Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@BruceMirken
In Hawley's defense, wouldn't that for him be like any other day, making a fool of himself that is?

The Republicans have been using appointed panels and eroding ballot initiatives for a couple of decades now. It's just another way to circumvent democracy.

Gov. Ron DeSantis used secretive panel to flip state Supreme Court-
https://wapo.st/3NDAMXh

Studies confirm benefits of gender-affirming care for transgender people https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2023/06/20/Studies-confirm-benefits-of-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-people/5541687273226/

This may shock you, but #JoshHawley celebrated #Juneteenth by making a complete fool of himself. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-hawley-christians-slavery_n_6490fd94e4b048eb91179b17

@MSNBC
MSNBC is into alternate reality too if they follow through on a Trump town hall.

#TX #grid #power: ERCOT: "ERCOT is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use, if safe to do so, due to extreme temperatures and forecasted record demand. This Voluntary Conservation Notice is in effect Tuesday, June 20 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT." https://www.ercot.com/news/release/2023-06-20-ercot-issues-voluntary #heatwave #TXwx

"...au bout de ce processus, on aura des professeurs mal formés, mal payés, caporalisés et des élèves toujours plus en difficulté faute d’avoir des professeurs bien recrutés. » #education
https://www.ouest-france.fr/medias/ouest-france/courrier-des-lecteurs/education-plus-de-concours-pour-devenir-prof-074d0b6a-ca36-11ed-a96e-000ee1405726?utm_source=sendinblue_of_newsletter-parlons-en&mgo_eu=d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e&mgo_l=jjWwc-RPTy6xtpNzkBi61Q.43.6&utm_content=20230408&utm_campaign=of_newsletter-parlons-en&utm_medium=email&utm_term=840045&vid=5501370&mediego_euid=5501370

Éducation : des associations laïques dénoncent des dérives pédagogiques dans les écoles hors contrat. #dérives #horscontrat #laicité #extremisme https://www.la-croix.com/Famille/Education-associations-laiques-denoncent-derives-pedagogiques-ecoles-hors-contrat-2022-03-09-1201204041

🎶 Broken cat, bro-ken cat, why aren't they fixing you?
Broken cat, bro-ken cat, it's not your fault. 🎶

Source: pookierawrz @reddit #caturday

Salaires dévorés par l’inflation, services publics en déshérence, travail qui se dégrade… En ce début d’année 2023, les colères sociales sont au coin de la rue. #Politique
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/170123/emission-speciale-ca-suffit-les-coleres-sociales-de-2023?utm_source=quotidienne-20230125-193259&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=QUOTIDIENNE&utm_content=&utm_term=&xtor=EREC-83-[QUOTIDIENNE]-quotidienne-20230125-193259&M_BT=4503527191188

@KatM There’s some kind of Greek tragic irony of modern billionaires perishing while on a pleasure cruise to the graveyard of last century’s version of a billionaire pleasure cruise.

More tragic in both cases is that the staff were condemned along with them.

Impeached Texas Attorney General Partnered With Troubled Businessman to Push Opioid Program
While launching a statewide program to distribute packets to dissolve opioids, Attorney General Ken Paxton worked to connect its leaders with the state’s comptroller, who oversees the distribution of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-kenny-hansmire-partner-on-opioid-program-texas

#Texas #KenPaxton #KennyHansmire #opiods #OpiodEpidemic #OpiodAddiction #neoliberalism #corruption

Justice Department tells Jordan (again) what he didn’t want to hear

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/justice-department-tells-jordan-didnt-want-hear-rcna90003

#MSNBC #JordanDOJ #JusticeDepartment #CongressionalInvestigation #OhioPolitics #JimJordan #Politics #News

🗞️ Failed North Korean rocket is intelligence win for Kim’s foes.
A #NorthKorean satellite launch that ended in failure will provide a trove of information about the secretive state’s rocket program as #SouthKorea salvages large sections from the bottom of the sea.

#intelligence #osint #military

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/18/asia-pacific/north-korea-rocket-failure-intel/

Fox "News" did the interview with Trump, then decries the interview with Trump, totally on brand.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/06/fox-and-friends-upset-over-trumps-bret?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=76025

I have a simple litmus test on content moderation that most systems fail:

Your space must be safe for antifascists and dangerous for Nazis.

Mississippi state offices were closed for Confederate Memorial Day

But they remained open for Juneteenth

You don’t have to participate in this nations holidays if and only if you don’t want my blue state tax dollars