Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

@wdlindsy Not all states have a referendum system like Ohio, but it would not surprise me if such referendums would easily pass in, at a minimum 35 states (representing probably 80% of the entire US population). Might even pass in 45 states.

This is why the GOP uses race/crime as their main issues. Majorities across the country oppose GOP policies on healthcare, schools, economic development and pretty much everything else. The GOP can not afford to let voters vote on issues.

Trump may be on verge of 'gross paranoid psychosis," top psychiatrist says.

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/11/trump-may-be-verge-gross-paranoid?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=81388

Anyone else feel like this sometimes?

Molly Jong-Fast of #VanityFair refers to doctors, fearful of losing their licenses or even getting prosecuted, who now will wait until a woman is near death before treating her. "There are women in this country who don't want to die for [U.S. House Speaker] Mike Johnson's religious beliefs."

“Once they have you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers.”

– Thomas Pynchon

[from Gravity's Rainbow, 1973]

President Biden is gonna be the Dem nominee and he will absolutely demolish Trump. Period.

@RickiTarr "Remember, hate is always foolish, but love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind."

When someone tells you who they are in their own words - and demonstrates it - BELIEVE THEM.

Hamas does not want a ceasefire.

Hamas does not care about the citizens of Gaza.

Hamas is a genocidal organization.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-members-tell-nyt-they-hope-for-permanent-war-do-not-care-about-running-gaza/

@AlliFlowers
The real problem is that there can't be a one-sided pause that results in anything. When Hamas tells you who they are, people should listen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.80w.sE9T.AyvAXy0rD-Ec&smid=url-share

@killick @AlliFlowers They seem to forget that the 2nd Armored Division was one of the most effective AntiFa organizations of all time.

Not that I suggest using the 2nd's methods in our internal politics. 😉

I will also say that this is yet another instance of the snowflakes on the right using cancel culture.

Democrats don't have a problem with our President.

the media does because he's not Trump.

@killick @AlliFlowers
They did praise Hitler. They apologized publicly for that but then they praised him again, apparently to spite the publicity they got for doing it the first time?

Feels to me like they want to show off their politics and make them VERY public while avoiding blame for advancing their violent ideas.

Rashida Tlaib censured.

Shameful, Democrats! She was clear that criticism of the Israeli government—which many Israelis have been criticizing—is not an antisemitic indictment of Israelis or Jews.

Seven state initiatives on abortion since Roe, four in red states. Abortion access has gone seven-for-seven.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/07/abortion-access-remains-undefeated-polls-post-roe/

HEY! ANTIFA!
HEY! COMMUNISTS!
HEY! SOCIALISTS!
HEY! RADICALS!

let's celebrate these electoral wins that look small to some of y'all, if not completely antithetical to your definition of radicalism.

why?

HARM REDUCTION IS POLITICAL WARFARE.

because it is a BFD for us, the targets of racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic harm.

self-care —from the privacy of health care to the public sphere of voting— is an act of political warfare

so celebrate today's #electionday wins

No confirmation yet, but it certainly looks as though Democrats are about to regain the Virginia House just hours after retaining the Virginia Senate.

Glenn Youngkin was hoping for a big victory to launch his presidential campaign. Instead, his party lost the legislature.