Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Scott Perry, aka, "the Republican Congressman," should worry more about his future in prison for sedition and leave the debt limit alone. #ScottPerry #TraitorPerry #PerryForPrison

Republican Congressman Scott Perry on why he will not back the debt limit deal https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/republican-congressman-scott-perry-on-why-he-will-not-back-the-debt-limit-deal

Democratic congressman mocks GOP colleague for saying he can't read a 99 page bill in 3 days https://www.rawstory.com/ted-lieu-2660724593/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Holy shit: Causal evidence that the Shingles vaccine prevents a significant fraction of Alzheimer's cases. So 1, vaccines are a god damned miracle get your ass vaccinated, and 2 the implication that Alzheimer's disease is a preventable byproduct of viral infection is tectonic.

https://www.metafilter.com/199451/Dont-miss-your-shingles-shots

15-year-old shot in the back and killed by former cop who didn’t want him dating his daughter https://deadstate.org/15-year-old-shot-in-the-back-and-killed-by-former-cop-who-didnt-want-him-dating-his-daughter/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Members of Sackler family, billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, receive full immunity from all civil legal claims—current & future— over co’s opioids biz

…protection that it has been demanding for yrs in exch for payment of up to $6 bil of fortune to help address ongoing opioid crisis.

That $, + company’s initial outlay of $500 mil, can now be dispensed to states & communities for treatment prevention prog’s”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/health/sacklers-purdue-liability-bankruptcy.html

11 year old Black child follows #police commands. The cops shoot him anyway. And you wonder why we have to keep saying #BlackLivesMatter? https://ssnews.page.link/3edxounPqqaSjWyD7

Family Of 11-Year-Old Boy Shot By Police Files $5 Million Lawsuit https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aderrien-murry-lawsuit-mississippi_n_647662bde4b045ce2485646f?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@DeanObeidallah Basically, Trump and Republicans passed a billionaire’s tax cut and now refuse to pay for it.

Apple TV app experiencing outages just before Ted Lasso finale https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/30/apple-tv-app-experiencing-outages-just-before-ted-lasso-finale/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

DeSantis hit with FEC complaint over 'brazen' violation of campaign finance law.

A campaign finance watchdog on Tuesday filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging that the 2024 Republican presidential candidate unlawfully transferred or directed more than $80 million from a state political action committee to a super PAC supporting his White House bid. https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-hit-with-fec-complaint-over-brazen-violation-of-campaign-finance-law/

Feds Say Deputies in Louisiana May Have Violated Law in Death of Autistic Teen
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Officers sat on the 16-year-old’s back for nine minutes before he died. They claim they needed to do so because he posed a threat.

https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-say-jefferson-parish-deputies-may-have-violated-law-eric-parsa-death?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Louisiana #Police #Autism #Autistic #CriminalJustice #Teens #DOJ

Biden accuser Tara Reade announces defection to Russia on Russian state TV https://www.rawstory.com/tara-reade-russia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Billionairism should be outlawed. It serves no useful purpose for society.

This is Kyiv today. We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. russia is a terrorist state. And will be dealt with accordingly. 📷 Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1663642830776958976

Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot

#ukraine

Illinois set to become first state to end book bans

Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign bill that would block state funding for public libraries and schools that ban books

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/30/illinois-book-bans-bill-libraries-schools

There is no military reason for russia to attack #Kyiv. The Ukrainians do not have missiles that can fly from Kyiv to russia, or even from Kyiv to Donbas. #russia is not even claiming it as territory like they do #Donbas. This is solely to torture civilians as they try to sleep. It is 5 am there as I write this. #ukraine