Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@1finekitty Picture this - direct auto sales are illegal in Florida, but direct gun sales are absolutely okay...🙄

@MollyNYC @maddad @DemocracyMattersALot
TX is one of those states where an education works against you politically. It takes a lot of ignorant people to pass a law like this, or even elect the cretins to begin with. One of the GOP's prime weapons since 1965 has been to destroy public education and substitute for-profit, Jesus-based private schools to churn out Xian thralls who will vote as they're told. As for Abbott, he seems for all the world like a sadistic, even homicidal madman.

The pro-life, pro-family party wants to make it clear that it only cares about the unborn of that family. https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

We've signed the anti-Meta pact ( https://fedipact.online/ ). This is why:

Traditional social media, and Meta in particular, has been highly problematic when it comes to Jews, including allowing antisemitic hate speech, harassment and more.

If a Meta instance were to federate with Babka Social, it would put our people at risk, not only from antisemitic harassment, but also from data collection and other threats to our vulnerable community.

Babka operates according to its values: https://blog.babka.social/values/ and Meta violates those values in more ways than one.

#Babka #Meta #fedipact

Trump and Republicans are taking pages right out of Hitler, Putin or name the despot playbook by deflecting and blaming others for what they themselves are doing.

'Flat-out lying': Legal analyst fact-checks Mike Pence claiming no BLM protesters were arrested https://www.alternet.org/analyst-fact-checks-pence-blm/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The cruelty is the point....

#Texas Gov Signs Bill Nullifying Local Laws That Mandate Water Breaks For Construction Workers: Cruelty/Point - Joe.My.God. https://www.joemygod.com/2023/06/texas-gov-signs-bill-nullifying-local-laws-that-mandate-water-breaks-for-construction-workers-cruelty-point/

90% chance of #cyclone formation in the Atlantic in the next 7 days. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=7

College Board, the nonprofit that administers high school Advanced Placement courses, has formally rejected Florida's demands to censor all mentions of sexual orientation and gender from AP Psychology classes.

They rightfully are calling it censorship. It's a welcome reversal from the Board's initial acceptance of Florida censorship laws in an African-American history class https://allaccess.collegeboard.org/our-commitment-ap-students-families-and-educators

“Because we’re all pretty aligned on what women are for, and it sure isn’t speaking for God.” - Southern Baptists

https://apple.news/As8-KKc-BTBWjOUNHVxKqeA

Excellent: Opinion: the SC is making religion an all purpose excuse for ignoring the law: The sincerity requirement needs an overall, Congress should amend the law to make the plaintiff’s burden more demanding, make the govt’s burden easier, or exempt certain regulations from being attacked through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Change is needed, or litigants will continue to use religion as a pretense to break the law: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-18/supreme-court-303-creative-colorado-gay-wedding-website-religious-liberty

@LadyDragonfly Trans people know all about what happened in WWII we were among the first groups targeted, we were the canary in the coal mine.

Supporting the progessive Christian/Religious Left is a more contentious, but probably important component. This is best summed up by the organization Christians Against Christian Nationalism.

https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/

There are many #Exvangelical people from athiests to progressive Christians joining in on this fight. If you hate all religion, I get it. The current fight is against White Christian Nationalism, though. The lesbian Episcopal priest is not your enemy. The fascist demagogues and racists are.

#TVAC #ArtFED

🥥 On #FathersDay, thank YOU #PresidentBiden! 🥥

About 76 percent of conservative Republicans said colleges affect the country negatively while 76 percent of Democrats believe colleges and universities have a positive effect on the country

The “anti-intellectual attack” on higher ed will take years to undo

https://www.vox.com/policy/23762357/republican-attack-higher-education

The men were reportedly handing out KKK recruitment cards.

KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on #LGBTQ+ Activists — Police Let Them Go https://www.advocate.com/news/kkk-kentucky-lgbtq-gun-threat