Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"Lee wasn't just a pastor who happened to have a political affinity for Trump. He actively misused his authority as a minister to try to gain access to [Ruby] Freeman against her will -- and to dissuade police from intervening."

Lee drove to Georgia from Chicago and targeted election worker Ruby Lee, attempting to intimidate her, and is now facing charges for that reason.

#StephenLee #Lutheran #MissouriSynod #insurrection #Georgia #indictment
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Missouri Allows 19 Districts to Opt Out of State Tests - A case where a really awful test is superior to the old really really awful test. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/08/21/missouri-allows-19-districts-to-opt-out-of-state-tests/ via @dianeravitch #BStestGrift

Tom Horne says Arizona schools shouldn’t let trans kids use their preferred bathroom https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082123_horne_pronouns/tom-horne-says-arizona-schools-shouldnt-let-trans-kids-use-their-preferred-bathroom/
Arizona’s top education official is continuing to lash out at trans inclusive policies, issuing a statement advising public schools across the state to keep school facilities separated by biological sex, but conceding he has no power to determine how school districts serve their students.
#Tucson #Arizona

She was unable to secure copyright protection.

@RollingStone

"There is nothing in journalistic standards that says you have to give a platform for someone to spread lies, even if they are a senator or representative (or even the [ex-]president)...

We do not need to reward bad behavior with airtime."
~Dan Rather
https://steady.substack.com/p/do-republicans-believe-in-democracy

#Journalism #Journalists #GOP #Lies #Politics #USPolitics #USA #News

We hope these treasonous co-conspirators are next to be indicted: Stone, Flynn & Bannon. #GOPConspiracy https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/jan-6-stone-flynn-bannon-charges-20230820.html

It's brave to say "I am not well " when you are not well and to keep going despite being unwell is strong.
#chronicillness

Sarah Hucksanders is an embarrassment to the state of Arkansas, once again.
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/08/20/an-embarrassing-week-for-arkansas-education-leadership

2/ Cheney, cont'd:

Spec counsel says Trump team misleads when it suggests median duration of jury trial timing is 29.4 mos from charges to completion bc:

1) That figure includes post-trial time through sentencing
2) It was drawn from just 22 trials amid height of COVID backlog

Via @emptywheel:

Trump says he can't go to trial in timely fashion bc DOJ gave him his docs back.

Isn't that what he wanted, last year?

DOJ busts Trump for lying about COVID. https://t.co/zLBHCY7Pck

🧵 1/... Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: #JackSmith says #Trump team is exaggerating the volume of discovery it has to review to prepare for Trump's trial in DC

Signif amt of 12 mil pages/files it has produced were already available to Trump, they say.

Of 11m pages/files in the 1st batch of discovery:

~3 million are from Trump-related entities like his PAC or campaign
~1 million are from the Jan. 6 committee, the overwhelming majority of which are public
-"100s of 1000s" of pages are from NARA

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F this headline.

Abortion is not popular. Nobody likes abortion. It's painful and laden with stress and emotional suffering.

It's the AVAILABILITY of abortion that is popular. Because it is a medically necessary procedure for anyone who feels the need.

It's not a freaking vacation.

RE: https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/uspolitics/statuses/110929167758290823

Take his fucking passport!
#JohnEastman #GOPTraitors #ClaremontInstitute

Eastman agrees to $100K bond in Georgia election case https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4162818-eastman-agrees-to-100k-bond-in-georgia-election-case/

Well here's something you don't see everyday. 😱

This is Dodger Stadium in LA. The parking lots around it were flooded. Possibly only inches, but just LOOK at it 👀

It reminds me of the fact that they used to fill the ancient Coliseum in Rome with 5 feet of water to stage mock naval battles.

This is like the eerie-as-shit post apocalyptic inversion of that. The water on the outside of the arena..

via ESPN Don Van Natta Jr
via @murshedz

#dodgers #hilary #coliseum #flooding

Jason White on Russian spacecraft Luna-25 crashing into the moon - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Via Angry Staffer:

Hilarious, but ultimately unsurprising.

All media attention is good attention for Trump. There’s a reason he turns everything into a circus

Mueller, She Wrote:

BREAKING: #Trump wanted to schedule his self-surrender in #Fulton County to disrupt the GOP primary debate. Lawyers advised against it. #TrumpIndictment #legal

#ALweather #ALwx
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100 PM CDT Mon Aug 21 2023

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TEXAS...
...FLOODING RAINS AND COASTAL FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE...


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#ALweather #ALwx
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Tropical Storm Franklin Intermediate Advisory Number 4A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL082023
200 PM EDT Mon Aug 21 2023

...NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INVESTIGATING FRANKLIN...


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LOCATION...14.5N 70.1W
ABOUT 275 MI...445 KM S OF SANTO DOMINGO DO https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/p.php?pid=202308211800-KNHC-WTNT33-TCPAT3

After decades of fighting for our right to love and live freely, the LGBTQ+ community should be long past discrimination. And yet, the scapegoating of our community continues. As a Japanese American who experienced forced relocation and internment as a child, this déjà vu is both alarming and heartbreaking. We must remember the past, demand change, and act to safeguard our future. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/takei-scapegoating-lgbtq-japanese-internment