Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@atomic @Benevans @Computeforloot A gun could turn a theft where you hand over your phone to a criminal into a shootout that could leave one or both of you (or bystanders) dead. Feels like it raises the stakes, not decreases them. I think of the case a few years ago where a guy yelled at some kids for their loud music at a gas station. He felt safe doing so because he had a gun in his car. He thought one of them flashed a gun, so he pulled his & shot. No gun was found. The gun raised the stakes.

People having abortions won’t affect your life. Gay people getting married won’t affect your life. Trans people existing won’t affect your life. But people owning AR-15s sure as fuck will.

Welcome to post-Roe dystopia

https://jezebel.com/florida-woman-denied-abortion-miscarried-in-hair-salon-1850320023

Reinstated Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones says he'll continue to call for gun reform

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/us/tennessee-democrat-representatives-expelled-tuesday/index.html

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
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@monkeyninja

David Graeber got an economist to admit that he was not aware of single case where a company was fined more than the profit it turned breaking the law. He summarized this as the government saying: "Do all the crime you want, but if we catch you, you have to give us a cut."

'Don't buy it': Former Capitol cop warns jury against believing MAGA rioter's claims of remorse https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-rioter-sentence-2659835427/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If I ask you, "Did you hear about the latest #MassShooting?" and you must ask me, "Which one?", we've got a problem. 😞

Once again DA Bragg calls out the criminal traitor and clown @Jim_Jordan. Jordan's latest stunt is to waste taxpayers money going to NYC while cities in his own state have higher crime rates than NYC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnmtPBspSNo

"If mass murderers had a lobby, they would have nothing to ask for, because #Republicans have given them every law they could possibly want." --Lawrence O'Donnell just now.

We need to brand Moms for Liberty as a hate group and outlaw them already.

"The removal at Vero Beach High School was spurred by at least one challenge from a parent in the district affiliated with the conservative activist group Moms For Liberty"

#bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
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"Florida high school removes graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary"
https://www.timesofisrael.com/florida-high-school-removes-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-anne-franks-diary/

RIP Al Jaffee

Uvalde: AR-15
Buffalo: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Nashville: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Colorado Springs: AR-15
Poway synagogue: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15

Louisville: AR-15

Tennessee House speaker admits he's powerless to stop reinstatement of expelled Democrats https://www.rawstory.com/cameron-sexton-justin-pearson-justin-jones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

School choice? #Vouchers? In his newest article for the Texas Observer, Correspondent @drdrbrockman explains how the #Republicans' attack on public #schools is also an attack on the separation of church and state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/

#education #politics #news #religion #Christianity #USpol #TXedu #Texas #TXlege