Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

The point is to divide the electorate and #highereducation is the tool: educational gerrymandering at West Virginia #University. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/20/opinion/west-virginia-university-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#CatsOfMastodon
#Cat41267

My favorite quote for today:

“People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

#Quotes
#Education

A 66-year-old mother of 9 was murdered by a deranged wingnut who was incensed that she had a pride flag outside her store. Her blood is on the hands of every right-winger who hasn't condemned their movement's relentless attacks on the #LGBTQ community.

https://abc7.com/lake-arrowhead-store-owner-killed-mag-pi-clothing-laura-ann-carleton/13673754/

#fascism #maga #gop

If you work with fascists, you're not a good person. Period.

He has a point, though.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/08/maga-upset-desantis-called-trump?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=78338

🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ Way to win over Trump voters, Skippy.

“Ron DeSantis calls Trump supporters ‘listless vessels’ in Republican broadside

Aides to Florida governor say he meant allies in Congress, not Hillary Clinton-esque ‘deplorables’ comment Trump backers claim”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/20/ron-desantis-trump-supporters-listless-vessels-republican-debate-hillary-clinton-deplorables

Via Andrew Weissmann:

A leak from #Meadows camp to make him seem more useful to #JackSmith as a cooperator WITHOUT having to plead guilty. But IMHO Smith (& Willis) won't bite, will insist on guilty plea if he is to be cooperating witness.

ABC: Meadows told special counsel investigators he could not recall #Trump ever declassifying MAL docs, nor was he aware of any "standing order" authorizing automatic declassif of materials taken out of Oval #TrumpIndictment #legal https://abcnews.go.com/US/meadows-told-special-counsel-recall-trump-declassifying-mar/story?id=102396159

OnlyBans: a website where librarians and drag queens read books that are illegal in Florida schools.

Suing because you were outed as belonging to a white nationalist group?

How about NOT belonging to a white nationalist group to begin with, assholes!
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He Infiltrated a Notorious White Nationalist Group. Now, He’s Being Sued for Exposing Them
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/white-nationalist-patriot-front-antifa-lawsuit-1234804251/

Retired Israeli general Amiram Levin and South African journalist Benjamin Pogrund are the latest to call out Israeli apartheid. Now the question becomes, what are they willing to do about it?

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/08/more-zionists-are-finally-acknowledging-israeli-apartheid-but-what-comes-next/?utm_content=buffera1af3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

#Palestine #Israel

@bethsawin New Zealand is slowly phasing out single use plastics and the changes so far have run really smoothly (no plastic bags at the supermarket, no straws, moving away from plastic single use forks/knives/spoons)

Angelo John Gage, a neo-Nazi who recently started using the name "Lucas Gage" and whose Twitter feed is a constant stream of antisemitism and racism, says he received his first payment through the platform's revenue sharing system.

It's was $165.52 — not much, obviously. But it's also not nothing.

Elon Musk has not only welcomed Nazis. He's now directly paying them too.

Synchronized napping. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

“AR Gov Sanders suggests course on Black history spreads ‘hate’ against U.S.”

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Some white people were enslavers. Other white people were abolitionists. If you think teaching that accurate history “spreads hate”—then you’ll have to first explain why you associate more with enslavers than with abolitionists?🤔
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/sarah-huckabee-sanders-ap-african-american-history-hate-comments-rcna100657

Conservative media personality and former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis is taking to GoFundMe to raise cash for her defense fees after she was indicted earlier this week in Georgia. Ellis shared a link on Tuesday via Twitter to her fundraising page, where she’s already raised more than $46,000
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #AureFreePress

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jenna-ellis-begs-for-cash-to-fund-defense-after-indictment-alongside-trump

Mark Meadows has filed a motion for dismissal of the Georgia charges. It will fail, but I am just galled by the hubris. Fuck this guy.

#FuckMarkMeadows #Georgia #GOPTraitor

The Monterey Bay Aquarium have announced their departure from Twitter with this.