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Yesterday, a jury in Michigan found 45-year-old Jennifer Crumbley guilty on four counts of involuntary manslaughter following her son’s school shooting rampage two years ago that left four people dead.

Among other shocking acts, Crumbley and her husband gifted the 15 year old the pistol he used to carry out the attack—and took him to a shooting range that weekend—despite repeated, ignored warning signs about the teen’s mental health. The teen even wrote in his journal “my parents won’t listen to me about help or a therapist.” Prosecutors say Crumbley paid more attention to her two horses and an extramarital affair than her son’s needs.

It’s the first time a parent of a mass shooter has been tried—and convicted—for their role in their child’s horrific actions. Legal scholars say the verdict could have far reaching consequences, with more parents being held accountable for their roles in totally preventable gun deaths.

But, but, but—one group that’s largely immune from consequences despite their role in America’s gun crisis remains: the gunmakers themselves. A 2005 law passed by Congress, the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” grants the gun industry broad immunity from legal repercussions—despite the fact that their products are literally designed to bring about death and destruction. (There are a few narrow exceptions to the law, however, which is how the parents of the Sandy Hook Massacre were able to get a $73 million settlement a few years ago.)

What’s next? Crumbley will be sentenced in April and faces 15 years in prison. Meanwhile, Smith & Weston, the country’s largest gun manufacturer, made $480 million last year. Their CEO remains at large. #BloodOnTheirHands

Facing outrage over rising menu prices (an $18 Big Mac combo is objectively ridiculous), the CEO of McDonalds is now scrambling to lower prices. Slam dunk, right? Well, after that announcement, McDonalds actually saw its stock price tumble. Apparently shareholders were not pleased.

As anti-capitalist activist Joshua P. Hill tweeted:

The big picture: Every night, 10% of the world’s population regularly goes to bed hungry—and that includes 42 million Americans, and 1 in 5 (!!!) American children. And, according to Oxfam, it would take just $37 billion dollars every year until 2030 to end both extreme and chronic hunger. In case you’re wondering, the 5 richest men in the world are worth a combined $900 billion.

A United Nations convoy delivering food to Northern Gaza was attacked by Israeli naval gunfire yesterday morning. In the month of January, only four convoys were able to reach Gaza City, where an estimated 130,00 people are stranded.

Meanwhile… Several news organizations including The Daily Beast and the UK’s Channel 4 have gotten ahold of the Israeli-produced dossier that alleged 12 people out of a staff thousands from the UN’s humanitarian agency in Palestine participated the heinous October 7th attacks. The Daily Beast says the 6-page report “includes little evidence to back up those claims.”

Yesterday we argued whether or not Joe Biden was a friend or foe to progressives and asked you to settle the argument. You voted…

One reader wrote: “He's for strengthening Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. He'll have my vote.”

While Ron wrote in: “I feel both are correct. But at the end of the day...No to Trump, for sure!”

Here are some stories the algorithms may have kept out of your feed this week.

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On LGBTQ+ rights…

A 71-year-old man in Philadelphia was released from prison Monday after serving 40 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. Harold Staten was found guilty for setting a fire in 1986 that killed a man. However, Staten’s conviction was based on flawed science and conflicting testimonies from a teenager after the fire. A judge ordered him released Monday. Meanwhile, 2 million other people are sitting in jail right now in the U.S. We have more people in prison than China.

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