Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

"I have to say, as the father of a trans daughter, watching the Republican debate this week was really frightening. The GOP has come to a bitter, virulent, and I think genocidal consensus on trans people. They do not think trans people should exist, and they are devoted to driving them out of public life, by making public services inaccessible, by denying them health care, and ultimately by forcing them to flee Republican states or die."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#GOP #trans

https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/on-trans-rights-vote-for-biden

Wow. While Republicans are murdering pregnant women and going on mass-shooting sprees, Democrats added 199,000 jobs.

Looking forward to Tommy Tubbyville trying to ban college football teams from states that allow abortion to compete in NCAA playoffs.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4348844-college-football-playoffs-senate/

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#doctors #physicians #advocacy #substanceuse #opioids #publichealth

Ex-police chief caught with hatchet in Capitol on Jan. 6 sentenced to 11 years https://t.co/geYIOJiYjT

Texas judge grants pregnant woman emergency abortion despite state’s ban | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-judge-allows-abortion-kate-cox-b2460274.html

#Abortion
#AbortionBan
#Texas
#FullTrisomy18
#CentreForReproductiveRights

NPR: Five survivors returned to Pearl Harbor 82 years later on the anniversary of the attack to remember the more than 2,300 servicemen killed in the assault that propelled the U.S. into World War II.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/12/07/1218044792/centenarian-pearl-harbor-survivors-return-to-honor-those-who-were-killed-82-year

Please learn the difference.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Russian State TV is openly celebrating the House blocking funding for Ukraine, stating it will win the war for them: “Well done," #putinstooges aka Republicans.

The Russians Think the GOP Just Won Them the War in Ukraine ‘WELL DONE, REPUBLICANS!’ says Russian state TV celebrates the GOP move to block funding and predicts that Trump will do even better and cut off Ukraine.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-pals-think-the-gop-just-won-them-the-war-in-ukraine

#russiaIsATerroristState #russiaInvadedUkraine

Here's what we are reading today:

The Senate failed a procedural vote to allocate $106 bln in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

49 senators voted yes. Republicans opposed the measure and continued to insist on stricter immigration controls.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/06/us-israel-ukraine-aid-vote-block-threat-biden-republicans-debate-latest-updates

I love this.
Karen Smith was sworn in as school board pres in PA Central Bucks School District; not on the Bible but on a stack of banned books.

Books include Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust survival memoir “Night, ”Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”; Donna Gephart’s “Lily and Dunkin,” with a transgender main character; George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” growing up Black and LGBTQ+; Mike Curato’s graphic novel “Flamer”; and Susan Kuklin’s “Beyond Magenta.”

#banned
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/6/2210087/-Newly-elected-school-board-president-sworn-in-on-stack-of-banned-books

#BernieSanders blocked #Ukraine & #Israel aid bill, which would have passed, but for his single vote

He said "I do not believe we should be appropriating over $10 billion for the right-wing #extremist #Netanyahu government to continue its current military approach"

On Ukraine, #Biden said "#Republicans are willing to give #Putin the greatest gift he could hope for" adding this was no time for 'petty politics'. #US funds for Ukraine could soon run out

#BDS #BDSHorseShoe
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67637679

#JamesCarville is correct. #ChristianNationalists pose a greater #threat to the nation than #alQaeda. Al Qaeda wishes they had the destructive potential of the Christian Nationalists.

#Christofascists #ChristianNationalism #religionOfHate #UnderHisEye

https://www.alternet.org/amp/mike-johnson-christian-2666463305

In the year 2023, how in the hell can a public school demand that a student cut his hair?

#PublicSchool.

#Texas has passed the #CROWN Act, which prohibits schools and businesses from discriminating on the basis of #hairstyles “commonly or historically associated with race.” Like #locs. 🤦🏼‍♀️

@RollingStone

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/darryl-george-suspended-hair-locs-texas-school-1234917370/

In Rare Move, All Major Broadcast Networks to Honor Norman Lear in Primetime https://flip.it/ODXkRS