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Carla Gillespie

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Food Safety and health care writer. Gun violence prevention advocate and Moms Demand Action volunteer. Swiftie.

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It’s my Friday 🎃✨🔥🪵
Avatar Seven Havens with a cozy Halloween set up
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 16h
At least four people, including three children, have been shot and killed in a mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. While details are still emerging, one thing remains clear: This country is failing its children.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...
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More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign
Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 14/09/2026
Children are now at least 20x more likely to die by firearm suicide at home than in a school shooting. Guns are the second most prevalent suicide method for kids ages 5 to 11. Firearm suicide is rising in America, & we can prevent it with secure storage. Read about steps you can take in my post.
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Firearm Suicide is Rising in America. This National Suicide Prevention Month, Here’s What We Can All Do
This week, I look at the alarming risk facing children and youth, and the simple, evidence-based steps gun owners, parents, healthcare providers, and others can take to prevent tragedy.
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Matthew W Nugent @n00ge8.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🗳️ Vote Yes ~ Save Lives ✔️ Ballot referendum in Massachusetts Protect gun safety laws Yes on Question 9 Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd 2026 🗳️ Vote Yes on 9 For a Safe Massachusetts ✔️ For more information 🔗 www.YesForaSafeMA.com #YesForaSafeMA #YesOn9 #VoteYesOn9 #VoteYesForaSafeMA
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Home | Vote Yes: Protect MA Gun Safety Law in 2026
Vote Yes in 2026 to protect Massachusetts’ new gun safety laws… Keep communities safes.
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 11/09/2026
Today, we remember the 2,977 lives lost 25 years ago in horrific attacks, and we honor the courage of those who ran towards danger to save others. May their memory be a blessing. We must recommit ourselves to protecting one another and strengthen our commitment to a safer America.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10/09/2026
Today, Sept. 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide prevention must include LGBTQ+ communities, especially youth. If you need help, call/text 988 or visit The Trevor Project: thetrevorproject.org/get-help. Help is available. 💚
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Get immediate help 24/7/365. The Trevor Project's crisis counselors are just a text, chat, or phone call away. Completely confidential and free LGBTQ hotline.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Any news outlet that spent even one segment or one article on "Joe Biden is old" in 2024 should be going wall-to-wall with stories about the dementia-ravaged 80-year-old who keeps posting AI garbage and telling insanely obvious lies about himself. And yet
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That is an incidence rate of… 0.00547% The voter fraud allegations you’ve been sold are blatantly and provably false.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Texans, if you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it! trib.al/OP3mVj5
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
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"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Let's get this straight. The US Secret Service team received credible information that AF1 would be attacked, so they kept Trump from boarding the plane & led him off in a catering truck, but allowed top cabinet officials & the press to fly on that plane. ... and the president was fine with this.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Trump administration concedes it canceled research grants in blue states
The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 29/07/2026
The state accounted for nearly one-quarter of all incidents nationwide documented by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley.
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Study finds 94 cases of crowd-control weapon misuse during Minnesota ICE protests
The state accounted for nearly one-quarter of all incidents nationwide documented by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley. While rubber ...
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 28/07/2026
This is a horrific family tragedy. A mother and her 6 children are gone because an abuser had access to a gun. Armed domestic violence is exceedingly deadly. Domestic violence and gun violence are not separate crises — they are inseparable, and we must do more to keep guns out of dangerous hands.
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Dad fatally shot his wife and 6 kids before setting their Michigan home on fire and killing himself, authorities say
The bodies were found Friday inside the Grand Haven residence, police said, and the children were 5 to 15 years old.
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Kelly Kennedy @kellyskennedy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“A Secret Service agent based in South Florida was arrested Sunday on charges that he took part in paddling a new fraternity member so severely that the student suffered kidney damage and nearly died, according to court records.”
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Secret Service Agent and 2 Others Charged in Near-Fatal Fraternity Hazing
A college fraternity member was paddled so severely during hazing rituals that he suffered kidney damage and nearly died.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 28/07/2026
Now some of those woods off the Echo Trail near Ely are burning, raising the question of whether any of the forest fires blazing in Northeast Minnesota could have been blunted by allowing the previously approved plan to move forward.
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Report: DOGE delayed fire-prevention plan for Echo Trail near Ely
Washington Post reporting supports the allegations of a former Forest Service ranger now running for the Legislature.
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lumpenpoledancer @daturabombs333.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A meme featuring a vintage photo of Anne Nicole Smith reading, “Why read dystopian fiction when you can just pay attention?”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
TRUMP ON HIS POINTLESS WAR: “We’re making a lot of money. The defense companies are doing great.”🤔 Unreal. There you have it, folks.
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FOX 9 @fox9mn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
President Donald Trump has called for a formal review of a federal reference manual, alleging the updated text relies on "false science" regarding climate change, and claiming that it contains "discredited" information.
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Trump calls for investigation into manual used in climate change cases
President Donald Trump has called for a formal review of a federal reference manual, alleging the updated text relies on "false science" regarding climate change, and claiming that it contains "discredited" information.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/07/2026
New rules that will make it more difficult for North Carolina voters to vote by mail have been approved by the GOP-controlled state election board. Democrats say the new rules will create unnecessary hurdles for voters — as another change could make it easier for Republicans to toss out ballots.
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North Carolina election board again makes it harder to vote by mail
Democrats on the board argued the new rules will create more unnecessary hurdles for voters and leave voters with disabilities vulnerable to disenfranchisement.
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Kongou @kongoubongou.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Governor Beshear... Get in your car. Drive to the hospital. Demand to speak to the Senator. No more waffling, no more waiting for them to reply. "I see the Senator now, or I assume he's not coming back and call an election when I leave."
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
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Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Couldn't Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear just go to GWU Hospital in DC and ask to visit Mitch? I mean, why not? newrepublic.com/post/213199/... via @newrepublic.com
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Kentucky Governor Warns He Got Calls “Suggesting” Mitch McConnell Died
McConnell has posted a photo of himself holding that day’s newspaper, but he has not provided further details about his condition.
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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Second ex-wife seeks protection order against ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford The woman sought emergency sole custody of her daughter with David Brouillette.
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Second ex-wife seeks protection order against ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford
The woman sought emergency sole custody of her daughter with David Brouillette.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Four years ago, Biden gave a speech warning about the dangers to democracy and the networks refused to air it because it was "political." I wonder if Trump making a partisan case for relitigating the 2020 election and calling for his political opponents to be jailed is going to be "political" too?
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
While broadcasters typically air a prime-time address by the president, they determined that this speech was more ‘political’ than newsworthy for live coverage
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Once again, I am just a small-town international relations professor, standing here, begging our media & our Congress to take our most important signed, ratified international treaty seriously & threats by the One Special Boy to violate it as the presidency-ending scandal that it should have been.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *281* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 4 people wounded (including 1 juvenile), in Minneapolis, Minn.: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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1 teen, 3 men injured in northeast Minneapolis shooting, police say
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating after a 17-year-old boy and three men were injured in a shooting on the city's northeast side early Monday.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ICE shoots protester in stomach with "less than lethal" bullets—had to be rushed to hospital. Agent leans out of moving car to shoot with one hand—while driving with other. Threads banned me for showing these videos, but you can help my work here: buymeacoffee.com/alexjungle
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5 Eyewitness News @kstptv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A boy was shot and killed at Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park on Sunday night, according to police.
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Boy shot and killed at Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park
A boy was shot and killed at Hartkopf Park in Brooklyn Park on Sunday night, according to police.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *264* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 8 wounded, in Fort Wayne, Ind.: www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/05/o...
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One dead, eight hurt in early morning shooting on Oliver Street in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and eight others hurt early Sunday morning.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen at scale Cambridge Uni made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
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Scientists built a solar reactor that eats plastic bottles and burps out clean hydrogen . . .at scale.
A Cambridge University team made the device with simple materials using a paint sprayer—offering a possible dual fix for plastic pollution and dirty hydrogen production
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Moms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 05/07/2026
Julianne Moore has been an advocate for gun safety since the very beginning. For years, she’s stood alongside our volunteers in the work to end gun violence. We all have a responsibility as parents to ensure young people across the country can live, play, and learn without the fear of being shot.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
BREAKING: Donald Trump executed 3,642 securities transactions during the first quarter, averaging nearly 58 trades for every U.S. trading day. This translates to roughly nine trades every hour or about one trade every seven minutes during market hours, per YF
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Iran denied they requested talks with the US and said they will not be meeting with Witkoff and Kushner today despite Trump’s statements and stenographer reports in the media.
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Some of the worst U.S. shootings on this date (June 30) are listed below.💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The 3 deadliest shootings all involved domestic violence.
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michelefromct.bsky.social @michelefromct.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The supreme court has agreed to hear a case against the assault weapons ban in CT. Hearings will be held in the Fall. FCK! I'm so angry! I live in CT and have been grateful that there is a ban on assault weapons in our state.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
Two DHS agents on a doorbell camera.“You are a monstrous human being and will go down in history as America’s Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher.

“The way you are protecting the obvious execution in Minnesota, even as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness.

“You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth.”
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MassShootingTracker @massshootingtrk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
America's gun psychopathy continues: *247* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔 😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer The latest, with 1 person killed and 4 wounded after an argument between teenagers led to a fight and gunfire, in Baton Rouge, La.: www.wafb.com/2026/06/28/1...
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One killed, four injured in Osceola Street shooting, police say
Baton Rouge police said 49-year-old Randall Holmes was killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Osceola Street.
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