Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Covid-19 infection rates are increasing in England again.

But don't worry, folks, I'm sure that herd immunity that the covid minimisers promised us back in the summer of 2020 will kick in any day now.

#covid19 #CovidIsNotOver

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/10february2023

#GeorgeSantos has taken his fraud on the road: from Brazil to Amish Country to the US Capitol.

Yet Kevin #McCarthy wants him to have access to classified #China briefings.

For my ED friends who like following the AI/ChatGPT stuff (wars? arms race? explosion? Or some other non-military word) as it connects to education, The Sentient Syllabus Project is a useful public substack:

https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/reading-between-the-lines?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Teachers in 1930s Germany hid books to avoid being arrested.

Teachers in republican Florida are hiding books to avoid being arrested.

Any questions?

-- Jeff Tiedrich

Judge slams January 6 rioter for 'threatening' a Black cop with a Confederate flag and sentences him to 3 years in prison

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-rioter-with-confederate-flag-sentenced-to-36-months-in-prison-2023-2?amp

Republicans- so afraid of a successful non-white person what we can’t even read about baseball anymore.

Florida school district pulls children's book about Roberto Clemente off shelves:
https://triblive.com/sports/pirates/florida-school-district-pulls-childrens-book-about-roberto-clemente-off-shelve/

@AlliFlowers Yes, especially when you realize the the parent organization of "He Gets Us" “has donated more than $50 million to the Alliance Defending Freedom — a nonprofit that’s led big policy fights over abortion and non-discrimination laws at the Supreme Court and in states around the country.”
https://www.levernews.com/email/908cc945-c075-411c-9f6f-990effe1d1db/?ref=lever-daily-newsletter

Justin Baragona writes,

"Former Twitter officials revealed on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump not only received preferential treatment for years, but he also directly requested the site remove tweets that he didn’t like. At the same time, they also noted that President Joe Biden hadn’t contacted Twitter to take down any tweets or censor content."

#Trump #Twitter

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-twitter-officials-confirm-to-congress-that-trump-not-biden-tried-to-censor-tweets

Ward Sutton #newyorkercartoons
#USPolitics #Floriduh #DesantisBookBan

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"Woman brought gun into polling place because Black volunteers 'scared' her by handing out water"

https://www.rawstory.com/woman-says-she-brought-gun-to-into-polling-place-because-black-volunteers-intimidated-her-by-handing-out-water/?utm_source=push_notifications

7 abortion providers are ready to switch to misoprostol-only medication abortions if a judge bans the main abortion pill, mifepristone, nationwide. That ruling could happen as soon as this Friday.

Pretty much everything that Team "you're overreacting" insisted would never happen after Dobbs is, in fact, happening. It's almost as if they were not arguing in good faith this whole time.

https://jezebel.com/mifepristone-ban-misoprostol-only-abortions-in-the-us-1850083070

President Biden played the Republican House Caucus for the fools they are at Biden's State of the Union address last night and it worked brilliantly!

In front of the world, the GOP disrespected the United States of America and its traditions!
#Biden #USA

To be sure, the Republicans are on record stating they want to increase the age to collect Social Security AND want to change the funding parameters - both being a CUT to our seniors!

https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-chris-wallace-roasts-republicans-for-heckling-biden-at-sotu-they-literally-played-into-his-hands/

'Elect a clown - expect a circus': Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed on social media following bizarre SOTU antics, as critics brand her a 'dollar store Cruella de Vil'

Even Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was unable to control the stupidity that is the House Republican Caucus

Like a parent to his overstimulated two year old, Mccarthy's attempts to Sssssshhhh his caucus from behind President Biden fell on deaf ears.
#BREAKING #Biden #USA

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11727167/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-slammed-following-embarrassing-State-Union-antics.html

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Unsolvable problem in the US that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world, and that's anywhere, not Somalia, nor Syria, not even North Korea:
- School shootings

Dear New York Times,
Forcing women to give birth against their will is “big government.” Protecting an 88-year-old program like Social Security isn’t. Whether you agree with Biden on the fine points, it’s obvious that he’s trying to save rational, democratic government from the ongoing fascist assault. That’s why it’s so disheartening to see the Times adopt the cynical framing of the fascists, as this headline does.

Ohio: Public Schools Are Not Failing, Ohio’s Politicians Are | Diane Ravitch's blog https://dianeravitch.net/2023/02/08/ohio-public-schools-are-not-failing-ohios-politicians-are/

@prodygy I agree! Everytime I hear some commentator state that "most Democrats" don't want Joe to run in 2024, I go ballistic. Who are these Dems?

Sure, his age is not optimal but his EXPERIENCE is what we need right now. Last night made that clear as day. You are not born with that tool, age is the only way to get there.

Once the threat of Trump passes, there are an entire raft of possible Dem candidates I'd support. #Newsom2028

#SOTU #Biden #RidingWithBiden