Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Guess I have to repeat this:

When we get good news (legal, Israel/Hamas, whatever), can we take just 2 measly minutes to appreciate it before blasting it to smithereens and whining about how the good news is really bad news?

People are beginning to sound like the NYT "Blame Biden" headlines every time he has a win.

For your own mental health, accept the wins. Push harder for more, but FFS, good news is rare. Embrace it.

OR, just don't toot me with the whining. I'm trying to stay sane here.

#MAGA

Anni Laukka: In Darkness

(Currently exhibited at Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku)

2/2 #art

I’ve always loved the Star Spangled Banner but who was this José?

Hey Jim Jordan, when people say they don’t like you and push you away after the first couple dates, you’re not supposed to force yourself on them.

I like Mastodon the way it is. I like having conversations and debating with gays, straights, muli ethnic people. I hope the right wing never finds us. I love Cats of Mastodon, pictures of flowers and trees. I love that dogs of Mastodon is a thing. I love that everyone here believes in climate change and that education not guns is needed. You are my people.

Pres #Biden has earned praise in Israel and among both Dems and Repugs for his response to the massacre in Israel. In round-the-clock diplomacy, public speeches and calls with the families of people believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas, he demonstrates experienced and empathetic leadership.

It is time, once and for all, to bury the notion he lacks the stamina or sharpness needed; he has both in abundance.
He’s the #EnergizerBiden.

#BidenHarris2024 #GiftArticle https://wapo.st/46UQi7W

11/ Klasfeld:

Another consequence of Sidney Powell and Ken Chesebro’s back-to-back guilty pleas, which seems quite significant.

Both were thinly veiled as uncharged co-conspirators in Trump’s federal election-interference case in DC

These works by the Finnish artist Anni Laukka are amazing and, when you realise what they’re made of, even more gut-wrenching: these are all toys and nursery items collected from bombed Ukrainian homes. 1/2

(Wäinö Aaltonen museum, Turku)

#art

Non-MAGA House Republicans should just cut a deal with Dems, get 30 or so to vote with the GOP and elect a sane Speaker. Extract a promise to get rid of the idiotic single-vote removal rule. GOP can claim they convinced Dems to cross over to save face with voters.

Also give GOP House reps Secret Service protection, sic the FBI on any who threatens a Congressperson, cause the MAGA loons will come out of the woodwork.

It’s time to end America’s flirtation with authoritarianism.

#HouseSpeaker

Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obaida is quoted saying two American hostages, a mother and daughter, have been released as a humanitarian gesture. https://t.me/spokesman_2020/51

President Biden, answering a question from pool reporters in the Cabinet Room, says the first trucks with aid should arrive in Gaza in 24 to 48 hours.

This has never been and never will be a struggle between Jews and Palestinians. Casting it in that light is unequivocally anti-semitic.

Our people are siblings-- long-enduring nations born in the same fertile valleys of the Levant. You can hear it in our languages, see it in our faces and our foods. No Palestinian is my enemy and that doesn't diminish my Jewishness or make me an enemy of my own people.

Yup.

#atheism
Tooted by a #bot!
SN# 4138

Happy Schadenfriday! Sidney Powell pleaded guilty in Georgia and has agreed to testify against her co-defendants, including Donald Trump. That is a yuge victory for prosecutors, and Trumpworld is likely very worried. I explain why in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/kraken-the-case?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

McCarthy is giving Jim Jordan's third nomination speech, and just said, 'some of the members who have passed the most pieces of legislation are the most selfish,' which is hilarious.

Jordan has authored zero bills that passed the House in 8 terms on The Hill.

@GottaLaff Holy cats, they're folding like origami!