Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

For years, a major goal of the extreme right has been to undermine Social Security and Medicare, the most popular programs in the federal government. The fight to protect them from this assault starts now.

This seems promising.
“Federal deputy Erika Hilton has officially submitted a request to the Foreign Ministry to initiate the extradition of Jair Bolsonaro from the United States.” 👀

Let’s see if Ron DeSantis comes up with a legal theory that governors can independently grant political asylum to foreign ex-dictators. (They can’t.)

In the meantime, Bolsonaro’s wife claims he has suddenly taken ill. 🙄
Give me a break. Put him on a plane with Bannon and Donald Trump tonight.

BREAKING: Dr. Dre drops legal bomb on Marjorie Taylor Greene with a blistering cease-and-desist letter to stop using his music or face copyright infringement suit.

"We're writing because we think an actual lawmaker should be making laws not breaking laws..."

Mic, dropped.

JUST NOW: The new House rules would:

-enable the #GOP to defund a criminal investigation into #Trump.

-defund Office of Congressional Ethics.

-enable a #Republican being investigated by FBI to investigate the investigators investigating him.

I'm voting NO on the rules package.

They only think "Freedom of Religion" applies to their religion, so not sure why anyone is surprised they think Democracy only applies to their vote.

I had some trouble with Maddow's suggestion that Democrats should elect more Baptist ministers. How about Democrats elect more secular humanists? Christianity is not necessary to motivate social justice work.

#humanism #politics #SocialJustice #media

https://www.atheistrev.com/2023/01/christian-faith-is-not-necessary-to.html

“Marjorie Taylor Greene has been locked out of her Twitter account and her new video has been removed after Dr. Dre took legal action against her for using his music without permission.”
No Lie With Brian Tyler Cohen

The attorney’s letter is great. My favorite line:

“One might expect that, as a member of Congress, you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our country.”

Rep. George Santos didn’t need another round of bad news, but a watchdog group has filed an FEC complaint against the Republican, alleging numerous violations.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/santos-faces-fec-complaint-alleged-campaign-finance-violations-rcna64907?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Don’t be fooled by propaganda regarding school choice. This effort by Republicans attempts to re-implement school segregation in an increasingly brown state.

https://livingbluetx.com/2023/01/gop-effort-school-segregation/

Judge Kaplan has ordered the unsealing of portions of Trump deposition in E Jean Carroll defamation case, though Trump has now moved for a delay to brief. Remember, in a civil case the 5th Am can be used against the defendant, so Trump may not have invoked it. Sh be interesting

Peter Greene: Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools - And they harm public schools which have better governance and performance. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/01/09/peter-greene-charter-schools-are-not-public-schools/ via @dianeravitch #Education

No, Public School Teachers are Not Turning Their Students into Communists - The lying about teachers is a revived Republican disease. https://gadflyonthewallblog.com/2023/01/08/no-public-school-teachers-are-not-turning-their-students-into-communists/ via @StevenSinger3 #Education #Politics