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Guns Are Killing Us

@K_Thomas_Ross

Aug 27, 2018 • 22 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo

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WHO WE ARE
An aggregation of US #SenateEndorsements for Democratic Candidates:
Demo candidates grouped by allied goal endorsements of national groups. In general, a sea of blue. Swing or Red states are exceptions.

Many organizations don’t finalize who they will back until the end of the primary season, in mid-Sept. Their endorsements are not complete, nor their final view of candidates. Combining various organization w/ similar goals overcomes that problem.

We know what the GOP has become. This is who we are. Most favor human rights, sensible gun laws, fair wages, health care, ending corruption, social justice, and saving the environment and the World. Simply, plain human decency, and our survival.

What kind of people oppose decency and survival?
I am proud to be allied with you.

Additional endorsements:
CA - Kevin de León - AFL/CIO, Climate Hawk Vote, DUH, DFA, Everytown Gun Sense
Del - Kerri Evelyn Harris - DFA
ME - Zak Ringelstein - DUH, Everytown Gun Sense

MO - Jo Crain - Everytown Gun Sense
Miss - Mike Espy - BlueWave
Miss - David Baria - AFL/CIO, BlueWave
WY - Gary Trauner - BlueWave, DUH

Sources, details, threads: (add an h):
AFL/CIO endorsements ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1028981555828584450
AFT/NEA Endorsements/Money from National Education Association +/or American Federation of Teachers
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1027659209100472322

BLUE WAVE CROWDSOURSE: (add an h to expand threads)
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1030145037852651520
END CITIZENS UNITED:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1027383656556449792

GREEN – Environmental:
Climate Hawk Vote: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033462062146576385
GiveGreen supported candidates - CLW, NextGen America + NRDC
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033455474144956416
League of Conservation Voters:

ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1021837459443867650
National Resource Defense Council: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033454643119116289
Sierra Club: - ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1021436886995349504

OTHER WORLD SURVIVAL:
Council for a Livable World: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1026974818212696064
J-Street: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1026975316407934977
Population Connection:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1034072563264249857

GUN CONTROL:
Brady Campaign - ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033461246887161856
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1028980028200108032

Everytown/MOM’s Demand Action - Gun Sense Candidates:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1029875252552257537
Gabby Gifford’s Courage:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033454177287118848

SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Demand Universal Healthcare (DUH): ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033461983113347074
Democracy for America:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033461983113347074
MoveOn:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1021500774529073152

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, “Medicare Defenders”: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/103346172054986752
NETWORK Voting Record: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033483633812758529

WOMEN’S RIGHTS:
Feminist Majority: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1031646170618179585
NARAL Pro-Choice: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1031645941672099840

NOW: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1026582263239266304
Planned Parenthood: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1021426400383963137

OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS:
Human Rights Campaign: ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1033462657083432968
NAACP Legislative Scorecard:
ttps://twitter.com/KenThomasRoss/status/1034073200500596738

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