Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Morning! Florida Republicans are in gaslighting mode, denying the book-banning. In reality, at least one county already is forming a volunteer police force to round up books they deem "woke." One book they hate? Michelle Obama's memoir. https://www.salon.com/2023/02/03/call-the-woke-busters-ron-desantis-sends-volunteer-army-to-snatch-books-from-students-hands/

#FloridaGOP #Florida #MAGAStan #GirlsSports
#WTAF?

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/high-schools/2023/02/03/florida-female-high-school-athletes-period-menstruation-history-form/

In America, we claim to care about our children and their future. But without standing behind our educators, our actions do not back up our words.

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China balloon: US going to take care of it, says Joe Biden https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64524105

#balloon #china #biden #chinaballoon

Rep. Jamaal Bowman Calls on Gov. Kathy Hochul to Stop Increasing Charter Schools https://dianeravitch.net/2023/02/04/rep-jamaal-bowman-calls-on-gov-kathy-hochul-to-stop-increasing-charter-schools/ via @dianeravitch #Education #Politics

Florida sets record in Obamacare enrollment as people clamor for health insurance - Big red Florida and Texas lead US in enrollments. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article271638107.html #Health

Florida teachers hide their books to avoid felonies from book banner Ron DeSantis.

“In Duval County, which comprises Jacksonville, PEN America found that 176 titles had already been banned, including at least one Berenstain Bears book; biographies of Henry Aaron, Harriet Tubman, Celia Cruz, Rosa Parks, and Malala …”

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/book-bans-florida-public-schools/tnamp/

Records show powerful, wealthy funders outside Idaho back school choice campaign - Documents the push to send public education dollars to religiously affiliated schools and undercut public schools. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/02/03/records-show-powerful-wealthy-funders-outside-idaho-back-school-choice-campaign/ via @idahocapitalsun #Education #Politics

CURMUDGUCATION: AZ: How Do You Make School Grading Systems Worse - Employ white supremacy in your useless school grading scheme. https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2023/02/az-how-do-you-make-school-grading.html?spref=tw #Education

After years of attacking teachers and public schools, the right wing has a payoff of sorts

The teacher shortage leaves a vacuum. Fascists want to fill that vacuum with the military industrial complex

States like Florida are looking to use unqualified veterans to teach children. Literally grooming kids to a life of military service.

Very few people saw starship troopers, so I’m going to leave that reference be

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-09-13/amid-a-u-s-teacher-shortage-florida-turns-to-military-veterans

For our 1st year anniversary, #VelshiBannedBookClub revisits the #1619Project, the work that started it all. “The books that have stuck with me most in my life are the ones that have unsettled me,” says @nhannahjones. #velshi #1619Hulu http://ow.ly/O7n350MJMfX

It’s been exactly one year since our first-ever meeting of the #VelshiBannedBookClub!

A year of literary analysis, conversations with authors, and a deeper understanding of the power of story. Books can change a life, or even save a life. 📚💥 #velshi
http://ow.ly/M3LH50MJMcJ

As I stated on MSNBC, The GOP targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar because she is all the things the GOP base hates rolled into one: She's Black, Muslim, an immigrant and a strong woman. While it took 15 ballots for Kevin McCarthy to win the Speakership, it only took one ballot to get all the Republicans on board to target a Black, Muslim woman. Keep in mind that there are over 270 Republicans in the House and Senate. How many are Black woman? ZERO. And that is the way the GOP wants
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gop-targeted-rep-ilhan-omar-because?sd=pf

Please do NOT ever stop pushing for Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Jordan and others who were co-conspirators in Trump's attempted coup to be held criminally accountable for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. If we stop calling for accountability our Republic ends.

@scorpiosoul9 it really is and what pisses me off beyond belief is that churches don’t open their doors to the homeless. Some churches won’t even let them sleep outside near their church. What a bunch of phony pos assholes. They love to pretend to be good ppl but they are some of the worst ppl on earth

I can't get over this New York Times headline saying Ron DeSantis is "building his brand" by wrecking public education in Florida. It reminds me of NYT’s first mention of Hitler in 1922, which claimed his anti-Semitism wasn’t “genuine” or “violent” but was just “bait” to attract followers. From 1922 to 2023, NYT is still covering fascists from a marketing perspective rather than a moral perspective.