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  1. Lightweight Toddler Sneakers Market in Germany | Report – IndexBox

    Germany Lightweight Toddler Sneakers Market 2026 Analysis and Forecast to 2035 Executive Summary Key …
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #BreathableKnitUppers #CasualFamilyOutings #consumergoodsmarketreport #Daycare/Nursery #EarlyWalkingDevelopment #Flex-GrooveOutsoles #forecast #Hook-and-loopclosuresystems #Indoor/OutdoorPlay #lightweighttoddlersneakers #marketanalysis #MemoryFoamInsoles
    europesays.com/germany/13422/

  2. Capitolo 437: Il Silenzio dei Cinefili

    Si avvicina l’inizio di Cannes e, come capita spesso prima di un grande festival, i cinefili e le cinefile di tutto il mondo trattengono il respiro, prendono la rincorsa, in vista di quei dieci giorni di immersione cinematografica. O forse il silenzio dei cinefili è solo un gioco di parole per introdurvi il primo dei grandi film che ho visto in questo capitolo? Chissà. Aprile è volato e con esso anche i 18 film visti durante il mese: un cospicuo bottino filmico, che contribuisce a rendere il 2026, per ora, uno degli anni cinematograficamente più prolifici da quando tengo il conto su Letterboxd (cioè da gennaio 2014). In tutto ciò il progetto Film People va avanti, siamo arrivati a quota 240 ritratti nati dalla scelta del proprio film preferito (ora potete scriverlo anche voi, anche se non potete partecipare fisicamente al progetto, provare per credere!) e, insomma, il cinema è sempre al centro di tutto: tempo libero, lavoro, passione, scrittura. In silenzio o no.

    Il Silenzio degli Innocenti (1991): Un paio di settimane fa il capolavoro di Jonathan Demme è tornato in sala per tre giorni. Non sono andato a rivederlo al cinema e mi resterà il rimpianto di non averlo mai visto in una sala cinematografica, ma che importa: ho comunque avuto voglia di rivederlo ancora una volta e ho goduto lo stesso. La recluta dell’FBI Jodie Foster viene inviata a colloquio con un geniale assassino rinchiuso in un ospedale psichiatrico (ovviamente Anthony Hopkins), con la speranza di estorcergli la chiave per arrivare a un sadico serial killer di donne, che ha appena rapito la sua prossima vittima. Non so se è il miglior thriller di tutti i tempi, forse sì, ma è sicuramente uno dei più grandi film degli anni 90, con interpretazioni pazzesche e personaggi iconici (Hannibal Lecter!), un grande colonna sonora (American Girl e Goodbye Horses su tutte) e una storia che non smette un attimo di appassionarti, anche se l’hai già vista una decina di volte. Capolavoro, lo trovate su Prime Video.
    •••••

    Con Una Mano Ti Rompo Con Due Piedi Ti Spezzo (1972): Come ho già accennato sulla recensione di Mortal Kombat II, quando andavo alle elementari, tra un film di Bud Spencer e Terence Hill, un Fantozzi e un Guerre Stellari, mi capitava spesso di finire sui canali locali per scovare dei b-movie di fantascienza o di kung fu, innamorandomene, come nel caso di questo film di Jimmy Wang Yu. Mi è tornato in mente qualche giorno fa e da là è stato un attimo cercare di rivederlo dopo circa quattro decenni. Lo stesso Jimmy Wang Yu è l’allievo di una scuola di arti marziali costretto a vendicarsi di una scuola rivale che, dopo aver assoldato i migliori combattenti di tutta l’Asia (tra cui un maestro indiano che in realtà è un cinese con la faccia dipinta di nero!), ha ucciso tutti i compagni del protagonista. Il buon Jimmy riesce a cavarsela ma deve lasciare sul pavimento il suo braccio destro e predisporre la sua vendetta senza un arto (come suggerisce il titolo internazionale, One Armed Boxed, oltre al piuttosto didascalico titolo italiano). Su novanta minuti di film, ce ne sono almeno ottanta in cui si menano come fabbri, con effetti sonori da videogioco (il suono di un colpo di frusta dopo ogni colpo) e alcune sequenze che sembrano uscite fuori dal Benny Hill Show (c’è un tizio, poggiato sulle mani a testa in giù, che cammina in stop motion velocizzato!). Insomma, è tutto talmente brutto da essere bellissimo. Ho amato rivederlo ma, senza offesa, non ve lo consiglio.
    •••½

    Paz! (2002): Ogni studente del DAMS che si rispetti conosce la famosa scena dell’esame su Apocalypse Now. Scusate, ma non sono io che faccio le regole. Ricordo che nel 2005, quando cercavo casa a Bologna (volevo fare là la magistrale, ma dopo tre giorni cambiai idea e tornai a Roma), ogni annuncio che trovavo era accompagnato da un poscritto che diceva “No Dams”. Dopo aver visto questo film ho capito il perché: in questo enorme omaggio ad Andrea Pazienza e ai suoi personaggi, c’è una Bologna piena di fermento creativo, piatti sporchi, caos interiori, voglia di spaccare il mondo e di provare qualcosa, che sia un’emozione, un dolore, o anche solo un trip. Tantissimi i volti noti: da Claudio Santamaria a Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, da Gino Castaldo a Giorgio Tirabassi, da Ricky Memphis a Giampaolo Morelli, da Vittoria Puccini ad Antonio Rezza, Frankie Hi NRG e altri. La regia di Renato De Maria è frenetica come i personaggi che racconta e forse è per questo che funziona (ma anche per bellissima colonna sonora, dove spiccano CCCP e Skiantos). Ai tempi è stato davvero un cult tra gli studenti DAMS, ma forse lo avranno amato anche gli studenti delle altre facoltà. Fatemi sapere.
    •••½

    The Visit (2015): Di solito M. Night Shyamalan riesce ad azzeccare perfettamente l’incipit dei suoi film, ti cattura subito, ti tiene stretto alla storia e poi, piano piano, ti delude nel terzo atto del film, dove non sempre riesce a mantenere credibile la trama e alta la tensione. Stavolta, pur perdendo qualche colpo nel finale, si porta a casa un film davvero ben fatto: due adolescenti, un fratello e una sorella, decidono di andare finalmente a trascorrere una settimana a casa dei nonni che non hanno mai conosciuto, con la speranza di trovare il modo di ricucire il rapporto tra loro madre e i suoi genitori, che non si parlano più da anni. La sorella maggiore decide di girare un documentario per raccontare questo incontro ed è forse questa l’idea più interessante del film. I due anziani sono un po’ eccentrici e, notte dopo notte, si comportano in modo sempre più strano, a cominciare dalla regola che impongono ai nipotini: non uscire dalla loro camera dopo le 21.30. Personalmente ho un debole per i mockumentary, credo che siano uno dei modi più efficaci per veicolare la paura (vedi lo straordinario Rec, ma anche l’interessante L’Ultimo Esorcismo): Shyamalan grazie a questo espediente riesce a colpire nel segno, mantenendo la tensione alta per tutto il tempo. Bello, lo trovate su Netflix.
    •••½

    Hook (1991): Nell’aprile del 1992, da grande appassionato di film horror, chiesi a mio padre di accompagnarmi al cinema per vedere La Casa Nera di Wes Craven. Purtroppo il film era vietato ai minori di 13 o 14 anni (io ne avevo quasi 10 e mezzo), così dovetti ripiegare su questo film di Steven Spielberg, che avevo già scartato a priori in quanto lo ritenevo “troppo commerciale” (a 10 anni già snobbavo i blockbuster, mi spiego moltissime cose!). Neanche a dirlo, lo trovai un filmone. Robin Williams è un impegnatissimo uomo d’affari che trascura la famiglia e, quel che peggio, non ricorda affatto che, da bambino, era nientepopodimeno che Peter Pan. Quando Dustin Hoffman, ovvero Capitan Uncino, rapisce i suoi due figli, Peter è costretto a tornare sull’Isola Che Non C’è per reimparare tutto ciò che ha dimenticato e salvare la prole (grazie all’aiuto di Julia Roberts, che più che essere una fatina è proprio una fata). L’idea è stupenda e alcune scene sono pazzesche, come quando uno dei bimbi sperduti modella il viso di Robin Williams per cercare di ritrovare i segni di quel bambino che era. Dustin Hoffman, con tanto di accento britannico e innata simpatia, è il migliore in campo per distacco, ma tutto il cast è davvero speciale (c’è spazio anche per Bob Hoskins nei panni di Spugna!). Non lo vedevo da tanto e solo ora mi accorgo di quanto mi fosse mancato. Sempre splendido, lo trovate su Prime.
    ••••

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    #Cinema #conUnaManoTiRompoConDuePiediTiSpezzo #film #hook #ilSilenzioDegliInnocenti #oneArmedBoxer #paz #recensione #theVisit
  3. The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.

    #Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for
    "March for Our Lives",
    the gun-safety group founded by survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in #Parkland, Florida.

    Georgia representative #Lucy #McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012,
    and Virginia governor-elect #Abigail #Spanberger were both volunteers with the gun-safety group
    "Moms Demand Action" before they ran for office.

    And #Cameron #Kasky, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who helped to organize the March for Our Lives student protests, recently announced his campaign to represent Manhattan, New York, in Congress.

    “I see myself as a small part of a bigger movement. It’s the reason I got into politics,” Frost said.

    “I was 15 when #Sandy #Hook happened and that’s what pushed me to get involved in organizing and it’s remained a big piece of my organizing.”

    Today, calling out gun-rights lobbyists and groups like the National Rifle Association ( #NRA ) is common among Democrats vying for political office.

    But less than 15 years ago, many moderate Democrats held A ratings from the NRA and the subject of regulating guns was a third rail that could spell an end to political aspirations,
    said #Shannon #Watts, a violence-prevention activist and founder of Moms Demand Action.

    “It was gradual and not linear,”
    she said of the change that’s happened.
    “We saw that our volunteers were running for office and thought it was common sense that someone who was learning how to shape legislation would want to take the next step to make the legislation as an elected official.”

    Watts marks the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in which a gunman
    killed 20 children and six adults,
    and the subsequent failure of Congress to pass gun-safety policies, as a watershed moment that pushed formerly gun-friendly Democrats like former West Virginia senator #JoeManchin, Minnesota governor #Tim #Walz and former Arizona representative #Ann #Kirkpatrick to risk their A rating from the NRA to call for restrictions on gun-#magazine #capacities and #assault #weapons.
    ⭐️Now, having an F rating from the group is a point of pride.

    “After Parkland, zero Democratic members of Congress had an A rating and were proud about it.
    That’s a seismic shift,”
    Watts added.
    “I think it’s proof positive that playing the long game works.
    Lucy [McBath] ran for a seat held by Republicans and she ran on the issue of gun safety.
    It shattered a lot of misperceptions and fears about being gun safety-forward.

    The issue of gun violence has also activated newcomers to politics.
    #Shaundelle #Brooks’s son, Akilah Dasilva, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a #Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

    Five years later, in 2023, another son, who survived the Waffle House shooting, was shot and injured while leaving a Nashville music venue.

    After her son’s death, Brooks said she regularly would go to the statehouse to advocate for gun laws that she feels could have prevented the death of her son and so many others.

    After years of her pleas falling on unreceptive ears, she decided to run for office.

    “There was a time where people were scared to even mention it while they were running.

    And I remember not voting for certain people because of that.

    So I am grateful that people are standing up, speaking out and being brave about it,” Brooks said.

    “Coming up here for seven years and having them just ignoring me,
    testifying and then being told that if my son had a gun that would have saved his life,
    showed me that I needed to do more than what I was doing.”

    The personal experiences of loss unite people like Brooks and Pearson with the scores of Americans who are part of what gun-violence victims and survivors describe as a club that no one wants to be a part of.

    “When people see you’re personally impacted,
    they feel that you’re more credible to talk about this kind of stuff.

    They know it’s not a political thing for us,” she said
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  4. The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.

    #Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for
    "March for Our Lives",
    the gun-safety group founded by survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in #Parkland, Florida.

    Georgia representative #Lucy #McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012,
    and Virginia governor-elect #Abigail #Spanberger were both volunteers with the gun-safety group
    "Moms Demand Action" before they ran for office.

    And #Cameron #Kasky, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who helped to organize the March for Our Lives student protests, recently announced his campaign to represent Manhattan, New York, in Congress.

    “I see myself as a small part of a bigger movement. It’s the reason I got into politics,” Frost said.

    “I was 15 when #Sandy #Hook happened and that’s what pushed me to get involved in organizing and it’s remained a big piece of my organizing.”

    Today, calling out gun-rights lobbyists and groups like the National Rifle Association ( #NRA ) is common among Democrats vying for political office.

    But less than 15 years ago, many moderate Democrats held A ratings from the NRA and the subject of regulating guns was a third rail that could spell an end to political aspirations,
    said #Shannon #Watts, a violence-prevention activist and founder of Moms Demand Action.

    “It was gradual and not linear,”
    she said of the change that’s happened.
    “We saw that our volunteers were running for office and thought it was common sense that someone who was learning how to shape legislation would want to take the next step to make the legislation as an elected official.”

    Watts marks the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in which a gunman
    killed 20 children and six adults,
    and the subsequent failure of Congress to pass gun-safety policies, as a watershed moment that pushed formerly gun-friendly Democrats like former West Virginia senator #JoeManchin, Minnesota governor #Tim #Walz and former Arizona representative #Ann #Kirkpatrick to risk their A rating from the NRA to call for restrictions on gun-#magazine #capacities and #assault #weapons.
    ⭐️Now, having an F rating from the group is a point of pride.

    “After Parkland, zero Democratic members of Congress had an A rating and were proud about it.
    That’s a seismic shift,”
    Watts added.
    “I think it’s proof positive that playing the long game works.
    Lucy [McBath] ran for a seat held by Republicans and she ran on the issue of gun safety.
    It shattered a lot of misperceptions and fears about being gun safety-forward.

    The issue of gun violence has also activated newcomers to politics.
    #Shaundelle #Brooks’s son, Akilah Dasilva, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a #Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

    Five years later, in 2023, another son, who survived the Waffle House shooting, was shot and injured while leaving a Nashville music venue.

    After her son’s death, Brooks said she regularly would go to the statehouse to advocate for gun laws that she feels could have prevented the death of her son and so many others.

    After years of her pleas falling on unreceptive ears, she decided to run for office.

    “There was a time where people were scared to even mention it while they were running.

    And I remember not voting for certain people because of that.

    So I am grateful that people are standing up, speaking out and being brave about it,” Brooks said.

    “Coming up here for seven years and having them just ignoring me,
    testifying and then being told that if my son had a gun that would have saved his life,
    showed me that I needed to do more than what I was doing.”

    The personal experiences of loss unite people like Brooks and Pearson with the scores of Americans who are part of what gun-violence victims and survivors describe as a club that no one wants to be a part of.

    “When people see you’re personally impacted,
    they feel that you’re more credible to talk about this kind of stuff.

    They know it’s not a political thing for us,” she said
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  5. The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.

    #Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for
    "March for Our Lives",
    the gun-safety group founded by survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in #Parkland, Florida.

    Georgia representative #Lucy #McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012,
    and Virginia governor-elect #Abigail #Spanberger were both volunteers with the gun-safety group
    "Moms Demand Action" before they ran for office.

    And #Cameron #Kasky, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who helped to organize the March for Our Lives student protests, recently announced his campaign to represent Manhattan, New York, in Congress.

    “I see myself as a small part of a bigger movement. It’s the reason I got into politics,” Frost said.

    “I was 15 when #Sandy #Hook happened and that’s what pushed me to get involved in organizing and it’s remained a big piece of my organizing.”

    Today, calling out gun-rights lobbyists and groups like the National Rifle Association ( #NRA ) is common among Democrats vying for political office.

    But less than 15 years ago, many moderate Democrats held A ratings from the NRA and the subject of regulating guns was a third rail that could spell an end to political aspirations,
    said #Shannon #Watts, a violence-prevention activist and founder of Moms Demand Action.

    “It was gradual and not linear,”
    she said of the change that’s happened.
    “We saw that our volunteers were running for office and thought it was common sense that someone who was learning how to shape legislation would want to take the next step to make the legislation as an elected official.”

    Watts marks the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in which a gunman
    killed 20 children and six adults,
    and the subsequent failure of Congress to pass gun-safety policies, as a watershed moment that pushed formerly gun-friendly Democrats like former West Virginia senator #JoeManchin, Minnesota governor #Tim #Walz and former Arizona representative #Ann #Kirkpatrick to risk their A rating from the NRA to call for restrictions on gun-#magazine #capacities and #assault #weapons.
    ⭐️Now, having an F rating from the group is a point of pride.

    “After Parkland, zero Democratic members of Congress had an A rating and were proud about it.
    That’s a seismic shift,”
    Watts added.
    “I think it’s proof positive that playing the long game works.
    Lucy [McBath] ran for a seat held by Republicans and she ran on the issue of gun safety.
    It shattered a lot of misperceptions and fears about being gun safety-forward.

    The issue of gun violence has also activated newcomers to politics.
    #Shaundelle #Brooks’s son, Akilah Dasilva, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a #Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

    Five years later, in 2023, another son, who survived the Waffle House shooting, was shot and injured while leaving a Nashville music venue.

    After her son’s death, Brooks said she regularly would go to the statehouse to advocate for gun laws that she feels could have prevented the death of her son and so many others.

    After years of her pleas falling on unreceptive ears, she decided to run for office.

    “There was a time where people were scared to even mention it while they were running.

    And I remember not voting for certain people because of that.

    So I am grateful that people are standing up, speaking out and being brave about it,” Brooks said.

    “Coming up here for seven years and having them just ignoring me,
    testifying and then being told that if my son had a gun that would have saved his life,
    showed me that I needed to do more than what I was doing.”

    The personal experiences of loss unite people like Brooks and Pearson with the scores of Americans who are part of what gun-violence victims and survivors describe as a club that no one wants to be a part of.

    “When people see you’re personally impacted,
    they feel that you’re more credible to talk about this kind of stuff.

    They know it’s not a political thing for us,” she said
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  6. The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.

    #Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for
    "March for Our Lives",
    the gun-safety group founded by survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in #Parkland, Florida.

    Georgia representative #Lucy #McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012,
    and Virginia governor-elect #Abigail #Spanberger were both volunteers with the gun-safety group
    "Moms Demand Action" before they ran for office.

    And #Cameron #Kasky, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who helped to organize the March for Our Lives student protests, recently announced his campaign to represent Manhattan, New York, in Congress.

    “I see myself as a small part of a bigger movement. It’s the reason I got into politics,” Frost said.

    “I was 15 when #Sandy #Hook happened and that’s what pushed me to get involved in organizing and it’s remained a big piece of my organizing.”

    Today, calling out gun-rights lobbyists and groups like the National Rifle Association ( #NRA ) is common among Democrats vying for political office.

    But less than 15 years ago, many moderate Democrats held A ratings from the NRA and the subject of regulating guns was a third rail that could spell an end to political aspirations,
    said #Shannon #Watts, a violence-prevention activist and founder of Moms Demand Action.

    “It was gradual and not linear,”
    she said of the change that’s happened.
    “We saw that our volunteers were running for office and thought it was common sense that someone who was learning how to shape legislation would want to take the next step to make the legislation as an elected official.”

    Watts marks the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in which a gunman
    killed 20 children and six adults,
    and the subsequent failure of Congress to pass gun-safety policies, as a watershed moment that pushed formerly gun-friendly Democrats like former West Virginia senator #JoeManchin, Minnesota governor #Tim #Walz and former Arizona representative #Ann #Kirkpatrick to risk their A rating from the NRA to call for restrictions on gun-#magazine #capacities and #assault #weapons.
    ⭐️Now, having an F rating from the group is a point of pride.

    “After Parkland, zero Democratic members of Congress had an A rating and were proud about it.
    That’s a seismic shift,”
    Watts added.
    “I think it’s proof positive that playing the long game works.
    Lucy [McBath] ran for a seat held by Republicans and she ran on the issue of gun safety.
    It shattered a lot of misperceptions and fears about being gun safety-forward.

    The issue of gun violence has also activated newcomers to politics.
    #Shaundelle #Brooks’s son, Akilah Dasilva, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a #Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

    Five years later, in 2023, another son, who survived the Waffle House shooting, was shot and injured while leaving a Nashville music venue.

    After her son’s death, Brooks said she regularly would go to the statehouse to advocate for gun laws that she feels could have prevented the death of her son and so many others.

    After years of her pleas falling on unreceptive ears, she decided to run for office.

    “There was a time where people were scared to even mention it while they were running.

    And I remember not voting for certain people because of that.

    So I am grateful that people are standing up, speaking out and being brave about it,” Brooks said.

    “Coming up here for seven years and having them just ignoring me,
    testifying and then being told that if my son had a gun that would have saved his life,
    showed me that I needed to do more than what I was doing.”

    The personal experiences of loss unite people like Brooks and Pearson with the scores of Americans who are part of what gun-violence victims and survivors describe as a club that no one wants to be a part of.

    “When people see you’re personally impacted,
    they feel that you’re more credible to talk about this kind of stuff.

    They know it’s not a political thing for us,” she said
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  7. The rise of candidates centering gun violence is a result of the growing prevention movement across the US, which has become something of 👉a pipeline for new candidates running for office.

    #Maxwell #Frost, the nation’s first gen Z US representative, started off as a volunteer before becoming organizing director for
    "March for Our Lives",
    the gun-safety group founded by survivors of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in #Parkland, Florida.

    Georgia representative #Lucy #McBath, whose son Jordan Davis was shot and killed in 2012,
    and Virginia governor-elect #Abigail #Spanberger were both volunteers with the gun-safety group
    "Moms Demand Action" before they ran for office.

    And #Cameron #Kasky, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who helped to organize the March for Our Lives student protests, recently announced his campaign to represent Manhattan, New York, in Congress.

    “I see myself as a small part of a bigger movement. It’s the reason I got into politics,” Frost said.

    “I was 15 when #Sandy #Hook happened and that’s what pushed me to get involved in organizing and it’s remained a big piece of my organizing.”

    Today, calling out gun-rights lobbyists and groups like the National Rifle Association ( #NRA ) is common among Democrats vying for political office.

    But less than 15 years ago, many moderate Democrats held A ratings from the NRA and the subject of regulating guns was a third rail that could spell an end to political aspirations,
    said #Shannon #Watts, a violence-prevention activist and founder of Moms Demand Action.

    “It was gradual and not linear,”
    she said of the change that’s happened.
    “We saw that our volunteers were running for office and thought it was common sense that someone who was learning how to shape legislation would want to take the next step to make the legislation as an elected official.”

    Watts marks the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, in which a gunman
    killed 20 children and six adults,
    and the subsequent failure of Congress to pass gun-safety policies, as a watershed moment that pushed formerly gun-friendly Democrats like former West Virginia senator #JoeManchin, Minnesota governor #Tim #Walz and former Arizona representative #Ann #Kirkpatrick to risk their A rating from the NRA to call for restrictions on gun-#magazine #capacities and #assault #weapons.
    ⭐️Now, having an F rating from the group is a point of pride.

    “After Parkland, zero Democratic members of Congress had an A rating and were proud about it.
    That’s a seismic shift,”
    Watts added.
    “I think it’s proof positive that playing the long game works.
    Lucy [McBath] ran for a seat held by Republicans and she ran on the issue of gun safety.
    It shattered a lot of misperceptions and fears about being gun safety-forward.

    The issue of gun violence has also activated newcomers to politics.
    #Shaundelle #Brooks’s son, Akilah Dasilva, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at a #Nashville Waffle House in 2018.

    Five years later, in 2023, another son, who survived the Waffle House shooting, was shot and injured while leaving a Nashville music venue.

    After her son’s death, Brooks said she regularly would go to the statehouse to advocate for gun laws that she feels could have prevented the death of her son and so many others.

    After years of her pleas falling on unreceptive ears, she decided to run for office.

    “There was a time where people were scared to even mention it while they were running.

    And I remember not voting for certain people because of that.

    So I am grateful that people are standing up, speaking out and being brave about it,” Brooks said.

    “Coming up here for seven years and having them just ignoring me,
    testifying and then being told that if my son had a gun that would have saved his life,
    showed me that I needed to do more than what I was doing.”

    The personal experiences of loss unite people like Brooks and Pearson with the scores of Americans who are part of what gun-violence victims and survivors describe as a club that no one wants to be a part of.

    “When people see you’re personally impacted,
    they feel that you’re more credible to talk about this kind of stuff.

    They know it’s not a political thing for us,” she said
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  8. #! #:p #? #a.hebmuller #absurdres #alcohol #alien #amplifier #anchor #angel #angel_and_devil #angel_wings #animal_ears #antique_phone #apron #armband #arrow_(projectile) #bad_id #bad_pixiv_id #bald #bandages #barcode #barefoot #baseball_bat #bat_wings #belt #binary #black_hair #blonde_hair #blood #blue_eyes #blue_socks #blush #bottle #box #brown_hair #building #cable #can #candle #cat #cd #cheerleader #child #chinese_clothes #cigarette #collarbone #colorful #computer #crossed_legs #cup #demon_girl #denim #desert_eagle #dress #drinking_glass #drum_(container) #dynamite #earbuds #earphones #electric_guitar #english_text #explosive #film_strip #fire #fire_extinguisher #fishnets #flag #flower #formal_clothes #gas_mask #ghost #glasses #grey_hair #grin #guitar #gun #hair_ornament #hairband #hairclip #halo #hammer #handgun #hat #headdress #headphones #heart #hibiscus #highres #holding #holding_phone #hood #hoodie #hook #horns #instrument #japanese_clothes #jeans #jetpack #jewelry #katana #kicking #kneepits #knife #kotatsu #licking #lighter #lips #loafers #long_hair #maid #mask #megaphone #microphone #missile #multiple_girls #music #navel #necklace #necktie #nurse #open_mouth #orange_hair #original #overalls #pajamas #pants #pantyhose #peace_symbol #phone #phonograph #pink_hair #plant #playboy_bunny #pocket_watch #pointing #ponytail #purple_hair #rabbit_ears #radio #rainbow #ranguage #red_eyes #refrigerator #revolver #rifle #rocket #rotary_phone #running #scarf #school_uniform #scissors #scope #serafuku #shark #shoes #short_hair #shorts #siblings #sign #silk #singing #sitting #skirt #skull_and_crossbones #sleeping #smile #smirk #smoke #smoking_pipe #sneakers #socks #speaker #speech_bubble #spider_web #spray_can #striped #subwoofer #suit #sunglasses #suspenders #sweater #sword #syringe #table #tattoo #tears #television #thighhighs #tongue #tongue_out #twins #ufo #umbrella #upside-down #vending_machine #very_long_hair #watch #watching_television #wavy_hair #weapon #wine_glass #wings #wolf https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/850261

  9. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song recorded by Australian singer #KylieMinogue for her eighth studio album, #Fever (2001). #ParlophoneRecords released the song as the album's #leadSingle on 8 September 2001. "Can't Get You Out of My Head", which was written and produced by #CathyDennis and #RobDavis, is a #dancepop, #technopop and #nudisco song that is known for its "#laLaLa" #hook. Its lyrics are about obsession with a love interest.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ysn_Lad-zsg

  10. CW: NSFW

    20/08/2025 casa, letto
    si torna dalle #vacanze alcuni #pensieri #masturbatori vengono solo in questa situazione di #isolamento e #costrizione

    ritornerò sulla #spiaggia dietro casa a star #nudo a #vivere le #situazioni il più delle volte #omosessuali che si presentano sperando in esperienze #casuali #etero

    #diarioerotico #pauloromano
    #nudismo #cruising #dating #hook

  11. CW: NSFW

    20/08/2025 casa, letto
    si torna dalle #vacanze alcuni #pensieri #masturbatori vengono solo in questa situazione di #isolamento e #costrizione

    ritornerò sulla #spiaggia dietro casa a star #nudo a #vivere le #situazioni il più delle volte #omosessuali che si presentano sperando in esperienze #casuali #etero

    #diarioerotico #pauloromano
    #nudismo #cruising #dating #hook

  12. CW: NSFW

    20/08/2025 casa, letto
    si torna dalle #vacanze alcuni #pensieri #masturbatori vengono solo in questa situazione di #isolamento e #costrizione

    ritornerò sulla #spiaggia dietro casa a star #nudo a #vivere le #situazioni il più delle volte #omosessuali che si presentano sperando in esperienze #casuali #etero

    #diarioerotico #pauloromano
    #nudismo #cruising #dating #hook

  13. CW: NSFW

    20/08/2025 casa, letto
    si torna dalle #vacanze alcuni #pensieri #masturbatori vengono solo in questa situazione di #isolamento e #costrizione

    ritornerò sulla #spiaggia dietro casa a star #nudo a #vivere le #situazioni il più delle volte #omosessuali che si presentano sperando in esperienze #casuali #etero

    #diarioerotico #pauloromano
    #nudismo #cruising #dating #hook

  14. Matchroom announces Nunez vs Diaz, Allen vs Makhmudov, and more

    Matchroom has unveiled its fall lineup, starting with a pair of shows on September 6th and continuing on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Boxing #Allen #and #announces #bad #boxingnews #CA #Canada #diaz #front-page #hook #left #makhmudov #matchroom #more #nunez #Sports #vs
    newsbeep.com/ca/40259/

  15. Francisco Rodriguez Jr avoids suspension, must rematch Galal Yafai

    Veteran Francisco Rodriguez Jr earned the biggest win of his pro career by demolishing Galal Yafai for the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Boxing #avoids #bad #boxingnews #CA #Canada #Francisco #front-page #galal #hook #Jr. #left #must #rematch #Rodriguez #Sports #suspension #yafai
    newsbeep.com/ca/30963/

  16. Musician and singer #DavidCrosby has died at 81. Crosby was a guitarist and sang with #TheByrds from 1964-1967 before founding a supergroup -- after being dismissed from the band -- with #StephenStills and #GrahamNash (#CrosbyStillsAndNash), that later added #NeilYoung (#CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung). Crosby also had a solo career and worked with various members of CSN&Y on separate occasions. Crosby also appeared in #Backdraft, #Thunderheart, #Hook, #ChicagoHope, #Ellen, and #TheSimpsons.