Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

For the 7th time this year, MAGA extremists killed the GOP’s own bill by voting no on the “rule” to advance it. This time it was a renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—all because Trump wrongly claimed it was used against his campaign. The GOP is pure dysfunction.

Glenn Kirschner:
Weisselberg sentenced for perjury; DA Bragg has neutralized him as possible witness at Trump trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ehNmkbX3I

#News #Politics #Trump #Democracy #Democrats

"TV presenter Rachel Riley, who is #Jewish, noted on social media that national flags were not suggested for other capitals.

#Apple has told the BBC that the change - which followed a recent software update - was not intentional.

The issue will be remedied in a future software update, Apple says, but it is not known how rapidly this will happen.
...
'Showing double standards with respect to #Israel is a form of #antisemitism'" said Ms. Riley.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68778830 v @BBCWorld

@crooksandliars Tuberville is a freakin traitor. #traitor

Via Ryan Reilly:

Numerous #Jan 6 defendants have confessed they now feel like idiots for being gullible enough to fall for ham-fisted lies about the 2020 election.

The House Speaker and Republican presidential nominee, meanwhile, are planning a press conference about "election integrity." #Trump #SpeakerJohnson

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