I'm just going to start with a comment from yesterday's blog.
I'm not going to lie - what Tri said was true. It's not because he works at a school, though.

It is a simple, sad, and scary truth that any of us could be shot at any time. Eventually, every one of us will be affected by gun violence, passively or directly. Kids who survived Parkland found themselves in the same situation in college. I was a witness to gun violence in my childhood home.

Schools, churches, nightclubs, concerts, offices, streets, parks, parades, road rage, parking lots. Elected officials and Judges. I can go on.

However, here is the thing: while we train kids with active shooter drills, this killer knew how to barricade doors. He barricaded them from the outside.

Listen to how this child responded when asked by a reporter what he witnessed.

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."

10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

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— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) August 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM

This ought to give us all pause. Slowly but surely, it is happening to all of us. Until people stop voting for Republicans, it won't end.

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Raine