Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Eric Swalwell Asks Why James Comer Is Hiding His Tax Returns and Bank Records #JamesComer #ComerTaxReturns #IRS #GOPTraitors https://www.politicususa.com/2023/11/06/eric-swalwell-james-comer-bank-records.html

@futurebird

Trump is already talking about using the Insurrection Act on his first day in office, if he is reelected, to put down any civil protests. I can’t stress this enough. No matter what you think of Biden, his age, his policies, he is no dictator. He believes in democracy. We cannot let Trump anywhere near the White House again.

Rich kids are more likely to get into an Ivy League school than middle-class kids with the exact same test scores. Here's a big reason why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UsBI7QTkYQ&ab_channel=RobertReich

@GottaLaff

Asked why he reinstalled himself as trustee before leaving the White House, Trump answered because he would go back to business.

all... unequivocally stating in his own voice and mind knowingly.... that .. HE LOST THE ELECTION....

paging Jack Smith....

One things I learned during 35 years in education: While “struggle” is a necessary component of learning, too much struggle leads to frustration which inhibits learning, and teachers cannot judge the difference as well as they think they can.

"Your anger against the truth is reprehensible," says former #DOJ Prosecutor and NJ Gov. #ChrisChristie. Maybe he's unaware that the #MAGA crowd doesn't even KNOW the truth. They live in a #FoxNews & #SocialMedia echo chamber, and all they see is disinformation to keep them uninformed and compliant.

#MarkZuckerberg knows that his algorithm maximizes ad revenue by whipping up outrage (whether based in truth or not), but he doesn't give a damn. He's too busy laughing all the way to the bank.

With the world on fire, a cowardly, timid news media is a threat to U.S. democracy

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/journalism-free-press-gaza-extremism-20231105.html

#NewsMediaThreat #USDemocracy #Journalism #FreePress #GazaExtremism #WorldOnFire #Politics #News

On this date, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. At that time, he was representative of, at least part, of the Republican Party.

Were he alive today, he would be both outraged and astonished at what his party has become and the evil it constitutes in our society.

...wow. O_o

‘Secret Room’ Where Michelangelo Hid Beneath Trap Door is Covered With His Drawings–And Now Opens to Public
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/secret-room-where-michelangelo-hid-out-beneath-trap-door-opens-to-public/

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Trump has promised to use the US military against all Americans who didn't vote for him. Hopefully that's enough motivation to vote Biden/Harris. It should be.

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How unexpected that the places with the most lax gun laws seem to have more mass shootings.

And by "unexpected," I mean "Of course, you fucking bloodthirsty morons."

This keeps happening because America does not value human life.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-shooting-college-homecoming-pvamu-b2442460.html

Supporting Israel and supporting Palestinians are not at odds. In fact, I'd argue they're inexorably linked.

It means supporting the Palestinians in Gaza, who deserve dignity, self-actualization, and self-rule. It means supporting the folks in the West Bank and the Palestinians who are Israeli citizens (the folks we often call Arab Israelis) who were just as terrorized by Hamas on October 7th.

As Israel is shut down and on the brink of war, many of these people are unable to work and earn a living, and may even be subject to implicit or explicit bigotry, or at least distrust, simply because they look like other people who did awful things.

Compassion can and must exist through war. It means not ignoring the threat Israel is under or the loss of lives and security, while also believing in the rights of Arabs to live fulfilled, peaceful, and joyful lives as well.

#Israel #Palestinians

"The world is staring into an abyss, much as it did in the 1930s. Now, as then, the global rise of right-wing authoritarians like Vladimir Putin in Russia and Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel is linked to aggressive militarism that targets civilians and risks a world war...

Yet the news rarely reflects the reality, or this risk. Why is that?" – @willbunch

h/t @GottaLaff

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/journalism-free-press-gaza-extremism-20231105.html

One of the most galling things is how many right-wing extremists spent decades getting tax deductions for political contributions because their strategists and lobbyists and media were ‘churches.’