Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Today I talked to someone who said, Trump would win in November.

I asked, "Do you agree, Biden won in 2020?"

— "Yes."

"Okay. What specifically has Trump done since 2020, which has improved his chances of winning?"

— "Well… not much."

"Right", I said. "Then look at what Biden has done for ordinary people: Cheaper medicine, more jobs, the economy back on track. Will that make Trump win?"

(Very long pause)
— "You may have a point."

It is all a feeling — two questions, and reality sets in.

@dogzilla @AlliFlowers Contemporary Christianity in America is based on the exact opposite of their messiah's teachings.

Punishing people for doing what's right is a shitty way to run society.

Case-in-point: Liz Cheney lost her job for standing against Trump & she's still losing opportunities.

"A famed news photographer who worked for former [President Ford]...has resigned from the late president's foundation saying its executive committee rejected ... Liz Cheney for an award three times because members fear retribution from former President Donald Trump if he is reelected this year."

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/10/david-hume-kennerly-liz-cheney-ford-foundation-trump/73273534007/

Keep your eyes on this story. Shadowy “online” Axos Bank and its biggest billionaire shareholder, Don Hankey, have together extended more than $500 million in financing for Trump’s benefit. They helped him out on loans and now a huge civil judgment. What will they get in return?

There is something seriously wrong with #Christofascists, like #MikeHuckabee. It's a rot that's based deep in their #Christian genes. It's a lack of #humanity and decency that they justify with performative piety. And it also reflects a sadistic, corrupt worldview in which education is for suckers, and those who got saddled with unpayable loans deserve their suffering.

#ChristianNationalism #religionOfHate #ChristianIdiocy #UnderHisEye

https://2paragraphs.com/2024/04/ex-governor-calls-americans-with-student-loans-pathetic/

Sen. Goober has humiliated himself every time he's opened his mouth, proving he doesn't have the slightest idea of what's going on. But, now we're supposed to believe he's a credible, authoritative voice on #Ukraine? GTFOHWTBS

#UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussianPropaganda #TommyTuberville #TubervilleIsADumbFuck #TubervilleSucks #Carpetbagger #TubervilleIsWhyTheSouthWillNeverWin #RepublicansAreTheProblem #GOPLies #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/2960229/tuberville-suggests-ukrainian-leaders-spending-money-us-gives-them-beach-houses-all-over-world/

@bouriquet @skykiss

Mike Johnson has claimed he doesn't have a bank account in his financial disclosures since 2014.

If this doesn't set off alarm bells, nothing will

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-financial-disclosures

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/07/mike-johnson-speaker-bank-account-mystery/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/does-new-speaker-of-the-house-mike-johnson-have-a-bank-account

https://newrepublic.com/post/176550/where-mike-johnson-money-bank-account

Tommy Tuberville cares more about what Russia thinks than what our own military leaders think because he’s a filthy rotten traitor.

Alabama secretary of state says Democratic convention too late to get Biden on ballot this fall

https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/alabama-secretary-of-state-says-democratic-convention-too-late-to-get-biden-on-ballot-this-fall.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=redditsocial

Ted Cruz’s Cringe Podcast Is About to Get Him in Serious Trouble - The Texas senator may have violated campaign finance law with his podcast.

https://newrepublic.com/post/180554/ted-cruz-cringe-podcast-serious-trouble

"Two #rightwing #political operatives must pay up to $1.25 million in fines after they were found liable for launching a robocall campaign designed to keep #Black New Yorkers from voting...

Jacob Wohl & Jack Burkman, who have a history of concocting #ConspiracyTheories to try to smear #Democrats, were found liable last March of orchestrating a robocall campaign that reached about 5,500 predominantly Black #NewYorkers"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/09/settlement-new-york-robocalls-black-voters/

#GOP #Republicans #Crime #Politics #USA #News

Man, that seems like that would be enough to spur a new lawsuit trying to take her off the ballot over #J6 using section 3 of the 14th.

The last case was in state court, which obviously the judges are mostly MAGA maniacs probably, but can't a national constitutional question get into federal court?
@Teri_Kanefield @emptywheel

RIP Peter Higgs, who laid foundation for the Higgs boson in the 1960s. Higgs shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics with François Englert. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/nobel-prize-winning-physicist-peter-higgs-of-higgs-boson-fame-dies-at-94/

Conservative co-sponsors abandon their own bill after gay politician’s powerful speech. Nebraska's anti-trans bill failed after the two state senators refused to vote for it.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/conservative-co-sponsors-abandon-their-own-bill-after-gay-politicians-powerful-speech/

@AlliFlowers
Yep, and look at this conspiracy theory that they're spreading as well. Look at the map of the gas fields on the left and then convince me that Israel is going to bother trying to drill wells and guard rigs in the Gaza territorial waters when they've got so much going on throughout their less disputed ones.

I'm in no way condoning methane extraction, but I think by tying together fossil fuels with Israel helps the political technologists rage farm from the left side of the aisle.

.@karilake thinks we aren't paying attention

Today, she said she OPPOSES the AZ Supreme Court's decision to reinstate an 1864 total abortion ban

In 2022, she said she supported that law and any other mechanism to prohibit abortion from the moment of conception

#Louisiana teacher asks school board why it can find money to give the superintendent of schools a raise, but none for teachers, whose salaries have long flatlined. She was removed, handcuffed, and placed in a police car. https://www.upworthy.com/teacher-pay-give-janitor-car-rp5

The global media consistently quotes Hamas' figures regarding the casualties in Gaza. As of this writing, the number they cite uncritically is 33,000 Palestinian deaths in Gaza, but these numbers are inflated and hide the fact that, in this war, the civilian casualty mortality rate is relatively low. It's imperative to understand these figures, as Hamas' sole way to survive is by increasing and inflating the civilian casualty figures, in order to pressure the international community to stop Israel's just war on the perpetrators of the October 7 massacre.
#Hamas #gaza
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sydqaxqlr