Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Rep. Becca Balint Becomes the First Jewish Congressperson to Back a Ceasefire

Her call for a ceasefire comes one week after activists from the Vermont chapter of #Jewish Voice for Peace protested outside one of Balint’s campaign events and days after a meeting between Balint and rabbis from Rabbis for #ceasefire another pro-peace Jewish group.

#gaza #war

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/rep-becca-balint-becomes-the-first-jewish-congressperson-to-back-a-ceasefire/

The problem is this: We are currently in an information disruption.

The way people are getting their information is creating misinformation-rage cycles.

It seems to me that these cycles will not end until we work our way out of this disruption.

The last major information disruption was the printing press and it caused havoc.

The firehose of rage is the result of two things: how people get their information and the complexity of our legal system.

I've been writing about this.

@AlliFlowers Don’t worry. Things will get better soon. It’s very early yet.

Twitter/X has been showing ads run by Apple, IBM, Oracle & Xfinity next to pro-Nazi content.

IBM has since pulled all its advertising after being asked to comment.

Apple as always is ignoring all of the outcry as there’s nothing more important than its highest moral imperative; sell more iPhones no matter whatever it takes.

https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/musk-endorses-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-x-has-been-placing-ads-apple-bravo-ibm-oracle

By Thursday afternoon, 19 Democrats and nearly a dozen Republicans who previously voted "no" or "present" said in statements, posted to social media or told Axios they planned to vote to expel Rep. George Santos.
https://t.co/6vfPUTJfE0

Apparently you need to make sure you denounce genocide as an idea daily if you’re a Jew now. Didn’t know that.

I also didn’t denounce juvenile diabetes or oral cancer, so let me be clear that I don’t approve there, either, since every time I speak, I need to be clear I don’t endorse every other thing I didn’t mention today.

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She has valid arguments for #Palestinian freedom, but that gets drowned in the legal subterfuge she pulls.

The initial order warned: “In the following days, the #IDF will continue to operate significantly in #Gaza City and make extensive efforts to AVOID HARMING CIVILIANS. Evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and DISTANCE yourself from #Hamas #terrorists who are using you as #humanShields"

#RadhikaSainath mischaracterized this as "literal" #ethnicCleansing 🙄

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The Least Productive Congress Since Great Depression

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/least-productive-congress-since-great-depression_n_65553d38e4b0e4767012b6df

#CongressProductivity #GreatDepression #LeastProductive #LegislativeInefficiency #GovernmentStagnation #PolicyParalysis #Politics #News

Digital "Experts" GOP hired to find election fraud, say they weren't hired to find fraud, but to falsify evidence.

"Cybersecurity exec turns on Trump insiders who hired him to attack 2020 election results"

"XRVision was enlisted to analyze voting machine data obtained from a rural Pennsylvania county, according to the lawsuit. When the firm's employees refused to falsify evidence of fraud, the lawsuit claims, XRVision was defamed and stiffed out of $550,000."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-michael-flynn/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-my-viral-post-on-israel-hamas-propaganda-really-means

Rabbi Rosenberg: "The police have tools to deal with nonviolent civil disobedience, & last night they chose not to use them. And I want to know why..

"DC police are well trained in working with protests. This happens every day of the week here."

"[But] instead of following their protocol, of working with our police liaisons, & safely removing protesters engaging their right to protest. Instead, they pepper sprayed & kicked & pushed & pulled people's hair, while we lit candles & prayed & sang."

US Department of Justice says a state’s mobile app that is not accessible to #blind people violates the Americans with Disabilities Act. Moral of story? Don’t wait for ADA web regulations. Press release with link to Department’s letter is here:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-oklahoma-mobile-app-inaccessible-people-vision-disabilities

#accessibility #a11y #ADA

Even if you don't have kids, consider supporting the up-coming Percy Jackson series on Disney+ because:

1-The author of the books is wonderfully inclusive (the books are great for kids)

2-The young actress selected for a main role has been slammed with racism--because the character in the book was white. (I'm glad to say that the author has been loudly defending her)

I hope the series succeeds on its merits, but I particularly hope it succeeds as a huge middle finger to the racist detractors.

So—who would have guessed that RFK, Jr is just another grifter!

#NeverRFKJr #VoteBlueToSaveEverything #RFKisNoKennedy #RFKGrifter #RFKMoneyGrab #Spoilers

How R.F.K. Jr. Has Turned His Public Crusades Into a Private Windfall GIFT LINK 16-NOV-2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/us/rfk-jr-finances.html?unlocked_article_code=1._Ew.j8Qp.FJWDtx37A5-P&smid=url-share

Then I got to London and dude is also plastered on buses and all over the tube because he's also touring. AT EIGHTY. Don't know quite how to up the ante on 'impresses the hell out of me' but however you'd say that, yeah.