Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@samlitzinger

"In all 7 states where abortion has been on the ballot since #RoeVWade fell, voters have... supported protecting #abortion rights...

That has led some #Republicans... to target the ballot initiative process, a form of direct #democracy...

“Thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to put everything on the ballot because pure democracies are not the way to run a country,” said Rick Santorum"
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-democracy-threats-republicans-ballot-initiatives-ohio-3d6e2f0d0f5993ddd75522b662d2eb34

#GOP #Politics #USPol #USA #News

This is exactly the message we need right now:

"Too much hate has been given too much oxygen"

I find a lot of hope in knowing, this calm person is behind the wheel.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/18/joe-biden-gaza-hamas-putin/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAwMjgzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAxNjY1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDAyODM2MDAsImp0aSI6ImZmYzA1MTdmLWUyNjgtNDM3Mi05YjE1LTA5OWEzYjQwYjdlYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDIzLzExLzE4L2pvZS1iaWRlbi1nYXphLWhhbWFzLXB1dGluLyJ9.mOFUXh68oAfi8ipyt2e2znXrWbOasX59Nsavc9sjhaI

@Teri_Kanefield @berensn @Free_Press
Epilogue:

While applicability re: POTUS is a matter for the courts to decide, it is undeniably clear that Cruz, Lee, Jordan, Greene, Biggs, Gosar, etc. clearly provided “aid and comfort” to the insurrection and as such should be barred from holding public office.

From the "It Was Never About Zionism" Dept., in partnership with the "I Can't Possibly Be Antisemitic Some Of My Best Friends Are Jewish" Dept.: “A bomb squad is called to a Satmar Hassidic synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey after a grenade was found strapped to a utility pole nearby, according to local reports.”

#Antisemitism
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/bomb-squad-called-to-synagogue-in-lakewood-nj-after-grenade-found-nearby/ For those who may be unaware, Satmar is a Hassidic dynasty that has always been non-zionist.

#mazeldon

What is your least favorite thanks giving food for those who celebrate

A note from James Earl Carter on the passing today of his wife, Rosalynn.

"Just shake my head in disgust"

Texas Republicans reject science textbooks with too much information about climate change
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc/texas-science-textbooks-climate-change-rcna125841

@AlliFlowers Well said! You got Mastodon Award of the Day! 🏆

My uncle says the architects got rid of the front porches because they didn't look well. But my uncle says that was merely rationalizing it; the real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn't want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, talking; that was the wrong kind of social life. People talked too much. And they had time to think. So they ran off with the porches. And the gardens, too. - Ray Bradbury, “Fahrenheit 451”
#IReadBannedBooks

NEW: Jill Biden has paid tribute to Rosalynn Carter, remembering the former first lady who died today at age 96 "for her efforts on mental health and caregiving and women's rights" https://t.co/2NS9CbKpC0

"The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday released surveillance camera footage from Shifa Hospital showing Hamas terrorists bringing a Nepali and Thai citizen who were abducted from Israel on October 7 to the medical center in Gaza City, and accused the Palestinian terror organization of killing a kidnapped Israeli soldier there."
@palestine
@israel
#hamas
#hostage
#freepalestine
#gaza
#war
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-hostage-was-killed-in-shifa-clip-shows-hamas-take-2-more-hostages-there-on-oct-7/

@AlliFlowers @MisuseCase well, it definitely makes me answering surveys always put other or prefer not to answer. lol

The #cowards are taking more #hostages and using them as #humanShields again

#Iran-backed #Houthi rebels #hijacked an #Israeli-linked ship and took 25 crew members as hostages.

They warned that they would continue to do so until the end of #Israel's campaign against "#Hamas rulers"

Not #Palestinians, mind you, but "Hamas rulers," who Palestinians continue to let fight #inTheirName only for a #permanentStateOfWar.

How is talk of a full #ceaseFire even tenable?

https://apnews.com/article/israel-houthi-rebels-hijacked-ship-red-sea-dc9b6448690bcf5c70a0baf7c7c34b09

To no one's surprise, it turns out that #Hamas genuinely uses #Gaza hospitals as #HumanShields.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-intelligence-hamas-gazas-al-shifa-hospital-hold/story?id=104887035

@AlliFlowers In Kenya there are a few different native ethnic groups but Kenyans all lump Europeans and Americans into the same ethnic group *regardless of whether they are white or Black* and some Americans get very upset when I mention this, like it’s against the rules for Kenyans or anyone to do this.

At some point, do the ultra-wealthy ever stop and think, “OK, I have enough money. I’m going to stop trying to fuck up the world for everyone else.”