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Transcript of Janine Jackson's interview with Igor Volsky on ending gun violence: "We know exactly what needs to be done in order to save lives. And we know that because states across America have strengthened their gun laws, have invested in communities that are suffering from cyclical everyday gun violence, and have seen significant reductions in their gun suicide rates and in their gun homicide rates.... "And, secondly, we just need to look overseas at some of our great al...lies, who have dramatically reduced gun violence by doing three basic things: by, No.1, ensuring that gun manufacturers and gun dealers are actually regulated, and can't produce incredibly powerful weapons for the civilian market. Those countries raise the standard of gun ownership by requiring gun owners to register their firearm, to get a license to have a firearm in the first place. And they've also addressed the root causes of gun violence: things like employment opportunities, housing security, healthcare. So we have the blueprint; we just need to follow it." See more

Remembering G. Gordon Liddy's enthusiasm for shooting federal officers in the head. https://fair.org/home/liddys-lethal-advice/

As President Biden predicts a struggle between democracies and their opponents, Beijing is eager to champion the other side, declares the New York Times. What's more clear is that the Times is eager to cheerlead for a new cold war--even if it requires doctoring quotes.

The First Amendment isn’t just for journalists. Widening the application of defamation for powerful public figures will make it harder for the corporate press to cover state and corporate power, but will make it far more daunting for average people, who lack legal departments and libel insurance, to take part in public debate.

Media that relied on law enforcement sources perpetuated police biases and downplayed the racial motivation of the Atlanta murders. This then led to further omission and silencing of the vulnerable Korean frontline workers of the Atlanta community, even as media spotlights anti-Asian racism in America more generally nationwide.