree” (29%), and 29 percent saying they “Somewhat disagree” (19%) or “Strongly disagree” (10%).
And an even larger 73 percent of Trump voters agreed that “Discrimination against White people has become as big a problem as discrimination against Black people in the U.S.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/post-buffalo-poll-whopping-64-percent-of-republicans-say-discrimination-against-white-people-as-big-a-problem-as-anti-black/ar-AAXPNaL
The pollster pointed out other partisan divides in the poll:
More than three-quarters (77%) of Biden voters, for instance, select racism as one of the issues that “played a role” in the Buffalo shooting. Only 42% of Trump voters say the same — roughly the same number (40%) who select “liberal media (such as MSNBC)” as a contributing factor.
Asked to choose which of eight issues played the “biggest” role in the shooting, most Trump voters pick mental illness (56%), followed by racism (15%) and liberal media (14%). Just 2% say “too many guns.”
In contrast, a plurality of Biden voters select racism (39%), followed by “conservative media (such as Fox News)” (27%), mental illness (14%) and too many guns (10%).
In that same poll, 61 percent of Trump voters — and 53 percent of Fox News viewers — agree with replacement theory, as described by the pollsters.
The poll also showed that 66 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of Trump voters are concerned “that native-born Americans are losing economic, political, and cultural influence in this country to immigrants.”
Recent legislation requires firms to declare that they don't "discriminate" against the firearm indu
The Texas Law That Has Banks Saying They Don’t ‘Discriminate’ Against GunsRecent legislation requires firms to declare that they don’t “discriminate” against the firearm industry — or risk losing lucrative business with the state.
Four years ago, JPMorgan Chase joined some of the nation’s largest banks in publicly distancing itself from the firearm industry after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., left 17 people dead.
JPMorgan’s relationships with gunmakers “have come down significantly and are pretty limited,” Marianne Lake, then the bank’s chief financial officer, told reporters. “We do have robust risk management practices and policies associated with this,” she said.
The bank, along with Citigroup and other Wall Street firms, did not completely shut the door on gun companies.
In a letter sent to the Texas attorney general this month, JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, signaled its willingness to continue working with the firearm industry. The letter described the bank’s “longstanding business relationships” with the industry in the state, noting that it “anticipates continuing such relationships into the future.”
The letter, which was sent by lawyers representing the bank from the firm Foley & Lardner on May 13, was in response to a new law in Texas that bars state agencies from working with a firm that “discriminates” against companies or individuals in the gun industry. One provision of the law requires banks and other professional-services firms to submit written affirmations that they comply with the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/28/business/dealbook/texas-banks-gun-law.html
Shooter had 1,650 bullets. Cops thought he had spent his bullets after initial flurry of shots
at beginning. NOPE.
A solo American 18 year old male can outgun trained SWAT and Cops with his earnings from Wendys
jDont have link. radio special reported that he had 6 magazines with 1650 rounds
Housekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Housekeepers-struggle-as-US-hotels-ditch-daily-17199766.HONOLULU (AP) — After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort on Waikiki beach, housekeeper Luz Espejo collected enough trash, some strewn under beds, to stuff seven large garbage bags
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Like many other hotels across the United States, the Hilton Hawaiian Village has done away with daily housekeeping service, making what was already one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality industry even more grueling.
Industry insiders say the move away from daily cleaning, which gained traction during the pandemic, is driven by customer preferences. But others say it has more to do with profit and has allowed hotels to cut the number of housekeepers at a time when many of the mostly immigrant women who take those jobs are still reeling from lost work during coronavirus shutdowns.
Many housekeepers still employed say their hours have been cut and they are being asked to do far more work in that time.
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Before the pandemic there were 670 housekeepers working at Espejo’s resort. More than two years later, 150 of them haven’t been hired back or are on-call status, spending each day from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. waiting for a phone call saying there’s work for them. The number not hired back or on call stood at 300 just a few weeks ago.
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Ben McLeod, of Bend, Oregon, and his family didn’t request housekeeping during a four-night stay at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort on Hawaii’s Big Island in March.
“My wife and I just have never really understood why there would be daily housekeeping ... when that’s not the case at home and it’s wasteful,” he said.
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Unionized hotel workers are trying get the message out that turning down daily room cleaning is hurting housekeepers and threatening jobs.
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