Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

👀 Via the Houston Chronicle:

DEVELOPING: AG #KenPaxton likely committed impeachable crimes, #Texas House investigators say

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/paxton-misconduct-texas-house-18116717.php

3/ And this gem from Mehdi Hasan:

Congratulations to #DeSantis's crack comms team, @BryanDGriffin, @ChristinaPushaw, and @JeremyRedfernFL, for organizing a totally effective and non-humiliating campaign launch for their boss with tech genius @elonmusk. Bravo!

Remember, their pitch is 'Trump but competent.' Lol.

We need work requirements for congress.

DeSantis suggests Black Floridians who were appointed for high-ranking positions under previous Governors were unqualified and there because of quotas

Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in stunning House committee hearing, which capped a whirlwind 24 hours at the Capitol during which Paxton unexpectedly called on Speaker Phelan to resign, alleging the Republican recently presided over the chamber while drunk. Hours later, the investigative committee revealed it was looking into Paxton, and Phelan dismissed the AG's request that he step down as a “last ditch effort to save face.”
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https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/ken-paxton-abuse-power-house-investigation-texas/

Oh man, that was almost worth signing in to Twitter for - the DeSantis campaign launch was a complete disaster, Spaces crashed like one Elon’s rockets and all you could hear was Musk muttering about it not working and I was laughing so fucking hard.

Another face plant worthy of a billionaire.

"In addition to being a once-in-a-generation talent that changed American music forever, Tina’s personal strength was remarkable," says President Biden in a statement on the death of #TinaTurner.

Trans people have a right to exist and participate in society. This shouldn't be controversial.

White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity

July 1, 2020 1:38 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
By

Tom Gjelten

When a young Southern Baptist pastor named Alan Cross arrived in Montgomery, Ala., in January 2000, he knew it was where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. had his first church and where Rosa Parks helped launched the famous bus boycott, but he didn't know some other details of the city's role in civil rights history.

The more he learned, the more troubled he became by one event in particular: the savage attack in May 1961 on a busload of Black and white Freedom Riders who had traveled defiantly together to Montgomery in a challenge to segregation. Over the next 15 years, Cross, who is white, would regularly take people to the old Greyhound depot in Montgomery to highlight what happened that spring day.

"They pull in right here, on the side," Cross said, standing in front of the...
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/883115867/white-supremacist-ideas-have-historical-roots-in-u-s-christianity

We interrupt the #DebtCeiling nonsense with a reminder that #SocialSecurity has been starved of funds for years: "With staffing at its lowest staffing level in more than 25 years, it now takes seven months to get an initial appointment with the SSA according to the CBPP. In addition, more than half of customer service calls go unanswered, and there are 4.2 million backlogged actions." via @TheProgressive https://progressive.org/op-eds/social-security-needs-our-help-now/

Arizona AG leads nat'l lawsuit vs. Tucson company over billions of robocalls https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052423_ag_robocalls/arizona-ag-leads-natl-lawsuit-vs-tucson-company-over-billions-robocalls/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the national do no call registry.
#Tucson #Arizona

@gwfoto but what about those drag queens?

Organized religion is a far bigger predator but oddly protected by @GOP
Why?

Biden calls for stricter gun laws a year after Texas school shooting https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/biden-gun-legislation-year-after-texas-school-shooting-00098652?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

GOP plans to unveil deficit-exploding tax cuts for the rich 2 weeks after debt limit deadline

https://www.rawstory.com/debt-ceiling-2660598222/

#NoCuts #TaxTheRch #NoCapitulation

#WWFDRD #14A #MintTheCoin #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #SaveSocialSecurity #SaveMedicare #SaveMedicaid #SaveSNAP #SecondBillOfRights #StopFascism #SaveDemocracy #VoteProgressive

@NathanBurgoine
This! For that matter, all kids need resources other than parents. That's why we have schools. (I know, I know, #Christofascists want to destroy public schools & rely on #homeschooling and/or Christian madrassas.) #SaveLibraries #SavePublicSchools #UnbanBooks

Hypocritical House Republican schmucks passed a resolution on Wednesday that overturns President Biden’s #StudentDebt relief plan that would give up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness to borrowers.

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4019425-house-passes-measure-overturning-bidens-student-debt-forgiveness-program/