Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

'We can't just go raising the Debt Ceiling!'

-the party that raised the Debt Ceiling
3x under Trump
7x under Bush
& 18x under Reagan.
#SOTU #sotu2023

Texas Department of Agriculture Imposes Anti-Trans 'Biological Gender' Dress Code

"After three years of screaming that wearing masks was government tyranny, Republicans are now making the government dictate what you can and cannot wear," said one critic.
#Texas #TransRights #WomensRights
https://www.commondreams.org/news/texas-department-of-agriculture-imposes-anti-trans-biological-gender-dress-code

During the first two days of testimony in the civil battery and defamation lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan repeatedly rebuked Trump’s lawyers.

https://news.yahoo.com/judge-rebukes-trumps-lawyers-early-and-often-in-sexual-assault-and-defamation-trial-004349710.html

Writer E. Jean Carroll claims Trump raped her in the mid-90s and later defamed her by calling the accusation a lie.

South Carolina and Nebraska, two conservative states that have been pushing to ban abortion, on Thursday both failed to pass new bills prohibiting the procedure, preserving wide access to abortion in those states and handing surprise victories to abortion rights advocates.

https://news.yahoo.com/abortion-bans-fail-south-carolina-115807139.html

https://news.yahoo.com/judge-rebukes-trumps-lawyers-early-and-often-in-sexual-assault-and-defamation-trial-004349710.html

It’s okay. We just fundamentally disagree with you!

#VoteBlueButNotRFK

RFK Jr. on running against Biden: 'I just disagree fundamentally with him’ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3976753-rfk-jr-on-running-against-biden-i-just-disagree-fundamentally-with-him/

#Nebraska #Democratic #lawmaker under #investigation because she has a #trans #child

“The point isn’t that I could gain financially if my kid has rights,” she said. “The point is the harassment.”

Even some #Republicans have come out in #opposition to the #Ethics #complaint

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Nebraska #Allies #RepublicanParty #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/04/nebraska-democratic-lawmaker-under-investigation-because-she-has-a-trans-child/

Too many people question why someone so young had access to sensitive information. There are lots of young people in intelligence and in IT who don't do what he did.

The fact that he is a white supremacist should have disqualified him from having access to sensitive documents. White supremacists have demonstrated both that they have poor judgment and that they have easily-exploited insecurities just by being white supremacists.

https://www.rawstory.com/pentagon-leaks-wanted-to-a-ton-of-people-because-it-would-be-culling-the-weak-minded/

@nedhamson Rep Zephyr's committees also canceled.

@nedhamson and despite all of this, Zooey Zephyr persists! It is beyond comprehension that Montana's legislative body is infected with the kind of hate and vitriol that is plaguing this nation, but that will not stop Zephyr from fighting for her district and the dignity of all #lgbt folks. I'm very proud of her and she should serve as an example for us all to follow!

Doctors in #Kansas are now required by law to lie to their patients. The idea of a reversible #abortion is patently absurd, and unsupported by medical science. But you know, Republicans know better than doctors, and all that woke science stuff.

#GOPfascists #RepublicansAreTheProblem #sciencefiction

https://amp.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274786341.html

Update. Leaked emails show that the #CollegeBoard lied about why it revised its #AP #AfricanAmerican studies course. Thanks to @holden for calling it out: "The corruption of the College Board is appalling. It simply cannot be trusted, and academia must stop relying on it to make important decisions about education."
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi4588

#academia
@academicchatter

@arstechnica Musk is fake; but really not deep.

Alex Wagner reports on the majority of the board of New College, hand-picked by Ron DeSantis to overhaul the college's administration, rejecting tenure for five professors and prompting the resignation of a non-DeSantis board member.

Watch: https://on.msnbc.com/3NgRoUT

#news #press