Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"WITNESS TAMPERING"

Donald Trump -
"I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor of Georgia, Jeff Duncan, will be testifying before the Fulton County Grand Jury," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Monday.

"He shouldn't. I barely know him but he was, right from the beginning of this Witch Hunt."
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans #AureFreePress

https://www.axios.com/2023/08/14/trump-georgia-witness-duncan-fulton-county

You Either See Everyone Else As a Human Being Or You Don’t

It’s obviously morally abominable to booby-trap the border with razors. But some people think desperate migrants deserve whatever cruelties we inflict on them.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/08/you-either-see-everyone-else-as-a-human-being-or-you-dont

Hebrew University: Freezing of funds for #Palestinian students is 'discrimination' @israel @palestine

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/hebrew-university-freezing-of-funds-for-palestinian-students-is-discrimination/

Mr. Peters was broke six years ago, with less than $400 in his checking account after his contracting business slowed down. Then he responded to a help-wanted ad looking for workers to install solar panels, which were becoming more popular in Tulsa. He now employs 61 workers and has $18 million in annual sales. #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy

The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/12/climate/clean-energy-us-fossil-fuels.html?unlocked_article_code=ZuWURi76Wpnq4H9__4CPAJxDMV1aXbj2ZSZ0-IPHPu-Rzf-K2WVFtvy9LuuP8USG2ru_sxQUqAXQQIYdot9ygARpKrfNjKzKhrEZVx9JQhVfFRO4HnPpQcXATrej6rojlKBEBo606JNuThGnumdil4pXzuoL9BfISbbpZRNI7J6HaBP_7-bw4ty-RgG2rD16vyPWINGhRFZ6bz56_PyfxaMXfvXnrV-PyHAUSRD8z51-kF3WjZS7i5gHKqg3FjclHVGDfg69uX8qBjptLzV6feNSwzYI-9_N9uckUJUt1K4Kedk94w2ZtdhKFAXI3oCqKhKBWf_7XUi2dH_HNjojesAFoye7H-f2oWxhzbVmxBPURZOgZJ_R&smid=nytcore-android-share

Sec of Def. Lloyd Austin Blasts Sen. Tommy Tuberville Holding Up Military Nominations: ‘Unprecedented, Unnecessary, and Unsafe’ https://www.mediaite.com/news/sec-of-def-lloyd-austin-blasts-sen-tommy-tuberville-holding-up-military-nominations-unprecedented-unnecessary-and-unsafe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Today was supposed to be the first time a woman ascended to the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Instead, three of the eight seats on the #Pentagon’s board of most senior military members will be filled with interim officers for the first time in U.S. history due to Sen. Tommy #Tuberville’s blockade on #military promotions.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/14/joint-chiefs-first-woman-franchetti-tuberville-00111053

I’ve just used this online form to write to my MP about proposed train ticket office closures in England, so easy and important! RNIB campaigns | Help keep our train ticket offices open https://e-activist.com/page/132961/action/1?locale=en-GB https://e-activist.com/page/132961/action/1?ea.tracking.id=email&utm_campaign=1430678_Camp1_Ticket_offices_single_ask_first_person_A&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RNIB&dm_i=4UA0,UNX2,S2XDQ,3UUEN,1

I have seen some beard babies, and they are not a pleasant sight.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

@persagen

"a former Army Ranger, State Department diplomat and founder of a charter school network who has no official certification for the Houston job"

The libraries are to be made into detention centers. Students who are "disruptive" in class will be sent to the detention centers to computer-learn.

A predictably military solution to a non-military problem.

Why do we *always* do this? We have experts who spend their lives learning how to educate and teach. Then we pick an authoritarian.

It’s time to talk about RICO. Specifically, George state RICO law, which is quite different from federal law, is much easier to prove, and carries some eye-popping penalties. And Willis could soon charge Trump & Co with it. https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/georgia-rico-law-an-indictment-week?sd=pf

#Theists:
Every #religion claims it’s the true one. They can’t all be true. At most, only one is. More likely, none of them are.

How would an outsider determine *your* version is the truth?

____________________
an #atheist vs #faith

DeSantis is making Florida schools great again, one ban and muzzle at a time | Opinion - Miami Herald https://apple.news/Axzv_BNGPRgaDOy0OisrxoQ This is brilliant! I’m done reading editorials today because after this one the rest will just let me down. Vote Blue

Texas: BASIS Charter School Sells "VIP Car Line" for $2500+ a Pop - Charter school graft even surprises me at times. Charters are damaging for education, equity and democracy. Role them back under elected governance. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2023/08/13/texas-basis-charter-school-sells-vip-car-line-for-2500-a-pop/ #privatization

NEW: I sat down with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna — one of the lawyers who successfully argued this past #SCOTUS term’s big Voting Rights Act case — about the win, Alabama’s “straight-up defiant” response, and the broader landscape across the nation. https://www.lawdork.com/p/law-dork-qa-with-abha-khanna

Raskin compares Trump White House to Putin’s Kremlin | The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4150805-raskin-compares-trump-white-house-to-putins-kremlin/ by design #uspol #TFG #putin #fascism

As the battle over #bookbans in #schools and #libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it’s taking on #librarians is coming at a great cost — personally and financially. Many librarians are speaking up about fearing for their jobs and safety. NPR’s Tovia Smith traveled to Louisiana where tensions have been flaring up — pitting librarians against book ban advocates in the local community. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1193446007 #education #censorship #CivilLiberties