Beto O’Rourke Interrupts Texas Governor’s Press Conference After Uvalde Shooting: ‘You Are Doing Nothing’

Green Day have debuted a new banner displayed in the background of their live shows which simply reads: “Fuck Ted Cruz”.The on-screen message first circulated online in early June after the Berlin concert of the band’s broader European Hella Mega Tour.Following the performance, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong reposted a fan photo of the Cruz reference captioned with a love heart emoji.apparently green day had “fuck ted cruz” on the screen at their concert last night. green day will always be real ones.

House passed some of the most aggressive measures in years. For host Whoopi Goldberg, “it’s like we woke up” after Uvalde.On Wednesday, the House passed measures that would raise the legal age for buying semiautomatic rifles to 21 and ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Weeks after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, one would assume lawmakers in the US would be working on gun control legislation and keeping children safe. Instead, one Republican Texas State Representative Bryan Slaton has found a new target – drag queens.Slaton, who describes himself as a “Christian Conservative”, announced on social media that he would be introducing a bill to ban drag queens around minors. “The events of this past weekend were horrifying and show a disturbing trend,” Slaton said in a press statement.

Matthew McConaughey visited the White House on Tuesday, where he spoke about the school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead last month, in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. Fighting back tears, the actor spoke with both passion and emotion as he told the stories of those lost and pleaded with lawmakers to enact meaningful gun legislation reform.«You could feel the shock in the town.

Matthew McConaughey is calling for gun responsibility in a newly penned op-ed.In a piece published by, the Oscar-winning actor — born in Uvalde, Texas — addresses the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting that took place on May 24 and what should be done in its wake. «I believe that responsible, law-abiding Americans have a Second Amendment right, enshrined by our founders, to bear arms,» he writes in his op-ed. «I also believe we have a cultural obligation to take steps toward slowing down the senseless killing of our children. The debate about gun control has delivered nothing but status quo.

Uvalde massacre at Robb Elementary School where 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed has been condemned in a scathing front page op-ed in Sunday’s San Antonio Express-News.“In a position to meaningfully change our broken political discourse around gun safety, as mass shootings ravage our nation, Abbott has, time and again, opted to not only maintain but enhance a failed status quo,” the Express-News editorial board wrote in its Sunday column, titled “A Powerful Man Does Nothing.” Abbott has remained firm in his opposition to gun safety legislation in the wake of the massacre, only pledging in a press conference that there “will be laws in multiple different subject areas,” while declaring in a pre-recorded message played at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention that gun control laws in other states “have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people in peaceful communities.” We again dedicate our entire Sunday opinion section to Uvalde, starting with our full-page editorial about Greg Abbott's response. A powerful man does nothing.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah did a split segment Thursday night about how some Republican lawmakers are deflecting blame for mass shootings by blaming doors — not the Jim Morrison kind but, y’know, the ones that swing on hinges — and what foreigners think about the unique Americana of spraying strangers with assault rifles.

Jimmy Kimmel isn’t done talking about last week’s horrific shooting in small-town Texas yet — not when former President Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz and “their fellow sewer-dwellers are working overtime this week to shift the blame.”

by almost impossible to believe cowardice by police who stood by and did nothing while it happened.But Kimmel’s focus wasn’t on that, but on the NRA’s annual convention, held last week in Houston, and the Republican politicians who attended it. And as far as Kimmel is concerned, the myriad proposed solutions to the epidemic of gun violence made by these “sewer dwellers” is just an attempt to “shift the blame from what is obviously an over-abundance of dangerous semi-automatic weapons.”“In Texas this weekend, the NRA held their annual meeting of the mindless… three days after the shooting that claimed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, less than 300 miles away.” Kimmel said.“Despite the shameful timing of this event, and the event itself thousands of NRA members showed up to support their sticker, including this lovely couple who do not believe, we have a gun problem,” Kimmel continued, playing a clip of a right wing couple asserting that the incredible number of mass shooting deaths is caused by “demon possession.”“Right.

Carson Burton Actor Jon Voight, a vocal supporter of former president Donald J. Trump and the Republican party, has released a statement calling for stricter gun control laws in the United States.“There should be proper qualifications for gun ownership,” Voight said in a video released through his official Facebook page. “Proper testing.

spoke at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, roughly a four-hour drive from where a mass shooter killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde three days earlier. “Why does this keep happening?” a visibly shaken restaurant-goer said.

was already ‘crystal clear.’”Colbert then broke out an image onscreen, designed to look like one of those motivational posters often on the wall of offices.“Well, he was just following the old adage, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, byeeee!” Colbert quipped.As he continued, the CBS “Late Show” host also addressed comments that made headlines Thursday from Georgia Republican Senate candidate Hershel Walker, who said on Fox News, “What about getting a department that can look at young men that’s looking at women, that’s looking at their social media?” as a solution to gun violence.So Colbert broke out another onscreen graphic, this time a faux logo for the department the former football star suggested be created.“Yeah, what about doing that? It’s high time to create the ‘Federal Bureau of Looking at Young Men Who Are Looking at Young Women Who Are Looking at Social Media,” Colbert joked.As the late night host continued, he also completely dismantled Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s recent comments that locked doors, or single entry and exit points would stop mass shootings.“So he just wants sensible door control,” Colbert said.

door control? Are you insane?” Meyers marveled. “Why not stop at one? Why not just outlaw doors altogether? Then no one would need keys to get in your house.

Don McLean announced on Wednesday (May 25) that he was pulling out of his appearance, and he has now been followed by a host of other musicians including singers Lee Greenwood and Larry Gatlin, Danielle Peck and Larry Stewart of the country band Restless Heart.“I cannot, in good conscience, perform at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend,” Gatlin, of the Gatlin Brothers, said in a statement.“While I agree with most of the positions held by the NRA, I have come to believe that, while background checks would not stop every madman with a gun, it is at the very least a step in the right direction toward trying to prevent the kind of tragedy we saw this week in Uvalde – in my beloved, weeping TEXAS.”He concluded: “I’m a 2nd Amendment guy, but the 2nd Amendment should not apply to everyone. It’s that simple.”A post shared by Larry Gatlin (@larrygatlin)Stewart said in a similar statement: “I want to honor the victims, families, the town and our friends in the great state of Texas the best I know how.”Peck added: “After much thought, as a both a mother and out of respect for all of the families in Uvalde, TX during the heartbreaking time, I have made the decision to not host or perform at the NRA Event in Houston this weekend.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFollowing Don McLean, Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart, right-wing country singer Lee Greenwood announced that he is pulling out of the concert scheduled to take place at the NRA rally in Houston over Memorial Day weekend. His departure effectively leaves the concert without a headliner.In a statement, Greenwood said: “As a father, I join the rest of America in being absolutely heartbroken by the horrific event that transpired this week in Texas.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA day after Don McLean pulled out of the NRA’s Memorial Day concert in Houston scheduled for this weekend, Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart of Restless Heart have pulled out as well.The concert is part of a larger rally organized by the National Rifle Association, featuring speeches from former President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Senator Ted Cruz; “over 14 acres of guns and gear and 800 exhibitors”; and with a concert featuring Lee Greenwood and others. The event is going forward even though it is taking place just three days after — and less than 300 miles from — Uvalde, Texas, where a school shooting Monday killed at least 19 children and two adults.

@NBA doesn’t like to talk about the billions they make from a China that enslaves Uyghur Muslims and harvests their organs But they have no problem politicizing a horrific tragedy in America,” Rubio wrote, kicking off a series of three tweets on the NBA and China.The @NBA doesn’t like to talk about the billions they make from a China that enslaves Uyghur Muslims and harvests their organsBut they have no problem politicizing a horrific tragedy in America pic.twitter.com/VUXpOBbw7jAfter “Morning Joe” co-hosts explained the story, Scarborough responded by suggesting Rubio’s comments were “just a distraction.”“It’s a, ‘Look over there. Look over there.

John Legend slammed Texas Senator Ted Cruz following Tuesday’s Robb Elementary School shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.

In light of Tuesday’s deadly mass shooting in Texas, “American Pie” singer Don McLean announced that he will no longer be performing at this year’s National Rifle Association (NRA) Convention in Houston. “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” the 76-year-old rock star said in a statement, Fox News reported.

Jimmy Kimmel got emotional as he delivered a powerful monologue on his show Wednesday following Tuesday’s shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.