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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The following is an adaptation of remarks delivered at a candidate forum on gun safety in Des Moines, Iowa. The forum was sponsored by Mike Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action.This has been a tragically sad week in America.But we are ending the week on a hopeful note — because all of you are here today. You’re here because you know America can answer this challenge and because you refuse to settle for thoughts and prayers when we need actions and laws.The fact is, 30 Americans are murdered with guns every day. Very few of those murders make national news.But think about it: That’s the equivalent to multiple mass shootings every 24 hours. And, on top of that, another 61 people commit suicide with guns every day.We can save so many of those lives — but only if we organize and demand action.It says a lot about how much you’ve accomplished that so many presidential candidates are here. As I’m sure many of you remember, it used to be that lots of Democratic candidates would say: Yes, we agree with you, but we can’t touch the issue — because the National Rifle Association will come after us.Back then, the NRA had the field to itself — in both parties. But then you showed up, and times have changed.This reflects something that’s very important and very powerful. There has never been more unity on gun safety across so many Democratic presidential candidates — and across the entire Democratic Party — as there is today. Now we’ve got to take the unity we’ve built and translate it into action in Washington.So let’s say this in a voice loud enough that they will hear us in Congress and the White House: We are demanding that the Senate pass, and that the president sign, strong background-check laws and other gun-safety legislation without delay.If they don’t, we will hold them accountable. And we’ll make sure every voter in America understands that in 2020 they have a choice between candidates who stand up for a family’s safety — and those who bow down to special interests.The big reason for the historic unity in the Democratic Party is that we’ve built a grassroots army with 6 million supporters. In the 2018 elections — unlike in years past — candidates all over the country ran and won on gun safety. In fact, in the races where we got involved, we replaced 19 members of Congress who had “A” ratings from the NRA with 19 “gun sense” candidates.Once they got into office, these candidates kept their promise to take action. Thanks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s strong leadership, the House passed a comprehensive background-check bill. It also voted to close the “Charleston loophole,” which allows people to buy guns before a background check is completed.It was the first time in 25 years that either house of Congress passed a major gun-safety bill, no matter which party was in charge.So the good news is: We have historic unity in the Democratic Party on guns.But we’re only halfway there.In the Republican Party, we still have a lot of work to do. Republicans in the Senate have refused to act on the House bills — and on a “red flag” bill that would help keep guns out of the hands of those with a serious mental illness.This week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he was willing to consider those issues. In Washington, that counts as progress. But saying and doing are two very different things.Just look at President Donald Trump. This week, he said he supported stronger background checks. Unfortunately, after the Parkland shooting 18 months ago, he said exactly same thing. And then the NRA told him to drop it, so he did — immediately. He didn’t have the guts to oppose the NRA then, and now he faces the same choice.Earlier this week, Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, spoke to the president and told him to drop his support for stronger background checks. So now the president can either find the backbone to stand up to the NRA or, once again, he can bow down to the NRA and kiss Wayne’s ring.I hope the president gets the courage to work with both houses of Congress to pass stronger laws, but I’ll believe it when I see it.In politics, breaking with your allies isn’t easy. I know. But standing up to special interests is what leadership is all about. There’s only one person who gets to sit at the desk in the Oval Office. And if he or she isn’t strong enough to make executive decisions based on what’s right, then we should vote that person out and get someone who is.In this case, however, it shouldn’t even be a hard political decision. Polling shows that the vast majority of NRA members support stronger background checks. And at the same time, the NRA is in shambles. We’ve all seen reports about the infighting and investigations into corruption and illegal activity.Which is why the president should be afraid — but not of the NRA. He should be afraid of the American people. Because in 2020, we are going to show how strong our movement has grown, and we are going to elect a president who will lead on gun safety instead of making lame excuses.Blaming video games and the internet is just the usual dodge. Every country has them. But only in America do we have the mass slaughter of innocent people with guns every single day. The president referred to “American carnage” in his inauguration speech. Well, that carnage is being inflicted with guns — and we have to hold him accountable for stopping it.This time has to be different.Now, I’ve devoted a lot of my life — and a lot of money — to this work.When I was mayor of New York City, I saw the tragic consequences of guns up close and personal. Telling parents that their child is not coming home is about the hardest thing you can do in life. And it never gets easier. No parent should ever have to bury a child.All I could do in delivering a eulogy was tell those parents — or the spouse, or the family — that my administration and I would do everything we could to try to save others from suffering their grief.And we did. We cut murders in half while also cutting the number of people behind bars by 36 percent. And we went after irresponsible out-of-state gun dealers and won court orders that forced them to follow the law.Since I’ve left office, I’ve expanded our national work, and thanks to all of you, we’ve made a lot of progress. More than 20 states have strengthened their gun laws over the past two years, and that includes 11 states with Republican governors who signed those bills and deserve credit for bucking the gun lobby.Our message is breaking through. However, the reality we face today is more lethal and complicated. It’s not just criminals and psychopaths who are gunning down people — it’s white supremacists trying to mass-murder African Americans; it’s xenophobes trying to mass-murder Latinos; it’s Islamophobes trying to mass-murder Muslims; it’s homophobes trying to mass-murder the LGBTQ community; it’s anti-Semites trying to mass-murder Jews; and it’s other hate-filled people who see automatic weapons as a way to advance their poisonous ideology.There’s been a lot of discussion about whether President Trump bears some responsibility for what happened in El Paso. Of course he does. Words matter. Words have consequences. And the more you ramp up the hateful and extreme rhetoric, the more hateful and extreme behavior you get.Being a leader comes with responsibility. People notice how you comport yourself. They listen to what you say. If you are duplicitous, it sends a signal that being duplicitous is OK. If you say things that are racist, it sends a signal that being racist is OK.If, however, you explain to people that we’re all in this together, and you work to unite people around common goals, then you can bridge divisions and heal tensions.Here in this room, and around the nation, we are united together in saying: No guns without background checks. No guns for terrorists or criminals or domestic abusers. No guns for minors or those who are a danger to themselves or others. And no votes for candidates who stand in the way.Most of the candidates running for president are here today. I can’t say I agree with all of them on every issue — and you probably don’t, either. But I think we’d agree that all of them are better than the alternative.Make no mistake: This is not going to be an easy election. In order to win in 15 months — and in order to get a bill through the Senate — we need to keep demanding that candidates put this issue front and center. We have to make sure that the historic unity we’ve achieved on guns produces real action in Congress. And if doesn’t, we have to make sure that all of those who stood in the way face the consequences on Nov. 3, 2020.To contact the editor responsible for this story: David Shipley at [email protected] R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News. He is the UN secretary-general’s special envoy for climate action.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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By ROXANE GAY

It can be very difficult to separate the art from the artist. In the case of Roseanne Barr and her critically acclaimed television show based on her life, it is nearly impossible. I wasn’t going to watch the reboot because I find Ms. Barr noxious, transphobic, racist and small-minded. Whatever charm and intelligence she brought to the first nine seasons of her show, a show I very much loved, are absolutely absent in her current persona, particularly as it manifests on Twitter. She is a supporter of Donald Trump, vocalizing her thoughts about making America great, claiming that with her vote, she was trying to shake things up. She tweets conspiracy theories, rails against feminism and shares Islamophobic opinions.

Where once she was edgy and provocative, she is now absurd and offensive. Her views are muddled and incoherent. She is more invested in banal and shallow provocation than engaging with sociopolitical issues in a thoughtful manner. No amount of mental gymnastics can make what Roseanne Barr has said and done in recent years palatable.

Nonetheless, I was curious about what Roseanne Conner, her famous television alter ego, has been up to. The original “Roseanne” was a smart, hilarious and groundbreaking show that covered a lot of important ground in prime-time television. I wanted to see how the Conners were doing 20 years later.

What I found is that the tensions in the TV show — which more than 18 million people watched, a network TV high since 2014 — are the same tensions that shape this current political climate. Roseanne the character voted for Donald Trump because he talked about “jobs.” For that she sacrificed so many other things. The promise of jobs and the myth of the white working class as the only people struggling in this country, which animates so much of our present political moment, are right there, in this sitcom.

In many ways, the first two episodes of the “Roseanne” reboot are excellent. It is difficult to admit, but nearly everything about the production is competent. There is the familiarity of the Conner house, still well-worn, the iconic couch taking center stage in the family room. The original cast returned and their faces are pleasantly familiar — though not as aged as they could be, given the benefits of wealth, good skin-care regimens and, perhaps, medical intervention.

Darlene, the middle daughter, has moved back home with her two children, Harris and Mark, the latter of whom is gender nonconforming. D.J., the Conner son, was in the Army and has recently returned home from a tour in Syria. His wife, we learn indirectly, is still in the military, serving abroad, and D.J. is raising their daughter, who is black, while she is away. Roseanne and her sister, Jackie, played by Laurie Metcalf, have been estranged for a year because of the 2016 election, and when Jackie shows up, she’s wearing a “Nasty Woman” T-shirt and a pink pussy hat. Of course she is.

The Conners are still dealing with many of the economic struggles they have always faced. Darlene has lost her job. Roseanne and Dan are getting older and, like many Americans, cannot afford adequate health care as they try to share various medications. Becky, the oldest Conner child, is going to become a surrogate and sell her eggs to make $50,000. Darlene’s son, Mark, is being bullied at school for his gender presentation. The show isn’t shying away from difficult topics, and that is both what works and doesn’t. The Conners are portrayed as a typical working-class family and their problems are relatable, but it also feels as though the show is working through a checklist of “real issues” it wants to address, to demonstrate how the Conners are a modern American family.

The presence of D.J.’s daughter, Mary, is particularly awkward. When she appears, one of these things is clearly not like the other, but the show makes no mention of it as if to suggest how at ease the Conners are with difference. But Mary has no lines and very little camera time. We are given little information as to how she became part of the Conner family and what life for her is like in a small, predominantly white Illinois town where everyone, seemingly, voted for Donald Trump. Young Mary is just there, a place holder, tokenized and straining the limits of credulity.

When a lot of the mainstream media talks about the working class, there is a tendency to romanticize, to idealize them as the most authentic Americans. They are “real” and their problems are “real” problems, as if everyone else is dealing with artificial obstacles. We see this in some of the breathless media coverage of Trump voters and in a lot of the online chatter about the “Roseanne” reboot. What often goes unsaid is that when the working class is defined in our cultural imagination, we are talking about white people, even though the real American working class is made up of people from many races and ethnicities.

During a Television Critics Association panel promoting the show, Ms. Barr said, “it was working-class people who elected Trump.”

This myth persists, but it is only a myth. Forty-one percent of voters earning less than $50,000 voted for Mr. Trump while 53 percent voted for Hillary Clinton. Forty-nine percent of voters earning between $50,000 and $100,000 voted for Mr. Trump while 47 percent voted for Mrs. Clinton. The median income of these voters was $72,000, while the median income of Hillary Clinton voters was $61,000. A significant number of middle-class and wealthy white people contributed to Trump’s election.

In the show, during an exchange about their political disagreement, Roseanne tells Jackie one of the reasons she voted for Mr. Trump is because he “talked about jobs.” And that was all the political ideology we got. If we are to believe the circumstances of this character’s life, a few vague words about “jobs” was more than enough to compel Roseanne, with inadequate health care, with vulnerable grandchildren, and struggling to make ends meet, to vote for Mr. Trump.

How do you reach people who make dangerous political choices grounded in self-interest? When Roseanne and Jackie finally reconcile, Roseanne never apologizes or concedes. She merely tells Jackie, “I forgive you,” and Jackie acknowledges how hard that was for Roseanne. Clearly, we cannot reach people who make dangerous, myopic political choices. We concede, as Jackie does, or we resist, as hopefully the rest of us will.

In my book “Bad Feminist,” published in 2014, I wrote about giving myself permission to be flawed but feminist. I wrote about how sometimes I consume problematic pop culture, knowing I shouldn’t, knowing how harmful that pop culture can be. I still believe there is room for that, for having principles and enjoying things that challenge those principles. But in the ensuing years, I’ve also been thinking about accountability and the repercussions of our choices. I’ve been thinking about how nothing will change if we keep consuming problematic pop culture without demanding anything better.

As I watched the first two episodes of the “Roseanne” reboot, I thought again about accountability. I laughed, yes, and enjoyed seeing the Conner family back on my screen. My first reaction was that the show was excellent. But I could not set aside what I know of Roseanne Barr and how toxic and dangerous her current public persona is. I could not overlook how the Conner family came together to support Mark as he was bullied at school for his gender presentation, after voting for a president who actively works against the transgender community. They voted for a president who doesn’t think the black life of their granddaughter matters. They act as if love can protect the most vulnerable members of their family from the repercussions of their political choices. It cannot.

This fictional family, and the show’s very real creator, are further normalizing Trump and his warped, harmful political ideologies. There are times when we can consume problematic pop culture, but this is not one of those times. I saw the first two episodes of the “Roseanne” reboot, but that’s all I am going to watch. It’s a small line to draw, but it’s a start.

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Why Immigration Is The #1 And Only Issue: Stop Immigration To The West Immediately

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Donald Trump was elected President of the United States for one reason, and one reason alone: he promised to stop the never ending tide of immigration into the United States. The people of the United States, both consciously and subconsciously, understood that this is the most important issue facing their nation at this time. In fact, stopping non-European immigration is the #1 and ONLY issue that matters in Western nations at this moment.

Let’s define a few terms. I keep hearing that we shouldn’t use the term “the West,”and many people have commented saying “fuck the West.” No, I’m going to keep using it. The West is what separated and defined Europe from the Eastern Babylonians, Persians, and others of the past. When I refer to the West, this is basically what I’m referring to:

The West represents Europe and European-settled lands. It’s easier to say “the West” than “Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.” The West is the land of the European people. Europe is the homeland of the European people, and the countries outside of Europe are European established and settled nations. As such, these nations have the God given right to continue existing as European nations. With that said, let’s identify the #1 threat to the West’s survival.

Massive Non-European Immigration Will Destroy the West

I’m not going to sugar coat it. If you replace the European people with another group of people, you replace the culture of that nation with a foreign people’s culture. You only need to look at the example of Turkey to see what the West’s future may hold. Look at modern day Turkey. Anatolia (Asia Minor) used to be a bastion of the Greek people, Greek Orthodoxy, and the Greek language. The Greeks were present in Anatolia for thousands of years. Their language, cities, and ideas shaped the landscape, and Asia Minor was once basically considered a part of Greater Europe. You can go all over present day Turkey and find thousands of Ancient Greek monuments, buildings, and statues.

Ephesus amphitheater: Present Day Turkey

But, what you will not find anymore are the Greeks themselves. The Greeks were killed, ethnically cleansed, and deported from Turkey by the millions after WWI. Today the Greek population of Turkey is less than 2,000 people, most of whom are elderly. The Greeks will not exist in Anatolia in a few years.

Now that the Greeks have been replaced by Turks, you will no longer find Greek Orthodox churches in Turkey. You won’t hear the Greek language. You won’t see nor find any Greek people in Turkey. What was once a stronghold of Greek culture in Anatolia, is now replaced with a hostile and violent invader (the Turk) bent on working against the European people’s (our) interests. How did this happen?

It happened because the Greeks were replaced by Turks.

What does this mean?

It means that if the West lets itself be replaced by non-Europeans, our lands will also be transformed into another people’s culture and will be used against us.

Anatolia 1910:

Anatolia Present Year:

Look At the West: Nearly All of Our Countries are Being Colonized by Non-Europeans

Unless we want to give over Europe to non-European Muslims, neither of these scenarios are acceptable

Do you know what the Turkish President is saying to his fellow Turks in Europe?

From Hurriyetdailynews.com:

“President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish citizens living in Europe to have five children – two more than his usual calls to Turks in the homeland – in a bid to multiply their presence in the continent so that they will be the ‘future of Europe.’

‘I am calling out to my citizens, my brothers and sisters in Europe,’ Erdoğan said at a rally in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir on March 17. ‘Have not just three but five children.’

‘The place in which you are living and working is now your homeland and new motherland. Stake a claim to it. Open more businesses, enroll your children in better schools, make your family live in better neighborhoods, drive the best cars, live in the most beautiful houses,’ he said. ‘That’s because you are the future of Europe. It will be the best answer to the vulgarism, antagonism, and injustice made against you.’ ”

Do you see what he is telling his (Muslim) people in Europe? Have more children; breed. We (the Turks and Muslims) are the future of Europe; Europe will become Muslim if we just out-breed the Europeans.

Look at the demographics of every European majority nation.

Every single one (besides some Eastern European nations, for now) shows that the European people are being demographically replaced in their own nations. I repeat: Europeans are being demographically replaced in almost all European established nations. Do you know what happens if you point this out and engage in “bad think”?

If you happen to point out and notice that we (Europeans) are being replaced in our own nations, we get branded as:

– Racists

– Xenophobes

– White Supremacists

– White Nationalists

– Nazis

– Nativists

– Bigots

– Islamophobes

Why do I point this out?

I point this out because these names are used to make you submit. These words that I listed above are used to make you shut up, stay silent, and obey. These words are meant to control you into submission. By shaming, attacking, insulting, and belittling you, they are meant to control you.

The purpose of these names is to not only shut you up, but to not even allow your brain to think in such “bad ways.” If you can’t even ask the question without being called a “racist,” how can you even begin to consider/think of the implications of bringing in millions of non-Europeans to replace you, your family, and your people?

Look at the images below.

Why should we allow ourselves to be replaced in our own nations and do nothing about it?

If you think ethnic cleansing is justified, do you justify the ethnic cleansing of other races of people? Should Blacks be ethnically replaced in Africa? Should the Chinese be ethnically replaced by Mestizos in China?

Britain then.

Britain now.

Britain is quickly approaching 75% White British today. Europeans are projected to be under 50% in 2050. Why should we allow this to happen? Are the British going to stop their own replacement or be destroyed and colonized by hostile foreign invaders?

If you were to go to London today, you will be met with a very eerie feeling. You would still see all of the beautiful buildings and architecture, but you won’t see any English people. London really isn’t a city anymore, but a giant museum. Sure, you can still see all of the popular sites and attractions. But you won’t feel like you are in the same place that the English kings and queens of years past used to reign over. That London is gone.

Enough Is Enough

Listen up.

Listen closely and listen good.

There is nothing wrong with you. You are not sick. You are not mentally unwell.

You are completely 100% normal and healthy.

They have tried to convince you that having these thoughts are “bad,” and you are a bad person for having them. They are wrong.

Listen here.

Fuck them.

Let me say that again.

Fuck all the people who try to call you names, call you crazy, and say you are mentally unwell if you want to protect yourself and your people from extermination and replacement.

They try to pathologize you for wanting what is completely natural and healthy for you to want. All of us have been brainwashed from our youth to feel guilt, shame, and fear for wanting to look out for our own interests. But, they are only doing and saying these things in order to use them against you.

Think about this.

– White Guilt: the purpose White guilt is to control and neuter you into not looking out for you, your family, and your people.

– Diversity is our greatest strength: the purpose of this saying is to convince you that the replacement of your family and your people is a good thing, and you must 100% support it. Has diversity been a strength in Sweden, Britain, or Germany with the ever increasing cases of rape and murder?

– So what if White Europeans become a minority in their own nations?: the purpose is to make you question your sanity; implying that you are mentally unwell for even suggesting that perhaps White Europeans should remain a majority in their own nations. As the saying goes: not an argument. It is meant to disarm you into not doing what you know 100% you should be doing. Would they agree that all other races shouldn’t care if they are replaced in their own nations? Absolutely not.

– Don’t be racist: this means don’t look at the truth and fact of the matter. Don’t look at crime statistics. Don’t look at welfare usage of White Europeans compared to non-Europeans. Don’t look out for your own interests.

We’ve come to a point where we need to 100% stand behind the saying: we are White European people, and we will not allow ourselves to be replaced in our own nations.

All of the platitudes, sayings, and slogans are meant to disable your natural instincts and make you weak. You need to completely reject these things and realize that they are used as a weapon against you.

Let me tell you something.

– Africans are 100% against being replaced demographically in their own nations (Look at South Africa)

– Asians are 100% against being replaced demographically in their own nations (Asian nations aren’t allowing millions of non-Asians to settle their lands)

– Muslims are 100% against non-Muslims in their lands

Only people of European descent are told to give up their lands and culture to foreign people because of empty words such as “values,” “Democracy,” and “freedom.”

Muslims are outright saying that they are going to out-breed and replace Europeans in Europe.

1. Imam tells Muslim migrants to ‘breed children’ with Europeans to ‘conquer their countries’

2. Muslim openly threatening that they are taking over

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3. Joe Biden says ‘Whites will be a minority in the U.S. and that’s a good thing’

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4. German politician says ‘Germans will be minority in Germany, and that’s a good thing’

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5. Erodogan says if we don’t allow ourselves to be colonized by Turkish Muslims; no White European will be safe.

From Reuters:

” ‘If Europe continues this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets. Europe will be damaged by this. We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights and democracy,’ he said.”

There are hundreds of articles and videos I could post to show that our rulers want to replace and ethnically cleanse European nations of Europeans.

Time To Get Serious; Play Time Is Over

This isn’t about the Constitution.

This isn’t about freedom.

This isn’t about Democracy, “Western (false) values,” or any of that bullshit.

This is about survival. Survival of you, your family, and your people (your extended family).

Stop making excuses. We have one shot at this. We only have a few years to solve this issue that hangs over the West.

Either we rally together and survive as a people or we will be ethnically and demographically destroyed as the Greeks were ethnically and demographically destroyed in Turkey.

We only need to assert our right to survive.

The future is ours.

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