Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

https://www.rawstory.com/in-america-the-gun-lobby-s-nightmare-is-named-shannon-watts/

Odawa tribe in West Michigan continues fight for federal recognition

A state-recognized Anishinaabek tribe in West Michigan says it has been “poring over historic documentation” in the last several months to make a stronger case to the federal government for recognition.

The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians (GRB) has been striving for 30 years to become Michigan’s 13th federally recognized sovereign tribal nation

#Michigan #News #NativeAmericans #WestMichigan

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/05/08/odawa-tribe-in-west-michigan-continues-fight-for-federal-recognition/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-bryan-slaton-resigns_n_6459457be4b0c10612e66114

Donald Trump has decided not to testify in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case, but jurors in the case did see the unfortunate comments from his deposition.
That's not exactly good news for the Republican defendant.

https://on.msnbc.com/44DFH0W

#press

Illinois is about to become the first state to ban . . . book bans at public libraries and public school libraries.

https://bookriot.com/illinois-to-become-first-state-to-ban-book-bans/

#Books #Libraries

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rejects-testify-rape-trial_n_64586b5ae4b007e3d7d9ce4b

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) : “Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women.” And this guy’s a fucking physician.
#BillCassidy #Louisiana #GOPRacist MAY-2022 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates

Twelve years ago, then-President Barack Obama closed the door on using the 14th Amendment to resolve a Republican-imposed debt ceiling crisis.

This year, however, President Joe Biden is leaving that same door wide open.

https://on.msnbc.com/3M7e9tn

#press #news

I'm actually a polyatheist: there are many #Gods I don't believe in!

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 2136

New contract would raise average L.A. teacher salary to $106,000 and lower class size - Good news from the city of Angeles for Los Angeles teachers. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-18/l-a-teachers-win-21-wage-increase-in-new-lausd-contract #Labor

First Thing: Ted Cruz faces backlash after deadly Texas mall shooting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/08/first-thing-ted-cruz-faces-backlash-after-deadly-texas-mall-shooting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Dianne Feinstein was born in 1933

She is older than
• Hawaiian Punch
• The first can of beer
• Donald Duck
• The first blood bank
• The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
• Famous Amos cookies and the 5th Ave candy bar
• Commercial hydroponics
•The Internet

Her known net worth is over $95 million

Take a guess how she made it

And now she won’t give a timeline on when she’ll come back to do her job and appoint judges – after 3 months of absence

Whatever legacy she had? Is gone.

Resign.

#Arizona official targeted by #election deniers now struggles with PTSD

“Because of their actions and inactions, Gates said, his integrity had been questioned. He was labeled a traitor who should be shot or hung. One person wrote on social media that his daughters should be raped. He worried his own parents, avid #Fox viewers, might believe the lies about him.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/06/bill-gates-maricopa-county-arizona-ptsd/

I say going forward every mother father sister brother son daughter show have open casket funerals and EVERY POLITICIAN-EVERY ONE OF THEM. Should be made to attend the funeral in their district or lose their salaries. Because after all that’s what the NRA pays them salary.