Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Republicans in Congress are praising Joe Biden for helping bring about an end to U.S. government funding for the alleged torture of cats in Russian biomedical research facilities." Every word of that sentence is true. https://www.thebulwark.com/gop-lawmakers-biden-come-together-on-cats/

What the fuck is wrong with #Iowa?

2 teens accused of fatally beating their Spanish teacher over a bad grade plead guilty https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teens-accused-killing-teacher-bad-grade-plead-guilty-rcna80240

Tennessee House Speaker Faces Growing Calls to Resign | How it started, how’s it going: Cameron Sexton, who led the charge against the “Tennessee Three,” is suddenly in a spot of bother himself.

https://newrepublic.com/post/171980/cameron-sexton-growing-calls-resign

Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot harm, Justice Dept. says

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-capitol-police-congress-immunity-d18d0c6369837c725578cf6e13c18883

#trump

It’s time to get rid of tipping. In North America, service employers deliberately underpay servers and delivery people hoping we’ll make up the difference. But these employers often skim off these tips as well. Tips used to be about service, but now it’s just sanctioned wage theft. Employers should be forced to pay people what their labour is worth. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/uber-eats-door-dash-delivery-tips.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

It is the guns.
It is the GUNS.
IT IS THE GUNS.
IT IS THE GODDAMN GUNS.

A 20-year old woman is dead because some nut shot at her car when she mistakenly drove up the wrong driveway. What the absolute fuck is wrong with people?

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/washington-county-20-year-old-killed-saturday-17901499.php

#NRAFreedomCelebration

"What’s so deeply sad is the contrast between Feinstein’s current fragility and the pioneering female senator who used to take newly elected women to lunch and advise them on how to run a Senate office." https://www.thebulwark.com/dianne-feinsteins-health-and-the-judicial-confirmation-crunch/

Baby in the bathtub!

Mum Murera & nannies Kiasa & Enkesha are on hand to make sure that Mwana enjoys her mud bath. All that appears to be missing is a rubber duck - there was an Egyptian Goose nearby!

If you missed the arrival of our miracle Mwana, visit: http://sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/murera-baby-mwana

#bathtime #baby #babyelephant #family #animals #animalrescue #wildlife #nature #conservation #sheldricktrust

A #fireball has been seen widely over Bretagne, Drenthe, England, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Hauts-de-France, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Northern Ireland, Overijssel, Région Wallonne, Utrecht, Vlaams Gewest, Waals Gewest, Wallonia, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland on Monday, April 17th 2023 around 19:32 UTC: https://ams.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2023/2163 contains already 228 reports.

@georgetakei NY is greater without the former guy and will be even greater when it rids itself of this Santos parasite.

#RepGeorgeSantos continued legislative work on Monday. He introduced the Minaj Act, named after rapper Nicki Minaj, which would “establish a development period for new vaccines in order to generate public confidence.”

The bill seems to have been inspired by a 2021 tweet in which Minaj claimed her cousin’s friend got swollen testicles from a Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccines do not cause this, although sexually transmitted diseases can.

#ExpelSantos #SantosIsAChump

Rev. Barber announces that #MoralMonday protests will follow TN state legislators to their districts after the legislature adjourns this month, beginning with #Knoxville.

TN Rep. Justin Jones carries a child-sized coffin, surrounded by #MoralMonday protests against gun violence in the #Tennessee State Capitol.

#JustinJones #GunControl #TNleg #TennesseeThree

@AlliFlowers Moral Mondays have come to Tennessee!!! There ARE good Christians out there, but they don’t get the attention of Pharisees currently wearing the label.