Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

L.A. woman, 88, had private security for protection. A guard shot her on New Year’s Eve

He mistook her for a burglar. Guns are always a bad idea, folks.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-02/private-security-guard-shoots-woman-in-her-encino-home

Keep ‘em coming!

“5 voters formally objected to #Trump’s newly-filed state nominating petitions Thurs, citing his role fomenting insurrection & now adding #Illinois to national debate about Trump’s legal status as pres candidate.

…objectors believe Trump is disqualified as candidate & want State Board of Elections to block him from appearing on Illinois’ March 19 primary & Nov. 5 general election ballots.” #14thAmendment
https://www.wbez.org/stories/trumps-candidacy-is-challenged-by-a-group-of-illinois-residents/6fd7f8c7-36cb-47bd-b278-f42333d3c0e5

I don’t know how it’s going for you, but my Fantasy Ivy League President team is in shambles.

A trans woman running for Ohio House was rejected for not 'deadnaming' herself

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/ohio-transgender-candidate-disqualified-for-only-including-legal-name-not-former-name-on-petitions

@Huntn00 @AlliFlowers Yes, I think this is key to the delight that a certain group of citizens always expresses when their "enemies" are targeted: they imagine they themselves won't ever be targeted in similar fashion. History inevitably proves them wrong.

@wdlindsy @AlliFlowers As a logical adult, you have to view anyone supporting Trump, and/or the GOP as the “screw the rules”, anti-Democracy, anti-Constitutional, enablers for the modern US fascism movement, even if they are too stupid or self serving, because all they can imagine is that they’ll come out ahead, an advantage over others they don’t like, or even the ability to shove their straight jacket religious views down everyone else’s throats. 🔥🔥

2/ Rep. Jamie Raskin: "By elevating his personal financial interests and the policy priorities of corrupt foreign powers over the American public interest, former President Trump violated both the clear commands of the Constitution and the careful precedent set and observed by every previous commander in chief."

As long as Republicans are in charge of much of the nation, gun reform won't be addressed. More innocents will die, their loved ones will suffer, & America loses. Another tragedy because of gun violence:

An active shooter at another one of America's schools today. Multiple victims have been reported at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa.

#ItsTheGuns #GunReform🔫

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-active-shooting-perry-high-school-rcna132235

#Trump took in ≥$7.8 million from foreign governments / entities while in office most of it from China, provably engaging in exactly the kind of conduct the #GOP is grasping to pin on President #Biden.

#law #legal #democracy #accountability #EmolumentsClause #WhiteHouseForSale #Democrats #Oversight #House #Republicans #impeachment
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Estonia just flipped Putin the bird. Same-sex couples are now allowed to marry there. #NAFO

"We have yet another promising line of research for curing T1 Diabetes, even in people with no functioning islet cells left. The plan is to get other cells to differentiate into islet cells, and then to protect them from the immune system. Isn’t living in the future great?" #Science #Diabetes https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/3/2214893/-Diabetes-Regenerating-Islet-Cells-Food-Research-at-Home

Smart.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

At last some good news:
Scientists hail new #antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

#Zosurabalpin has defeated strains of pneumonia and sepsis in mice, raising hopes for human trials
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/03/scientists-new-class-antibiotic-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"In the lab, #COVID is a Level 3 biohazard. In schools, it's no big deal. I don't think you can reconcile those two statements."
- Dr. Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist #Toronto

#BackToSchool #CleanTheAir
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-schools-air-quality-test-results-ventilation-carbon-dioxide-2022-covid-1.6807229