The Onion wrote a story a few years back in 2014 about how how we can't stop mass shootings. They re-release it every time we have another one. In some ways, there is no better condemnation of how the NRA has a stranglehold on the Republican party and therefore our gun policy. A writer for Jimmy Kimmel (When did he become the 21st century's Edward R. Murrow?) has responded to every "thoughts and prayers" tweet with the amount of dollars that person has received from the NRA. It's powerful, but ultimately futile.
We are stuck with a dysfunctional party and a lunatic president presiding over a broken government that exists solely to funnel money to the 1%. Until Congress changes, we are stuck here. Stuck in a place where we routinely sacrifice the lives of children to the bloody ravenous maw of the NRA.
Have we had enough of making America great yet?
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