Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116874091395037120

My note to Sen Schiff. I left messages w/Sen Padilla & Congressperson Chu. Please spread the word & let the #fediverse know if you've contacted your reps.

Dear Senator Schiff,

Please do everything you can to find out if Mitch McConnell is alive, dead, capable of serving or not. This needs to be resolved before time runs out and a special election can't be held because of Kentucky rules. Do not let McConnell -- even in death or someplace in between -- continue his assault on #democracy.

OHIO: “Ohio universities' new centers to combat "liberal bias" aren't popular with students, so a Republican leader wants to require attendance…” 🤔

Watch authoritarianism work.

www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

MEN IN BLAZERS: “A lot of 🇺🇸 fans are self-justifying, saying it shouldn’t have been a red card, justice has been done… that’s not how ⚽️ works. It’s delusion… think about how many unjust decisions have gone down — is this where we are? Politicians can phone a friend?”

It’s amazing to me how the moment the bottom of their food bowls become exposed, the remaining kibbles — no matter how many there are — become seen as tainted, and the bowl is effectively empty. #CatsOfMastodon #RipleyAndJonesy

#Switzerland bolted 5,000 #solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys https://www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerland-5000-alpine-solar-muttsee-dam-winter-power/28487/ #Solarpunk

At least four Palestinians have been killed and 16 wounded in Israeli strikes in #Gaza since dawn. So much for the ceasefire. So much for Donald #Trump being a peacemaker. (Drop Site News)

Belgium Expresses Shock After FIFA Lifts U.S. Player’s Suspension
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/world/europe/balogun-red-card-fifa-belgium.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vlA.1ZU3.GVpFFtQ56FJv&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Nouvel Obs – #Trump, #Balogun et la #Fifa : on vous résume le #scandale qui frappe la #Coupe du #Monde

Éliminez l' Équipe des #USA pour tricherie !

#Trump #Carton #Rouge

Whoooooh !!! Boooooooh !!

#STOP THE #WORLD #CUP OF #SHAME
#DISQUALIFY THE #US #TEAM

#TRUMP #LOSER ! #CHEATER !

👎👎👎

https://www.nouvelobs.com/sport/20260706.OBS116441/trump-balogun-et-la-fifa-on-vous-resume-le-scandale-qui-frappe-la-coupe-du-monde.html

Trump Asks #FIFA to Review US Player’s Suspension. Now He Can Play

For the 1st time since 1962, FIFA's reversed a red card decision during the World Cup.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/trump-fifa-balogun-world-cup.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vVA._DGT.iThQWUo3mFqV&smid=nytcore-android-share

#FIFA Prez Gianni Infantino's been kissing up Trump, so ez call by The Grifter.

Saw the incident & the instant replay.

Not a soccer expert, but Balogun forcefully threw his whole body against Muharemović, which to a novice like me looked like a dangerous, risky move likely to cause injury. Is that allowed in #soccer?

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from #religious conviction.
—Blaise Pascal

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#atheism #faith #god

This 4th of July, I am angry and dismayed. I'm disgusted by our federal government generally and particularly by its absurd approach to commemorating 250 years of American history. I'm horrified by the Republican Fascist control of the federal government and numerous state governments.

But this just means that I am indeed observing the Fourth. It is precisely because I'm keenly aware and appreciative of the Declaration of Independence that I can't help the anger, dismay, disgust, and horror. 1/

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@AlliFlowers

Your community too? Fireworks at 6:30 pm in old growth area seems to be less than ideal

Having the DOJ be appointed by the president seems to be a flaw in our government structure. How do you hold any president accountable when he owns the prosecution?
This DOJ defied the law passed by Congress by not releasing all the files. A judge orders them to follow the law, and they say "nope."

This photograph today deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

A black girl sits in the middle of dozens of white supremacist patriot front members in Washington DC on the Fourth of July.

This is so representative of the country. We’re living in under Donald Trump right now. I want my country back.

REUTERS/Cheney Orr @orr_photo