Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you take a man on a luxury fishing vacation, you can own the US Supreme Court.

#Students and #author of “And Tango Makes Three” #banned #censored children’s #book sue Florida #school district, saying ban on story about a Penguin family w/two dads (a factual occurrence) is unconstitutional. #FreeSpeech #FreePress #FirstAmendment #FreedomToRead https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/books/book-bans-florida-tango-makes-three.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

He can’t handle the truth.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/06/trump-dumbfounded-after-fox-host-says?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=76059

Governor Greg Abbott just vetoed a bill that would allow disabled Texans to vote by mail

I’m guessing Abbott vetoed this from his wheelchair?

Same as Clarence Thomas looking to repeal interracial marriage, Lindsey Graham attacking same-sex marriage, and Dubya attacking education. Hate and self owns.

"Sam Alito Is A Peevish, Self-Absorbed Piece Of Work"

I might have gone with "Sam Alito is a whiny little prick," but headline quibbles aside, this is excellent.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tpmmorningmemo/p/sam-alito-is-a-peevish-self-absorbed?r=1dxbp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

"If the GOP is truly concerned with relatives to a President profiting off their proximity to power, then they should be launching an investigation into both Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. With these two, we don’t even need a congressional investigation to see direct evidence that they reaped literally billions in profits—as well as trademarks- from foreign nations that had business before the Trump administration."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Republicans #crime

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/forget-hunter-biden-where-are-the

@AlliFlowers but can be fired for helping a kid who is being abused for being born trans. There is something seriously wrong here.

Anybody else notice the subtle difference in world response to 5 seriously rich white guys lost at sea compared to the response to thousands of less-rich, less-white refugees lost at sea every year? 🤔

#Titanic #Titan #Refugees

I posted this double rainbow on my FB photography page and wrote "What a fantastic rainbow for Pride Month. 🌈."

That triggered a loss of followers and a bunch of comments about how the rainbow can only mean one religious thing. A preacher's comment was the worst.

It hard to come up with words about the people that reacted that way.

#photography #rainbow

County at center of 2020 election controversy avoids takeover by Georgia's GOP legislature.

Georgia's election board has unanimously voted against taking over voting in Fulton County. https://www.rawstory.com/fulton-county-elections/