#BREAKING: Autopsy of #CopCity protester #ManuelTeran shows he was shot 57 times & that #police justifying the shooting by saying he fired first, no longer have a leg to stand on since there was no gunpowder residue on the young man’s hands. #HandsUpDontShoot #news
State laws governing reproductive health are a factor in college selection by 75% of 12,000 students and student-age Americans surveyed. It's 62% among Republicans.
Alongside the abolition of tenure, this is bad news for Florida's higher education system.
https://time.com/6273561/abortion-ban-colleges-red-states/
Tennessee Lege Passes 'Fink On Your Professor' Bill To Help Stomp Out 'Divisive' Ideas https://www.wonkette.com/tennessee-lege-passes-fink-on-your-professor-bill-to-help-stomp-out-divisive-ideas
#Bill_lee #Cameron_sexton #Campus_meetings #College_fink_law #Colleges_and_universities #Critical_race_theory #Divisive_concepts #Divisive_concepts_laws #Fascism #Free_speech #Freedom_of_expression #Harold_love #Higher_education #John_ragan #Justin_jones #Justin_pearson #Racism #Tennessee #Tennessee_h
Hmm. There maybe legal issues here? What say you #lawfedi?
If #Twitter keeps blue check on LeBron James account even though he doesn't want anything to do with, it maybe suggesting LeBron is endorsing the product even though he isn't. This seems more than dicey. #uspol #TwitterMeltdown
GOP leader, who voted to expel TN Three, resigns; found guilty of sexually harassing interns
Rep. Scotty Campbell resigned about six hours after NewsChannel 5 confronted him about sexual harassment allegations
The rise in straight up Nazism in America is terrifying. Third person arrested for making online death threats against a sheriff in Florida who has been standing up to Nazis making public appearances there. https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/04/20/connecticut-man-threatened-to-kill-sheriff-mike-chitwood/70136208007/ #AntiSemitism
Did Republicans use the debt ceiling to hold the economy hostage when Trump was in office? No. Of course not. They raised it. Three separate times. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/disinformation-about-the-debt-ceiling
South Carolina Teacher Fired for Discussing Article on Gay Bears https://www.advocate.com/news/south-carolina-teacher-lgbtq-fired
However, a screening of "Cocaine Bear" would've been acceptable. Yet another reminder why I am glad I left public school teaching.
#PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #bears #LGBTQIA #schools #education
I’m the one guy who said Ron DeSantis would collapse long before 2024. Even I didn’t think he’d self destruct this cartoonishly. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/im-the-one-guy-who-said-ron-desantis-would-collapse-long-before-2024-even-i-didnt-think-hed-self-destruct-this-cartoonishly/49817
Republicans are deplorable: Tennessee House Speaker Sexton had his grandmother arrested for protesting a bill he favored: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/12tl4go/tennessee_house_speaker_cameron_sexton_goes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Ever wonder why you have Crohn's Disease? It could be because your ancestors survived the Bubonic Plague in the 14th Century.
Gene associated with Black Death survivors linked to autoimmune disorders.
New bill targets tenure, calls for scrutiny of research at UNC System campuses, community colleges | NC Newsline
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So starting in 2024, faculty at NC schools wouldn’t have protection from the kind of political interference that’s driving this bill? That will do wonders for recruiting. https://ncnewsline.com/2023/04/19/new-bill-targets-tenure-calls-for-scrutiny-of-research-at-unc-system-campuses-community-colleges/
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a San Antonio Democrat who has become a fierce champion of the families impacted by the Uvalde school shooting, is "very likely" to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2024.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/politics/article/tx-sen-roland-gutierrez-very-likely-17906748.php
The win yesterday (the bill to arm teachers was taken off the calendar), was a welcome respite from the Tennessee Republican lawmakers' antidemocratic & pro🔫 agenda, but it was short-lived, as they move to shield gun firms from liability: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/faith-leaders-hold-gun-reform-rally-at-tennessee-capitol/
Deadly measles outbreak hits children in Samoa after anti-vaccine fears. RFK Jr's anti-vax claims led to deaths in children.
If your response to a guy shooting a teen in his driveway is to explain how it "could have happened to anyone" you are in fact telling the world a whole lot about how fucking disgusting you really are. That would never happen to me; not only because I'm not a paranoid racist, but also because my response to "unknown car in my driveway" isn't "open fire."
It could not have happened to anyone, it's not the kid's fault, it's not a "random tragedy" either. It's murder. By a racist.
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