Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

People having abortions won’t affect your life. Gay people getting married won’t affect your life. Trans people existing won’t affect your life. But people owning AR-15s sure as fuck will.

Welcome to post-Roe dystopia

https://jezebel.com/florida-woman-denied-abortion-miscarried-in-hair-salon-1850320023

Reinstated Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones says he'll continue to call for gun reform

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/us/tennessee-democrat-representatives-expelled-tuesday/index.html

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 1800

@monkeyninja

David Graeber got an economist to admit that he was not aware of single case where a company was fined more than the profit it turned breaking the law. He summarized this as the government saying: "Do all the crime you want, but if we catch you, you have to give us a cut."

'Don't buy it': Former Capitol cop warns jury against believing MAGA rioter's claims of remorse https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-rioter-sentence-2659835427/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If I ask you, "Did you hear about the latest #MassShooting?" and you must ask me, "Which one?", we've got a problem. 😞

Once again DA Bragg calls out the criminal traitor and clown @Jim_Jordan. Jordan's latest stunt is to waste taxpayers money going to NYC while cities in his own state have higher crime rates than NYC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnmtPBspSNo

"If mass murderers had a lobby, they would have nothing to ask for, because #Republicans have given them every law they could possibly want." --Lawrence O'Donnell just now.

We need to brand Moms for Liberty as a hate group and outlaw them already.

"The removal at Vero Beach High School was spurred by at least one challenge from a parent in the district affiliated with the conservative activist group Moms For Liberty"

#bookbanning #MomsForLiberty
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"Florida high school removes graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary"
https://www.timesofisrael.com/florida-high-school-removes-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-anne-franks-diary/

RIP Al Jaffee

Uvalde: AR-15
Buffalo: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Nashville: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Colorado Springs: AR-15
Poway synagogue: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15

Louisville: AR-15

Tennessee House speaker admits he's powerless to stop reinstatement of expelled Democrats https://www.rawstory.com/cameron-sexton-justin-pearson-justin-jones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

School choice? #Vouchers? In his newest article for the Texas Observer, Correspondent @drdrbrockman explains how the #Republicans' attack on public #schools is also an attack on the separation of church and state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-choice-is-just-a-ploy-to-defund-public-ed/

#education #politics #news #religion #Christianity #USpol #TXedu #Texas #TXlege

Via Klasfeld:

#Trump and #EJeanCarroll must say in writing whether they intend to be present throughout the trial beginning later this month — and if so, on what date and times.

They have until April 20 to do so. #legal

China's military is rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan during three days of military drills.

Beijing - which views Taiwan as a breakaway province of China - called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government.

The exercises began hours after President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States.

The Taiwanese Defence Ministry said 71 Chinese military planes and nine ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.

The line is an unofficial dividing line between Chinese and Taiwanese territory

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65219219

@Pineywoozle @thepoliticalcat @aapis @BlueDot @WizardBear @LeRoyWesterling @nunya
@1finekitty
“The United States and our allies must impose severe sanctions on Vladimir Putin and his fellow oligarchs. At a time when thousands may die as a result of his war, Putin, one of the richest people in the world, should not be allowed to enjoy the billions he stole from the Russian people. The United States must also work closely with international partners to provide humanitarian...

"Numerous signs" Fani Willis is set to criminally indict Donald Trump and DOZEN of his allies https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/numerous-signs-fani-willis-is-set-to-criminally-indict-donald-trump-and-dozen-of-his-allies/49663