Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Yes indeed, this is another reason why we all have to get more people to help vote out the far-right.

“Countries need to be sharing more information on destabilizing actions, on things that look strange, and we need to be less naive and more aware.”

This is serious shit with severe consequences to consider. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/17/an-arctic-great-game-nato-allies-russia-face-off-far-north/

Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights – LGBTQ Nation (Me: Fascism anew in Italy)

In conjunction with its crackdown on the rights of same-sex parents, the Italian government has begun retroactively stripping same-sex parents of their legal connection to their children. Michela Leidi told the Daily Mail that she “cried for ten days” after receiving a letter informing her she would be removed from her daughter’s birth certificate. “It was as if I…

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/07/17/italy-begins-stripping-lesbian-mothers-of-their-parental-rights-lgbtq-nation-me-fascism-anew-in-italy/

@GW
The only moral lesson the GOP is teaching young people is, if you can’t win fairly, cheat, because winning is all that matters.

@JamesGleick

If they don't use the words “dictatorship” or “autocracy” or “authoritarian,” then it's not good reporting. It's the opposite of good reporting. It's normalizing and therefore enabling atrocities.

Donald Trump will be indicted AGAIN before the GQP primaries..
Depending what judge Cannon does tomorrow ,he may be indicted in DC as well.

Unlike western media outlets who bury the #ClimateChange lede & couch in wishy washy terms, Al Jazeera just comes right out & says it:

"Temperatures have soared towards new highs across three continents as heatwaves & wildfires are scorching parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

"Health authorities have sounded alarms from North America to Europe & Asia, urging people to stay hydrated & shelter from the burning sun, in a stark reminder of the effects of global warming."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/17/extreme-weather-grips-the-globe-as-heatwaves-and-wildfires-rage

@chrisgeidner

"The South Carolina Senate votes to ban abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. State Sen. Tom Davis (R) remarked,

👀 “At some point in time, the right of the state to see the unborn child born does take precedent over the woman’s right to her body.”"👀
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/25/ann-telnaes-cartoon-south-carolina-abortion-ban/

#Women #WomensRights #BodilyAutomony #Abortion #Healthcare #SouthCarolina #USA
#EditorialCartoon #Cartoon

The real reason Joe Manchin is entertaining an ill-advised White House run: Gov. Jim Justice (who is aimng for Manchin's Senate seat) has a 66% favorability rating in West Virginia compared to Manchin's 38%. Manchin is dancing with No Labels because of this.

But the talking heads in most of the national media never mention this.

Jim Justice rakes in close to $1M in second quarter for Manchin’s Senate seat |
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4091759-jim-justice-rakes-in-close-to-1m-in-second-quarter-for-manchins-senate-seat/

Rate limits are the new social-networking hotness. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/the-spam-bots-have-now-found-threads-as-company-announces-its-own-rate-limits/

Also, I wonder if Harlan Criw has been calling these “charters” businesses expenses, even as Clarence Thomas is refusing to declare them as gifts because they’re “personal hospitality.”

Is Criw making a “business expenditure,” or “hosting” a “friend.” It really can’t be both. He either needs to hang Thomas out to dry, or pay those taxes.

@bacchus1234 Like I was just telling someone else, SCOTUS justice Scalia (@GOP) had what he called the "Unitary Executive Theory" to give the president dictatorial powers. The RNC & Federalist Society & corporations w/media (FOX) have been planning this #COUP for decades!

@GottaLaff @emptywheel This whole ridiculous ideal that no presidential candidate can be on trial means that ANY person accused of a crime can put their hat in the ring and be immune. That's patently absurd.

@AlliFlowers seeing this though really makes me scared about what will happen in the future.

Vaccination partially protects against Long Covid. Study found that "in a population completely vaccinated, long COVID is nearly 21% less frequent than in an unvaccinated population."

#COVID #LongCovid
https://www.nature.com/articles/d43978-023-00100-0

This is big. Unanimous decision, I doubt the Federal Courts will consider it now once it is appealed to them.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/georgia-supreme-court-trump-fulton-county