SHERO on Sunday

Welcome to a lightning-fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for July 15th - 21st, 2024.

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Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with a minimal time commitment, and make sure you did not miss anything. There are also several links within each snippet to give you more detail from credible and free sources if you want to dive deeper on any issue.

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Gun Violence This Week

There were eight separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where nine people were killed and 27 were injured. Here at SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, July 14: 2024: Chicago, Illinois

2. Sunday, July 14: 2024: Indianapolis, Indiana

3. Monday, July 15, 2024: Orange, Texas

4. Monday, June 15, 2024: Minneapolis, Minnesota

5. Thursday, July 18, 2024: Los Angeles, California

6. Thursday, July 18, 2024: West Blocton, Alabama

7. Thursday, July 18, 2024: Washington, DC

8. Saturday, July 20, 2024: San Diego, California

• Donald Trump is now trying to claim that he knows nothing about the controversial Heritage Foundation conservative agenda that is meant to go into place on “Day One” of another Trump presidency, entitled Project 2025. Be sure to read the following article about the Republican plan to enable Trump with more power to dismantle the federal government, and email and post it everywhere you can:

• The Trump Campaign has still not released a medical report, doctor's statement, record of treatment, or any official information on Trump’s condition since last Saturday's incident.

• In an attempt to offer a youthful contrast to himself, Donald Trump chose Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential running mate on Monday, taking a once-strident critic and elevating him as the leading heir to his political legacy.