Mike Fox

Virginians overwhelming voted for gun safety this year.

Israel embodies values anti-Zionist progressives defend | The Jerusalem Post Progressives with an accurate sense of Israel’s commitment to freedom and human rights need to take a stand and educate other progressives about Israel.

Many progressives use moral relativism to try to sidestep Israel’s honorable values. But progressives with an accurate sense of what Israel is need to take a stand and educate other progressives about it. | Opinion
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My favorite day of the year ♥️🚴🌵

After I got shot, I never could have imagined getting back on my bike and racing through my beautiful hometown. El Tour de Tucson will always hold a special place in my heart.

32 miles has nothing on us!

"We call on Mayor-elect Mamdani to think deeply and do better in meeting his responsibility to keep Jews and Jewish institutions safe in this time of elevated danger."

I'm keeping Chesapeake close today 🧡

Rebuffed reforms after this tragedy and the shooting at UVA earlier that month will finally become law next year.

Today, we remember the six victims who were murdered three years ago at a Walmart in Chesapeake, VA.

"This PAC exists because silence is not an option, and statements are not enough. We believe that every person deserves to live free from hate and fear — and that together, we can make that a political reality." www.stopantisemitismpac.com

I firmly agree with JFK, our first Roman Catholic president: "I believe in an America ... where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all."

I firmly agree with JFK, our first Roman Catholic president: "I believe in an America ... where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all."

Klan-style antisemitic and Islamophobic "protests," whether at a synagogue in New York or on the streets of Arab-majority Dearborn, are disgusting and inexcusable. Officeholders are committed by their oaths of office to condemn them. 1/2

Dem lawmakers launch PAC to fight antisemitism within the party Reps. Greg Landsman, Laura Friedman and Ted Lieu will be chairing the Alliance Against Antisemitism, which will back Dem candidates with strong records against anti-Jewish hate

SCOOP | A group of Democratic lawmakers is launching a political action committee to support candidates who have prioritized tackling antisemitism, alongside standing up against other forms of hate.

Even Nazis and Klansmen would say "Duh, of course they're hate symbols."

WHEREAS, throughout the Commonwealth and the United States, transgender people face bigotry and discrimination in the course of their everyday lives; and WHEREAS, a significant number of people in the transgender community have reported being victims of verbal harassment, sexual harassment, or physical assault, including many who have reported harassment or attacks in the workplace; and WHEREAS, each year, numerous transgender people are killed as a result of violence, including Noony Norwood of Richmond on November 6, 2016, India Monroe of Newport News on December 21, 2016, and Ebony Morgan of Lynchburg on July 2, 2017; and WHEREAS, at least 157 transgender and gender non-conforming people have been killed in the United States since 2013, and WHEREAS, approximately two-thirds of those killed in the United States were victims of gun violence; and WHEREAS, more than three-quarters of those killed in the United States were Black/African-American; and WHEREAS, hundreds of transgender and gender non-conforming people are murdered around the world every year; and … WHEREAS, in 1999, Gwendolyn Ann Smith organized the first Transgender Day of Remembrance to commemorate the unsolved murder of Rita Hester, a transgender African American woman who was killed in November of the previous year; and WHEREAS, all Virginians are encouraged to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding or attending vigils, town-hall-style meetings, exhibitions of artwork and photography, and other activities; and WHEREAS, Transgender Day of Remembrance raises much-needed awareness of hate crimes against the transgender community and provides a day to mourn and honor victims by expressing love and respect for all people in the face of hatred; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly designate November 20, in 2020 and in each succeeding year, as Transgender Day of Remembrance in Virginia

In 2020, the Virginia General Assembly passed my resolution HJ 85 to recognize Nov. 20 of each year as Transgender Day of Remembrance to memorialize those who died for daring to simply exist.

Some years are especially hurtful and *so* painful — and yet our resilience remains. It always has. #TDOR

We are a better people because of Americans and martyrs like Bobby Kennedy. "Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of the events, and then the total — all of these acts — will be written in the history of this generation."

Trans Lives Matter 🏳️‍⚧️

On the GVP front, we can keep our trans loved ones and neighbors safe by disarming more violent criminals, strengthening our "red flag" law and fighting for victims' rights, e.g. compensation funding, intervention programs, judicial remedies.

Thank you to our volunteers who represented @momsdemand.bsky.social at today's Virginia State Crime Commission meeting to support enhanced background checks and firearm purchaser licensing! #valeg

“Gun owners are not in any way an oppressed minority. If anything, the Supreme Court and lower courts are treating the Second Amendment as a super-right. It has privileged status.”

GIFFORDS condemns House Judiciary Committee passage of bill to arm domestic abusers WASHINGTON — GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention group led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released the following statement

Last night, the House advanced a bill to repeal background checks and safeguards on weapons that can be easily converted into guns.

If passed, this bill would arm domestic abusers and other violent criminals. It’s a direct assault on public safety.

VICTORY! Thanks to the tireless efforts of our volunteers, survivors, and community partners, Oregon has taken a huge step forward by closing the machine gun loophole. Today, Governor Tina Kotek signed this legislation into law! @tinakotek.bsky.social

CONGRESSMAN JOE MORELLE PRESSES FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ON GUN SAFETY FAILURES (Washington, D.C.)—Today, Congressman Joe Morelle led his House Democratic colleagues in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Fede...

I'm demanding answers from the DOJ, AFT, and FBI on sweeping staff cuts and agent reassignments.

ATF is losing critical investigators and diverting agents away from gun crime work. This is not how to make Americans safer.

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Law Enforcement Does Not Want a National Concealed Carry Mandate Police agree that a national concealed carry mandate endangers the public and law enforcement, and allows criminals to hide in plain sight.

NEW: Major police orgs come out against the extremist concealed carry mandate, which would allow many to carry hidden, loaded guns nationwide without training or passing a background check.

It’s dangerous for police and the communities they are sworn to protect.

This National Injury Prevention Day, #BeSMART is proud to partner with @injuryfreekids.bsky.social, @safekidsworldwide.bsky.social, Safe State Alliance and other leaders in injury & violence prevention to shine a light on the devastating effects of predictable and preventable injuries. #BeInjuryFree

Gee, who fed the kids that filth? "The student was also told that Jews are 'baby killers' and that they deserved to die because of the Israel-Hamas war."

INBOX: The Virginia State Crime Commission will take up firearm purchaser licenses at Wednesday's meeting. Bills by Sen. Carroll Foy and @hopeforvirginia.bsky.social would require training, enhanced background checks and disarm more violent offenders. #valeg

Thanks to our amazing Peninsula @besmartforkids.bsky.social team for tabling at the Gloves on the Coast Mental Health and Fitness Clinic in Newport News!

Congratulations to our new cohort of Young Changemakers! I can’t wait to see the work y’all do in your community! ❤️

I guess the right has Nick Fuentes and the left has Hasan Piker.

🚨 ACTION ALERT: With Congress back in session, House Republicans are gearing up to push through dangerous concealed carry mandate that would weaken concealed carry laws nationwide.

The time is now to act: Text GUT to 644-33 to tell your members of Congress to say NO to this reckless legislation.

Virginia’s Election of a Democratic Governor Primes the State for Gun Reform Democratic lawmakers are confident that Abigail Spanberger will resurrect bills vetoed by her Republican predecessor.

There is no question: The election of former Moms Demand Action volunteer Abigail Spanberger as Governor of Virginia paves the way for progress on gun safety in the state!

Elections matter!

House Republicans are conspiring to force a vote on a deadly, gun lobby-backed bill that would override state gun laws—making it easier for people with no safety training to carry hidden, loaded guns in states that wouldn’t otherwise let them.