Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

All the 'keep Christ in Christmas' folks trying to impose their backward theocratic rule on all of us might be surprised to learn the Puritans they regard as the true founders of this country BANNED Christmas altogether.

Any observation of the holiday, whether taking the day off or preparing a feast, came with a five shilling fine.

Penalty for Keeping Christmas, 1659 https://www.mass.gov/doc/penalty-for-keeping-christmas/download?_ga=2.56222763.144109216.1656331652-841661078.1655899135

@Holberg

Ironically I think many Jews are like myself and would much prefer that Christians keep the Christ in Christmas and stop pretending that it's a secular holiday.

I’m warrior ‘Caesar’ leading army of anti-Putin partisans – Russia is ticking time bomb and we will detonate it in 2024.

#russia #freedom #legion #ukraine #putin #nafo

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3267702666252-i-m-warrior-caesar-leading-army-of-anti-putin-partisans-russia-is-ticking-time-bomb-and-we-will-detonate-it-in-2024

Another #LostCause monument gone
https://wapo.st/3RseKr3

BREAKING: Florida man, 4 of whose 5 children were born of immigrant mothers, says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”

~Tristen Snell

Jailed Iranian rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been notified that she will stand trial Tuesday in connection with her recent activities within prison, such as disseminating her statements and writings to the public, according to a social media post.

https://www.voanews.com/a/7401687.html

"Hundreds of young children in the U.S. have been killed playing with guns over the last two decades, according to a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast majority of cases involved guns that were stored unlocked and loaded.

The CDC report's authors say their new findings highlight the rising toll taken by accidental gun deaths that could be preventable."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-killed-playing-with-guns-cdc-report/

#publichealth #guns #firearms #gunviolence #gunsafety #gunsense

Valid concerns about #antisemitism have been weaponized by deceitful right wing activists to hide the truth that violent antisemites are among the most influential figures in Republican politics.

Donald Trump, the leading party candidate, has never apologized for dining w/activist Nick Fuentes. Top Republicans in Congress meet routinely w/Fuentes, who promises to execute Jews and atheists if he gets power.

Random college students aren't anywhere close to his level of influence on Democrats.

Hamtramck, Michigan votes unanimously to ban Pride flag to "respect the religious rights of our citizens" - LGBTQ Nation

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/city-votes-unanimously-to-ban-pride-flag-to-respect-the-religious-rights-of-our-citizens/

#GhostApples - It's an unusual phenomenon where freezing rain coats rotting apples before they fall, then when the apple turns mushy it eventually slips out and leaves the icy shell still hanging on the tree

Republicans just tried to sabotage a normally routine national defense bill -- not by addressing any particular, relevant aspects of the legislation itself, or by offering concrete counter-proposals, but by loading it down with riders to try revoke more rights from all of us and trying to prevent us from living our own lives.

Same plan as always.

Congress passes $886 billion defense policy bill, Biden to sign into law-
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-passes-886-billion-defense-policy-bill-biden-sign-law-rcna129755

@TonyStark Chip Roy tried to adjourn Congress rather than lose the vote. What kind of member of Congress tries to take their ball and go home? The No One But Us Gets Freedom Caucus.

Hard to believe there's anyone worse than Josh Hawley (R-Insurrection) who held up the bill in the Senate because what he wanted wasn't in it, but here we are.

@shekinahcancook @jmb @MJ For the most part, and especially with this situation, it’s obviously a ploy by the right to decimate public schools. The man the article is about is a white Christian supremacist.

What would be best is to have excellent public schools where everyone is safe. That’s the best goal.