John, yesterday the country felt a rumble that we have not
felt in a very long time.

The morning started with an incredible piece of reporting by Josh
Kaplan at ProPublica that uncovered some truly breathtaking
allegations: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been taking
some of the most extravagant and lavish vacations imaginable filled
with chartered flights, yacht adventures, and so much more. None of
this he reported or mentioned, and the one giving this to him and his
MAGA-insurrectionist wife Ginni Thomas. Citizens United, the SCOTUS
ruling that is at the core of what is destroying our country comes to
mind, as well as so many other undemocratic, un-American rulings that
Justice Thomas has contributed to in the courts.

Democrats in Congress in both the House and Senate shared our outrage
and immediately called for an investigation and, on the GOP
side...silence.

By the afternoon, the rumble turned into violent shaking that lasted
for hours and even had former President Obama chiming in late last
night. In Tennessee, Rep. Justin Jones, Rep. Justin Pearson, and Rep.
Gloria Johnson have been actively protesting alongside citizens for
gun reform. Two of the three were expelled from the Tennessee House
of Representatives. Read: a group of white lawmakers with deep
southern accents removed two black men from their democratically
elected positions and, once again, not a peep from national
Republican leaders.

We cannot forget why this happened in the first place: thousands of
Tennessee's youth flocked to the halls of the Tennessee legislature
demanding gun reform after yet another tragic school shooting that
took the lives of innocent 9-year-olds and their teachers and
principal.

America's youth will not tolerate business as usual when it comes to
guns in this country and those that protested at the capital are not
going anywhere. In 2024, they may be of voting age. 

Folks, this is not a moment for us to take lightly and brush aside.
Yesterday was just the beginning. Today, we need to continue the
work. We need to organize with the youth of America, especially those
in rural America. We need to show them they have a home in the
Democratic Party and that we share their vision for what America can
look like.

Now is the time for all of us to step up, and to do that we need you
John. 

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- Hassan Martini, Executive Director, No Dem Left Behind




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