Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Republicans voted to increase the debt limit three separate times under Trump with little drama.

Now, they refuse to raise it unless the government makes it more difficult for millions of low-income Americans to get food stamps.

You can’t make this stuff up.

It turns out cannabis gives worms the munchies

“Science’s favourite lab worm — Caenorhabditis elegans — gets the ‘munchies’ when it’s exposed to cannabis… The fact that worms share this ‘hedonic feeding’ response with mammals, including rats and humans, points to the deep evolutionary origin of cannabinoid receptors and behaviours influenced by the molecules.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01376-4

Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’
Stop#MAGARepublicans #BananaRepublicans #StopGOPLies #DemsForThePeople
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/04/21/trump-agenda-policies-2024/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjUzMjc0NTMwIiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4MjA0OTYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4MzM0NTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjgyMDQ5NjAwLCJqdGkiOiJlMDZjYzljMy00OTBhLTQ4MDktOGYxNS05ZWI0OWJjOGJhNzIiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vZWxlY3Rpb25zLzIwMjMvMDQvMjEvdHJ1bXAtYWdlbmRhLXBvbGljaWVzLTIwMjQvIn0.uz-EAMXebCWDnhQEAtG4IU4wAT8mm2zsE26j4kQrxjU

#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

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/atlanta-cop-city-protester-shot-57-times-new-autopsy-reveals_n_64414bdee4b0408f3e51c358

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

And, it's a good reason!

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 1917

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

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/revealed/revealed-gop-leader-who-voted-to-expel-tennessee-three-found-guilty-of-sexually-harassing-interns

#GOP #Corruption #SexPest

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.

#Crohns #AutoimmuneDiseases #Health #NEISvoid

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/19/gene-black-death-survivors-linked-autoimmune-diseases

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

#tedcruz #texas #politican #election2024