Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

The Evolution of the GOP:

From Tricky Dick to

Follow the Fascist Dick

In my humble opinion, not enough has been made of Donald arguing that Joe Biden's DOJ can't prosecute him but Joe Biden could drone strike him.

"J'Accuse...!" was published #OTD in 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore by Émile Zola in response to the Dreyfus affair.

Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage.

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Who … who is the ultra butt fvck that had the idea to showcase this game on a streaming service!?!?!?!? This is criminal, absolute criminality!! The playoff game should always been on regular televised channels. What’s next, #SuperBowl on #peacock 😡

.. now I’m shut out. .. FVCK YOU very much.

They are taking the game away from the public and making it exclusive to certain groups. I predict hockey and baseball will be next. #disgrace

@nfl #nflplayoffs #nfl 🍿🏈

A new antisemitic dog whistle I'm seeing online is when someone doesn't want to use the word "Jews" but they want to refer to all Jews, they swap in "Israelite" as in "The Israelites ____" (where the blank is an accusation of blood libel, controlling the media, banking, or some other such nonsense).

Israelites are the tribe of Israel- ie Jews. it's the same as talking about the "Hebrews", but it *sounds* like they're talking about Israelis, with a little plausible deniability thrown in.

It is *not* a synonym for Israelis, and those that use this term know it.

#antisemitism #FediAntisemitism #HateSpeech

For our large home in Seattle, the electric bill for Nov/Dec is $14.97. Why so cheap? Solar panels! We even power a hot tub and charge our electric car. We are warm in winter and cool in summer with a heat pump. People need to STOP saying solar won't work in the cloudy Pacific Northwest. It's been great for us for 3 years. People also need to stop saying hydropower is renewable. It's horrible for salmon, and we are spending billions to modify dams.
#Solar #RoofTopSolar #Seattle #PNW #EV

@TonyStark I’d also like to add this: President Biden doesn't need to talk to Congress about military strikes against pirates and non-governmental actors. That permission was given more than 200 years ago when President Jefferson asked for money to develop a Navy. Anyone saying otherwise is a fool or a clown or a liar.

Biden had the power to strike the Houthis:
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/01/biden-had-the-power-to-strike-the-houthis/677124/

Hunter Biden walking out on Marjorie Taylor Green is everything

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So the Republican Party wants us to believe a woman can be the President of the United States but she can’t be the Commander in chief of her own body.

China views its claims to Taiwan a "reunification", a wording commonly taken up in Western media. Did you know that:
* Taiwan's aboriginal population was Austronesian well into the 17th century. Today's 98% Han majority came about only later through migration under the Qing, who annexed Taiwan in 1683.
* In the 20th century, Taiwan was governed from the mainland for only 4 years, 1945-49. 1895-1945 it was a colony forcefully ceded to imperial Japan; since 1949 it has maintained its independence.

⬆️ @TimMaddog

To #China's consternation, #William_Lai #ChingTe wins #Taiwan elections.

Voters backed #DPP’s view that Taiwan is a de facto sovereign nation, even if that means economic punishment or military intimidation by China.

#Xi has vowed that Taiwan's eventual “reunification” with the mainland is “a historical inevitability.”

China insisted the result “does not represent the mainstream view on the island…Taiwan is China’s Taiwan."

#DemocraticProgressiveParty

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/13/asia/taiwan-presidential-election-results-intl-hnk/index.html

@jocose Holy crap. You're on an LGBT server and posted, " I prob won't vote this round. don't worry, I don't live in a swing state lol." In an election where conservatives are removing books about LGBTQ people from shelves? Where women are being denied care because of right-wing abortion laws? Where trans people face lawful discrimination?

I don't care whether you're in a swing state or not. Vote! Show support! Be counted in every race at every level.

There is no "LOL" here!

Mastodon is what happens when people who mostly live inside their own heads get a Social Media.