Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

So the Republican frontrunner for the presidency is hosting a lucrative golf tournament funded by Saudi Arabia this weekend? Seems like a good topic of conversation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-saudis-golf-republicans/

Venres!

Holly came from Miami FLA
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs and then
Ron DeSantis's goons threw her in jail for violating gender norms

Of course I want to apply for your store credit card.
Let’s go through the entire process now while the shoppers in line behind me fantasize about my demise.

Trump’s lawyers’ request to meet with DOJ is a request to meet with MERRICK GARLAND himself.

This may mean Special Counsel Jack Smith has ALREADY reached a charging decision — and now all that’s left is for Garland to make the final approval to seek an indictment of Trump.

@gwfoto, even for the catholic church itself in the past, human life began when the soul enters the body and this, according to the belief, was at the moment of its birth and the first breath that the newborn took.

@1finekitty Fuck this supreme court. They have lost all credibility.

"It is not my fault...!"
"Don't blame me....!"

Via Acyn:

Noticed one repeated line in #McCarthy’s press conference

And via Victor Shi:

I mean, seriously? Kevin had the audacity to say that it’s Democrats who have become so extreme when he literally wants to slash benefits for veterans, students, and working families? Give me a break. This man is revolting on every level.

#DebtCeiling #politics

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1661408523476144128/pu/vid/640x360/PfdlU7y1w2Us5Evi.mp4?tag=12

Democrat Challenges Republicans to Put Their Thoughts and Prayers Into Action on Guns https://www.politicususa.com/2023/05/24/democrat-challenges-republicans-to-put-their-thoughts-and-prayers-into-action-on-guns.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

‘Man beats up 86-year-old woman with dementia because he thought she was transgender’
‘She now asks people if they're going to kill her since the man beat her & threw her in a garbage bin. She'll spend the rest of her life in a nursing home.’
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/man-beats-up-86-year-old-woman-with-dementia-because-he-thought-she-was-transgender/

What makes people hate? This is devastating for every LGBTQAI in the world. 😤😭

"As I argue in Preparing for War, You don’t have to be a Klansman to cultivate a White Christian nationalist culture. You can be a sitting president who used his executive power to put 'In God We Trust' on our currency, relegating those who are polytheists and non-theists to a marginalized position."

#ChristianNationalism #secularism #democracy #history

https://religiondispatches.org/a-christian-nationalist-by-any-other-name-is-still-a-christian-nationalist/

#MattGaetz shows why negotiating with terrorists can get you nowhere. #DebtCeiling https://www.commondreams.org/news/matt-gaetz-debt-ceiling-hostage

THE LATEST THING IS BAD AND MUST BE STOPPED

When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme,” Ben-Ghiat said. “January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with. His campaign events have to be seen as that of an extremist radicalizing people and emotionally reeducating people to hate people.” @ruthbenghiat https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/

~“Loud cheers erupted in packed high school gym after Brandon School Division rejected call to remove books dealing with sexuality & gender identity from libraries.

Hundreds of people in Manitoba’s 2nd-largest city showed up for a marathon school division meeting, which ran into early morning.

Trustees voted 6-1 to reject proposal to create a committee of trustees & parents to review books...”

And PPC bigot Max Bernier showed up! Yikes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/brandon-school-division-books-libraries-1.6852651

#LGBTQ #Education

If you say "but both sides," and one side is demonstrably worse, you have added underserved credibility to and taken the side that is worse.