Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Bonsitu Kitaba, deputy #legal dir for the #ACLU of #Michigan, argued MI's ban on #Medicaid coverage for #abortion creates a "two-tiered system" between those who can afford #private #HealthInsurance for terminating a pregnancy & those who cannot. The deprivation, Kitaba said, infringes on the fundamental right to #ReproductiveFreedom & is #discriminatory since Medicaid covers #childbirth but not abortion.

#law #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich #HealthyIfYoureWealthy

In North Carolina, it is my "divine" right to carry a firearm to protect against the teeny-tiny chance that someone will try to physically attack me or try to take my stuff.

But it is a CRIME for me to wear a harmless mask to protect against the ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH chance that I will inhale a wildly contagious and physically harmful virus that is likely to result in as much or more financial and physical harm over the course of my life.

A hearty Fuck You to anyone supporting a mask ban.

Now a word from your 1970s detective, Frank Cannon

Trump pocket judge Loose Cannon: Come On Aileen is of course trying her best to help her boss, Trump. But Jack Smith has not lost ONCE to her. She is afraid of the third spanking, and keeps SLOWLY making rulings that are correct

Like this now
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112689568803276848

#ACLU files suit challenging #Michigan's ban on #Medicaid funding for #abortion

The ACLU of MI has filed a challenge to the state's ban on #MedicaidFundedAbortions, arguing the #law violates the #ConstitutionalRight to #ReproductiveFreedom that MI voters enshrined in the state constitution in Nov 2022.

#ReproductiveRights #healthcare #WomensHealth #WealthGap #HealthCareForTheRich
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/27/aclu-files-suit-challenging-michigans-ban-on-medicaid-funded-abortions/74232218007/

Before Mastodon lets out for summer make sure to sign everyone’s yearbooks.

Dan Crenshaw is showing his fascist credentials once again.

These people are not playing round but some voters are.

Why Are Some People Seemingly Immune to Covid-19? Scientists May Now Have an Answer https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-are-some-people-seemingly-immune-to-covid-19-scientists-may-now-have-an-answer-180984581/ #science

@DavidCorn Ridicule is a great weapon when wielded properly.
It won't take much to get under his skin. Just chuckle and shake his head dismissively a couple of times and it'll drive Trump crazy. Make too direct an attack and Trump will feed off it.

@cdarwin Any religious organization receiving tax money in any form should lose their tax-exempt status. Same for preaching politics.

@CardboardRobot @RickiTarr @AlliFlowers
But you can try to overthrow the government if you're a white male, and run for presidency.
Tell me again how the USA is not a racist and sexist country.

@CardboardRobot @RickiTarr @AlliFlowers Well, there is a GOP supporting non-citizen who voted in every election since he was 18. He is now 60. Assume he only voted in presidential election, that 10 times. If the voted in the mid-terms, that is 20 times. So, he needs to get 100 years.

This week, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s new book comes out,
and it contains a disturbing chapter about Donald Trump’s ignorance, explosive rage, and megalomania during the coronavirus pandemic.

We think this should be covered as a loud, clanging alarm bell about the dangers of a second Trump term.

So we talked to New York Timescolumnist Paul Krugman, who has written a series of recent columns on voter amnesia about Trump’s 2020 performance,
about the horrors unleashed on the country by his unfitness for the presidency
—and why recent events suggest he’s gotten much, much worse

https://newrepublic.com/article/182784/krugman-trumps-mental-state-visibly-getting-much-alarming

@AlliFlowers So, he really needs to be in prison then...

If I was on the hiring team and an interviewee sang Queen to this question, I'd say no need for more questions, you're hired!

#joke #comic

A victory for Donald Trump in November’s presidential election could lead to an additional 💥4bn tonnes of US emissions by 2030 💥compared with Joe Biden’s plans, Carbon Brief analysis reveals.

This extra 4bn tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) by 2030 would cause 💥global climate damages worth more than $900bn, 💥based on the latest US government valuations.

For context, 4GtCO2e is
👉equivalent to the combined annual emissions of the EU and Japan, 
👉or the combined annual total of the world’s 140 lowest-emitting countries.
Put another way, the extra 4GtCO2e from a second Trump term
👉would negate – twice over – all of the savings from deploying wind, solar and other clean technologies around the world over the past five years
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-trump-election-win-could-add-4bn-tonnes-to-us-emissions-by-2030/

The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process

https://apnews.com/article/irs-treasury-tax-audit-income-7c10474b3129c11d28a3e6a6cb245743