#murder rates

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tore into Republican Governors over how their states have suffered under GOP leadership.

He started with a quick dismissal of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R).

“One of the worst crime and murder rates in America and one of the worst mental health records of any governor in America,” he told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “I’m not so convinced about the merits of his leadership.”

Newsom said the problem wasn’t limited to Texas.

“8 of the top 10 murder states are Republican states,” he said. “7 of the top 10 dependent states ― God forbid, dependent states ― are red states.”

He was just getting warmed up:

“The life expectancy in the South and they’re not expanding Medicaid and prenatal care and providing child care? It’s jaw-dropping. How they all continue to get reelected is beyond me. Infant mortality? You care about life, and you look at life expectancy? You care about life, and you have kids that are gunned down by weapons of war? Spare me. All in the name of freedom, as you’re banning books?”

"With all due respect, we should not be on the defensive as the Democratic Party," he concluded. "The Republican Party should be on their heels, not us."

#us politics #news #huffington post #2023 #gov. gavin newsom #California #msnbc #jen psaki #republicans #conservatives #Democrats #tweet #twitter #gov. greg abbott #texas #blue states pay for red states #violent crime rates #murder rates #mental health #life expectancy #infant mortality #gun control #gun violence #book bans #expand medicare

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #twitter #tweet #2023 #brian krassenstein #red states #blue states #blue states pay for red states #rep. marjorie taylor greene #vladimir putin #federal funding #federal taxes #gross domestic product #murder rates #domestic terrorism #russia #imperial russia #foreign adversaries

[porterdavis]

"The murder rates in Trump-voting states from 2020 have exceeded those in Biden-voting states every year since 2000."

Draw your own conclusions.

#red states #murder rates

[facts4u2know]

Debunking Violent Crime Myth

#murder rates

[serious2020]

#african/black experience #war on afrikans #racial profiling #violence #Murder #Murder rates #Murder rates falling

[wardingshout]

Zelda goes mushroom girl

#tloz #a link to the past #zelda #link #my art #I was happy with that first one but for some reason decided it still needed a companion piece so I spent way too long on that second one... #I don't think there was any time during the progress where I was happy with it but hfduhdfu at least I got to Attempt drawing moss hell yea #I also at some point sat in Pyu's art stream and said I enjoy drawing legs As I was being murdered by the infamously impossibe (imo) squat. #it's ok I had fun !! but I need to learn how to let doodles be doodles or I'll never finish stuff at this rate dfsuhfd #if everything in my tloz tag looks like it was drawn by different people uuuh 2023 was art crisis year ngl...... #I'm falling back into my old ways rn though #anyway I think about these two a lot I think they're both stone faced and awkward ppl in different ways but they try rly hard to be friends #like I like to think it starts out so incredibly awkward and a bit sad bc they keep stepping over each other's toes accidentally the harder #they try but idk they find comfy middle ground idk in my brain they have a very interesting friendship I wanna get around to drawing it #in a proper way that might make sense.... #if I don't write 200 tags I will die maybe it's bc I grew up on dA or smth #and yes I know how to find 1 (one) type of mushroom /I/ am not mushroom girl unfortunately smh

[winchester101]

I want to see Luffy kill a man for insulting Sanji’s cooking

#WEJ: breaking news strawhat Luffy kills a man after he called the strawhat cook ‘second rate’ #sanji watching Luffy strangle a man with his bare hands: 👁️O👁️ #Luffy: anyone who talks shit about Sanji gets killed #also he at the very least had this sentiment a few times in wci #like he kept yelling at people to not talk bad about sanji #I’m pretty sure he was going to beat the shit out of pudding had she not called for sanji and decided to help them #pudding rolled up on that carpet and Luffy was like: TRYING TO FIGHT!!! before she explained herself #like he was plotting murder when pudding told them her plan to kill sanji #Luffy #sanji #Lusan #sanlu #little garden #one piece #jambles

[genderdotcom]

One Unholy Assassin has to kill someone every tenday per Bhaal’s tenets. So 125 is the bare MINIMUM before you factor in however many other Unholy Assassins in the city. THEN REGULAR CRIME

LMAOOO I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF THAT. that brings us to:

#bg3 #hello world #did some cursory googling abt renaissance europe murder rates. 70 might be a bit high still

[liberalsarecool]

Murders spiked up massively under Trump.

Murders are falling at record pace under Biden.

#murder #crime rate #trump #biden

[thymeofarrival]

Gem’s bloodlust is genuinely scary and unsettling and I adore it and her so much

… I hit tag limit on this and I’m not even close to done spilling my thoughts in the tags so I’m going to post so I can copy my tags into real text and keep writing them

#I can’t imagine facing her as one of the uninfected when she’s got my heart rate up just watching from her perspective #she’s a hunter #I’ve written something before about how she talks about murder in the same excited tone as cute decorations #and people sometimes underestimate her because of it despite her reputation as a good fighter #but she’s not a fighter she’s a predator #she’s a hunter and even watching from her perspective sometimes it feels like she’s hunting me #she’s hunting All #and it’s exciting and fun for her #and she needs her pack to some extent but when it gets too big she needs to split off again #idk what’s going on in these tags it’s just. hnnghhh. Red Gem #or even before she went red #just bloodthirsty predator gem reveling in the thrill of the hunt #it’s not nearly as much fun on your own but once you’ve killed a couple people to your side and have the numbers to terrify people #you can do that. you can circle around your prey and corner them and terrify them before you kill them #and it feels like power and it feels like a game and it feels like fun #because it’s not life or death it’s success or failure #but maybe everything is a game to a creature like gem who hops between worlds at will #what if she could leave secret life at any time #like she could hop between empires and hermitcraft at any time #if she can leave then she really is just there to have a chance to enjoy the hunt in a setting where it’s expected #encouraged even #death games as a way to satisfy her bloodlust so it doesn’t spill over someplace where it might Actually Hurt #death games to take the edge off #death games to get a chance to reveal the fangs behind her grin and the sharp points of her antlers #we call her a deer because that’s the closest thing our minds can connect to her appearance #but she’s always been a little too Other for that #oh and now the Void has taken root in her too #it’s claimed her eye and arm #maybe it helped guide her aim #or maybe she’s always been a creature of the space between worlds (what with the way she hops between them)

[a2zillustration]

I did this fight in exactly the wrong way but Mama K saved the day by being absolutely terrifying apparently

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#I tend to clear out the room before fighting the Big Bad #so imagine my surprise and horror when I saw that by doing that I gave Sarevok some MASSIVE buffs #the ONLY reason I didn't have to reload the fight was bc Karlach had Intimidating Presence and kept being successful with a 50% hit rate #ty mama k #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #act III spoilers #murder tribunal #croissant adventures #karlach #sarevok #omg croissant's not even in this one wow #comics

[loafbud]

I WAS POSSESSED TO DRAW THIS FROM THE DREAM I HAD THIS MORNING 💀💀💀

#twisted wonderland #twst #splatoon 3 #neo agent 3 #splatoon #little buddy #splatoon lil buddy #lilia vanrouge #crossover #fanart #in this moment from the dream Lilia was talking to Mr Grizz #Mr Grizz was like... superpowered like totk ganondorf #im... im already emotionally attached to this concept #might lowkey make... write a crossover fanfic or smthn IDK IDK #neo agent 3 was the main protag btw #i know i say its a movie yet i have tv show ratings in the corner #the LV (language & violence) is coz the 1 they cursed in the dream and 2 grizz murdered lilia #also lilia wore a red cape in the dream with his right general armor

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #twitter #tweet #gop #conservatives #republicans #conservatives be like #republicans be like #rep. jim jordan #crime rates #murder rates #violent crime rates #ohio #Columbus #new york city #new york #mark d. levine #house judiciary committee #house judiciary gop #2023

[evilhasnever]

First comfort character and newest comfort character meme… yeah

#wear heels and kill your boss gang #shiome art #starscream #Jin guangyao #Goodnyte wisely said that having downloaded all human languages starscream would be both fluent in mandarin #and aware that Yao Yao is a cutesy nickname #for his small co-conspirator with a 100%% murder rate

[microsuedemouse]

I love when a character in Midsomer Murders says “I just can’t believe a murder’s happened here.” You can’t? You can’t believe a murder could happen? Here? In Midsomer County? Really?

#I find it pretty believable personally. #you have a. very high murder rate. in your neck of the woods. #midsomer murders

[bonefall]

When Thunder stays with Clear Sky for a while, does Clear ever insist on referring to him as Thunder Sky?

Towards the end yes, as the final detail to Thunder Storm that Clear Sky doesn't love him. He wants to ERASE him.

If Clear Sky recognizes he's made a mistake in casting Bright Storm away with their child, he's incapable of seeing it was wrong because it was cruel. He wants what he realizes he threw away, because he now sees it has value. He wants to own his oldest son the way he wants to own the entire forest-- as a reflection of his greatness.

Anything that makes Clear Sky uncomfortable about Thunder Storm has to be sanded down. The assertiveness was the first thing, he feels insecure when he's challenged, the child must learn to follow before he may learn to lead.

The second is that leg, presenting a prosthetic as a gift (that he isnt allowed to refuse), because he can't have been wrong about the choice that killed his younger brother-- here is a SOLUTION that simply didn't exist before! Behold how resourceful and wealthy his cats are, compared to your old group. We've fixed you.

(This prosthetic is a clunky piece of shit that is annoying to strap on every day, gets in the way and makes a ton of noise, and itches like hell, but the change in Clear's demeanor is immediate if Thunder doesn't wear it.)

But somehow, Thunder Storm was willing to take all of that. In hindsight, it bothers him that the tipping point wasn't the other two things.

Bright Storm gave her son her own last name. When Clear Sky sent them away and the Mountain Cats permanently split, it was pointed. "My only survivor is named for myself." SHE would raise him, alone.

Bright Storm herself slowly seemed to lose sight of the meaning, encouraging him to understand his father's good aspects, but in the meanwhile it took on a new meaning to Thunder. His mother raised him. He found a father in Shaded Flower. He grew up next to Lightning Cry and Acorn Swoop. Thunder Storm means this. It's the person he made himself, and the love they've all put into him.

Thunder SKY is just another monument to Clear Sky, stripping away the life he lived without him. And WHY? For ego? For comfort?

"What am I letting him DO to me?!"

It wasn't the final STRAW, but it was the tipping point. Once Thunder Storm had this realization, the minute he was not going to budge on something, that confrontation was inevitable. The blowout fight was making reservations.

Sunlit Frost is still the breaking point, the injury from his burn going sour, but I'm going to emphasize the way that Clear Sky only called that meeting in the first place as an abuse game. Thunder Storm knew it was coming-- but it still sickens him that it was something THIS monstrous.

#And then he had to rescue bumble just a day or two later #That event is shuffled. In canon it's often forgotten that Bumble's murder and the fantastic lie come before the Frost scene #In fact he's like visibly agitated because Turts didn't buy his shitty lie and gray didn't obey an egotistical order #Gray is completely capable of being wise when he realizes the patrol is going to kill him if he doesn't shut up #Guywho was TOTALLY going to get help because uhh it was a fox actually and i didnt beat some woman to death: #''Anyway spongeboy me son kill this man'' #Bb!dotc #Better bones au #Tw ableism #Cw ableism #Ableism #Also if anyone went thru something similar with the prosthetics feel free to share annoying quirks #Due to the nature of them being four legged it's kind of backwards that it's a leg prosthetic that he's dissatisfied with #From what I read leg prosthetics are usually better built and have a higher satisfaction rate #But in a cat it would be very different because being a tripod is not as big of a deal #Especially the back leg #It really would do nothing but get in the way